Learn 27 Disclosure concepts for Frontend development, with definitions, aliases, and ready-to-use AI prompts.
A browser-native control that reveals supplementary content from a concise summary.
Create a native HTML details and summary disclosure for supplementary content. Keep summary as the first child, use a clear label, leave it closed by default, preserve keyboard behavior, and style the marker without removing its affordance.A button that expands or collapses a related section while exposing its state.
Build a disclosure button that controls an adjacent content region. Use a real button, synchronize aria-expanded with visibility, connect it with aria-controls, support Enter and Space through native button behavior, and rotate a visible chevron when expanded.A compact reveal that adds a small explanation without leaving the current reading flow.
Add an inline disclosure after a short sentence to reveal a brief supporting explanation. Use a button rather than a link, provide an adjacent visual indicator, update aria-expanded, and keep the revealed text in the normal document flow.A summary card that reveals its secondary details without navigating away.
Create an expandable card with a concise always-visible summary and a dedicated disclosure button. Keep the card itself non-clickable unless it has one action, expose expanded state programmatically, and reveal the secondary details directly below the summary.A disclosure initially expanded because its content is likely to be needed by most people.
Create a disclosure that is expanded on first render because the content is frequently needed. Set the visible panel and aria-expanded state consistently, retain a clear collapse control, and do not hide critical task information when collapsed.A group where opening one section automatically closes the previously open section.
Build a single-open accordion in which expanding one section collapses its siblings. Use heading-contained buttons, unique controlled panels, synchronized aria-expanded values, visible focus styles, and allow the open section to be collapsed unless the product requires one to remain open.Independent disclosure sections that can remain expanded at the same time for comparison.
Create a multi-open accordion whose sections expand independently so users can compare content. Give every trigger a real button, its own aria-expanded and aria-controls relationship, a clear heading, and a panel that remains in logical reading order.A vertically stacked set of headings that progressively reveals related sections.
Create an accessible accordion for several related content sections. Make the whole heading control selectable, use buttons inside appropriate heading elements, show a consistent expanded indicator, preserve a logical tab order, and ensure content is available if JavaScript fails.A group-level control that expands or collapses every section in a long accordion.
Add a Show all and Hide all control above a multi-section accordion. Update every panel and trigger state together, change the control label to match the next action, keep individual sections operable, and avoid using it for a short one-section disclosure.A question heading that reveals a concise answer on demand.
Create an FAQ disclosure where each question is a descriptive heading button and its answer follows immediately. Allow answers to open independently, expose state with aria-expanded, support deep reading without unexpected scrolling, and keep essential policy information outside collapsed answers.A control that expands deliberately shortened text while keeping the full content in place.
Implement a Read more control for a long excerpt. Use a button with aria-expanded, reveal the complete text without replacing the page or losing focus, change the label to Show less when open, and avoid truncating information required to understand or complete the task.An optional settings section hidden until a user needs specialist controls.
Create an Advanced settings disclosure below the primary controls. Keep safe common choices visible, group specialist options under a clearly labelled button, preserve entered values when collapsed, expose expanded state, and never conceal settings that block completion.A nearby explanation revealed for users who need extra guidance.
Add an inline contextual-help disclosure beside a field label. Give the trigger an explicit text label, reveal concise guidance adjacent to the field, connect state with aria-expanded and aria-controls, and keep required instructions permanently visible rather than hidden.A reveal for a detailed description of a complex image, chart, or illustration.
Provide an extended-description disclosure immediately after a complex image or chart. Keep concise alternative text on the media, label the trigger as View image description, reveal an equivalent detailed explanation in text, and expose expanded state accessibly.A navigation item that expands a group of destinations without behaving like a menu widget.
Build disclosure navigation with ordinary links inside an expandable list. Use a button for each parent disclosure, update aria-expanded, keep link keyboard behavior native, identify the current page separately, and do not add menu roles to standard site navigation.A navigable parent link paired with a separate button that expands its child links.
Create a navigation row with a parent link and a separate adjacent disclosure button for child links. Give the button an accessible label that names the submenu, keep link and toggle hit targets distinct, update aria-expanded, and ensure both controls have visible focus states.A shallow hierarchy where a disclosed navigation group contains another expandable branch.
Build shallow nested disclosure navigation for a real information hierarchy. Indent child levels, use one button per expandable branch, maintain independent aria-expanded states, keep all destinations as links, and avoid deep nesting that obscures location or creates excessive tab stops.An expandable hierarchical node used to reveal child items in a structured tree.
Create an expandable tree node with a separate disclosure affordance and clear selected state. Use a real tree pattern only when hierarchical arrow-key interaction is implemented; otherwise use a nested list of disclosure buttons and links with accurate aria-expanded values.A compact navigation trigger that reveals the site links on small screens.
Create a mobile navigation disclosure button labelled Menu that expands the primary navigation. Synchronize aria-expanded with visibility, retain focus visibility, allow Escape to close when appropriate, avoid trapping focus in a non-modal region, and restore the desktop layout without stale hidden states.A filter heading that reveals related choices while summarizing active selections.
Build a collapsible filter group with a heading button, selection count, chevron and checkbox options. Keep active-filter state visible even when collapsed, update aria-expanded, preserve checked values, and provide a separate clear action rather than overloading the disclosure trigger.A row-level control that reveals secondary data associated with one record.
Add an expandable details row to a data table. Put a labelled button in the source row, update aria-expanded, render the detail region in the following row with a cell spanning the table columns, preserve header relationships, and avoid hiding primary comparison data.A list item that reveals metadata or actions belonging to that item.
Create an expandable list item with an always-visible title and summary plus a disclosure button for secondary metadata. Keep list semantics, label the trigger with the item name, reveal content within the same item, and do not make the entire row clickable when it contains other actions.A timeline event that reveals its audit metadata and contextual changes.
Create a timeline activity disclosure that shows the actor, action and time at rest, then reveals audit metadata and changed values. Use a descriptive button, retain chronological order, expose expanded state, and keep security-relevant events visible without expansion.A reveal for optional source, request, response, or implementation details.
Create a Show code disclosure for optional technical details. Label the language, preserve whitespace in a scrollable pre and code region, expose expanded state, provide a separate Copy action inside the panel, and keep the explanation understandable without opening the code.A pressed-state control that temporarily discloses the characters in a password field.
Add a Show password button beside a password input. Keep the field value and focus when switching between password and text types, use aria-pressed for the visibility state, change the label to Hide password, and avoid an unlabeled eye icon.An error summary that expands to show the individual issues needing attention.
Create an expandable validation summary that states the number of issues and reveals links to each invalid field. Keep a concise error message visible while collapsed, set aria-expanded correctly, move focus only when the user activates a field link, and do not hide field-level errors.A disclosure that restores the user’s previous open or closed preference on return.
Create a disclosure that remembers its expanded state for the same user and context. Restore state without a visual flash, keep aria-expanded and the panel synchronized, provide a sensible default for new users, scope storage keys safely, and avoid persisting sensitive revealed content.