# Accordion block

Source: https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/reference/blocks/accordion/
Updated: 2026-11-12

Collapsible rows that show one answer at a time, built from your own text, images and buttons.


Collapsible rows that show one answer at a time, built from your own text, images and buttons.

**Where to find it:** open any section sidebar that accepts theme blocks, choose **Add block**, then pick **Accordion**.

The same block in the three themes:

![The Accordion block in the Picante style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/block-accordion--picante.webp)

![The Accordion block in the Overdrive style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/block-accordion--overdrive.webp)

![The Accordion block in the Pastille style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/block-accordion--pastille.webp)

When you add this section, it starts from the **Accordion** preset.

## Settings

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open one row at a time | Checkbox | Off |  | Opening a row closes the others. |
| Style | Select | Divider lines | Divider lines, Boxes |  |
| Gap | Slider | 12 px | 0 to 40 px, step 2 | Shown when **Style** is Boxes. |
| Icon | Select | Plus and minus | Plus and minus, Chevron |  |

### Typography

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Row heading style | Select | Heading 5 | Body, Intro text, Heading 6, Heading 5, Heading 4, Heading 3, Heading 2 |  |
| Text color | Select | Color scheme text | Color scheme text, Custom |  |
| Custom text color | Color |  |  | Shown when **Text color** is Custom. |

### Size

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Width | Select | Fill | Fit content, Fill, Custom |  |
| Custom width | Slider | 50 % | 10 to 100 %, step 5 | Shown when **Width** is Custom. |
| Max width | Select | None | None, Narrow, Normal, Wide |  |

### Colors and border

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Inherit color scheme | Checkbox | On |  |  |
| Color scheme | Color scheme | Scheme 1 |  | Shown when **Inherit color scheme** is off. |
| Corner radius | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 80 px, step 2 |  |
| Border | Select | None | None, Solid, Dashed |  |
| Border thickness | Slider | 2 px | 1 to 8 px, step 1 | Shown when **Border** is not None. |

### Padding

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Customize padding | Checkbox | Off |  | Padding settings stay visible while any side has padding. Set a side to 0px to remove its padding. |
| Top padding | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 100 px, step 2 | Shown when **Customize padding** is on or **Top padding** is on or **Bottom padding** is on or **Left padding** is on or **Right padding** is on. |
| Bottom padding | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 100 px, step 2 | Shown when **Customize padding** is on or **Top padding** is on or **Bottom padding** is on or **Left padding** is on or **Right padding** is on. |
| Left padding | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 100 px, step 2 | Shown when **Customize padding** is on or **Top padding** is on or **Bottom padding** is on or **Left padding** is on or **Right padding** is on. |
| Right padding | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 100 px, step 2 | Shown when **Customize padding** is on or **Top padding** is on or **Bottom padding** is on or **Left padding** is on or **Right padding** is on. |

### Motion

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Animation on scroll | Select | Theme default | Theme default, None, Fade, Slide up, Scale in, Wipe, Blur in |  |

## Nested blocks

This block can hold other theme blocks. Add them from the block's own sidebar entry.