Title: Expanded attribute (expanded="true") not working
Last modified: August 30, 2016
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# Expanded attribute (expanded="true") not working
* Resolved [emmyqg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emmyqg/)
* (@emmyqg)
* [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/expanded-attribute-expandedtrue-not-working/)
* I love love love Collapse-O-Matic but I’m a bit stuck.
* I want to use expanded attributes in a nested list, so that the entire list (
basically, a table of contents of articles) will be expanded when the page loads.
* Currently, it’s laid out as:
[expand title=”LGBTQ” expanded=”true”] [expandsub1
title=”Words and Concepts”] L, G, B, T, Q, Q, I, A… what do all the letters mean?[/
expandsub1] [expandsub1 title=”Sexual Orientation” expanded=”true”] What does
it mean to be gay and Christian? What is bi-phobia, bi-erasure, and bi visibility?[/
expandsub1] [expandsub1 title=”Gender Identity” expanded=”true”] Is being transgender
a mental disorder? [/expandsub1] [/expand]
* [expand title=”Scripture and Theology” expanded=”true”]
[expandsub1 title=”Scripture”
expanded=”true”] Why do some Christians believe it’s OK to be gay, when the Bible
says it isn’t? The Bible says Adam and Eve. Does that mean only straight marriage
is OK? (Genesis 2:18-25) [/expandsub1] [expandsub1 title=”Theology” expanded=”
true”] What is historical criticism? [/expandsub1] [/expand]
* [expand title=”Life and Family” expanded=”true”]
[expandsub1 title=”Family”
expanded=”true”] My child just came out. What do I do? [/expandsub1] [/expand]
* [expand title=”Church” expanded=”true”]
[expandsub1 title=”Denominations” expanded
=”true”] What are mainline Protestants? What is the Lutheran church and what
do they believe? Who are Mormons, and what do they believe? [/expandsub1] [/expand]
* The site is here: [http://queergrace.com/entries/](http://queergrace.com/entries/)
No expansion. They’re all closed.
* Help me, Obi-Wan.
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-collapse-o-matic/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-collapse-o-matic/)
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* Plugin Author [Baden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baden03/)
* (@baden03)
* [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/expanded-attribute-expandedtrue-not-working/#post-6321026)
* can you put a test page together that just uses a simple expand with the expanded
attribute set to true? IF you can get that to work, then add a single sub-item
and see if you can get that to work. hit us back with the results of this little
exercise and we will guid further in the ways of the expandable force.
* Thread Starter [emmyqg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emmyqg/)
* (@emmyqg)
* [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/expanded-attribute-expandedtrue-not-working/#post-6321203)
* After a half-hour of variations on the simple expand and what seemed like completely
random failures, I’ve found the following:
* When I use the expanded=”true tag”, the HTML automatically changes it to expanded=”true”. This appears to make the expanded=true
tag not work.
* [expandsub1 title=”Words and Concepts” expanded=”true”]
[L, G, B, T, Q, Q, I,
A… what do all the letters mean? [/expandsub1]
* Works just fine.
* [expandsub1 title=”Words and Concepts” expanded=”true”
]
[L, G, B, T, Q, Q, I, A… what do all the letters mean? [/expandsub1]
* Does not work.
* I have tried to go through and remove every single instance of this, but when
I update the page, it appears to be adding itself back in. How do I make this
stop?? I’m going to check the rest of my CSS and see if I can find something…
* Plugin Author [Baden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baden03/)
* (@baden03)
* [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/expanded-attribute-expandedtrue-not-working/#post-6321207)
* Are you by chance working in Visual mode?
If so, did you copy/paste the code
from the documentation? Pasting in Visual mode will also copy the font styling.
If you switch the editor to Text mode, you will see the hidden html that needs
to be removed. This is why WordPress recommends:
* > If you’re writing a lot of code, we suggest you remain in the text editor.
* [https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/content/editors/](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/content/editors/)
* Thread Starter [emmyqg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emmyqg/)
* (@emmyqg)
* [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/expanded-attribute-expandedtrue-not-working/#post-6321223)
* I thought I wasn’t, but I must have involved it at some point if this span tag
is now getting involved. Maybe I got lazy and did a quick edit in Visual rather
than Text, and that’s what funked it up…
* In any case, it’s now working BEAUTIFULLY, so thank you so much for the suggestion
that I try it on a new page… that clearly fixed my problems. Y’all are the best.
If I can work it into my budget, I will upgrade!
* Plugin Author [Baden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baden03/)
* (@baden03)
* [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/expanded-attribute-expandedtrue-not-working/#post-6321224)
* Hip, hip… HUZZAH! Glad you got it working again. We’ll mark the issue as resolved,
but please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
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* Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/expanded-attribute-expandedtrue-not-working/#post-6321224)
* Status: resolved