Footer
The footer is a general layout element that, along
with the Header, assist providing a general navigation layout with a minimal
business information section.
Use Cases
- Based on business needs, whenever the navigation content on a site is required to be fully shown (avoiding user tapping/clicking to navigate through them).
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Do's & Dont's
Hierarchy and content
Even considering that the links shown on the Footer does not require
navigational actions from the user, it is important to be consistent
with the menu hierarchy, as it represents the "map of the site".
Use is determined by business needs
Unlike the Header Navigation bar, the Footer component is optional.
Its use will be determined by the business needs, but in most of the
cases it will be dismissed from the internal management
applications, as their world of options is wider than the optimal
advised for the Footer to show.
A component with very basic
interactions
Independently from the scenario where this is used, the footer does
not allows other interactive elements than the listed above. Be
advised that the main goal of the Footer is to give users an easy,
spelled-out and comprehensive navigation fail-safe tool, and
including other components could contradict its purpose.
Alternative and Related components
