details

details

NOTE: This new element is HTML5 and will be a standardized element in 2014.

The <details> element is used to render additional plain text and HTML elements to the reader that they can expand and collapse at their leisure by clicking on the element. Use this tag together with the <summary> element to add the ability to customize the text that the details tag has always visible to the user.

HTML CODE EXAMPLE

<details>Here are the toggled details</details>

 

HTML CODE EXAMPLE

<details open="open">Here are the toggled details</details>

 

Here are the toggled details

Attributes for this element:

datetime - the date or date-time the text was deleted
Possible Values:"date-time sysntax as defined here"

cite - refer to a URL that explains why the text was deleted
Possible Values: "URL string"

global attributes - global core attributes
See: list of global attributes

Event handlers for this element:

global event handlers - global event handler attributes
See: list of global event handlers

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