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Theme adaptation checklist for light/dark mode and UI component changes. Use when modifying colors, surfaces, dialogs, or theme infrastructure. Not for simple text changes.

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Theme Check Skill

Comprehensive checklist for frontend theme adaptation changes.

When to use this skill

Use this skill when:

  • Modifying colors, surfaces, shadows, borders, icons, dialogs, panels, preview cards, overlays, notices, chips, rich text, or status colors
  • Changing theme infrastructure (webs/src/themes/*, webs/src/utils/colorUtils.js)
  • Updating shared sx helpers or common dialog/card/panel styles
  • Working on any UI component that affects light/dark mode presentation

Prerequisites

Before running this checklist:

  1. Read docs/frontend-theme-guidelines.md for complete theme rules
  2. Identify the blast radius: page, module, shared component, or theme infrastructure
  3. Find reference patterns in the codebase (NodePreview*, Chain*, Airport* clusters)

Checklist

1. Mode Coverage

  • Checked both light and dark modes (not just visual validation in current mode)
  • Verified with actual theme toggle, not just screenshots

2. Device Coverage

  • Checked desktop view
  • Checked mobile view
  • Verified responsive breakpoints (useMediaQuery)
  • Tested fullscreen dialogs on mobile
  • Checked safe-area handling

3. Component Structure Coverage

  • Page body
  • Dialogs (Dialog component)
  • Drawers (Drawer component)
  • Popovers (Popover component)
  • Menus (Menu component)
  • Tooltips (Tooltip component)
  • Preview cards
  • Detail panels
  • Footer overlays
  • Empty states
  • Skeletons
  • Notification/overlay entry points

4. Text Hierarchy

  • Primary text (text.primary)
  • Secondary text (text.secondary)
  • Icons
  • Chips
  • Badges
  • Links
  • Code blocks (code, pre)
  • Placeholders
  • Helper text
  • Disabled copy
  • State colors (success/warning/error/info)

5. Interactive States

  • Default state
  • Hover state
  • Active/selected state
  • Disabled state
  • Focus-visible state
  • Expanded/collapsed state

6. Surface Layering

  • Outer containers use background.paper
  • Nested panels use background.default or tinted surfaces
  • No white-on-white layering
  • Borders use divider or alpha()/withAlpha()
  • No hardcoded #fff, white, #000, black for large surfaces

7. Component-Specific Checks

Rich Content

  • ReactMarkdown content
  • Code blocks
  • List markers
  • Tables
  • Footer overlays

Form Controls

  • DataGrid
  • Autocomplete (including popups)
  • Select (including dropdowns)
  • ToggleButtonGroup
  • Tabs
  • Search bars
  • Filter bars
  • Focused states

8. Mobile-Specific

  • Responsive collapsed layouts
  • Sticky footers
  • Horizontal scrolling areas
  • Tap target sizes
  • Icon button visibility
  • Bottom action bars
  • Safe-area padding

9. Code Quality

  • No isDark ? ... : ... magic numbers scattered in JSX
  • Used semantic variables (dialogSurface, mutedPanelSurface, etc.)
  • Reused existing helpers or created focused helper (not copy-paste)
  • No new dark-mode magic numbers in multiple files

10. Reference Patterns Used

Document which existing patterns were followed:

  • NodePreview cluster (NodePreviewDialog.jsx, NodePreviewCard.jsx, NodePreviewDetailsPanel.jsx)
  • Chain proxy cluster (ChainProxyDialog.jsx, ChainPreviewDialog.jsx, MobileChainBuilder.jsx, ConditionBuilder.jsx)
  • Common UI (layout/MainLayout/Header/NotificationSection/index.jsx, views/dashboard/Default/index.jsx)
  • Airport management cluster (views/airports/index.jsx, AirportMobileList.jsx, AirportFormDialog.jsx, AirportBatchEditDialog.jsx, components/CronExpressionGenerator.jsx)

Delivery Requirements

Before marking complete, the change summary must include:

  1. Coverage statement: Which pages/modules/overlays/mobile entry points were checked
  2. Reference patterns: Which existing repo patterns were reused
  3. Inspection results: Which similar instances were checked but did not need changes
  4. Mode verification: Explicit confirmation of light/dark testing method (not just screenshots)

Anti-patterns to avoid

  • ❌ Only fixing the currently visible component
  • ❌ Only checking desktop without mobile
  • ❌ Only checking default state without hover/active/disabled
  • ❌ Only updating container background without inner text/borders/icons
  • ❌ Claiming "theme-adapted" when dialogs/mobile variants still use old semantics

When to mark as partial coverage

If you do NOT have time to check all component variants (desktop, mobile, dialog, drawer, overlay, details panel), mark the work as partial coverage rather than claiming full theme adaptation.

Exit criteria

✅ Can exit when:

  • All relevant checklist items are verified
  • Both light and dark modes tested
  • Desktop and mobile variants checked
  • All interactive states verified
  • Delivery summary documents coverage

❌ Cannot exit when:

  • Only current page fixed but same module's dialogs/overlays unverified
  • Container fixed but inner panels/text/icons still unreadable
  • Desktop fixed but mobile unchecked
  • Only default state checked without interactive states