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🎨 Palette: Add dynamic character limit warning#167

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💡 What: Added dynamic visual feedback (color changes) to the character limit counter on the Alternative Thought input, and added a screen-reader-friendly warning when approaching the limit.
🎯 Why: Users need clear, non-intrusive feedback when they are getting close to a character limit to adjust their writing accordingly. Sighted users get color cues, while screen reader users get a single timely announcement rather than noisy updates.
📸 Before/After: Visual changes to character count color.
♿ Accessibility: Added a visually hidden role="status" element that announces statically when the user is approaching the character limit, avoiding the noise of an aria-live element on the raw character count.


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…sponseForm and improves accessibility for screen readers.

Co-authored-by: Sczitzo <46541128+Sczitzo@users.noreply.github.com>
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{alternativeThought.length} / 300 characters
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{alternativeThought.length >= 240 && alternativeThought.length < 300 && (
<div role="status" className="sr-only">

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P2 Badge Keep the live region mounted before updating it

For screen-reader users who type or paste past the 240-character threshold, this role="status" node is conditionally mounted already containing the warning text. Polite live regions are only reliably announced when the contents of an existing region change, so the new “Approaching character limit” message can be silent instead of providing the intended warning; keep a persistent sr-only status region in the DOM and update its text as the threshold changes.

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