Insert a multi-element container that can be expanded/collapsed.

Inserts a container into your app that can be used to hold multiple elements and can be expanded or collapsed by the user. When collapsed, all that is visible is the provided label.

To add elements to the returned container, you can use "with" notation (preferred) or just call methods directly on the returned object. See examples below.

Warning

Currently, you may not put expanders inside another expander.

Function signature

st.expander(label, expanded=False)

Parameters

label (str)

A string to use as the header for the expander.

expanded (bool)

If True, initializes the expander in "expanded" state. Defaults to False (collapsed).

Examples

st.line_chart({"data": [1, 5, 2, 6, 2, 1]})

with st.expander("See explanation"):
     st.write("""
         The chart above shows some numbers I picked for you.
         I rolled actual dice for these, so they're *guaranteed* to
         be random.
     """)
     st.image("https://static.streamlit.io/examples/dice.jpg")
(view standalone Streamlit app)

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