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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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Supabase UI Patterns

This package should be used for components which are built using NPM libraries (react-markdown, reactflow for example), which make no sense to be included in all apps. It should also be used for components which are constructed using various components from the ui package.

This package does not have a barrel file - each component has to be imported from its index (ui-patterns/PrivacySettings, for example). This is intentional so that adding a new component which is used only in 1 or 2 apps doesn't burden the rest of the apps.