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702            <div class="forward-guidance-content">
703                <p style="max-width: 31.25rem;"></p>
704            </div>
705
706            <div class="btn-container text-center">
707                <a target="_blank" class="btn tertiary negative" id="externalLinkModalBtn" onclick="AcceptUKMessage();">
708                                    </a>
709            </div>
710
711        </div>
712    </div>
713</div>
714
715<script type="text/javascript">
716    function AcceptUKMessage() {
717        try {
718            let accepted = {
719                expire: new Date(new Date().getTime() + 60 * 60 * 24 * 1000)
720            };
721            sessionStorage.setItem('uk-messaging', JSON.stringify(accepted));
722            document.getElementById('ukUserModal').style.display = 'none';
723        } catch (ex) {
724            console.log(ex);
725        }
726    }
727</script>
727
728
729
730
731<script>
732    removeTopBorderFromSeparatorBlock();
733
734    function removeTopBorderFromSeparatorBlock() {
735        let separatorBlock = document.querySelectorAll('.wp-block-separator.is-style-wide');
736        for (let i = 0; i < separatorBlock.length; i++) {
737            separatorBlock[i].style.borderTop = '0px';
738        }
739    }
740    // Set the offset when entering page with hash present in the url
741    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (e) => {
742        if (location.hash.length !== 0) {
743            accordionFocus();
744        }
745
746        function accordionFocus() {
747            const URL = window.location.href;
748            const splittedURL = URL.split('/');
749            //accordion id should be at the end
750            const possibleAccordionID = splittedURL[splittedURL.length - 1];
751            const RegExp = /#[a-zA-Z-\d]+/gi;
752            const foundAccordionMatch = RegExp.test(possibleAccordionID);
753            //Check if param was found
754            if (foundAccordionMatch) {
755                setTimeout(function() {
756                    let accordionName = possibleAccordionID.match(RegExp).toString();
757                    const accordionId = accordionName.replace('#', '');
758                    let accordionControl = document.getElementById(accordionId);
759
760                    if (accordionControl && accordionControl.closest('.b6-accordion-list-item-details')) {
761                        allA6Tabs = document.querySelectorAll('.mccberg-tab-content');
762                        if(allA6Tabs.length > 0){
763                            openA6tab(allA6Tabs, accordionControl)
764                        }
765                        //get the element closest to the collapse handle
766                        let accordionDetail = accordionControl.closest('.b6-accordion-list-item-details')
767                        accordionDetail.setAttribute('open', " ");
768                        accordionDetail.scrollIntoView();
769                    }
770                }, 500);
771            }
772        }
773
774    });
775
776    function openA6tab(allA6Tabs, accordionControl)
777    {
778    //close all A6tabs and Title
779    allA6TabsTitle = document.querySelectorAll('.mccberg-tab-title');
780    for (let i = 0; i < allA6Tabs.length; i++) {
781        allA6Tabs[i].classList.remove('open');
782        allA6TabsTitle[i].classList.remove('open');
783    }
784    let accordionDetailA6 = accordionControl.closest('.mccberg-tab-content')
785
786    // Assuming accordionDetailA6 is the element you are working with
787    let matchedClass = Array.from(accordionDetailA6.classList).find(className => 
788    className.startsWith('mccberg-tab-content-')
789    );
790    // Extract the number at the end of the matched class
791    let indexNumber = matchedClass ? matchedClass.split('-').pop() : null;
792
793    // Output the number
794    allA6TabsTitle[indexNumber-1].classList.add('open')
795    accordionDetailA6.classList.add('open');
796    }
797    function idLinkScrollFix(hash) {
798        setTimeout(function() {
799
800            var one_trust_cookie_panel = document.getElementById("onetrust-banner-sdk");
801            let wp_admin_bar = document.getElementById('wpadminbar');
802            let admin_bar_offset_height = wp_admin_bar ? wp_admin_bar.offsetHeight : 0;
803            let cookie_present = one_trust_cookie_panel && !one_trust_cookie_panel.style.visibility;
804            let cookie_gone = one_trust_cookie_panel && one_trust_cookie_panel.style.visibility === 'hidden';
805            let cookie_height = cookie_present && !cookie_gone ? one_trust_cookie_panel.offsetHeight : 0;
806            let mastheadElement = document.getElementById('masthead');
807            let masthead = mastheadElement ? mastheadElement.offsetHeight : 0;
808            let brand_headerElement = document.getElementsByClassName('brand-header')[0];
809            let brand_header = brand_headerElement ? brand_headerElement.offsetHeight : 0;
810            let height_to_adjust = admin_bar_offset_height + masthead + brand_header + cookie_height + 16;
811            let el_to_scroll_to = document.getElementById(hash.replace("#", ''));
812            if (el_to_scroll_to) {
813                let position = el_to_scroll_to.getBoundingClientRect();
814                window.scrollTo(position.left, position.top - height_to_adjust + window.scrollY);
815            }
816        }, 500);
817    }
818</script>
818
819</body>
820
821</html>

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