[Bug]: Skill selection buttons are non-functional

[yashaswinimullalli]

What happened?

Description

The pre-suggested skill badges (e.g., Python, JavaScript, HTML, etc.) displayed under the "Your Skills" section do not respond to user clicks. Clicking a skill button neither populates the input field nor registers the skill as selected.

Actual Behavior

The badges look interactive, but clicking them triggers no action, changes no UI state, and provides no visual feedback.

Possible Causes to Investigate

• Missing or unlinked onClick / event listeners on the dynamically rendered skill elements.
• The buttons might be missing type="button", causing them to conflict with form submission defaults if wrapped in a <form> tag.
• Potential layout overlap where a transparent container or wrapper margin is sitting over the buttons, blocking click events.

Steps to reproduce

Steps to Reproduce

1. Navigate to the profile setup/skills onboarding page.
2. Locate the Your Skills section.
3. Click on any of the suggested skill badges (e.g., Click the "Python" or "React" badge).
4. Observe the behavior.

Expected behaviour

Expected Behavior

Clicking on a skill badge should automatically select it, add it to the user's active skills list, or populate it into the "Type a skill and press Enter..." input field.

Area of the app affected

Homepage form

Python version

3.11.4

Operating system

Windows 11

Relevant error output or logs

Before submitting

• I searched existing issues and this has not been reported before.
• I can reproduce this bug consistently with the steps above.
• I am running the latest version of the main branch.

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[yashaswinimullalli]

hi @komalharshita I would like to work on this issue. Could you please assign it to me?

[Anshkaliya18]

Hi, I’ve worked on this issue and included the fix in PR #664

[Shweta-nasc]

Hello @komalharshita ,

I am interested in working on this issue under GSSoC 2026. I have gone through the issue description and explored the relevant parts of the codebase. I have a clear understanding of the required changes and would like to contribute a solution.

Please assign this issue to me. I look forward to contributing to the project.

Thank you!