Beginning JavaScript® and CSS Development with jQuery

Appendix N. Accordion

Method	Description	Return Value
Showing and Hiding Methods
accordion(options)	Makes the selected elements into accordions (see "Accordion Options").	jQuery
accordion('activate', index)	Activates a content part of the accordion programmatically.	jQuery
accordion('enable')	Enables the selected accordion.	jQuery
accordion('disable')	Disables the selected accordion.	jQuery
accordion('destroy')	Destroys the selected accordion.	jQuery

Accordion Options

Option	Description	Type
active	Used to set the default content pane. If a selector is provided, it must reference the element used for a header. If the value false is provided, no element will be used as the default content pane. The default value is the first element.	Boolean, selector, element, number, jQuery
alwaysOpen	By default, there is always one content pane open, and the open content pane cannot be closed. If this open is set to false, the user is given the ability to toggle the open content pane open or closed. The default value is true.	Boolean
animated	If set to false, animation is disabled. If the jQuery UI Easing plugin is installed, you may use the values bounceslide or easeslide. The default value is slide.	Boolean, slide, bounceslide, or easeslide
autoHeight	If set to true, the highest content pane is used as a height reference for every pane. The default value is true.	Boolean
clearStyle	If set, clears height and overflow styles after finishing an animation, which enables accordions to work with dynamic content. Won't work with the ...