design(board): mute the Unassigned default in the list view - #194
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Design-polish pass — continuing on the List view (per owner direction). After quieting empty due dates (#191), the other full-contrast boilerplate default stood out: every unassigned row showed a bold dark "Unassigned", and with 10+ of them stacked the Assignee column added noise that competed with the actual task content.
Fix (CSS-only + a class toggle)
AssigneePickernow adds a--emptymodifier class when there's no assignee, and the list styles render that muted (var(--tf-text-muted)) — the same quiet-default treatment as empty due dates. A real assignee's name still shows at full contrast, so it stands out. The mute is scoped to.list-row__assignee, so the board-card and task-detail assignee pickers are unaffected.Before → after
Before: "Unassigned" was bold/dark in every row, as loud as real values.
After (muted default, real names still pop):
Full quality gate green; presentational-only. Verified against the sandbox (
AWS_PROFILE=personal).