LinkTile

Vue component for link tiles that accessibly allow for much content including links and buttons.

Installation

yarn add @limbo-works/link-tile

Using the wrapper component

Make the component globally usable by extending the layer in nuxt.config.js.

export default defineNuxtConfig({
    extends: [
        '@limbo-works/link-tile',
        ...
    ],
    ...
});

Then you can use the LinkTile component anywhere within that solution:

<!-- As written in Vue -->
<LinkTile id="link-tile" to="/subpage" aria-label="My Link Tile Test">
	    
	<h3>Link Tile Test</h3>
	    
	<ul>
		        
		<li>            <NuxtLink to="#">Hash</NuxtLink>         </li>
		    
	</ul>
</LinkTile>

<!-- As it may appear in the dom -->
<div class="c-link-tile">
	    <a
		href="/subpage"
		class="c-link-tile__link"
		id="link-tile"
		aria-label="My Link Tile Test"
	></a>
	    
	<h3>Link Tile Test</h3>
	    
	<ul>
		        
		<li>            <a href="#">Hash</a>         </li>
		    
	</ul>
</div>

Internally the component uses NuxtLink for the link, allowing for both internal and external links.

Extended example

Following is an example where aria and ids has been used to mark up the tile accessibly, and where only the heading and the "read more" text is made clickable parts of the link. We are also hooking into the hover updates.

<LinkTile
	id="my-unique-id"
	class="c-my-element group"
	to="/home"
	aria-labelledby="my-unique-id__title"
	aria-describedby="my-unique-id__description"
	link-partials-query="#my-unique-id__title, #my-unique-id__more"
	@hoverupdate="onHoverupdate"
>
	    <img src="..." alt="A fitting image" />     
	<div>
		        
		<h3 id="my-unique-id__title" class="group-data-hover:underline">
			            All the way home         
		</h3>

		        
		<p id="my-unique-id__description">
			            When you find yourself in the deep, it's nice with a way
			home.         
		</p>

		        
		<ul>
			            
			<li>
				                <NuxtLink to="#">Hash</NuxtLink>             
			</li>
			            
			<li>
				                <NuxtLink to="/home"
					>Another link home</NuxtLink
				>
				            
			</li>
			        
		</ul>

		        <span id="my-unique-id__more">
			            Read more         </span
		>
		    
	</div>
</LinkTile>

[Limbo.Nuxt.Core](https://github.com/limbo-works/Limbo.Nuxt.Core) automatically adds UnoCSS variants for targetting the data-hover="hover" attribute, allowing for classes like the group-data-hover:underline. Limbo.Nuxt.Core also adds a `group-focus-within:` variant, which can be similarly useful with this component.

Props overview

Prop	Description	Default value	Data type
tag	The element tag to use for the wrapper.	'div'	String
linkPartialsQuery	A CSS query pointing at which elements within the link tile to actually treat as the hoverable link.	undefined	String
clickableElementsQuery	A CSS query for filtering all the separately clickable/interactable elements within the link tile.	'button, a[href], input, select, textarea, [tabindex]:not([tabindex="-1"])'	String
customLinkAttrs	An object of attributes to be added directly on the link element.	{}	Object

Further, there is a bunch of attributes that, when used, will be added to the link instead of the wrapper itself. That goes for following: id, to, href, target, title, tabindex, download, hreflang, ping, referrerpolicy, rel, type, role, aria-roledescription, aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-details, aria-describedby, aria-controls, aria-current, aria-disabled, aria-flowto, aria-haspopup, aria-keyshortcuts, aria-live and aria-owns, ie. attributes related to links and aria. Further attributes can be added with customLinkAttrs.

Events overview

Event	Description
@hoverstart	When hovering of the element – but not any interactive children – begins.
@hoverupdate	Whenever the hovering state changes, whether that be beginning or ending.
@hoverend	When hovering of the element – but not any interactive children – ends.

Each event includes an object with following data:

Property	Description
linkElement	A reference to the DOM element for the link.
isHovering	A true/false boolean of whether or not the tile is currently being hovered upon.

General notes

• Feature: When the link is hovered – but not any interactive children – data-hover="hover" is added to the wrapping element, allowing for hover-styles to be set.
• Caveat: As the actual link is hidden, you will not have the link shown at the bottom of the browser window.
• Caveat: Some link-related shortcuts may not work, as it is not the actual link that's being clicked.