IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science

# Lab assignment 3 The aim of this Lab assignment is to help you learn how to work with *responsive design* for web pages, i.e. applying different layout depending on the size of the device used to view the web page. ## Learning objectives - mobile first design - responsive design - CSS media queries - CSS used to hide elements (e.g. when implementing a responsive design), e.g. `visibility: hidden`, `display: none` - CSS used to implement the hamburger menu in this assignment, e.g. - how different selectors work (e.g. descendant, sibling, child) - which selectors are more/less specific ## Checklist for review session Your review of your assignment should cover the bullet points below. - Show your wireframes for your layouts. - Show your responsive design implementation in a web browser. - Give a brief overview of how the layout changes between device sizes. - Explain your overall implementation strategies. Did you use the same strategy for all device sizes? Why? Why not? ## Deliverable Upload your wireframes (PDF:s that show columns and content) + a zip-file with the files for your implementation to Lisam. **Please make sure you name your group correctly (i.e. A1, B3 etc) and add both members of the group to the Lisam submission.** ## Requirements for passing the assignment - wireframes sketches that use a column grid that show your indended layout for the following three device sizes: - mobile - tablet - desktop - responsive design implementation that switches between the mobile, tablet and desktop layouts from your wireframe sketches - your layout should not "break" between or outside your breakpoints - use relative size units in rather absolute size units in your layout CSS, i.e. your layouts should use the *fluid layout* strategy - present and discuss your wireframes and your implementation during the oral assignment review *Fluid layout* combined with having different layouts for different device sizes is at the core of that web developers call "responsive design". More to read here: - [What is the difference between fixed, fluid, adaptive and responsive layouts and why should I care?](https://medium.com/@space.alpaca/so-what-exactly-is-the-difference-between-fixed-fluid-adaptive-and-responsive-layouts-and-why-3773272d8481) - [Fixed vs. Fluid vs. Elastic Layout: What's The Right One For You?](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/fixed-vs-fluid-vs-elastic-layout-whats-the-right-one-for-you/) # Assignment ## Draw column grid wireframes Create wireframes *that use a column based grid with gutters* to create the layouts in the image below. Draw your wireframes **before** starting with the implementation. ### Content components In this lab assignment the web page contains three types of content components: - **featured items**: contain an image, a headline and some text - **secondary items**: contain an image and some text - **latest news items**: headline from the latest news The image below illustrates the content on the page. ### Three device sizes Draw wireframes that show layouts for the following device sizes: - mobile phone - tablet - desktop computer Start with the layout for the mobile phone and move upwards in size from there: 1. Decide which content elements need to be available when browsing on a mobile phone and draw your mobile layout wireframe. The menu should initially be hidden when using the mobile layout. The hamburger icon however should be visible. When the user clicks the hamburger icon, the menu should be visible. *See information below about the hamburger menu*. 2. Decide which content elements need to be available when browsing on a tablet and draw your tablet layout wireframe. Decide whether the menu is initially shown (as in the desktop layout) or hidden (as in the mobile layout). 3. Decide which content elements need to be available when browsing on a desktop computer and draw your desktop layout wireframe. **Note**: When applying a *mobile first* design approach, selecting the initial content is a very important step. You will however only be going through the motions of selecting content in this assignment as we are not working with real content. ### Creative freedom You do not have to copy the layout in the illustration below. Feel free to *be creative* and use a different layout, i.e. create a layout that has the same content components as the illustration below, but uses a different layout. You could e.g. place the "sidebar" as a row of cards at the bottom of the page and have the "main" column take up all the space in the middle. Or the "main" column could be displayed as two columns. The "sidebar" could also be moved to the top, to the left, made into two column etc.  ## Implement your layout - [Download the files for the assignment](lab3_files_vt24.zip) - Implement the layout using mediaqueries and a single CSS-file - **You need to `meta` tag with viewport information to the HTML file in order to get your mobile layout to work**. See [viewport meta tag](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Mobile/Viewport_meta_tag). ### About the hamburger menu The `lab3_contents.html` file contains a menu:  When the hamburger icon is clicked the JavaScript in the HTML file adds the class `active` to the `div` with `id="menu"`. CSS rules in `hamburger.css` then change the shape of the hamburger icon into a cross. These rules are only triggered when the `div` with `id="menu"` also has `class="active"`. E.g.  The selector `.active .hamburgerBar` is more specific then just `.hamburgerBar` and the more specific a selector is, the more important it is. The first selector says "only apply this to any element with the class `hamburgerBar`". The second selector says "only apply this to the elements that have the class `hamburgerBar` and are descendents to elements with the class `active` You can use the the same trick to show or hide the `ul` element that contains the menu: