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Pure collapsible element

Written byPhuoc Nguyen
Created
06 Mar, 2021
Category
Tip
Tags
HTML
We can create an expandable element with pure HTML tags as following:
<details>
    <summary>Title</summary>
    <!--
    The hidden content that will be shown when
    clicking the `summary` tag.
    -->
</details>
I often use the tags when including a long error log on GitHub:
<details>
    <summary>Error log</summary>
    <pre><code><!-- Full log here --></code></pre>
</details>

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