Collapse

How it works#

Bootstrap’s collapse JavaScript plugin is used to show and hide content. Buttons or anchors are used as triggers that are mapped to specific elements you toggle. Collapsing an element will animate the height from its current value to 0. Given how CSS handles animations, you cannot use padding on a .collapse element. Instead, use the class as an independent wrapping element.

Example#

Click the buttons below to show and hide another element via class changes:

• .collapse hides content
• .collapsing is applied during transitions
• .collapse.show shows content

Generally, we recommend using a <button> with the data-bs-target attribute. While not recommended from a semantic point of view, you can also use an <a> link with the href attribute (and a role="button"). In both cases, the data-bs-toggle="collapse" is required.

<p class="d-inline-flex flex-wrap gap-1">
  <a class="btn btn-primary" data-bs-toggle="collapse" href="#collapseExample" role="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapseExample">
    Link with href
  </a>
  <button class="btn btn-primary" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#collapseExample" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapseExample">
    Button with data-bs-target
  </button>
</p>
<div class="collapse" id="collapseExample">
  <div class="card card-body">
    Some placeholder content for the collapse component. This panel is hidden by default but revealed when the user activates the relevant trigger.
  </div>
</div>

felt-css has no horizontal collapse (.collapse-horizontal); collapsing always animates the height. For a disclosure that needs no JavaScript at all, see the <details> accordion.

Multiple toggles and targets#

A <button> or <a> element can show and hide multiple elements by referencing them with a selector in its data-bs-target or href attribute. Conversely, multiple <button> or <a> elements can show and hide the same element if they each reference it with their data-bs-target or href attribute.

<p class="d-inline-flex flex-wrap gap-1">
  <a class="btn btn-primary" data-bs-toggle="collapse" href="#multiCollapseExample1" role="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="multiCollapseExample1">Toggle first element</a>
  <button class="btn btn-primary" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#multiCollapseExample2" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="multiCollapseExample2">Toggle second element</button>
  <button class="btn btn-primary" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#multiCollapseExample1, #multiCollapseExample2" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="multiCollapseExample1 multiCollapseExample2">Toggle both elements</button>
</p>
<div class="row">
  <div class="col">
    <div class="collapse" id="multiCollapseExample1">
      <div class="card card-body">
        Some placeholder content for the first collapse component of this multi-collapse example. This panel is hidden by default but revealed when the user activates the relevant trigger.
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="col">
    <div class="collapse" id="multiCollapseExample2">
      <div class="card card-body">
        Some placeholder content for the second collapse component of this multi-collapse example. This panel is hidden by default but revealed when the user activates the relevant trigger.
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Bootstrap’s version of this example targets a .multi-collapse class; any CSS selector works, here a list of ids.

Accessibility#

Be sure to add aria-expanded to the control element. This attribute explicitly conveys the current state of the collapsible element tied to the control to screen readers and similar assistive technologies. If the collapsible element is closed by default, the attribute on the control element should have a value of aria-expanded="false". If you’ve set the collapsible element to be open by default using the show class, set aria-expanded="true" on the control instead. The plugin will automatically toggle this attribute on the control based on whether or not the collapsible element has been opened or closed. If the control element’s HTML element is not a button (e.g., an <a> or <div>), the attribute role="button" should be added to the element.

If your control element is targeting a single collapsible element – i.e. the data-bs-target attribute is pointing to an id selector – you should add the aria-controls attribute to the control element, containing the id of the collapsible element. Modern screen readers and similar assistive technologies make use of this attribute to provide users with additional shortcuts to navigate directly to the collapsible element itself.

Note that Bootstrap’s current implementation does not cover the various optional keyboard interactions described in the ARIA Authoring Practices Guide accordion pattern - you will need to include these yourself with custom JavaScript.

Usage#

The collapse plugin utilizes a few classes to handle the heavy lifting:

• .collapse hides the content
• .collapse.show shows the content
• .collapsing is added when the transition starts, and removed when it finishes

Via data attributes#

Just add data-bs-toggle="collapse" and a data-bs-target to the element to automatically assign control of one or more collapsible elements. The data-bs-target attribute accepts a CSS selector to apply the collapse to. Be sure to add the class collapse to the collapsible element. If you’d like it to default open, add the additional class show.

To add accordion-like group management to a collapsible area, add the data attribute data-bs-parent="#selector". Refer to the accordion page for more information.

Via JavaScript#

Enable manually with:

const collapseElementList = document.querySelectorAll('.collapse')
const collapseList = [...collapseElementList].map(collapseEl => new bootstrap.Collapse(collapseEl))

JavaScript behavior#

felt-css is CSS only; showing and hiding comes from Bootstrap’s collapse plugin. Options (parent, toggle), methods (show, hide, toggle, dispose, getInstance, getOrCreateInstance) and events (show.bs.collapse, shown.bs.collapse, hide.bs.collapse, hidden.bs.collapse) work exactly as described in Bootstrap’s collapse documentation.

const bsCollapse = new bootstrap.Collapse('#myCollapse', {
  toggle: false
})
bsCollapse.show()