.comments-section {
    margin-top: 3rem;
    padding-top: 2rem;
    padding-bottom: 2rem; /* Adds breathing room below your form */
    border-top: 2px solid #53006c;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #53006c; /* Matches the top border */
    font-family: 'Kalam', sans-serif;
    color: #004444;
    font-size: 12pt;
    font-weight: 700;
}

.comments-section h4 {
    font-size: 18pt;
    color: #53006c;
    padding-top: 2px;
    margin-bottom: 4px;
    font-family: 'Kalam', sans-serif;
    font-weight: normal;
}

#comment-status {
    margin-top: 0.75rem;
    padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
    background-color: #53005c;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    font-size: 10pt;
    font-family: arial, sans-serif;
    border-radius: 4px;
    text-align: center;
    display: none; /* Hidden by default so it doesn't create empty space before submission */
}

#comments-list {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 1.5rem; /* Gap between DIFFERENT threads */
    width: 100%;
}

.comment-thread {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 0; /* No external gap inside a thread */
    width: 100%;
}

.comment-item {
    width: 100%;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    border-radius: 4px;
    overflow: hidden;
    border: 1px solid #53005c;
}

.replies-container {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 0; /* Zero gap between replies */
    margin-left: 2rem; /* Indents replies to show hierarchy */
    width: calc(100% - 2rem);
    border-top: none;
}

.reply-item {
    width: 100%;
    border-radius: 0;
    border-top: none;
}

.comment-header {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: center;
    background-color: #53005c;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
    font-size: 10pt;
    font-family: arial, sans-serif;
}

.reply-header {
    background-color: #26428b !important; /* Dark cornflower blue 2 */
    color: #FFFFFF !important;
}

.comment-author {
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.comment-date {
    color: #E0E0E0;
    font-size: 9pt;
}

.comment-body {
    background-color: #f3e5f5; /* Light purple */
    color: #000000;
    padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
    white-space: normal; /* Changes from pre-wrap to normal, collapsing extra newlines/spaces */
    word-break: break-word;
    font-family: 'Kalam', sans-serif;
}

.reply-body {
    background-color: #f0f8ff !important; /* Light blue 3 */
    color: #000000 !important;
    border: 1px solid #002244;
    border-top: none;
}

.comment-body p {
    margin: 0; /* Removes the default browser paragraph spacing */
    padding: 0;
}

.comment-actions {
    margin-top: 0.75rem;
    display: flex;
    gap: 0.5rem;
}

.reply-toggle-btn {
    padding: 0.3rem 0.6rem;
    background-color: #53006c;
    color: #ffffff;
    border: none;
    border-radius: 4px;
    cursor: pointer;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-family: arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 9pt;
}

.reply-toggle-btn:hover {
    background-color: #004444;
}

.delete-comment-btn {
    padding: 0.3rem 0.6rem;
    background-color: #a80000;
    color: #ffffff;
    border: none;
    border-radius: 4px;
    cursor: pointer;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-family: arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 9pt;
}

.delete-comment-btn:hover {
    background-color: #660000;
}

.reply-form {
    margin-left: 2rem;
    width: calc(100% - 2rem);
    padding: 1rem;
    background-color: #f9f9f9;
    border: 1px dashed #002244;
    border-top: none;
    border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

#comment-form {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 1rem;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 600px;
    margin: 2rem auto 0 auto; /* Centers the whole form block horizontally */
}

.field-group {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 0.3rem;
}

.field-group label {
    font-size: 11pt;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #007777;
    text-decoration: underline;
    font-family: arial, sans-serif;
}

.field-group input,
.field-group textarea {
    padding: 0.5rem;
    border: 1px solid #5C8FB5;
    border-radius: 4px;
    font-family: arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 11pt;
    background-color: #ffffff;
    color: #004444;
}

.field-group input:focus,
.field-group textarea:focus {
    outline: none;
    border-color: #53006c;
}

#submit-comment, .submit-reply-btn {
    align-self: center; /* Centers the button horizontally inside the form flex container */
    padding: 0.6rem 1.2rem;
    background-color: #53006c;
    color: #ffffff;
    border: none;
    border-radius: 4px;
    cursor: pointer;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-family: arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 11pt;
}

#submit-comment:hover, .submit-reply-btn:hover {
    background-color: #004444;
}

#submit-comment:disabled {
    background-color: #cccccc;
    cursor: not-allowed;
}

.no-comments, .error {
    color: #004444;
    font-style: italic;
    padding-left: 1em;
}

/* Desktop sizing: lock widths so elements match the parent comment span */
/* Desktop sizing: lock widths so elements match the parent comment span and center properly */
@media screen and (min-width: 769px) {
    .comment-item {
        width: 80%;
        margin-left: auto;
        margin-right: auto;
    }
    
    .replies-container {
        width: 80%;
        margin-left: auto;
        margin-right: auto;
    }
    
    .reply-item {
        width: 100%; 
    }

    .reply-form {
        width: 80%;
        margin-left: auto;
        margin-right: auto;
        box-sizing: border-box;
    }
}
@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 1280px) {
    .comments-section {
        font-size: 28px;
    }
    .comments-section h3 {
        font-size: 28pt;
    }
    .comments-section h4 {
        font-size: 32pt;
    }
}