jquery ui accordion - multiple accordions expand/collapse all - style issues
I'm attempting to create an accordion where I can expand/collapse all sections with a single click. I also need the ability for the user to open and close the sections having 0-n sections open at a time. Using several of the discussions here on stackoverflow and on jquery forums, here's the solution i've come up with: I've implemented each section as it's own accordion, where each is set to collapsible = true.
<html>
<head>
<title>Accordion Test</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/jquery-1.4.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/jquery-ui-1.8.4.custom.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../_templates/css/jquery-ui-1.8.6.custom.css" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../_templates/css/jquery.ui.accordion.css" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<a onClick="expandAll()">Expand All</a>
<br>
<a onClick="collapseAll()">Collapse All</a>
<div id="accordion1" class="accord">
<h5><a href="#">section 1</a></h5>
<div>
section 1 text
</div>
</div>
<!-- orders section -->
<div id="accordion2" class="accord">
<h5><a href="#">section 2</a></h5>
<div>
section 2 text
</div>
</div>
<!-- section 3 -->
<div id="accordion3" class="accord">
<h5><a href="#">section 3</a></h5>
<div>
section 3 text
</div>
</div>
<!-- section 4 -->
<div id="accordion4">
<h5><a href="#">section 4</a></h5>
<div>
section 4 text
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
$('#accordion1').accordion({
header: 'h5',
collapsible: true,
autoHeight: false
});
});
$(function() {
$('#accordion2').accordion({
header: 'h5',
collapsible: true,
autoHeight: false,
active: false
});
});
$(function() {
$('#accordion3').accordion({
header: 'h5',
collapsible: true,
autoHeight: false,
active: false
});
});
$(function() {
$('#accordion4').accordion({
header: 'h5',
collapsible: true,
autoHeight: false,
active: false
});
});
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
})
function expandAll() {
alert("calling expandAll");
$("#accordion1, #accordion2, #accordion3, #accordion4")
.filter(":not(:has(.ui-state-active))")
.accordion("activate", 0);
}
function collapseAll() {
alert("calling collapseAll");
$("#accordion1, #accordion2, #accordion3, #accordion4")
.filter(":has(.ui-state-active)")
.accordion("activate", -1);
}
</script>
The problem I'm running into, is when I click the header of an open section, the section is collapsed as expected, but the header still have the "ui-state-focus" class, until I click elsewhere on the page. So what I see in the ui is the header of section just closed has the same background color as my hover effect, until I click elsewhere, and it shifts to the 'default, not focused' color.
In addition, when I use the Collapse All link, all looks great in Firefox. In IE, the last section header has the same hover-focus coloring.
Any suggestions? Do I somehow need to force the accordion to lose focus when it is closed? How would I accomplish that?
Answer
After attempting to over-ride my jquery-ui styles on the page, and attempting to hack the accordion javascript to remove the ui-state-focus class, a simple solution came to light.
Because my page is displaying the expected behavior when I click else where on the page, I used blur() to lose focus.
$(document).ready(function() {
// forces lose focus when accordion section closed. IE and FF.
$(".ui-accordion-header").click(function(){
$(this).blur();
});
})
To fix the collapse all issue in IE, I added 1 line to my collapseAll() method.
function collapseAll() {
alert("calling collapseAll");
$("#accordion1, #accordion2, #accordion3, #accordion4")
.filter(":has(.ui-state-active)")
.accordion("activate", -1);
$(".ui-accordion-header").blur();
}