FAQ template

by James Connolly

HTML

<section class="faq-list">
  <article class="faq">
    <div class="faq-question">
      <p>Question 1</p>
      <span></span>
    </div>
    <div class="faq-answer">
      <p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.
        Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis
        tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan
        porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>

      <p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.
        Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis
        tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan
        porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
    </div>
  </article>
  
  <article class="faq">
    <div class="faq-question">
      <p>Question 2</p>
      <span></span>
    </div>
    <div class="faq-answer">
      <p>Pellentesque habitant morbi...

SCSS

body {
  background: #E9EAEB;
  font-family: arial;
  font-size: 16x;
}

.faq-list {
  width: 80%;
  margin: 25px auto;
  
  &:nth-child(odd) {
    img {
      float: left;
      margin: 0 5% 5% 0;
    }
  }
  
  &:nth-child(even) {
    img {
      float: right;
      margin: 0 0 5% 5%;
    }
  }
}

.faq {
  width: 100%;
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 15px 25px 25px 25px;
  margin-bottom: 25px;
  cursor: pointer;
  background: white;
  box-shadow: 0 0 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
  border-radius: 5px;
  transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out;
  
  // question/answer shared styles
  .faq-question,
  .faq-answer {
    display: block;
    padding: 15px 35px;
    position: relative;
    
    p {
      margin: 0 0 15px;
      
      &:last-of-type{
        margin-bottom: 0;
      }
    }
    
    &:before {
      display: block;
      width: 30px;
      font-size: 20px;
      text-align: center;
      font-weight: bold;
      font-size: 16x;
      border: 0;
      position: absolute;
      left: 0;
      top: 12px;
    }
  }
  
  // question styles
  .faq-question {
    margin-bottom: 0;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #BEBEBE;
    position: relative;
    
    span {
      display: block;
      width: 50px;
      height: 100%;
      position: absolute;
      right: 0;
      top: 0;
      transition: all 0.3s ease;
      
      &:before,
      &:after {
        content: "";
        display: block;
        width: 3px;
        height: 10px;
        background: black;
        border-radius: 3px;
        position: absolute;
        top: 50%;
        margin-top: -5px;
      }
      
      &:before {
        left: 50%;
        margin-left: -4px;
        transform: rotate(-45deg);
      }
      
      &:after {
        right: 50%;
        margin-right: -4px;
        transform: rotate(45deg);
      }
    }
    
    &:before{
      content: "Q:";
    }
    
    &.on {
      
      span {
        transform: rotateX(-180deg);
      }
    }
  }
  
  // answer styles
  .faq-answer {
   ...

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
	 
	//ACCORDION BUTTON ACTION (ON CLICK DO THE FOLLOWING)
	$('.faq-question').click(function() {

		//REMOVE THE ON CLASS FROM ALL BUTTONS
		$('.faq-question').removeClass('on');
		  
		//NO MATTER WHAT WE CLOSE ALL OPEN SLIDES
	 	$('.faq-answer').slideUp('normal');
   
		//IF THE NEXT SLIDE WASN'T OPEN THEN OPEN IT
		if($(this).next().is(':hidden') == true) {
			
			//ADD THE ON CLASS TO THE BUTTON
			$(this).addClass('on');
      $(this).next().addClass('on');
			  
			//OPEN THE SLIDE
			$(this).next().slideDown('normal');
		 } 
		  
	 });
	
	/*** END REMOVE IF MOUSEOVER IS NOT REQUIRED ***/
	$('.faq-answer').hide();

});