[Enhancement] Improve Navbar Hover Interaction

[akshatsinghai6682-sketch]

Pull Request

Summary

Improved the navbar hover interaction to provide a smoother, cleaner, and more responsive user experience across the navigation menu.

Related Issue

Closes: #90

What Changed

• Enhanced navbar hover animation and styling
• Improved transition smoothness for navigation items
• Refined hover feedback for better UI consistency
• Updated interactive behavior to make navigation feel more modern

Screenshots or Demo

Added improved hover effects on navbar items for a better visual experience

Verification

• I ran npm lint
• I manually verified the affected page/UI
• I checked that no secrets or hardcoded credentials were added

Checklist

• My branch name follows the repository convention
• My commits were signed-off correctly
• I want the changes squashed before merge
• I am ready for review

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Style
  • Refined navigation menu styling for enhanced visual consistency.
  • Added animated underline effects to desktop navigation links on hover.
  • Improved mobile menu hover states with better visual feedback and transitions.

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📥 Commits

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📒 Files selected for processing (1)

• components/navbar.tsx

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The Navbar component link rendering is refactored across desktop and mobile viewports to use explicit buttonVariants configurations with enriched styling for transitions and hover effects. Desktop nav links now include group-based styling with an animated underline element, while mobile dropdown links receive explicit ghost variant styling with improved alignment and hover feedback.

Changes

Navbar Link Styling Enhancement

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Desktop nav links with underline animation components/navbar.tsx	Desktop navigation links are refactored with explicit buttonVariants({ variant: 'ghost', ... }) configuration, group styling for overflow handling, transitions, and an animated underline span element displayed on hover.
Mobile dropdown link styling components/navbar.tsx	Mobile dropdown navigation links are updated to use explicit buttonVariants with justify-start, transition classes, and hover-triggered background and text color changes for improved visual feedback.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~8 minutes

Poem

A rabbit hops through the navbar bright,
With underlines dancing, smooth as the night,
Desktop and mobile, both styled with care,
Hover effects floating gently through air! ✨🐰

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The pull request title '[Enhancement] Improve Navbar Hover Interaction' directly aligns with the main change: updating navbar hover styling and animations for a better interactive experience.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR implements all key coding requirements from issue #90: animated underline on hover, improved link transitions, enhanced navigation UX, and maintains dark-theme aesthetics without affecting functionality.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are scoped to navbar hover interactions; no unrelated modifications to authorization, session control, or other components are present.

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[akshatsinghai6682-sketch]

Hi @deekshithgowda85
I have implemented the hover interaction enhancement for the sidebar cards and verified the changes locally.

Could you please review my PR? Thank you!