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title: "How to Expand or Close all accordion items with a button in Elementor?"
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date: 2023-01-24
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# How to Expand or Close all accordion items with a button in Elementor?

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- Utilizes The Plus Addons for Elementor Accordion widget to enable expand and collapse functionality for all items.
- Activates the Expand & Collapse Button feature by navigating to Special Option in the Elementor interface.
- Allows customization of button placement, name, and alignment, along with styling options from the Style tab.

When you're dealing with multiple items in your accordion, you might want to provide an easy option for users to expand or collapse all sections at once.

Unfortunately, with the Elementor Accordion widget, this can't be done.

So, if you want to provide your users with a button to expand and collapse all accordions at once so that they don’t have to click on each item to see the information, you can do this by using The Plus Addons for Elementor Accordion widget.

*To check the complete feature overview documentation of The Plus Addons for Elementor Accordion widget, [click here](/docs/elementor-accordion-widget-settings-overview/).*

***Requirement  - This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor, make sure it's installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.***

[LIVE WIDGET LINK](https://theplusaddons.com/elementor-widget/elementor-accordion/?utm_source=tpae&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=text)

To enable this option, drag and drop the Accordion widget on your page, and go to **Special Option** > **Expand & Collapse Button, **turn on the toggle.

![](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Tpae-Accordion-Expand-and-Collapse-Button.png)

You can also choose the placement, name, and alignment of the button.

This way, you can make all the accordion items open and close at once. You can also style the button as you want from the **Style** tab.

![accordion all expand collapse preview](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/accordion-all-expand-collapse-preview.gif)