From e68c48dabdfe2500a83a12781892098584dc695b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gsxdsm <gsxdsm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] FN-8472: restore Coding (Ideas) header color indicator

Restore the shared triage color indicator for Coding (Ideas) headers.

- map the Ideas header dot to the shared triage design token
- cover empty and populated Ideas columns plus the token mapping
- add a patch changeset for the operator-facing fix

Files changed:
 .changeset/fn-8472-ideas-column-indicator.md       |  7 +++++
 .../app/components/__tests__/Column.test.tsx       | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 packages/dashboard/app/styles.css                  |  9 ++++++
 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+)

Fusion-Task-Id: FN-8472

Fusion-Task-Lineage: dcaf556d-e8d4-4441-aa94-094e35f33824

Co-authored-by: Fusion (runfusion.ai) <noreply@runfusion.ai>
---
 .changeset/fn-8472-ideas-column-indicator.md  |  7 ++++
 .../app/components/__tests__/Column.test.tsx  | 36 +++++++++++++++++++
 packages/dashboard/app/styles.css             |  9 +++++
 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/fn-8472-ideas-column-indicator.md

diff --git a/.changeset/fn-8472-ideas-column-indicator.md b/.changeset/fn-8472-ideas-column-indicator.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1e1f108d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fn-8472-ideas-column-indicator.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+summary: Restore the Coding Ideas board header color indicator.
+category: fix
+dev: Maps the Ideas intake column dot to the shared triage token.
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/Column.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/Column.test.tsx
index 1b9b1b5b05..3035ef8c52 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/Column.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/Column.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import React from "react";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
@@ -178,6 +180,40 @@ describe("Column count-flash", () => {
   });
 });
 
+/*
+FNXC:CodingIdeasWorkflow 2026-07-21-23:42:
+Coding (Ideas) uses the canonical non-legacy `ideas` intake ID. Cover empty and
+populated real Column markup here because Board selected/aggregate views and Lane
+all compose this shared renderer; duplicate consumer tests would not add another path.
+*/
+describe("Column Coding (Ideas) header indicator", () => {
+  it.each([
+    ["empty", []],
+    ["populated", [{ ...makeTask("FN-IDEA-1"), column: "ideas" as ColumnType }]],
+  ])("renders one Ideas dot before the heading for a %s intake column", (_state, tasks) => {
+    render(
+      <Column
+        {...defaultProps}
+        column={"ideas" as ColumnType}
+        workflowMode
+        columnDisplayName="Ideas"
+        columnFlags={{ intake: true }}
+        tasks={tasks}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    const heading = screen.getByRole("heading", { name: "Ideas", level: 2 });
+    const header = heading.closest(".column-header");
+    expect(header?.querySelectorAll(".column-dot.dot-ideas")).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(heading.previousElementSibling).toHaveClass("column-dot", "dot-ideas");
+  });
+
+  it("maps the canonical Ideas dot to the shared triage token", () => {
+    const css = readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, "../../styles.css"), "utf8");
+    expect(css).toMatch(/\.dot-ideas\s*\{\s*background:\s*var\(--triage\);\s*\}/);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("Column workflow mode (U9)", () => {
   it("uses the workflow column display name instead of the legacy label", () => {
     render(
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/styles.css b/packages/dashboard/app/styles.css
index bcbcde38ee..439f0a707e 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/styles.css
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/styles.css
@@ -1172,6 +1172,15 @@ body {
 .dot-triage {
   background: var(--triage);
 }
+
+/*
+FNXC:CodingIdeasWorkflow 2026-07-21-23:42:
+The non-legacy Coding (Ideas) manual-intake ID already uses the shared Column dot.
+Map it to the established triage token so the decorative header indicator remains visible across themes.
+*/
+.dot-ideas {
+  background: var(--triage);
+}
 .dot-todo {
   background: var(--todo);
 }