  /* ============================================================
     EDIT HERE: colours, fonts and spacing live in these variables
     ============================================================ */

    /* 
    --sapphire: #72b0ab;
    --arctic: #bcdddc;
    --lace: #ffedd1;
    --bubblegum: #fdc1b4;
    --ballet: #fe9179;
    --sage: #cfb97e;
    --pistachio: #b89d47;
    --spruce: #355e58;
    --peacock: #053229;

    */ 
  :root {
    --sapphire: #72b0ab;
    --arctic: #bcdddc;
    --lace: #ffedd1;
    --bubblegum: #fdc1b4;
    --ballet: #fe9179;
    --sage: #cfb97e;
    --pistachio: #b89d47;
    --spruce: #355e58;
    --peacock: #053229;

    --stripe-a: var(--arctic);        /* sea-glass mint (header is stripe 1) */
    --stripe-b: var(--ballet);        /* soft peach                          */
    --ink: #23332f;             /* main text                           */
    --ink-soft: #4f635d;        /* descriptions                        */
    --accent: #b5482f;          /* links + focus ring                  */

    --stripe-height: 13rem;     /* minimum height of each stripe       */
    --stripe-padding: 3.5rem;   /* space above/below the content       */
    --item-gap: 3rem;           /* space between items side by side    */
    --content-width: 88rem;     /* width of the whole content column   */

    --font-display: "Young Serif", Georgia, serif;
    --font-body: "Karla", system-ui, sans-serif;
  }

  * { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; }

  body {
    font-family: var(--font-body);
    font-size: 1.05rem;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--ink);
    background-color: var(--lace);

    
  }

  .menu {
    max-width: 100rem;
    margin: 2rem auto;
    border-radius: 1.25rem;
    overflow: hidden;  /*to stop the scrollbar from acting up during the slide in animation*/
  }

  /* ---------- Stripes (header, sections and footer all share these) ---------- */
  .stripe {
   
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    min-height: var(--stripe-height);
    padding: var(--stripe-padding) 1.5rem;
  }
  .stripe:nth-child(odd)  { background: var(--stripe-a); }
  .stripe:nth-child(even) { background: var(--stripe-b); }

  .stripe__inner {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: var(--content-width);
    margin: 0 auto;
  }

  /* ---------- Header: title sits in the upper-left ---------- */
  .stripe--header { align-items: flex-start; }
  .stripe--header h1 {
    font-family: var(--font-display);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 7vw, 4.5rem);
    line-height: 1.05;
  }
  .stripe--header p {
    max-width: 34rem;
    margin-top: 0.75rem;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
  }

  /* ---------- Items: several per stripe ---------- */
  /* Every item in a stripe sits side by side in ONE row, sharing the width equally */
  .items {
    display: grid;
    grid-auto-flow: column;
    grid-auto-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: var(--item-gap);
  }

  /* name ........ meta, like a printed menu */
  .item__head {
    display: flex;
    align-items: baseline;
    gap: 0.6rem;
  }
  .item__name {
    font-family: var(--font-display);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 1.35rem;
    line-height: 1.2;
  }
  .item__leader {
    flex: 1;
    min-width: 0.75rem;
    border-bottom: 2px dotted var(--ink-soft);
    opacity: 0.5;
    transform: translateY(-0.25rem);
  }
  .item__meta {
    font-weight: 700;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }
  .item__desc {
    margin-top: 0.4rem;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
  }

  .item__desc img{
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit: cover; /* Fits the box perfectly and crops overflow */
  }

  .item__link {
    display: inline-block;
    margin-top: 0.5rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: var(--accent);
  }
  .item__link:hover { text-decoration: none; }
  .item__link:focus-visible {
    outline: 3px solid var(--accent);
    outline-offset: 3px;
  }

/*.footer {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: var(--content-width);
    margin: 0 auto;
    font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
  }*/

.footer {
  width: fit-content;          /* shrink to the text instead of filling the row */
  margin: 0 auto;              /* centre the tab */
  padding: 0.6rem 1.5rem;
  background: #c5c5c5;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  border-radius: 0 0 0.75rem 0.75rem;   /* rounded bottom corners, like a tab hanging off the last stripe */
}

/*AUDIO WALL OF BUTTONS*/

.wall_buttons {
  background-color: var(--pistachio);
  padding: 10px;
  padding-top: 3rem;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center; /*centers each .row horizontally within .wall_buttons */
  gap: 1rem; /* space between rows (vertically) */
  position: absolute;

  margin: 2rem auto;
  border-radius: 1.25rem;
  overflow: hidden;
  opacity: 0;
  width: max-content /*shrinks the container to match content*/
}

.revealbtn {
  margin: 2rem auto;
  border-radius: 1.25rem;
  font-family: var(--font-primary);
  background-color: var(--pistachio);
  color: var(--peacock);
}

.hidebtn {
  border-radius: 1.25rem;
  font-family: var(--font-primary);
  background-color: var(--accent);
  color: var(--lace);
  position: absolute;
  top: 0.75rem;
  left: 0.75rem;
  
}

.buttonrow {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center; /*centers buttons horizontally within each row */
  gap: 1rem; /*space between buttons in row */
}

.playbtn {
  font-family: var(--font-primary);
}

/*-------------------AUDIO-------------------*/

  @media (max-width: 560px) {
    .stripe { padding: 2.5rem 1.25rem; }
    .items { grid-auto-flow: row; grid-auto-columns: auto; gap: 2rem; }
    .item__head { flex-wrap: wrap; }
    .item__leader { display: none; }
    .item__meta { width: 100%; }
  }

 