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				$('.btn-toggle-wrap').removeClass('open');
				$(this).parents('.btn-toggle-wrap').toggleClass("open");
				$(this).toggleClass("open");
				console.log('fired');
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				$('.toggle-list-1').hide( "fast", function() { });
				$('.toggle-list-2').hide( "fast", function() { });
				$('.btn-toggle-wrap .btn-default').removeClass('open');
				$('.btn-toggle-wrap .btn-1').removeClass('open');
				$('.btn-toggle-wrap .btn-2').removeClass('open');
				$('.btn-toggle-wrap').removeClass('open');
				$(this).parents('.btn-toggle-wrap').toggleClass("open");
				$(this).toggleClass("open");
				console.log('fired');
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				$('.toggle-list-2').hide( "fast", function() { });
				$('.btn-toggle-wrap .btn-default').removeClass('open');
				$('.btn-toggle-wrap .btn-1').removeClass('open');
				$('.btn-toggle-wrap .btn-2').removeClass('open');
				$('.btn-toggle-wrap').removeClass('open');
				$(this).parents('.btn-toggle-wrap').toggleClass("open");
				$(this).toggleClass("open");
				console.log('fired');
				$(this).siblings('.toggle-list-2').slideToggle( "fast", function() {
				});
			});
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				$('.btn-toggle-wrap').removeClass('open');
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				$('body').addClass("hello");
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		//	console.log('almCompleted');

		});

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				return false;
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			// close any open lists
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			// $('.toggle-list-1').stop(true, false).hide( "fast", function() { });
			// $('.toggle-list-2').stop(true, false).hide( "fast", function() { });

			$('.btn-toggle-wrap .btn-default').removeClass('open');
			$('.btn-toggle-wrap .btn-1').removeClass('open');
			$('.btn-toggle-wrap .btn-2').removeClass('open');
			$('.btn-toggle-wrap').removeClass('open').removeClass('btn-toggle-open');

			$(this).closest('.btn-toggle-wrap').toggleClass("open");
			$(this).toggleClass("open");

			if ( is_debugging() ) console.log('reset_button_dropdowns fired');
		};

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			}
			
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			}
			
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			if ( $target.is('.btn-toggle-wrap') ) {
				close_button = true;
			}

			if ( is_debugging() ) console.log('close_button_with_backdrop fired, close_button:', close_button, ', e:', e);
			
			if ( close_button ) {
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				// Ignore any other click handling
				return false;
			}
			
		};



		setup_button_list_dropdowns();
		
		$('body').on('bb-alm-complete', function() {
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			// bug fix on unlocking us search page: fix search overlay on top of search button even after filter updates
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		});
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