For a little more polished version of the accepted answer, a common practice is to combine a hidden checkbox + label to be able to have a clickable label on screen that maps to a hidden backing value that is available to both JavaScript (.checked
) and to CSS (:checked
)
<!-- language: lang-html -->
<input type='checkbox' id='css-toggle-switch' checked='checked' class='css-toggle-switch'>
<label for='css-toggle-switch' class='btn'>Error Details</label>
<div class='css-toggle-content'>
<pre><code>Unexpected StackOverflow</code></pre>
</div >
By putting our checkbox first, we can drive CSS decisions based on the :checked
selector. We can grab subsequent elements with the adjacent sibling select +
or the general sibling selector ~
<!-- language: lang-css -->
/* always hide the checkbox */
.css-toggle-switch { display: none; }
/* update label text to reflect state */
.css-toggle-switch + label:before { content: "Hide "; }
.css-toggle-switch:checked + label:before { content: "Show "; }
/* conditionally hide content when checked */
.css-toggle-switch:checked ~ .css-toggle-content { display: none; }
/* make the label look clickable */
.css-toggle-switch + label {
cursor: pointer;
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
}
Working Demo in jsFiddle & StackSnippets
<!-- begin snippet: js hide: true console: true babel: false -->
<!-- language: lang-css -->
.css-toggle-switch { display: none; }
.css-toggle-switch + label:before { content: "Hide "; }
.css-toggle-switch:checked + label:before { content: "Show "; }
.css-toggle-switch:checked ~ .css-toggle-content { display: none; }
.css-toggle-switch + label {
cursor: pointer;
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
}
/* just some styles to make the demo a little more pleasant */
.btn {
padding: 5px 10px;
background: white;
border: 1px solid grey;
border-radius: 3px;
width: 130px;
display: inline-block;
text-align: center;
}
.btn:hover {
background: #e6e6e6;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 0 #dddddd;
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 0 #dddddd;
box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 0 #dddddd;
}
.panel {
padding: 15px;
background: #ffe06d;
border: 1px solid #d69e01;
border-radius: 3px;
}
pre {
padding: 5px;
margin-bottom: 0;
background: #eaeaea;
border: 1px solid grey;
}
<!-- language: lang-html -->
<div class="panel">
<input type='checkbox' id='css-toggle-switch'
checked='checked' class='css-toggle-switch'>
<label for='css-toggle-switch' class='btn'>
Error Details
</label>
<div class='css-toggle-content'>
<pre><code>Unexpected StackOverflow</code></pre>
</div >
</div>
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