# Toggle to collapse detail elements

**URL:** <https://community.noloco.io/t/toggle-to-collapse-detail-elements/242>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** feature-request\
**Created:** [February 7, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/toggle-to-collapse-detail-elements/242 "2024-02-07T20:47:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![buildwithjoel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.noloco.io/buildwithjoel/32/1537_2.png) [@buildwithjoel](https://community.noloco.io/u/buildwithjoel)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/toggle-to-collapse-detail-elements/242/1 "2024-02-07T20:47:11Z")

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**Toggle to collapse detail elements**

**What**

- The ability to toggle a detail element so that it collapses all the fields under it, leaving only the grey header area (with any action buttons) visible to the user.
- The default state (collapsed vs expanded) can be defined by the builder in the detail element’s settings
- The setting would be “sticky” (ideally), which means that Noloco would remember how you last left that section.

**Why**

- This is more of a quality-of-life ask. A general UI improvement.
- Lots of people stuff detail elements with many fields, so being able to make the layouts more visually bearable through collapsed sections (if desired) would be fantastic.

**Exhibit**

 ![Screenshot 2024-02-07 at 2.43.05 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/noloco/original/1X/6d56ebed4738eacb2848d6786b8a15b0099b5dda.png)

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**Author:** ![onlymatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/48db29/32.png) [@onlymatt](https://community.noloco.io/u/onlymatt)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/toggle-to-collapse-detail-elements/242/2 "2025-01-14T19:23:13Z")

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I was about to post this but figured I should check if someone else already had.

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**Author:** ![EthosLuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/46a35a/32.png) [@EthosLuke](https://community.noloco.io/u/EthosLuke)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 7:08am UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/toggle-to-collapse-detail-elements/242/3 "2025-01-15T07:08:54Z")

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This feature does exist now:

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/noloco/original/2X/2/2d060a09dde6ee734cbc3347aef5490aa1f504b0.png)

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**Author:** ![onlymatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/48db29/32.png) [@onlymatt](https://community.noloco.io/u/onlymatt)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/toggle-to-collapse-detail-elements/242/4 "2025-01-15T13:33:01Z")

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Right, the more important part of the request relates to its behavior:

- The default state (collapsed vs expanded) can be defined by the builder in the detail element’s settings
- The setting would be “sticky” (ideally), which means that Noloco would remember how you last left that section.