Next time I would like to try a different approach to structure a similar layout with different Flexbox and CSS Grid properties.
What challenges did you encounter, and how did you overcome them?Building the proper structure for the sidebar functionality using semantic HTML was the only difficulty, but I was able to come with a solution easily.
- I created the sidebar
<nav>
element (#mobile-sidebar
), an open button (.mobile-menu-open-button
), a close button (.mobile-menu-close-button
), and an overlay<div>
(.overlay
). ARIA attributes were used to manage accessibility states. - The sidebar is initially hidden off-screen using
transform: translateX(100%)
andvisibility: hidden
. The overlay is hidden usingopacity: 0
andvisibility: hidden
. An.open
class for the sidebar changestransform
totranslateX(0)
andvisibility
tovisible
, creating a slide-in effect viatransition
. A.visible
class for the overlay changesopacity
andvisibility
. Media queries hide the desktop navigation and show the mobile open button on smaller screens. - Clicking the open button adds the
.open
and.visible
classes to the sidebar and overlay, respectively, and updates ARIA attributes. Focus is moved to the close button. - Clicking the close button or the overlay removes these classes, updates ARIA attributes, and returns focus to the open button.
I would like to receive feedback on better accessibility practices, styling suggestions, better use of semantic HTML or any mistakes I might have overlooked.