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How to build a show-hide Web Component. Watch the tutorial: https://youtu.be/HgI03y6DYoI
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Show/Hide</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
margin: 1em auto;
max-width: 30em;
width: 88%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Show/Hide</h1>
<show-hide>
<button trigger hidden>Show Content</button>
<div content>
<p>Now you see me, now you don't!</p>
</div>
</show-hide>
<show-hide>
<button trigger hidden>Press Me</button>
<div content>
<p>🦄</p>
</div>
</show-hide>
<script>
customElements.define('show-hide', class extends HTMLElement {
/**
* Instantiate our Web Component
*/
constructor () {
// Inherit parent class properties
super();
// Define properties on our Web Component
this.trigger = this.querySelector('[trigger]');
this.content = this.querySelector('[content]');
if (!this.trigger || !this.content) return;
// Setup the UI
this.trigger.removeAttribute('hidden');
this.trigger.setAttribute('aria-expanded', false);
this.content.setAttribute('hidden', '');
// Listen for click events
this.trigger.addEventListener('click', this);
}
/**
* Handle click events
* @param {Event} event The event object
*/
handleEvent (event) {
// Stop the button from submitting forms
event.preventDefault();
// If the content is visible, hide it
// Otherwise, show it
if (this.trigger.getAttribute('aria-expanded') === 'true') {
this.trigger.setAttribute('aria-expanded', false);
this.content.setAttribute('hidden', '');
} else {
this.trigger.setAttribute('aria-expanded', true);
this.content.removeAttribute('hidden');
}
}
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
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