Button to Show/Toggle Sharepoint Ribbon

Question

I would like to add a button to a webpart we have already created that increases usability for our document libraries. I would like this button, when clicked to toggle the standard ribbon that is shown in document libraries. I realize this functionality already exists inherantly in sharepoint but it is not very obvious to our users who aren't regulars.

Ideally I just want something that I can throw in a jquery click funciton. I have tried using some code from other examples out there but no success. Can someone tell me how to trigger the out of the box sharepoint ribbon hide and show events??

Answer 1

The following should work from a click event:

$("#s4-ribbonrow").hide().parent().find("#s4-workspace").css({ "height":"auto", "overflow-y":"auto" });

Example:

<a href="javascript:" onclick='$("#s4-ribbonrow").hide().parent().find("#s4-workspace").css({ "height":"auto", "overflow-y":"auto" });'>Full Screen</a>

Paul.