fix: KPI card button styling with borders and shadows

[drifter089]

Summary

Improves the visual appearance of KPI card action buttons by adding borders and shadows to make them more clearly identifiable as interactive elements.

Key Changes

• Platform color pill: rectangular shape (rounded-sm) instead of fully rounded
• Settings button: variant="outline" with border and shadow-sm
• Eye toggle button: variant="outline" with border and shadow-sm

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Project	Deployment	Review	Updated (UTC)
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• src/components/metric/kpi-card.tsx

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PR Review: KPI Card Button Styling

Overview

This PR improves the visual design of KPI card action buttons by switching from ghost variant to outline variant with borders and shadows. The changes are focused and improve button discoverability.

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✅ Strengths

1. Improved Accessibility: The outlined buttons with borders are more visually identifiable as interactive elements, which improves UX especially for hover-dependent interactions.

2. Consistent Visual Hierarchy: The variant="outline" with border and shadow-sm creates a clear distinction between the buttons and the card background.

3. Clean Refactoring: Removed unnecessary comments (e.g., {/* Header row */}, {/* Progress section */}) which aligns with the CLAUDE.md guidance: "Add comments in code where necessary" - these comments were redundant as the code structure is self-evident.

4. Platform Indicator Refinement: Changing the platform color pill from rounded-full to rounded-sm creates a more rectangular, intentional design element that better distinguishes it as a status indicator rather than a decorative element.

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🔍 Code Quality Observations

Button Styling (lines 137-139, 155-162)

The changes correctly apply the outline variant with appropriate shadow and border. However, I notice a potential redundancy:

Current:

className="h-7 w-7 border opacity-0 shadow-sm transition-all group-hover:opacity-100"

Observation: The outline variant already includes border border-border/60 according to button.tsx:18. Adding border in the className creates a duplicate border declaration. While this works (later declarations don't override, they just repeat), it's technically redundant.

Recommendation: Consider removing the explicit border class since variant="outline" already provides it:

className="h-7 w-7 shadow-sm opacity-0 transition-all group-hover:opacity-100"

However, if the intent is to ensure a border is always present (defensive styling), keeping it is acceptable.

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🎨 Design Consistency

The eye toggle button (lines 158-162) has conditional styling that works well:

• When isOnCanvas: Shows border-primary bg-primary/10 text-primary - clearly indicates active state
• When not on canvas: Uses opacity-based hover reveal

This is good design that provides clear visual feedback.

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🧪 Testing Considerations

Missing Test Coverage: There are no tests for kpi-card.tsx. While this is a visual/UI change that may not require unit tests, consider:

1. Visual Regression Tests: If you have Playwright tests that capture the dashboard, this change should be automatically validated.

2. Interaction Tests: The button interactions (Settings dialog trigger, visibility toggle) could benefit from E2E tests to ensure:

   • Buttons appear on hover
   • Settings dialog opens correctly
   • Visibility toggle updates state

Recommendation: Since this is primarily a styling change, if existing E2E tests cover the dashboard page with these components, that should be sufficient. However, if buttons are not tested, consider adding a simple test in the future.

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🔒 Security & Performance

✅ No security concerns - This is purely a styling change
✅ No performance impact - Changes are CSS-only
✅ No accessibility regressions - Actually improves button visibility

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📋 Best Practices Alignment

✅ Follows CLAUDE.md conventions:

• Uses existing shadcn/ui components correctly
• Leverages Tailwind utility classes
• Removed unnecessary comments
• Maintains consistent cn() usage for conditional styling

✅ No over-engineering: The changes are minimal and focused on the stated goal

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🎯 Final Verdict

Recommendation: Approve with optional minor refinement

The PR achieves its stated goal of improving button visibility through borders and shadows. The code quality is good, follows project conventions, and the changes are well-scoped.

Optional refinement: Remove redundant border class from button classNames since variant="outline" already provides borders (see observation above). This is purely a code cleanliness suggestion and doesn't affect functionality.

Nice work on the UX improvement! 🚀