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Danny White c8aca8d3a0 chore(design-system): standardise keyboard focus rings (#41575)
## I have read the
[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
file.

YES

## What kind of change does this PR introduce?

UI / design-system consistency (accessibility).

## What is the current behavior?

Keyboard focus rings are inconsistent across Studio and `packages/ui`:

- Custom Button uses thick `outline` with per-variant colours (brand /
grey / destructive / warning)
- Form controls use muted grey rings (`ring-background-control`)
- Tabs / NavMenu / Radio use soft brand `ring-ring`
- Studio `.inset-focus` uses dark green `outline-brand-600`

Related: [DEPR-354](https://linear.app/supabase/issue/DEPR-354).

## What is the new behavior?

One shared focus recipe, exposed as Tailwind `@utility` classes in
`packages/config/css/utilities.css`:

| Utility | Use when |
| --- | --- |
| `focus-ring` | Buttons, inputs, most controls (offset ring) |
| `focus-inset` | Dense/flush surfaces such as interactive table rows
(renamed from `inset-focus`) |

```txt
# focus-ring
outline-hidden
focus-visible:ring-2
focus-visible:ring-ring
focus-visible:ring-offset-2
focus-visible:ring-offset-background
```

Applied on Button, shadcn form controls, Menu/NavMenu, Command palette
trigger, Studio table rows, and related call sites. Documented in the
design-system accessibility docs. Variants do not change focus ring
colour.

When the ring must appear on a different element than the focused one
(e.g. Menu + ProductMenu `Link` via `group-focus-visible`, or InputGroup
via `:has()`), keep an explicit ring stack. The utilities bake in
`:focus-visible` on the same element.

## Additional context

**Out of scope**

- Full `packages/ui` / Studio / www sweep
- Legacy Studio form-group green box-shadow cleanup
- ESLint rule for bare `outline-none`

## Test plan

Prefer Safari (“hard mode” for `tabIndex`). Expect one soft brand ring
everywhere: not grey, not solid green outline.

### Design system

- [ ]
[Accessibility](https://design-system-git-dnywh-choreimprove-tab-focus-styles-supabase.vercel.app/design-system/docs/accessibility):
recipe docs match what you see
- [ ]
[Button](https://design-system-git-dnywh-choreimprove-tab-focus-styles-supabase.vercel.app/design-system/docs/components/button):
Tab primary / default / danger; same ring colour
- [ ] [Table → Row-level
navigation](https://design-system-git-dnywh-choreimprove-tab-focus-styles-supabase.vercel.app/design-system/docs/components/table#row-level-navigation):
Tab an interactive row; inset outline (`focus-inset`) sits inside the
row

### Studio

- [ ] **Org home → table view** (`/organizations/_` or org projects):
switch to the table layout, Tab onto a project row; inset outline sits
inside the row (list/card view uses CardButton, not `focus-inset`)
- [ ] **Project sidebar** (Database, Auth, Storage, …): Tab the main
product nav links; ring follows the focused item (not the nested section
menus like Tables / Roles)
- [ ] **Storage → Files**: Tab a bucket row; same inset outline as org
table rows
- [ ] **Project Settings → General** (or Compute and Disk): Tab through
inputs, checkboxes, switches, selects; same offset ring, no ring on
mouse click
- [ ] **Header ⌘K** (desktop width): Tab to the search control after
Feedback; same soft brand `focus-ring` (was a thicker
`ring-border-strong` before)
- [ ] **Table Editor or SQL Editor tabs**: focus a tab, Tab to × if
active; close shows a ring
- [ ] **Light + dark**: ring stays visible against both backgrounds
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Styles

When to write custom styles

Tailwind should be sufficient to cover the majority of styling needs. We typically only write custom styles here in the event where we're working with an external library and we need to override some styles (e.g Monaco, or even our own UI library).

Ideally, keep custom styling here to a minimum, use tailwind directly in the pages and components where possible, so that we have less code to maintain.

If you're writing custom styles

Group custom styles into separate stylesheets based on their context. For styles which are generic and global, we can write them in main.scss.