.qt-item {
    display: grid;
    position: relative;
    grid-template-columns: 10px 1fr;
    align-items: start;
    column-gap: 0.55rem;
}

.qt-dot {
    margin-top: 0.55em;
    height: 6px;
    width: 6px;
    border-radius: 9999px;
    background: #162638;
    flex-shrink: 0;
}

.qt-text {
    line-height: 1.4;
}

/* Hide items beyond teaser */
.qt-hidden {
    display: none;
}

/* Fade teaser item only */
.qt-collapsed .qt-item:nth-child(2)::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    pointer-events: none;
    background: linear-gradient(to bottom,rgba(255, 255, 255, 0),#fff);
}

.dark .qt-collapsed .qt-item:nth-child(2)::after {
    background: linear-gradient(to bottom,rgba(15, 23, 42, 0),#0f172a);
}

/* Light Mode Strip */
.qt-pattern 
{
  background-color: #e9f6ff;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg width='15' height='15' viewBox='0 0 24 24' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Cpath d='M0 12 Q6 3 12 12 T24 12' fill='none' stroke='%23008296' stroke-width='5' opacity='0.18'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  background-repeat: repeat;
  background-size: 5px 5px;
  border-top-left-radius: 1rem;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 1rem;
  
}
      
/* Dark Mode Strip */
.dark .qt-pattern {
  background-color: #132a4b; /* dark teal base */
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg width='15' height='15' viewBox='0 0 24 24' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Cpath d='M0 12 Q6 3 12 12 T24 12' fill='none' stroke='%23ffffff' stroke-width='5' opacity='0.08'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  background-repeat: repeat;
  background-size: 5px 5px;
  border-top-left-radius: 1rem;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 1rem;
}