mathew/frontend/app/assets/css/_home.scss

// ---------- Hero (home) ----------
.home-main {
  position: relative;

  &::before {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    inset: -120px -20% auto -20%;
    height: 480px;
    pointer-events: none;
  }
}

// the index page hangs its hero off the middle of the reading surface: only
// `/` carries `.is-home`, so the stretch below stays here and the other pages
// that share `.home-main` (the shelf, the two admin desks) are untouched.
// `.app-main` already owns the viewport's height (flex: 1 beside the sidebar
// on desktop, under the top bar on mobile); the container grows into it and
// centres the page's block in what's left.
.app-main:has(.home-main.is-home) {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;

  .container {
    display: flex;
    flex: 1;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;
  }
}

.hero {
  position: relative;
  text-align: center;
  padding: clamp(56px, 11vh, 104px) 0 44px;

  h1 {
    margin: 0;
    font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 6vw, 3.7rem);
    font-weight: 850;
    letter-spacing: -0.035em;
    line-height: 1.08;

    // the headline's ink drifts between the two accents — the gradient is
    // painted twice as wide as the text and slides through it; both ends are
    // the accent colour, so the loop has no seam
    .gradient {
      background: linear-gradient(
        92deg,
        var(--accent) 10%,
        var(--accent-2) 50%,
        var(--accent) 90%
      );
      background-size: 200% 100%;
      -webkit-background-clip: text;
      background-clip: text;
      color: transparent;
      animation: hero-gradient-pan 4.5s linear infinite;
    }
  }

  .sub {
    margin: 18px auto 0;
    max-width: 56ch;
    color: var(--muted);
    font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.6vw, 1.13rem);
  }
}

@keyframes hero-gradient-pan {
  to { background-position-x: 200%; }
}

.search-wrap {
  position: relative;
  max-width: 620px;
  margin: 34px auto 0;

  svg {
    position: absolute;
    left: 19px;
    top: 50%;
    translate: 0 -50%;
    color: var(--faint);
    pointer-events: none;
  }
}

.search-input {
  width: 100%;
  height: 58px;
  padding: 0 52px 0 52px;
  border-radius: 16px;
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  background: var(--surface);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-sm);
  font-size: 1rem;
  transition: border-color 0.15s, box-shadow 0.2s;

  &::placeholder { color: var(--faint); }

  &:focus { outline: none; border-color: var(--accent); box-shadow: var(--ring); }
}

// the hero box opens the search popup (the Ctrl/⌘+K one) instead of taking
// text, so it is a button wearing the search bar: the label sits where typed
// text would, in the placeholder's colour
.search-input.search-trigger {
  font: inherit;
  text-align: left;
  cursor: pointer;
  color: var(--faint);

  &:hover { border-color: var(--accent); }
}

.search-kbd {
  position: absolute;
  right: 16px;
  top: 50%;
  translate: 0 -50%;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--faint);
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  border-bottom-width: 2px;
  border-radius: 6px;
  padding: 2px 7px;
  background: var(--surface-2);
  pointer-events: none;
}

.hero-actions {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 12px;
  margin-top: 22px;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

// ---------- Section / results meta ----------
.results-bar {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 12px;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  margin: 10px 0 18px;

  h2 {
    margin: 0;
    font-size: 1.05rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: -0.01em;
    color: var(--text);
  }
}

.filter-chip {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 7px;
  padding: 5px 12px;
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 12%, transparent);
  color: var(--accent);
  font-size: 0.82rem;
  font-weight: 600;

  button {
    color: inherit;
    opacity: 0.75;
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;

    &:hover { opacity: 1; }
  }
}