details directive for Sphinx

It enables details directive as an element to represent <details> element in HTML output. It will be converted into mere paragraphs in other output formats.

Install the package via pip:

$ pip install sphinxcontrib-details-directive

And append sphinxcontrib.details.directive to extensions list in your conf.py:

extensions = ['sphinxcontrib.details.directive]

details

details directive create a <details> block containing following contents:

.. details:: summary of the detail block

   description of the details block.
   blah blah blah

It will be rendered with <details> tag in HTML output. On the other hand, for other output formats, it will be rendered as mere paragraphs.

:open: flag is allowed to indicate the details block is opened by default.