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| author | Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org> | 2024-06-08 13:43:37 -0400 |
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| committer | Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org> | 2024-06-08 13:43:37 -0400 |
| commit | 16d28628aca9b2d356de31c319f5e7bc0f5b2b02 (patch) | |
| tree | 11947abb71e38cbe75116871694a44c33d257763 /build/menu-toggle-css | |
| parent | dcfb172704f3afb68a30425029ec834be2883274 (diff) | |
Remove incorrectly generated files, fix up markdown articles
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diff --git a/build/menu-toggle-css/index.html b/build/menu-toggle-css/index.html index 3bb096e..b5b67dc 100644 --- a/build/menu-toggle-css/index.html +++ b/build/menu-toggle-css/index.html @@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> <link rel="icon" href="data:,"> <title>Menu Toggle with Pure CSS</title> <link href="/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> <link href="/rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS feed for blog posts" /> -<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> +<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}blockquote{background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-left:4px solid;padding-left:5px;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> </head> <nav> @@ -16,41 +17,25 @@ <main> <h1 id="menu-toggle-with-pure-css">Menu Toggle with Pure CSS</h1> - <p>2020-10-19</p> - <p>When thinking through navigation designs for mobile devices sometimes the best option is to store away the content behind a toggle button. This button would then display the menu items upon interaction. Let me show you how to create such an element with only CSS - no need for JavaScript today!</p> - <h2 id="before-we-begin">Before we begin</h2> - <p>I would like to point out that the concept of “toggling” the main menu (even for mobile) is not always the best solution. If you’re interested, you can take a look at a previous article I wrote explaining why: <a href="/hamburger-menu-alternative.html">Using Hamburger Menus? Try Sausage Links</a></p> - <p>Now that we have mentioned possible pitfalls of relying so heavily on toggle menus, let’s build one!</p> - <h2 id="our-final-product">Our Final Product</h2> - <p><img src="/public/images/menu-toggle-css.png" alt="Menu toggle made from pure CSS" /></p> - <p><a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/mdEEvEX">Live CodePen Example</a></p> - <h2 id="the-html">The HTML</h2> - <p>To implement this design you really don’t need much in terms of HTML:</p> - <ul> <li><p>A single <code>checkbox</code> input</p></li> <li><p>A <code>label</code> that corresponds to the <code>checkbox</code></p></li> <li><p>A <code>nav</code> element to house our unordered list items</p> - <p>Menu</p></li> </ul> - <p>That’s it!</p> - <h2 id="the-css">The CSS</h2> - <p>The first thing we need to do is “hide” the <code>checkbox</code> input element. It’s important to avoid using <code>display: none</code> or <code>visibility: hidden</code> in order to achieve this. Those CSS properties can negatively impact accessibility (specifically screen readers). So we will be relying on the <code>position</code>, <code>z-index</code> and <code>opacity</code> properties to help us out.</p> - <pre><code>/* Set the input position to absolute, send it off screen with zero opacity */ input[type="checkbox"] { left: -9999px; @@ -58,9 +43,7 @@ input[type="checkbox"] { position: absolute; } </code></pre> - <p>Then we give our corresponding <code>label</code> a minor face-lift to make it appear more button-like:</p> - <pre><code>/* Minor visual styling to make the label more button-y */ label { border: 1px solid currentColor; @@ -69,9 +52,7 @@ label { padding: 10px; } </code></pre> - <p>For our main <code>nav</code> element, we want to set it’s position to <code>absolute</code> in order to avoid any janky page rendering issues that might occur when toggling the menu:</p> - <p>` /* Set nav to absolute (avoids odd page rendering space pop-in) */ nav { @@ -79,20 +60,15 @@ label { position: absolute; z-index: -2; }</p> - <p>The last step is to actually <em>show</em> the menu if the user toggles the <code>checkbox</code>:</p> - <pre><code>/* Show nav when checkbox is checked */ input[type="checkbox"]:checked ~ nav { opacity: 1; z-index: 1; } </code></pre> - <p>It might not look like much, but you now have a fully functional menu toggle - <strong>made with pure CSS</strong>! </p> - <h2 id="with-great-power">With Great Power…</h2> - <p>Although this design is very simple to implement, please remember to use these types of menus wisely. Just because you <em>can</em> do something, doesn’t always mean you <em>should</em>.</p> <footer role="contentinfo"> <h2>Menu Navigation</h2> |