HTML: Menu
Let's go back to an example from previous lessons:
<header>
<img src="https://cdn6.hexlet.io/1P6tmafZTIy5.png" alt="Logo"> <!-- Site Logo -->
<div id="menu"> <!-- Menu -->
<ul>
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/about">About</a></li>
<li><a href="/contacts">Contacts</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</header>Here the site menu is marked up with the usual <div> tag with the menu identifier. As you know, this designation works for developers, but not for browsers. They don't realize that it's a menu, not just a wrapper for a list.
To create a complete menu, we use a paired <nav> tag, whose job is to mark up an area of the page with the main menu. Also, the various screen readers used by visually impaired people use this tag to determine if it's worth displaying on the page.
Replace <div id="menu"></div> with the <nav> tag that we studied:
<header>
<img src="https://cdn6.hexlet.io/1P6tmafZTIy5.png" alt="Logo"> <!-- Site Logo -->
<nav> <!-- Menu -->
<ul>
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/about">About</a></li>
<li><a href="/contacts">Contacts</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>The nav element, like header, don't have to be unique for a page. It can be used for any menu on the page, but there are a few recommendations:
- There is no need to wrap each menu in a
navelement. Only main menus should be indicated using this tag. Extras, such as the footer menu, are generally not wrapped in the<nav>tag, though it's not forbidden - A good example of additional use for
navis to navigate to the current page navcan contain not only links but also the text containing the link. Use common sense. If the navigation menu is the main menu for the page or the whole site, then wrap it in the<nav>tag
Instructions
Mark up a site header. Place a picture and a menu with two elements inside. Use the <nav> tag and a bulleted list
For image use following code:
<img src="https://cdn6.hexlet.io/1P6tmafZTIy5.png" alt="Code Basics">Tips
Only wrap the main menus of the site or an individual page in the navigation element. Additional menus do not need to be wrapped in the
<nav>tagNavigation can be in any area of the page, not just in the site header
If you've reached a deadlock it's time to ask your question in the «Discussions». How ask a question correctly:
- Be sure to attach the test output, without it it's almost impossible to figure out what went wrong, even if you show your code. It's complicated for developers to execute code in their heads, but having a mistake before their eyes most probably will be helpful.
HTML: Menu
Let's go back to an example from previous lessons:
<header>
<img src="https://cdn6.hexlet.io/1P6tmafZTIy5.png" alt="Logo"> <!-- Site Logo -->
<div id="menu"> <!-- Menu -->
<ul>
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/about">About</a></li>
<li><a href="/contacts">Contacts</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</header>Here the site menu is marked up with the usual <div> tag with the menu identifier. As you know, this designation works for developers, but not for browsers. They don't realize that it's a menu, not just a wrapper for a list.
To create a complete menu, we use a paired <nav> tag, whose job is to mark up an area of the page with the main menu. Also, the various screen readers used by visually impaired people use this tag to determine if it's worth displaying on the page.
Replace <div id="menu"></div> with the <nav> tag that we studied:
<header>
<img src="https://cdn6.hexlet.io/1P6tmafZTIy5.png" alt="Logo"> <!-- Site Logo -->
<nav> <!-- Menu -->
<ul>
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/about">About</a></li>
<li><a href="/contacts">Contacts</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>The nav element, like header, don't have to be unique for a page. It can be used for any menu on the page, but there are a few recommendations:
- There is no need to wrap each menu in a
navelement. Only main menus should be indicated using this tag. Extras, such as the footer menu, are generally not wrapped in the<nav>tag, though it's not forbidden - A good example of additional use for
navis to navigate to the current page navcan contain not only links but also the text containing the link. Use common sense. If the navigation menu is the main menu for the page or the whole site, then wrap it in the<nav>tag
Instructions
Mark up a site header. Place a picture and a menu with two elements inside. Use the <nav> tag and a bulleted list
For image use following code:
<img src="https://cdn6.hexlet.io/1P6tmafZTIy5.png" alt="Code Basics">Tips
Only wrap the main menus of the site or an individual page in the navigation element. Additional menus do not need to be wrapped in the
<nav>tagNavigation can be in any area of the page, not just in the site header
If you've reached a deadlock it's time to ask your question in the «Discussions». How ask a question correctly:
- Be sure to attach the test output, without it it's almost impossible to figure out what went wrong, even if you show your code. It's complicated for developers to execute code in their heads, but having a mistake before their eyes most probably will be helpful.
Your exercise will be checked with these tests:
const { test } = require('tests');
test(({ query, querySelectorAll, expect }) => {
const header = query(document, 'header');
expect(header).to.be.visible;
const img = query(header, 'img');
expect(img).to.be.visible;
const nav = query(header, 'nav');
expect(nav).to.be.visible;
const ul = query(nav, 'ul');
expect(ul).to.be.visible;
const li = querySelectorAll(ul, 'li');
expect(li).to.be.length(2);
});Teacher's solution will be available in:
20:00
