https://github.com/bccpadge/contact-form-main

Frontend Mentor - Contact Form using HTML, CSS & JavaScript
https://github.com/bccpadge/contact-form-main

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Frontend Mentor - Contact Form using HTML, CSS & JavaScript

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bccpadge/contact-form-main
• Owner: bccpadge
• Created: 2025-02-11T00:58:29.000Z (3 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-02-11T01:34:50.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-13T20:36:32.655Z (5 days ago)
• Language: CSS
• Size: 315 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# Frontend Mentor - Contact form solution

This is a solution to the [Contact form challenge on Frontend Mentor](https://www.frontendmentor.io/challenges/contact-form--G-hYlqKJj). Frontend Mentor challenges help you improve your coding skills by building realistic projects. 

## Table of Contents 📚

- [Overview](#overview)

  - [The challenge](#the-challenge)

  - [Screenshot](#screenshot)

  - [Links](#links)

- [My process](#my-process)

  - [Built with](#built-with)

  - [Useful resources](#useful-resources)

- [Author](#author)

- [Suggestions](#suggestions)

## Overview

### The challenge

Users should be able to:

- Complete the form and see a success toast message upon successful submission

- Receive form validation messages if:

  - A required field has been missed

  - The email address is not formatted correctly

- Complete the form only using their keyboard

- Have inputs, error messages, and the success message announced on their screen reader

- View the optimal layout for the interface depending on their device's screen size

- See hover and focus states for all interactive elements on the page

### Screenshot

![Desktop Preview](./desktop.png)

### Links

- Solution URL: [Frontend Mentor](https://www.frontendmentor.io/solutions/responsive-contact-form-using-html-css-and-javascript-dRslRNmXJq)

- Live Site URL: [GitHub Pages](https://bccpadge.github.io/contact-form-main/)

## My process

### Built with 🛠️

- HTML

  - Semantic HTML5 markup

  - Data attribures like `data-js-form` 

  - ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications)

- CSS 

  - Native CSS Nesting

  - Flexbox

  - CSS Grid

- JavaScript

 - DOM maniplulation with `document.querySelector`

 - Event handling with `addEventListener` 

 - helper functions to write efficient code

### Useful resources 📚

- [Pure CSS Custom Style Radio Buttons](https://moderncss.dev/pure-css-custom-styled-radio-buttons/) - I used this article to create my own custom radio buttons from scratch.

- [Pure CSS Custom Style Checkbox](https://moderncss.dev/pure-css-custom-checkbox-style/) - I used this article to create my own custom checkbox from scratch.

[:user-valid & :user-invalid](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jStzo0tlr6Y) - This is great video validating form inputs with plain CSS. In this project, I tried using them but decided to use JavaScript instead. 

- [Simplifying JavaScript Form Validation with Helper Functions](https://clouddevs.com/javascript/form-validation-with-helper-functions/) - Helper functions helped me write efficient code in JavaScript. 

## Author 👩‍💻

- [Rebecca Padgett](https://linkedin.com/in/rebeccapadgett121) on LinkedIn

## Suggestions 💡

Please don't hesitate to open an issue or make a pull request!