Detecting jquery-ui accordion open / close state

Question

How do I conditionally handle when an accordion section is open. What I am asking is this (in pseudo code):

if (this-accordion-section-open){
   do something         


        

Answer 1

The basic HTML structure of the accordion is:

    ...

The way I have done it in the past is to assign a class to the tag like so:

    ...

jQuery UI assigns different classes to the tag based on its state.

if($('.my_accordion').parent('h3').hasClass('ui-state-active')) {
    // accordion is open
}
else {
    // accordion is closed
}