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GOV.UK Design System Accordion

Documents the accordion component for showing and hiding related content sections on a page, with section headings, show or hide controls, and expand-all behavior.

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Accordion Choose accordion when multiple related page sections can be independently shown or hidden without changing route, page context, or selected mode. Activating a section header toggles only the panel it owns unless the component is explicitly single-open. GOV.UK documents accordions for showing and hiding related content sections on a page.

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Publisher: GOV.UK Design System. Last checked: .