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a-expandable

A collapsible element with smooth expand/collapse animations for accordions and disclosure widgets.

The a-expandable element creates collapsible content sections with smooth CSS Grid-based animations. It handles accessibility automatically, including ARIA attributes, keyboard navigation, and anchor link support.

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Used by Accordion, Combobox, Filter, and Select.

Installation

import "@sv/elements/expandable";

Usage

Basic Usage

<a-expandable>
  <button slot="toggle" type="button">
    Click to expand
  </button>
  <div>
    Hidden content that will be revealed
  </div>
</a-expandable>

Hidden content that will be revealed

Initially Opened

<a-expandable opened>
  <button slot="toggle" type="button">
    This starts open
  </button>
  <div>
    Visible content
  </div>
</a-expandable>

Visible content

Expand up

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Programmatic Control

const expandable = document.querySelector('a-expandable');

// Open the expandable
expandable.open();

// Close the expandable
expandable.close();

// Toggle the state
expandable.toggle();

// Check current state
if (expandable.opened) {
  console.log('Currently expanded');
}

Listening for Changes

const expandable = document.querySelector('a-expandable');

expandable.addEventListener('change', (event) => {
  console.log('Expanded:', event.target.opened);
});

Styling

The expandable uses CSS Grid for smooth height animations. Customise timing with CSS custom properties:

a-expandable {
  --transition-speed: 0.33s;
  --animation-easing: ease;
}

/* Faster animation */
a-expandable.fast {
  --transition-speed: 0.15s;
}

/* Slower, more dramatic */
a-expandable.slow {
  --transition-speed: 0.5s;
  --animation-easing: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
}

Styling the Toggle

a-expandable [slot="toggle"] {
  cursor: pointer;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
}

/* Rotate icon when opened */
a-expandable[opened] [slot="toggle"] .icon {
  transform: rotate(180deg);
}

Accessibility

  • ARIA Attributes: Automatically sets aria-expanded on the toggle and aria-labelledby on the content region.
  • Keyboard Support: Toggle responds to Enter and Space keys when focused.
  • Focus Management: Focusable elements inside collapsed content are removed from tab order.
  • Anchor Links: When a URL hash matches an element inside the expandable, it automatically opens to reveal the content.
  • Scroll Into View: When opened or closed, the expandable scrolls into view to prevent content from shifting off-screen.
  • Hidden Until Found: Uses hidden="until-found" for browser find-in-page support (where available).

CSS Custom Properties

PropertyDefaultDescription
--transition-speed0.33sDuration of the expand/collapse animation
--animation-easingeaseEasing function for the animation

Expandable

A element that can collapse and expand its content with an animation.

Example

<a-expandable opened class="accordion">
   <button slot="toggle" type="button">
     <div class="headline">Title</div>
   </button>

   <div>Content</div>
 </a-expandable>

Attributes

Name Type Default value Description
direction "down" | "up" "down"

What direction to open
opened boolean false

Wether the eleemnt is open or not

Events

Name Description
change

Emitted when the element open state changes

Methods

Expandable.close()

src/Expandable.ts:88

Expandable.open()

src/Expandable.ts:93

Expandable.toggle()

src/Expandable.ts:98

References