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🎨 Palette: Add keyboard focus visible states and fix CSS-only dropdown accessibility#40

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💡 What:

  • Improved the keyboard accessibility of the CSS-only ecosystem dropdown menu.
  • Added prominent, visually consistent :focus-visible outlines for interactive elements globally using the brand's saffron accent color.
  • Ensured interactive components within the Lunar Hero interface show distinct focus rings for keyboard navigation.

🎯 Why:
Previously, users navigating with a keyboard could tab to the ecosystem dropdown, but its menu remained hidden because it was relying solely on the hover state or a structurally flawed :focus-within on the invisible menu itself. Adding a global :focus-visible state across standard interactive elements and specific buttons improves navigation feedback. Good UX is invisible—but accessibility must be apparent.

Accessibility:

  • Menu items now correctly unveil and become navigable for screen reader and keyboard-only users interacting sequentially with the top header navigation.
  • Increased visual differentiation (high contrast 2px saffron outline) indicating the current active keyboard focus across the app.

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PR created automatically by Jules for task 6164125043173758410 started by @divineforge

…nteractive buttons

- Adjusted `:focus-within` to apply to `.gzen-nav-dropdown` so that the hidden `.gzen-nav-dropdown-menu` is visible when the trigger button receives focus via keyboard tabbing.
- Added explicit `:focus-visible` outline styles with `var(--gzen-saffron)` across global interactive elements (`a`, `button`, `input`, `select`, `textarea`, `[role="button"]`) to provide clear visual feedback to keyboard users.
- Appended specific Tailwind `focus-visible` classes to Lunar Hero interactive buttons (`#lunar-prev`, `#lunar-today`, `#lunar-next`) for consistent ring visibility.
- Created `palette.md` to journal the learning concerning CSS-only accessible dropdowns.
- Fixed minor markdownlint error in Yin-Yang articles.

Co-authored-by: divineforge <1146195+divineforge@users.noreply.github.com>
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…nteractive buttons

- Adjusted `:focus-within` to apply to `.gzen-nav-dropdown` so that the hidden `.gzen-nav-dropdown-menu` is visible when the trigger button receives focus via keyboard tabbing.
- Added explicit `:focus-visible` outline styles with `var(--gzen-saffron)` across global interactive elements (`a`, `button`, `input`, `select`, `textarea`, `[role="button"]`) to provide clear visual feedback to keyboard users.
- Appended specific Tailwind `focus-visible` classes to Lunar Hero interactive buttons (`#lunar-prev`, `#lunar-today`, `#lunar-next`) for consistent ring visibility.
- Created `palette.md` to journal the learning concerning CSS-only accessible dropdowns.
- Fixed minor markdownlint error in Yin-Yang articles.

Co-authored-by: divineforge <1146195+divineforge@users.noreply.github.com>
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