Elegant and accessible content toggle with CSS

Elegant and accessible content toggle with CSS.markdown

Elegant and accessible content toggle with CSS

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index.html

<!--
  Checkbox input used as a toggle thanks to the :checked pseudo-class.
  The `id` attribute is necessary to make it possible to check it through the label.
-->
<input type="checkbox" class="toggle" id="toggle" />

<!--
  Label from which the `for` attribute should match the one from the checkbox toggle.
-->
<label for="toggle">Toggle content</label>

<!--
  Content meant to be collapsed/expanded depending on the state of the checkbox.
-->
<div class="toggled">
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</div>

style.css

/**
 * Elegant and accessible content toggle with CSS.
 *
 * 1. Hides the toggle, as it can be toggled through the label thanks to the id/for combo.
 * 2. Hides the toggled content when not following a checked toggled.
 *
 * Courtesy to H5BP for the visually hidden ruleset: https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/blob/master/src/css/main.css#L119).
 */
.toggle, /* 1 */
.toggle:not(:checked) ~ .toggled /* 2 */ {
  border: 0;
  clip: rect(0 0 0 0);
  height: 1px;
  margin: -1px;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 0;
  position: absolute;
  width: 1px;
}































/**
 Demo styles, not interesting.
 **/

body {
  max-width: 600px;
  margin: 2em auto;
  background: #FDFDFD;
  padding: 1em;
}

label {
  border: 1px solid;
  padding: 5px;
  cursor: pointer;
}