<button class="toggle-button">Toggle button</button>
<div class="content">
  <div class="box">
  <p>content</p>
  <p>content</p>
  <p>content</p>
  <p>content</p>
  <p>content</p>
</div>
</div>
.content {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  width: 15em;
  color: white;
  background-color: black;
  height: 0;
  text-align: center;
  transition: all .3s ease-out 0s;
}
.box{
  margin:1em;
  padding:3em;
}
$('.toggle-button').on('click', function(){
  var content = $('.content')[0];
  content.style.height = content.style.height === content.scrollHeight + 'px'
    ? 0
    : content.scrollHeight + 'px';
});

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External JavaScript

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