.form-group {
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
    position: relative;
}

.text-danger {
    color: #dc3545;
    font-size: 0.875rem;
    margin-top: 0.25rem;
    display: block;
}

.field-validation-error {
    color: #dc3545;
    font-size: 0.875rem;
    margin-top: 0.25rem; 
    display: block;
}

.input-validation-error {
    border-color: #dc3545;
}

input.input-validation-error:focus,
select.input-validation-error:focus,
textarea.input-validation-error:focus {
    border-color: #dc3545;
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.2rem rgba(220, 53, 69, 0.25);
}

.validation-summary-errors {
    color: #dc3545;
    background-color: #f8d7da;
    border: 1px solid #f5c6cb;
    padding: 1rem;
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
}

/* Style required fields */
input:required,
select:required,
textarea:required {
    border-left: 3px solid #f97316;
}

textarea {
    resize: none;
}

/* Custom select styling */
select {
    appearance: none;
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='12' height='12' viewBox='0 0 12 12'%3E%3Cpath fill='%234a90e2' d='M2,4 L6,8 L10,4' stroke='currentColor' stroke-width='2' fill='none'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: right 0.7rem center;
    background-size: 12px;
    padding-right: 2.5rem;
}

.alert {
    padding: 1rem;
    margin: 1rem 0;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
    color: #155724;
    background-color: #d4edda;
    border: 1px solid #c3e6cb;
}

.alert.error {
    color: #721c24;
    background-color: #f8d7da;
    border-color: #f5c6cb;
}

/* File upload styling */
input[type="file"] {
    padding: 0.75rem;
    border: 2px dashed #e5e7eb;
    border-radius: 0.5rem;
    background-color: #f9fafb;
    cursor: pointer;
    transition: all 0.3s ease;
    width: 100%;
    font-size: 0.95rem;
}

input[type="file"]:hover {
    border-color: #f97316;
    background-color: #fff7ed;
}

input[type="file"]:focus {
    outline: none;
    border-color: #f97316;
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(249, 115, 22, 0.1);
}

.file-upload-hint {
    display: block;
    margin-top: 0.5rem;
    font-size: 0.85rem;
    color: #6b7280;
    font-style: italic;
}

/* reCAPTCHA styling */
.captcha-group {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    margin: 1.5rem 0;
}

.g-recaptcha {
    display: inline-block;
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {
    .captcha-group {
        transform: scale(0.85);
        transform-origin: center;
    }
}

/* Brand story wrapper: crop overflowing decorative elements (e.g. shield) */
.brand-story-wrapper {
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
    border-radius: 1rem;
    -webkit-border-radius: 1rem;
    /* prevent box-shadow from bleeding outside rounded corners */
    background-clip: padding-box;
}

/* Keep internal spacing but avoid extra bottom gaps so cropped edges look tidy */
.brand-story-wrapper > * {
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
}

.brand-story-wrapper img,
.brand-story-wrapper svg {
    display: block;
    max-width: 100%;
    height: auto;
}

/* Strong override in case other site styles load after this file */
.brand-story .brand-story-wrapper {
    overflow: hidden !important;
    border-radius: 1rem !important;
    background-clip: padding-box !important;
}