.section-skills {
  padding: 80px 0 80px 0;
  background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 55% 20%, #242b3a 40%, #292c30 80%, #292b2f 100%);
}

.skills-heading {
  font-size: 2.4rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  color: #fff;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  margin-bottom: 46px;
  text-align: center;
}

.skills-dashboard {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: stretch;
  gap: 16%; /* Increased gap for more space between image and skills */
  max-width: 1100px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.skills-avatar-panel {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  align-self: stretch;       /* key: stretch to fill parent's height */
  min-width: 240px;
  width: 240px;
  max-width: 260px;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  /* NEW: For shadow/glow */
  box-shadow: 0 0 32px 0 #18396060;
}

.skills-avatar-img {
  /* Fills the vertical height of all skill cards */
  height: 100%;
  max-height: 540px; /* controls vertical stretch, tweak as needed */
  width: auto;
  min-width: 160px;
  max-width: 96%;
  border-radius: 32px;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 34px #35a5e4a0, 0 0 0 8px #17203c;
  background: #151b2c;
  display: block;
  margin: auto;
  object-fit: contain;
}

.skills-cards {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 18px;                /* <<--- THIS controls the space between skill cards */
  flex: 1 1 360px;
  min-width: 320px;
  max-width: 480px;
}

.skill-card {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 18px;
  background: rgba(16,22,38,0.82);
  border-radius: 18px;
  box-shadow: 0 3px 18px 2px #12203350;
  padding: 18px 30px 18px 22px;
  position: relative;
  border: 2px solid transparent;
  transition: border 0.24s, box-shadow 0.2s;
  min-width: 0;
  width: 100%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.skill-card:hover {
  border: 2px solid #35e0f7;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 24px #35e0f755, 0 0 6px 2px #65e5e5c0;
  z-index: 2;
}

.skill-uiux { border-color: #3be6fa; }
.skill-react { border-color: #56d3e0; }
.skill-typescript { border-color: #fec74c; }
.skill-htmlcss { border-color: #fd5d47; }
.skill-sql { border-color: #54e0a1; }
.skill-azure { border-color: #4e89f5; }
.skill-angular { border-color: #e23237 }

.skill-icon {
  font-size: 2.3rem;
  min-width: 44px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  color: #fff;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 1px 4px #fff2);
}

.skill-label {
  flex: 1 1 auto;
  font-size: 1.23rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #f9fbfd;
  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
}

.skill-progress-wrap {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 14px;
  min-width: 140px;
}
.skill-percentage {
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  min-width: 40px;
  text-align: right;
}

.skill-progress-bar {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 120px;
  height: 14px;
  background: #171e2d;
  border-radius: 8px;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: relative;
  margin-left: 6px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.skill-progress-fill {
  height: 100%;
  width: 0;
  border-radius: 8px;
  transition: width 1.5s cubic-bezier(.45, .15, .44, 1.18);
}

.skill-uiux .skill-progress-fill { background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3be6fa 60%, #2983fa 100%); }
.skill-react .skill-progress-fill { background: linear-gradient(90deg, #5ee8fa 10%, #3991fa 90%); }
.skill-typescript .skill-progress-fill { background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ffe29e, #feb643 80%); }
.skill-htmlcss .skill-progress-fill { background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fd5d47 10%, #fd8b47 90%); }
.skill-sql .skill-progress-fill { background: linear-gradient(90deg, #54e0a1, #1e936c 85%); }
.skill-azure .skill-progress-fill { background: linear-gradient(90deg, #5ebaff, #4e89f5 80%); }
.skill-angular .skill-progress-fill {background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e23237 0%, #b52e31 100%);}

@media (max-width: 900px) {
   .skills-dashboard {
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 24px;
  }
}
  .skills-avatar-panel {
    min-width: 120px;
    max-width: 180px;
    width: 160px;
    align-self: center;
    margin: 0 auto 20px auto;
    box-shadow: none;
  }
  .skills-avatar-img {
    max-height: 410px;
    max-width: 90vw;
    min-width: 100px;
    margin: 0 auto 12px auto;
  }
  .skills-cards {
    min-width: 220px;
    max-width: 98vw;
    width: 100%;
    gap: 12px;
  }
  .skill-card {
    padding: 13px 14px 13px 12px;
    gap: 12px;
  }
  .skill-label {
    font-size: 1.05rem;
  }
  .skill-icon {
    font-size: 1.4rem;
    min-width: 28px;
  }
  .skill-progress-bar {
    max-width: 70px;
    height: 10px;
    margin-left: 3px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 800px) {
  .skills-avatar-panel {
    display: flex !important;
    margin: 0 auto 18px auto;
  }
  .skills-avatar-img {
    max-width: 80px;
    margin: 0 auto 10px auto;
  }
  .skills-heading {
    font-size: 1.13rem;
  }
  .skills-dashboard {
    gap: 8px;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
  }
  .skills-cards {
    min-width: 90vw;
    max-width: 99vw;
    width: 100%;
    gap: 10px;
  }
  .skill-card {
    flex-direction: row;
    align-items: center;
    padding: 10px 7px 10px 8px;
    gap: 7px;
    min-width: 0;
    max-width: 100vw;
    box-sizing: border-box;
  }
  .skill-label, .skill-percentage, .skill-icon {
    font-size: 0.96rem;
  }
  .skill-progress-bar {
    width: 38vw;
    min-width: 36px;
    max-width: 90px;
    height: 9px;
    margin-left: 2px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 600px) {
  .section-skills {
    padding: 34px 0 28px 0;
  }
  .skills-avatar-panel {
    min-width: 72px;
    max-width: 80px;
    width: 80px;
    margin: 0 auto 10px auto;
  }
  .skills-avatar-img {
    max-width: 70px;
  }
  .skills-cards {
    min-width: 92vw;
    max-width: 95vw;
    gap: 8px;
  }
  .skill-card {
    padding: 8px 2px 8px 5px;
    gap: 5px;
  }
  .skill-progress-bar {
    min-width: 30px;
    max-width: 56vw;
    width: 48vw;
    height: 8px;
    margin-left: 2px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 420px) {
  .skill-progress-bar {
    width: 24vw;
    max-width: 68px;
    min-width: 16px;
  }
  .skills-cards {
    gap: 6px;
  }
}