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Research Notes Bento Grid Layout

Complete a bento grid layout in a research notes scenario: include real content, actionable controls, clear status feedback, and responsive layouts across sizes.

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    <header class="mast"><div><span class="eyebrow">paper / Bento Grid Layout / INTERMEDIATE</span><h1>Research Notes Bento Grid Layout</h1><p class="intro">Complete a bento grid layout in a research notes scenario: include real content, actionable controls, clear status feedback, and responsive layouts across sizes.</p></div><span class="scenario">Research Notes</span></header>
    <div class="composition-split"><aside class="split-note"><b>CASE 02</b><span>Master the semantic structure, responsive arrangement, keyboard interaction, and state synchronization of the bento-style grid layout.</span></aside><section class="demo" aria-label="Research Notes Bento Grid interactive area"><div class="workflow-guide"><nav class="guide-rail" aria-label="Research Steps Guide"><span class="eyebrow">Research Notes GUIDE</span><ol><li data-workflow-guide-step="0" aria-current="step"><b>1</b><span>Collect Materials</span></li><li data-workflow-guide-step="1"><b>2</b><span>Form an hypothesis</span></li><li data-workflow-guide-step="2"><b>3</b><span>Validation Result</span></li></ol><div class="guide-actions"><button id="workflowGuideBack" class="action" type="button" disabled>Previous</button><button id="workflowGuideNext" class="action primary" type="button">Complete this step</button></div><div id="workflowGuideProgress" role="progressbar" aria-label="Research steps completion" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100" aria-valuenow="0"><i></i></div></nav><section id="workflowCore" class="workflow-core guide-core" data-guide-step="0" aria-describedby="workflowGuideInstruction"><p id="workflowGuideInstruction">Please complete the “collect materials” related tasks in the main example.</p><!-- 11DZ_CORE_START:layouts-responsive-bento-grid --><div class="bento-demo"><header><span class="eyebrow">BENTO GRID</span><h2>Research Notes Overview</h2><button id="bentoDensity" class="action" type="button" aria-pressed="false" data-core-bridge="layouts-responsive-bento-grid">Toggle compact density</button></header><div id="bentoGrid" class="bento-grid"><article class="bento-0"><span>01</span><h3>Research Notes</h3><p>A key content area spanning rows and columns.</p></article><article class="bento-1"><span>02</span><h3>Research Notes Collaboration</h3><p>For holding secondary data and quick entry points.</p></article><article class="bento-2"><span>03</span><h3>Research notes progress</h3><p>A key content area spanning rows and columns.</p></article><article class="bento-3"><span>04</span><h3>Research Notes Reminder</h3><p>For holding secondary data and quick entry points.</p></article><article class="bento-4"><span>05</span><h3>Research Notes Collection</h3><p>A key content area spanning rows and columns.</p></article><article class="bento-5"><span>06</span><h3>Research Notes Overview</h3><p>For holding secondary data and quick entry points.</p></article></div></div><!-- 11DZ_CORE_END --></section><aside class="guide-evidence"><details id="workflowGuideDetails"><summary>View acceptance requirements</summary><ul><li>A visible state change is needed to collect materials</li><li>Proposing a hypothesis requires one visible state change</li><li>A visible state change is needed to validate the conclusion</li></ul></details><form id="workflowGuideEvidenceForm"><label>This step evidence<textarea id="workflowGuideEvidence" rows="3" placeholder="Record the observed state"></textarea></label><input class="action" type="submit" value="Save evidence"></form><output id="workflowGuideSummary">0 / 3 Steps Complete</output></aside></div><p id="status" class="status" role="status" aria-live="polite"></p></section></div>
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