@props([
    'href' => '#',
    'active' => false,
    'disabled' => false,
])
@php
    // items-center, not baseline: the icon is a block-level svg (Tailwind's
    // preflight makes it one) and must sit BESIDE the label, never above it.
    // R18.
    $base = 'relative flex min-h-11 items-center gap-3 rounded px-3 text-sm';

    // The label is a flex row of its own so an icon handed to the default slot
    // instead of the icon slot still lands next to the text. Passing it in the
    // default slot put a display:block svg into an inline span and pushed the
    // label onto a second line — the entry then stood twice as tall as every
    // other one. Layout must not depend on which slot was used.
    $label = 'flex min-w-0 items-center gap-3';

    // Active is a soft pill with a 3px accent tab flush at its left edge — a
    // physical "you are here" marker rather than a colour wash. The tab is a
    // pseudo-element via before:, so it cannot push the label around.
    $state = $active
        ? 'bg-surface-hover font-semibold text-ink before:absolute before:left-0 before:top-2.5 before:bottom-2.5 before:w-[3px] before:rounded-r before:bg-accent before:content-[\'\']'
        : 'font-medium text-muted hover:bg-surface-hover hover:text-ink';
@endphp
@if ($disabled)
    {{-- Section not built yet: a non-interactive item, never a dead link. --}}
    <span aria-disabled="true" {{ $attributes->merge(['class' => $base.' cursor-not-allowed font-medium text-faint']) }}>
        @isset($icon)<span class="shrink-0">{{ $icon }}</span>@endisset
        <span class="{{ $label }}">{{ $slot }}</span>
    </span>
@else
    <a href="{{ $href }}" @if ($active) aria-current="page" @endif {{ $attributes->merge(['class' => $base.' '.$state]) }}>
        @isset($icon)<span class="shrink-0">{{ $icon }}</span>@endisset
        <span class="{{ $label }}">{{ $slot }}</span>
    </a>
@endif