terra-menu UX Audit

[ryanthemanuel]

terra-menu

Known Aliases

Document any known aliases of the component, decide if another name makes more sense.

• Has known aliases
  • Cascading menus
• Requires name change

Design Standard Doc

Any documentation needed to be added to terra-ui describing the make up and usage of the component
Any doc examples that need to be updated?

• Missing design standard documentation linkage.

Guides

Any guides needed to be added to terra-ui describing the usage of this component when used with other components.

• Missing Guides
  • Add some guides to demonstrate standard usage with things like down chevrons and such on the button where you display the menu
• Missing UX recommended Usage.
• Deprecation guide

Accessibility Guides

• Missing Accessibility Guides

Behaviours

• Missing behaviours
• Contains bad practice behaviours that should be removed
  • Figure out how to handle subsequent menus being larger than the initial menu

Accessibility

• Meets wcag 2.0/section 508 standards
• Meets wcag 2.1/en 301 549 standards

Deprecation

• Component is a bad pattern and should be deprecated.

Related Issues

Other Considerations

This component likely needs a holistic UI/accessibility review and redesign.