Setting up a series of text entry boxes as an accordion

I have a series of 8 essay text entry questions. I'd like for this series to appear like an accordion, where the headings always show and the text boxes are hidden but show/hide again by clicking the down arrow. If I make the heading (question text) into a button, can I use the question element id in a function to show/hide just the text entry box onclick? !

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@Nadaly, Yes, you can do that. You don't need a 'button', just a click handler on the question text.

Thanks @TomG , So if I have this for the question text: `<div id="topic" onClick="showtext()"><b><u>Topic 1</u> ▼</b></div> ` And in the onload function, I've successfully initially hidden the boxes with this: jQuery("#" + this.questionId + " .InputText ").hide(); But I'm having trouble writing the function that shows the box when the topic is clicked. :(

Hello @Nadaly , Paste the below code in js(onReady) var that= this.questionId; jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .InputText").hide(); jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .LabelWrapper label").on('click',function(){ jQuery("#"+that+" .InputText").hide(); var id=jQuery(this).attr("for"); jQuery("[id='"+id+"']").show(); });

Your code is sincerely appreciated @Shashi (I did not know this was called a LabelWrapper label) but this code doesn't seem to be working for my question series. The text boxes are initially hidden but nothing happens on clicking the question text.

> @Nadaly said: > Your code is sincerely appreciated @Shashi (I did not know this was called a LabelWrapper label) but this code doesn't seem to be working for my question series. > The text boxes are initially hidden but nothing happens on clicking the question text. I hope you are using form question type QSF Attached

Oh I see @Shashi ! So your code does work on a form type. I have 8 individual essay text questions. I could consider a form type question for this purpose if: 1) the text boxes could appear under the headers rather than beside them; and 2) the text box and response then remains visible once something is typed in (and only closes if the respondent intentionally clicks on the header again). Otherwise, I think I'd prefer the individual question approach.

> @Nadaly said: > Oh I see @Shashi ! So your code does work on a form type. I have 8 individual essay text questions. > I could consider a form type question for this purpose if: 1) the text boxes could appear under the headers rather than beside them; and 2) the text box and response then remains visible once something is typed in (and only closes if the respondent intentionally clicks on the header again). Otherwise, I think I'd prefer the individual question approach. > Here's the updated code for different questions. Also it will not hide text box with values. Paste this in the first text entry question var that= this.questionId; jQuery(".InputText").hide(); jQuery(".QuestionText ").on('click',function(){ jQuery(" .InputText").each(function(){ if( jQuery(this).val()==""){ jQuery(this).hide(); } }); var id=jQuery(this).attr("for"); jQuery("[id='"+id+"']").show(); });

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