Simple Accordion

by Dhruvang Gajjar

HTML

<ul class="accordion">
  <li>
    <a class="toggle" href="javascript:void(0);">Item 1</a>
    <ul class="inner">
      <li>Option 1</li>
      <li>Option 2</li>
      <li>Option 3</li>
    </ul>
  </li>

  <li>
    <a class="toggle" href="javascript:void(0);">Item 2</a>
    <ul class="inner">
      <li>Option 1</li>
      <li>Option 2</li>
      <li>Option 3</li>
    </ul>
  </li>

  <li>
    <a class="toggle" href="javascript:void(0);">Item 4</a>
    <ul class="inner">
      <li>
        <a href="#" class="toggle">Technically any number of nested elements</a>
        <ul class="inner">
          <li>
            <a href="#" class="toggle">Another nested element</a>
            <div class="inner">
              <p>
                As long as the inner element has inner as one of its classes then it will be toggled.
              </p>
              <p>
                Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas tempus placerat fringilla. Duis a elit et dolor laoreet volutpat. Aliquam ultrices mauris id mattis imperdiet. Aenean cursus ultrices justo et varius. Suspendisse aliquam orci id dui dapibus
                blandit. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Sed risus velit, pellentesque eu enim ac, ultricies pretium felis.
              </p>
            </div>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>

      <li>Option 2</li>

      <li>Option 3</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>

CSS

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Open Sans';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 300;
  src: local('Open Sans Light'), local('OpenSans-Light'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/opensans/v17/mem5YaGs126MiZpBA-UN_r8OUuhs.ttf) format('truetype');
}

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Open Sans';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: local('Open Sans Regular'), local('OpenSans-Regular'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/opensans/v17/mem8YaGs126MiZpBA-UFVZ0e.ttf) format('truetype');
}

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Open Sans';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 600;
  src: local('Open Sans SemiBold'), local('OpenSans-SemiBold'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/opensans/v17/mem5YaGs126MiZpBA-UNirkOUuhs.ttf) format('truetype');
}

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Pacifico';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: local('Pacifico Regular'), local('Pacifico-Regular'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/pacifico/v15/FwZY7-Qmy14u9lezJ-6H6Mw.ttf) format('truetype');
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
}

a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: inherit;
}

p {
  font-size: 1.1em;
  margin: 1em 0;
}

.description {
  margin: 1em auto 2.25em;
}

body {
  width: 40%;
  min-width: 300px;
  max-width: 400px;
  margin: 1.5em auto;
  color: #333;
}

h1 {
  font-family: 'Pacifico', cursive;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 2.5em;
}

ul {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
}

ul .inner {
  padding-left: 1em;
  overflow: hidden;
  display: none;
}

ul .inner.show {
  /*display: block;*/
}

ul li {
  margin: 0.5em 0;
}

ul li a.toggle {
  width: 100%;
  display: block;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.78);
  color: #fefefe;
  padding: 0.75em;
  border-radius: 0.15em;
  transition: background 0.3s ease;
}

ul li a.toggle:hover {
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);
}

JavaScript

$('.toggle').click(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();

  var $this = $(this);

  if ($this.next().hasClass('show')) {
    $this.next().removeClass('show');
    $this.next().slideUp(350);
  } else {
    $this.parent().parent().find('li .inner').removeClass('show');
    $this.parent().parent().find('li .inner').slideUp(350);
    $this.next().toggleClass('show');
    $this.next().slideToggle(350);
  }
});