.category-card {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  text-align: center;
  flex: 0 1 14rem;
  min-height: 8rem;
  /* a block-level element's own width already fills its parent by
  default, but height doesn't -- height:100% only takes effect once its
  parent (the wrapping .body-category-card div in article_body_blocks.html)
  actually has an explicit height of its own (see "Height" in the block-
  style panel); percentage height against an auto-height parent just
  resolves back to auto, so this is a no-op until then. Relies on
  box-sizing:border-box/overflow:hidden from shared/card_base.css so 100%
  includes this element's own padding/border and content taller than an
  explicit height gets cleanly clipped. */
  height: 100%;
  padding: 1.5rem;
  border: 2px solid var(--color-border);
  border-top: 6px solid var(--accent-color, var(--color-border));
  border-radius: 12px;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 8px var(--color-shadow);
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--color-text);
  transition: transform 0.15s ease, box-shadow 0.15s ease;
  background-color: var(--color-card-bg);
}

.category-card:hover,
.category-card:focus-visible {
  box-shadow: 0 4px 14px var(--color-shadow);
  transform: translateY(-2px);
}

.category-card h2 {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  color: var(--color-text);
  /* a long single unbroken word (no spaces to wrap at otherwise) would
  overflow the card and get raw-clipped by its own overflow:hidden above --
  same reasoning as .title-banner h1's own overflow-wrap further down this
  file. */
  overflow-wrap: break-word;
}

/* a category_card block's own width is a free-form rem number (editor
picks it via width_rem) -- carried in as a --card-width custom property
(article_body_blocks.html/article_column_content.html) rather than a
literal inline width, so the 480px override below can win over it at
normal specificity instead of needing !important to beat an inline style.
.category-card's own "flex: 0 1 14rem" only means anything as a flex
*item* (inside .category-grid), so standalone it needs its own explicit
width instead, same pattern as article_card.css's own .body-article-card. */
.body-category-card {
  width: var(--card-width);
  max-width: 100%;
}

.body-category-card--fixed-height {
  height: var(--card-height);
  overflow: hidden;
}

@media (max-width: 480px) {
  .body-category-card,
  .body-category-card--fixed-height {
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    overflow: visible;
  }

  /* Compact list row on phone regardless of context (standalone in an
  article body, or inside .category-grid's own listing pages) -- a
  centered title tile with 1.5rem padding on every side ate too much
  vertical space on a narrow screen for what's ultimately just a link with
  a title. */
  .category-card {
    flex-direction: row;
    justify-content: flex-start;
    text-align: left;
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 0.6rem 0.9rem;
  }

  .category-card h2 {
    font-size: 1rem;
  }
}

.category-badge {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0.5rem;
  right: 0.5rem;
  background-color: var(--accent-color, var(--color-secondary));
  color: var(--color-on-accent);
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  font-weight: bold;
  padding: 0.2rem 0.5rem;
  border-radius: 999px;
}