We write our Sass to be mobile-first, meaning we
declare the value for a property (for mobile) and
then add all other variations (for other
viewports) afterwards.
Because of this, we need mixins that produce media
queries to be able to follow declarations.
This extension to the rule is also hinted at as
good practice in the docs:
7847511b61/docs/rules/mixins-before-declarations.md
Since moving textboxes to GOV.UK Frontend we’ve started putting the
data attribute on the `input` element itself, not a wrapper around it.
This commit updates the Javascript accordingly.
This commit refines which information we show on each page.
Specifically we’re
- adding some wording (‘at exactly the same time’) to try to communicate
the immediacy
- giving the ‘loud noises’ message it’s own screen to really draw
attention to it
- moving the ‘no phone numbers bit’ later in the journey, and
experimenting with explaining why that is, to make it clearer how it’s
different to a text message
At maximum zoom, the text in the items gets
cropped horizontally.
This removes the padding on their containers to
give them more space and, instead, puts it on the
content items instead.
Left-aligned content still needs some padding on
the left-hand side but centrally-aligned can grow
into the whole space.
This also reduces the padding applied below 420px
width or when the screen is zoomed below 300%.
Above that, our content needs more space between
items but below that, the space allocated to the
content is more important.
Includes implementation of new code on Reply-to
email addresses page.
The existing code put the live region on the
module element so the id and button were
read out when the state changed.
The report from the Digital Accessibility Centre
(DAC) said screenreader users were confused by the
content changing because it wasn't announced.
These changes attempt to make the state changes
clearer by:
1. moving the live region out into a separate
element so we can better control what is
announced
2. adding hidden text around to the button and text
above (sometimes the id, sometimes the 'Copied
to clipboard' text) to give more context
When the id is copied to clipboard, the button
changes but this is not announced as the
live-region text takes precedence (due to being
set to 'assertive'). Because of this, hidden text
has been added in change 2 to explain what the new
button does.
We’ve shown the broadcast tour to a few users now. We’ve learned what
concepts about broadcasting are and aren’t getting through.
So what we’re emphasising here is:
- the thing that appears on the phone (the ‘emergency alert’) not the
technology (a ‘broadcast’)
- how it’s different to other channels of messaging, eg text
We’ve generally spent a lot more time on the content and illustrations
this time around, so overall it’s should be clearer and shorter.
This also expands the communication of training mode into the header,
so it’s visible on every page (we can add another one for ‘live’
services later on).
Adding left margin to the button meant that when it wrapped onto a new
line it didn’t align flush with the left edge of its containing column.
Instead we can:
- move the link outside the list (which is better semantically anyway)
- then add the margin to the last item of the list (which is now the
last selected area, not the link)
ListEntry component uses FieldList field to group
textboxes. Textboxes can be text inputs, email fields
or international phone number fields. This converts
all field-lists to use:
- GovukTextInputField
- GovukEmailField
- InternationalPhoneNumber
Affects these forms:
- OrganisationDomainsForm
- GuestList
Also changes to related Javascript:
Update list-entry JS tests to match new HTML
Updates the HTML the JS operates on in the test
(a fixture representing the HTML in the page on
load) to match the new GOVUK Frontend we are
generating.
Make list-entry JS work with GOVUK Frontend HTML
The existing list-entry JS did a few things that
clashed with how the new HTML works:
- added a 'input-' prefix to the id attributes
of all text-inputs
- did not make its name and id attributes values
match
The new HTML has id and name attributes that
match so these changes remove the prefix for id
attributes and makes them match the name
attribute.
To understand these changes, it is useful to
know how the values for id and name attributes are
generated:
1. the id attribute for the component element is
stored
2. the 'list-entry-' prefix is removed and the
remainder is used to generate ids
For example, if the component's id is
'list-entry-domains', the id will be 'domains-1',
where the text-input is the first one.
This also adds some logic to the HoganJS template
to make the value attribute optional, so it is
only added if it has a non-null value. This
matches the behaviour of the text-input component
used in the new list-entry component.
Also change whitelist references to guestlist in tests
- we forgot to do it earlier, when we moved from calling this
feature whitelist to calling it guestlist.
Changes those fields in the following forms:
- SearchByNameForm
- SearchUsersByEmailForm
- SearchUsersForm
- SearchNotificationsForm
Includes changes to templates that use this form
and associated tests.
At the moment they will get a ‘technical difficulties’ error if they
try.
We probably want to do something around letting people self-approve
broadcasts in trial mode, but for now just telling them they can’t is a
better experience than ‘technical difficulties’ (and will probably be
close to what they should see on a live service as well).
This is an initial, prototype-quality attempt at introducing some kind
of tour for users new to broadcasting. A lot of the users we’re speaking
to don’t have a good concept of what broadcasting means, which is
causing usability problems down the line.
We did a similar thing in the early days of Notify to explain the
concept of message templates and personalisation.
Moves the link out of the label and increases
the hit-size for the checkbox. The intention is to
reduce the chance of clicking the wrong thing by
accident.
This includes a TODO in the checkboxes component
template code. The item meta needs to be
associated with the checkbox input by use of
`aria-describedby` but this needs changes in
govuk-frontend-jinja to happen.
Includes:
1. changes to make NestedFieldMixin work
with new fields and CSS for nested checkboxes
2. adds custom version of GOVUK checkboxes
component to allow us to:
- add classes to elements currently inaccessible
- wrap the checkboxes in a list
- add child checkboxes to each checkbox (making
tree structures possible through recursion
Change 2. should be pushed upstream to the GOVUK
Design System as a proposal for changes to the
GOVUK Checkboxes component.
Allows checkboxes to be collapsed so they take up
less space in the page. The collapsed state
includes a live summary tracking which of them are
selected.
Includes changes to the JS for collapsible
checkboxes to make it work with the GOVUK
Checkboxes component HTML.
We have a reckon that live broadcasts don’t feel prominent,
consequential or active enough on the dashboard.
This commit adds an animated component, similar to an ‘on air’ indicator
in a broadcast studio, or a ‘recording’ indicator on a video camera.
This is one option for addressing our reckon. We shouldn’t merge this
until we have a better understanding of the problem from another round
of user research.
When an element is obscured by the sticky nav,
this method allows you to scroll the page until it
is revealled.
The bulk of this code was added in: https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-admin/pull/2843
to ensure elements with focus were in view. This
moves that into a public method so, as well as
being called by the focus event handler, it can be
called directly by other code.
These changes include code that adds a
'sticky-scroll-area' class to scroll areas not
explicitly marked as such in the base HTML but
made to be a scroll area by the sticky JS.
Different emergencies will need broadcasts to last for a variable amount
of time. We give users some control over this by letting them stop a
broadcast early. But we should also let them set a maximum broadcast
time, for:
- when the duration of the danger is known
- when the broadcast has been live long enough to alert everyone who
needs to know about it
This code re-uses the pattern for scheduling jobs, which has some
constraints that are probably OK for now:
- end time is limited to an hour
- longest duration is 3 whole days (eg if you start broadcasting Friday
you have the choice of Saturday, Sunday and all of Monday, up to
midnight)
If a broadcast definitely shouldn’t go out (for example because it has a
spelling mistake or is going to the wrong areas) then we should have a
way of removing it. Once it’s removed no-one else can approve it, and it
isn’t cluttering up the dashboard.
This is a link (because it’s a secondary action) and red (because it’s
destructive, in that it’s throwing away someone’s work).
Since new broadcasts will go into `pending-approval`, we now need a way
of approving them.
This commit adds a button to this page to start (or approve) the
broadcast. This button is wrapped in a bordered box, to emphasise that
it’s something consequential.
Moves the link out of the label and increases
the hit-size for the checkbox. The intention is to
reduce the chance of clicking the wrong thing by
accident.
This includes a TODO in the checkboxes component
template code. The item meta needs to be
associated with the checkbox input by use of
`aria-describedby` but this needs changes in
govuk-frontend-jinja to happen.
Includes:
1. changes to make NestedFieldMixin work
with new fields and CSS for nested checkboxes
2. adds custom version of GOVUK checkboxes
component to allow us to:
- add classes to elements currently inaccessible
- wrap the checkboxes in a list
- add child checkboxes to each checkbox (making
tree structures possible through recursion
Change 2. should be pushed upstream to the GOVUK
Design System as a proposal for changes to the
GOVUK Checkboxes component.
Allows checkboxes to be collapsed so they take up
less space in the page. The collapsed state
includes a live summary tracking which of them are
selected.
Includes changes to the JS for collapsible
checkboxes to make it work with the GOVUK
Checkboxes component HTML.
This brings it back a bit closer to the page with the map, so the two
feel cohesive, while still making the selected areas look different to
textboxes.
