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@xeniag xeniag commented Oct 20, 2026 •

Pull Request: Implement responsive, accessible Navbar with unit tests (#39)

Summary

This PR implements a fully responsive, accessible, and theme-aware <Navbar> component alongside an automated unit test suite using Vitest and React Testing Library.

Changes Introduced

Component Implementation

  • Responsive Layout: Implemented <Navbar> with clean desktop navigation and an accessible mobile overlay menu.
  • Protected Routes: Added conditional rendering for links based on authentication state (e.g., hiding/showing the Gymnasts link via isLoggedIn).
  • Theme Switching: Integrated a theme toggle switch supporting light and dark themes with correct aria-checked attributes.
  • Skip Link: Integrated a hidden "Skip to main content" link (<SkipLink>) that becomes visible on keyboard focus (Tab) for WCAG 2.4.1 compliance.

Testing & Quality Assurance

  • Vitest & RTL Setup: Configured vite.config.ts with a jsdom test environment and set up src/tests/setupTests.ts to extend matchers via @testing-library/jest-dom.
  • Unit Tests (src/tests/Navbar.test.tsx):
    • Verifies rendering of the logo, public links, and conditional navigation items.
    • Asserts aria-checked state changes on theme switch interaction.
    • Verifies execution of the setIsLoggedIn callback when triggering the login button.

Accessibility (A11y)

  • Uses semantic HTML structure (<header>, <nav>, <main>) and explicit ARIA roles (link, button, switch).
  • Full keyboard navigation support verified.
  • Complies with WCAG contrast and focus indicator standards.

How to Test

  1. Checkout the branch: git checkout 39-create-a-navbar
  2. Install dependencies: npm install
  3. Run test suite: npm run test:run
  4. Start local development server: npm run dev
  5. Verify keyboard navigation using Tab and Shift+Tab.

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ronjalh commented Oct 21, 2026

try to use tailwind

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Nice work on the navbar! The skip link, the labelled <nav>, aria-checked on the theme switch and the focus outlines are really good for accessibility. 🙌

One thing about the styling: the project uses Tailwind for components, and the navbar uses CSS Modules (Navbar.module.css, SkipLink.module.css). Tailwind is a bit different at first, so here is a short intro.

Tailwind in short: instead of a CSS file, you put small classes on the element, one per CSS property. Our tokens from variables.css work too: bg-(--primary-color), text-(--text-color), px-(--space-xl). Tailwind is already set up in src/index.css, so nothing needs to be installed.

What to change:

  1. Move the styles from Navbar.module.css and SkipLink.module.css into Tailwind classes in Navbar.tsx and SkipLink.tsx, and delete the two .module.css files. Normal CSS overrides Tailwind classes, so mixing the two can make classes seem to have no effect. Please don't move them to global.css either: that file is for styles that apply to the whole app.
  2. Revert the commit "fix: added tailwind":
    • the @import "tailwindcss" in App.css is not needed
    • autoprefixer and postcss are not needed
    • the "test" script it removed should come back, so npm test works again

Some classes that may be useful:

  • Hover underline: after: and hover:after: classes
  • Hidden skip link: sr-only focus:not-sr-only
  • Focus outline: focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-(--text-color)

I'm happy to help with this! We can go through it together, or I can convert one part first as an example. Just let me know. 😊

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ronjalh commented Oct 22, 2026 •

Hei!
Egentlig bare et par småting fra meg, da Anette har nevnt det meste.

Husk å ha closes #39 så vi ikke må lukek manuelt.

Build fungerer ikke atm, antar det har noe med at typescript versjonen er endret til et lavere tall. Fikk Claude til å finne ut hvorfor: Én commit er årsaken. d310cc7 fra Xenia (20.10, «test: add vitest enviornment and create Navbar.test.tsx») endret package.json fra ~6.0.2 til ^5.7.3. package-lock.json gikk samtidig fra 6.0.3 til 5.7.3.

Du har to "<main.>" inni hverandre tror jeg. kanskje dobbeltsjekke det i app. Claude sier: App pakker rutene i

, og hver plassholderside har sin egen "<main.>". (skrev med . for hvis ikke formatterte det teksten)

Gjerne gjør dark mode knappen slik at den husker etter ny innlastning med localstorage. Starter nå alltid som false. Dette catches ikke av testene, så du burde nok utvide din eksisterende test

Also, i teksten til PR står det at det skal være en egen mobil overlay meny, kanskje dobbeltsjekke pr tekst? Ikke så viktig.

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