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margin: 25px auto; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; transition: all 0.3s; } .popup .popup-btn:focus { box-shadow: none; outline: none; text-decoration: none; } .popup .popup-btn:after { content: "→"; position: relative; opacity: 0; top: -1px; right: 15%; transition: 0.3s; } .popup .popup-btn:hover { padding-right: 20px; padding-left: 10px; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; outline: none; } .popup .popup-btn:hover::after { opacity: 1; right: -8px; } .popup .device-list { list-style: none; margin: 20px 0; padding: 0; overflow-y: scroll; max-height: calc(100vh - 380px); padding-right: 15px; } .popup .device-list::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 10px; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1215686275); transition: width 0.3s; cursor: pointer; display: block; border-radius: 20px; } .popup .device-list::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3333333333); border-radius: 20px; } .popup .device-list li { width: 100%; padding: 12px 0; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1333333333); } .popup .device-list li:first-child { padding-top: 0; } .popup .device-list li:last-child { border-bottom: none; padding-bottom: 0; } .popup .device-list li > div { display: flex; justify-content: left; align-items: flex-start; } .popup .device-list li .s-no { font-family: "Merriweather Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: right; width: 15px; position: relative; top: 3px; } .popup .device-list li .icon { content: ""; width: 20px; height: 20px; background: url(../../../theme/images/th-online/device-user-icon.svg) no-repeat center; background-size: contain; display: block; margin: 0px 10px 0; position: relative; top: 2px; } .popup .device-list li .device { font-family: "Merriweather Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; line-height: normal; } .popup .device-list li .device span { display: block; font-family: inherit; } .popup .device-list li .popup-btn { margin: 0 0; } .popup p.link { font-family: "Merriweather Sans", sans-serif; font-weight: 200; text-align: center; font-size: 14px; margin: 20px auto 0; } .popup p.link a { font-weight: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px; transition: all 0.3s; } .popup p.link a:hover { text-decoration: none; } .popup p.link span { color: #555555; font-size: 18px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: 3px; } @media screen and (max-width: 700px) { .popup { padding: 40px 40px 40px 90px; } } @media screen and(max-width: 570px) { .popup { width: 100%; max-width: 100%; padding: 35px 25px; } .popup .popup-close { font-size: 17px; line-height: 17px; } .popup .title { font-size: 14px; min-height: auto; padding-left: 60px; margin-bottom: 15px; line-height: 24px; } .popup .title::before { left: 0; } .popup .sub-text { font-size: 14px; margin: 5px 0 15px; line-height: normal; } .popup .popup-btn { min-width: 90px; height: 30px; font-size: 10px; margin: 15px auto; } .popup .popup-btn:hover { padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 0px; } .popup .device-list { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; padding-right: 10px; } .popup .device-list::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 5px; } .popup .device-list li { padding: 7px 0; } .popup .device-list li .s-no { font-size: 13px; width: 5px; } .popup .device-list li .icon { width: 15px; height: 15px; background-size: 15px 15px; margin: 2px 7px 0; } .popup .device-list li .device { font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; } .popup p.link { font-size: 12px; margin: 15px auto 0; } .popup p.link a { text-underline-offset: 2px; } .popup p.link span { color: #555555; font-size: 18px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: 3px; } } </style><div class="popup-background" id="user-session-popup" v-show="store.session_limit_exceeded === true" v-scope v-cloak><div class="popup"><button class="popup-close" onclick="window.tp.pianoId.logout()">✕</button><div class="title">Looks like you are already logged in from more than 3 devices!</div><div class="sub-text">To continue logging in, remove at least one device from the below list</div><ul class="device-list"><li v-for="device_detail, index in store.device_info" :key="index"><div class="device-info" v-scope="DeviceInfoComponent({index, ...device_detail})"></div><button class="btn popup-btn" @click="sendDeleteRequest([device_detail.payload], 'single')">Log out</button></li></ul><button class="btn popup-btn" @click="sendDeleteRequest(store.device_info.map(di => di.payload), 'all')">Log Out from all devices</button><p class="link"><a href="https://www.thehindugroup.com/privacy.html" target="_blank">Terms & conditions</a><span>  |  </span><a href="https://forms.office.com/r/tz7UETzxUs" target="_blank">Institutional Subscriber</a></p></div></div><template id="device-info"><span class="s-no">${ ind + 1 }</span><span class="icon"></span><span class="device"> ${ device }<span class="duration">Last active - ${ la }</span></span></template><script>const us_api_domain = "/";</script><script src="https://www.thehindu.com/theme/js/user_session.min.js?ver=1742377419"></script></body></html>

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