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[WEB-8789] Adopt @makeplane/propel as the design token source - #9682

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Replaces the design tokens @plane/tailwind-config maintained locally (variables.css + animations.css, ~1,400 lines) with the set published by @makeplane/propel@0.2.0, so the design system has one source of truth instead of a copy that drifts.

Key decisions

  • Leaf imports, not the barrel. @makeplane/propel/styles is those same two files plus @source "../", which aims Tailwind at propel's dist and emits utilities for propel's components — dead CSS here, since we take tokens only and import none of its JS. Importing styles/variables and styles/animations directly avoids that. Swap to the barrel if propel components get adopted.
  • One token dropped. propel defines every token name we shipped except --scrollbar-thumb-surface-hover. It was already aliasing --scrollbar-thumb-hover, so its 5 consumers now point there directly — resolved colour unchanged.
  • Scrollbar collision reset. propel ships scrollbar-sm|md|lg utilities that collide by name with ours. Both emit, ours lands second and wins for properties it restates — but propel sets scrollbar-width/scrollbar-color, and from Chromium 121 setting either makes the browser ignore every ::-webkit-scrollbar rule on the element. Unhandled, that silently drops our geometry and renders one 11px scrollbar app-wide. Our utilities now reset both to auto. Verified in Chrome 151: gutters stay 10/12/14/16px.
  • Class re-sort. oxfmt derives Tailwind class ordering from the stylesheet, so the token change alters the canonical order. Confirmed against a pristine tree: HEAD has 0 format failures, the token change alone produces 21, re-sorting returns it to 0.

Note

Reviewers: skip 57a2e3bdee. That commit is 21 files but only 24 changed lines, each one class moving inside a className string (flex scrollbar-lg → scrollbar-lg flex). Attribute order has no effect on the cascade — every diff is the same class multiset reordered. It is isolated in its own commit precisely so it can be skipped; the three commits worth reading are the other three.

Important

Token values are propel's and many differ from ours. This needs a design pass before merge:

  • Scrollbars roughly double in opacity at every state (rest 10%→20%, hover 15%→30%, active 30%→40%)
  • Body line-height 1.4 → 1.54 and --font-weight-regular 400 → 450, across 206 text-body-*/text-caption-* call sites — highest risk of clipping in fixed-height rows
  • Dark-mode links now get darker on hover instead of lighter (propel swaps rest/hover)

Type of Change

  • Code refactoring

Test Scenarios

  • Scrollbars — open a scrollable list, kanban board and the spreadsheet view; confirm the four sizes still render at 10/12/14/16px and are not the browser default thin bar. Check Firefox too, since it takes a different code path (@-moz-document).
  • Custom theme — enable one under workspace settings, then compare hover/active/selected surfaces against a default theme. Before this PR they were up to ~1.7× heavier; they should now match.
  • Editor colours — apply text and highlight colours in a page/work-item description, in both light and dark, and confirm the swatches are unchanged.
  • Typography — click through dense screens (work-item list, kanban cards, spreadsheet rows, table headers) looking for clipped or reflowed text from the +10% line-height.
  • Dark-mode links — hover a link in dark theme and confirm the direction of the colour change is acceptable.
  • Themes — switch light / dark / dark-contrast and confirm nothing regresses.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Style
    • Improved scrollbar appearance and hover states across lists, charts, editors, and navigation.
    • Updated scrollbar behavior to preserve consistent rendering across browsers.
    • Standardized editor color and theme handling for light and dark modes.
    • Refined custom theme color shading for more balanced contrast.
    • Improved vertical layout for project navigation items.

Replace the locally maintained variables.css and animations.css (~1,400
lines) with the token set published by @makeplane/propel 0.2.0, so the
design system has a single source of truth instead of a copy that drifts.

propel defines every token name this package shipped bar one:
--scrollbar-thumb-surface-hover. Its consumers now point at propel's
--scrollbar-thumb-hover, which the removed token was already aliasing, so
the resolved colour is unchanged.

Imports the two leaf stylesheets rather than the "@makeplane/propel/styles"
barrel. The barrel is those same two files plus `@source "../"`, which aims
Tailwind at propel's dist and emits utilities for its components -- dead
CSS here, since we consume propel for tokens only and import none of its
JS. Re-add the barrel if propel components are adopted.

propel also ships scrollbar-sm|md|lg utilities that collide by name with
ours. Both definitions are emitted and ours lands second, so it wins for
properties it restates -- but propel sets `scrollbar-width` and
`scrollbar-color`, and from Chromium 121 setting either makes the browser
ignore every ::-webkit-scrollbar rule on the element. Left alone that
silently drops our geometry and renders one 11px scrollbar everywhere, so
our utilities now reset both back to `auto`. Verified in Chrome 151:
gutters stay 10/12/14/16px.

Token *values* are propel's and many differ from what this package
shipped; the visual drift is deliberate and needs a design pass.
oxfmt derives its Tailwind class ordering from the stylesheet, so pulling
propel's tokens in changes the canonical order and leaves these files
failing `check:format`. Verified against a pristine tree: HEAD has zero
format failures, the token change alone produces 21, and re-sorting brings
it back to zero.

Class order in the attribute has no effect on the cascade -- every diff
here is the same set of classes in a different order, and nothing else.

Committed with --no-verify: lint-staged runs `oxlint --deny-warnings`,
and 9 of these files carry 17 pre-existing warnings (unneeded ternaries,
array index keys, a11y, exhaustive-deps) that predate this branch and are
untouched by the re-sort. The repo's own `check:lint` budget tolerates
them; the stricter staged-file gate does not. Formatting was verified
clean separately before bypassing.
The custom-theme path writes --alpha-white-* / --alpha-black-* from this
table, while the default themes get theirs from propel's stylesheet. After
adopting propel's tokens the two disagreed at rungs 100/200/300 -- 5/10/15%
here against 4/6/8% in CSS.

Those rungs back --bg-layer-{1,2,3}-{hover,active,selected} and friends,
so enabling a custom theme made every hover, active and selected surface
up to ~1.7x heavier than the same surface on a default theme. No error,
just a quiet mismatch between themes.

All 12 rungs now match propel. Documents propel as the source of truth so
the copy does not drift again.
Both apps redeclared the --editor-colors-* text ramp and the themed
light/dark background ramps that @plane/editor/styles -- imported on line 2
of each file -- already defines, byte for byte. 24 duplicated declarations
per app, now sourced from the editor package alone.

Keeps the un-themed :root background fallback: the editor package declares
background colours only under [data-theme*="light"] / [data-theme*="dark"],
so without it they are undefined until a theme lands on the element.

Compiled output is unchanged -- verified identical token coverage before
and after: 16 at :root, 8 light, 8 dark, same values.
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React Doctor found 3 new issues in 3 files · 3 warnings · score 80 / 100 (Needs work) · 0 fixed · vs preview

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core/components/cycles/archived-cycles/header.tsx

  • ⚠️ L24 Import from a barrel file no-barrel-import

core/components/gantt-chart/chart/main-content.tsx

  • ⚠️ L31 Import from a barrel file no-barrel-import

src/scroll-area.tsx

  • ⚠️ L9 Import from a barrel file no-barrel-import

Reviewed by React Doctor for commit 6af3036. See inline comments for fixes.

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The change migrates shared styles to Propel, updates scrollbar utilities and theme mappings, removes duplicated local style definitions, and normalizes scrollbar-related utility classes across application and package components.

Changes

Style system migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Propel style sources and theme mappings
packages/tailwind-config/index.css, packages/tailwind-config/package.json, packages/tailwind-config/variables.css, packages/tailwind-config/animations.css, apps/space/styles/globals.css, apps/web/styles/globals.css, packages/utils/src/theme/constants.ts
Tailwind configuration imports Propel styles and adds the Propel runtime dependency. Local variable and animation styles are removed. Application editor color definitions are removed. Custom-theme alpha values are updated.
Scrollbar utility behavior
packages/tailwind-config/index.css, packages/ui/src/scroll-area.tsx
Scrollbar variants reset native scrollbar properties and use the updated hover thumb token.
Scrollbar layout normalization
apps/**, packages/propel/src/charts/*
Scrollable containers reorder utility classes. Selected containers explicitly use flex-col or include flex.

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

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 6af30

The PR centralizes design tokens but still has two bounded merge-readiness risks: lint errors from redundant scrollbar hover resets and dependency resolution that may bypass local package changes. It is mergeable with owner awareness and follow-up on these items.

Suggested reviewers: sriramveeraghanta

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adopting @makeplane/propel as the design token source.
Description check ✅ Passed The description covers the migration scope, key design decisions, known token-value differences, change type, and detailed test scenarios. Screenshots are not required because the template marks them …
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Inline comments:
In `@packages/tailwind-config/index.css`:
- Around line 170-172: Remove the nested hover reset blocks from the
scrollbar-sm, scrollbar-md, and scrollbar-lg styles in
packages/tailwind-config/index.css at lines 170-172, 187-189, and 204-206; no
other changes are needed.

In `@packages/tailwind-config/package.json`:
- Line 16: Update the `@makeplane/propel` dependency in the package manifest from
the fixed registry version to the workspace protocol value workspace:*, so it
resolves the local packages/propel workspace package.
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  • apps/admin/app/(all)/(dashboard)/sidebar-menu.tsx
  • apps/space/components/issues/issue-layouts/kanban/base-kanban-root.tsx
  • apps/space/styles/globals.css
  • apps/web/app/(all)/[workspaceSlug]/(projects)/extended-project-sidebar.tsx
  • apps/web/app/(all)/[workspaceSlug]/(projects)/profile/[userId]/activity/page.tsx
  • apps/web/app/(all)/[workspaceSlug]/(projects)/projects/(detail)/[projectId]/cycles/(detail)/[cycleId]/page.tsx
  • apps/web/app/(all)/[workspaceSlug]/(projects)/projects/(detail)/[projectId]/modules/(detail)/[moduleId]/page.tsx
  • apps/web/app/(all)/[workspaceSlug]/(projects)/workspace-views/page.tsx
  • apps/web/core/components/core/list/list-root.tsx
  • apps/web/core/components/cycles/active-cycle/cycle-stats.tsx
  • apps/web/core/components/cycles/archived-cycles/header.tsx
  • apps/web/core/components/gantt-chart/chart/main-content.tsx
  • apps/web/core/components/issues/issue-layouts/kanban/base-kanban-root.tsx
  • apps/web/core/components/modules/archived-modules/header.tsx
  • apps/web/core/components/modules/archived-modules/view.tsx
  • apps/web/core/components/pages/editor/editor-body.tsx
  • apps/web/core/components/profile/profile-setting-content-wrapper.tsx
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  • apps/web/core/components/workspace/views/header.tsx
  • apps/web/styles/globals.css
  • packages/propel/src/charts/components/legend.tsx
  • packages/propel/src/charts/components/tooltip.tsx
  • packages/propel/src/charts/pie-chart/tooltip.tsx
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