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Accordion example jitters because of scroll bar

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Description

Describe the bug
When the accordion on this page is clicked, the scrollbar pops up for a moment and causes the accordion to jitter back and forth.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
^^ outlined above

Additional context
As mentioned in Slack yesterday!

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the accordion behavior on the linked Stacks documentation page and observe when the scrollbar appears. Trace the accordion example from that page to its implementation, then verify that opening and closing it no longer causes visible horizontal jitter.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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