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	Improve frontend guidelines (#23007)
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		@@ -39,12 +39,20 @@ We recommend [Google HTML/CSS Style Guide](https://google.github.io/styleguide/h
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### Gitea specific guidelines:
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1. Every feature (Fomantic-UI/jQuery module) should be put in separate files/directories.
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2. HTML ids and classes should use kebab-case.
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2. HTML ids and classes should use kebab-case, it's preferred to contain 2-3 feature related keywords.
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3. HTML ids and classes used in JavaScript should be unique for the whole project, and should contain 2-3 feature related keywords. We recommend to use the `js-` prefix for classes that are only used in JavaScript.
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4. jQuery events across different features could use their own namespaces if there are potential conflicts.
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5. CSS styling for classes provided by frameworks should not be overwritten. Always use new class-names with 2-3 feature related keywords to overwrite framework styles.
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6. The backend can pass complex data to the frontend by using `ctx.PageData["myModuleData"] = map[]{}`
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7. Simple pages and SEO-related pages use Go HTML Template render to generate static Fomantic-UI HTML output. Complex pages can use Vue3.
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4. CSS styling for classes provided by frameworks should not be overwritten. Always use new class names with 2-3 feature related keywords to overwrite framework styles. Gitea's helper CSS classes in `helpers.less` could be helpful.
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5. The backend can pass complex data to the frontend by using `ctx.PageData["myModuleData"] = map[]{}`, but do not expose whole models to the frontend to avoid leaking sensitive data.
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6. Simple pages and SEO-related pages use Go HTML Template render to generate static Fomantic-UI HTML output. Complex pages can use Vue3.
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7. Clarify variable types, prefer `elem.disabled = true` instead of `elem.setAttribute('disabled', 'anything')`, prefer `$el.prop('checked', var === 'yes')` instead of `$el.prop('checked', var)`.
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8. Use semantic elements, prefer `<button class="ui button">` instead of `<div class="ui button">`.
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9. Avoid unnecessary `!important` in CSS, add comments to explain why it's necessary if it can't be avoided.
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### Accessibility / ARIA
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In history, Gitea heavily uses Fomantic UI which is not an accessibility-friendly framework.
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Gitea uses some patches to make Fomantic UI more accessible (see the `aria.js` and `aria.md`),
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but there are still many problems which need a lot of work and time to fix.
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### Framework Usage
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**This document is used as aria/a11y reference for future developers**
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# Checkbox
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## Accessibility-friendly Checkbox
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The ideal checkboxes should be:
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```html
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<label><input type="checkbox"> ... </label>
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```
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However, related styles aren't supported (not implemented) yet, so at the moment, almost all the checkboxes are still using Fomantic UI checkbox.
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## Fomantic UI Checkbox
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```html
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<div class="ui checkbox">
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  <input type="checkbox"> <!-- class "hidden" will be added by $.checkbox() -->
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  <label>...</label>
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</div>
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```
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Then the JS `$.checkbox()` should be called to make it work with keyboard and label-clicking, then it works like the ideal checkboxes.
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There is still a problem: Fomantic UI checkbox is not friendly to screen readers, so we add IDs to all the Fomantic UI checkboxes automatically by JS.
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# Dropdown
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## ARIA Dropdown
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There are different solutions:
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<div class="ui dropdown"> <!-- focused here, then it's not perfect to use aria-activedescendant to point to the menu item -->
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  <input type="hidden" ...>
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  <div class="text">Default</div>
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  <div class="menu transition hidden" tabindex="-1">
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  <div class="menu" tabindex="-1"> <!-- "transition hidden|visible" classes will be added by $.dropdown() and when the dropdown is working -->
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    <div class="item active selected">Default</div>
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    <div class="item">...</div>
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  </div>
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  <input type="hidden" ...>
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  <input class="search" autocomplete="off" tabindex="0"> <!-- focused here -->
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  <div class="text"></div>
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  <div class="menu transition visible" tabindex="-1">
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  <div class="menu" tabindex="-1"> <!-- "transition hidden|visible" classes will be added by $.dropdown() and when the dropdown is working -->
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    <div class="item selected">...</div>
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    <div class="item">...</div>
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  </div>
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