oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/console

Loading bar hard to see when browser theme doesn't match our theme

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Description

I thought we had introduced a problem in #3061 with the color of the loading bar, but it turns out that we actually already had a pretty big problem with the color of the loading bar, and I just didn't realize because my Firefox has dark UI chrome.

The loading bar is only visible properly when both the chrome and the page theme match. When one is dark and the other is light, the loading bar is lost visually somehow in boundary.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/985e5c9f-fda9-4627-bcb4-693ba7180870

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/99c098a9-64fd-4bb8-b3eb-0c4642b7255b

Originally posted by @david-crespo in https://github.com/oxidecomputer/console/issues/3061#issuecomment-3947983367

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Start by reproducing the loading-bar issue in Firefox with mismatched browser chrome and page themes, then trace the loading bar's styling from the relevant frontend entry point. Done means the bar remains visually distinct in both dark/light theme combinations shown in the attached examples.

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typescript
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frontend
Issue type
Bug
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Estimated time
1-2 days
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