Talking Drupal #435 - UI Suite initiative

Today we are talking about web design and development, from a group of people with one thing in common… We love Drupal. This is episode #435 UI Suite initiative.

For show notes visit:
www.talkingDrupal.com/435

Topics Elevator Pitch What do you mean by implementing design systems Is this to thel themers or site builders What is the expected outcome The project page says initiative, but this is not on the community initiatives page, is this an intitiative How does this implement public design systems Does this work with Single Directory Components Youtube Channel Getting involved Roadmap Use cases Do you see this going into core Resources UI Suite Initiative UI Suite YouTube UI Suite Slack Guests

Pierre Dureau - LinkedIn pdureau

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi

MOTW Correspondent

Chris Wells - chrisfromredfin

Brief description: Have you ever wanted simple but accessible dropdown navigation on your Drupal website? There’s a module for that. Module name/project name: Disclosure Menu Brief history How old: created in Nov 2022 by Jay Huskins of Redfin Solutions Versions available: 2.1.5 which works with Drupal 9 and 10 Maintainership Actively maintained, most recent commit is less than a month ago No Test coverage at this point Documentation - via README.md Number of open issues: 2, neither of which are bugs Usage stats: 29 sites Maintainer(s): Jay Huskins, with support from Redfin Module features and usage Provides a new menu block that includes markup for disclosure buttons, that make it easier for users on assistive devices to navigate drop-down menus Activating the button will toggle the visibility of nested menu items Also includes ARIA labels to provide clarity around what the buttons do Worth mentioning that Drupal’s Olivero theme also includes disclosure buttons in its mWe’ll also cover Disclosure Menu as our module of the week. Guest Introenus, but there isn’t a straightforward way to pull the menus implemented there into your custom theme Also had a write-up in the Drupal advent calendar we talked about last month, so listeners can also check that out if they want more information