**AE Firefly Theme Repair — Summary (Recovery & Integration Complete)**

- **Summary**: Investigation, targeted repair, and successful integration of the AE Firefly theme family and key UI components. This document records the final resolution, the migration of the Svelte 5 Modal component, and the validation of the `ae_app_3x_llm` branch as the project's stable baseline.

### 1. Root Cause Resolution (Themes)
- **Variables outside selectors**: Fixed. Custom-property declarations in `src/ae-firefly*.css` were moved into proper `[data-theme='AE_Firefly*']` selector blocks.
- **Variable precedence**: Resolved by enforcing `--background: ... !important` within the theme-specific selectors to ensure they override global `:root` defaults.
- **Files Repaired**: 
  - `src/ae-firefly.css`
  - `src/ae-firefly-steelblue.css`
  - `src/ae-firefly-indigo.css`
  - `src/ae-firefly-rainbow.css`

### 2. Actions Taken (Recovery Phase)
- **Surgical Integration**: Selective harvesting of "90% done" work from WIP branches while preserving the integrity of the Lucide migration and Svelte 5 baseline.
- **`element_modal_v1.svelte`**: 
  - Successfully imported from `wip-modal-fix-attempt`.
  - **Full Refactor**: Migrated from deprecated `svelte/legacy` and `<slot>` patterns to **Svelte 5 Snippets** and `{@render}` tags.
  - Verified and tested as the new standard modal component.
- **Selective Vetting**:
  - **Abandoned**: `element_input_v2.svelte` and legacy Badge View v1 (rejected due to legacy FontAwesome regressions and high error counts).
  - **Removed**: Redundant `element_data_store_v2.svelte` (superseded by `v3`).
  - **Kept**: Clean, Lucide-based versions of all core components already present on `ae_app_3x_llm`.

### 3. Repository State (Final Validation)
- **Baseline**: `ae_app_3x_llm` is now the unified, verified "known-good" state.
- **Validation**: `npx svelte-check` performed on the merged state returned **0 errors and 0 warnings**.
- **Cleanup**: Temporary integration branches have been deleted.
- **Backups**: `wip-modal-fix-attempt` and `wip/theme-fix` remain as reference points but are no longer active.

### 4. Merged Files (Key Updates)
- `src/ae-firefly*.css` (Repaired themes)
- `src/lib/elements/element_modal_v1.svelte` (New Svelte 5 Modal)
- `documentation/PROJECT__AE_Firefly_Theme_Repair_SUMMARY.md` (This document)

### 5. Final Status
- **Status**: **COMPLETE / STABLE**
- **Branch**: `ae_app_3x_llm`
- **Verification**: Verified via `svelte-check` and theme inspections.

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*Prepared by: Gemini CLI (March 17, 2026)*

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*Archival note (2026-03-20): `element_modal_v1.svelte` (referenced in §2 as "new standard modal") was subsequently retired — it had zero active importers. Modal usage in the codebase relies on Flowbite `<Modal>` component. See `AE__UI_Component_Patterns.md` §11.*
