show more feature with css

css, styling

Solution

You can use a checked (or radio) input to control the visibility of the adjacent div. You can also hide the input controls and manipulate the positioning of the input and the like so it appears below the content.

<div class="container">
<input id="ch" type="checkbox">
<label for="ch"></label>
<div class="text"> your actual text goes here</div>
</div>

.text {
    height: 100px;
    overflow: hidden;
}
.container {
    position: relative;
}
label {
    position: absolute;
    top: 100%;
}
input {
    display: none;
}
label:after {
    content: "Show More";
}
input:checked + label:after {
    content: "Show Less";
}
input:checked ~ div {
    height: 100%;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/ExplosionPIlls/6sj4e/

Problem

I am currently working on an asp.net mvc application and using css3 for all my display. I have some text on screen and I would like to show the user a certain amount of it with the ability of clicking a link to "show more". So I would have a div with a set height and clicking on the show more would show the rest of the content. Can this be achieved with css exclusively?

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