fix(desktop): quiet chrome hover off teal fill and cream wash

[tomymaritano]

Light hover was cream plus a teal accent pill. Rows also lunged 6–8px.

• Hover wash is `--bg-hover`
• Detail chevron hover is a wash, not accent fill
• GSAP travel is 2px / 3px

Squash-merge.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Style
  • Refined sidebar and note-list hover states with a more consistent neutral background.
  • Updated detail-button hover states for clearer, less prominent visual feedback.
• User Experience
  • Reduced hover and press movement for subtler, smoother interactions.
• Documentation
  • Added a research log entry documenting the updated hover behavior.

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• apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/NoteList.module.css
• apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/sidebar/sidebar.module.css
• apps/desktop/src/renderer/motion/__tests__/chromePress.test.ts
• apps/desktop/src/renderer/motion/__tests__/gsapRuntime.test.ts
• apps/desktop/src/renderer/motion/chromePress.ts
• apps/desktop/src/renderer/motion/gsapRuntime.ts
• docs/research/2026-08-28-electron-ux-quality.md

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The desktop UI now uses neutral hover backgrounds for notes, sidebar rows, notebook rows, and detail controls. Chrome hover and press motion travel changed to 2px and 3px, with updated tests and research documentation.

Changes

Quiet hover interaction

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Neutral hover styling apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/NoteList.module.css, apps/desktop/src/renderer/components/sidebar/sidebar.module.css, docs/research/2026-08-28-electron-ux-quality.md	Note and sidebar hover states now use var(--bg-hover). Selected rows keep their selected state. Detail controls use neutral hover colors. The research log records the update.
Reduced chrome motion apps/desktop/src/renderer/motion/chromePress.ts, apps/desktop/src/renderer/motion/gsapRuntime.ts, apps/desktop/src/renderer/motion/__tests__/*	Chrome hover travel changed to 2px. Chrome press travel changed to 3px. Tests now expect the updated offsets.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to a4c44

This change only quiets desktop hover styling and reduces small row animations; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the hover styling changes, including removal of the teal accent fill and cream wash. It does not mention the reduced row travel, but it clearly identifies a major part o…
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Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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The title accurately describes the hover styling changes, including removal of the teal accent fill and cream wash. It does not mention the reduced row travel, but it clearly identifies a major part of the pull request.

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