How to add a collapsible section in markdown.

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How to add a collapsible section in markdown

1. Example

Click me

Heading

1. Foo
2. Bar
   • Baz
   • Qux

Some Javascript

function logSomething(something) {
  console.log('Something', something);
}

2. Code/Markdown

<details>
  <summary>Click me</summary>
  
  ### Heading
  1. Foo
  2. Bar
     * Baz
     * Qux

  ### Some Javascript
  ```js
  function logSomething(something) {
    console.log('Something', something);
  }
  ```
</details>

3. Tips & Tricks

3.1 Expand by Default

To have a collapsible section expanded by default, simply include the 'open' attribute within the <details> tag:

Hello

World!

<details open>
  <summary>Hello</summary>
  World!
</details>

3.2 Customize Clickable Text

You can modify the appearance of the clickable text by adding styling inside the <summary> tags:

Wow, so fancy

WOW, SO BOLD

<details>
  <summary><i>Wow, so fancy</i></summary>
  <b>WOW, SO BOLD</b>
</details>

3.3 Nested Collapsible Sections

NB: When including headings within collapsible sections, remember to add a new line after the <summary> tag.

Section A

Section A.B

Section A.B.C

Section A.B.C.D

Done!

<details>
<summary>Section A</summary>
<details>
<summary>Section A.B</summary>
<details>
<summary>Section A.B.C</summary>
<details>
<summary>Section A.B.C.D</summary>
  Done!
</details>
</details>
</details>
</details>

Troubleshooting

• If certain markdown or styling, such as # My Title, fails to render in the collapsible section, try adding a line break after the </summary> tag.
• If your section fails to render, it might be malformed. Consider copying the functional examples provided here and building from there!

I'm working on trying to use this in a wiki sidebar where there is nesting inside of nesting, and the nested parts are also links.
Here's what it basically looks like so far:

MISC

• stuff a

• stuff b

  Stuff C

  • Stuff c.1
  Stuff D

  • Stuff D.1

• Stuff e

It wasn't working at all at first, but once I added all the blanks lines it started to mostly work. The functionality is there, but I have two nitpicks.

Does anyone know how to get 'stuff c' and 'stuff d' at the same level of indention as stuff a,b and e.
And does anyone know how to get the spacing around 'stuff c.1' and 'stuff d.1'

<details>

<summary> MISC </summary>

  - [stuff a](stuff-a)
  - [stuff b](stuff-b)


    <details>

    <summary> <a href="Link to Stuff C">Stuff C</a> </summary>

    - [Stuff c.1](stuff-c-1)

    </details>

    <details>

    <summary> <a href="Link to Stuff D">Stuff D</a> </summary>

      - [Stuff D.1](stuff-d-1)

    </details>

  - [Stuff e](stuff-e)

</details>