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accordion

accordion

2 5.5
A vertical list of headings you open to show or hide the content beneath
  • noun
  • /əˈkɔrdɪən/
  • Informal
translation icon : acordeón
  • accordion style
  • accordion file
  • accordion folder

You go to accordion mode, you go to accordion mode, you press it and then watch.

Examples

  • I wish to have only the vertical accordion drop-down menu in operation and not the horizontal menu appearing.

    Blog text (6)
  • Embarrassed, she opens a drawer and pulls out an accordion-file envelope.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • There is an accordion-style slider bar to help you with the discovery process of these trending themes.

    Blog text (34)
  • When he had dressed, he found her stretched out on the living-room rug, balancing in her lap an old accordion file she kept in a small wooden trunk they used as an end table.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • It comes with a lot of HTML shortcodes, jQuery plugins (tabs, accordion, sliders...) and the ability to edit the design very easily.

    Blog text (8)
  • In the web design tutorial, she explained how to use the accordion feature to hide and show different sections of text.

  • The app uses an accordion layout that allows users to expand or collapse the available options easily.

  • The developer implemented an accordion menu so that only one section is open at a time, making navigation simpler.

Compounds

A musical instrument with a folding part that you push and pull while pressing buttons to play notes

A way of folding paper that makes a zig-zag, often for maps or brochures

A door with vertical panels that fold together to save space

A musical instrument with a piano-style keyboard for the right hand and buttons for the left hand

Surface Forms

accordion singular
accordions plural

Etymology

Accordion is also used for a list in websites because the sections open and close like the instrument's folding bellows. That's why an accordion on a page expands to show more and then folds back to hide it.