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Qr Code Component Challenge

Abbigail Merrill•130
@abbigailmerrill
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This is a solution for...QR code component
  • HTML
  • CSS
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I've updated my challenge, and I think I've hit the major ARIA principles. Hoping that this is better than my previous tries!

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  • Adriano•38,390
    @AdrianoEscarabotePosted about 2 years ago

    Hi Abbigail Merrill, how are you?

    I really liked the result of your project, but I have some tips that I think you will like:

    1- Every page should have one main landmark <main>. So replace the div that wraps the whole content with <main> to improve the accessibility. click here

    2- All page content should be contained by landmarks, you can understand better by clicking here: click here

    We have to make sure that all content is contained in a reference region, designated with HTML5 reference elements or ARIA reference regions.

    Example:

    native HTML5 reference elements:

    <body>
    <header>This is the header</header>
    <nav>This is the nav</nav>
    <main>This is the main</main>
    <footer>This is the footer</footer>
</body>

    ARIA best practices call for using native HTML5 reference elements instead of ARIA functions whenever possible, but the markup in the following example works:

    <body>
     <div role="banner">This is the header</div>
     <div role="navigation">This is the nav</div>
     <div role="main">This is the main</div>
     <div role="contentinfo">This is the footer</div>
</body>

    It is a best practice to contain all content, except skip links, in distinct regions such as header, navigation, main, and footer.

    Link to read more about: click here

    2- Why it Matters

    Navigating the web page is far simpler for screen reader users if all of the content splits between one or more high-level sections. Content outside of these sections is difficult to find, and its purpose may be unclear.

    HTML has historically lacked some key semantic markers, such as the ability to designate sections of the page as the header, navigation, main content, and footer. Using both HTML5 elements and ARIA landmarks in the same element is considered a best practice, but the future will favor HTML regions as browser support increases.

    Rule Description

    It is a best practice to ensure that there is only one main landmark to navigate to the primary content of the page and that if the page contains iframe elements, each should either contain no landmarks, or just a single landmark.

    Link to read more about: click here

    Prefer to use rem over px to have your page working better across browsers and resizing the elements properly

    The rest is great!!

    Hope it helps...👍

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  • Lucas 👾•104,340
    @correlucasPosted about 2 years ago

    👾Hi @abbigailmerrill, congratulations on your solution!👋 Welcome to the Frontend Mentor Coding Community!

    Great solution and a great start! From what I saw you’re on the right track. I’ve few suggestions for you that you can consider adding to your code:

    1.Use relative units like rem or em instead of px to have a better performance when your page content resizes on different screens and devices. REM and EM does not just apply to font size, but all sizes as well. To save your time you can code your whole page using px and then in the end use a VsCode plugin called px to rem to do the automatic conversion or use this website https://pixelsconverter.com/px-to-rem

    2.Something that can be a time saver for you is to use a CSS RESET to remove all default settings for margins, making the images easier to work, see the article below where you can copy and paste this CSS code cheatsheet: https://piccalil.li/blog/a-modern-css-reset/

    3.Reduce your code by removing unnecessary elements. The HTML structure is working but you can reduce at least 20% of your code by cleaning the unnecessary elements, you start cleaning it by removing some unnecessary <div>. For this solution you wrap everything inside a single block of content using <div> or <main> (better option for accessibility) and put inside the whole content <img> / <h1> and <p>.

    <body>
<main>
<img src="./images/image-qr-code.png" alt="QR Code Frontend Mentor" >
 <h1>Improve your front-end skills by building projects</h1>
<p>Scan the QR code to visit Frontend Mentor and take your coding skills to the next level</p>
</main>
</body>

    Here's my solution for this challenge if you wants to see how I build it: https://www.frontendmentor.io/solutions/qr-code-component-vanilla-cs-js-darklight-mode-nS2aOYYsJR

    ✌️ I hope this helps you and happy coding!

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