.center-left-wrapper {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: flex-start;  /*Aligns the children to the start of the flex container */
    width: 100%    
}

.login-container {
    background-color: #282827;
    background-image: url("../images/login-background.png");
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: center center;
    background-size: cover;
    padding: 24px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    color: white;
    text-align: center;
    width:275px
}

.filler-box {    
    background-color: #282827;
    background-image: url("../images/login-background.png");
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: center center;
    background-size: cover;
    width: 273px;
    padding-bottom: 21.5px;
}


.search-area {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    padding-left: 35px;
}

.search-link {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.search-link:hover{
    color: white;
}

    .search-link img {
        margin-right: 10px;
    }

.login-button {
    background-color: var(--yellow-button);
    color: var(--blue-button); /* Text color */
    text-align: center;
    padding: 10px 20px; /* Padding inside the button */
    text-decoration: none;
    border-radius: 5px; /* Rounded corners */
    border: 2px solid white; /* Bold white border */
    position: relative; /* Needed for pseudo-elements */
    overflow: hidden; /* Ensures pseudo-elements don't overflow */
    transition: background-color 0.3s ease; /* Smooth transition for hover effect */
    display: block; /* Display buttons as block-level elements */
    font-weight: bold;
    margin: 10px auto; /* Center buttons and add space between them */
    width: auto;
}    

    .login-button:before {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        left: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 50%;
        background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0));
        border-radius: 5px;
        transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
    }

    .login-button:hover:before {
        opacity: 0; /* Fade out the glossy effect on hover */
    }

    .login-button:hover {
        background-color: var(--yellow-button-hover);
        color: white;
        cursor: pointer;
    }


.login-menu {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
}

    .login-menu a {
        display: block;
        background-color: transparent;
        color: black;
        text-align: left;
        padding: 5px 0;
        text-decoration: none;
        border-bottom: 1px solid #444;
        transition: color 0.3s ease;
    }

        .login-menu a:last-child {
            border-bottom: none;
        }

        .login-menu a:hover {
            color: #BBBBBB;
        }

.button-links {
    display: block;
    width: 23%;
    margin-top: 1px; /* Space between login-container and button links */
}

.button-link {
    background-color: var(--blue-button);
    color: white; /* Text color */
    text-align: center;
    padding: 8.5px 20px; /* Padding inside the button */
    text-decoration: none;
    border-radius: 5px; /* Rounded corners */
    border: 2px solid white; /* Bold white border */
    position: relative; /* Needed for pseudo-elements */
    overflow: hidden; /* Ensures pseudo-elements don't overflow */
    transition: background-color 0.3s ease, color 0.3s ease; /* Smooth transition for hover effect */
    display: block; /* Display buttons as block-level elements */
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-bottom: 0px; /* Space between buttons */
    box-sizing: border-box; /* Include padding and border in the element's total width and height */
    width: 275px
}

    .button-link:before {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        left: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 50%;
        background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0));
        border-radius: 5px;
        transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
    }

    .button-link:hover {
        background-color: var(--blue-button-hover);
        color: white;
    }

        .button-link:hover:before {
            opacity: 0; /* Fade out the glossy effect on hover */
        }