Here’s a breakdown of the HTML snippet you provided, focusing on the elements related to following authors and categories:
Overall Structure
The snippet appears to be part of a list (<li>) representing an article or content item. Within this list item, there are two main sections for following:
- following the Author:
* A button with a “Follow” icon and text.
* An aside element (hidden by default) that pops up when the button is clicked. This popover contains:
* A close button.
* The author’s name (“Terrence O’Brien”).* A description of what happens when you follow the author (added to email digest and homepage feed).
* Another “Follow” button (redundant, but likely for convenience within the popover).
* A link to “See All by Terrence O’Brien”.
- Following the Category:
* A button with a “Column” label and a “Follow” icon.
* An aside element (also hidden by default) that pops up when the button is clicked. (The content of this popover is cut off in your snippet,but it would likely be similar to the author popover,explaining what happens when you follow the category).
Key HTML Elements and Attributes
* <button>: Used for the “Follow” actions.
* <svg>: Used for the “Follow” icons (both in the buttons and within the popovers). The d attribute within the <path> element defines the shape of the icon.
* <aside>: Used to create the popover/modal window that appears when you click the “Follow” button.aria-hidden="true" initially hides the popover.
* aria-expanded="false" and aria-haspopup="true": Attributes on the category follow button, indicating that clicking it will expand (show) a popover.
* class attributes: Used extensively for styling and perhaps JavaScript functionality. The class names (e.g., _1618ekm8, _4hoiss4, _1wu3rm0) are likely generated by a CSS framework or build process.
* style="position:absolute;left:0;top:0;visibility:hidden": This CSS style is applied to the aside elements to initially hide them. javascript would likely change the visibility property to visible when the “Follow” button is clicked.
* id attributes: Used to uniquely identify the popover elements (e.g., popover-dmcyOmF1dGhvclByb2ZpbGU6NjA5MzU0-article_footer).
Functionality (Inferred)
- Clicking “Follow” (Author or Category):
* JavaScript would likely:
* Change the visibility of the corresponding aside element from hidden to visible, displaying the popover.
* Potentially position the popover relative to the “Follow” button.
- Clicking “Close” (in the Popover):
* JavaScript would likely:
* Change the visibility of the aside element back to hidden, closing the popover.
- Clicking “Follow” (within the Popover):
* JavaScript would likely:
* Send a request to the server to update the user’s follow preferences.
* update the UI (e.g., change the “Follow” button to “following”).
* Close the popover.
this HTML snippet provides the structure and basic elements for a “Follow” feature, allowing users to follow authors and categories on a website (likely The Verge, based on the domain in the link). The actual functionality is implemented using JavaScript and server-side logic.
