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Shared by André Lage
Updated Jan 10, 2022

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Use your list's internal column names and replace any tenant-specific URLs or flow IDs. Formatting is presentation, not a way to secure data.

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{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "children": [
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "height": "50px"
      },
      "children": [
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "children": [
            {
              "elmType": "div",
              "txtContent": "Click to expand"
            },
            {
              "elmType": "div",
              "style": {
                "display": "=if([$Expand]==false,'none','inline-block')"
              },
              "txtContent": "@currentField"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "height": "50px",
        "padding-left": "10px"
      },
      "children": [
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "style": {
            "cursor": "pointer"
          },
          "attributes": {
            "iconName": "=if([$Expand]==true, 'CaretUpSolid8','CaretDownSolid8')",
            "class": "ms-fontSize-18 ms-fontColor-black ms-fontWeight-bold"
          },
          "customRowAction": {
            "action": "setValue",
            "actionInput": {
              "Expand": "=if([$Expand]==true, 0,1)"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "children": [
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "height": "50px"
      },
      "children": [
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "children": [
            {
              "elmType": "div",
              "txtContent": "Click to expand"
            },
            {
              "elmType": "div",
              "style": {
                "display": "=if([$Expand]==false,'none','inline-block')"
              },
              "txtContent": "@currentField"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "height": "50px",
        "padding-left": "10px"
      },
      "children": [
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "style": {
            "cursor": "pointer"
          },
          "attributes": {
            "iconName": "=if([$Expand]==true, 'CaretUpSolid8','CaretDownSolid8')",
            "class": "ms-fontSize-18 ms-fontColor-black ms-fontWeight-bold"
          },
          "customRowAction": {
            "action": "setValue",
            "actionInput": {
              "Expand": "=if([$Expand]==true, 0,1)"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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Summary

The following sample provide a format that display content based on expand/collapse effect using support column and option setValue.

Note - This relies on updating the underlying list item meaning that the expanded/collapse state applies to ALL users viewing the item

View requirements

This format can be applied to any column type though the example is based on a single line of text field.

Column Name	Type
Content	single line of text
Expand	Yes/No - default value "No"

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Solution	Author(s)
text-expand-collapse-format.json	André Lage

Version history

Version	Date	Comments
1.0	January 10, 2022	Initial release

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