From d803cd1cf4bcc534194a7f01d285120d1bfbe58b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Void <void@gamecult.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:50:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Navigator: quieter room icons, Join as a text action, calmer
 unread badge

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/app/components/nav/styles.css.ts          | 30 +++++++++----------
 .../components/unread-badge/UnreadBadge.tsx   |  3 +-
 src/app/features/desk/DeskEntry.tsx           |  8 +++--
 src/app/features/estate/EstateNavigator.tsx   | 14 +++++----
 src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavItem.tsx     |  4 +--
 5 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/components/nav/styles.css.ts b/src/app/components/nav/styles.css.ts
index 34dc81c0..d66097af 100644
--- a/src/app/components/nav/styles.css.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/nav/styles.css.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ export const NavLevel = style({
   paddingLeft: LEVEL_STEP,
 });
 
-// Chevrons and room icons share one resting weight, so a foldout is not outweighed by its rooms.
+// Chevrons and room icons are matched in weight, so a foldout is not outweighed by its rooms.
 export const NAV_ICON_REST_OPACITY = 0.6;
+// A room's glyph is bigger and denser than the chevron, so it rests lighter to read as the same weight.
+export const NAV_ROOM_ICON_REST_OPACITY = 0.42;
 export const NAV_ICON_UNREAD_OPACITY = 0.9;
 
 export const NavCategory = style([
@@ -264,22 +266,18 @@ globalStyle(`:root[data-scene] ${NavItemBase} svg, :root[data-scene] ${NavItemBa
   },
 });
 
-// The Join action on a phone is a plain underlined word, not a pill.
+// The Join action is a plain underlined word on every screen, not a pill.
 export const NavAction = style({
-  '@media': {
-    [PHONE]: {
-      selectors: {
-        '&&': {
-          backgroundColor: 'transparent',
-          boxShadow: 'none',
-          border: 'none',
-          borderRadius: 0,
-          minWidth: 0,
-          textDecoration: 'underline',
-          textUnderlineOffset: toRem(4),
-          flexShrink: 0,
-        },
-      },
+  selectors: {
+    '&&': {
+      backgroundColor: 'transparent',
+      boxShadow: 'none',
+      border: 'none',
+      borderRadius: 0,
+      minWidth: 0,
+      textDecoration: 'underline',
+      textUnderlineOffset: toRem(4),
+      flexShrink: 0,
     },
   },
 });
diff --git a/src/app/components/unread-badge/UnreadBadge.tsx b/src/app/components/unread-badge/UnreadBadge.tsx
index f8bfefa3..84eb5ae4 100644
--- a/src/app/components/unread-badge/UnreadBadge.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/unread-badge/UnreadBadge.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ export function UnreadBadge({ highlight, count }: UnreadBadgeProps) {
     <Badge
       variant={highlight ? 'Success' : 'Secondary'}
       size={count > 0 ? '400' : '200'}
-      fill="Solid"
+      // A mention is the one solid pill; plain unread is a soft tint, so a row's count is never its loudest part.
+      fill={highlight ? 'Solid' : 'Soft'}
       radii="Pill"
       outlined={false}
     >
diff --git a/src/app/features/desk/DeskEntry.tsx b/src/app/features/desk/DeskEntry.tsx
index 8eab087f..a0c3244c 100644
--- a/src/app/features/desk/DeskEntry.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/desk/DeskEntry.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { Box, Icon, Icons, Text } from 'folds';
 import { NavGutter, NavItem, NavItemContent, NavLink } from '../../components/nav';
-import { NAV_ICON_REST_OPACITY, NavLabel } from '../../components/nav/styles.css';
+import { NAV_ROOM_ICON_REST_OPACITY, NavLabel } from '../../components/nav/styles.css';
 import { getDeskPath } from '../../pages/pathUtils';
 import { deskFor } from './source';
 
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ export function DeskEntry({ mind }: { mind: string }) {
         <NavItemContent>
           <Box as="span" grow="Yes" alignItems="Center" gap="200">
             <NavGutter>
-              <Icon src={Icons.Bookmark} size="100" style={{ opacity: NAV_ICON_REST_OPACITY }} />
+              <Icon
+                src={Icons.Bookmark}
+                size="100"
+                style={{ opacity: NAV_ROOM_ICON_REST_OPACITY }}
+              />
             </NavGutter>
             <Text className={NavLabel} as="span" size="Inherit" truncate>
               {open > 0 ? `Desk · ${open} open` : 'Desk'}
diff --git a/src/app/features/estate/EstateNavigator.tsx b/src/app/features/estate/EstateNavigator.tsx
index c6285bc8..cc98c337 100644
--- a/src/app/features/estate/EstateNavigator.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/estate/EstateNavigator.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   NavItemContent,
   NavLevel,
 } from '../../components/nav';
-import { NAV_ICON_REST_OPACITY, NavAction, NavLabel } from '../../components/nav/styles.css';
+import { NAV_ROOM_ICON_REST_OPACITY, NavAction, NavLabel } from '../../components/nav/styles.css';
 import { UseStateProvider } from '../../components/UseStateProvider';
 import { JoinAddressPrompt } from '../../components/join-address-prompt';
 import { RoomNavCategoryButton, RoomNavItem } from '../room-nav';
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function JoinRow({ room }: { room: EstateRoom }) {
           <Box as="span" grow="Yes" alignItems="Center" gap="200">
             <NavGutter>
               <Avatar size="200" radii="400">
-                <Icon src={Icons.Hash} size="100" style={{ opacity: NAV_ICON_REST_OPACITY }} />
+                <Icon src={Icons.Hash} size="100" style={{ opacity: NAV_ROOM_ICON_REST_OPACITY }} />
               </Avatar>
             </NavGutter>
             <Text className={NavLabel} as="span" size="Inherit" truncate>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function JoinRow({ room }: { room: EstateRoom }) {
           variant={room.state === 'invited' ? 'Primary' : 'Secondary'}
           fill="Soft"
           radii="Pill"
-          before={busy ? <Spinner size="100" /> : <Icon src={Icons.Plus} size="50" />}
+          before={busy ? <Spinner size="100" /> : undefined}
           onClick={join}
           disabled={busy}
           aria-label={`Join ${room.name}`}
@@ -269,7 +269,11 @@ function EntryPoints() {
             <Box as="span" grow="Yes" alignItems="Center" gap="200">
               <NavGutter>
                 <Avatar size="200" radii="400">
-                  <Icon src={Icons.Plus} size="100" style={{ opacity: NAV_ICON_REST_OPACITY }} />
+                  <Icon
+                    src={Icons.Plus}
+                    size="100"
+                    style={{ opacity: NAV_ROOM_ICON_REST_OPACITY }}
+                  />
                 </Avatar>
               </NavGutter>
               <Text as="span" size="Inherit" truncate>
@@ -291,7 +295,7 @@ function EntryPoints() {
                         <Icon
                           src={Icons.Link}
                           size="100"
-                          style={{ opacity: NAV_ICON_REST_OPACITY }}
+                          style={{ opacity: NAV_ROOM_ICON_REST_OPACITY }}
                         />
                       </Avatar>
                     </NavGutter>
diff --git a/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavItem.tsx b/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavItem.tsx
index 48531a19..e8a349f0 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavItem.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavItem.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import FocusTrap from 'focus-trap-react';
 import { useAtom, useAtomValue } from 'jotai';
 import { NavGutter, NavItem, NavItemContent, NavItemOptions, NavLink } from '../../components/nav';
 import {
-  NAV_ICON_REST_OPACITY,
+  NAV_ROOM_ICON_REST_OPACITY,
   NAV_ICON_UNREAD_OPACITY,
   NavLabel,
 } from '../../components/nav/styles.css';
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ export function RoomNavItem({
                 ) : (
                   <RoomIcon
                     style={{
-                      opacity: unread ? NAV_ICON_UNREAD_OPACITY : NAV_ICON_REST_OPACITY,
+                      opacity: unread ? NAV_ICON_UNREAD_OPACITY : NAV_ROOM_ICON_REST_OPACITY,
                     }}
                     filled={selected}
                     size="100"
-- 
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