added range

frontend/src/screens/Inbox.jsx

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 /* ============================================================
    Recruitment Inbox — application tabs over GET /inbox/all-applications.
-   Page size defaults to 10. skip/offset is the window start and is not
-   recomputed when Per page changes: growing 10 to 30 on a window that
-   started at row 11 requests skip=10, top=30 (rows 11–40). Clicking a
+   Page size defaults to 10 (dropdown: 10 / 50 / 100). skip/offset is the
+   window start and is not recomputed when Per page changes: growing 10 to
+   50 on a window that started at row 11 requests skip=10, top=50
+   (rows 11–60). Clicking a
    page number realigns skip = (page-1)*limit. Total comes from a count
    endpoint called once when the page opens.
    ============================================================ */

frontend/src/styles/styles.css

@@ -690,13 +690,9 @@ table.data tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: none; }
 .page-nums { display: flex; gap: 4px; align-items: center; min-width: 0; }
 .page-size { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; margin-right: 8px; flex-shrink: 0; }
 .page-size-label { font-size: 13px; color: var(--text-2); white-space: nowrap; }
-.page-size-select { height: 34px; padding: 0 28px 0 10px; font-size: 13px; }
-.page-size-input {
-  width: 72px; height: 34px; padding: 0 8px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 600;
-  text-align: center; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid var(--border-strong);
-  background: var(--bg-elev); color: inherit; outline: none;
+.page-size-select {
+  height: 34px; min-width: 72px; padding: 0 28px 0 10px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 600;
 }
-.page-size-input:focus { border-color: var(--primary); box-shadow: var(--ring); }
 .page-size-total { font-size: 13px; color: var(--text-2); margin-right: 8px; white-space: nowrap; }
 .page-btn { min-width: 34px; height: 34px; padding: 0 8px; border-radius: 8px; display: grid; place-items: center; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 600; color: var(--text-2); border: 1px solid transparent; }
 .page-btn:hover:not(:disabled) { background: var(--bg-sunken); }

frontend/src/ui/DataTable.jsx

@@ -18,10 +18,17 @@ import { EmptyState } from './primitives'
 /** Matches the backend Query(10) default on list GET endpoints. */
 export const DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = 10
 
+/** Fixed Per page choices — a dropdown, not a free-text box. */
+export const PAGE_SIZE_OPTIONS = [10, 50, 100]
+
 export function clampPageSize(value, max = 100) {
+  const allowed = PAGE_SIZE_OPTIONS.filter((n) => n <= max)
+  const fallback = allowed.includes(DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE)
+    ? DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE
+    : (allowed[0] ?? DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE)
   const n = Number.parseInt(value, 10)
-  if (!Number.isFinite(n) || n < 1) return DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE
-  return Math.min(n, max)
+  if (!Number.isFinite(n) || !allowed.includes(n)) return fallback
+  return n
 }
 
 export function useDataTable({ columns, rows, pageSize = DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE }) {
@@ -103,37 +110,25 @@ export function pageAfterSizeChange(currentPage, total, nextSize) {
   return Math.min(Math.max(1, currentPage || 1), pages)
 }
 
-/** Local draft so typing "50" does not fire a GET for 5, then 50. */
+/** Per page dropdown: 10, 50, 100 (values above `max` are omitted). */
 export function PageSizeField({ value, onChange, max = 100, label = 'Per page', id }) {
-  const [draft, setDraft] = useState(String(value ?? DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE))
-  useEffect(() => setDraft(String(value ?? DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE)), [value])
-
-  function commit() {
-    const next = clampPageSize(draft, max)
-    setDraft(String(next))
-    if (next !== value) onChange(next)
-  }
+  const options = PAGE_SIZE_OPTIONS.filter((n) => n <= max)
+  const selected = clampPageSize(value, max)
 
   return (
     <label className="page-size">
       <span className="page-size-label">{label}</span>
-      <input
+      <select
         id={id}
-        className="page-size-input"
-        type="number"
-        min={1}
-        max={max}
-        value={draft}
-        onChange={(e) => setDraft(e.target.value)}
-        onBlur={commit}
-        onKeyDown={(e) => {
-          if (e.key === 'Enter') {
-            e.preventDefault()
-            e.currentTarget.blur()
-          }
-        }}
+        className="select page-size-select"
+        value={selected}
+        onChange={(e) => onChange(clampPageSize(e.target.value, max))}
         aria-label={label}
-      />
+      >
+        {options.map((n) => (
+          <option key={n} value={n}>{n}</option>
+        ))}
+      </select>
     </label>
   )
 }