refactor(z-index): introduce a shared named z-index scale (#723)

* refactor(z-index): introduce a shared named z-index scale

Replace scattered magic z-index numbers (100, 150, 200, 201, 250) with
named layers (z-app-bar, z-app-bar-elevated, z-modal, z-menu-elevated)
so intent is documented at each call site and future additions insert
predictably instead of colliding.

Defined via Tailwind's @utility directive in two places that mirror
each other: packages/ui/src/index.css (ui:-prefixed, for components
that live in the @cio/ui package) and apps/dashboard/src/app.css
(unprefixed, for dashboard-only files) — a ui:-prefixed custom utility
only compiles if it is also used somewhere under packages/ui/src, so
dashboard-only usages need the unprefixed twin.

Also fixes two pre-existing dropdown/select menus (tags-admin.svelte,
mark-exercise-modal.svelte) that used ui:z-[250], which never actually
compiled to any CSS rule since nothing under packages/ui/src used that
exact class.

Co-authored-by: Rotimi Best <rotimi-best@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix(ui): safelist the packaged z-index scale so it always compiles

@utility only emits a class when Tailwind's scanner sees that exact
candidate under packages/ui/src, so ui:z-app-bar-elevated and
ui:z-menu-elevated were documented but silently missing from the
compiled @cio/ui CSS since nothing inside the package itself used
them. Safelist all four layers via @source inline() so the shipped
scale always matches what's documented, regardless of which layers
this package happens to reference internally.

Co-authored-by: Rotimi Best <rotimi-best@users.noreply.github.com>

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@custom-variant dark (&:where(.dark, .dark *));
/**
* Shared z-index scale, mirrored from `packages/ui/src/index.css`.
*
* Dashboard code has its own (unprefixed) Tailwind pipeline, separate from `@cio/ui`'s
* `ui:`-prefixed one — a `ui:`-prefixed utility only compiles if that exact class string is
* also used somewhere under `packages/ui/src`. So dashboard-only usages (page headers, the
* course sidebar, dropdowns/selects that need to escape a sticky header or a modal) must use
* these unprefixed names instead. Keep the two scales numerically in sync; see
* `packages/ui/README.md` for the full write-up of each layer.
*/
@utility z-app-bar {
z-index: 100;
}
@utility z-app-bar-elevated {
z-index: 150;
}
@utility z-menu-elevated {
z-index: 250;
}
/* Geist variable font — self-hosted */
@font-face {
font-family: 'Geist';