feat(article-link): reimplement card hover using ::before method

The previous method was not intuitive since there was nothing in the <a> tag,
and required group-xxx classes for every element.

The new pseudo element method fixes those problems, see:

https://kittygiraudel.com/2022/04/02/accessible-cards/

assets/css/compiled/main.css

@@ -2543,13 +2543,6 @@ body.zen-mode-enable {
       }
     }
   }
-  .group-hover\:underline-offset-2 {
-    &:is(:where(.group):hover *) {
-      @media (hover: hover) {
-        text-underline-offset: 2px;
-      }
-    }
-  }
   .group-hover\:opacity-100 {
     &:is(:where(.group):hover *) {
       @media (hover: hover) {
@@ -2640,6 +2633,18 @@ body.zen-mode-enable {
       border-top-color: transparent;
     }
   }
+  .before\:absolute {
+    &::before {
+      content: var(--tw-content);
+      position: absolute;
+    }
+  }
+  .before\:inset-0 {
+    &::before {
+      content: var(--tw-content);
+      inset: calc(var(--spacing) * 0);
+    }
+  }
   .after\:clear-both {
     &::after {
       content: var(--tw-content);
@@ -3850,9 +3855,6 @@ pre {
   text-decoration-thickness: 3px;
   text-underline-offset: 4px;
 }
-.group-hover-card:hover:has(.group-hover-cancel:hover) .group-hover-card-title {
-  text-decoration: none !important;
-}
 @layer base {
   [type='text'],input:where(:not([type])),[type='email'],[type='url'],[type='password'],[type='number'],[type='date'],[type='datetime-local'],[type='month'],[type='search'],[type='tel'],[type='time'],[type='week'],[multiple],textarea,select {
     appearance: none;

assets/css/main.css

@@ -278,8 +278,3 @@ pre {
   text-decoration-thickness: 3px;
   text-underline-offset: 4px;
 }
-
-/* Cancel group hover if .group-hover-card contains .group-hover-cancel*/
-.group-hover-card:hover:has(.group-hover-cancel:hover) .group-hover-card-title {
-  text-decoration: none !important;
-}

layouts/partials/article-link/_shortcode.html

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 {{ $constrainItemsWidth := site.Params.list.constrainItemsWidth | default false }}
 {{ $disableImageOptimization := site.Params.disableImageOptimization | default false }}
 
-{{ $articleClasses := "group-hover-card group flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap article relative" }}
+{{ $articleClasses := "flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap article relative" }}
 {{ if site.Params.list.showCards }}
   {{ $articleClasses = delimit (slice $articleClasses "border border-neutral-200 dark:border-neutral-700 border-2 rounded-md overflow-hidden") " " }}
 {{ else }}
@@ -63,19 +63,17 @@
 
 
 <div class="{{ $articleClasses }}">
-  <a
-    {{ partial "article-link/_external-link.html" $target | safeHTMLAttr }}
-    class="absolute inset-0"
-    aria-label="{{ $.Title }}"></a>
   {{ with $featuredURL }}
     <div class="{{ $articleImageClasses }}" style="background-image:url({{ . }});"></div>
   {{ end }}
   <div class="{{ $articleInnerClasses }}">
     <div class="items-center text-start text-xl font-semibold">
+      <a
+        {{ partial "article-link/_external-link.html" . | safeHTMLAttr }}
+        class="not-prose before:absolute before:inset-0 decoration-primary-500 dark:text-neutral text-xl font-bold text-neutral-800 hover:underline hover:underline-offset-2">
         {{ with $target.Params.externalUrl }}
           <div>
-          <div
-            class="group-hover-card-title decoration-primary-500 dark:text-neutral text-xl font-bold text-neutral-800 group-hover:underline group-hover:underline-offset-2">
+            <div>
               {{ $target.Title | emojify }}
               <span class="cursor-default align-top text-xs text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500">
                 <span class="rtl:hidden">&#8599;</span>
@@ -84,12 +82,11 @@
             </div>
           </div>
         {{ else }}
-        <div
-          class="group-hover-card-title decoration-primary-500 dark:text-neutral text-xl font-bold text-neutral-800 group-hover:underline group-hover:underline-offset-2"
-          href="{{ $target.RelPermalink }}">
+          <div>
             {{ $target.Title | emojify }}
           </div>
         {{ end }}
+      </a>
       {{ if and $target.Draft site.Params.article.showDraftLabel }}
         <div class="ms-2">
           {{ partial "badge.html" (i18n "article.draft" | emojify) }}
@@ -99,7 +96,7 @@
         {{ partial "extend-article-link.html" $target }}
       {{ end }}
     </div>
-    <div class="group-hover-cancel text-sm text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
+    <div class="text-sm text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
       {{ partial "article-meta/basic.html" $target }}
     </div>
     {{ $showSummary := false }}

layouts/partials/article-link/card-related.html

@@ -32,11 +32,7 @@
 
 
 <div
-  class="group-hover-card group relative min-h-full min-w-full overflow-hidden rounded border border-2 border-neutral-200 shadow-2xl dark:border-neutral-700">
-  <a
-    {{ partial "article-link/_external-link.html" . | safeHTMLAttr }}
-    class="absolute inset-0"
-    aria-label="{{ $.Title }}"></a>
+  class="relative min-h-full min-w-full overflow-hidden rounded border border-2 border-neutral-200 shadow-2xl dark:border-neutral-700">
   {{ with $featuredURL }}
     <div class="thumbnail_card_related nozoom w-full" style="background-image:url({{ . }});"></div>
   {{ end }}
@@ -46,9 +42,11 @@
     </span>
   {{ end }}
   <div class="px-6 py-4">
+    <a
+      {{ partial "article-link/_external-link.html" . | safeHTMLAttr }}
+      class="not-prose before:absolute before:inset-0 decoration-primary-500 dark:text-neutral text-xl font-bold text-neutral-800 hover:underline hover:underline-offset-2">
       {{ with .Params.externalUrl }}
-      <div
-        class="group-hover-card-title decoration-primary-500 dark:text-neutral text-xl font-bold text-neutral-800 group-hover:underline group-hover:underline-offset-2">
+        <div>
           {{ $.Title | emojify }}
           <span class="cursor-default align-top text-xs text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500">
             <span class="rtl:hidden">&#8599;</span>
@@ -56,12 +54,12 @@
           </span>
         </div>
       {{ else }}
-      <div
-        class="group-hover-card-title decoration-primary-500 dark:text-neutral text-xl font-bold text-neutral-800 group-hover:underline group-hover:underline-offset-2">
+        <div>
           {{ .Title | emojify }}
         </div>
       {{ end }}
-    <div class="group-hover-cancel text-sm text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
+    </a>
+    <div class="text-sm text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
       {{ partial "article-meta/basic.html" . }}
     </div>
     {{ if .Params.showSummary | default (.Site.Params.list.showSummary | default false) }}

layouts/partials/article-link/card.html

@@ -36,11 +36,7 @@
 
 
 <div
-  class="group-hover-card group relative min-h-full min-w-full overflow-hidden rounded border border-2 border-neutral-200 shadow-2xl dark:border-neutral-700">
-  <a
-    {{ partial "article-link/_external-link.html" . | safeHTMLAttr }}
-    class="absolute inset-0"
-    aria-label="{{ $.Title }}"></a>
+  class="relative min-h-full min-w-full overflow-hidden rounded border border-2 border-neutral-200 shadow-2xl dark:border-neutral-700">
   {{ with $featuredURL }}
     <div class="thumbnail_card nozoom w-full" style="background-image:url({{ . }});"></div>
   {{ end }}
@@ -50,9 +46,11 @@
     </span>
   {{ end }}
   <div class="px-6 py-4">
+    <a
+      {{ partial "article-link/_external-link.html" . | safeHTMLAttr }}
+      class="not-prose before:absolute before:inset-0 decoration-primary-500 dark:text-neutral text-xl font-bold text-neutral-800 hover:underline hover:underline-offset-2">
       {{ with .Params.externalUrl }}
-      <div
-        class="group-hover-card-title decoration-primary-500 dark:text-neutral text-xl font-bold text-neutral-800 group-hover:underline group-hover:underline-offset-2">
+        <div>
           {{ $.Title | emojify }}
           <span class="cursor-default align-top text-xs text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500">
             <span class="rtl:hidden">&#8599;</span>
@@ -60,12 +58,12 @@
           </span>
         </div>
       {{ else }}
-      <div
-        class="group-hover-card-title decoration-primary-500 dark:text-neutral text-xl font-bold text-neutral-800 group-hover:underline group-hover:underline-offset-2">
+        <div>
           {{ .Title | emojify }}
         </div>
       {{ end }}
-    <div class="group-hover-cancel text-sm text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
+    </a>
+    <div class="text-sm text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
       {{ partial "article-meta/basic.html" . }}
     </div>
     {{ if .Params.showSummary | default (.Site.Params.list.showSummary | default false) }}

layouts/partials/article-link/simple.html

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 */}}
 {{ $constrainItemsWidth := .Page.Site.Params.list.constrainItemsWidth | default false }}
 
-{{ $articleClasses := "group-hover-card group flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap article relative" }}
+{{ $articleClasses := "flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap article relative" }}
 {{ if .Site.Params.list.showCards }}
   {{ $articleClasses = delimit (slice $articleClasses "border border-neutral-200 dark:border-neutral-700 border-2 rounded-md overflow-hidden") " " }}
 {{ else }}
@@ -63,18 +63,16 @@
 
 
 <div class="{{ $articleClasses }}">
-  <a
-    {{ partial "article-link/_external-link.html" . | safeHTMLAttr }}
-    class="absolute inset-0"
-    aria-label="{{ $.Title }}"></a>
   {{ with $featuredURL }}
     <div class="{{ $articleImageClasses }}" style="background-image:url({{ . }});"></div>
   {{ end }}
   <div class="{{ $articleInnerClasses }}">
     <div class="items-center text-start text-xl font-semibold">
+      <a
+        {{ partial "article-link/_external-link.html" . | safeHTMLAttr }}
+        class="not-prose before:absolute before:inset-0 decoration-primary-500 dark:text-neutral text-xl font-bold text-neutral-800 hover:underline hover:underline-offset-2">
         {{ with .Params.externalUrl }}
-        <div
-          class="group-hover-card-title decoration-primary-500 dark:text-neutral text-xl font-bold text-neutral-800 group-hover:underline group-hover:underline-offset-2">
+          <div>
             {{ $.Title | emojify }}
             <span class="cursor-default align-top text-xs text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500">
               <span class="rtl:hidden">&#8599;</span>
@@ -82,11 +80,11 @@
             </span>
           </div>
         {{ else }}
-        <div
-          class="group-hover-card-title decoration-primary-500 dark:text-neutral text-xl font-bold text-neutral-800 group-hover:underline group-hover:underline-offset-2">
+          <div>
             {{ .Title | emojify }}
           </div>
         {{ end }}
+      </a>
       {{ if and .Draft .Site.Params.article.showDraftLabel }}
         <div class="ms-2">{{ partial "badge.html" (i18n "article.draft" | emojify) }}</div>
       {{ end }}
@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@
         {{ partial "extend-article-link.html" . }}
       {{ end }}
     </div>
-    <div class="group-hover-cancel text-sm text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
+    <div class="text-sm text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
       {{ partial "article-meta/basic.html" . }}
     </div>
     {{ if .Params.showSummary | default (.Site.Params.list.showSummary | default false) }}