# AccordionPane Initial Expand State

## Content



By default, the **IsExpanded** property of each accordion pane is set to **False**, which means that the pane appears in its collapsed state when the page is loaded. If you want the pane to be expanded upon page load, you can set the **IsExpanded** property to **True**.

The following table illustrates the difference between the two expand states.

|   **IsExpanded**   |   **Result**   |
| --- | --- |
|   IsExpanded=False   |   ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/babf1807-69aa-4d8a-96b6-d6c6d9325368/silverlightdocuments/documents/graphics/c1accordion/narrative/isexpanded_false.png)   |
|   IsExpanded=True   |   ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/babf1807-69aa-4d8a-96b6-d6c6d9325368/silverlightdocuments/documents/graphics/c1accordion/narrative/isexpanded_true.png)   |

You can set the expand states in Design view, in XAML, or in code.