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USWDS - File input: Use error token for error border - #6669
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Summary
Updated the file input error border to use the error color token, so projects that customize error and secondary colors separately receive the expected themed error styling.
Breaking change
This is not a breaking change.
Related issue
Closes #5253
Related pull requests
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Problem statement
The file input error state used
secondary-darkfor the.usa-form-group--error .usa-file-input__targetborder. Sincesecondary-darkanderror-darkcan be customized independently, projects with distinct secondary and error palettes could see file input error borders inherit the wrong semantic color.Solution
Changed the file input error border token from
secondary-darktoerror-dark, matching the purpose of the error state and the token pattern used by other USWDS form components.Major changes
packages/usa-file-input/src/styles/_usa-file-input.scssto usecolor("error-dark")for the file input error border.Testing and review
npx prettier --check packages/usa-file-input/src/styles/_usa-file-input.scssnpx stylelint packages/usa-file-input/src/styles/_usa-file-input.scssnpx gulp compileSassnpm run lint:sassgit diff --checkerror-darkandsecondary-darktheme colors and confirmed the error border followserror-dark