Super Smooth Accordion Component with jQuery and CSS

A dead simple accordion component with smooth panel open / close animations, built using plain HTML, CSS and a little jQuery magic.

How to use it:

1. Create headers and content panels for the accordion component.

<div class="container">
  <div class="accordion">
    <a href="#">
      <h4>Accordion 1</h4>
      <i class="fa fa-plus-circle"></i>
    </a>
  </div>
  <div class="accordion-desc">
   <h3>Accordion Heading 1</h3>
   <p>Accordion Content 1<p>
  </div>

  <div class="accordion">
    <a href="#">
      <h4>Accordion 2</h4>
      <i class="fa fa-plus-circle"></i>
    </a>
  </div>
  <div class="accordion-desc">
   <h3>Accordion Heading 2</h3>
   <p>Accordion Content 2<p>
  </div>

  ...
</div>

2. Style the accordion component whatever you like.

.accordion {
  position: relative;
  background-color: #fff;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 100%;
  border-top: 1px solid #f1f4f3;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f4f3;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #74777b;
  vertical-align: middle;
}

.accordion .fa {
  position: relative;
  float: right;
}

.accordion h4 {
  position: relative;
  top: 0.8em;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.accordion a {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  color: #74777b;
  padding: 1em 1em 2.5em 1em;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.accordion a:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #2cc185;
  background-color: #e7ecea;
  transition: 0.3s;
}

.accordion-desc {
  background-color: #f1f4f3;
  color: #74777b;
  z-index: 2;
  padding: 20px 15px;
}

3. Load jQuery library at the end of the document.

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js"></script>

4. The jQuery script to active the accordion component.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $(".accordion-desc").fadeOut(0);
  $(".accordion").click(function() {
    $(".accordion-desc").not($(this).next()).slideUp('fast');
    $(this).next().slideToggle(400);
  });
});

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This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by mitchobert. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.