How can I close all accordion items on load?

Hi,

I have this accordion on my page, but when it loads the first item in the accordion is always open by default (thus extending the height of the accordion).

How can I make it so that all accordion items are closed by default/on load?

There are 2 .js files used for the accordion, and the code for each is as follows:

accordion_functions.js

	jQuery().ready(function(){
		// simple accordion
		// jQuery('#esearch-accordion').accordion(); - fixed height
		jQuery('#esearch-accordion').accordion({
			autoheight: false
		});
		
	
		var wizard = $("#wizard").accordion({
			header: '.title',
			event: false
		});
		
		var wizardButtons = $([]);
		$("div.title", wizard).each(function(index) {
			wizardButtons = wizardButtons.add($(this)
			.next()
			.children(":button")
			.filter(".next, .previous")
			.click(function() {
				wizard.accordion("activate", index + ($(this).is(".next") ? 1 : -1))
			}));
		});
		
		// bind to change event of select to control first and seconds accordion
		// similar to tab's plugin triggerTab(), without an extra method
		var accordions = jQuery('#esearch-accordion, #list1b, #list2, #list3, #navigation, #wizard');
		
		jQuery('#switch select').change(function() {
			accordions.accordion("activate", this.selectedIndex-1 );
		});
		jQuery('#close').click(function() {
			accordions.accordion("activate", -1);
		});
		jQuery('#switch2').change(function() {
			accordions.accordion("activate", this.value);
		});
		jQuery('#enable').click(function() {
			accordions.accordion("enable");
		});
		jQuery('#disable').click(function() {
			accordions.accordion("disable");
		});
		jQuery('#remove').click(function() {
			accordions.accordion("destroy");
			wizardButtons.unbind("click");
		});
	});

and jquery.accordion.js


 ;(function($) {
	
// If the UI scope is not available, add it
$.ui = $.ui || {};

$.fn.extend({
	accordion: function(options, data) {
		var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);

		return this.each(function() {
			if (typeof options == "string") {
				var accordion = $.data(this, "ui-accordion");
				accordion[options].apply(accordion, args);
			// INIT with optional options
			} else if (!$(this).is(".ui-accordion"))
				$.data(this, "ui-accordion", new $.ui.accordion(this, options));
		});
	},
	// deprecated, use accordion("activate", index) instead
	activate: function(index) {
		return this.accordion("activate", index);
	}
});

$.ui.accordion = function(container, options) {
	
	// setup configuration
	this.options = options = $.extend({}, $.ui.accordion.defaults, options);
	this.element = container;
	
	$(container).addClass("ui-accordion");
	
	if ( options.navigation ) {
		var current = $(container).find("h6").filter(options.navigationFilter);
		if ( current.length ) {
			if ( current.filter(options.header).length ) {
				options.active = current;
			} else {
				options.active = current.parent().parent().prev();
				current.addClass("current");
			}
		}
	}
	
	// calculate active if not specified, using the first header
	options.headers = $(container).find(options.header);
	options.active = findActive(options.headers, options.active);

	if ( options.fillSpace ) {
		var maxHeight = $(container).parent().height();
		options.headers.each(function() {
			maxHeight -= $(this).outerHeight();
		});
		var maxPadding = 0;
		options.headers.next().each(function() {
			maxPadding = Math.max(maxPadding, $(this).innerHeight() - $(this).height());
		}).height(maxHeight - maxPadding);
	} else if ( options.autoheight ) {
		var maxHeight = 0;
		options.headers.next().each(function() {
			maxHeight = Math.max(maxHeight, $(this).outerHeight());
		}).height(maxHeight);
	}

	options.headers
		.not(options.active || "")
		.next()
		.hide();
	options.active.parent().andSelf().addClass(options.selectedClass);
	
	if (options.event)
		$(container).bind((options.event) + ".ui-accordion", clickHandler);
};

$.ui.accordion.prototype = {
	activate: function(index) {
		// call clickHandler with custom event
		clickHandler.call(this.element, {
			target: findActive( this.options.headers, index )[0]
		});
	},
	
	enable: function() {
		this.options.disabled = false;
	},
	disable: function() {
		this.options.disabled = true;
	},
	destroy: function() {
		this.options.headers.next().css("display", "");
		if ( this.options.fillSpace || this.options.autoheight ) {
			this.options.headers.next().css("height", "");
		}
		$.removeData(this.element, "ui-accordion");
		$(this.element).removeClass("ui-accordion").unbind(".ui-accordion");
	}
}

function scopeCallback(callback, scope) {
	return function() {
		return callback.apply(scope, arguments);
	};
}

function completed(cancel) {
	// if removed while animated data can be empty
	if (!$.data(this, "ui-accordion"))
		return;
	var instance = $.data(this, "ui-accordion");
	var options = instance.options;
	options.running = cancel ? 0 : --options.running;
	if ( options.running )
		return;
	if ( options.clearStyle ) {
		options.toShow.add(options.toHide).css({
			height: "",
			overflow: ""
		});
	}
	$(this).triggerHandler("change.ui-accordion", [options.data], options.change);
}

function toggle(toShow, toHide, data, clickedActive, down) {
	var options = $.data(this, "ui-accordion").options;
	options.toShow = toShow;
	options.toHide = toHide;
	options.data = data;
	var complete = scopeCallback(completed, this);
	
	// count elements to animate
	options.running = toHide.size() == 0 ? toShow.size() : toHide.size();
	
	if ( options.animated ) {
		if ( !options.alwaysOpen && clickedActive ) {
			$.ui.accordion.animations[options.animated]({
				toShow: jQuery([]),
				toHide: toHide,
				complete: complete,
				down: down,
				autoheight: options.autoheight
			});
		} else {
			$.ui.accordion.animations[options.animated]({
				toShow: toShow,
				toHide: toHide,
				complete: complete,
				down: down,
				autoheight: options.autoheight
			});
		}
	} else {
		if ( !options.alwaysOpen && clickedActive ) {
			toShow.toggle();
		} else {
			toHide.hide();
			toShow.show();
		}
		complete(true);
	}
}

function clickHandler(event) {
	var options = $.data(this, "ui-accordion").options;
	if (options.disabled)
		return false;
	
	// called only when using activate(false) to close all parts programmatically
	if ( !event.target && !options.alwaysOpen ) {
		options.active.parent().andSelf().toggleClass(options.selectedClass);
		var toHide = options.active.next(),
			data = {
				instance: this,
				options: options,
				newHeader: jQuery([]),
				oldHeader: options.active,
				newContent: jQuery([]),
				oldContent: toHide
			},
			toShow = options.active = $([]);
		toggle.call(this, toShow, toHide, data );
		return false;
	}
	// get the click target
	var clicked = $(event.target);
	
	// due to the event delegation model, we have to check if one
	// of the parent elements is our actual header, and find that
	if ( clicked.parents(options.header).length )
		while ( !clicked.is(options.header) )
			clicked = clicked.parent();
	
	var clickedActive = clicked[0] == options.active[0];
	
	// if animations are still active, or the active header is the target, ignore click
	if (options.running || (options.alwaysOpen && clickedActive))
		return false;
	if (!clicked.is(options.header))
		return;

	// switch classes
	options.active.parent().andSelf().toggleClass(options.selectedClass);
	if ( !clickedActive ) {
		clicked.parent().andSelf().addClass(options.selectedClass);
	}

	// find elements to show and hide
	var toShow = clicked.next(),
		toHide = options.active.next(),
		//data = [clicked, options.active, toShow, toHide],
		data = {
			instance: this,
			options: options,
			newHeader: clicked,
			oldHeader: options.active,
			newContent: toShow,
			oldContent: toHide
		},
		down = options.headers.index( options.active[0] ) > options.headers.index( clicked[0] );
	
	options.active = clickedActive ? $([]) : clicked;
	toggle.call(this, toShow, toHide, data, clickedActive, down );

	return false;
};

function findActive(headers, selector) {
	return selector != undefined
		? typeof selector == "number"
			? headers.filter(":eq(" + selector + ")")
			: headers.not(headers.not(selector))
		: selector === false
			? $([])
			: headers.filter(":eq(0)");
}

$.extend($.ui.accordion, {
	defaults: {
		selectedClass: "selected",
		alwaysOpen: false,
		animated: 'slide',
		event: "click",
		header: "h6",
		autoheight: true,
		running: 0,
		navigationFilter: function() {
			return this.href.toLowerCase() == location.href.toLowerCase();
		}
	},
	animations: {
		slide: function(options, additions) {
			options = $.extend({
				easing: "swing",
				duration: 300
			}, options, additions);
			if ( !options.toHide.size() ) {
				options.toShow.animate({height: "show"}, options);
				return;
			}
			var hideHeight = options.toHide.height(),
				showHeight = options.toShow.height(),
				difference = showHeight / hideHeight;
			options.toShow.css({ height: 0, overflow: 'hidden' }).show();
			options.toHide.filter(":hidden").each(options.complete).end().filter(":visible").animate({height:"hide"},{
				step: function(now) {
					var current = (hideHeight - now) * difference;
					if ($.browser.msie || $.browser.opera) {
						current = Math.ceil(current);
					}
					options.toShow.height( current );
				},
				duration: options.duration,
				easing: options.easing,
				complete: function() {
					if ( !options.autoheight ) {
						options.toShow.css("height", "auto");
					}
					options.complete();
				}
			});
		},
		bounceslide: function(options) {
			this.slide(options, {
				easing: options.down ? "bounceout" : "swing",
				duration: options.down ? 1000 : 200
			});
		},
		easeslide: function(options) {
			this.slide(options, {
				easing: "easeinout",
				duration: 700
			})
		}
	}
});

})(jQuery);

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Is there any more information I could provide that would help someone to possibly provide some advice? Let me know if there is and ill do my best

I think people get put off when they see the amount of code they have to read to understand your problem. Also, accordions and menus are things so oft-asked about that people are bored of them and probably bypass topics about them. I’m just being brutally honest. :wink:

A simple google search could have saved you all the waiting anyway. “jquery accordion collapsed” - first result:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/817959/jquery-accordion-open-collapsed

Thank you SO much for replying first of all, and for the posting tips.
Thank you -almost- even more , for being brutally honest (more people should be!)

And thank you i guess mostly for the link!
The problem is often how to word things before searching them out. I never thought of the word ‘collapse’ for instance!

The link helped me solve the problem just by adding 2 words, a colon and a comma! So thank you very very much, really!

I really appreciate it.

PS: If the repping system was enabled Id award you some!