See? It's a simple html, css and jQuery
HTML
Button with id: btn-hideandshow.
Column on right has class: hide-and-show-box.
CSS
hide-and-show-box has display set to none.
jQuery
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#btn-hideandshow').click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$('.hide-and-show-box').fadeToggle();
});
});
</script>