Customize the Accordion widget
Although the Property inspector enables you to make simple edits to an Accordion widget, it does not support customized styling tasks. You can alter the CSS rules for the Accordion widget and create an accordion that is styled to your liking. For a more advanced list of styling tasks, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_dw_spryaccordion_custom.
All CSS rules in the following topics refer to the default rules located in the SpryAccordion.css file. Dreamweaver saves the SpryAccordion.css file in the SpryAssets folder of your site whenever you create a Spry Accordion widget. This file also contains commented information about various styles that apply to the widget, so you might find it helpful to consult the file as well.
Although you can easily edit rules for the Accordion
widget directly in the CSS file, you can also use the CSS Styles
panel to edit the accordion’s CSS. The CSS Styles panel is helpful
for locating the CSS classes assigned to different parts of the
widget, especially if you use the panel’s Current mode.
Style Accordion widget text
You can style the text of an Accordion widget by setting properties for the entire Accordion widget container, or by setting properties for the components of the widget individually.
To change the text styling of an Accordion widget,
use the following table to locate the appropriate CSS rule, and
then add your own text styling properties and values:
|
Text to change |
Relevant CSS rule |
Example of properties and values to add |
|---|---|---|
|
Text in the entire accordion (includes both tab and content panel) |
.Accordion or .AccordionPanel |
font: Arial; font-size:medium; |
|
Text in accordion panel tabs only |
.AccordionPanelTab |
font: Arial; font-size:medium; |
|
Text in accordion content panels only |
.AccordionPanelContent |
font: Arial; font-size:medium; |
Change Accordion widget background colors
To change the background colors
of different parts of an Accordion widget, use the following table
to locate the appropriate CSS rule, and then add or change background
color properties and values:
|
Part of widget to change |
Relevant CSS rule |
Example of property and value to add or change |
|---|---|---|
|
Background color of accordion panel tabs |
.AccordionPanelTab |
background-color: #CCCCCC; (This is the default value.) |
|
Background color of accordion content panels |
.AccordionPanelContent |
background-color: #CCCCCC; |
|
Background color of the open accordion panel |
.AccordionPanelOpen .AccordionPanelTab |
background-color: #EEEEEE; (This is the default value.) |
|
Background color of panel tabs on hover |
.AccordionPanelTabHover |
color: #555555; (This is the default value.) |
|
Background color of open panel tab on hover |
.AccordionPanelOpen .AccordionPanelTabHover |
color: #555555; (This is the default value.) |
Constrain the width of an accordion
By default, the Accordion widget expands to fill available space. You can constrain the width of an Accordion widget, however, by setting a width property for the accordion container.
- Locate the .Accordion CSS rule by opening up the
SpryAccordion.css file. This is the rule that defines properties
for the main container element of the Accordion widget.
You can also locate the rule by selecting
the Accordion widget, and looking in the CSS Styles panel (Window
> CSS). Make sure the panel is set to Current mode.