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6/23/2026
Styling the Vertical - Achieving Parity
Short summary
Tutorial on styling vertical navigation in React with accessibility parity. Demonstrates CSS techniques (borders, box shadows, positioning) to visually indicate current page via aria-current, matching screen-reader announcements. Includes runnable code from an open-source educational series on GitHub.
- •Vertical nav styling in React with vanilla CSS and Next.js
- •Accessibility parity: visual styling mirrors aria-current screen-reader cues
- •Code with GitHub releases, runnable components, and series progression
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