Expand/Collapse Widget Gallery

Explore three accessible patterns for revealing optional content with smooth interactions. Each widget demonstrates a different technique for controlling visibility.

Native <details> Element

Leverages the semantic HTML element for automatic keyboard and screen-reader support, enhanced with modern styling.

How does the native expand/collapse pattern behave?

The <details> element provides built-in accessibility, keyboard interactivity, and state management without additional JavaScript. It is ideal for light-weight disclosure widgets.

  • Keyboard friendly: Users can focus the summary and toggle it with the Enter or Space keys.
  • ARIA aware: Screen readers announce the state change automatically.
  • Progressive enhancement: Browsers that do not support <details> simply show the content expanded.

Tip: Add the open attribute to start expanded, or remove it to default to the collapsed state.

Button-Controlled Panel

A custom toggle button manages a content region via ARIA attributes, offering more styling flexibility and bespoke transitions.

Accordion with Single-Open Group

This accordion pattern ensures only one answer is expanded at a time by grouping toggle buttons.

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