# Expand Direction

The **ExpandDirection** property gets or sets the direction in which the content would expand. This property is an enumeration which exposes four values: **Down, Left, Right, Up**.

#### **Example 1: Setting the ExpandDirection property**

```XAML
<Grid>
	<telerik:RadExpander Width="200" Height="200"
						ExpandDirection="Down" Background="Bisque"
						Header="ExpandDirection Down">
		<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
			<Ellipse Width="99"  
					Height="99" 
					Margin="5" 
					Fill="Blue" />
		</StackPanel>
	</telerik:RadExpander>
</Grid>
```

#### **Figure 1: ExpandDirection set to Down**

![WinUI RadExpander ExpandDirection set to Down](https://www.telerik.com/winui/documentation/assets/b94885cdf05faea96a5a9911b2471c94/radexpander_features_expanddirection_down.gif)

#### **Figure 2: ExpandDirection set to Left**

![WinUI RadExpander ExpandDirection set to Left](https://www.telerik.com/winui/documentation/assets/86b0460637d0b22559dd7b68ba81d23a/radexpander_features_expanddirection_left.gif)

#### **Figure 3: ExpandDirection set to Right**

![WinUI RadExpander ExpandDirection set to Right](https://www.telerik.com/winui/documentation/assets/e7add5e75fc0c6cf26694bc574858a40/radexpander_features_expanddirection_right.gif)

#### **Figure 4: ExpandDirection set to Up**

![WinUI RadExpander ExpandDirection set to Up](https://www.telerik.com/winui/documentation/assets/4d79c0d403767b6707644189955d7f3c/radexpander_features_expanddirection_up.gif)

## See Also

* [Getting Started](https://www.telerik.com/winui/documentation/controls/radexpander/getting-started)
* [Click Mode](https://www.telerik.com/winui/documentation/controls/radexpander/features/click-mode)