html, body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  overflow-x: hidden;
}
/* NAVBAR */
.navbar {
  background: #ffffff;
  border-radius: 0 0 15px 15px;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 15px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
.navbar-brand {
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
}
/* Navbar links – dark black, not bold */
.navbar .nav-link {
  font-weight: 400;          /* normal */
  color: #111 !important;    /* dark black */
  text-decoration: none;
}
/* Navbar hover – ORANGE */
.navbar .nav-link:hover {
  color: #ff8100 !important;
  text-decoration: none;
}
/* Dropdown items */
.navbar .dropdown-item {
  font-weight: 400;
  color: #111;
}
.navbar .dropdown-item:hover {
  background-color: #fff3e0;
  color: #ff8100;
}
/* REQUIRED INPUT STYLES */
input:required,
textarea:required {
  border-left: 3px solid #ff8100;
}
/* SCROLLING TEXT */
.scrolling-text {
  white-space: nowrap;
  display: inline-block;
  animation: scroll-left 25s linear infinite;
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 500;
}
@keyframes scroll-left {
  0% {
    transform: translateX(100%);
  }
  100% {
    transform: translateX(-100%);
  }
}
/* Pause animation on hover */
.scrolling-text:hover {
  animation-play-state: paused;
}
/* HOME LAYOUT */
.home-main {
  padding-top: 0;   /* reduce top gap */
  padding-bottom: 20px;
}
.row > div[class*='col-lg-4'] {
  padding-left: 10px;
  padding-right: 10px;
}
/* ABOUT BUTTON */
.btn-about {
  background-color: #f38414ff;
  border-color: #f38414ff;
  color: #fff;
}
.btn-about:hover {
  background-color: #e3740f;
  border-color: #e3740f;
  color: #fff;
}
/* FOOTER */
.custom-footer {
  background-color: #F9F8F3;
}
/* GLOBAL THEME OVERRIDE: BLUE → ORANGE */
:root {
  --bs-primary: #ff8100;
  --bs-link-color: #ff8100;
  --bs-link-hover-color: #e56f00;
}
/* Buttons */
.btn-primary {
  background-color: #ff8100 !important;
  border-color: #ff8100 !important;
}
.btn-primary:hover,
.btn-primary:focus {
  background-color: #e56f00 !important;
  border-color: #e56f00 !important;
}
/*  Outline buttons  */
.btn-outline-primary {
  color: #ff8100 !important;
  border-color: #ff8100 !important;
}
.btn-outline-primary:hover {
  background-color: #ff8100 !important;
  color: #111 !important;
}
/* Links */
a {
  color: #ff8100;
}
a:hover {
  color: #e56f00;
}
/* Text primary  */
.text-primary {
  color: #ff8100 !important;
}
/* Background primary */
.bg-primary {
  background-color: #ff8100 !important;
}
/*  Borders  */
.border-primary {
  border-color: #ff8100 !important;
}
/*  Form focus  */
.form-control:focus,
.form-select:focus {
  border-color: #ff8100 !important;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.2rem rgba(255, 129, 0, 0.25) !important;
}
/*  Required fields  */
input:required,
textarea:required,
select:required {
  border-left: 3px solid #ff8100 !important;
}
/*  Navbar hover  */
.nav-link:hover {
  color: #ff8100 !important;
}
/*  Dropdown active  */
.dropdown-item.active,
.dropdown-item:active {
  background-color: #ff8100 !important;
  color: #fff !important;
}
/*  Pagination */
.page-item.active .page-link {
  background-color: #ff8100 !important;
  border-color: #ff8100 !important;
}
.page-link {
  color: #ff8100;
}
/*  Cards hover  */
.card:hover {
  border-color: #ff8100;
}
/*  Feature card hover (your project)  */
.feature-card:hover {
  border-color: #ff8100 !important;
  box-shadow: 0px 20px 35px rgba(255, 129, 0, 0.25) !important;
}
/* Scrolling bars  */
.scrolling-wrapper,
.footer-roller {
  background-color: #ff8100 !important;
}
/*  Icons  */
i {
  color: inherit;
}
/*  Selection  */
::selection {
  background-color: #ff8100;
  color: #fff;
}
/* FORM LEFT ORANGE INDICATOR (ALL FIELDS) */
/* Apply to all inputs */
input.form-control,
textarea.form-control,
select.form-select {
  border-left: 3px solid #ff8100 !important;
}
/* Maintain clean look on focus */
input.form-control:focus,
textarea.form-control:focus,
select.form-select:focus {
  border-left: 3px solid #ff8100 !important;
}
/* File inputs */
input[type="file"].form-control {
  border-left: 3px solid #ff8100 !important;
}
/* Password, email, number */
input[type="password"],
input[type="email"],
input[type="number"],
input[type="text"],
input[type="date"] {
  border-left: 3px solid #ff8100 !important;
}
/* Candidate Registration   PASSWORD INPUT GROUP BORDER FIX */
/* Remove dark thick border from password input group */
.input-group .form-control {
  border-color: #ced4da !important; /* normal bootstrap border */
}
/* On focus */
.input-group .form-control:focus {
  border-color: #ced4da !important;
  box-shadow: none !important;
}
/* PASSWORD TOGGLE BUTTON (ORANGE) */
.input-group .btn {
  border-color: #ff8100 !important;
  color: #ff8100 !important;
}
.input-group .btn:hover {
  background-color: #ff8100 !important;
  color: #fff !important;
}
/* Eye icon color */
.input-group .btn i {
  color: #ff8100 !important;
}
/* On hover icon */
.input-group .btn:hover i {
  color: #fff !important;
}
/* HERO SECTION FULL WIDTH */
.hero-section{
  width: 100vw;
  position: relative;
  left: 50%;
  right: 50%;
  margin-left: -50vw;
  margin-right: -50vw;
}
/* carousel image */
.hero-banner-img{
  width: 100vw;
  height: 92vh;
  object-fit: cover;

}
.carousel-item {
    transition: transform 1s ease-in-out;
}
/* Prevent dropdown text cutoff */
.dropdown-menu {
  min-width: 220px;
  max-width: 280px;
}
.dropdown-item {
  white-space: normal;   /* allow wrapping */
  word-wrap: break-word;
}
/* =======================================================
   GLOBAL SPACING OPTIMIZATION
   Reduces unnecessary white space without breaking layout
======================================================= */

/* Containers */
.container,
.container-fluid {
    padding-top: 0;
    padding-bottom: 0;
}

/* Bootstrap rows */
.row {
    --bs-gutter-y: 0.8rem;
}

/* Sections */
section {
    padding-top: 1.25rem;
    padding-bottom: 1.25rem;
}

/* Headings */
h1 {
    margin-bottom: 0.6rem;
}

h2 {
    margin-bottom: 0.55rem;
}

h3 {
    margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
}

h4,
h5,
h6 {
    margin-bottom: .2rem;
}

/* Paragraphs */
p {
    margin-bottom: .35rem;
    line-height: 1.45;
}

/* Cards */
.card {
    margin-bottom: .3rem;
}

.card-body {
    padding: .75rem;
}

/* Tables */
.table {
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
}

/* Forms */
form {
    margin-bottom: 0;
}

.mb-5 {
    margin-bottom: 2rem !important;
}

.mt-5 {
    margin-top: 2rem !important;
}

.py-5 {
    padding-top: 2rem !important;
    padding-bottom: 2rem !important;
}

.pt-5 {
    padding-top: 2rem !important;
}

.pb-5 {
    padding-bottom: 2rem !important;
}
.demo-mode-banner {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 38px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 8px;
  padding: 7px 15px;
  background: #fff3cd;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #ff8100;
  color: #664d03;
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.3;
  text-align: center;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1040;
}

.demo-mode-banner strong {
  color: #c85a00;
  font-weight: 700;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.demo-mode-banner span {
  font-weight: 500;
}

.demo-mode-action {
  color: #c85a00;
  font-weight: 700;
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.demo-mode-action:hover {
  color: #8f3f00;
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .demo-mode-banner {
    font-size: 12px;
    padding: 7px 10px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    gap: 4px;
  }
}
/* =========================
   Demo & User Manual Navbar
   ========================= */

.demo-nav-link,
.manual-nav-link {
    font-weight: 600;
}

.demo-nav-link i,
.manual-nav-link i {
    font-size: 0.9rem;
}