Getting Started with Blazor Accordion Component

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This section briefly explains about how to include Syncfusion^® Blazor Accordion component in a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and the .NET CLI.

• Visual Studio
• Visual Studio Code
• .NET CLI

Prerequisites

• System requirements for Blazor components

Create a new Blazor App in Visual Studio

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion^® Blazor Extension. For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor WASM App Getting Started documentation.

Prerequisites

• System requirements for Blazor components

Create a new Blazor App in Visual Studio Code

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio Code via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion^® Blazor Extension. For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor WASM App Getting Started documentation.

Alternatively, create a WebAssembly application by using the following command in the integrated terminal (Ctrl+`).

Blazor WASM App

dotnet new blazorwasm -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp

Prerequisites

Install the latest version of .NET SDK. If the .NET SDK is already installed, determine the installed version by running the following command in a command prompt (Windows), terminal (macOS), or command shell (Linux).

.NET CLI

dotnet --version

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using .NET CLI

Run the following command to create a new Blazor WebAssembly App in a command prompt (Windows) or terminal (macOS) or command shell (Linux). For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor WASM App Getting Started documentation.

.NET CLI

dotnet new blazorwasm -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp

Install Syncfusion^® Blazor packages

Install Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes NuGet packages in your project using the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), or the integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code (dotnet add package), or the .NET CLI.

Alternatively, run the following commands in the Package Manager Console to achieve the same.

Package Manager

Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations -Version 33.2.3
Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 33.2.3

NOTE

All Syncfusion Blazor packages are available on nuget.org. See the NuGet packages topic for details.

Add import namespaces

After the packages are installed, open the ~/_Imports.razor file and import the Syncfusion.Blazor and Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations namespaces.

~/_Imports.razor

@using Syncfusion.Blazor
@using Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations

Register Syncfusion^® Blazor service

Register the Syncfusion^® Blazor service in the Program.cs file of your Blazor WebAssembly App.

Program.cs

....
using Syncfusion.Blazor;
....
builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();
....

Add stylesheet and script resources

The theme stylesheet and script can be accessed from NuGet through Static Web Assets. Include the stylesheet and script references in the ~/index.html file.

<link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/fluent2.css" rel="stylesheet" />
....
<script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Core/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

NOTE

Check out the Blazor Themes topic to discover various methods (Static Web Assets, CDN, and CRG) for referencing themes in the Blazor application. Also, check out the Adding Script Reference topic to learn different approaches for adding script references in the Blazor application.

Add Syncfusion^® Blazor Accordion component

Add the Syncfusion^® Blazor Accordion component in the ~/Pages/Index.razor file.

Index.razor

<SfAccordion>
    <AccordionItems>
        <AccordionItem Header="Margeret Peacock" Content="Margeret Peacock was born on Saturday , 01 December 1990. Now lives at Coventry House Miner Rd., London,UK. Margeret Peacock holds a position of Sales Coordinator in our WA department, (Seattle USA). Joined our company on Saturday , 01 May 2010"></AccordionItem>
        <AccordionItem Header="Laura Callahan" Content="Laura Callahan was born on Tuesday , 06 November 1990. Now lives at Edgeham Hollow Winchester Way, London,UK. Laura Callahan holds a position of Sales Coordinator in our WA department, (Seattle USA). Joined our company on Saturday , 01 May 2010"></AccordionItem>
        <AccordionItem Header="Albert Dodsworth" Content="Albert Dodsworth was born on Thursday , 19 October 1989. Now lives at 4726 - 11th Ave. N.E., Seattle,USA.Albert Dodsworth holds a position of Sales Representative in our WA department, (Seattle USA). Joined our company on Friday , 01 May 2009"></AccordionItem>
    </AccordionItems>
</SfAccordion>

Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or ⌘+F5 (macOS) to launch the application. This will render the Syncfusion^® Blazor Accordion component in the default web browser.

Initialize Blazor Accordion using template

The following code explains how to initialize Blazor Accordion using header and content template.

Index.razor

@using Syncfusion.Blazor.Navigations

<SfAccordion>
    <AccordionItems>
        <AccordionItem>
            <HeaderTemplate>
                <div>Margeret Peacock</div>
            </HeaderTemplate>
            <ContentTemplate>
                <div class='container'><img src='https://ej2.syncfusion.com/demos/src/schedule/images/margaret.png' /><div class='content'><b>Margeret Peacock</b> was born on Saturday , 01 December 1990. Now lives at Coventry House Miner Rd., London,UK. Margeret Peacock holds a position of <b>Sales Coordinator</b> in our WA department, (Seattle USA). Joined our company on Saturday , 01 May 2010.</div></div>
            </ContentTemplate>
        </AccordionItem>
        <AccordionItem>
            <HeaderTemplate>
                <div>Laura Callahan</div>
            </HeaderTemplate>
            <ContentTemplate>
                <div class='container'><img src='https://ej2.syncfusion.com/demos/src/schedule/images/laura.png' /><div class='content'><b>Laura Callahan</b> was born on Tuesday , 06 November 1990. Now lives at Edgeham Hollow Winchester Way, London,UK. Laura Callahan holds a position of <b>Sales Coordinator</b> in our WA department, (Seattle USA). Joined our company on Saturday , 01 May 2010.</div></div>
            </ContentTemplate>
        </AccordionItem>
        <AccordionItem>
            <HeaderTemplate>
                <div>Albert Dodsworth</div>
            </HeaderTemplate>
            <ContentTemplate>
                <div class='container'><img src='https://ej2.syncfusion.com/demos/src/schedule/images/robert.png' /><div class='content'> <b>Robert Dodsworth</b> was born on Thursday , 19 October 1989. Now lives at 4726 - 11th Ave. N.E., Seattle,USA.Albert Dodsworth holds a position of <b>Sales Representative</b> in our WA department, (Seattle USA). Joined our company on Friday , 01 May 2009.</div></div>
            </ContentTemplate>
        </AccordionItem>
    </AccordionItems>
</SfAccordion>

<style>
    img {
        height: 40px;
        width: 50px;
        margin-top: 13px;
    }

    .container {
        display: inline-flex;
        width: auto;
        padding: 0;
    }

    .content {
        margin-left: 10px;
    }
</style>

See also

1. Getting Started with Syncfusion^® Blazor Web Assembly App in Visual Studio or .NET CLI
2. Getting Started with Syncfusion^® Blazor Web App in Visual Studio or .NET CLI

NOTE

You can also explore our Blazor Accordion example that shows you how to render and configure the Accordion.