Accordion

JavaScript

Accordions are elements that help you organize and navigate multiple documents in a single container. They can be used for switching between items in the container.

Basics

The container for an accordion needs the class .accordion, and the attribute data-accordion. Note that in these examples, we use a <ul>, but you can use any element you want.

<ul class="accordion" data-accordion></ul>

Inside the accordion, place a series of panes with the class .accordion-item and the attribute data-accordion-item. To mark which pane should be open by default, add the class .is-active to that pane.

Each pane has a title, an <a> with the class .accordion-title, and a content area, an element with the class .accordion-content and the attribute data-tab-content.

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<ul class="accordion" data-accordion>
  <li class="accordion-item is-active" data-accordion-item>
    <!-- Accordion tab title -->
    <a href="#" class="accordion-title">Accordion 1</a>

    <!-- Accordion tab content: it would start in the open state due to using the `is-active` state class. -->
    <div class="accordion-content" data-tab-content>
      <p>Panel 1. Lorem ipsum dolor</p>
      <a href="#">Nowhere to Go</a>
    </div>
  </li>
  <!-- ... -->
</ul>

Once you put it all together, here's what you get!


Advanced Options

Multi-expand

By default, only one pane of an accordion can be open at a time. This can be changed by setting the multiExpand option to true.

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<ul class="accordion" data-accordion data-multi-expand="true">
  <!-- ... -->
</ul>

All Closed

By default, at least one pane in an accordion must be open. This can be changed by setting allowAllClosed option to true.

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<ul class="accordion" data-accordion data-allow-all-closed="true">
  <!-- ... -->
</ul>

Accordion and URLs

Browser history

When the data-deep-link option is set to true, the current state of the accordion is recorded by adding a hash with the accordion panel ID to the browser URL when a accordion opens. By default, accordion replace the browser history (using history.replaceState()). Modify this behavior by using attribute data-update-history="true" to append to the browser history (using history.pushState()). In the latter case the browser back button will track each click that opens a accordion panel.

By using deep linking (see below), the open state of a page's tabset may be shared by copy-pasting the browser URL.

Deep linking

Add the attribute data-deep-link="true" to a accordion to:

  • modify the browser history when a accordion panel is clicked
  • allow users to open a particular accordion panel at page load with a hash-appended URL
<ul class="accordion" data-accordion data-deep-link="true" data-update-history="true" data-deep-link-smudge="true" data-deep-link-smudge="500" id="deeplinked-accordion">
  <li class="accordion-item is-active" data-accordion-item>
    <a href="#deeplink1" class="accordion-title">Accordion 1</a>
    <div class="accordion-content" data-tab-content id="deeplink1">
      Panel 1. Lorem ipsum dolor
    </div>
  </li>
  <li class="accordion-item" data-accordion-item>
    <a href="#deeplink2" class="accordion-title">Accordion 2</a>
    <div class="accordion-content" data-tab-content id="deeplink2">
      Panel 2. Lorem ipsum dolor
    </div>
  </li>
  <li class="accordion-item" data-accordion-item>
    <a href="#deeplink3" class="accordion-title">Accordion 3</a>
    <div class="accordion-content" data-tab-content id="deeplink3">
      Panel 3. Lorem ipsum dolor
    </div>
  </li>
</ul>

For example, http://example.com/#deeplink3 will open the third accordion panel at page load. This example will open a new browser tab and scroll you to the open accordion panel.

When linking directly to a accordion panel, it might not be obvious that the content appears within a accordion panel. An additional attribute data-deep-link-smudge rolls the page up slightly after deep linking (to a horizontal accordion) so that the accordion is at the top of the viewport.

<ul class="accordion" data-deep-link="true" data-deep-link-smudge="true" data-deep-link-smudge-delay="600" data-accordion id="deeplinked-accordion-with-smudge">

    Sass Reference

    Variables

    The default styles of this component can be customized using these Sass variables in your project's settings file.

    NameTypeDefault ValueDescription
    $accordion-background Color $white

    Default background color of an accordion group.

    $accordion-plusminus Boolean true

    If true, adds plus and minus icons to the side of each accordion title.

    $accordion-title-font-size Number rem-calc(12)

    Font size of accordion titles.

    $accordion-item-color Color $primary-color

    Default text color for items in a Menu.

    $accordion-item-background-hover Color $light-gray

    Default background color on hover for items in a Menu.

    $accordion-item-padding Number or List 1.25rem 1rem

    Default padding of an accordion item.

    $accordion-content-background Color $white

    Default background color of tab content.

    $accordion-content-border Color 1px solid $light-gray

    Default border color of tab content.

    $accordion-content-color Color $body-font-color

    Default text color of tab content.

    $accordion-content-padding Number or List 1rem

    Default padding for tab content.


    Mixins

    We use these mixins to build the final CSS output of this component. You can use the mixins yourself to build your own class structure out of our components.

    accordion-container

    @include accordion-container;

    Adds styles for an accordion container. Apply this to the same element that gets data-accordion.


    accordion-item

    @include accordion-item;

    Adds styles for the accordion item. Apply this to the list item within an accordion ul.


    accordion-title

    @include accordion-title;

    Adds styles for the title of an accordion item. Apply this to the link within an accordion item.


    accordion-content

    @include accordion-content;

    Adds styles for accordion content. Apply this to the content pane below an accordion item's title.


    JavaScript Reference

    Initializing

    The file foundation.accordion.js must be included in your JavaScript to use this plugin, along with foundation.core.js. This plugin also requires these utility libraries:

    • foundation.util.keyboard.js
    • foundation.util.motion.js

    Foundation.Accordion

    Creates a new instance of an accordion.

    var elem = new Foundation.Accordion(element, options);

    Fires these events: Accordion#event:init

    NameTypeDescription
    element jQuery jQuery object to make into an accordion.
    options Object a plain object with settings to override the default options.

    Plugin Options

    Use these options to customize an instance of Accordion. Plugin options can be set as individual data attributes, one combined data-options attribute, or as an object passed to the plugin's constructor. Learn more about how JavaScript plugins are initialized.

    Name Type Default Description
    data-slide-speed number 250 Amount of time to animate the opening of an accordion pane.
    data-multi-expand boolean false Allow the accordion to have multiple open panes.
    data-allow-all-closed boolean false Allow the accordion to close all panes.
    data-deep-link boolean false Allows the window to scroll to content of pane specified by hash anchor
    data-deep-link-smudge boolean false Adjust the deep link scroll to make sure the top of the accordion panel is visible
    data-deep-link-smudge-delay number 300 Animation time (ms) for the deep link adjustment
    data-update-history boolean false Update the browser history with the open accordion

    Events

    These events will fire from any element with a Accordion plugin attached.

    NameDescription
    deeplink.zf.accordion Fires when the zplugin has deeplinked at pageload
    down.zf.accordion Fires when the tab is done opening.
    up.zf.accordion Fires when the tab is done collapsing up.

    Methods

    toggle

    $('#element').foundation('toggle', $target);

    Toggles the selected content pane's open/close state.

    NameTypeDescription
    $target jQuery jQuery object of the pane to toggle (`.accordion-content`).

    down

    $('#element').foundation('down', $target, firstTime);

    Opens the accordion tab defined by $target.

    Fires these events: Accordion#event:down

    NameTypeDescription
    $target jQuery Accordion pane to open (`.accordion-content`).
    firstTime Boolean flag to determine if reflow should happen.

    up

    $('#element').foundation('up', $target);

    Closes the tab defined by $target.

    Fires these events: Accordion#event:up

    NameTypeDescription
    $target jQuery Accordion tab to close (`.accordion-content`).

    destroy

    $('#element').foundation('destroy');

    Destroys an instance of an accordion.

    Fires these events: Accordion#event:destroyed