feat(ui): increase default button and input height by 2px

[alexcarpenter]

Description

Users reported that buttons and inputs look too small, especially on mobile. Both controls derive their height from vertical padding (no fixed height), so this bumps the default button size (sm) and the input base padding from $1x5 (6px) to a new $1x75 (7px) spacing token, making each control 2px taller (~32px → ~34px) while keeping buttons and inputs matched. The $1x75 token is added to the spacing scale alongside existing granular tokens ($0x25, $3x25, $8x75); the compact xs/md button variants and checkboxes/radios are intentionally left unchanged. This is an additive, backwards-compatible change.

Checklist

• pnpm test runs as expected.
• pnpm build runs as expected.
• (If applicable) JSDoc comments have been added or updated for any package exports
• (If applicable) Documentation has been updated

Type of change

• 🐛 Bug fix
• 🌟 New feature
• 🔨 Breaking change
• other: UI sizing tweak

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Buttons and inputs now have slightly larger default sizing, improving tap targets and usability on mobile devices.
• Bug Fixes
  • Updated spacing values to support the new sizing across shared UI controls and keep layouts consistent.

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Latest commit: a88c92c

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@clerk/chrome-extension	Patch
@clerk/swingset	Patch

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• .changeset/tall-buttons-inputs.md
• packages/ui/src/foundations/sizes.ts
• packages/ui/src/primitives/Button.tsx
• packages/ui/src/primitives/Input.tsx

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This PR adds a new 1x75 spacing scale token (0.4375rem) to the UI foundations and applies it as horizontal padding for Button's size.xs variant and the shared Input base styles, increasing touch target size by 2px. A changeset documents the patch.

Changes

Spacing Token and Padding Update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
New spacing scale token packages/ui/src/foundations/sizes.ts	Adds a 1x75 entry to spacingScale (0.4375rem, multiplier 1.75) and the corresponding entry to spaceUnits, propagating into derived spacing exports.
Apply token to Button and Input padding packages/ui/src/primitives/Button.tsx, packages/ui/src/primitives/Input.tsx, .changeset/tall-buttons-inputs.md	Updates Button size.xs and Input base styles to use theme.space.$1x75 instead of $1x5 for horizontal padding, with a changeset recording the patch.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Poem

A hop, a stretch, a tiny bit more,
Buttons grow taller than before! 🐇
1x75 hops into the scale,
Fingers land soft, no fumble, no fail.
Two pixels for joy — thump-thump goes my tail!

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Packages analyzed	19
Packages with changes	0
🔴 Breaking changes	0
🟡 Non-breaking changes	0
🟢 Additions	0

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