Accordions reveal supporting information while keeping the main task readable.
Use this area for secondary account configuration, ownership, and contact details.
Keep sensitive actions explicit, explain the impact, and confirm destructive changes.
Store billing contacts, invoice routing, and export preferences in a predictable order.
Best Practice
When To Use
Use accordions for optional detail, not essential instructions.
Keep headings descriptive when panels are collapsed.
Avoid nesting accordions unless the content truly requires it.
FAQ Pattern
Help Centre Questions
Ask an administrator to issue a new MFA enrolment from the user profile.
Exports should be generated server-side and stored according to your retention policy.
Guidance
Accessibility Tips
Bootstrap manages the expanded state. Authors still need meaningful headings, logical order, and visible content outside collapsed panels when users must see it.
For long forms, prefer step-by-step pages over hiding required fields inside many collapsed panels.
HTML
<section class="row g-4">
<div class="col-xl-8">
<article class="athena-card p-4 h-100">
<span class="badge text-bg-primary mb-3">Disclosure</span>
<h2 class="h4">Settings Accordion</h2>
<p class="text-secondary">Accordions reveal supporting information while keeping the main task readable.</p>
<div class="accordion" id="settings-accordion">
<div class="accordion-item">
<h3 class="accordion-header"><button class="accordion-button" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#settings-account" aria-expanded="true" aria-controls="settings-account">Account Details</button></h3>
<div id="settings-account" class="accordion-collapse collapse show" data-bs-parent="#settings-accordion">
<div class="accordion-body">Use this area for secondary account configuration, ownership, and contact details.</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="accordion-item">
<h3 class="accordion-header"><button class="accordion-button collapsed" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#settings-security" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="settings-security">Security Notes</button></h3>
<div id="settings-security" class="accordion-collapse collapse" data-bs-parent="#settings-accordion">
<div class="accordion-body">Keep sensitive actions explicit, explain the impact, and confirm destructive changes.</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="accordion-item">
<h3 class="accordion-header"><button class="accordion-button collapsed" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#settings-billing" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="settings-billing">Billing Contacts</button></h3>
<div id="settings-billing" class="accordion-collapse collapse" data-bs-parent="#settings-accordion">
<div class="accordion-body">Store billing contacts, invoice routing, and export preferences in a predictable order.</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</article>
</div>
<div class="col-xl-4">
<article class="athena-card p-4 h-100">
<span class="badge text-bg-success mb-3">Best Practice</span>
<h2 class="h5">When To Use</h2>
<ul class="athena-check-list mb-0">
<li><i class="bi bi-check2" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>Use accordions for optional detail, not essential instructions.</span></li>
<li><i class="bi bi-check2" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>Keep headings descriptive when panels are collapsed.</span></li>
<li><i class="bi bi-check2" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>Avoid nesting accordions unless the content truly requires it.</span></li>
</ul>
</article>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-6">
<article class="athena-card p-4 h-100">
<span class="badge text-bg-info mb-3">FAQ Pattern</span>
<h2 class="h5">Help Centre Questions</h2>
<div class="accordion" id="faq-accordion">
<div class="accordion-item">
<h3 class="accordion-header"><button class="accordion-button collapsed" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#faq-one" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="faq-one">How do I reset MFA?</button></h3>
<div id="faq-one" class="accordion-collapse collapse" data-bs-parent="#faq-accordion"><div class="accordion-body">Ask an administrator to issue a new MFA enrolment from the user profile.</div></div>
</div>
<div class="accordion-item">
<h3 class="accordion-header"><button class="accordion-button collapsed" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#faq-two" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="faq-two">Where are exports stored?</button></h3>
<div id="faq-two" class="accordion-collapse collapse" data-bs-parent="#faq-accordion"><div class="accordion-body">Exports should be generated server-side and stored according to your retention policy.</div></div>
</div>
</div>
</article>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-6">
<article class="athena-card p-4 h-100">
<span class="badge text-bg-warning mb-3">Guidance</span>
<h2 class="h5">Accessibility Tips</h2>
<p class="text-secondary">Bootstrap manages the expanded state. Authors still need meaningful headings, logical order, and visible content outside collapsed panels when users must see it.</p>
<p class="mb-0">For long forms, prefer step-by-step pages over hiding required fields inside many collapsed panels.</p>
</article>
</div>
</section>