How TO - Collapse
Learn how to create a collapsible section.
Collapsible
Click the button to toggle between showing and hiding the collapsible content.
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Create A Collapsible
Step 1) Add HTML:
Example
<button type="button" class="collapsible">Open Collapsible</button>
<div class="content">
<p>Lorem ipsum...</p>
</div>
Step 2) Add CSS:
Style the accordion:
Example
/* Style the button that is used to open and close the
collapsible content */
.collapsible {
background-color: #eee;
color: #444;
cursor: pointer;
padding: 18px;
width: 100%;
border: none;
text-align: left;
outline: none;
font-size: 15px;
}
/* Add a background color to the button if it is clicked on (add the
.active class with JS), and when you move the mouse over it (hover) */
.active, .collapsible:hover {
background-color: #ccc;
}
/* Style the
collapsible content. Note:
hidden by default */
.content {
padding: 0 18px;
display:
none;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #f1f1f1;
}
Step 3) Add JavaScript:
Example
var coll = document.getElementsByClassName("collapsible");
var i;
for (i = 0; i < coll.length; i++) {
coll[i].addEventListener("click",
function() {
this.classList.toggle("active");
var content = this.nextElementSibling;
if (content.style.display
=== "block") {
content.style.display =
"none";
} else {
content.style.display = "block";
}
});
}
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Animated Collapsible (Slide Down)
To make an animated collapsible, add max-height: 0, overflow: hidden and
a transition for the max-height property, to
the panel class.
Then, use JavaScript to slide down the content by setting a calculated
max-height, depending on the panel's height on different screen sizes:
Example
<style>
.content {
padding: 0 18px;
background-color: white;
max-height: 0;
overflow: hidden;
transition: max-height 0.2s ease-out;
}
</style>
<script>
var
coll =
document.getElementsByClassName("collapsible");
var i;
for (i = 0; i <
coll.length; i++) {
coll[i].addEventListener("click", function() {
this.classList.toggle("active");
var content = this.nextElementSibling;
if (content.style.maxHeight){
content.style.maxHeight = null;
} else {
content.style.maxHeight =
content.scrollHeight + "px";
}
});
}
</script>
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Add Icons
Add a symbol to each button to indicate whether the collapsible content is open or closed:
Example
.collapsible:after {
content: '\02795'; /* Unicode
character for "plus" sign (+) */
font-size: 13px;
color: white;
float: right;
margin-left: 5px;
}
.active:after {
content: "\2796"; /*
Unicode character for "minus" sign (-) */
}
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