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Sidebar polish & test button · agent-studio · jstxn/redesign
Engine ready 14 msgs
You

Why does the sidebar test button look misaligned in dense mode? I'm seeing it sit ~2px lower than the other rows.

mdDESIGN_COMPONENTS.md upsidebar-dense.png
Agent

Looking at Sidebar.tsx and the dense token in DESIGN_TOKENS.md - row height is 26px in dense, but the test button's icon-tile has margin-top: 2px hardcoded. Removing that and switching to align-self: center matches the other rows exactly.

read_file packages/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
You

Good catch. Let's fix it as a task - patch only that file, with a snapshot test.

Agent

Task created. The planner will draft a 2-step plan; I'll wait for your approval before workers run.

Planning Fix sidebar test button alignment in dense mode 2af470
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packages/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
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mdDESIGN_TOKENS.mdselected
mdDESIGN_COMPONENTS.md13h ago
upsidebar-dense.pngselected
urlgithub.com/.../sidebar-specsaved URL
dirpackages/frontend/srcindexed
mdWORKFLOW.md3d ago
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