Standardista

Posted By Estelle Weyl on August 3, 2012

var summaryClick = function(elem){
  if (!('open' in document.createElement('details'))){
    var deetails = elem.parentNode;
    if(deetails.hasAttribute('open')){
     deetails.removeAttribute('open');
    } else {
     deetails.setAttribute('open', 'open')
    }
  }
}

add the summaryClick to your <summary> click event listeners

And then in my CSS I put something similar to:

details:not([open]) {
   height: 2em; 
   overflow: hidden;
}
details[open]  {
   height: auto;
}
summary::before {
   content: "▶ ";
}

Only browsers that understand the JS used will understand the selectors used. So, this isn’t fool proof, but it’s nice, quick and dirty.

Category: css3, HTML5, javascript, Web Development
Tags: