/* =====================================================
   RESET & BASE
   ===================================================== */
*, *::before, *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body, h1, h2, h3, p, ul {
  margin: 0;
}

ul {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
}

a {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
  display: block;
}

button {
  font: inherit;
}

/* =====================================================
   FONTS
   Self-hosted variable font (Thin–Black in one file). WOFF loads
   first for its smaller size; the TTF is a fallback for the rare
   browser that can't use WOFF. font-weight: 100 900 tells the
   browser this file covers the whole range, so any weight used
   below (400/600/700) resolves correctly from this one @font-face.
   ===================================================== */
@font-face {
  font-family: "League Spartan";
  src: url("fonts/LeagueSpartan-VariableFont_wght.woff") format("woff"),
       url("fonts/LeagueSpartan-VariableFont_wght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 100 900;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

/* =====================================================
   DESIGN TOKENS
   Placeholder colors — swap these once we translate your mockups'
   final palette.
   ===================================================== */
:root {
  --color-bg: #ffffff;
  --color-text: #1a1a1a;
  --color-muted: #6b6b6b;
  --color-accent: #2f6fed;
  --color-border: #e5e5e5;
  --color-surface: #f0f0f0;

  --font-body: "League Spartan", system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --font-heading: "League Spartan", system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;

  --container-width: 1100px;
  --spacing-section: 5rem;
}

/* Dark theme — applied when JS sets data-theme="dark" on <html>.
   Only the tokens that need to change are redeclared; --color-accent
   and everything else fall through from the :root block above. */
:root[data-theme="dark"] {
  --color-bg: #121212;
  --color-text: #f0f0f0;
  --color-muted: #a3a3a3;
  --color-border: #2e2e2e;
  --color-surface: #1e1e1e;
}

body {
  font-family: var(--font-body);
  color: var(--color-text);
  background: var(--color-bg);
  line-height: 1.6;
  overflow-anchor: none;
}

h1, h2, h3 {
  font-family: var(--font-heading);
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
  body {
    transition: background-color 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease;
  }
}

.container {
  max-width: var(--container-width);
  margin-inline: auto;
  padding-inline: 1.5rem;
}

/* =====================================================
   HEADER / NAV
   ===================================================== */
.site-header {
  position: relative;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border);
}

.nav-wrapper {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  padding-block: 1.25rem;
}

.logo {
  font-weight: 700;
}

.nav-right {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1.5rem;
}

.main-nav ul {
  display: flex;
  gap: 1.5rem;
}

.theme-toggle {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 38px;
  height: 38px;
  padding: 0;
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: none;
  color: var(--color-text);
  cursor: pointer;
}

.theme-toggle .icon {
  width: 18px;
  height: 18px;
  fill: none;
  stroke: currentColor;
  stroke-width: 2;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
}

/* Light mode shows a moon (click to go dark); dark mode shows a sun. */
.theme-toggle .icon-sun {
  display: none;
}

[data-theme="dark"] .theme-toggle .icon-sun {
  display: block;
}

[data-theme="dark"] .theme-toggle .icon-moon {
  display: none;
}

/* =====================================================
   BUTTONS
   ===================================================== */
.btn {
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 0.75rem 1.5rem;
  border-radius: 4px;
  font-weight: 600;
  border: none;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.btn-primary {
  background: var(--color-accent);
  color: #fff;
}

/* =====================================================
   TEMPORARY PASSWORD GATE
   A soft, client-side visitor gate — see password-gate.js for how it
   works and how to remove it. `body.gate-locked` is set directly in
   each page's HTML by default; it hides every top-level element
   except this overlay, and gets removed by the script once the
   right password's entered (or once the gate is switched off).
   ===================================================== */
   #password-gate {
    display: none;
  }
  
  body.gate-locked #password-gate {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    position: fixed;
    inset: 0;
    z-index: 9999;
    background: var(--color-bg);
    padding: 1.5rem;
  }
  
  body.gate-locked > *:not(#password-gate) {
    display: none !important;
  }
  
  .password-gate-form {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 0.75rem;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 320px;
    text-align: center;
  }
  
  .password-gate-form label {
    font-weight: 600;
    color: var(--color-text);
  }
  
  .password-gate-form input {
    padding: 0.6rem;
    border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
    border-radius: 4px;
    font: inherit;
    background: var(--color-bg);
    color: var(--color-text);
    text-align: center;
  }
  
  .password-gate-error {
    min-height: 1.2em;
    margin: 0;
    color: #d64545;
    font-size: 0.85rem;
  }
  

/* =====================================================
   IMAGE FALLBACK
   Used anywhere a project image is inserted by JS (site.js's
   createProjectImage). Shows a labeled placeholder until a real
   file exists at that path, instead of a broken image icon.
   ===================================================== */
.img-wrapper {
  overflow: hidden;
}

.img-wrapper img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
}

.img-wrapper.img-missing {
  background: var(--color-surface);
  color: var(--color-muted);
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: 600;
  padding: 1rem;
}

/* =====================================================
   LANDING PAGE / CAROUSEL
   ===================================================== */
.landing {
  position: relative;
  min-height: calc(100vh - 73px);
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.hero-backdrop {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 0;
  overflow: hidden; /* safety net for the brief scale+translateX the glitch applies to the real image (see carousel.js) */
}

/* The backdrop glitch (see triggerBackdropGlitch in carousel.js) is no
   longer a separate CSS animation or overlay element — it's a brief,
   JS-driven burst that sets this element's own inline transform each
   frame (layered on top of the pan-horizontal/pan-vertical animation
   below, since transform and object-position are independent
   properties) and simultaneously nudges the shared chromatic-aberration
   filter's dx values in index.html. One shared progress value in JS
   drives both, so nothing needs to live here beyond the resting styles. */
.hero-backdrop img {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  opacity: 0;
  filter: url(#chromatic-aberration);
  transition: opacity 1.2s ease;
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
  @keyframes pan-horizontal {
    from { object-position: 0% 50%; }
    to { object-position: 100% 50%; }
  }

  @keyframes pan-vertical {
    from { object-position: 50% 0%; }
    to { object-position: 50% 100%; }
  }

  .hero-backdrop img.pan-horizontal {
    animation: pan-horizontal 10s ease-in-out forwards;
  }

  .hero-backdrop img.pan-vertical {
    animation: pan-vertical 10s ease-in-out forwards;
  }
}

.landing-content {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
  padding-block: 3rem;
}

.landing-title {
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3rem);
  margin-bottom: 3rem;
  transition: opacity 0.25s ease;
}

.carousel {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 1.5rem;
  padding-inline: 3rem;
}

.carousel-track {
  position: relative;
  width: min(800px, 80vw);
  height: 680px;
  --card-width: 340px;
  --card-height: 495px;
}

.carousel-card {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  width: var(--card-width);
  height: var(--card-height);
  border-radius: 12px;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: transform 0.4s ease, opacity 0.4s ease;
  -webkit-mask-image: radial-gradient(ellipse at center, black 50%, transparent 95%);
  mask-image: radial-gradient(ellipse at center, black 50%, transparent 95%);
}

.carousel-card-image {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border-radius: 12px;
}

.carousel-arrow {
  flex-shrink: 0;
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  background: none;
  color: var(--color-text);
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.view-project-btn {
  margin-top: 2.5rem;
  background: none;
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  color: var(--color-text);
  padding: 0.75rem 2.25rem;
  border-radius: 999px;
  letter-spacing: 0.05em;
  transition: background-color 0.2s ease, border-color 0.2s ease;
}

.view-project-btn:hover {
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border-color: var(--color-text);
}

/* =====================================================
   SECTION SPACING
   A top border appears between two stacked sections, but
   never before the first one on a page.
   ===================================================== */
main section {
  padding-block: var(--spacing-section);
}

main section + section {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
}

/* =====================================================
   ABOUT
   ===================================================== */
.about-content {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 200px 1fr;
  gap: 2rem;
  align-items: start;
}

.about-photo {
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  background: var(--color-surface);
  border-radius: 8px;
}

/* =====================================================
   CONTACT
   ===================================================== */
.contact-form {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 0.5rem;
  max-width: 480px;
  margin-block: 2rem;
}

.contact-form label {
  font-weight: 600;
  margin-top: 0.75rem;
}

.contact-form input,
.contact-form textarea {
  padding: 0.6rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  border-radius: 4px;
  font: inherit;
  background: var(--color-bg);
  color: var(--color-text);
}

.contact-form button {
  margin-top: 1rem;
  align-self: flex-start;
}

.form-status {
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  color: var(--color-muted);
}

.social-links {
  display: flex;
  gap: 1.5rem;
  font-weight: 600;
}

/* =====================================================
   PROJECT DETAIL PAGE
   ===================================================== */
.project-detail {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-height: 100vh;
}

.project-heading {
  position: absolute;
  top: 2.5rem;
  left: 1.5rem;
  z-index: 2;
  color: #f0f0f0;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);
}

.back-link {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
  color: rgba(240, 240, 240, 0.85);
  font-weight: 600;
}

#project-title {
  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
  font-size: clamp(1.75rem, 4vw, 2.5rem);
  color: #ffffff;
}

.render-stage {
  position: relative;
  flex: 1;
  min-height: 0;
  width: 100%;
}

/* ---------- Render picker (floats over the left side) ---------- */
.render-thumb-column {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: -1rem;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  z-index: 2;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1rem;
  /* Tall enough for the 5-slot window (90px apart, full-size 140px
     thumbnail at the centre) with clearance to spare — the selected
     render is always centred now that navigation wraps (see
     getCircularOffset via project.js's renderThumbnails), so there's
     no boundary case that pushes a full-size thumbnail out to an
     outer slot the way there would be with a non-wrapping window. */
  height: min(640px, 80%);
}

/* Bounded window onto the render list — holds only a small, fixed
   number of thumbnail slots at a time regardless of how many renders
   the project actually has. overflow:hidden is scoped to just this
   element rather than .render-stage or any other larger parent, so
   the stack can never spill under the header, footer, or heading.
   The optional has-more class (toggled in project.js) adds a soft
   top/bottom fade to hint that the list loops beyond what's visible —
   symmetric because navigation wraps at both ends, so there's never
   a case with more content in only one direction. */
.render-thumb-viewport {
  position: relative;
  flex: 1;
  /* Explicit width, not a percentage: .render-thumb (below) is
     absolutely positioned, so it can't contribute to this element's
     size the way normal-flow content would — without an explicit
     value here, .render-thumb-column (which sizes to fit its widest
     child) collapses to just the width of the 44px arrow buttons,
     and overflow:hidden below then clips the 100px thumbnails to a
     sliver instead of bounding them properly. 120px covers the
     100px thumbnail plus room for its selected-state outline (2px
     wide, 3px offset) so that isn't clipped either. */
  width: 120px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.render-thumb-viewport.has-more {
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent, black 10%, black 90%, transparent);
  mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent, black 10%, black 90%, transparent);
}

.render-thumb-track {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

.render-thumb {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  width: 100px;
  height: 140px;
  border-radius: 10px;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: transform 0.4s ease, opacity 0.4s ease;
  -webkit-mask-image: radial-gradient(ellipse at center, black 50%, transparent 95%);
  mask-image: radial-gradient(ellipse at center, black 50%, transparent 95%);
}

.render-thumb-image {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border-radius: 10px;
}

/* The selected thumbnail drops the edge fade (full clarity) and
   gets a thin ring instead, so it reads clearly as "this one" in
   both the desktop coverflow and the mobile strip. */
.render-thumb.selected {
  -webkit-mask-image: none;
  mask-image: none;
  outline: 2px solid rgb(253, 253, 253);
  outline-offset: 3px;
}

/* ---------- Main render (fills the entire stage) ----------
   The stage is now one continuous dark canvas rather than a framed
   card: .render-backdrop (an enlarged, blurred copy of the current
   render) fills it edge to edge with no fade to the page background,
   and the sharp .render-main-image floats on top, feathering into
   that backdrop via its own mask below instead of ending in a hard
   rectangle. Kept dark regardless of the light/dark toggle, matching
   the always-dark floating controls (info handle, magnifier toggle,
   viewer controls) already used on this page. */
.render-viewer {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: #0b0b0c; /* shows briefly while the backdrop/image are still loading */
  cursor: pointer; /* hints that clicking the render expands it */
}

.render-backdrop {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
  filter: blur(50px) brightness(0.25);
  transform: scale(1.25); /* enlarged so the blur never exposes an edge */
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
}

.render-backdrop.active {
  opacity: 1;
}

.render-main-image {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: contain;
  /* Fades the sharp render to fully transparent by the time it
     reaches its own edge, so the blurred backdrop underneath — the
     same image, enlarged — shows through as a soft dissolve instead
     of a hard cutout. "closest-side" sizing guarantees the fade is
     already complete at (or before) the physical edge in every
     direction, so no boundary line is ever visible; the central
     ~70% stays completely sharp and untouched. */
  
}

.render-viewer.img-missing {
  background: var(--color-surface);
  color: var(--color-muted);
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 1rem;
}

/* ---------- Render-sequence progress ---------- */
/* Purely informational readout of position within the current
   project's renders — navigation still happens via the thumbnails,
   arrows, and keyboard. A static child of #render-viewer (position:
   absolute, so unaffected by the img-missing flex-centering above)
   rather than something project.js rebuilds with the backdrop/image,
   so its marker can transition smoothly, and so it automatically
   follows #render-viewer's own layout on both desktop and mobile
   with no extra positioning rules needed. */
.render-progress {
  position: absolute;
  left: 2rem;
  bottom: 5.5rem;
  z-index: 2;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.6rem;
  pointer-events: none; /* informational only — never a drag/interaction target */
  /* A drop-shadow on the whole group (not per-child) keeps the thin
     line and small text legible over both light and dark parts of
     the render without a background chip — same reasoning as the
     text-shadow on .project-heading, just via filter so it also
     covers the track/marker shapes, not only the text. */
  filter: drop-shadow(0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7));
}

.render-progress-start,
.render-progress-end {
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
  color: rgba(240, 240, 240, 0.92);
}

.render-progress-track {
  position: relative;
  width: 100px;
  height: 7px;
  background: rgba(240, 240, 240, 0.35);
  border-radius: 4px;
}

.render-progress-fill {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 100%;
  width: 0%;
  background: rgba(240, 240, 240, 0.9);
  transition: width 0.35s ease;
  border-radius: 4px;
}

.render-progress-marker {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 0%;
  width: 7px;
  height: 7px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #f0f0f0;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  transition: left 0.35s ease;
}

/* ---------- Fullscreen render view ---------- */
/* Clicking the render (see project.js) adds .image-expanded to
   <body>. The viewer itself breaks out to fill the real browser
   viewport instead of just the stage, and everything else on the
   page — thumbnails included, per the brief — hides until it's
   dismissed. */
body.image-expanded {
  overflow: hidden; /* no page scroll behind the expanded image */
}

body.image-expanded .site-header,
body.image-expanded .site-footer,
body.image-expanded .project-heading,
body.image-expanded .render-thumb-column,
body.image-expanded .render-progress,
body.image-expanded .info-toggle {
  display: none;
}

body.image-expanded .render-viewer {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 1000;
  border-radius: 0;
  background: #000000;
  height: 100vh;
  height: 100dvh;
  cursor: zoom-in; /* fit-width is off — clicking the image fits it to width */
  -webkit-mask-image: none;
  mask-image: none;
}

/* The feathered edge and the darker/larger backdrop above are for
   the normal in-page viewer only. Fullscreen (the lightbox) keeps
   exactly the appearance it already had before that change — full
   opacity edge to edge, original blur/brightness/scale — untouched. */
body.image-expanded .render-main-image {
  -webkit-mask-image: none;
  mask-image: none;
}

body.image-expanded .render-backdrop {
  filter: blur(30px) brightness(0.2);
  transform: scale(1.2);
}

/* "Fit width" mode: the render fills the screen's width and scrolls
   vertically for its full height, instead of shrinking to fit
   entirely on screen at once. Only meaningful while already expanded. */
body.image-expanded.fit-width .render-viewer {
  cursor: zoom-out; /* clicking the image now shows the entire render again */
  overflow-y: auto;
  overscroll-behavior: contain;
}

body.image-expanded.fit-width .render-backdrop {
  display: none; /* no letterboxing left to fill once the image just scrolls */
}

body.image-expanded.fit-width .render-main-image {
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  object-fit: unset;
  display: block;
}

.viewer-controls {
  display: none;
  position: fixed;
  top: 1.5rem;
  right: 1.5rem;
  z-index: 1001;
  gap: 0.75rem;
}

body.image-expanded .viewer-controls {
  display: flex;
}

.viewer-controls button {
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: none;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
  backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
  color: #f0f0f0;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: background-color 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease;
}

.viewer-controls .icon {
  width: 18px;
  height: 18px;
  fill: none;
  stroke: currentColor;
  stroke-width: 2;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
}

/* Active state — same "inverted" treatment as the other toggles on
   this page, so it reads clearly as currently on. */
.viewer-fit-toggle.active {
  background: rgba(240, 240, 240, 0.9);
  color: #111111;
}

/* ---------- Magnifier ---------- */
/* Hides the system cursor over the image while magnifier mode is
   on — the lens itself becomes the pointer. */
.render-viewer.magnifier-active {
  cursor: zoom-in;
}

.magnifier-toggle {
  position: absolute;
  top: calc(50% - 52px);
  right: 1.5rem;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  z-index: 3;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: none;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
  backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
  color: #f0f0f0;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  transition: background-color 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease;
}

.magnifier-toggle .icon {
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  fill: none;
  stroke: currentColor;
  stroke-width: 2;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
}

/* On state — same idea as a pressed toggle button: inverted so it
   reads clearly as "currently active" at a glance. */
.magnifier-toggle.active {
  background: rgba(240, 240, 240, 0.9);
  color: #111111;
}

/* While fullscreen, this becomes a normal flex child of
   .viewer-controls — like its two siblings — instead of an
   absolutely positioned element. The old approach tried to place it
   with manual top/right offsets, but those were being measured
   against .viewer-controls's own small box (its actual parent, now
   that it's nested inside it), not the viewport — which is why it
   was landing lower and further left than the other two buttons.
   Letting flexbox handle the alignment sidesteps that miscalculation
   entirely. */
body.image-expanded .magnifier-toggle {
  position: fixed;
  top: 1.5rem;
  /* Sits immediately left of .viewer-controls (right: 1.5rem, containing
     two 40px buttons + a 0.75rem gap = 5.75rem wide), plus one more
     0.75rem gap of its own: 1.5rem + 5.75rem + 0.75rem = 8rem. Matches
     .viewer-controls's top/right exactly since it's no longer relying
     on being an actual flex child of that container. */
  right: 8rem;
  transform: none;
  z-index: 1001;
}

/* The floating lens. Positioned via project.js (left/top follow the
   cursor); everything else — size, soft edge, border — lives here. */
.magnifier-lens {
  position: fixed;
  z-index: 1002; /* above the fullscreen viewer (1000) and its controls (1001) */
  width: 400px;
  height: 400px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 0px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);
  box-shadow: 0 6px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  pointer-events: none; /* never intercepts clicks/hover itself */
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity 0.15s ease;
  /* Soft, feathered edge instead of a hard-edged circle */
  -webkit-mask-image: radial-gradient(circle, black 62%, transparent 100%);
  mask-image: radial-gradient(circle, black 62%, transparent 100%);
}

.magnifier-lens.visible {
  opacity: 1;
}

/* Thin crosshair marking the exact center of the lens — a small
   drop-shadow keeps it visible over both light and dark image areas. */
.magnifier-lens::before,
.magnifier-lens::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
  filter: drop-shadow(0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8));
  pointer-events: none;
}

.magnifier-lens::before {
  width: 14px;
  height: 1px;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

.magnifier-lens::after {
  width: 1px;
  height: 14px;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

/* ---------- Text panels (hover to reveal, click to lock) ---------- */
.info-toggle {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  right: 1.5rem;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  z-index: 2;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row-reverse;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1rem;
}

.info-handle {
  flex-shrink: 0;
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: none;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
  backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
  color: #f0f0f0;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  position: relative;
}

/* "Click to pin" and "Click to unpin" tooltip — CSS-only, shown while hovering the handle,
   hidden once the panel is locked open. Matches the handle's own
   floating-chip style (dark, blurred, rounded, light text). */
   .info-handle {
    flex-shrink: 0;
    width: 40px;
    height: 40px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    border: none;
    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
    backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
    -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
    color: #f0f0f0;
    cursor: pointer;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    position: relative;
    transition: background-color 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease;
  }
  
  /* Button appearance when pinned */
  .info-toggle.locked .info-handle {
    background: rgba(240, 240, 240, 0.9);
    color: #111111;
  }
  
  /* "Click to pin / unpin" tooltip */
  .info-handle::before {
    content: "Click to pin";
    position: absolute;
    right: calc(-90% + 0.75rem);
    top: 50%;
    transform: translateY(70%);
    z-index: 1;
    padding: 0.4rem 0.75rem;
    border-radius: 6px;
    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
    backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
    -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
    color: #f0f0f0;
    font-size: 0.9rem;
    white-space: nowrap;
    opacity: 0;
    transition: opacity 0.2s ease;
    pointer-events: none;
  }
  
  /* Unlocked */
  .info-handle:hover::before {
    content: "Click to pin";
    opacity: 1;
  }
  
  /* Locked */
  .info-toggle.locked .info-handle:hover::before {
    content: "Click to unpin";
    opacity: 1;
  }

.info-handle .icon {
  width: 23px;
  height: 23px;
  fill: none;
  stroke: currentColor;
  stroke-width: 2;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
}

.project-panels {
  max-width: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  opacity: 0;
  border-radius: 12px;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
  backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
  color: #f0f0f0;
  transition: max-width 0.3s ease, opacity 0.25s ease;
}

/* Hovering the handle (or the panel itself, once it's open) reveals
   it; the "locked" class (added by a click, see project.js) keeps
   it open without needing the mouse to stay there. */
.info-toggle:hover .project-panels,
.info-toggle.locked .project-panels {
  max-width: 420px;
  opacity: 1;
}

.project-panels-inner {
  width: 420px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 1.5rem;
  padding: 1.5rem;
}

.story-panel h2,
.description-panel h2 {
  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  color: #ffffff;
}

.story-panel {
  max-height: 860px;
  overflow-y: auto;
  padding-right: 0.5rem;
}

.story-panel p,
.description-panel p {
  color: rgba(240, 240, 240, 0.8);
}

/* =====================================================
   FOOTER
   ===================================================== */
.site-footer {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
  padding-block: 2rem;
  color: var(--color-muted);
  font-size: 0.9rem;
}

/* Copyright on the left, social icons on the right — wraps to
   center-stacked on narrow screens instead (see responsive section). */
.footer-inner {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 1rem;
  text-align: left;
}

.footer-social {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.75rem;
}

.footer-social a {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 32px;
  height: 32px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 1px solid #f0f0f0;
  color: #f0f0f0;
  transition: color 0.2s ease, border-color 0.2s ease;
}

.footer-social a:hover,
.footer-social a:focus-visible {
  color: var(--color-text);
  border-color: var(--color-text);
}

.footer-social svg {
  width: 18px;
  height: 18px;
  fill: none;
  stroke: currentColor;
  stroke-width: 1.8;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
}

/* =====================================================
   RESPONSIVE
   ===================================================== */
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .footer-inner {
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .about-content {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .render-stage {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    position: static;
    flex: none;
  }

  .render-thumb-column {
    position: static;
    transform: none;
    height: auto;
    width: 100%;
    order: 2; /* thumbnails below the main image on small screens */
  }

  .render-thumb-column .carousel-arrow {
    display: none; /* up/down arrows don't read well next to a horizontal strip */
  }

  /* The desktop vertical window/clipping is deliberately not carried
     over to mobile — reset to a plain, non-constraining wrapper so
     .render-thumb-track's own horizontal-strip rules (below) are
     entirely in control, exactly as before this element existed. */
  .render-thumb-viewport {
    flex: none;
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    overflow: visible;
    -webkit-mask-image: none;
    mask-image: none;
  }

  .magnifier-toggle,
  .magnifier-lens {
    display: none; /* hover-tracking has no touch equivalent */
  }

  .render-thumb-track {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 0.75rem;
    overflow-x: auto;
    height: 140px;
    padding-inline: 1.5rem;
  }

  .render-thumb {
    position: static;
    flex-shrink: 0;
    width: 90px;
    height: 120px;
    opacity: 0.5;
    transform: none;
  }

  .render-thumb.selected {
    opacity: 1;
  }

  .project-heading {
    position: static;
    padding-inline: 1.5rem;
    padding-top: 2rem;
    color: var(--color-text);
    text-shadow: none;
    order: 0;
  }

  .back-link {
    color: var(--color-muted);
  }

  #project-title {
    color: inherit;
  }

  .render-viewer {
    position: relative;
    inset: auto;
    order: 1;
    height: 320px;
  }

  .info-toggle {
    position: static;
    transform: none;
    order: 3;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: stretch;
    gap: 0;
  }

  .info-handle {
    display: none; /* hover has no equivalent on touch, so always show the panel instead */
  }

  .project-panels {
    max-width: none;
    opacity: 1;
    overflow: visible;
    border-radius: 0;
    background: none;
    backdrop-filter: none;
    -webkit-backdrop-filter: none;
    color: var(--color-text);
  }

  .project-panels-inner {
    width: 100%;
    padding: 1.5rem;
  }

  .story-panel h2,
  .description-panel h2 {
    color: var(--color-text);
  }

  .story-panel p,
  .description-panel p {
    color: var(--color-muted);
  }

  .carousel {
    justify-content: center;
    padding-inline: 0;
  }

  .carousel-track {
    width: 90vw;
    --card-width: 235px;
    --card-height: 350px;
  }

  .carousel-card {
    width: var(--card-width);
    height: var(--card-height);
  }
}