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Problem

After the recent configurator UX work (grouped nav IA, Depth/System panel merges, glance previews), the editor looked too narrow for its data when embedded — most obviously the WP plugin's ~420px frontend overlay, where the token panel was squeezed to about half its width.

Root cause

The studio chrome derived its entire desktop-vs-mobile layout from the browser viewport using Tailwind's md: prefix (@media (min-width: 768px)). There are zero container queries in the chrome. When the app is mounted in a container narrower than the viewport — the WP admin page beside the ~160px admin menu, or the ~420px slide-in overlay on a desktop-width page — the viewport is still ≥768px, so md: fires and the full desktop three-column layout (208px labelled rail + 360px panel + preview) is forced into a box that can't hold it.

The regression was introduced in 28973ea (grouped, named navigation IA): SidebarNav went from a fixed w-14 (56px icon rail) to w-14 md:w-52 (56px / 208px labelled). In the 420px overlay on a desktop viewport that rail balloons to 208px, leaving the DomainPanel only ~212px.

Fix

Make the shell a CSS container (@container) and convert the layout-governing breakpoints in App.svelte and SidebarNav.svelte from the viewport md: variant to the container variant @3xl: — which is 48rem = 768px, the exact same threshold, just measured against the width we're actually given instead of the viewport.

  • Standalone / GitHub Pages: unchanged — the shell owns the viewport, so container width == viewport width and @3xl triggers at the same 768px as md did.
  • Embedded (WP admin, overlay): the layout now collapses to the compact rail + single-panel/drawer layout when the container is narrow, regardless of viewport.

Only the shell uses responsive prefixes; the panels/inputs were already fully fluid, so no other files change.

Notes

  • Unnamed container queries do not fall back to the viewport, so a host that mounts SidebarNav without an @container ancestor safely defaults to the compact 56px rail.
  • StudioHeader / PreviewPanel keep their sm:/md: prefixes: they aren't used in the overlay and degrade gracefully (the header scrolls), so they're left out of this change to keep it focused.

Verification

  • svelte-check: 0 errors / 0 warnings.
  • vite build: succeeds; emitted CSS contains .@container{container-type:inline-size} and @container (width>=48rem){ … .@3xl:w-52 … } — the @3xl: classes compile to a real 768px container query.

Downstream (WP plugin)

The plugin (codeslash-dev/SLASHED-Plugins) vendors this configurator/src tree. A companion PR there adds the @container anchor to the frontend overlay and refreshes its stale domain labels; it needs this change synced (release + repin) to go fully green.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Enhancements
    • Improved responsive behavior for embedded and narrow-width environments.
    • Navigation adapts to available container width, switching between compact icon-only and labelled layouts more consistently.
    • Responsive breakpoints now respect the application’s root font size for improved scaling.
  • Accessibility
    • Improved focus handling when the previously focused navigation item is no longer visible, directing focus to the active or first available navigation control.

The studio chrome decided its whole desktop-vs-mobile layout from the
browser viewport via Tailwind `md:` (@media 768px). When the configurator
is embedded in a container narrower than the viewport — the WP admin page
beside the ~160px admin menu, or the plugin's ~420px frontend overlay on a
desktop-width page — the viewport is still >=768px, so the full desktop
three-column layout (208px labelled rail + 360px panel + preview) was forced
into a box that could not hold it. Most visibly, SidebarNav rendered its
208px labelled rail inside the 420px overlay, squeezing the token panel to
~212px ('too narrow for its data').

Make the shell a CSS container (`@container`) and convert the layout-governing
breakpoints in App.svelte and SidebarNav.svelte from viewport `md:` to the
container variant `@3xl:` (48rem = 768px — the exact same threshold, now
measured against the space we're actually given). Standalone is unchanged
(container == viewport); embedded hosts now collapse to the compact rail /
mobile layout when they're narrow. Unlabelled panels/inputs were already
fluid, so no other files change.

Note: unnamed container queries don't fall back to the viewport, so a host
that mounts SidebarNav without an `@container` ancestor safely gets the
compact 56px rail.
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The configurator shell now derives its desktop threshold from the root font size and improves drawer focus fallback. Sidebar navigation now uses container-query breakpoints for its compact and labelled layouts.

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Responsive shell layout

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shell container behavior
configurator/src/App.svelte
The shell computes the desktop threshold from the root font size, updates the threshold during resize events, and focuses the desktop rail when the previous focus target is hidden.
Sidebar container layout
configurator/src/components/shell/SidebarNav.svelte
Sidebar sizing, alignment, labels, badges, tooltips, separators, and headings now use the @3xl container breakpoint. Comments document the container-query behavior and fallback.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to bb3af

The PR changes responsive shell sizing from viewport-based breakpoints to container-based breakpoints so embedded layouts use the available width; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: claude, kiro-agent

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  participant ShellContainer
  participant ResizeObserver
  participant App
  participant DesktopRail
  ShellContainer->>ResizeObserver: report shell width
  ResizeObserver->>App: provide resize entry
  App->>App: compute threshold from root font size
  App->>DesktopRail: focus current page item or first button when prior focus is hidden
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The PR makes the configurator shell respond to its allocated container width instead of the browser viewport.

  • Adds a query container to the App shell and moves shell layout transitions to the 768px @3xl container breakpoint.
  • Converts SidebarNav sizing, labels, badges, and grouping behavior to the same container breakpoint.
  • Leaves one responsive drawer lifecycle edge case when an open drawer crosses into the desktop layout.

Confidence Score: 4/5

The PR appears safe to merge, with a non-blocking focus-management edge case when an open drawer crosses the desktop container breakpoint.

The primary container-responsive layout conversion is internally consistent, but CSS can hide a mounted drawer without running its focus-restoration cleanup.

Files Needing Attention: configurator/src/App.svelte

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
configurator/src/App.svelte Adds the shell query container and converts layout visibility and sizing to container breakpoints; an open drawer is not reconciled when resizing into desktop mode.
configurator/src/components/shell/SidebarNav.svelte Consistently converts the navigation rail's responsive width, alignment, labels, badges, and group headings to the shell container breakpoint.

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%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart LR
  H[Host allocates shell width] --> Q{Container width >= 768px?}
  Q -- Yes --> D[Desktop rail + panel + preview]
  Q -- No --> C[Compact controls or preview]
  C --> O[Category drawer can open]
  O -->|Container grows past 768px| S[Drawer hidden while state remains open]
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{#if navDrawerOpen}
<div
class="md:hidden fixed inset-0 z-40 flex"
class="@3xl:hidden fixed inset-0 z-40 flex"

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P2 Drawer state survives desktop transition

When an open drawer's container grows past 768px, @3xl:hidden hides the dialog without clearing navDrawerOpen, so the focus action is not destroyed, focus is not restored to the trigger, and a hidden aria-modal dialog remains mounted.

…ktop width

Addresses review feedback on the container-query conversion: with the drawer
gated by `@3xl:hidden`, growing the shell past the 768px breakpoint only
CSS-hid an open category drawer — the aria-modal dialog stayed mounted and
use:drawerFocus never restored focus to the trigger. Observe the shell's own
box (the @container element) with a ResizeObserver and clear navDrawerOpen once
it reaches the desktop breakpoint, so the {#if} block unmounts, focus is
restored, and no hidden modal lingers. Matches the CSS threshold exactly
(DESKTOP_SHELL_PX = 768 = @3xl).
jackgranatowski pushed a commit to codeslash-dev/SLASHED-Plugins that referenced this pull request Aug 21, 2026
Addresses review feedback: the overlay seeds its active panel from the
persisted `slashed-overlay/domain`, which can hold ids retired by the
framework's domain regroup (Shadows/Effects -> Depth). Neither the vendored
SidebarNav nor DomainPanel handle them any more, so a returning user would land
on a dead, unreachable selection. Map legacy ids to their canonical successor
before seeding `domain` (misc stays live as 'System', so it's untouched).

Also re-vendors App.svelte with the upstream drawer-reconcile fix
(codeslash-dev/SLASHED#706) and rebuilds the committed admin-app bundle.

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In `@configurator/src/App.svelte`:
- Around line 63-64: Update the desktop shell observer threshold near
DESKTOP_SHELL_PX to derive the breakpoint from the root HTML font size so it
remains aligned with the `@3xl` CSS breakpoint when the root font size is not
16px. Add a regression test covering a non-16px root font size and verifying the
observer uses the corresponding threshold.
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Two review follow-ups on the drawer-reconcile logic:

- Derive the ResizeObserver threshold from the root font size (48rem, resolved
  against document.documentElement) instead of a hardcoded 768px, so it tracks
  the `@3xl` container breakpoint even when a host sets a non-16px root font
  size (rem — and Tailwind container breakpoints — resolve against the root).
- When the breakpoint close hides the drawer, its original trigger is now
  `@3xl:hidden` (offsetParent === null); restoring focus there would drop it to
  <body>. drawerFocus now restores to the trigger only if it's still visible,
  otherwise moves focus to the visible desktop rail's current item.
jackgranatowski pushed a commit to codeslash-dev/SLASHED-Plugins that referenced this pull request Aug 21, 2026
… rebuild bundle

Re-vendors App.svelte with the upstream follow-ups from codeslash-dev/SLASHED#706
(root-font-size-aware drawer breakpoint; keep focus on a visible target when a
breakpoint close hides the mobile trigger) and rebuilds the committed admin-app
bundle to match.

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Addressed the container-query follow-ups in bb3af86:

  • Align observer threshold with the CSS breakpoint: ✅ The ResizeObserver threshold is now derived from the root font size (48rem resolved against document.documentElement) rather than a hardcoded 768, so it tracks @3xl even under a non-16px root font size. Falls back to 16px when the root size is unavailable/invalid.
  • Restore focus to a visible target on breakpoint close:drawerFocus now restores focus to the original trigger only if it's still visible (offsetParent !== null); when a breakpoint close has hidden it (@3xl:hidden), focus moves to the visible desktop rail's current item instead of dropping to <body>.

svelte-check: 0/0; build clean.

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