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react-md - Expansion Panel - Demos

Simple Example

When using an expansion panel, you'll normally have a list of two or more in a list to dynamically show content as needed. Each ExpansionPanel requires:

  • an id for a11y
  • an expanded prop to determine if the content is currently expanded and visible
  • an onExpandedClick prop to toggle the expanded state
  • header content provided either with the header or a custom implementation with customHeader prop

The usePanels hook provided by this package will help generate these props for you. The usePanels hook requires an idPrefix to generate unique ids for each panel and a count for the total number of panels to generate props for. The hook will also provide an onKeyDown event handler as the second item in the returned array which should be passed to a parent DOM element (normally an ExpansionList). When the onKeyDown handler is attached, the user can now quickly jump from panel header to panel header with the up and down arrow keys or to the first and last panels with the home and end keys.

Check out simple example below to see how these are used together.

Configuring Use Panels Behavior

As shown in the first example, the default behavior of usePanels is to only allow one panel to be expanded at a time as well as not expanding any panels by default. Luckily, this is all configurable with different options available to this hook. Use the playground below to see what how the different configuration options work.

Options

Single Panel

An ExpansionPanel can also be used on its own as a "reveal" type of component. Depending on your preference, you can still use the usePanels hook with a count set to 1 to generate the props and state for you. Otherwise, you'll just need to provide the props on your own.

The example below will show two examples of using the usePanels hook as well as just providing your own props.