JQuery Accordion: disable extension when clicking title, assign link

Question

Is there a way to disable section extension from clicking a header and instead assign functionality to the link included in the header? The idea is for the button to the left of the title to expand and collapse the title. I hope that this will allow me to include in the header other elements that could be clicked without expanding / collapsing. Thanks!

Answer 1

Here is a way to do it. Basically, I initialize the accordion with the disable option and click event click that first enable the accordion, then make the accordion and finally disconnect the accordion.

HTML:

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JavaScript:

 $(function() { $("#accordion").accordion({ disabled: true }); $(".trigger").click(function() { $("#accordion").accordion("enable").accordion("activate", parseInt($(this).data("index"), 10)).accordion("disable"); }); }); 

Answer 2

You can simply specify your title element :

 $( ".selector" ).accordion({ header: 'h3' }); 

Answer 3

It’s best to untie the click handler:

  $(function () { $("#accordionId").accordion({ collapsible: true, active: false, animate: 0, icons: false }); $(".ui-accordion-header").unbind('click').click(function() { alert('dsds'); }); }); 

Answer 4

As above.
If you use only one accordion or have the same functionality / interface, I would usually edit the actual java script file

eg. jquery.accordion

I would edit the default settings at the bottom of the file from the header: "a" to "header": "acc-heading" "