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Accordions

What is it?

The accordion is a graphical control element comprising a vertically stacked list of items which can be expanded into a panel.

 

How to use it?

  1. Access the Page Editor.
  2. In the main body of the page editor, scroll to the ‘Add Element’ button and select ‘Accordion’.
  3. An accordion editing box will be generated. It contains 2 tabs; Panels & Introduction.
    1. Panels: Each panel is an expandable section within the group. It allows for a title (the text that appears when the accordion is collapsed) and content (the text that appears when the accordion is expanded). The content section behaves in the same way that standard word editors do. 
    2. Introduction: This is the introduction for the group of panels. It allows for a title and summary/intro to be added to the group of panels within the element. (Optional)
  4. To add panels, select ‘Add panel’ within the group.
  5. To re-order panels, select the number field and drag & drop to re-arrange.
  6. Important note: There is no undo for this action. To remove a panel, select the remove icon on the right side of the panel field.

 

Where can it be used?

 

Recommended use cases

  • FAQs
  • Documentation

Accordion Example (This is the location of the title field)

This is the location of the Introduction – Summary.

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