Bootstrap 4 Collapse Accordion - always have one panel open

Question

I'm using Bootstrap 4.0's collapse component in an accordion similar to what they have on their docs.

<div id="accordion">
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-header" id="headingOne">
      <h5 class="mb-0">
        <button class="btn btn-link" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapseOne" aria-expanded="true" aria-controls="collapseOne">
          Collapsible Group Item #1
        </button>
      </h5>
    </div>

    <div id="collapseOne" class="collapse show" aria-labelledby="headingOne" data-parent="#accordion">
      <div class="card-body">
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      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-header" id="headingTwo">
      <h5 class="mb-0">
        <button class="btn btn-link collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapseTwo" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapseTwo">
          Collapsible Group Item #2
        </button>
      </h5>
    </div>
    <div id="collapseTwo" class="collapse" aria-labelledby="headingTwo" data-parent="#accordion">
      <div class="card-body">
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      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-header" id="headingThree">
      <h5 class="mb-0">
        <button class="btn btn-link collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapseThree" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapseThree">
          Collapsible Group Item #3
        </button>
      </h5>
    </div>
    <div id="collapseThree" class="collapse" aria-labelledby="headingThree" data-parent="#accordion">
      <div class="card-body">
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      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

So Item #1 is expanded by default. Then when you click Item #3, #1 closes and #3 expands... Perfect!

However the default action is that if Item #3 is expanded and you click that heading, the panel closes and you're left with just a list of headings. I'd like to take it one step further where if we close Item #3, Item #1 would expand so it would be the 'default' panel that would be open if no other selection had been made.

I've seen a solution for Bootstrap3 where one panel is always open, but I'd like to be able to have a specific panel (Item #1) as the panel that opens as a backup. This is the script for easy reference:

$('.panel-heading a').on('click',function(e){
    if($(this).parents('.panel').children('.panel-collapse').hasClass('in')){
        e.stopPropagation();
    }
    // You can also add preventDefault to remove the anchor behavior that makes
    // the page jump
    // e.preventDefault();
});

Answer 1

You can use the collapse hidden event. In this case, use .eq(0) since 0 is the index of the first collapsible div.

$('.collapse').on('hidden.bs.collapse', function () {
    $('.collapse').eq(0).collapse('show');
})

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To take it a step further, you could add a new default data variable to the parent #accordion...

<div id="accordion" class="accordion" data-default="1">..</div>

And, then change the jQuery to use that variable..

/* default accordion variable method */
$('.collapse').on('hidden.bs.collapse', function () {
  var defaultDiv = $($(this).data("parent")).data("default");
  $('.collapse').eq(defaultDiv-1).collapse('show');
})

Demo: https://www.codeply.com/go/NilPIQD9oi

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Another option is to prevent any open accordion from closing itself, as I explained in this answer.