You may have seen the pop-up windows (popups), also known as Lightbox modals, on websites that prevent you from reading their content. And let's not forget those annoying "fill in the research below to continue."
To disable these Lightbox modal windows, you can disable Javascript in your browser, which prevents them from appearing. However, this will also stop other site services from running.
But there is another easy way to skip these annoying PopUps (pop-up windows) without destroying the overall functionality of the site.
Bypassing Lightbox Modals (PopUps) in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer
To bypass these pop-ups, you should go to your browser's “Inspect Element” and delete bit of website code. Browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer offer very easy access in Inspect Element. Below is the process using Chrome, but it's almost the same with Firefox and IE.
Step 1: Inspect Element
Just right-click on the faded background of the web page and select "Inspect Element" or Inspect Element
When Inspect Element opens, you will see several lines of code. Do not worry! You do not need to know what all this means.
Step 2: Delete the Lightbox mask
The Inspect Element should automatically display the mask behind the Lightbox modal popup, in this case, "monetate_lightbox_mask". Make sure you select the entire snippet of code. Then right-click and click "Delete Node" in IE).
Step 3: Delete the Lightbox
Now you should also delete the second label
Deleting the second "mandate_lightbox_mask" that is just below what you deleted above will completely remove the pop-up box preventing the web page from being read.
If you stop here, you will see that you can not scroll the web page as the scroll bar has been disabled with the modal Lightbox, so you need to enable it again.
Step 4: Turn on the Scroll Bar
Right underneath tag you will find it tag. Find the code "style = overflow: hidden" and delete only the passage "overflow: hidden" Double-click on this section, delete the text and press enter.
After that, you'll see it again Scroll Bar and everything will work normally.
Step 5: Quit Developer Tools
You can now close the developer tools view and read the content without enrollment.
Bypassing Lightbox Modals in Safari
The process in Safari is no different than in Chrome and Firefox, except that you need to allow access to web development tools. To enable them, simply open "Advanced" on the "Preferences tab" in Safari and click on the box at the bottom that says "Show Develop menu in menu bar."
Now that you have the Show Develop menu in menu bar enabled, you can do exactly the same thing with Chrome and Firefox. Right-click on the blurred background, select "Item Inspection", and continue deleting the code mentioned in steps 2 to 4 above.
In my example, I used National's website Geographic, but this method of deleting nodes can work on pretty much any other website that uses the Lightbox modals blocking content. However, the labels and terms used are likely to change. Thus, the selection of the code to delete should also change.
