10 Best Accordion Menu Components In jQuery/JavaScript/CSS

The accordion menu component enables the visitor to vertically expand/collapse sub menu items just like an accordion.

In this post you will find out the 10 best jQuery/JavaScript/CSS accordion menu components to organize and display your large multi-level navigation system in an elegant way.

Table of contents:

• jQuery Accordion Menu Plugins
• Vanilla JS Accordion Menu Libraries
• Pure CSS Accordion Menus

jQuery Accordion Menu Plugin For Bootstrap 4/3 - metisMenu

metisMenu is a simple jQuery menu plugin for Bootstrap 3 that help you create a collapsible menu with animated accordion effects and auto collapse support.

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Bootstrap Style Vertical Accordion Menu with jQuery and CSS3 - bs_leftnavi

A jQuery plugin for creating a Bootstrap style vertical nav menu which allows you to expand/collapse menu categories with smooth slide effects.

[Demo] [Download]

Super Smooth Accordion Dropdown Menu Using jQuery and CSS3

Creating an accordion-style dropdown menu using jQuery and CSS3 transitions & transforms.

[Demo] [Download]

Smooth Multilevel Accordion Menu Plugin For jQuery - vmenu

vmenu is a accordion menu plugin for jQuery/Zepto that generates a vertical, multi-level, expanding/collapsing navigation menu from nested Html lists.

[Demo] [Download]

Vertical Accordion Menu Plugin For jQuery - Nav Accordion

Nav Accordion is a jQuery plugin that lets you generate a vertical, multilevel, collapsible accordion menu from a nested unordered list for your site navigation.

[Demo] [Download]

Vanilla JS Accordion Menu Libraries:

Creating A Minimal Accordion Menu With Javascript

A minimal accordion menu with smooth sliding animations built on top of javascript, a little similar to the mobile toggle menu.

[Demo] [Download]

SEO-friendly Accordion Menu In Vanilla JavaScript

A small pure JavaScript library that transforms nested HTML unordered lists into a smooth multi-level accordion menu.

[Demo] [Download]

Pure CSS Accordion Menus:

Multilevel Accordion Menu with Plain HTML & CSS

A simple Html5 / CSS3 approach to making a multilevel sliding accordion menu from nested html lists. It uses checkbox+label hacks for toggling hierarchical menus and several CSS3 properties for smooth sliding effects.

[Demo] [Download]

Multi-level Toggle Responsive Navigation Menu using Pure CSS

A pure CSS mobile-friendly navigation that automatically transform your horizontal navigation into a toggleable vertical accordion menu on smaller screen devices, with support for unlimited sub menu items.

[Demo] [Download]

Simple Accordion Menu with CSS3 Transitions

A simple accordion navigation menu built with only CSS and animated by CSS3 transitions.

[Demo] [Download]

Conclusion:

Want more jQuery plugins or JavaScript libraries to create awesome Accordion Menus on the web & mobile? Check out the jQuery Gauge and JavaScript/CSS Gauge sections.

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