/* Difficulty Filter Container Styles */
.difficulty-filter-container {
  display: none;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: flex-start;
  gap: 0.85rem;
  margin-top: 1.5rem;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
  padding: 0;
  width: auto;
  max-width: 100%;
  background: transparent;
  border: none;
}

.difficulty-filter-container label {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.4rem;
  margin: 0;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #1F2937;
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.difficulty-filter-container label i {
  color: #0077B6;
  font-size: 1rem;
}

/* Dropdown Select Styles */
.difficulty-filter-select {
  width: 180px;
  padding: 8px 30px 8px 12px;
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  border: 1.5px solid #0077B6;
  border-radius: 8px;
  background-color: #FFFFFF;
  color: #1F2937;
  cursor: pointer;
  appearance: none;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  -moz-appearance: none;
  
  /* Black Down-Arrow Icon */
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='12' height='12' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' stroke='%231F2937' stroke-width='2.5' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round'%3E%3Cpath d='m6 9 6 6 6-6'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: right 12px center;
}

.difficulty-filter-select:hover,
.difficulty-filter-select:focus {
  outline: none;
  border-color: #005689;
  background-color: #FFFFFF;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(0, 119, 182, 0.15);
}

.difficulty-filter-select option {
  padding: 8px 10px;
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #2D3748;
  background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Mobile Responsiveness */
@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .difficulty-filter-container {
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: flex-start;
    gap: 0.5rem;
  }

  .difficulty-filter-select {
    width: 100%;
  }
}