Handle accordion panel open/close event in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to handle accordion panel open/close event.

Example


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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title></title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {

var accOpts = {

//add change event callback
change: function(e, ui) {
alert($(ui.newContent).attr("id") + " was opened, " + $(ui.oldContent).attr("id") + " was closed");
}
};

$("#myAccordion").accordion(accOpts);
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="myAccordion">
<h3><a class="heading" href="#">Section 1</a></h3>
<div>
<p>P1</p>
</div>
<h3><a class="heading" href="#">Section 2</a></h3>
<div>
<p>P2</p>
</div>
<h3><a class="heading" id="header3" href="#">Section 3</a></h3>
<div>
<p>P3</p>
<ul>
<li>List item one</li>
<li>List item two</li>
<li>List item three</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h3><a class="heading" href="#">Section 4</a></h3>
<div>
<p>P4</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

]]>
</code>

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The code above generates the following result.

Handle accordion panel open/close event in JavaScript