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This PR improves the accessibility and UX of the Explore page by:

  1. Fixing Invalid HTML: Refactored PublicSongCard to avoid nesting interactive elements (Buttons) inside Anchors (Links). Used a "stretched link" pattern with pointer-events management to maintain the "whole card clickable" behavior while ensuring semantic validity.
  2. Accessibility: Added meaningful aria-label attributes to the icon-only "Like" button (dynamic based on state) and "Clear filters" button.
  3. Tooltips: Added Tooltip components to these icon-only buttons to provide visual labels for mouse users.
  4. Visual Polish: Updated hover effects to work correctly with the new card structure using group-hover.

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Summary by cubic

Improves Explore page accessibility and card interactions while preserving the whole-card click behavior.

  • Accessibility & UX
    • Replaced invalid button-in-link with a stretched-link pattern; added sr-only title and focus ring.
    • Added dynamic aria-labels and tooltips to the Like button; added aria-label and tooltip to Clear filters.
    • Updated hover/scale with group-hover and pointer-events layering to ensure correct interactions.
    • Enhances keyboard and screen reader support without changing visuals.

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  • New Features

    • Added informative tooltips to the like button, indicating "Like" or "Unlike" based on current state
    • Introduced tooltip guidance for the clear filters action
  • Improvements

    • Enhanced card clickability and interaction while preserving hover and focus styling
    • Strengthened accessibility with ARIA labels and screen reader support for interactive controls

- Refactor `PublicSongCard` to use a "stretched link" pattern, fixing invalid HTML nesting (`<button>` inside `<a>`).
- Add ARIA labels and tooltips to the "Like" button in `PublicSongCard`.
- Add ARIA label and tooltip to the "Clear filters" button in `Explore`.
- Update hover styles to use `group-hover` to support the `pointer-events-none` content layer.

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The Explore page card component is restructured to use an absolutely positioned Link overlay instead of a Link wrapper, with added tooltips on interactive controls and improved accessibility labels for like buttons and filter actions.

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Explore Page Card Refactoring
client/src/pages/Explore.tsx
Restructured PublicSongCard to use Link overlay positioning instead of Link wrapper, added Tooltip-wrapped controls for like button and clear filters action, improved accessibility with aria-labels and sr-only labels, maintained existing filtering and sorting logic.

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Hello @Krosebrook, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request significantly enhances the user experience and accessibility of the Explore page. It addresses critical HTML semantic issues by restructuring interactive elements within song cards, ensuring they remain fully clickable while adhering to accessibility best practices. Additionally, it improves usability for all users by adding descriptive aria-label attributes and visual tooltips to icon-only buttons, making their functions clearer and more discoverable.

Highlights

  • Invalid HTML Fixed: Refactored PublicSongCard to prevent nesting interactive elements (Buttons) within Anchors (Links), using a "stretched link" pattern to maintain full card clickability while ensuring semantic validity.
  • Enhanced Accessibility: Implemented meaningful aria-label attributes for icon-only "Like" and "Clear filters" buttons, dynamically based on state where appropriate, improving screen reader experience.
  • Improved UX with Tooltips: Added Tooltip components to icon-only buttons, providing visual labels for mouse users on hover, making their functions clearer.
  • Refined Visuals: Updated hover effects on song cards to correctly function with the new card structure using group-hover utilities, ensuring visual polish.
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  • client/src/pages/Explore.tsx
    • Imported Tooltip components for enhanced UI.
    • Restructured PublicSongCard to resolve nested interactive element issues, implementing a "stretched link" pattern.
    • Applied aria-label attributes and Tooltip components to the "Like" button for improved accessibility and user guidance.
    • Added aria-label and Tooltip to the "Clear filters" button, making its purpose explicit.
    • Adjusted CSS classes to use group-hover for card hover effects, aligning with the new structural changes.
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This pull request significantly improves the user experience and accessibility of the Explore page. The refactoring of PublicSongCard to use a stretched-link pattern is a great solution to fix the invalid HTML of nesting interactive elements. The addition of tooltips and aria-labels for icon-only buttons is a welcome enhancement for all users. The code is clean and the changes are well-implemented. I have a couple of suggestions to further improve the implementation regarding the new tooltips and component memoization.

<Heart className={cn("w-5 h-5", isLiked && "fill-red-500 text-red-500")} />
</Button>
<div className="pointer-events-auto relative z-20">
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While each <Tooltip> can function on its own, it's a best practice to wrap all tooltips on a page within a single <TooltipProvider>. This ensures only one tooltip is visible at a time and allows for global configuration, improving both UX and performance.

You should:

  1. Import TooltipProvider from @/components/ui/tooltip.
  2. Wrap the root element inside the Layout component in Explore with <TooltipProvider>.

Example:

// client/src/pages/Explore.tsx

// ... other imports
import {
  Tooltip,
  TooltipContent,
  TooltipTrigger,
  TooltipProvider, // 1. Import provider
} from "@/components/ui/tooltip";

// ...

export default function Explore() {
  // ... hooks and state

  return (
    <Layout>
      <TooltipProvider> {/* 2. Wrap content */}
        <div className="flex flex-col gap-6">
          {/* ... all page content ... */}
        </div>
      </TooltipProvider>
    </Layout>
  );
}

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size="icon"
variant="ghost"
onClick={handleLike}
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For performance optimization, consider wrapping the handleLike function definition in useCallback. Since PublicSongCard is a memoized component (React.memo), creating a new handleLike function on every render will cause this Button component to re-render unnecessarily, even if its other props haven't changed.

You would need to import useCallback from react and change the function definition:

import { ..., useCallback } from 'react';

// ... inside PublicSongCard
const handleLike = useCallback((e: React.MouseEvent) => {
  e.preventDefault();
  e.stopPropagation();
  toggleLike(song.id);
}, [toggleLike, song.id]);

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Pull request overview

Improves the Explore page’s UX/accessibility by refactoring PublicSongCard to use a stretched-link pattern (avoiding nested interactive elements), and adding accessible labels + tooltips to icon-only buttons.

Changes:

  • Refactored PublicSongCard to use an overlay Link plus pointer-events management to keep the full card clickable without invalid HTML.
  • Added aria-labels and tooltips to the Like button and “Clear filters” icon button.
  • Updated hover styles to use group-hover with the new card structure.

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</Button>
</TooltipTrigger>
<TooltipContent>
<p>{isLiked ? "Unlike" : "Like"}</p>
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This tooltip is rendered inside a container with overflow-hidden and a hover scale transform. Since TooltipContent isn’t portalled in our ui/tooltip implementation, it can be clipped or positioned incorrectly when used inside this card. Consider portaling tooltip content (Radix Tooltip.Portal) or moving the tooltip outside the overflow-hidden/transformed ancestor.

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