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+'use client';
+
+/**
+ * Post Editor: Material Design (#418).
+ *
+ * Provides a focused, Material-style wrapper for the existing post editor
+ * without pulling in the full MUI dependency footprint. The component is
+ * purpose-built for our current Tailwind setup so the "Material" look —
+ * elevated surfaces, rounded corners, ripple-ready hit targets, motion —
+ * is achieved with composable primitives.
+ */
+
+import { forwardRef, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+
+export interface MaterialEditorWrapperProps {
+  title: string;
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+  onSubmit?: () => void | Promise<void>;
+  submitLabel?: string;
+  cancelLabel?: string;
+  onCancel?: () => void;
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+type Ripple = { x: number; y: number; size: number; k: string };
+
+export const MaterialEditorWrapper = forwardRef<
+  HTMLDivElement,
+  MaterialEditorWrapperProps
+>(function MaterialEditorWrapper(
+  {
+    title,
+    children,
+    onSubmit,
+    submitLabel = 'Publish',
+    cancelLabel = 'Cancel',
+    onCancel,
+    className = '',
+  },
+  ref,
+) {
+  const [ripples, setRipples] = useState<Ripple[]>([]);
+  const [submitting, setSubmitting] = useState(false);
+
+  const spawnRipple = useCallback(
+    (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
+      const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const size = Math.max(rect.width, rect.height) * 1.6;
+      const k = `${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`;
+      const ripple = {
+        x: e.clientX - rect.left - size / 2,
+        y: e.clientY - rect.top - size / 2,
+        size,
+        k,
+      };
+      setRipples((r) => [...r, ripple]);
+      window.setTimeout(() => {
+        setRipples((r) => r.filter((rp) => rp.k !== k));
+      }, 600);
+    },
+    [],
+  );
+
+  const handleSubmit = useCallback(
+    async (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
+      spawnRipple(e);
+      if (!onSubmit) return;
+      setSubmitting(true);
+      try {
+        await onSubmit();
+      } finally {
+        setSubmitting(false);
+      }
+    },
+    [onSubmit, spawnRipple],
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      ref={ref}
+      role="region"
+      aria-label={title}
+      className={
+        'mde-surface relative overflow-hidden rounded-2xl bg-white text-gray-900 ' +
+        'shadow-[0_1px_2px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),0_4px_12px_rgba(0,0,0,0.08)] ' +
+        'dark:bg-gray-900 dark:text-gray-50 ' +
+        className
+      }
+    >
+      <header className="flex items-center justify-between border-b border-gray-200 px-6 py-4 dark:border-gray-700">
+        <h2 className="text-xl font-medium tracking-wide">{title}</h2>
+      </header>
+      <div className="px-6 py-5">{children}</div>
+      <footer className="flex items-center justify-end gap-3 border-t border-gray-200 px-6 py-4 dark:border-gray-700">
+        {onCancel ? (
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            onClick={onCancel}
+            className="mde-button mde-button--text rounded-full px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium uppercase tracking-wider text-blue-600 hover:bg-blue-50"
+          >
+            {cancelLabel}
+          </button>
+        ) : null}
+        {onSubmit ? (
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            disabled={submitting}
+            onClick={handleSubmit}
+            className="mde-button mde-button--filled relative overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-blue-600 px-5 py-2 text-sm font-medium uppercase tracking-wider text-white shadow transition hover:bg-blue-700 disabled:opacity-60"
+          >
+            {ripples.map((r) => (
+              <span
+                key={r.k}
+                aria-hidden="true"
+                className="mde-ripple pointer-events-none absolute rounded-full bg-white/40"
+                style={{
+                  left: `${r.x}px`,
+                  top: `${r.y}px`,
+                  width: `${r.size}px`,
+                  height: `${r.size}px`,
+                  animation: 'mde-ripple 600ms ease-out forwards',
+                }}
+              />
+            ))}
+            {submitLabel}
+          </button>
+        ) : null}
+      </footer>
+    </div>
+  );
+});
+
+export default MaterialEditorWrapper;