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Resolves #5184

Problem

On tablet widths (768–1023px), the navbar overflowed because visibility breakpoints were inconsistent:

  • Nav links and the hamburger used lg (1024px)
  • Star, Sponsor, and UserMenu used md (768px)

That put too many items in the bar on iPad-sized viewports. At exactly 1024px, nav links could also clip or overlap the search trigger when space was tight.

Solution

  • Align all header actions (Star, Sponsor, UserMenu) to lg, matching nav links and the hamburger
  • Add flex overflow handling (min-w-0, shrink-0, whitespace-nowrap) so the bar layout stays stable
  • Compact the GlobalSearch trigger at lg (lg:w-44xl:w-60) so nav links remain fully visible at 1024px
  • Improve mobile drawer UX:
    • Backdrop overlay
    • Body scroll lock while open
    • Close on route change
    • Stable element ids (#mobile-drawer, #header-bar-actions)
  • Extract visibleLinks once for bar + drawer
  • Use a local DESKTOP_NAV_MIN_WIDTH = 1024 constant (Tailwind lg) for the resize handler without changing shared desktopViewMinWidth

Files changed

  • frontend/src/components/Header.tsx — breakpoint alignment, layout, drawer polish
  • frontend/src/components/GlobalSearch.tsx — compact search trigger at lg
  • frontend/__tests__/unit/pages/Header.test.tsx — responsive behavior and drawer tests

Test plan

  • pnpm exec jest __tests__/unit/pages/Header.test.tsx __tests__/unit/components/Header.test.tsx — 72 passed
  • Manual check at 768px — hamburger + drawer; Star/Sponsor in drawer footer
  • Manual check at 1024px — inline nav + Star + Sponsor + Sign In; no link clipping
  • Manual check at 1280px+ — full desktop layout; no hamburger

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Unify header actions to lg so nav links and CTAs share one breakpoint,
add flex overflow handling with compact search at lg, and polish the
mobile drawer with backdrop, scroll lock, and stable element ids.

Fixes OWASP#5184

Signed-off-by: M9nx <flowmoner@gmail.com>
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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Improved the mobile navigation drawer with a backdrop, body scroll locking, outside-click dismissal, and automatic closing when navigating to a new page.
    • Navigation and header actions now adapt more consistently across screen sizes.
  • UI Improvements

    • Updated the search control to remain compact on smaller screens and expand at larger breakpoints.
    • Long search instructions are now truncated when space is limited.

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The header now supports responsive navigation from tablet widths through desktop widths. It centralizes visible links, manages mobile drawer state, locks body scrolling while overlays are open, and uses responsive action and search layouts. Tests cover the updated drawer structure, scroll locking, and resize behavior.

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Responsive header

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared body scroll locking
frontend/src/utils/bodyScrollLock.ts, frontend/src/components/Header.tsx, frontend/src/components/GlobalSearch.tsx, frontend/__tests__/unit/utils/bodyScrollLock.test.ts
A reference-counted scroll-lock utility now manages body overflow for the mobile drawer and search dialog. Tests cover multiple active locks and restoration of the previous overflow value.
Header state and responsive layout
frontend/src/components/Header.tsx, frontend/src/components/GlobalSearch.tsx
The header uses a 1024px desktop navigation threshold, filters visible links, closes the drawer on navigation and interaction, adds a backdrop, and adjusts navigation, actions, logo, and search sizing by breakpoint.
Responsive header validation
frontend/__tests__/unit/pages/Header.test.tsx
Tests validate the drawer structure, action containers, tablet resizing, desktop navigation resizing, and clicks inside the drawer.

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Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 8143f

The responsive header and mobile drawer now share scroll-lock handling with search, so closing search while the drawer remains open preserves the intended locked page state. No merge-blocking current-head risk remains.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: making the frontend navbar responsive across breakpoints.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the tablet navbar overflow problem, the implemented responsive changes, and the related tests.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue [#5184] by aligning responsive breakpoints, preventing header overflow, compacting the search trigger, and improving layout behavior across tablet and desktop widths.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within the scope of [#5184]. The body scroll lock, drawer improvements, stable IDs, and related tests support the responsive navbar update.
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- Around line 1008-1009: Update the click-handler selection in the test to use
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rather than finding the first matching registration. Keep the subsequent
invocation focused on exercising the drawer containment branch after the menu
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M9nx added 6 commits September 9, 2026 02:42
Share ref-counted body scroll lock with GlobalSearch, keep the header
bar above the drawer backdrop, and tighten responsive header tests.

Signed-off-by: M9nx <flowmoner@gmail.com>
Save and restore pre-lock body overflow on release, lower the mobile
drawer z-index so GlobalSearch stays above it, and assert responsive
class contracts in header tests.

Signed-off-by: M9nx <flowmoner@gmail.com>
Position the drawer at top-16 so content clears the z-50 navbar bar
while keeping the drawer at z-40 below the GlobalSearch overlay.

Signed-off-by: M9nx <flowmoner@gmail.com>
Drop unnecessary act() around fireEvent.click calls flagged by Sonar
rule typescript:S8980 in the responsive drawer tests.

Signed-off-by: M9nx <flowmoner@gmail.com>
Remove unnecessary async keyword after act wrapper removal to avoid
Sonar require-await (S4123) on the drawer actions test.

Signed-off-by: M9nx <flowmoner@gmail.com>
Verify isMobileMenuOpen() after the toggle click so drawer action
assertions cannot pass when the menu failed to open.

Signed-off-by: M9nx <flowmoner@gmail.com>

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- Around line 704-709: Update the responsive tests around the menu-opening cases
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and header-bar-actions, including their lg:hidden/lg:flex classes and expected
drawer state at 768px and 1024px. Since innerWidth does not apply Tailwind CSS
in this unit test, either assert the component’s class/state contract directly
or move CSS visibility assertions to a browser test with CSS loaded.

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- Line 17: Update the body scroll-lock state so the first acquisition saves the
existing document.body.style.overflow value, and releaseBodyScrollLock restores
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