table accordians

by santosh_patnala

HTML

<table id="main_table">
    <thead>
        <tr class="firstline">
            <th>Column1</th>
            <th>Column2</th>
            <th>Column3</th>
            <th>Column4</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr style="background-color:green; color:white">
            <td  colspan="4" class="flip"> Section 1 </td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
    <tbody class="section">
        <tr>
            <td>item 111</td>
            <td>item 112</td>
            <td>item 113</td>
            <td>item 114</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>item 121</td>
            <td>item 122</td>
            <td>item 123</td>
            <td>item 124</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>item 131</td>
            <td>item 132</td>
            <td>item 133</td>
            <td>item 134</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
    <tbody>
        <tr style="background-color:green; color:white">
            <td  colspan="4" class="flip"> Section 2 </td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
    <tbody class="section">
        <tr>
            <td>item 211</td>
            <td>item 212</td>
            <td>item 213</td>
            <td>item 214</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>item 221</td>
            <td>item 222</td>
            <td>item 223</td>
            <td>item 224</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>item 231</td>
            <td>item 232</td>
            <td>item 233</td>
            <td>item 234</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
    <tbody>
        <tr style="background-color:green; color:white">
            <td  colspan="4" class="flip"> Section 3 </td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
    <tbody class="section">
        <tr>
            <td>item 311</td>
            <td>item 312</td>
            <td>item 313</td>
            <td>item 314</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>item 321</td>
            <td>item 322</td>
            <td>item 323</td>
            <td>item 324</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>item...

CSS

td {
    padding: 5px;
}

JavaScript

$('.flip').click(function() {
    $(this)
        .closest('tbody')
        .next('.section')
        .toggle('fast');
});