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There are not many technical hurdles to implementing accordian menus. You could do it pretty easily with something like jQuery UI. https://jqueryui.com/accordion/ Whether it works well on a phone or not is just up to the way you go about it. On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Kyle Breneman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks, all, for your suggestions and insight. Your replies pointed out > several things that I hadn't been thinking about, including accessibility > and designing for future devices. > > Kyle > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Kyle Breneman <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Our library website is currently being redesigned to be responsive. The > > work is being done by an outside design firm and the project is being > > managed by University Relations, our school's PR department. > > > > The mobile version of our responsive site has several accordion menus > > (similar to attached). I've asked for these accordion menus to be > > self-closing; in other words, there is never more than one expansion of > an > > accordion open at one time - if a user clicks to open another part of the > > accordion, the first part simultaneously slides shut. > > > > I've been told that self-closing accordions are contrary to best > > practices: > > > > "Unfortunately, no, as this isn’t best practice. Accordions should > require > > a click each to open and close; in other words, nothing on your page > should > > move without a user action. This is true throughout our sites. See the > > universal Quick Links in mobile." > > > > Is it true that self-closing accordion menus run counter to best > practices > > in mobile web design? The sort of behavior that I'm asking for seems, to > > me, intuitive and expected. > > > > Thanks for your input! > > > > Kyle Breneman > > Integrated Digital Services Librarian > > University of Baltimore > > >