JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div class="container">
<a data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".querybox">normal collapse</a>
<div class="querybox" class="collapse">
some long text<br/>
some long text<br/>
some long text<br/>
some long text<br/>
some long text<br/>
some long text<br/>
some long text<br/>
some long text<br/>
some long text<br/>
some long text<br/>
some long text<br/>
some long text<br/>
</div>
<div class="div-table">
<div class="div-tr">
<div class="div-td">
<a data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#contentholder1">slow collapse</a>
</div>
</div>
<div id="contentholder1" class="div-tr collapse">
<div class="div-tr">
<div>
sometext<br/>
sometext<br/>
sometext<br/>
sometext<br/>
sometext<br/>
sometext<br/>
sometext<br/>
sometext<br/>
sometext<br/>
sometext<br/>
sometext<br/>
sometext<br/>
sometext<br/>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
.div-table{
display:table;
}
.div-tr{
display:table-row;
}
.div-td{
display:table-cell;
}
.collapsing {
display:block;
}