accordion style text

I am looking to minimize the amount of space the text is taking up my allowing a few lines to be shown and have a "more" button to expand the text. Does anyone know how to do this?

Link in my signature 🙂 Tested on 7.1, but should work on any markdown block.

Im not sure how to do this. I'm very new to adding code to websites.

@Jeremiahmizell It's a fairly complicated set up if you aren't familiar with coding.

@tuanphan has a link to a plugin that is easier to setup, but it is not free.

Use these free code to insert Accordion. If you have problem, just comment here, we will help.

If you have a budget, use this accordion tool, easy to install/customize without coding skills.

or use this free tool to add FAQ Accordion Dropdown.

I took a look at this site: https://codepen.io/chriswrightdesign/pen/AVENwb

How do you add that to your squarespace? I tried the CSS version and put it into my CSS code area thinking that it would change all my accordion menus into that green-ish example but it didn't. Is there something that needs to go before or after this code to work IN squarespace?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

On 7/29/2022 at 3:49 AM, Skylab said:

I took a look at this site: https://codepen.io/chriswrightdesign/pen/AVENwb

How do you add that to your squarespace? I tried the CSS version and put it into my CSS code area thinking that it would change all my accordion menus into that green-ish example but it didn't. Is there something that needs to go before or after this code to work IN squarespace?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

That Codepen contains SCSS, you need to convert it to CSS.

Use this code to Code Block

<div class="container">
          <h1 class="heading-primary">CSS Responsive Animated Accordion</h1>
          <div class="accordion">
            <dl>
              <dt>
                <a href="#accordion1" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion1" class="accordion-title accordionTitle js-accordionTrigger">First Accordion heading</a>
              </dt>
              <dd class="accordion-content accordionItem is-collapsed" id="accordion1" aria-hidden="true">
                <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur <a href="https://www.google.com">Test</a>adipiscing elit. Morbi eu interdum diam. Donec interdum porttitor risus non bibendum. Maecenas sollicitudin eros in quam imperdiet placerat. Cras justo purus, rhoncus nec lobortis ut, iaculis vel ipsum. Donec dignissim arcu nec elit faucibus condimentum. Donec facilisis consectetur enim sit amet varius. Pellentesque justo dui, sodales quis luctus a, iaculis eget mauris. </p>
                <p>Aliquam dapibus, ante quis fringilla feugiat, mauris risus condimentum massa, at elementum libero quam ac ligula. Pellentesque at rhoncus dolor. Duis porttitor nibh ut lobortis aliquam. Nullam eu dolor venenatis mauris placerat tristique eget id dolor. Quisque blandit adipiscing erat vitae dapibus. Nulla aliquam magna nec elementum tincidunt.</p>
              </dd>
              <dt>
                <a href="#accordion2" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion2" class="accordion-title accordionTitle js-accordionTrigger">
                  Second Accordion heading</a>
              </dt>
              <dd class="accordion-content accordionItem is-collapsed" id="accordion2" aria-hidden="true">
                <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi eu interdum diam. Donec interdum porttitor risus non bibendum. Maecenas sollicitudin eros in quam imperdiet placerat. Cras justo purus, rhoncus nec lobortis ut, iaculis vel ipsum. Donec dignissim arcu nec elit faucibus condimentum. Donec facilisis consectetur enim sit amet varius. Pellentesque justo dui, sodales quis luctus a, iaculis eget mauris. </p>
                <p>Aliquam dapibus, ante quis fringilla feugiat, mauris risus condimentum massa, at elementum libero quam ac ligula. Pellentesque at rhoncus dolor. Duis porttitor nibh ut lobortis aliquam. Nullam eu dolor venenatis mauris placerat tristique eget id dolor. Quisque blandit adipiscing erat vitae dapibus. Nulla aliquam magna nec elementum tincidunt.</p>
              </dd>
              <dt>
                <a href="#accordion3" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion3" class="accordion-title accordionTitle js-accordionTrigger">
                  Third Accordion heading
                </a>
              </dt>
              <dd class="accordion-content accordionItem is-collapsed" id="accordion3" aria-hidden="true">
                <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi eu interdum diam. Donec interdum porttitor risus non bibendum. Maecenas sollicitudin eros in quam imperdiet placerat. Cras justo purus, rhoncus nec lobortis ut, iaculis vel ipsum. Donec dignissim arcu nec elit faucibus condimentum. Donec facilisis consectetur enim sit amet varius. Pellentesque justo dui, sodales quis luctus a, iaculis eget mauris. </p>
                <p>Aliquam dapibus, ante quis fringilla feugiat, mauris risus condimentum massa, at elementum libero quam ac ligula. Pellentesque at rhoncus dolor. Duis porttitor nibh ut lobortis aliquam. Nullam eu dolor venenatis mauris placerat tristique eget id dolor. Quisque blandit adipiscing erat vitae dapibus. Nulla aliquam magna nec elementum tincidunt.</p>
              </dd>
            </dl>
          </div>
        </div>
<style>
  .heading-primary {
  font-size: 2em;
  padding: 2em;
  text-align: center;
}

.accordion dl,
.accordion-list {
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
}
.accordion dl:after,
.accordion-list:after {
  content: "";
  display: block;
  height: 1em;
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #2ba659;
}

.accordion dd,
.accordion__panel {
  background-color: #eee;
  font-size: 1em;
  line-height: 1.5em;
}

.accordion p {
  padding: 1em 2em 1em 2em;
}

.accordion {
  position: relative;
  background-color: #eee;
}

.container {
  max-width: 960px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 2em 0 2em 0;
}

.accordionTitle,
.accordion__Heading {
  background-color: #38cc70;
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: 700;
  padding: 2em;
  display: block;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #fff;
  transition: background-color 0.5s ease-in-out;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #30bb64;
}
.accordionTitle:before,
.accordion__Heading:before {
  content: "+";
  font-size: 1.5em;
  line-height: 0.5em;
  float: left;
  transition: transform 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
.accordionTitle:hover,
.accordion__Heading:hover {
  background-color: #2ba659;
}

.accordionTitleActive,
.accordionTitle.is-expanded {
  background-color: #2ba659;
}
.accordionTitleActive:before,
.accordionTitle.is-expanded:before {
  transform: rotate(-225deg);
}

.accordionItem {
  height: auto;
  overflow: hidden;
  max-height: 50em;
  transition: max-height 1s;
}
@media screen and (min-width: 48em) {
  .accordionItem {
    max-height: 15em;
    transition: max-height 0.5s;
  }
}

.accordionItem.is-collapsed {
  max-height: 0;
}

.no-js .accordionItem.is-collapsed {
  max-height: auto;
}

.animateIn {
  -webkit-animation: accordionIn 0.45s normal ease-in-out both 1;
          animation: accordionIn 0.45s normal ease-in-out both 1;
}

.animateOut {
  -webkit-animation: accordionOut 0.45s alternate ease-in-out both 1;
          animation: accordionOut 0.45s alternate ease-in-out both 1;
}

@-webkit-keyframes accordionIn {
  0% {
    opacity: 0;
    transform: scale(0.9) rotateX(-60deg);
    transform-origin: 50% 0;
  }
  100% {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: scale(1);
  }
}

@keyframes accordionIn {
  0% {
    opacity: 0;
    transform: scale(0.9) rotateX(-60deg);
    transform-origin: 50% 0;
  }
  100% {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: scale(1);
  }
}
@-webkit-keyframes accordionOut {
  0% {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: scale(1);
  }
  100% {
    opacity: 0;
    transform: scale(0.9) rotateX(-60deg);
  }
}
@keyframes accordionOut {
  0% {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: scale(1);
  }
  100% {
    opacity: 0;
    transform: scale(0.9) rotateX(-60deg);
  }
}
</style>
<script>
  //uses classList, setAttribute, and querySelectorAll
//if you want this to work in IE8/9 youll need to polyfill these
(function(){
	var d = document,
	accordionToggles = d.querySelectorAll('.js-accordionTrigger'),
	setAria,
	setAccordionAria,
	switchAccordion,
  touchSupported = ('ontouchstart' in window),
  pointerSupported = ('pointerdown' in window);
  
  skipClickDelay = function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
    e.target.click();
  }

		setAriaAttr = function(el, ariaType, newProperty){
		el.setAttribute(ariaType, newProperty);
	};
	setAccordionAria = function(el1, el2, expanded){
		switch(expanded) {
      case "true":
      	setAriaAttr(el1, 'aria-expanded', 'true');
      	setAriaAttr(el2, 'aria-hidden', 'false');
      	break;
      case "false":
      	setAriaAttr(el1, 'aria-expanded', 'false');
      	setAriaAttr(el2, 'aria-hidden', 'true');
      	break;
      default:
				break;
		}
	};
//function
switchAccordion = function(e) {
  console.log("triggered");
	e.preventDefault();
	var thisAnswer = e.target.parentNode.nextElementSibling;
	var thisQuestion = e.target;
	if(thisAnswer.classList.contains('is-collapsed')) {
		setAccordionAria(thisQuestion, thisAnswer, 'true');
	} else {
		setAccordionAria(thisQuestion, thisAnswer, 'false');
	}
  	thisQuestion.classList.toggle('is-collapsed');
  	thisQuestion.classList.toggle('is-expanded');
		thisAnswer.classList.toggle('is-collapsed');
		thisAnswer.classList.toggle('is-expanded');
 	
  	thisAnswer.classList.toggle('animateIn');
	};
	for (var i=0,len=accordionToggles.length; i<len; i++) {
		if(touchSupported) {
      accordionToggles[i].addEventListener('touchstart', skipClickDelay, false);
    }
    if(pointerSupported){
      accordionToggles[i].addEventListener('pointerdown', skipClickDelay, false);
    }
    accordionToggles[i].addEventListener('click', switchAccordion, false);
  }
})();
</script>