20+ Tailwind Accordions
This collection is a guide to building responsive accordions with Tailwind CSS. At its core is an elegant, JS-free approach using peer and peer-checked utilities to manage state. Smooth expand animation is achieved via transition and changing max-h-*, while group allows for animating child elements, like rotating an arrow icon. For maximum accessibility, examples of styling the native <details> element with the open: modifier are also featured.
Examples
Image Accordion Slider with Tailwind and JS
A visually captivating gallery where clicking an element triggers a slow yet energetic and “rubbery” expansion, accompanied by the appearance of textual information.
See the Pen Image Accordion Slider with Tailwind and JS.
Image Gallery in Tailwind CSS
An elegant gallery where images smoothly slide and expand on hover, allowing the user to focus on the selected photo.
See the Pen Image Gallery in Tailwind CSS.
Dropdown Snippet of Tailwind CSS
Smooth, stylish, and fully functional dropdowns with various color themes (neutral, vibrant yellow, dark high-contrast) that work without JS.
See the Pen Dropdown Snippet of Tailwind CSS.
FAQ with Tailwind
A pure CSS FAQ accordion utilizing the “Checkbox Hack” technique.
See the Pen FAQ with Tailwind.
Free Tailwind CSS FAQs Component
An interactive FAQ section with an accordion functionality where clicking a question expands the answer and toggles the plus/minus icon, featuring a search bar for filtering.
See the Pen Free Tailwind CSS FAQs Component.
3D Accordion Style Cards with Tailwind
A reactive accordion gallery where Vue.js handles data binding, but the kinetic expansion relies entirely on CSS Flexbox.
See the Pen 3D Accordion Style Cards with Tailwind.
Animated Accordion with Tailwind CSS
An accessible, independent accordion powered by Alpine.js for local state management and Tailwind CSS for styling.
See the Pen Animated Accordion with Tailwind CSS.
Exclusive Accordion with Tailwind and interpolate-size
A high-performance, smooth accordion that expands to the content’s natural height, looking and feeling like a complex JS solution but running entirely on the browser engine.
HTML Accordion (Tailwind Only)
A smooth, fully functional accordion that animates expansion to the content’s intrinsic height without requiring JS dimension calculations.
See the Pen HTML Accordion (Tailwind Only).
Image Accordion with Tailwind CSS
A kinetic, fluid interface where interacting with one element smoothly reflows the entire layout. The active image remains sharp and vivid, while the others dim and blur, guiding the user’s focus.
See the Pen Image Accordion with Tailwind CSS.
Smooth Accordion with Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS
A data-driven accordion component built with Alpine.js and styled with Tailwind CSS.
See the Pen Smooth Accordion with Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS.
