In Views areas (header, footer, empty-text) are pluggable, this means you can write your own php logic to place whatever you want.
Requirements
You should have read API and Tables API to get a basic knowledge
how to extend views.
Create your own area handler
The first step is to tell views: Hey i want to add a new area handler.
Therefore you have to implement hook_views_data and add a new one. For example:
function yourmodule_views_data() {
$data['views']['collapsible_area'] = array(
'title' => t('Collabsible Text area'),
'help' => t('Provide collabsible markup text for the area.'),
'area' => array(
'handler' => 'yourmodule_handler_collapsible_area_text',
),
);
}
The second step is to write this handler. Therefore create a file called yourmodule_handler_collapsible_area_text.inc and
add it to the .info file of your module.
Then add content to your area file like this:
class yourmodule_handler_collapsible_area_text extends views_handler_area_text {
function render($empty = FALSE) {
// Here you just return a string of your content you want.
if ($render = parent::render($empty)) {
$element = array(
'#type' => 'fieldset',
'#title' => t('Title'),
'#value' => $render,
);
$output = theme('fieldset', $element);
return $output;
}
}
}
As on every handler you can add options so you can configure the behavior. If the area isn't shown yet in the views interface, please clear the cache :)