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Simple way to prevent users from changing the active panel on the jQuery UI Accordion control

Introduction

jQuery UI Accordion is a great control out-of-the-box but as usual it's not enough, we always need more!
So here's the thing: I needed a simple way, without much hacking, to let me handle if the user could expand/collapse a panel or not.
If you look around, there are some ideas but I couldn't find one that actually consistently worked so here's my way of doing it.

Using the Code

The idea is to handle the header click and this way decide to activate the panel or not. In the sample code, just use the checkbox to lock or unlock the panels activation.

Here's the jsfille link and the same code below.

HTML

HTML
<input id="chkLock" type="checkbox"/>
<label for="chkLock">Lock Accordion</label>

<div id="myaccordion">
    <h3>Header 1</h3>
    <div>Content 1</div>
    <h3>Header 2</h3>
    <div>Content 2</div>
    <h3>Header 3</h3>
    <div>Content 3</div>
</div>

JavaScript

JavaScript
$('#myaccordion').accordion();

$("#myaccordion h3")
    .off('click')
    .on('click', function(){
        if ($('#chkLock').prop('checked') == false) {
            var index = $('#myaccordion h3').index(this);
            $('#myaccordion').accordion("activate", index);
        }
    });

Points of Interest

There are always multiple ways of doing the same thing, the difficulty is finding the simplest one. Smile | :)

History

First version!
Hope to hear from you guys about even simpler solutions!

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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Questionjquery.nestedAccordion.js Pin
adis4112-Dec-13 8:14
adis4112-Dec-13 8:14 
JavaScript
/*! 
 * Nested Accordion v.1.4.7.4 
 * Script to create 'accordion' functionality on a hierarchically structured content.
 * http://www.adipalaz.com/experiments/jquery/nested_accordion.html
 *
 * Requires: jQuery v. 1.4.3+ / updated for jQuery v. 1.9 /
 * Copyright (c) 2009, 2013 Adriana Palazova
 *
 * Dual licensed under the MIT (http://www.adipalaz.com/docs/mit-license.txt) and GPL v. 2 (http://www.adipalaz.com/docs/gpl-license.txt) licenses.
 */
 
;(function($) {
  //"use strict";
  $.fn.accordion = function(options) {

    var version = '1.4.7.4';
    var o = $.extend({}, $.fn.accordion.defaults, options);
	  
    return this.each(function() {
      var containerID = o.container ? '#' + this.id : '', objID = o.objID ? o.objID : o.obj + o.objClass,
        Obj = o.container ? containerID + ' ' + objID : '#' + this.id,
        El = Obj + ' ' + o.el,
        hTimeout = null; 

      // build
      if (o.head) $(Obj).find(o.head).addClass('h');
      if (o.head) {
        if ($(El).next('div:not(.outer)').length) {$(El).next('div:not(.outer)').wrap('<div class="outer" />');} 
        $(Obj + ' .h').each(function(){
            var $this = $(this);
            if (o.wrapper == 'div' && !$this.parent('div.new').length) {$this.add( $this.next('div.outer') ).wrapAll('<div class="new"></div>');}
        }); 
      }
      $(El).each(function(){
          var $node = $(this);
          if ($node.find(o.next).length || $node.next(o.next).length) {
            if ($node.find('> a').length) {
              if (o.iconTrigger) {
                $node.find('> a').addClass('link');
              } else {
                $node.find('> a').addClass("trigger");
              }
            } else {
                var anchor = o.iconTrigger ? '<span class="heading" />' : '<a class="trigger" href="#" />'
                if (o.elToWrap) {
                  var $t = nodes($node), $s = $node.find(o.elToWrap), $object = $t.add($s);
                  $object.wrapAll(anchor);
                } else {
                  nodes($node).wrap(anchor);
                }
            }
            if(o.iconTrigger) {
              $node.find('> a, >span.heading').before('<a href="#" class="icon trigger"></a>'); 
              $node.find('> a.icon.trigger');
            }
            
          } else {
            $node.addClass('last-child');
            if (o.lastChild && $node.find('> a').length) {$node.find('> a').addClass("trigger");}
          }
      });
      function nodes(el) {
        var txt = [];
        el.each(function(){
          $.each(this.childNodes, function() { if (this.nodeType == 3 && $.trim(this.nodeValue)) {txt.push(this);} })
        }); 
        return $(txt);
      };
      
      // init state
      $(El + ' a.trigger').closest(o.wrapper).find('> ' + o.next).not('.shown').hide().closest(o.wrapper).find('a.open').removeClass('open').data('state', 0);
      
      if (o.activeLink && o.initShow) {
          var fullURL = window.location.href,
              arrPath = fullURL.split(o.splitUrl),
              relPath = (o.uri != 'full' && fullURL.indexOf(o.splitUrl) >= 0) ? arrPath[arrPath.length-1] : fullURL;
          $(Obj + ' a:not([href $= "#"])').each(function() {
            var a = $(this), fullHref, aHref;
            if (o.uri != 'full' && a.attr('href').indexOf(o.splitUrl) >= 0) {
              fullHref = a.attr('href').split(o.splitUrl); aHref = fullHref[fullHref.length-1];
            } else {
              aHref = a.attr('href');
            }
            if (aHref == relPath) {
              a.addClass('active').parent().attr('id', 'current').closest(o.obj).addClass('current');
            }
          });
      }
      
      if (o.shift && $(Obj + ' a.active').closest(o.wrapper).prev(o.wrapper).length) {
        var $currentWrap = $(Obj + ' a.active').closest(o.wrapper),
            $curentStack = ($().addBack) ? $currentWrap.nextAll().addBack() : $currentWrap.nextAll().andSelf(),
            $siblings = $currentWrap.siblings(o.wrapper),
            $first = $siblings.filter(":first");
        if (o.shift == 'clicked' || (o.shift == 'all' && $siblings.length)) {
            $currentWrap.insertBefore($first).addClass('shown').siblings(o.wrapper).removeClass('shown');
        }
        if (o.shift == 'all' && $siblings.length > 1) {$curentStack.insertBefore($first);}
      }
          
      if (o.initShow) {
        $(Obj).find(o.initShow).show().addClass('shown')
          .parents(Obj + ' ' + o.next).show().addClass('shown').end()
          .parents(o.wrapper).find('> a.trigger, > ' + o.el + ' a.trigger').addClass('open').data('state', 1);
          if (o.expandSub) {$(Obj + ' ' + o.initShow).children(o.next).show().end().find('> a.trigger').addClass('open').data('state', 1 );}
          if ($(Obj + ' ' + o.initShow).next(o.next).length) {$(Obj + ' ' + o.initShow).next(o.next).show().end().find('> a.trigger').addClass('open').data('state', 1 );}
      }
      
      // event
      if (o.event == 'click') {
          var ev = 'click';
      } else  {
          if (o.focus) {var f = ' focus';} else {var f = '';}
          var ev = 'mouseenter' + f;
      }
      var scrollElem;
      (typeof scrollableElement == 'function') ? (scrollElem = scrollableElement('html', 'body')) : (scrollElem = 'html, body');

      // The event handler is bound to the "accordion" element
      // The event is filtered to only fire when an <a class="trigger"> was clicked on.
      $(Obj).delegate('a.trigger', ev, function(ev) {
          var $thislink = $(this),
              $thisWrapper = $thislink.closest(o.wrapper),
              $nextEl = $thisWrapper.find('> ' + o.next),
              $siblings = $thisWrapper.siblings(o.wrapper),
              $trigger = $(El + ' a.trigger'),
              $shownEl = $thisWrapper.siblings(o.wrapper).find('>' + o.next + ':visible'),
              shownElOffset;
              $shownEl.length ? shownElOffset = $shownEl.offset().top : shownElOffset = false;
              
          function action(obj) {
             if (($nextEl).length && $thislink.data('state') && (o.collapsible)) {
                  $thislink.removeClass('open');
                  $nextEl.filter(':visible')[o.hideMethod](o.hideSpeed, function() {$thislink.data('state', 0);});
              }
              if (($nextEl.length && !$thislink.data('state')) || (!($nextEl).length && $thislink.closest(o.wrapper).not('.shown'))) {
                  if (!o.standardExpansible) {
                    $siblings.find('> a.open, >'+ o.el + ' a.open').removeClass('open').data('state', 0).end()
                    .find('> ' + o.next + ':visible')[o.hideMethod](o.hideSpeed);
                    if (shownElOffset && shownElOffset < $(window).scrollTop()) {$(scrollElem).animate({scrollTop: shownElOffset}, o.scrollSpeed);}
                  }
                  $thislink.addClass('open');
                  $nextEl.filter(':hidden')[o.showMethod](o.showSpeed, function() {$thislink.data('state', 1);});
              }
              if (o.shift && $thisWrapper.prev(o.wrapper).length) {
                var $thisStack = ($().addBack) ? $thisWrapper.nextAll().addBack() : $thisWrapper.nextAll().andSelf(),
                    $first = $siblings.filter(":first");
                if (o.shift == 'clicked' || (o.shift == 'all' && $siblings.length)) {
                  $thisWrapper.insertBefore($first).addClass('shown').siblings(o.wrapper).removeClass('shown');
                }
                if (o.shift == 'all' && $siblings.length > 1) {$thisStack.insertBefore($first);}
              }
          }
          if (o.event == 'click') {
              action($trigger); 
              if ($thislink.is('[href $= "#"]')) {
                  return false;
              } else {
                  if ($.isFunction(o.retFunc)) {
                    return o.retFunc($thislink) 
                  } else {
                    return true;
                  }
              }
          }
          if (o.event != 'click') {
              hTimeout = window.setTimeout(function() {
                  action($trigger);
              }, o.interval);        
              $thislink.click(function() {
                  $thislink.blur();
                  if ($thislink.attr('href')== '#') {
                      $thislink.blur();
                      return false;
                  }
              });
          }
      });
      if (o.event != 'click') {$(Obj).delegate('a.trigger', 'mouseleave', function() {window.clearTimeout(hTimeout); });}
      
      /* -----------------------------------------------
      // http://www.learningjquery.com/2007/10/improved-animated-scrolling-script-for-same-page-links:
      -------------------------------------------------- */
      function scrollableElement(els) {
        for (var i = 0, argLength = arguments.length; i < argLength; i++) {
          var el = arguments[i],
              $scrollElement = $(el);
          if ($scrollElement.scrollTop() > 0) {
            return el;
          } else {
            $scrollElement.scrollTop(1);
            var isScrollable = $scrollElement.scrollTop() > 0;
            $scrollElement.scrollTop(0);
            if (isScrollable) {
              return el;
            }
          }
        };
        return [];
      }; 
      /* ----------------------------------------------- */
      
  });};
  $.fn.accordion.defaults = {
    container : true, // {true} if the plugin is called on the closest named container, {false} if the pligin is called on the accordion element
    obj : 'ul', // the element which contains the accordion - 'ul', 'ol', 'div' 
    objClass : '.accordion', // the class name of the accordion - required if you call the accordion on the container
    objID : '', // the ID of the accordion (optional)
    wrapper :'li', // the common parent of 'a.trigger' and 'o.next' - 'li', 'div'
    el : 'li', // the parent of 'a.trigger' - 'li', '.h'
    head : '', // the headings that are parents of 'a.trigger' (if any)
    next : 'ul', // the collapsible element - 'ul', 'ol', 'div'
    iconTrigger : false,
    initShow : '', // the initially expanded section (optional)
    expandSub : true, // {true} forces the sub-content under the 'current' item to be expanded on page load
    showMethod : 'slideDown', // 'slideDown', 'show', 'fadeIn', or custom
    hideMethod : 'slideUp', // 'slideUp', 'hide', 'fadeOut', or custom
    showSpeed : 400,
    hideSpeed : 800,
    scrollSpeed : 600, //speed of repositioning the newly opened section when it is pushed off screen.
    activeLink : true, //{true} if the accordion is used for site navigation
    event : 'click', //'click', 'hover'
    focus : true, // it is needed for  keyboard accessibility when we use {event:'hover'}
    interval : 400, // time-interval for delayed actions used to prevent the accidental activation of animations when we use {event:hover} (in milliseconds)
    collapsible : true, // {true} - makes the accordion fully collapsible, {false} - forces one section to be open at any time
    standardExpansible : false, //if {true}, the functonality will be standard Expand/Collapse without 'accordion' effect
    lastChild : true, //if {true}, the items without sub-elements will also trigger the 'accordion' animation
    shift: false, // false, 'clicked', 'all'. If 'clicked', the clicked item will be moved to the first position inside its level, 
                  // If 'all', the clicked item and all following siblings will be moved to the top
    elToWrap: null, // null, or the element, besides the text node, to be wrapped by the trigger, e.g. 'span:first'
    uri : 'full', // 'full' if you use absolute paths. 'relative' - if you use relative paths in a navigation accordion - specify splitUrl option below
    splitUrl: '/', // If you use relative paths in a navigation accordion, specify a symbol '/', '?', '#', etc.
    retFunc: null //
  };

  /* ---------------------------------------------
  Feel free to remove the following code if you don't need these custom animations.
  ------------------------------------------------ */
  var msie = false;
  if(typeof window.attachEvent != 'undefined') { msie = true; } // IE before version 9

  $.fn.slideFadeDown = function(speed, callback) { 
    return this.animate({opacity: 'show', height: 'show'}, speed, function() { 
      if (msie) { this.style.removeAttribute('filter'); }
      if (jQuery.isFunction(callback)) { callback(); }
    }); 
  }; 
  $.fn.slideFadeUp = function(speed, callback) { 
    return this.animate({opacity: 'hide', height: 'hide'}, speed, function() { 
      if (msie) { this.style.removeAttribute('filter'); }
      if (jQuery.isFunction(callback)) { callback(); }
    }); 
  }; 
  /* --- end of the optional code --- */

})(jQuery);

///////////////////////////
//  The plugin can be called on the ID of the accordion element - ({container: false}) 
//  or 
//  on the ID of its closest named container - ({container: true}) - default. In this case, the accordions should have a class. The default class is ".accordion". 
//
//  If the plugin is called on a named container, we can initialize all the accordions residing in a given section with just one call.
//  EXAMPLES:
///////////////////////////
/*  ---
    $(function() {
    
    // If the closest named container = #container1 or the accordion element is <ul id="subnavigation">:
    /// Standard nested lists:
      $('#container1').accordion(); // we are calling the plugin on the closest named container
      $('#subnavigation').accordion({container: false}); // we are calling the plugin on the accordion element
      // this will expand the sub-list with "id=current", when the accordion is initialized:
      $('#subnavigation').accordion({container: false, initShow : "#current"});
      // this will expand/collapse the sub-list when the mouse hovers over the trigger element:
      $('#container1').accordion({event: "hover", initShow : "#current"});
      // NEW in v.1.4.7.4: The accordion animations can be triggered by clicking the icons:
      $('#container1').accordion({iconTrigger: true});
      // NEW in v.1.4.7.4: In a navigation accordion, we can use relative paths. We should specify the split symbol in option splitUrl:
      $("#container1").accordion({initShow: "#current", uri: "relative", splitUrl: '?'});    
     
    // If the closest named container = #container2
    /// Nested Lists + Headings + DIVs:
      $('#container2').accordion({el: '.h', head: 'h4, h5', next: 'div'});
      $('#container2').accordion({el: '.h', head: 'h4, h5', next: 'div', initShow : 'div.outer:eq(0)'});
      
    /// Nested DIVs + Headings:
      $('#container2').accordion({obj: 'div', wrapper: 'div', el: '.h', head: 'h4, h5', next: 'div.outer'});
      $('#container2').accordion({objID: '#acc2', obj: 'div', wrapper: 'div', el: '.h', head: 'h4, h5', next: 'div.outer', initShow : '.shown', shift: 'all'});
      
    });

    /// We can globally replace the defaults, for example:
    $.fn.accordion.defaults.initShow = "#current";
    $.fn.accordion.defaults.container = false;

    /// Example options for Hover Accordion:
    $.fn.accordion.defaults.container=false;
    $.fn.accordion.defaults.event="hover";
    $.fn.accordion.defaults.focus=false; // Optional. If it is possible, use {focus: true}, since {focus: false} will break the keyboard accessibility
    $.fn.accordion.defaults.initShow="#current";
    $.fn.accordion.defaults.lastChild=false;
--- */

adi

QuestionNested Jquery Accordion - Sample Pin
adis4112-Dec-13 8:05
adis4112-Dec-13 8:05 

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