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Danny White 1131e3e2ce fix(ui): default Button variant to default instead of primary (#50160)
## What kind of change does this PR introduce?

Bug fix / design-system alignment for the legacy `Button` from `ui`.

## What is the current behavior?

Omitting `variant` on the legacy `Button` falls back to brand-green
`primary`. That makes accidental greens easy, and it is hard to spot the
real main action on busy pages.

## What is the new behavior?

- Legacy `Button` now defaults to neutral `default`
- Intentional primary CTAs (create, save, submit, marketing CTAs, and
matching `ButtonTooltip` usages) now set `variant="primary"` so their
appearance is unchanged
- Neutral actions that previously relied on the old fallback (cancel,
close, back, dashboard nav, and similar) become grey/white
- Design-system docs updated; regression tests cover the new default

`Button_Shadcn_` is unchanged. It already uses its own CVA default.

This is PR 1 of 2 in a stack. PR 2 drops now-redundant
`variant="default"` props.

## To test

Studio (http://localhost:8082):

- `/sign-in`: Sign in stays green
- Open a project → Database → Tables: New table stays green
- Auth → Users → Invite: Invite user stays green; Cancel / dismiss
controls stay neutral
- Project Settings → General: edit a field so Cancel and Save appear.
Cancel is neutral, Save is green

Design system (http://localhost:3003):

- Components → Button: default demo is neutral; primary demo is green;
featured preview is the default variant

Marketing (optional):

- www header: Start your project stays green; logged-in Dashboard is
neutral

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **Style**
- Buttons now default to a neutral style, while primary actions across
Studio, documentation, marketing pages, forms, dialogs, and error states
use prominent primary styling.
- Updated button examples and previews clarify the distinction between
default and primary variants.
  - Event registration now includes a directional arrow icon.

- **Tests**
- Added coverage confirming default button styling and explicit primary
styling behave as expected.
- Updated related test fixtures to use primary styling where
appropriate.
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UI Testing Notes

Rules

  • All tests should be run consistently (avoid situations whereby tests fails "sometimes")

  • Group tests in folders based on the feature they are testing. Avoid file/folder based folder names since those can change and we will forget to update the tests.

Examples: /logs /reports /projects /database-settings /auth

Custom Render and Custom Render Hook

customRender and customRenderHook are wrappers around render and renderHook that add some necessary providers like QueryClientProvider, TooltipProvider and NuqsTestingAdapter.

Generally use those instead of the default render and renderHook functions.

import { customRender, customRenderHook } from 'tests/lib/custom-render'

customRender(<MyComponent />)
customRenderHook(() => useMyHook())

Mocking API Requests

To mock API requests, we use the msw library.

Global mocks can be found in tests/lib/msw-global-api-mocks.ts.

To mock an endpoint you can use the addAPIMock function. Make sure to add the mock in the beforeEach hook. It won't work with beforeAll if you have many tests.

beforeEach(() => {
  addAPIMock({
    method: 'get',
    path: '/api/my-endpoint',
    response: {
      data: { foo: 'bar' },
    },
  })
})

API Mocking Tips:

  • Keep mocks in the same folder as the tests that use them
  • Add a test to verify the mock is working

This will make debugging and updating the mocks easier.

test('mock is working', async () => {
  const response = await fetch('/api/my-endpoint')
  expect(response.json()).resolves.toEqual({ data: { foo: 'bar' } })
})

Mocking Nuqs URL Parameters

To render a component that uses Nuqs with some predefined query parameters, you can use customRender with the nuqs prop.


customRender(<MyComponent />, {
  nuqs: {
    searchParams: {
      search: 'hello world',
    },
  },
})

<Popover> vs <Dropdown>

When simulating clicks on these components, do the following:

// for Popovers
import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event'
await userEvent.click('Hello world')

// for Dropdowns
import clickDropdown from 'tests/helpers'
clickDropdown('Hello world')