Implement initial application UI including schedule generation and import views, a main controller, and update Maven compiler

pom.xml

@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.13.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>21</source>
-                    <target>21</target>
+                    <source>17</source>
+                    <target>17</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>

src/main/java/org/example/se302/controller/MainController.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.example.se302.controller;
 
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
+import javafx.scene.control.Button;
 import javafx.scene.control.Label;
 import javafx.scene.control.Tab;
 import javafx.scene.control.TabPane;
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ import org.example.se302.service.DataManager;
 
 /**
  * Main controller for the application window.
- * Manages the TabPane and status bar.
+ * Manages the TabPane, status bar, and theme toggling.
  */
 public class MainController {
 
@@ -33,7 +34,11 @@ public class MainController {
     @FXML
     private Label statusLabel;
 
+    @FXML
+    private Button themeToggleButton;
+
     private DataManager dataManager;
+    private boolean isDarkMode = false;
 
     @FXML
     public void initialize() {
@@ -78,8 +83,28 @@ public class MainController {
                     "Loaded: %d Students, %d Courses, %d Classrooms",
                     dataManager.getTotalStudents(),
                     dataManager.getTotalCourses(),
-                    dataManager.getTotalClassrooms()
-            ));
+                    dataManager.getTotalClassrooms()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Toggle between light and dark themes.
+     */
+    @FXML
+    private void onToggleTheme() {
+        var root = mainTabPane.getScene().getRoot();
+        var styleClass = root.getStyleClass();
+
+        if (isDarkMode) {
+            // Switch to light mode
+            styleClass.remove("dark");
+            themeToggleButton.setText("🌙 Dark Mode");
+            isDarkMode = false;
+        } else {
+            // Switch to dark mode
+            styleClass.add("dark");
+            themeToggleButton.setText("☀️ Light Mode");
+            isDarkMode = true;
         }
     }
 }

src/main/resources/org/example/se302/css/application.css

@@ -1,70 +1,228 @@
-/* ===== Root Color Palette ===== */
+/* ========================================
+   ExamFlow v2.0 - Modern UI Stylesheet
+   Based on Tailwind-inspired design system
+   ======================================== */
+
+/* ===== Root Color Palette (Indigo & Slate) ===== */
 .root {
-    -fx-primary-color: #2196F3;
-    -fx-primary-dark: #1976D2;
-    -fx-accent-color: #FFC107;
-    -fx-success-color: #4CAF50;
-    -fx-error-color: #F44336;
-    -fx-background: #FAFAFA;
-    -fx-text-base-color: #212121;
+    /* Primary Colors (Indigo) */
+    -fx-primary: #4F46E5;
+    /* indigo-600 */
+    -fx-primary-dark: #4338CA;
+    /* indigo-700 */
+    -fx-primary-light: #6366F1;
+    /* indigo-500 */
+    -fx-primary-50: #EEF2FF;
+    /* indigo-50 */
+    -fx-primary-100: #E0E7FF;
+    /* indigo-100 */
+
+    /* Slate Grays */
+    -fx-slate-50: #F8FAFC;
+    -fx-slate-100: #F1F5F9;
+    -fx-slate-200: #E2E8F0;
+    -fx-slate-300: #CBD5E1;
+    -fx-slate-400: #94A3B8;
+    -fx-slate-500: #64748B;
+    -fx-slate-600: #475569;
+    -fx-slate-700: #334155;
+    -fx-slate-800: #1E293B;
+    -fx-slate-900: #0F172A;
+
+    /* Semantic Colors */
+    -fx-success: #10B981;
+    /* emerald-500 */
+    -fx-success-light: #D1FAE5;
+    /* emerald-100 */
+    -fx-warning: #F59E0B;
+    /* amber-500 */
+    -fx-warning-light: #FEF3C7;
+    /* amber-100 */
+    -fx-error: #EF4444;
+    /* red-500 */
+    -fx-error-light: #FEE2E2;
+    /* red-100 */
+    -fx-info: #3B82F6;
+    /* blue-500 */
+    -fx-info-light: #DBEAFE;
+    /* blue-100 */
+
+    /* Background & Surface */
+    -fx-background: #F8FAFC;
+    /* slate-50 */
+    -fx-surface: #FFFFFF;
+
+    /* Text Colors */
+    -fx-text-primary: #0F172A;
+    /* slate-900 */
+    -fx-text-secondary: #475569;
+    /* slate-600 */
+    -fx-text-tertiary: #94A3B8;
+    /* slate-400 */
+
+    /* Shadows */
+    -fx-shadow-sm: 0 1px 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
+    -fx-shadow-md: 0 4px 6px -1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+    -fx-shadow-lg: 0 10px 15px -3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+    -fx-shadow-xl: 0 20px 25px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+
+    /* Font Settings */
+    -fx-font-family: "Segoe UI", "Roboto", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
+    -fx-font-size: 14px;
 }
 
-/* ===== General Styling ===== */
+/* ===== Dark Mode Color Palette ===== */
+.root.dark {
+    /* Primary Colors (Same indigo, but brighter for dark bg) */
+    -fx-primary: #6366F1;
+    /* indigo-500 - brighter */
+    -fx-primary-dark: #4F46E5;
+    /* indigo-600 */
+    -fx-primary-light: #818CF8;
+    /* indigo-400 */
+    -fx-primary-50: #312E81;
+    /* indigo-900 - inverted */
+    -fx-primary-100: #3730A3;
+    /* indigo-800 - inverted */
+
+    /* Dark Slate Palette (inverted) */
+    -fx-slate-50: #0F172A;
+    /* slate-900 */
+    -fx-slate-100: #1E293B;
+    /* slate-800 */
+    -fx-slate-200: #334155;
+    /* slate-700 */
+    -fx-slate-300: #475569;
+    /* slate-600 */
+    -fx-slate-400: #64748B;
+    /* slate-500 */
+    -fx-slate-500: #94A3B8;
+    /* slate-400 */
+    -fx-slate-600: #CBD5E1;
+    /* slate-300 */
+    -fx-slate-700: #E2E8F0;
+    /* slate-200 */
+    -fx-slate-800: #F1F5F9;
+    /* slate-100 */
+    -fx-slate-900: #F8FAFC;
+    /* slate-50 */
+
+    /* Semantic Colors (brighter for dark) */
+    -fx-success: #34D399;
+    /* emerald-400 */
+    -fx-success-light: #064E3B;
+    /* emerald-900 */
+    -fx-warning: #FBBF24;
+    /* amber-400 */
+    -fx-warning-light: #78350F;
+    /* amber-900 */
+    -fx-error: #F87171;
+    /* red-400 */
+    -fx-error-light: #7F1D1D;
+    /* red-900 */
+    -fx-info: #60A5FA;
+    /* blue-400 */
+    -fx-info-light: #1E3A8A;
+    /* blue-900 */
+
+    /* Background & Surface (dark) */
+    -fx-background: #0F172A;
+    /* slate-900 */
+    -fx-surface: #1E293B;
+    /* slate-800 */
+
+    /* Text Colors (inverted) */
+    -fx-text-primary: #F8FAFC;
+    /* slate-50 */
+    -fx-text-secondary: #CBD5E1;
+    /* slate-300 */
+    -fx-text-tertiary: #64748B;
+    /* slate-500 */
+
+    /* Shadows (more pronounced in dark) */
+    -fx-shadow-sm: 0 1px 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
+    -fx-shadow-md: 0 4px 6px -1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
+    -fx-shadow-lg: 0 10px 15px -3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
+    -fx-shadow-xl: 0 20px 25px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
+}
+
+/* ===== General Layouts ===== */
 .content-pane {
-    -fx-background-color: white;
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-slate-50;
+    -fx-padding: 40;
 }
 
-/* ===== Header Styling ===== */
-.header {
-    -fx-background-color: -fx-primary-color;
-    -fx-padding: 15;
-}
-
-.title-label {
-    -fx-font-size: 24px;
-    -fx-font-weight: bold;
-    -fx-text-fill: white;
-}
-
-/* ===== Section Titles ===== */
+/* ===== Typography ===== */
 .section-title {
-    -fx-font-size: 20px;
-    -fx-font-weight: bold;
-    -fx-text-fill: -fx-primary-dark;
+    -fx-font-size: 28px;
+    -fx-font-weight: 900;
+    /* black */
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-text-primary;
+    -fx-padding: 0 0 16 0;
 }
 
 .subsection-title {
-    -fx-font-size: 14px;
-    -fx-font-weight: bold;
-    -fx-text-fill: #424242;
+    -fx-font-size: 16px;
+    -fx-font-weight: 700;
+    /* bold */
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-800;
+    -fx-padding: 0 0 8 0;
 }
 
 .info-title {
-    -fx-font-size: 18px;
-    -fx-font-weight: bold;
-    -fx-text-fill: #616161;
+    -fx-font-size: 20px;
+    -fx-font-weight: 700;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-700;
 }
 
-/* ===== Button Styling ===== */
+.description-label {
+    -fx-font-size: 16px;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-600;
+    -fx-padding: 0 0 8 0;
+}
+
+.stat-value {
+    -fx-font-size: 28px;
+    -fx-font-weight: 900;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-primary;
+}
+
+.stat-label {
+    -fx-font-size: 11px;
+    -fx-font-weight: 700;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-400;
+    -fx-padding: 4 0 0 0;
+}
+
+/* ===== Buttons ===== */
 .button {
-    -fx-background-color: white;
-    -fx-border-color: -fx-primary-color;
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-200;
     -fx-border-width: 1px;
-    -fx-border-radius: 4px;
-    -fx-background-radius: 4px;
-    -fx-text-fill: -fx-primary-color;
-    -fx-padding: 8 16 8 16;
+    -fx-border-radius: 12px;
+    -fx-background-radius: 12px;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-600;
+    -fx-padding: 10 20;
     -fx-cursor: hand;
+    -fx-font-weight: 700;
+    /* bold */
+    -fx-font-size: 13px;
+    -fx-effect: dropshadow(gaussian, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05), 2, 0, 0, 1);
 }
 
 .button:hover {
-    -fx-background-color: #E3F2FD;
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-slate-100;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-300;
 }
 
 .primary-button {
-    -fx-background-color: -fx-primary-color;
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-primary;
     -fx-text-fill: white;
-    -fx-border-color: -fx-primary-color;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-primary;
+    -fx-font-weight: 900;
+    /* black */
+    -fx-padding: 12 24;
+    -fx-effect: dropshadow(gaussian, derive(-fx-primary, -20%), 10, 0.3, 0, 4);
 }
 
 .primary-button:hover {
@@ -72,243 +230,386 @@
     -fx-border-color: -fx-primary-dark;
 }
 
-.small-button {
-    -fx-font-size: 11px;
-    -fx-padding: 4 12 4 12;
+.secondary-button {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-slate-900;
+    -fx-text-fill: white;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-900;
+    -fx-font-weight: 700;
 }
 
-/* ===== Table View Styling ===== */
-.table-view {
-    -fx-background-color: white;
-    -fx-border-color: #E0E0E0;
+.secondary-button:hover {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-slate-800;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-800;
+}
+
+.small-button {
+    -fx-font-size: 11px;
+    -fx-padding: 6 12;
+    -fx-border-radius: 8px;
+    -fx-background-radius: 8px;
+}
+
+/* ===== Card & Panel Styling ===== */
+.card {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-background-radius: 24px;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-200;
     -fx-border-width: 1px;
+    -fx-border-radius: 24px;
+    -fx-padding: 32;
+    -fx-effect: dropshadow(gaussian, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05), 4, 0, 0, 2);
+}
+
+.config-panel {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-background-radius: 20px;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-200;
+    -fx-border-width: 1px;
+    -fx-border-radius: 20px;
+    -fx-padding: 24;
+}
+
+.summary-row {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-primary-50;
+    -fx-background-radius: 12px;
+    -fx-padding: 12 16;
+}
+
+.summary-value {
+    -fx-font-weight: 700;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-primary;
+}
+
+.stats-panel {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-background-radius: 20px;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-200;
+    -fx-border-width: 1px;
+    -fx-border-radius: 20px;
+    -fx-padding: 24;
+}
+
+/* ===== Tables ===== */
+.table-view {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-200;
+    -fx-border-width: 1px;
+    -fx-border-radius: 24px;
+    -fx-background-radius: 24px;
+    -fx-effect: dropshadow(gaussian, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05), 4, 0, 0, 2);
 }
 
 .table-view .column-header {
-    -fx-background-color: -fx-primary-color;
-    -fx-text-fill: white;
-    -fx-font-weight: bold;
-    -fx-padding: 10;
+    -fx-background-color: derive(-fx-slate-50, 20%);
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-500;
+    -fx-font-weight: 900;
+    /* black */
+    -fx-font-size: 10px;
+    -fx-padding: 16 24;
 }
 
 .table-view .column-header-background {
-    -fx-background-color: -fx-primary-color;
+    -fx-background-color: derive(-fx-slate-50, 20%);
+}
+
+.table-view .column-header .label {
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-500;
+    -fx-font-weight: 900;
 }
 
 .table-view .table-cell {
-    -fx-padding: 8;
+    -fx-padding: 20 24;
     -fx-border-color: transparent;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-800;
+    -fx-font-size: 14px;
 }
 
-.table-row-cell:odd {
-    -fx-background-color: white;
+.table-row-cell {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-100;
+    -fx-border-width: 0 0 1 0;
 }
 
-.table-row-cell:even {
-    -fx-background-color: #F5F5F5;
+.table-row-cell:filled:hover {
+    -fx-background-color: derive(-fx-primary-50, 30%);
 }
 
-.table-row-cell:selected {
-    -fx-background-color: #BBDEFB;
+.table-row-cell:filled:selected {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-primary-50;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-primary-dark;
 }
 
-.table-row-cell:hover {
-    -fx-background-color: #E3F2FD;
-}
-
-/* ===== Text Field Styling ===== */
-.text-field {
-    -fx-border-color: #BDBDBD;
-    -fx-border-width: 1px;
-    -fx-border-radius: 4px;
-    -fx-background-radius: 4px;
-    -fx-padding: 8;
-}
-
-.text-field:focused {
-    -fx-border-color: -fx-primary-color;
-    -fx-border-width: 2px;
-}
-
-/* ===== Text Area Styling ===== */
+/* ===== Text Inputs ===== */
+.text-field,
 .text-area {
-    -fx-border-color: #BDBDBD;
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-slate-100;
+    -fx-border-color: transparent;
     -fx-border-width: 1px;
-    -fx-border-radius: 4px;
-    -fx-background-radius: 4px;
+    -fx-border-radius: 12px;
+    -fx-background-radius: 12px;
+    -fx-padding: 10 16;
+    -fx-font-size: 13px;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-800;
 }
 
+.text-field:focused,
 .text-area:focused {
-    -fx-border-color: -fx-primary-color;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-primary;
     -fx-border-width: 2px;
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-effect: dropshadow(gaussian, derive(-fx-primary, -20%), 4, 0.3, 0, 0);
 }
 
 .text-area .content {
-    -fx-background-color: white;
+    -fx-background-color: transparent;
 }
 
-/* ===== Combo Box Styling ===== */
-.combo-box {
-    -fx-border-color: #BDBDBD;
+/* ===== Spinner ===== */
+.spinner {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-200;
     -fx-border-width: 1px;
-    -fx-border-radius: 4px;
-    -fx-background-radius: 4px;
+    -fx-border-radius: 12px;
+    -fx-background-radius: 12px;
+}
+
+.spinner .text-field {
+    -fx-background-color: transparent;
+    -fx-border-width: 0;
+    -fx-background-radius: 12px;
+}
+
+/* ===== ComboBox ===== */
+.combo-box {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-200;
+    -fx-border-width: 1px;
+    -fx-border-radius: 12px;
+    -fx-background-radius: 12px;
+    -fx-padding: 4;
 }
 
 .combo-box:focused {
-    -fx-border-color: -fx-primary-color;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-primary;
+    -fx-border-width: 2px;
 }
 
-/* ===== Tab Pane Styling ===== */
-.tab-pane {
+.combo-box .list-cell {
+    -fx-background-color: transparent;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-800;
+    -fx-padding: 8 12;
+}
+
+/* ===== DatePicker ===== */
+.date-picker {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-200;
+    -fx-border-width: 1px;
+    -fx-border-radius: 12px;
+    -fx-background-radius: 12px;
+}
+
+.date-picker:focused {
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-primary;
+    -fx-border-width: 2px;
+}
+
+.date-picker .text-field {
+    -fx-background-color: transparent;
+    -fx-border-width: 0;
+}
+
+/* ===== CheckBox ===== */
+.check-box {
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-700;
+    -fx-font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.check-box .box {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-300;
+    -fx-border-width: 2px;
+    -fx-border-radius: 6px;
+    -fx-background-radius: 6px;
+}
+
+.check-box:selected .box {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-primary;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-primary;
+}
+
+.check-box:selected .mark {
     -fx-background-color: white;
 }
 
-.tab {
-    -fx-background-color: #F5F5F5;
-    -fx-background-radius: 0;
-    -fx-padding: 10 20 10 20;
+/* ===== Progress Bar & Indicator ===== */
+.progress-bar {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-slate-100;
+    -fx-background-radius: 12px;
 }
 
-.tab:selected {
-    -fx-background-color: white;
-    -fx-border-color: -fx-primary-color transparent transparent transparent;
-    -fx-border-width: 3px 0 0 0;
+.progress-bar .bar {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-primary;
+    -fx-background-radius: 12px;
+    -fx-padding: 4px;
 }
 
-.tab:hover {
-    -fx-background-color: #EEEEEE;
+.progress-indicator {
+    -fx-progress-color: -fx-primary;
 }
 
-.tab .tab-label {
-    -fx-text-fill: #616161;
-    -fx-font-weight: normal;
+/* ===== Scroll Pane & Scroll Bars ===== */
+.scroll-pane {
+    -fx-background-color: transparent;
+    -fx-border-color: transparent;
 }
 
-.tab:selected .tab-label {
-    -fx-text-fill: -fx-primary-dark;
-    -fx-font-weight: bold;
+.scroll-pane .viewport {
+    -fx-background-color: transparent;
 }
 
-/* ===== Status Bar Styling ===== */
-.status-bar {
-    -fx-background-color: #EEEEEE;
-    -fx-border-color: #BDBDBD transparent transparent transparent;
-    -fx-border-width: 1px 0 0 0;
+.scroll-bar {
+    -fx-background-color: transparent;
+    -fx-padding: 2;
 }
 
-/* ===== Detail Panel Styling ===== */
-.detail-panel {
-    -fx-background-color: #F5F5F5;
-    -fx-border-color: #E0E0E0;
-    -fx-border-width: 0 0 0 1px;
-    -fx-effect: dropshadow(gaussian, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1), 10, 0, -2, 0);
+.scroll-bar .thumb {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-slate-300;
+    -fx-background-radius: 8px;
 }
 
-/* ===== Summary Box Styling ===== */
-.summary-box {
-    -fx-background-color: #E3F2FD;
-    -fx-padding: 10;
-    -fx-border-radius: 4px;
-    -fx-background-radius: 4px;
+.scroll-bar .thumb:hover {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-slate-400;
 }
 
-.summary-label {
-    -fx-font-weight: bold;
-    -fx-text-fill: -fx-primary-dark;
+.scroll-bar .track {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-slate-100;
+    -fx-background-radius: 8px;
+}
+
+/* ===== Schedule Grid ===== */
+.schedule-grid {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-200;
+    -fx-border-width: 1px;
+    -fx-border-radius: 24px;
+    -fx-background-radius: 24px;
+    -fx-effect: dropshadow(gaussian, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05), 4, 0, 0, 2);
+}
+
+.grid-header {
+    -fx-background-color: derive(-fx-slate-50, 20%);
+    -fx-font-weight: 900;
+    -fx-font-size: 11px;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-500;
+    -fx-padding: 16;
+    -fx-alignment: center;
+}
+
+.grid-cell {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-padding: 12;
+    -fx-alignment: top-left;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-100;
+    -fx-border-width: 0 1 1 0;
+}
+
+.placeholder-text {
+    -fx-font-size: 14px;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-400;
+    -fx-font-style: italic;
+    -fx-padding: 40;
 }
 
 /* ===== Status Labels ===== */
 .status-label {
-    -fx-font-size: 12px;
-    -fx-font-style: italic;
+    -fx-font-size: 13px;
+    -fx-font-weight: 600;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-600;
 }
 
-/* ===== Separator Styling ===== */
+/* ===== Separators ===== */
 .separator {
-    -fx-background-color: #E0E0E0;
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-slate-200;
 }
 
-/* ===== Date Picker Styling ===== */
-.date-picker {
-    -fx-border-color: #BDBDBD;
-    -fx-border-width: 1px;
-    -fx-border-radius: 4px;
-    -fx-background-radius: 4px;
+.separator .line {
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-200;
+    -fx-border-width: 1px 0 0 0;
 }
 
-.date-picker:focused {
-    -fx-border-color: -fx-primary-color;
+/* ===== Tab Pane (if used) ===== */
+.tab-pane {
+    -fx-background-color: transparent;
+    -fx-border-color: transparent;
 }
 
-/* ===== Grid Pane for Calendar ===== */
-.schedule-grid {
-    -fx-background-color: white;
-    -fx-border-color: #BDBDBD;
-    -fx-border-width: 1px;
+.tab {
+    -fx-background-color: transparent;
+    -fx-background-radius: 12px 12px 0 0;
+    -fx-padding: 12 24;
+    -fx-border-width: 0;
 }
 
-.grid-header {
-    -fx-background-color: #E3F2FD;
-    -fx-font-weight: bold;
-    -fx-padding: 10;
-    -fx-alignment: center;
-    -fx-min-width: 100;
-    -fx-min-height: 40;
+.tab:selected {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-primary-50;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-primary;
+    -fx-border-width: 0 0 3 0;
 }
 
-.grid-cell {
-    -fx-padding: 10;
-    -fx-alignment: center;
-    -fx-min-width: 100;
-    -fx-min-height: 60;
-    -fx-background-color: white;
+.tab .tab-label {
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-500;
+    -fx-font-weight: 600;
+    -fx-font-size: 13px;
 }
 
-/* ===== List View Styling ===== */
+.tab:selected .tab-label {
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-primary;
+    -fx-font-weight: 900;
+}
+
+.tab:hover {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-slate-100;
+}
+
+/* ===== Tooltips ===== */
+.tooltip {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-slate-900;
+    -fx-text-fill: white;
+    -fx-font-size: 12px;
+    -fx-font-weight: 600;
+    -fx-padding: 8 12;
+    -fx-background-radius: 8px;
+    -fx-effect: dropshadow(gaussian, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 8, 0.2, 0, 4);
+}
+
+/* ===== List View ===== */
 .list-view {
-    -fx-border-color: #E0E0E0;
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-surface;
+    -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-200;
     -fx-border-width: 1px;
+    -fx-border-radius: 16px;
+    -fx-background-radius: 16px;
 }
 
 .list-cell {
-    -fx-padding: 8;
+    -fx-background-color: transparent;
+    -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-800;
+    -fx-padding: 12 16;
+    -fx-font-size: 14px;
 }
 
 .list-cell:filled:selected {
-    -fx-background-color: -fx-primary-color;
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-primary;
     -fx-text-fill: white;
+    -fx-font-weight: 700;
 }
 
 .list-cell:filled:hover {
-    -fx-background-color: #E3F2FD;
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-primary-50;
 }
 
-/* ===== Scroll Bar Styling ===== */
-.scroll-bar {
-    -fx-background-color: transparent;
-}
-
-.scroll-bar .thumb {
-    -fx-background-color: #BDBDBD;
-    -fx-background-radius: 4px;
-}
-
-.scroll-bar .thumb:hover {
-    -fx-background-color: #9E9E9E;
-}
-
-/* ===== Progress Bar ===== */
-.progress-bar {
-    -fx-accent: -fx-primary-color;
-}
-
-/* ===== Label Link Style ===== */
-.label-link {
-    -fx-text-fill: -fx-primary-color;
-    -fx-cursor: hand;
-}
-
-.label-link:hover {
-    -fx-underline: true;
+/* ===== Animations & Transitions ===== */
+* {
+    -fx-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
 }

src/main/resources/org/example/se302/view/import-view.fxml

@@ -9,71 +9,108 @@
             fx:controller="org.example.se302.controller.ImportController"
             fitToWidth="true" fitToHeight="true"
             hbarPolicy="AS_NEEDED" vbarPolicy="AS_NEEDED">
-    <VBox spacing="20" styleClass="content-pane">
+    <VBox spacing="24" styleClass="content-pane">
         <padding>
-            <Insets top="20" right="20" bottom="20" left="20"/>
+            <Insets top="40" right="40" bottom="40" left="40"/>
         </padding>
 
         <!-- Header -->
-        <Label text="Import Data from CSV Files" styleClass="section-title"/>
-        <Label text="Select CSV files to import student, course, classroom, and enrollment data." wrapText="true"/>
-
-        <Separator/>
-
-        <!-- Students Import Section -->
         <VBox spacing="8">
-            <Label text="Student Data" styleClass="subsection-title"/>
-            <HBox spacing="10" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
-                <TextField fx:id="studentFileField" promptText="No file selected" editable="false" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
-                <Button fx:id="studentBrowseButton" text="Browse..." onAction="#onBrowseStudents"/>
-            </HBox>
-            <Label fx:id="studentStatusLabel" text="Not Loaded" styleClass="status-label"/>
-        </VBox>
-
-        <!-- Courses Import Section -->
-        <VBox spacing="8">
-            <Label text="Course Data" styleClass="subsection-title"/>
-            <HBox spacing="10" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
-                <TextField fx:id="courseFileField" promptText="No file selected" editable="false" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
-                <Button fx:id="courseBrowseButton" text="Browse..." onAction="#onBrowseCourses"/>
-            </HBox>
-            <Label fx:id="courseStatusLabel" text="Not Loaded" styleClass="status-label"/>
-        </VBox>
-
-        <!-- Classrooms Import Section -->
-        <VBox spacing="8">
-            <Label text="Classroom Data" styleClass="subsection-title"/>
-            <HBox spacing="10" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
-                <TextField fx:id="classroomFileField" promptText="No file selected" editable="false" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
-                <Button fx:id="classroomBrowseButton" text="Browse..." onAction="#onBrowseClassrooms"/>
-            </HBox>
-            <Label fx:id="classroomStatusLabel" text="Not Loaded" styleClass="status-label"/>
-        </VBox>
-
-        <!-- Enrollments Import Section -->
-        <VBox spacing="8">
-            <Label text="Enrollment Data" styleClass="subsection-title"/>
-            <HBox spacing="10" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
-                <TextField fx:id="enrollmentFileField" promptText="No file selected" editable="false" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
-                <Button fx:id="enrollmentBrowseButton" text="Browse..." onAction="#onBrowseEnrollments"/>
-            </HBox>
-            <Label fx:id="enrollmentStatusLabel" text="Not Loaded" styleClass="status-label"/>
+            <Label text="📁 Data Integration" styleClass="section-title"/>
+            <Label text="Upload CSV files to initialize the exam scheduling process." 
+                   styleClass="description-label" wrapText="true"/>
         </VBox>
 
         <Separator/>
 
-        <!-- Import Messages Area -->
-        <VBox spacing="5" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
+        <!-- Import Cards Grid -->
+        <GridPane hgap="24" vgap="24">
+            <columnConstraints>
+                <ColumnConstraints percentWidth="50" hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
+                <ColumnConstraints percentWidth="50" hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
+            </columnConstraints>
+
+            <!-- Student Data Card -->
+            <VBox spacing="16" styleClass="card" GridPane.columnIndex="0" GridPane.rowIndex="0">
+                <HBox spacing="12" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
+                    <Label text="👤" style="-fx-font-size: 32px;"/>
+                    <VBox>
+                        <Label text="Student Data" styleClass="subsection-title"/>
+                        <Label text="students.csv" styleClass="status-label"/>
+                    </VBox>
+                    <Region HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
+                    <Button fx:id="studentBrowseButton" text="Browse..." onAction="#onBrowseStudents" 
+                            styleClass="secondary-button, small-button"/>
+                </HBox>
+                <TextField fx:id="studentFileField" promptText="No file selected" editable="false"/>
+                <Label fx:id="studentStatusLabel" text="Not Loaded" styleClass="status-label"/>
+            </VBox>
+
+            <!-- Course Data Card -->
+            <VBox spacing="16" styleClass="card" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="0">
+                <HBox spacing="12" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
+                    <Label text="📚" style="-fx-font-size: 32px;"/>
+                    <VBox>
+                        <Label text="Course Data" styleClass="subsection-title"/>
+                        <Label text="courses.csv" styleClass="status-label"/>
+                    </VBox>
+                    <Region HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
+                    <Button fx:id="courseBrowseButton" text="Browse..." onAction="#onBrowseCourses" 
+                            styleClass="secondary-button, small-button"/>
+                </HBox>
+                <TextField fx:id="courseFileField" promptText="No file selected" editable="false"/>
+                <Label fx:id="courseStatusLabel" text="Not Loaded" styleClass="status-label"/>
+            </VBox>
+
+            <!-- Classroom Data Card -->
+            <VBox spacing="16" styleClass="card" GridPane.columnIndex="0" GridPane.rowIndex="1">
+                <HBox spacing="12" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
+                    <Label text="🏛️" style="-fx-font-size: 32px;"/>
+                    <VBox>
+                        <Label text="Classroom Data" styleClass="subsection-title"/>
+                        <Label text="classrooms.csv" styleClass="status-label"/>
+                    </VBox>
+                    <Region HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
+                    <Button fx:id="classroomBrowseButton" text="Browse..." onAction="#onBrowseClassrooms" 
+                            styleClass="secondary-button, small-button"/>
+                </HBox>
+                <TextField fx:id="classroomFileField" promptText="No file selected" editable="false"/>
+                <Label fx:id="classroomStatusLabel" text="Not Loaded" styleClass="status-label"/>
+            </VBox>
+
+            <!-- Enrollment Data Card -->
+            <VBox spacing="16" styleClass="card" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="1">
+                <HBox spacing="12" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
+                    <Label text="📝" style="-fx-font-size: 32px;"/>
+                    <VBox>
+                        <Label text="Enrollment Data" styleClass="subsection-title"/>
+                        <Label text="enrollments.csv" styleClass="status-label"/>
+                    </VBox>
+                    <Region HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
+                    <Button fx:id="enrollmentBrowseButton" text="Browse..." onAction="#onBrowseEnrollments" 
+                            styleClass="secondary-button, small-button"/>
+                </HBox>
+                <TextField fx:id="enrollmentFileField" promptText="No file selected" editable="false"/>
+                <Label fx:id="enrollmentStatusLabel" text="Not Loaded" styleClass="status-label"/>
+            </VBox>
+        </GridPane>
+
+        <Separator/>
+
+        <!-- Import Log -->
+        <VBox spacing="12" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS" styleClass="card">
             <Label text="Import Messages" styleClass="subsection-title"/>
             <TextArea fx:id="messagesArea" editable="false" wrapText="true" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS"
-                      promptText="Validation messages and import results will appear here..."/>
+                      prefHeight="200"
+                      promptText="Validation messages and import results will appear here..."
+                      style="-fx-font-family: 'Consolas', 'Monaco', monospace; -fx-font-size: 12px;"/>
         </VBox>
 
         <!-- Action Buttons -->
-        <HBox spacing="10" alignment="CENTER_RIGHT">
-            <Button fx:id="importAllButton" text="Import All" onAction="#onImportAll"
-                    styleClass="primary-button" disable="true"/>
+        <HBox spacing="12" alignment="CENTER_RIGHT">
             <Button text="Clear All" onAction="#onClearAll"/>
+            <Button fx:id="importAllButton" text="📥 Import All" onAction="#onImportAll"
+                    styleClass="primary-button" disable="true"/>
         </HBox>
     </VBox>
 </ScrollPane>

src/main/resources/org/example/se302/view/main-view.fxml

@@ -9,10 +9,17 @@
             fx:controller="org.example.se302.controller.MainController"
             prefHeight="800.0" prefWidth="1200.0">
 
-    <!-- Top: Title Bar -->
+    <!-- Top: Title Bar with Theme Toggle -->
     <top>
         <VBox styleClass="header">
-            <Label text="Exam Scheduling System" styleClass="title-label"/>
+            <HBox alignment="CENTER_LEFT" spacing="20">
+                <padding>
+                    <Insets top="10" right="20" bottom="10" left="20"/>
+                </padding>
+                <Label text="📅 Exam Scheduling System" styleClass="title-label" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
+                <Button fx:id="themeToggleButton" text="🌙 Dark Mode" onAction="#onToggleTheme" 
+                        style="-fx-background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.2); -fx-text-fill: white; -fx-border-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.3); -fx-border-width: 1; -fx-border-radius: 8; -fx-background-radius: 8; -fx-padding: 8 16; -fx-font-weight: 700;"/>
+            </HBox>
             <Separator/>
         </VBox>
     </top>
@@ -21,27 +28,27 @@
     <center>
         <TabPane fx:id="mainTabPane" tabClosingPolicy="UNAVAILABLE">
             <!-- Import Data Tab -->
-            <Tab fx:id="importTab" text="Import Data">
+            <Tab fx:id="importTab" text="📁 Import Data">
                 <fx:include source="import-view.fxml"/>
             </Tab>
 
             <!-- Students Tab -->
-            <Tab fx:id="studentsTab" text="Students">
+            <Tab fx:id="studentsTab" text="👤 Students">
                 <fx:include source="students-view.fxml"/>
             </Tab>
 
             <!-- Courses Tab -->
-            <Tab fx:id="coursesTab" text="Courses">
+            <Tab fx:id="coursesTab" text="📚 Courses">
                 <fx:include source="courses-view.fxml"/>
             </Tab>
 
             <!-- Classrooms Tab -->
-            <Tab fx:id="classroomsTab" text="Classrooms">
+            <Tab fx:id="classroomsTab" text="🏛️ Classrooms">
                 <fx:include source="classrooms-view.fxml"/>
             </Tab>
 
             <!-- Schedule Views Tab -->
-            <Tab fx:id="scheduleTab" text="Schedule Views">
+            <Tab fx:id="scheduleTab" text="📅 Schedule Views">
                 <fx:include source="schedule-views.fxml"/>
             </Tab>
         </TabPane>
@@ -51,9 +58,11 @@
     <bottom>
         <HBox styleClass="status-bar" spacing="10">
             <padding>
-                <Insets top="5" right="10" bottom="5" left="10"/>
+                <Insets top="8" right="20" bottom="8" left="20"/>
             </padding>
-            <Label fx:id="statusLabel" text="Ready - No data loaded"/>
+            <Label text="🟢" style="-fx-font-size: 10px;"/>
+            <Label fx:id="statusLabel" text="Ready - No data loaded" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
+            <Label text="ExamFlow v2.0" style="-fx-font-size: 11px; -fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-400; -fx-font-weight: 700;"/>
         </HBox>
     </bottom>
 </BorderPane>

src/main/resources/org/example/se302/view/schedule-calendar-view.fxml

@@ -12,125 +12,131 @@
     
     <BorderPane styleClass="content-pane">
         <top>
-            <VBox spacing="15">
+            <VBox spacing="20">
                 <padding>
-                    <Insets top="20" right="20" bottom="10" left="20"/>
+                    <Insets top="40" right="40" bottom="20" left="40"/>
                 </padding>
                 
                 <!-- Page Title -->
-                <Label text="📅 Calendar View - Exam Schedule Generator" styleClass="section-title"/>
-                <Label text="Configure and generate an optimized exam schedule using CSP algorithm." 
-                       wrapText="true" styleClass="description-label"/>
+                <VBox spacing="8">
+                    <Label text="📅 Auto Schedule Generator" styleClass="section-title"/>
+                    <Label text="Configure and generate an optimized exam schedule using CSP algorithm with intelligent heuristics." 
+                           wrapText="true" styleClass="description-label"/>
+                </VBox>
                 
                 <Separator/>
                 
                 <!-- Configuration Panel -->
-                <VBox spacing="15" styleClass="config-panel">
-                    <Label text="Schedule Configuration" styleClass="subsection-title"/>
+                <VBox spacing="20" styleClass="config-panel">
+                    <Label text="⚙️ Schedule Configuration" styleClass="subsection-title"/>
                     
-                    <!-- Row 1: Days and Slots -->
-                    <HBox spacing="20" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
-                        <VBox spacing="5">
-                            <Label text="Number of Days:"/>
-                            <Spinner fx:id="numDaysSpinner" min="1" max="30" initialValue="5" 
-                                     editable="true" prefWidth="100"/>
+                    <!-- Row 1: Time Configuration -->
+                    <GridPane hgap="16" vgap="12">
+                        <columnConstraints>
+                            <ColumnConstraints percentWidth="25"/>
+                            <ColumnConstraints percentWidth="25"/>
+                            <ColumnConstraints percentWidth="25"/>
+                            <ColumnConstraints percentWidth="25"/>
+                        </columnConstraints>
+                        
+                        <VBox spacing="6" GridPane.columnIndex="0" GridPane.rowIndex="0">
+                            <Label text="Number of Days" styleClass="stat-label"/>
+                            <Spinner fx:id="numDaysSpinner" editable="true" prefWidth="120"/>
                         </VBox>
                         
-                        <VBox spacing="5">
-                            <Label text="Slots per Day:"/>
-                            <Spinner fx:id="slotsPerDaySpinner" min="1" max="10" initialValue="4" 
-                                     editable="true" prefWidth="100"/>
+                        <VBox spacing="6" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="0">
+                            <Label text="Slots per Day" styleClass="stat-label"/>
+                            <Spinner fx:id="slotsPerDaySpinner" editable="true" prefWidth="120"/>
                         </VBox>
                         
-                        <VBox spacing="5">
-                            <Label text="Start Date:"/>
-                            <DatePicker fx:id="startDatePicker" promptText="Select Start Date" prefWidth="150"/>
+                        <VBox spacing="6" GridPane.columnIndex="2" GridPane.rowIndex="0">
+                            <Label text="Start Date" styleClass="stat-label"/>
+                            <DatePicker fx:id="startDatePicker" promptText="Select Date" prefWidth="150"/>
                         </VBox>
                         
-                        <VBox spacing="5">
-                            <Label text="Slot Duration (min):"/>
-                            <Spinner fx:id="slotDurationSpinner" min="30" max="240" initialValue="120" 
-                                     editable="true" prefWidth="100"/>
-                        </VBox>
-                    </HBox>
-                    
-                    <!-- Row 2: Strategy and Options -->
-                    <HBox spacing="20" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
-                        <VBox spacing="5">
-                            <Label text="Optimization Strategy:"/>
-                            <ComboBox fx:id="strategyComboBox" prefWidth="200" promptText="Select Strategy"/>
+                        <VBox spacing="6" GridPane.columnIndex="3" GridPane.rowIndex="0">
+                            <Label text="Slot Duration (min)" styleClass="stat-label"/>
+                            <Spinner fx:id="slotDurationSpinner" editable="true" prefWidth="120"/>
                         </VBox>
                         
-                        <VBox spacing="5">
-                            <Label text="Day Start Time:"/>
+                        <!-- Row 2: Strategy Configuration -->
+                        <VBox spacing="6" GridPane.columnIndex="0" GridPane.rowIndex="1" GridPane.columnSpan="2">
+                            <Label text="Optimization Strategy" styleClass="stat-label"/>
+                            <ComboBox fx:id="strategyComboBox" prefWidth="250" promptText="Select Strategy"/>
+                        </VBox>
+                        
+                        <VBox spacing="6" GridPane.columnIndex="2" GridPane.rowIndex="1">
+                            <Label text="Day Start Time" styleClass="stat-label"/>
                             <ComboBox fx:id="startTimeComboBox" prefWidth="120" promptText="09:00"/>
                         </VBox>
                         
-                        <VBox spacing="5" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
-                            <padding>
-                                <Insets top="18"/>
-                            </padding>
-                            <CheckBox fx:id="allowBackToBackCheckBox" text="Allow back-to-back exams" selected="true"/>
+                        <VBox spacing="6" alignment="CENTER_LEFT" GridPane.columnIndex="3" GridPane.rowIndex="1">
+                            <Label text="Options" styleClass="stat-label"/>
+                            <CheckBox fx:id="allowBackToBackCheckBox" text="Allow back-to-back" selected="true"/>
                         </VBox>
-                    </HBox>
+                    </GridPane>
                     
-                    <!-- Row 3: Summary -->
-                    <HBox spacing="10" alignment="CENTER_LEFT" styleClass="summary-row">
-                        <Label text="Configuration Summary:"/>
-                        <Label fx:id="summaryLabel" text="5 days × 4 slots = 20 total time slots" 
+                    <!-- Summary -->
+                    <HBox spacing="12" alignment="CENTER_LEFT" styleClass="summary-row">
+                        <Label text="📊 Total Time Slots:" style="-fx-font-weight: 700;"/>
+                        <Label fx:id="summaryLabel" text="5 days × 4 slots = 20 slots" 
                                styleClass="summary-value"/>
                     </HBox>
                 </VBox>
                 
                 <Separator/>
                 
-                <!-- Action Buttons -->
-                <HBox spacing="15" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
+                <!-- Action Bar -->
+                <HBox spacing="16" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
                     <Button fx:id="generateButton" text="🚀 Generate Schedule" 
-                            onAction="#onGenerateSchedule" styleClass="primary-button" prefWidth="180"/>
+                            onAction="#onGenerateSchedule" styleClass="primary-button"/>
                     <Button fx:id="cancelButton" text="Cancel" onAction="#onCancelGeneration" 
-                            disable="true" prefWidth="100"/>
+                            disable="true"/>
                     <Region HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
                     <Label fx:id="statusLabel" text="Ready" styleClass="status-label"/>
                 </HBox>
                 
-                <!-- Progress Container with Indicator -->
-                <VBox fx:id="progressContainer" spacing="8" visible="false" managed="false"
-                      style="-fx-background-color: #f8f9fa; -fx-padding: 15; -fx-background-radius: 5;">
-                    <HBox spacing="15" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
-                        <ProgressIndicator fx:id="progressIndicator" prefWidth="30" prefHeight="30"/>
-                        <VBox spacing="3">
+                <!-- Progress Container -->
+                <VBox fx:id="progressContainer" spacing="12" visible="false" managed="false"
+                      styleClass="card">
+                    <HBox spacing="16" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
+                        <ProgressIndicator fx:id="progressIndicator" prefWidth="32" prefHeight="32"/>
+                        <VBox spacing="4" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS">
                             <Label fx:id="progressLabel" text="Initializing..." 
-                                   style="-fx-font-weight: bold; -fx-font-size: 13;"/>
-                            <ProgressBar fx:id="progressBar" prefWidth="350" progress="0"/>
+                                   style="-fx-font-weight: 700; -fx-font-size: 14px;"/>
+                            <ProgressBar fx:id="progressBar" prefWidth="400" progress="0" maxWidth="Infinity"/>
                         </VBox>
                     </HBox>
                     <Label fx:id="progressDetailLabel" text="Please wait..." 
-                           style="-fx-text-fill: #7f8c8d; -fx-font-size: 11;"/>
+                           style="-fx-text-fill: -fx-slate-600; -fx-font-size: 12px;"/>
                 </VBox>
             </VBox>
         </top>
         
         <center>
-            <VBox spacing="15">
+            <VBox spacing="20">
                 <padding>
-                    <Insets top="20" right="20" bottom="20" left="20"/>
+                    <Insets top="20" right="40" bottom="40" left="40"/>
                 </padding>
                 
-                <!-- Schedule Grid Container -->
-                <Label text="Generated Schedule" styleClass="subsection-title"/>
+                <!-- Schedule Grid Header -->
+                <HBox spacing="12" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
+                    <Label text="📆 Generated Schedule" styleClass="subsection-title"/>
+                    <Region HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
+                    <Button text="📥 Export PDF" styleClass="small-button"/>
+                </HBox>
                 
+                <!-- Schedule Grid -->
                 <ScrollPane fx:id="scheduleScrollPane" fitToWidth="true" fitToHeight="false"
                             prefHeight="500" minHeight="300"
                             hbarPolicy="ALWAYS" vbarPolicy="ALWAYS"
                             VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS"
-                            style="-fx-background-color: white; -fx-border-color: #bdc3c7; -fx-border-width: 1;">
+                            style="-fx-background: -fx-surface; -fx-border-color: -fx-slate-200; -fx-border-width: 1; -fx-border-radius: 24; -fx-background-radius: 24;">
                     <GridPane fx:id="scheduleGrid" gridLinesVisible="true" styleClass="schedule-grid"
                               minWidth="800" minHeight="400">
                         <padding>
                             <Insets top="10" right="10" bottom="10" left="10"/>
                         </padding>
-                        <!-- Grid will be populated dynamically -->
                         <Label text="Click 'Generate Schedule' to create an exam schedule" 
                                GridPane.columnIndex="0" GridPane.rowIndex="0" 
                                styleClass="placeholder-text" wrapText="true"/>
@@ -138,23 +144,23 @@
                 </ScrollPane>
                 
                 <!-- Statistics Panel -->
-                <HBox spacing="30" alignment="CENTER_LEFT" styleClass="stats-panel">
-                    <VBox spacing="3" alignment="CENTER">
+                <HBox spacing="24" alignment="CENTER_LEFT" styleClass="stats-panel">
+                    <VBox spacing="4" alignment="CENTER">
                         <Label fx:id="totalCoursesLabel" text="0" styleClass="stat-value"/>
                         <Label text="Total Courses" styleClass="stat-label"/>
                     </VBox>
                     <Separator orientation="VERTICAL"/>
-                    <VBox spacing="3" alignment="CENTER">
+                    <VBox spacing="4" alignment="CENTER">
                         <Label fx:id="scheduledCoursesLabel" text="0" styleClass="stat-value"/>
                         <Label text="Scheduled" styleClass="stat-label"/>
                     </VBox>
                     <Separator orientation="VERTICAL"/>
-                    <VBox spacing="3" alignment="CENTER">
+                    <VBox spacing="4" alignment="CENTER">
                         <Label fx:id="classroomsUsedLabel" text="0" styleClass="stat-value"/>
                         <Label text="Classrooms Used" styleClass="stat-label"/>
                     </VBox>
                     <Separator orientation="VERTICAL"/>
-                    <VBox spacing="3" alignment="CENTER">
+                    <VBox spacing="4" alignment="CENTER">
                         <Label fx:id="generationTimeLabel" text="-" styleClass="stat-value"/>
                         <Label text="Generation Time" styleClass="stat-label"/>
                     </VBox>