Question

I want to know if I can break this down to be less code.

I am setting slidetoggle to 4 different parts of the page, each div has its own id.

I hope it can be slimmed down to a few lines of code, since each div has the same slideToggle speed of 200.

Here is the code:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#our-future-intro-slide').click(function() {
    //$(".our-future-intro").delay(2400).slideDown(3600);
    $(".our-future-intro").slideToggle(200);
  });
  $('#strategic-planning-click').click(function() {
    $("#strategic-planning").slideToggle(200);
  });
  $('#student-learning-click').click(function() {
    $("#student-learning").slideToggle(200);
  });
  $('#institutional-assessment-click').click(function() {
    $("#institutional-assessment").slideToggle(200);
  });
});

Answer 1

You can put more than one ID in a selector, separated by commas. Then just remove the -click or -slide from the ID of the element that was clicked.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#strategic-planning-click,#student-learning-click,#institutional-assessment-click,#our-future-intro-slide').click(function() {
    var id = this.id.replace(/-click|-slide/, '');
    $("#" + id).slideToggle(200);
  });
});

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EDIT:

As @Ben Blank noted, .our-future-intro is a class, not an ID. If you can’t use an ID, then the above code could be modified as follows:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#strategic-planning-click,#student-learning-click,#institutional-assessment-click,#our-future-intro-slide').click(function() {
    var selector = this.id.replace(/^(.+)(-click|-slide)$/, function(str,p1,p2) { return (p2 == '-click') ? '#' + p1 : '.' + p1; })
    $(selector).slideToggle(200);
  });
});

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EDIT:

Based on the code sample you provided, another alternative would be this:

Please note that it relies on your HTML structure staying consistent as provided.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#strategic-planning-click,#student-learning-click,#institutional-assessment-click,#our-future-intro-slide').click(function() {
    $(this).parent().next().slideToggle(200);
  });
});

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