Fancy FAQs with jQuery Sliders

The HTML


>This is question 1?


>
  
>This is the answer to question #1.  Pellentesque habitant morbi....




>This is question 2?


>
  
>This is the answer to question #2.  Pellentesque habitant morbi....

Simply a series of H3s and DIVs wrapper in one container DIV. Simple, simple, simple.

The CSS

#faqs { position:relative; }
#faqs h3  { cursor:pointer; }
#faqs h3.active  { color:#d74646; }
#faqs div   { position:relative; }
#faqs div p  { padding:0; margin-bottom:15px; }

Some CSS properties may need to be vendor-prefixed.

Nothing out of the ordinary above -- format the elements as though there wont be a jQuery component.

The jQuery JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#faqs h3').each(function() {
    var tis = $(this), state = false, answer = tis.next('div').slideUp();
    tis.click(function() {
      state = !state;
      answer.slideToggle(state);
      tis.toggleClass('active',state);
    });
  });
});

Start by collecting and recursing through all of the H3 elements. Grab the DIV that follows, slide it in, and add click handlers to slide them in and out!

A More Elegant Effect

The above method is the more accessible version. If effects are you priority, the following CSS and jQuery JavaScript variants will make for a more elegant effect by preventing the initial slide in:

#faqs h3  { cursor:pointer; }
#faqs h3.active  { color:#d74646; }
#faqs div { height:0; overflow:hidden; position:relative; }
#faqs div p  { padding:0; margin-bottom:15px; }

Some CSS properties may need to be vendor-prefixed.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#faqs h3').each(function() {
    var tis = $(this), state = false, answer = tis.next('div').hide().css('height','auto').slideUp();
    tis.click(function() {
      state = !state;
      answer.slideToggle(state);
      tis.toggleClass('active',state);
    });
  });
});