Toggle whichever element is clicked

Question

I am using the toggle() with jQuery and I have a sidebar on my page and each header is

<h2 class="sidebar-header">

One section of my code will look like:

    <div class="sidebar-section">   
        <h2 class="sidebar-header">SUBSCRIBE</h2>
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    </div>

They are each wrapped in those DIV elements. I am trying to make it for if you click the header, it will shrink up the content. I know toggle can do that, but if I make it for each "sidebar-header", you will click any one element on the page and it will hide them all, how can I do this?

Answer 1

Try this: nextAll

    $(".sidebar-header").click(function() {
        $(this).nextAll().toggle();
    });

Answer 2

Try something like this:

Suppose you have the following code:

<div class="topdiv">
    <h2 class="header">Header 1</h2>
    <div class="somecontent">
        This is the content
    </div>
</div>

<div class="topdiv">
    <h2 class="header">Header 2</h2>
    <div class="somecontent">
        This is the content
    </div>
</div>

Now, say that when you want to click on a header, the content of that header is displayed / hidden:

$(".header").click(function () {
    $(this).parent(".topdiv:first").find(".somecontent").toggle();
});

This way, only the content of the particular header will be toggled, and not the rest.

Now you can analyze the code I have written for you, and apply it in your own context.