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jquery - Collapsing / Expanding divs?


Trying to create collapsible / expandable divs using jQuery, but it's not working for me at all... Each h3 should expand/collapse the div beneath it, and I'm not sure why this isn't working... Granted, is a heavily nested div, but I thought that the script below would find the uforms class regardless of how much other markup is on the page when it loads and then do what it's supposed to do...

Here's the jquery:

$(document).ready(function () {
        $('div.uforms:eq(1)> div:gt(-1)').hide();
        $('div.uforms:eq(1)> h3').click(function() {
                $(this).next('div:hidden').slideDown('fast').siblings('div:visible').slideUp('fast');
        });
});

And, the markup (minus all the stuff that's actually inside the <div></div>, because it's a lot of form stuff...)

<div class="uforms">
  <h3>Heading</h3>
  <div></div>

  <h3>Heading</h3>
  <div></div>

  <h3>Heading</h3>
  <div></div>
</div>

Solution

  • I think this is what you are trying to achive

    I highly recommend the jQueryUI framework.

    <!doctype html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8">
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
      <title>jQuery UI Accordion - Default functionality</title>
      <link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
      <link rel="stylesheet" href="/resources/demos/style.css">
      <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
      <script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
      <script>
      $( function() {
        $( "#accordion" ).accordion();
      } );
      </script>
    </head>
    <body>
    
    <div id="accordion">
      <h3>Section 1</h3>
      <div>
        <p>
        Mauris mauris ante, blandit et, ultrices a, suscipit eget, quam. Integer
        ut neque. Vivamus nisi metus, molestie vel, gravida in, condimentum sit
        amet, nunc. Nam a nibh. Donec suscipit eros. Nam mi. Proin viverra leo ut
        odio. Curabitur malesuada. Vestibulum a velit eu ante scelerisque vulputate.
        </p>
      </div>
      <h3>Section 2</h3>
      <div>
        <p>
        Sed non urna. Donec et ante. Phasellus eu ligula. Vestibulum sit amet
        purus. Vivamus hendrerit, dolor at aliquet laoreet, mauris turpis porttitor
        velit, faucibus interdum tellus libero ac justo. Vivamus non quam. In
        suscipit faucibus urna.
        </p>
      </div>
      <h3>Section 3</h3>
      <div>
        <p>
        Nam enim risus, molestie et, porta ac, aliquam ac, risus. Quisque lobortis.
        Phasellus pellentesque purus in massa. Aenean in pede. Phasellus ac libero
        ac tellus pellentesque semper. Sed ac felis. Sed commodo, magna quis
        lacinia ornare, quam ante aliquam nisi, eu iaculis leo purus venenatis dui.
        </p>
        <ul>
          <li>List item one</li>
          <li>List item two</li>
          <li>List item three</li>
        </ul>
      </div>
      <h3>Section 4</h3>
      <div>
        <p>
        Cras dictum. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus
        et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in
        faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Aenean lacinia
        mauris vel est.
        </p>
        <p>
        Suspendisse eu nisl. Nullam ut libero. Integer dignissim consequat lectus.
        Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per
        inceptos himenaeos.
        </p>
      </div>
    </div>
    
    
    </body>
    </html>