ci(maestro): cancel superseded runs

Pushes queued a new run without stopping the old one. Group by ref and
cancel in-progress, except on main where runs finish.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitea/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ on:
       - 'linear/**'
   pull_request:
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
+
 jobs:
   rust:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

crates/maestro-daemon/src/tmux.rs

@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ impl Tmux {
                 "-t",
                 &name,
                 "-F",
-                "#{cursor_x} #{cursor_y} #{pane_height} #{alternate_on} #{cursor_flag}",
+                SCREEN_GEOMETRY_FORMAT,
                 ";",
                 "capture-pane",
                 "-p",
@@ -515,6 +515,52 @@ fn new_session_args(
 /// frame huge.
 const CAPTURE_HISTORY_LINES: usize = 300;
 
+/// `display-message -F` request behind [`parse_screen_geometry`]. tmux expands
+/// a name it does not know to the empty string rather than failing, so a field
+/// missing on an older tmux shifts everything after it — hence the parser keys
+/// the optional tail off the field count.
+const SCREEN_GEOMETRY_FORMAT: &str = concat!(
+    "#{cursor_x} #{cursor_y} #{pane_height} #{alternate_on} #{cursor_flag} ",
+    "#{mouse_standard_flag} #{mouse_button_flag} #{mouse_all_flag} ",
+    "#{mouse_utf8_flag} #{mouse_sgr_flag}",
+);
+
+/// Field count of [`SCREEN_GEOMETRY_FORMAT`]; fewer means an older tmux did not
+/// know one of the names, and the mouse tail cannot be trusted by position.
+const SCREEN_GEOMETRY_FIELDS: usize = 10;
+
+/// Mouse-reporting modes a pane has turned on. A full-screen program sets these
+/// once, at startup, so a client attaching later never sees the sequences —
+/// [`render_screen_snapshot`] replays them.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+struct MouseModes {
+    /// `?1000` — report button press and release.
+    standard: bool,
+    /// `?1002` — also report motion while a button is held.
+    button: bool,
+    /// `?1003` — report all motion.
+    all: bool,
+    /// `?1005` — UTF-8 coordinates (superseded by SGR, still replayed if on).
+    utf8: bool,
+    /// `?1006` — SGR-encoded coordinates.
+    sgr: bool,
+}
+
+impl MouseModes {
+    /// DECSET parameters to re-enable these modes, private-mode order.
+    fn decset_params(self) -> impl Iterator<Item = u16> {
+        [
+            (self.standard, 1000),
+            (self.button, 1002),
+            (self.all, 1003),
+            (self.utf8, 1005),
+            (self.sgr, 1006),
+        ]
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|(on, param)| on.then_some(param))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Cursor position and screen geometry of a pane, from `display-message`.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 struct ScreenGeometry {
@@ -523,17 +569,31 @@ struct ScreenGeometry {
     pane_height: usize,
     alternate: bool,
     cursor_visible: bool,
+    mouse: MouseModes,
 }
 
 fn parse_screen_geometry(s: &str) -> Option<ScreenGeometry> {
     let line = s.lines().next()?;
-    let mut it = line.split_whitespace();
+    let fields: Vec<&str> = line.split_whitespace().collect();
-    let cursor_x = it.next()?.parse().ok()?;
+    let cursor_x = fields.first()?.parse().ok()?;
-    let cursor_y = it.next()?.parse().ok()?;
+    let cursor_y = fields.get(1)?.parse().ok()?;
-    let pane_height: usize = it.next()?.parse().ok()?;
+    let pane_height: usize = fields.get(2)?.parse().ok()?;
-    let alternate = it.next()? == "1";
+    let alternate = *fields.get(3)? == "1";
     // Older tmux without `cursor_flag` just means "assume visible".
-    let cursor_visible = it.next().map(|f| f == "1").unwrap_or(true);
+    let cursor_visible = fields.get(4).map(|f| *f == "1").unwrap_or(true);
+    // Only trust the mouse tail when every field expanded; a short line means
+    // some name is unknown here and the remaining ones sit at other offsets.
+    let mouse = if fields.len() >= SCREEN_GEOMETRY_FIELDS {
+        MouseModes {
+            standard: fields[5] == "1",
+            button: fields[6] == "1",
+            all: fields[7] == "1",
+            utf8: fields[8] == "1",
+            sgr: fields[9] == "1",
+        }
+    } else {
+        MouseModes::default()
+    };
     if pane_height == 0 {
         return None;
     }
@@ -543,6 +603,7 @@ fn parse_screen_geometry(s: &str) -> Option<ScreenGeometry> {
         pane_height,
         alternate,
         cursor_visible,
+        mouse,
     })
 }
 
@@ -572,6 +633,12 @@ fn render_screen_snapshot(lines: &[&str], geom: ScreenGeometry) -> Vec<u8> {
     if geom.alternate {
         out.extend_from_slice(b"\x1b[?1049h");
     }
+    // Mouse reporting is set up once, before this client existed. Without it
+    // the client cannot tell a mouse-driven app from a plain alternate screen,
+    // and its wheel and touch gestures have nowhere to go.
+    for param in geom.mouse.decset_params() {
+        out.extend_from_slice(format!("\x1b[?{param}h").as_bytes());
+    }
     out.extend_from_slice(b"\x1b[H\x1b[2J\x1b[m");
     for (i, line) in lines[..=last].iter().enumerate() {
         if i > 0 {
@@ -645,7 +712,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn parse_screen_geometry_reads_cursor_and_alternate_flag() {
-        let g = parse_screen_geometry("12 3 40 1 0\n").unwrap();
+        let g = parse_screen_geometry("12 3 40 1 0 0 1 0 0 1\n").unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             g,
             ScreenGeometry {
@@ -654,6 +721,11 @@ mod tests {
                 pane_height: 40,
                 alternate: true,
                 cursor_visible: false,
+                mouse: MouseModes {
+                    button: true,
+                    sgr: true,
+                    ..MouseModes::default()
+                },
             }
         );
         let g = parse_screen_geometry("0 0 24 0").unwrap();
@@ -663,6 +735,31 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(parse_screen_geometry("garbage").is_none());
     }
 
+    /// A tmux that does not know one of the mouse names expands it to nothing,
+    /// so the tail is one field short and every flag in it has slid. Reading it
+    /// by position would claim modes the pane never set.
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_screen_geometry_drops_a_short_mouse_tail() {
+        let g = parse_screen_geometry("0 0 24 1 1 0 0 1 1").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(g.mouse, MouseModes::default());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mouse_modes_map_to_private_mode_parameters() {
+        let all = MouseModes {
+            standard: true,
+            button: true,
+            all: true,
+            utf8: true,
+            sgr: true,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(
+            all.decset_params().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            vec![1000, 1002, 1003, 1005, 1006]
+        );
+        assert_eq!(MouseModes::default().decset_params().count(), 0);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn snapshot_clears_prints_lines_and_parks_the_cursor() {
         // Two scrollback lines, then a 3-row screen with the cursor on row 1.
@@ -675,6 +772,7 @@ mod tests {
                 pane_height: 3,
                 alternate: false,
                 cursor_visible: true,
+                mouse: MouseModes::default(),
             },
         );
         let out = String::from_utf8(out).unwrap();
@@ -695,6 +793,7 @@ mod tests {
                 pane_height: 3,
                 alternate: true,
                 cursor_visible: false,
+                mouse: MouseModes::default(),
             },
         );
         let out = String::from_utf8(out).unwrap();
@@ -716,12 +815,40 @@ mod tests {
                 pane_height: 3,
                 alternate: false,
                 cursor_visible: true,
+                mouse: MouseModes::default(),
             },
         ))
         .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(out, "\x1b[H\x1b[2J\x1b[mtext\x1b[m\r\x1b[4C");
     }
 
+    /// A client attaching to a running full-screen app never saw it turn mouse
+    /// reporting on, so the snapshot has to. Without this the client reads the
+    /// pane as a plain alternate screen and its scroll gestures go nowhere.
+    #[test]
+    fn snapshot_replays_the_panes_mouse_modes() {
+        let out = String::from_utf8(render_screen_snapshot(
+            &["app"],
+            ScreenGeometry {
+                cursor_x: 0,
+                cursor_y: 0,
+                pane_height: 1,
+                alternate: true,
+                cursor_visible: true,
+                mouse: MouseModes {
+                    button: true,
+                    sgr: true,
+                    ..MouseModes::default()
+                },
+            },
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            out.starts_with("\x1b[?1049h\x1b[?1002h\x1b[?1006h\x1b[H\x1b[2J"),
+            "{out:?}"
+        );
+    }
+
     /// Every phrasing must be recognised: an unmatched one makes
     /// `list_sessions` fail, and a failed pass reaps nothing.
     #[test]

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/local_api.rs

@@ -232,17 +232,14 @@ async fn projects_returns_empty_for_a_disabled_scanner() {
     assert!(projects.is_empty());
 }
 
-/// #53: every returned handle splits into a known adjective and noun.
+/// #53: every returned handle is one word from the shared list.
 fn assert_valid_names(batch: &maestro_protocol::NameBatch) {
     for name in &batch.names {
-        let (adj, noun) = name.split_once('-').unwrap_or_else(|| {
+        assert!(!name.contains('-'), "handle {name:?} is not one word");
-            panic!("handle {name:?} is not adjective-noun");
-        });
         assert!(
-            maestro_names::ADJECTIVES.contains(&adj),
+            maestro_names::WORDS.contains(&name.as_str()),
-            "{adj} not in ADJECTIVES"
+            "{name} not in WORDS"
         );
-        assert!(maestro_names::NOUNS.contains(&noun), "{noun} not in NOUNS");
     }
 }
 

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/session_manager.rs

@@ -246,6 +246,59 @@ async fn attach_replay_is_the_current_screen_not_the_byte_tail() {
     fx.manager.kill(s.id, false).await.unwrap();
 }
 
+/// A full-screen app turns mouse reporting on once, at startup. A client that
+/// attaches later never sees those sequences, so it reads the pane as a plain
+/// alternate screen and its wheel and touch gestures have nowhere to go. The
+/// snapshot must carry the pane's mouse modes with it.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn attach_replay_carries_the_panes_mouse_modes() {
+    let fx = DaemonFixture::new();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+
+    let s = fx
+        .manager
+        .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
+            // Alternate screen, then button-event tracking (?1002) with SGR
+            // coordinates (?1006) — what tmux and agent TUIs actually request.
+            command: "sh -c 'printf \"\\\\033[?1049h\\\\033[?1002h\\\\033[?1006h\\\\033[2J\\\\033[HMOUSE_MARKER\"; exec sleep 30'"
+                .into(),
+            env: HashMap::new(),
+            metadata: HashMap::new(),
+            worktree: None,
+        })
+        .await
+        .expect("create");
+
+    let want = b"MOUSE_MARKER";
+    let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
+    let mut replay = Vec::new();
+    while std::time::Instant::now() < deadline {
+        let (bytes, _rx) = fx
+            .manager
+            .subscribe_pty_with_replay(s.id)
+            .await
+            .expect("subscribe");
+        replay = bytes;
+        if replay.windows(want.len()).any(|w| w == want) {
+            break;
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
+    }
+
+    let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(&replay).into_owned();
+    assert!(
+        text.contains("MOUSE_MARKER"),
+        "replay never reached the live screen: {text:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        replay.starts_with(b"\x1b[?1049h\x1b[?1002h\x1b[?1006h\x1b[H\x1b[2J"),
+        "replay dropped the pane's mouse modes: {text:?}"
+    );
+
+    fx.manager.kill(s.id, false).await.unwrap();
+}
+
 /// Regression for NAP-228: after `recover`, PTY output must reach new
 /// subscribers. Before the fix tmux's stale `pipe-pane` (with `-o`) silently
 /// kept feeding the old FIFO and the revived manager's subscribers saw

crates/maestro-names/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,195 @@
-//! The one home of the session-handle wordlists (#53).
+//! The one home of the session-handle wordlist (#53).
 //!
 //! Previously duplicated in `web/src/names.ts`; every client now gets handles
 //! from here, served by `GET /api/names`.
 
-/// Musical adjectives — tempo, dynamics, and articulation markings.
+/// Every word a handle can be: instruments, forms, and the vocabulary of
-pub const ADJECTIVES: &[&str] = &[
+/// tempo, dynamics, notation and theory. One word per handle — the list is
+/// wide enough that a single word still reads as distinct.
+pub const WORDS: &[&str] = &[
+    // Instruments
+    "cello",
+    "violin",
+    "viola",
+    "oboe",
+    "flute",
+    "piccolo",
+    "clarinet",
+    "bassoon",
+    "trumpet",
+    "trombone",
+    "tuba",
+    "horn",
+    "cornet",
+    "bugle",
+    "flugelhorn",
+    "euphonium",
+    "saxophone",
+    "recorder",
+    "timpani",
+    "harp",
+    "piano",
+    "organ",
+    "lyre",
+    "lute",
+    "mandolin",
+    "banjo",
+    "ukulele",
+    "guitar",
+    "sitar",
+    "koto",
+    "shamisen",
+    "balalaika",
+    "zither",
+    "dulcimer",
+    "kantele",
+    "erhu",
+    "guzheng",
+    "pipa",
+    "duduk",
+    "ocarina",
+    "kalimba",
+    "harmonica",
+    "accordion",
+    "bandoneon",
+    "bagpipe",
+    "harpsichord",
+    "clavichord",
+    "celesta",
+    "theremin",
+    "marimba",
+    "xylophone",
+    "vibraphone",
+    "glockenspiel",
+    "snare",
+    "cymbal",
+    "tambourine",
+    "castanet",
+    "djembe",
+    "tabla",
+    "bodhran",
+    "gong",
+    "chimes",
+    "contrabass",
+    "shawm",
+    "crumhorn",
+    "sackbut",
+    "didgeridoo",
+    // Forms and pieces
+    "sonata",
+    "fugue",
+    "canon",
+    "prelude",
+    "overture",
+    "rondo",
+    "nocturne",
+    "scherzo",
+    "etude",
+    "ballade",
+    "barcarolle",
+    "bagatelle",
+    "caprice",
+    "chaconne",
+    "passacaglia",
+    "toccata",
+    "intermezzo",
+    "interlude",
+    "minuet",
+    "gavotte",
+    "sarabande",
+    "gigue",
+    "allemande",
+    "courante",
+    "mazurka",
+    "polonaise",
+    "waltz",
+    "bolero",
+    "habanera",
+    "tarantella",
+    "fandango",
+    "serenade",
+    "aubade",
+    "requiem",
+    "cantata",
+    "oratorio",
+    "madrigal",
+    "motet",
+    "chorale",
+    "hymn",
+    "anthem",
+    "lullaby",
+    "elegy",
+    "rhapsody",
+    "symphony",
+    "concerto",
+    "fantasia",
+    "divertimento",
+    "quartet",
+    "quintet",
+    "sextet",
+    "septet",
+    "octet",
+    "trio",
+    // Structure, notation and theory
+    "octave",
+    "chord",
+    "cadence",
+    "cadenza",
+    "coda",
+    "motif",
+    "refrain",
+    "verse",
+    "chorus",
+    "bridge",
+    "finale",
+    "arpeggio",
+    "glissando",
+    "ostinato",
+    "counterpoint",
+    "descant",
+    "harmony",
+    "melody",
+    "rhythm",
+    "tempo",
+    "timbre",
+    "treble",
+    "clef",
+    "staff",
+    "quaver",
+    "crotchet",
+    "semibreve",
+    "fermata",
+    "trill",
+    "mordent",
+    "appoggiatura",
+    "portamento",
+    "vibrato",
+    "triplet",
+    "tuplet",
+    "downbeat",
+    "upbeat",
+    "anacrusis",
+    "syncopation",
+    "modulation",
+    "transposition",
+    "unison",
+    "semitone",
+    "tritone",
+    "diapason",
+    "tonic",
+    "dominant",
+    "mediant",
+    "ionian",
+    "dorian",
+    "phrygian",
+    "lydian",
+    "mixolydian",
+    "aeolian",
+    "locrian",
+    "pentatonic",
+    "chromatic",
+    "diatonic",
+    // Tempo, dynamics and articulation
     "allegro",
     "andante",
     "adagio",
@@ -15,6 +200,7 @@ pub const ADJECTIVES: &[&str] = &[
     "lento",
     "moderato",
     "crescendo",
+    "diminuendo",
     "staccato",
     "legato",
     "forte",
@@ -35,60 +221,78 @@ pub const ADJECTIVES: &[&str] = &[
     "sotto",
     "vivo",
     "feroce",
-];
+    "giocoso",
-
+    "affettuoso",
-/// Musical nouns — instruments and forms from the concert hall.
+    "risoluto",
-pub const NOUNS: &[&str] = &[
+    "leggiero",
-    "cello", "violin", "viola", "oboe", "flute", "clarinet", "bassoon", "trumpet", "trombone",
+    "pesante",
-    "tuba", "horn", "timpani", "harp", "piano", "organ", "lyre", "lute", "fugue", "sonata",
+    "morendo",
-    "octave", "chord", "cadence", "prelude", "rondo", "nocturne", "scherzo", "refrain", "coda",
+    "accelerando",
-    "motif", "overture",
+    "ritardando",
 ];
 
 /// Upper bound for a `GET /api/names?count=N` batch.
 pub const MAX_BATCH: usize = 100;
 
-/// A fresh `adjective-noun` handle, e.g. `allegro-cello`.
+/// A fresh one-word handle, e.g. `nocturne`.
 pub fn generate() -> String {
     use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
     let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-    format!(
+    (*WORDS.choose(&mut rng).unwrap()).to_string()
-        "{}-{}",
-        ADJECTIVES.choose(&mut rng).unwrap(),
-        NOUNS.choose(&mut rng).unwrap()
-    )
 }
 
-/// `count` fresh handles (the caller clamps; this only trusts its input).
+/// `count` fresh handles, distinct while the wordlist lasts (the caller
+/// clamps; this only trusts its input).
 pub fn generate_batch(count: usize) -> Vec<String> {
-    (0..count).map(|_| generate()).collect()
+    use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
+    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let mut pool: Vec<&str> = WORDS.to_vec();
+    pool.shuffle(&mut rng);
+    (0..count)
+        .map(|i| match pool.get(i) {
+            // Past the wordlist a batch has to repeat itself.
+            Some(word) => (*word).to_string(),
+            None => generate(),
+        })
+        .collect()
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use std::collections::HashSet;
 
     #[test]
-    fn generated_name_is_adjective_dash_noun() {
+    fn generated_name_is_a_single_known_word() {
         let name = generate();
-        let (adj, noun) = name.split_once('-').expect("name contains a dash");
+        assert!(!name.contains('-'), "{name} is not one word");
-        assert!(ADJECTIVES.contains(&adj), "{adj} not in ADJECTIVES");
+        assert!(WORDS.contains(&name.as_str()), "{name} not in WORDS");
-        assert!(NOUNS.contains(&noun), "{noun} not in NOUNS");
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn batch_returns_the_requested_count() {
+    fn the_wordlist_has_no_duplicates_and_covers_a_full_batch() {
+        let unique: HashSet<&&str> = WORDS.iter().collect();
+        assert_eq!(unique.len(), WORDS.len(), "WORDS has duplicates");
+        assert!(
+            WORDS.len() >= MAX_BATCH,
+            "a full batch would have to repeat"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn batch_returns_the_requested_count_without_repeats() {
         assert_eq!(generate_batch(1).len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(generate_batch(50).len(), 50);
+        let batch = generate_batch(MAX_BATCH);
-        for name in generate_batch(10) {
+        assert_eq!(batch.len(), MAX_BATCH);
-            let (adj, noun) = name.split_once('-').unwrap();
+        for name in &batch {
-            assert!(ADJECTIVES.contains(&adj) && NOUNS.contains(&noun));
+            assert!(WORDS.contains(&name.as_str()), "{name} not in WORDS");
         }
+        let unique: HashSet<&String> = batch.iter().collect();
+        assert_eq!(unique.len(), batch.len(), "batch repeated a handle");
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn rerolls_can_differ() {
-        // 30x30=900 combinations; 20 draws all matching has probability ~1e-40.
         let first = generate();
         let differs = (0..20).any(|_| generate() != first);
         assert!(differs);

crates/maestro-protocol/src/lib.rs

@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ pub struct DaemonInfo {
 }
 
 /// Payload of `GET /api/names?count=N` (#53) — a batch of fresh
-/// `adjective-noun` session handles generated by the `maestro-names` crate.
+/// one-word session handles generated by the `maestro-names` crate.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct NameBatch {
     pub names: Vec<String>,

crates/maestro-tui/src/draft.rs

@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
 //!
 //! The picker itself is two steps (#96), verbatim from the rules in
 //! `web/src/spawnForm.ts`'s "working-directory picker (#95)" comment:
-//!  1. Step one is one box per repository (name, then full path). A worktree
+//!  1. Step one is one box per repository (name, then its parent directory).
-//!     is a box only when its main checkout is missing from the scan.
+//!     A worktree is a box only when its main checkout is missing from the
+//!     scan.
 //!  2. The filter keeps a repository when the query matches it or any of its
 //!     worktrees, so a worktree name still finds its box.
 //!  3. Picking a box reveals step two: "+ new", then that repository's
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@
 //!     these are separate acts.
 //!  6. Neither step probes `/api/gitroot`; the scan already reports
 //!     repository membership. Only the free-text hatch pays for a probe.
+//!  7. Neither step touches the command: the directory and what runs in it
+//!     are independent choices.
 
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use maestro_config::{builtin_presets, custom_preset};
+use maestro_protocol::display::abbreviate_dir;
 use maestro_protocol::{BranchInfo, CreateSessionRequest, Project, SpawnPreset, WorktreeSpec};
 use ratatui::layout::{Constraint, Layout, Rect};
 use ratatui::style::{Modifier, Style};
@@ -128,6 +132,15 @@ pub struct DraftWorktreeRow {
     pub stale: bool,
 }
 
+/// A box's second column: the directory holding the project, `~`-abbreviated.
+/// Only the stem — the last segment is the name column beside it.
+fn parent_dir_label(path: &Path, home: &str) -> String {
+    match path.parent() {
+        Some(parent) => abbreviate_dir(parent, home),
+        None => String::new(),
+    }
+}
+
 /// The repository key a [`DraftGroup`] was formed under — same key
 /// `projects::group_projects` groups by, kept separately because the main
 /// box's own path only equals it when the main checkout itself was found.
@@ -893,13 +906,6 @@ impl DraftPane {
         self.worktree_choice = choice.clone();
         self.picked_cwd = Some(target.path.clone());
         self.cwd_raw_visible = false;
-        if let Some(cmd) = target.last_command.as_deref() {
-            if !cmd.is_empty() {
-                if let Some(idx) = self.presets.iter().position(|p| p.command == cmd) {
-                    self.selected_preset = idx;
-                }
-            }
-        }
         match choice {
             WorktreeChoice::New => {
                 self.worktree_enabled = true;
@@ -1200,9 +1206,9 @@ impl DraftPane {
             cursor = Some((col, filter_row.y));
         }
 
-        // Step one (#96 rule 1): one box per repository, name then the FULL
+        // Step one (#96 rule 1): one box per repository, name then the parent
-        // path — not the abbreviated form other lists use — so two projects
+        // directory it sits in. The last segment is the name column already;
-        // sharing a basename stay distinguishable.
+        // the stem is what keeps two projects sharing a basename apart.
         let visible = self.visible_groups();
         let sel = self.selection();
         let count = visible.len() + 1;
@@ -1241,7 +1247,10 @@ impl DraftPane {
                     Span::styled(if active { ">" } else { " " }, base),
                     Span::raw(" "),
                     Span::styled(format!("{:<name_width$}", group.main.name), base),
-                    Span::styled(format!(" {}", group.main.path.display()), base),
+                    Span::styled(
+                        format!(" {}", parent_dir_label(&group.main.path, &self.home_dir)),
+                        base,
+                    ),
                 ])
             } else {
                 let mut style = Style::default();
@@ -1741,8 +1750,9 @@ mod tests {
         let stale_pos = rendered.find("stale-repo").unwrap();
         assert!(fresh_pos < stale_pos, "fresh before stale:\n{rendered}");
         assert!(
-            rendered.contains("/home/u/new/repo"),
+            rendered.contains("~/new") && !rendered.contains("~/new/repo"),
-            "the full path, not an abbreviation (#96 rule 1):\n{rendered}"
+            "the parent directory only — the name column is the last segment \
+             (#96 rule 1):\n{rendered}"
         );
 
         // Staleness dims the row's cells.
@@ -1787,7 +1797,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(
             draft.command(),
             "claude",
-            "pick pre-selects the last command"
+            "the preset is the operator's own choice — picking a project leaves it alone"
         );
     }
 
@@ -2640,8 +2650,8 @@ mod tests {
         let rendered = render_to_string(100, 24, |f| draft.render(f, f.area(), true));
 
         assert!(
-            rendered.contains("/home/u/repos/main"),
+            rendered.contains("~/repos"),
-            "step one shows the full repository path:\n{rendered}"
+            "step one shows the directory holding the repository:\n{rendered}"
         );
         assert!(
             rendered.contains("+ new"),

flake.nix

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
             pnpmDeps = (pkgs.fetchPnpmDeps.override { pnpm = pkgs.pnpm_10; }) {
               inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
               fetcherVersion = 3;
-              hash = "sha256-D9JdgI92vzAY8en2zGEEPd4hwOLVi3sr1joT4b17Be4=";
+              hash = "sha256-AvIrpXipbcp7hRujh/L4UAc6tAJOxe67P/iji6L/oL0=";
             };
 
             buildPhase = ''

web/src/attach.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { attachWsUrl } from "./routes.js";
 import { escapeHtml } from "./html.js";
 import { INITIAL_RECONNECT_MS, MAX_RECONNECT_MS } from "./reconnect.js";
 import { applyModsToChar, cursorSeq } from "./keys.js";
+import { requestToggleDrawer } from "./drawer.js";
+import { splitCommand, toolIconSvg } from "./toolIcon.js";
 import type { ClientControl, Uuid } from "./types.js";
 
 /**
@@ -54,6 +56,15 @@ export interface AttachInfo {
   command: string;
 }
 
+/** Header echoes the sidebar: the command's leading program becomes its tool
+ * icon when we have a mark for it, remaining words stay as text. */
+function commandFragment(command: string): string {
+  const { tool, rest } = splitCommand(command);
+  const icon = tool ? toolIconSvg(tool) : null;
+  const text = icon ? rest : command;
+  return `<span class="at-cmd">${icon ?? ""}${text ? escapeHtml(text) : ""}</span>`;
+}
+
 export function createAttachConnection(
   sessionId: Uuid,
   opts: AttachOptions = {},
@@ -65,14 +76,12 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
   // tooltip for when you really need it.
   const titleHtml = info
     ? `<span class="at-name">${escapeHtml(info.name)}</span>` +
-      (info.command && info.command !== info.name
+      (info.command && info.command !== info.name ? commandFragment(info.command) : "")
-        ? `<span class="at-cmd">${escapeHtml(info.command)}</span>`
-        : "")
     : `session <span class="sid">${escapeHtml(sessionId.slice(0, 8))}</span>`;
   const titleAttr = info ? `${info.name} · ${info.command}  (${sessionId})` : sessionId;
   el.innerHTML = `
     <header class="attach-header">
-      <a class="btn btn-ghost back" href="#/" aria-label="Back to catalog" title="Back to catalog">←</a>
+      <button type="button" class="btn btn-ghost btn-icon sessions-btn" aria-label="Show sessions" title="Show sessions">☰</button>
       <span class="attach-title" title="${escapeHtml(titleAttr)}">${titleHtml}</span>
       <span class="attach-state" data-state="connecting">connecting…</span>
       <button class="btn btn-ghost btn-icon disconnect" type="button" aria-label="Disconnect" title="Disconnect this session">⏻</button>
@@ -92,6 +101,12 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
     stateEl.dataset.state = kind;
   };
 
+  // Mobile-only (CSS hides it on desktop, where the sidebar is always in view):
+  // the session list is an off-canvas drawer and this is what opens it.
+  (el.querySelector(".sessions-btn") as HTMLElement).addEventListener("click", () =>
+    requestToggleDrawer(),
+  );
+
   disconnectBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
     opts.onRequestClose?.(sessionId);
   });

web/src/catalog.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ export function requestOpenSpawn(): void {
  *  connection pool. */
 export const FOCUS_PANE_EVENT = "catalog-focus-pane";
 
+/** Ask the shell to open a draft pane seeded from an existing session
+ *  ("Spawn similar"). Detail is the session being cloned. */
+export const SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT = "catalog-spawn-similar";
+
 /** The rows a keyboard walk stops on, in visual (document) order. Expanded
  *  folder headers are skipped: a directory is not something to focus, and the
  *  cards under it are one row away anyway. A *collapsed* folder still counts —
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ function renderNode(node: TreeNode, depth: number): HTMLElement {
   similarBtn.addEventListener("click", (ev) => {
     ev.preventDefault();
     ev.stopPropagation();
-    document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("catalog-spawn-similar", { detail: s }));
+    document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT, { detail: s }));
   });
   const killBtn = row.querySelector(".leaf-kill") as HTMLButtonElement;
   killBtn.addEventListener("click", (ev) => {
@@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ function renderNode(node: TreeNode, depth: number): HTMLElement {
       {
         label: "Spawn similar",
         onSelect: () =>
-          document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("catalog-spawn-similar", { detail: s })),
+          document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT, { detail: s })),
       },
       { label: "Kill session", danger: true, onSelect: () => void confirmAndKill(s, name) },
     ]);
@@ -262,18 +266,6 @@ function beginRename(row: HTMLElement, s: Session): void {
   input.select();
 }
 
-function renderStatusbar(sessions: Session[]): HTMLElement {
-  const wrap = document.createElement("div");
-  wrap.className = "statusbar";
-
-  const live = sessions.filter((s) => s.status === "Running").length;
-  const tally = document.createElement("span");
-  tally.className = "session-tally";
-  tally.textContent = `${sessions.length} session${sessions.length === 1 ? "" : "s"} · ${live} live`;
-  wrap.appendChild(tally);
-  return wrap;
-}
-
 function renderEmpty(filtering: boolean, onSpawn: () => void): HTMLElement {
   const el = document.createElement("div");
   el.className = "empty";
@@ -298,68 +290,6 @@ function renderEmpty(filtering: boolean, onSpawn: () => void): HTMLElement {
   return el;
 }
 
-/**
- * The global app header (full width, above the sidebar/content split): brand +
- * the app-level actions (spawn, theme toggle). Kept out of the sidebar so these
- * stay put and reachable regardless of which pane is showing.
- */
-export function renderTopbar(store: CatalogStore, onToggleSidebar?: () => void): HTMLElement {
-  const header = document.createElement("header");
-  header.className = "app-header";
-  header.innerHTML = `
-    <button type="button" class="app-menu" title="Sessions" aria-label="Toggle session list">☰</button>
-    <a class="brand" href="#/" aria-label="maestro — clear selection">
-      <span class="brand-dot" aria-hidden="true"></span>
-      <h1>maestro<span class="blink" aria-hidden="true">_</span></h1>
-    </a>
-    <div class="app-status"></div>
-    <div class="app-actions"></div>
-  `;
-  // Mobile-only ☰ (CSS hides it on desktop) — opens the off-canvas session drawer.
-  (header.querySelector(".app-menu") as HTMLElement).addEventListener("click", () =>
-    onToggleSidebar?.(),
-  );
-
-  // Session tally lives centered in the header (not the sidebar).
-  const statusHost = header.querySelector(".app-status") as HTMLElement;
-  const renderStatus = () => {
-    const state = store.snapshot();
-    statusHost.replaceChildren(renderStatusbar([...state.sessions.values()]));
-  };
-  store.subscribe(renderStatus);
-  renderStatus();
-
-  const actions = header.querySelector(".app-actions") as HTMLElement;
-  // DEV-only shortcut to the standalone design kit (?kit). Lets you reach it by
-  // clicking inside a proxied preview (e.g. crit live) that has no address bar.
-  if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
-    const kit = document.createElement("a");
-    kit.className = "btn btn-ghost";
-    kit.href = "?kit";
-    kit.textContent = "kit";
-    kit.title = "Open the design kit (DEV)";
-    actions.appendChild(kit);
-  }
-  const helpBtn = document.createElement("button");
-  helpBtn.type = "button";
-  helpBtn.className = "btn btn-ghost btn-icon help-btn";
-  helpBtn.textContent = "?";
-  helpBtn.title = "Keyboard shortcuts (?)";
-  helpBtn.setAttribute("aria-label", "Keyboard shortcuts");
-  helpBtn.addEventListener("click", () => toggleHelp());
-  actions.appendChild(helpBtn);
-  actions.appendChild(createThemeToggle());
-  const spawnBtn = document.createElement("button");
-  spawnBtn.type = "button";
-  spawnBtn.className = "btn btn-primary spawn-btn";
-  spawnBtn.textContent = "+ Spawn";
-  // The keyboard pair sits right here in the tooltip (#67).
-  spawnBtn.title = "Draft pane: n — fast-forward spawn: N";
-  spawnBtn.addEventListener("click", () => requestOpenSpawn());
-  actions.appendChild(spawnBtn);
-  return header;
-}
-
 /** Two-tier sidebar highlight state (issue #33): which sessions are open in some
  *  pane (quiet), and which one is focused (loud). */
 export interface SidebarHighlights {
@@ -425,6 +355,40 @@ export function renderSidebar(store: CatalogStore, opts: SidebarOptions = {}): S
   treeHost.className = "tree";
   el.appendChild(treeHost);
 
+  // App-level actions (help, theme, spawn) live pinned to the sidebar's foot
+  // rather than the sidebar's own scrolling content, so they stay reachable
+  // regardless of tree scroll position.
+  const footer = document.createElement("div");
+  footer.className = "sidebar-footer";
+  const helpBtn = document.createElement("button");
+  helpBtn.type = "button";
+  helpBtn.className = "btn btn-ghost btn-icon help-btn";
+  helpBtn.textContent = "?";
+  helpBtn.title = "Keyboard shortcuts (?)";
+  helpBtn.setAttribute("aria-label", "Keyboard shortcuts");
+  helpBtn.addEventListener("click", () => toggleHelp());
+  footer.appendChild(helpBtn);
+  footer.appendChild(createThemeToggle());
+  // DEV-only shortcut to the standalone design kit (?kit). Lets you reach it by
+  // clicking inside a proxied preview (e.g. crit live) that has no address bar.
+  if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
+    const kit = document.createElement("a");
+    kit.className = "btn btn-ghost";
+    kit.href = "?kit";
+    kit.textContent = "kit";
+    kit.title = "Open the design kit (DEV)";
+    footer.appendChild(kit);
+  }
+  const spawnBtn = document.createElement("button");
+  spawnBtn.type = "button";
+  spawnBtn.className = "btn btn-primary spawn-btn";
+  spawnBtn.textContent = "+ Spawn";
+  // The keyboard pair sits right here in the tooltip (#67).
+  spawnBtn.title = "Draft pane: n — fast-forward spawn: N";
+  spawnBtn.addEventListener("click", () => requestOpenSpawn());
+  footer.appendChild(spawnBtn);
+  el.appendChild(footer);
+
   // Drag a session row into the canvas (issue #32). Delegated so it survives
   // tree re-renders; the controller handles drag-vs-tap (tap still navigates).
   treeHost.addEventListener("pointerdown", (e) => {

web/src/drawer.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { OPEN_SPAWN_EVENT, SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT } from "./catalog.js";
+import { installDrawer, type Drawer } from "./drawer.js";
+
+function mount(): { shell: HTMLElement; sidebar: HTMLElement; drawer: Drawer } {
+  const shell = document.createElement("div");
+  const sidebar = document.createElement("aside");
+  const backdrop = document.createElement("div");
+  const row = document.createElement("div");
+  row.className = "tree-leaf";
+  sidebar.appendChild(row);
+  shell.append(sidebar, backdrop);
+  document.body.replaceChildren(shell);
+  const drawer = installDrawer(shell, sidebar, backdrop);
+  drawer.open();
+  return { shell, sidebar, drawer };
+}
+
+describe("mobile drawer", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => document.body.replaceChildren());
+
+  it("closes when a session row is tapped", () => {
+    const { shell, sidebar } = mount();
+    (sidebar.querySelector(".tree-leaf") as HTMLElement).click();
+    expect(shell.classList.contains("drawer-open")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("closes when a spawn is requested", () => {
+    const { shell } = mount();
+    document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(OPEN_SPAWN_EVENT));
+    expect(shell.classList.contains("drawer-open")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("closes when spawn similar is requested", () => {
+    const { shell } = mount();
+    document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT, { detail: {} }));
+    expect(shell.classList.contains("drawer-open")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves the backdrop click closing it", () => {
+    const { shell } = mount();
+    (shell.lastElementChild as HTMLElement).click();
+    expect(shell.classList.contains("drawer-open")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

web/src/drawer.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Mobile off-canvas sidebar (issue #35); on desktop the `drawer-open` class is
+// inert (CSS gates the drawer styling).
+//
+// Anything that puts a new view in the content area must close the drawer, or
+// it renders behind the sidebar and the tap reads as a dead button. "Spawn
+// similar" sits inside a session row but stops propagation, so it never reaches
+// the row's own close — both spawn paths arrive here via document events.
+
+import { OPEN_SPAWN_EVENT, SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT } from "./catalog.js";
+
+/** Toggling the drawer from outside the shell (the pane header's ☰ on mobile),
+ *  without threading the controller through every view. */
+export const TOGGLE_DRAWER_EVENT = "maestro-toggle-drawer";
+
+export function requestToggleDrawer(): void {
+  document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(TOGGLE_DRAWER_EVENT));
+}
+
+export interface Drawer {
+  open(): void;
+  close(): void;
+  toggle(): void;
+  isOpen(): boolean;
+}
+
+export function installDrawer(
+  shellEl: HTMLElement,
+  sidebarEl: HTMLElement,
+  backdropEl: HTMLElement,
+): Drawer {
+  const drawer: Drawer = {
+    open: () => shellEl.classList.add("drawer-open"),
+    close: () => shellEl.classList.remove("drawer-open"),
+    toggle: () => shellEl.classList.toggle("drawer-open"),
+    isOpen: () => shellEl.classList.contains("drawer-open"),
+  };
+
+  backdropEl.addEventListener("click", () => drawer.close());
+  sidebarEl.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
+    if ((e.target as HTMLElement).closest(".tree-leaf")) drawer.close();
+  });
+  document.addEventListener(TOGGLE_DRAWER_EVENT, () => drawer.toggle());
+  document.addEventListener(OPEN_SPAWN_EVENT, () => drawer.close());
+  document.addEventListener(SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT, () => drawer.close());
+
+  return drawer;
+}
+
+/** Horizontal swipes drive the drawer (right opens, left closes) rather than
+ *  the browser's back/forward navigation. Only a clearly horizontal gesture past
+ *  a threshold counts, so vertical terminal scrolling (which owns its own touch
+ *  handler) is untouched. */
+export function installDrawerSwipe(drawer: Drawer): void {
+  const mobileMq = window.matchMedia("(max-width: 859px)");
+  let sx = 0;
+  let sy = 0;
+  let tracking = false;
+  document.addEventListener(
+    "touchstart",
+    (e) => {
+      tracking = mobileMq.matches && e.touches.length === 1;
+      if (tracking) {
+        sx = e.touches[0].clientX;
+        sy = e.touches[0].clientY;
+      }
+    },
+    { passive: true },
+  );
+  document.addEventListener(
+    "touchend",
+    (e) => {
+      if (!tracking) return;
+      tracking = false;
+      const t = e.changedTouches[0];
+      const dx = t.clientX - sx;
+      const dy = t.clientY - sy;
+      if (Math.abs(dx) < 60 || Math.abs(dx) < Math.abs(dy) * 1.5) return;
+      if (dx > 0 && !drawer.isOpen()) drawer.open();
+      else if (dx < 0 && drawer.isOpen()) drawer.close();
+    },
+    { passive: true },
+  );
+}

web/src/kit.ts

@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ export function renderKit(): HTMLElement {
     );
     activeLine.setAttribute("data-activity", "active");
     body.append(
-      specimen("session-tally", h("span", "session-tally", "6 sessions · 5 live")),
       specimen("folder-count", h("span", "folder-count", "4")),
       specimen("card-line2 · active", activeLine),
       specimen("attach-state · open", h("span", "attach-state", "live")),

web/src/main.ts

@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import "@fontsource/jetbrains-mono/400.css";
 import "@fontsource/jetbrains-mono/500.css";
 import "@fontsource/jetbrains-mono/600.css";
 import "@fontsource/jetbrains-mono/700.css";
-import { renderSidebar, renderTopbar } from "./catalog.js";
+import { renderSidebar } from "./catalog.js";
 import { ConnectionPool } from "./connections.js";
+import { installDrawer, installDrawerSwipe, requestToggleDrawer } from "./drawer.js";
 import { installHudKeybind } from "./debug.js";
 import { installHelpKeybind, isHelpOpen, isTypingTarget } from "./help.js";
 import { CatalogStore } from "./events.js";
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ import { mountHud, type Hud } from "./hud.js";
 import { emptyLayout, type Layout, openSessions } from "./layout.js";
 import { createMultiView, type MultiView } from "./multiview.js";
 import { loadLayout, saveLayout } from "./persistence.js";
-import { FOCUS_PANE_EVENT, OPEN_SPAWN_EVENT } from "./catalog.js";
+import { FOCUS_PANE_EVENT, OPEN_SPAWN_EVENT, SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT } from "./catalog.js";
 import { initTheme } from "./theme.js";
 import { sessionName, type Project, type Session, type SpawnPreset } from "./types.js";
 import { installViewportSizing } from "./viewport.js";
@@ -92,63 +93,15 @@ const content = document.createElement("section");
 content.className = "content";
 
 // Mobile (issue #35): the sidebar is an off-canvas drawer toggled by the ☰ in
-// the header; a backdrop covers the content while it's open, and tapping a
+// the pane header (and the welcome state). `installDrawer` owns the close rules (session tap, Spawn, Spawn
-// session closes it. On desktop these are inert (CSS gates the drawer styling).
+// similar, backdrop); on desktop the class it toggles is inert.
 const backdrop = document.createElement("div");
 backdrop.className = "mv-backdrop";
-function closeDrawer(): void {
+const drawer = installDrawer(shellEl, sidebar.el, backdrop);
-  shellEl.classList.remove("drawer-open");
+installDrawerSwipe(drawer);
-}
-function openDrawer(): void {
-  shellEl.classList.add("drawer-open");
-}
-function toggleDrawer(): void {
-  shellEl.classList.toggle("drawer-open");
-}
-backdrop.addEventListener("click", closeDrawer);
-sidebar.el.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
-  if ((e.target as HTMLElement).closest(".tree-leaf")) closeDrawer();
-});
-
-// Mobile: horizontal swipes drive the drawer (right opens, left closes) rather
-// than the browser's back/forward navigation. We only act on a clearly
-// horizontal gesture past a threshold, so vertical terminal scrolling (which
-// owns its own touch handler) is untouched.
-{
-  const mobileMq = window.matchMedia("(max-width: 859px)");
-  let sx = 0;
-  let sy = 0;
-  let tracking = false;
-  document.addEventListener(
-    "touchstart",
-    (e) => {
-      tracking = mobileMq.matches && e.touches.length === 1;
-      if (tracking) {
-        sx = e.touches[0].clientX;
-        sy = e.touches[0].clientY;
-      }
-    },
-    { passive: true },
-  );
-  document.addEventListener(
-    "touchend",
-    (e) => {
-      if (!tracking) return;
-      tracking = false;
-      const t = e.changedTouches[0];
-      const dx = t.clientX - sx;
-      const dy = t.clientY - sy;
-      if (Math.abs(dx) < 60 || Math.abs(dx) < Math.abs(dy) * 1.5) return;
-      const open = shellEl.classList.contains("drawer-open");
-      if (dx > 0 && !open) openDrawer();
-      else if (dx < 0 && open) closeDrawer();
-    },
-    { passive: true },
-  );
-}
 
 shellEl.append(sidebar.el, content, backdrop);
-root.replaceChildren(renderTopbar(store, toggleDrawer), shellEl);
+root.replaceChildren(shellEl);
 
 // The pool owns attach connections independently of the route: navigating away
 // parks a session (keeps it streaming); navigating back re-mounts it instantly.
@@ -228,13 +181,22 @@ function renderWelcome(): HTMLElement {
     </p>
     <p class="empty-hint">Press <kbd>?</kbd> for keyboard shortcuts.</p>
     <div class="empty-actions"></div>`;
+  const actions = el.querySelector(".empty-actions") as HTMLElement;
+  // Mobile-only: with no pane open there is no pane header to carry the ☰, so
+  // the drawer would be swipe-only. CSS hides this on desktop.
+  const sessions = document.createElement("button");
+  sessions.type = "button";
+  sessions.className = "btn btn-ghost welcome-sessions";
+  sessions.textContent = "☰ Sessions";
+  sessions.addEventListener("click", () => requestToggleDrawer());
+  actions.appendChild(sessions);
   const spawn = document.createElement("button");
   spawn.type = "button";
   spawn.className = "btn btn-primary";
   spawn.textContent = "+ Spawn session";
   spawn.title = "Draft pane: n — fast-forward spawn: N";
   spawn.addEventListener("click", () => requestOpenSpawn());
-  (el.querySelector(".empty-actions") as HTMLElement).appendChild(spawn);
+  actions.appendChild(spawn);
   return el;
 }
 
@@ -272,7 +234,7 @@ function showMultiView(): void {
   updateShellRoute();
 }
 
-// Spawn affordances (#62): the header button, the sidebar's empty state, and
+// Spawn affordances (#62): the sidebar's footer button, its empty state, and
 // `?mock&spawn` all open a draft pane; "Spawn similar" seeds one from the
 // cloned session (see spawnSimilar.ts).
 function requestOpenSpawn(): void {
@@ -284,7 +246,7 @@ function requestOpenSpawn(): void {
   mv.openDraft(undefined, { newTab: true });
 }
 document.addEventListener(OPEN_SPAWN_EVENT, () => requestOpenSpawn());
-document.addEventListener("catalog-spawn-similar", (ev) => {
+document.addEventListener(SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT, (ev) => {
   const s = (ev as CustomEvent<Session>).detail;
   showMultiView();
   mv.openDraft(spawnSimilarSeed(s));
@@ -358,7 +320,7 @@ window.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
   if (sidebar.hasListFocus()) {
     pool.focusTerminal();
   } else {
-    openDrawer(); // no-op on desktop; on mobile the list is off-canvas
+    drawer.open(); // no-op on desktop; on mobile the list is off-canvas
     sidebar.focusList();
   }
 });

web/src/multiview.test.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function stubFetch(): void {
         : url.includes("/api/projects")
           ? []
           : url.includes("/api/names")
-            ? { names: ["allegro-cello"] }
+            ? { names: ["cello"] }
             : undefined;
       return new Response(JSON.stringify(body), { status: 200 });
     }),
@@ -432,3 +432,129 @@ describe("multiview closeSession tab cleanup (#137)", () => {
     expect(layout.activeTabId).toBe(tab.id);
   });
 });
+
+describe("multiview mobile single pane", () => {
+  /** Force the mobile media query on, whatever happy-dom's viewport says. */
+  function forceMobile(): void {
+    vi.spyOn(window, "matchMedia").mockImplementation(
+      (query: string) =>
+        ({
+          matches: query.includes("859"),
+          media: query,
+          onchange: null,
+          addEventListener() {},
+          removeEventListener() {},
+          addListener() {},
+          removeListener() {},
+          dispatchEvent: () => false,
+        }) as unknown as MediaQueryList,
+    );
+  }
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    stubFetch();
+    forceMobile();
+    document.body.replaceChildren();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("replaces the focused pane instead of splitting beside it", () => {
+    const layout = emptyLayout();
+    const tab = layout.tabs[0];
+    tab.focusedLeafId = splitLeaf(tab, "", "s1", "row", true);
+    const mv = makeMv(layout);
+    document.body.appendChild(mv.el);
+    mv.render();
+
+    mv.openSessionBeside("s2");
+
+    const ls = leaves(tab.root);
+    expect(ls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(ls[0].sessionId).toBe("s2");
+    expect(layout.tabs).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a spawn draft in the current pane rather than a new tab", async () => {
+    const layout = emptyLayout();
+    const tab = layout.tabs[0];
+    tab.focusedLeafId = splitLeaf(tab, "", "s1", "row", true);
+    const mv = makeMv(layout);
+    document.body.appendChild(mv.el);
+    mv.render();
+
+    mv.openDraft(undefined, { newTab: true });
+    await flush();
+
+    expect(layout.tabs).toHaveLength(1);
+    const ls = leaves(tab.root);
+    expect(ls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(ls[0].sessionId).toBeNull();
+    expect(ls[0].draft).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("renders one pane and no pane pills for a multi-leaf tab", () => {
+    const layout = emptyLayout();
+    const tab = layout.tabs[0];
+    const first = splitLeaf(tab, "", "s1", "row", true);
+    tab.focusedLeafId = splitLeaf(tab, first, "s2", "row", true);
+    const mv = makeMv(layout);
+    document.body.appendChild(mv.el);
+    mv.render();
+
+    expect(mv.el.querySelectorAll(".mv-pane")).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(mv.el.querySelector(".mv-panebar")).toBeNull();
+    expect(mv.el.querySelector(".mv-pill")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("collapses the tab bar even with several tabs", () => {
+    const layout = emptyLayout();
+    const first = layout.tabs[0];
+    first.focusedLeafId = splitLeaf(first, "", "s1", "row", true);
+    const second = addTab(layout);
+    second.focusedLeafId = splitLeaf(second, "", "s2", "row", true);
+    const mv = makeMv(layout);
+    document.body.appendChild(mv.el);
+    mv.render();
+
+    expect(mv.el.classList.contains("mv-mobile-solo")).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("multiview solo tab bar", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    stubFetch();
+    document.body.replaceChildren();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+  });
+
+  it("hides the tab bar while only one tab exists", () => {
+    const layout = emptyLayout();
+    const tab = layout.tabs[0];
+    tab.focusedLeafId = splitLeaf(tab, "", "s1", "row", true);
+    const mv = makeMv(layout);
+    document.body.appendChild(mv.el);
+    mv.render();
+
+    expect(mv.el.classList.contains("mv-solo-tab")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("shows the tab bar again once a second tab appears", () => {
+    const layout = emptyLayout();
+    const first = layout.tabs[0];
+    first.focusedLeafId = splitLeaf(first, "", "s1", "row", true);
+    const second = addTab(layout);
+    second.focusedLeafId = splitLeaf(second, "", "s2", "row", true);
+    const mv = makeMv(layout);
+    document.body.appendChild(mv.el);
+    mv.render();
+
+    expect(mv.el.classList.contains("mv-solo-tab")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

web/src/multiview.ts

@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ export function createMultiView(opts: MultiViewOptions): MultiView {
   canvas.className = "mv-canvas";
   el.append(tabBar, canvas);
 
-  // Mobile (issue #35): below 860px the tree projects to a one-pane-at-a-time
+  // Mobile (issue #35): below 860px the layout collapses to exactly one visible
-  // strip of pills — splits/drag/resize are desktop-only. The tree is untouched,
+  // pane and no tab bar — splits/drag/resize are desktop-only, and opening or
-  // so widening restores the splits.
+  // spawning replaces the pane rather than adding a second thing to navigate.
+  // The sidebar drawer is the only navigation. The tree is untouched, so
+  // widening restores whatever splits and tabs a desktop session built.
   const mq = window.matchMedia("(max-width: 859px)");
   let isMobile = mq.matches;
   mq.addEventListener("change", (e) => {
@@ -391,7 +393,9 @@ export function createMultiView(opts: MultiViewOptions): MultiView {
       return;
     }
     const target = findLeaf(tab.root, tab.focusedLeafId)!;
-    if (!target.sessionId) {
+    // Mobile shows one pane, so there is no "beside": take over the pane. The
+    // evicted session keeps running and stays a tap away in the sidebar.
+    if (!target.sessionId || isMobile) {
       target.sessionId = sessionId;
       target.draft = null;
     } else {
@@ -403,7 +407,9 @@ export function createMultiView(opts: MultiViewOptions): MultiView {
 
   function openDraft(seed?: Partial<Draft>, opts?: { newTab?: boolean }): void {
     const draft = (): Draft => ({ command: "", cwd: "", name: "", ...seed });
-    if (opts?.newTab) {
+    // Mobile keeps a single tab and a single pane: the spawn form takes over the
+    // current pane instead of opening a tab or a split.
+    if (opts?.newTab && !isMobile) {
       // Spawn opens its own tab rather than halving whatever you were reading
       // (#100). The empty-pane reuse below still applies within a tab.
       const fresh = addTab(layout);
@@ -421,9 +427,10 @@ export function createMultiView(opts: MultiViewOptions): MultiView {
       return;
     }
     const target = findLeaf(tab.root, tab.focusedLeafId)!;
-    if (!target.sessionId) {
+    if (!target.sessionId || isMobile) {
       // Empty = no session, not `!draft` (#72): the mounted form auto-syncs
       // picked defaults into `draft` once ready, so that's never reliably null.
+      target.sessionId = null;
       target.draft = draft();
       const stale = draftForms.get(target.id);
       if (stale) {
@@ -462,9 +469,13 @@ export function createMultiView(opts: MultiViewOptions): MultiView {
     renderTabs();
     canvas.replaceChildren();
     const tab = activeTab(layout);
-    // Mobile single-tab: the tab bar carries no information (one tab, one pane),
+    // Mobile: the tab bar is a second navigation surface we don't want, so CSS
-    // so CSS collapses it and we float a ☰ instead (rendered in renderMobile).
+    // collapses it; the pane header's ☰ keeps the sidebar drawer reachable.
-    el.classList.toggle("mv-mobile-solo", isMobile && layout.tabs.length === 1);
+    el.classList.toggle("mv-mobile-solo", isMobile);
+    // A lone tab has nothing to switch between, so the bar is only a strip of
+    // chrome; CSS hides it until a second tab exists. Spawning still opens its
+    // own tab (#100), which brings the bar back with the "+" button on it.
+    el.classList.toggle("mv-solo-tab", layout.tabs.length === 1);
 
     if (!tab.root) {
       pruneForms(tab);
@@ -496,7 +507,9 @@ export function createMultiView(opts: MultiViewOptions): MultiView {
     persist();
   }
 
-  // Mobile: a pill strip of the active tab's leaves + one full-screen pane.
+  // Mobile: the focused leaf, full screen, alone. Panes a desktop session left
+  // behind stay in the tree but are reached only by tapping the session in the
+  // sidebar drawer — mobile shows no pane switcher of its own.
   function renderMobile(tab: { root: Node | null; focusedLeafId: string | null }): void {
     const ls = leaves(tab.root);
     const focused = (tab.focusedLeafId && findLeaf(tab.root, tab.focusedLeafId)) || ls[0];
@@ -504,23 +517,6 @@ export function createMultiView(opts: MultiViewOptions): MultiView {
     const wrap = document.createElement("div");
     wrap.className = "mv-mobile";
 
-    if (ls.length > 1) {
-      const bar = document.createElement("div");
-      bar.className = "mv-panebar";
-      for (const l of ls) {
-        const pill = document.createElement("button");
-        pill.type = "button";
-        pill.className = "mv-pill" + (l.id === focused.id ? " is-active" : "");
-        pill.textContent = l.sessionId ? (infoFor(l.sessionId)?.name ?? l.sessionId.slice(0, 8)) : "empty";
-        pill.addEventListener("click", () => {
-          tab.focusedLeafId = l.id;
-          render();
-        });
-        bar.appendChild(pill);
-      }
-      wrap.appendChild(bar);
-    }
-
     const pane = buildPane(focused);
     pane.el.classList.add("is-focused"); // the only pane — never dimmed
     wrap.appendChild(pane.el);

web/src/paths.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
-import { longestCommonPrefix, splitPath } from "./paths.js";
+import { longestCommonPrefix, parentDir, splitPath } from "./paths.js";
 
 describe("splitPath", () => {
   it("splits on the last slash, keeping it with the directory", () => {
@@ -29,3 +29,19 @@ describe("longestCommonPrefix", () => {
     expect(longestCommonPrefix(["Alpha", "alpha"])).toBe("");
   });
 });
+
+describe("parentDir", () => {
+  it("drops the last segment", () => {
+    expect(parentDir("/home/user/tea/maestro")).toBe("/home/user/tea");
+    expect(parentDir("/home/user/tea/maestro/")).toBe("/home/user/tea");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the root for a top-level path", () => {
+    expect(parentDir("/maestro")).toBe("/");
+    expect(parentDir("/")).toBe("/");
+  });
+
+  it("is empty for a bare name", () => {
+    expect(parentDir("maestro")).toBe("");
+  });
+});

web/src/paths.ts

@@ -19,3 +19,12 @@ export function longestCommonPrefix(items: string[]): string {
   }
   return lcp;
 }
+
+/** Everything above the last segment of an absolute path: `/a/b/c` → `/a/b`.
+ * A top-level path keeps `/`, and a trailing slash is ignored. */
+export function parentDir(path: string): string {
+  const trimmed = path.length > 1 && path.endsWith("/") ? path.slice(0, -1) : path;
+  const slash = trimmed.lastIndexOf("/");
+  if (slash <= 0) return slash === 0 ? "/" : "";
+  return trimmed.slice(0, slash);
+}

web/src/projectPicker.test.ts

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function stubFetch(info: unknown, projects: Project[]): void {
         : url.includes("/api/projects")
           ? projects
           : url.includes("/api/names")
-            ? { names: ["allegro-cello", "presto-fugue", "adagio-lyre"] }
+            ? { names: ["cello", "fugue", "lyre"] }
             : undefined;
       return new Response(JSON.stringify(body), { status: 200 });
     }),
@@ -79,14 +79,22 @@ describe("spawnForm project picker (#95: boxes, full paths, mains only)", () =>
     expect(boxes[0].classList.contains("is-stale")).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it("shows the name as the primary line and the full path unabbreviated", async () => {
+  it("shows the name as the primary line and its parent directory below", async () => {
     const p = project({ name: "nixos-config", path: "/home/user/tea/nixos-config" });
     const form = (await mount([p])).el;
     const box = form.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".project-box")!;
     expect(box.querySelector(".project-name")!.textContent).toBe("nixos-config");
-    // Not `~/t/nixos-config`: the abbreviation hid what distinguishes two
+    // Only the stem: repeating the last segment would just echo the name. Not
-    // projects sharing a basename (#95).
+    // `~/t`, since the stem is what distinguishes two projects sharing a
-    expect(box.querySelector(".project-path")!.textContent).toBe("/home/user/tea/nixos-config");
+    // basename (#95).
+    expect(box.querySelector(".project-path")!.textContent).toBe("~/tea");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the last command out of the box", async () => {
+    const p = project({ name: "maestro", path: "/home/user/maestro", last_command: "claude" });
+    const form = (await mount([p])).el;
+    const box = form.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".project-box")!;
+    expect(box.textContent).not.toContain("claude");
   });
 
   it("lists only main checkouts as boxes — worktrees belong to step two", async () => {
@@ -126,11 +134,11 @@ describe("spawnForm project picker (#95: boxes, full paths, mains only)", () =>
     expect(form.querySelector(".picker-empty")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
-  it("picking a project selects its cwd and pre-selects its last command", async () => {
+  it("picking a project selects its cwd and leaves the command alone", async () => {
     const p = project({
       name: "maestro",
       path: "/home/user/maestro",
-      last_command: "claude",
+      last_command: "aider",
     });
     const onChange = vi.fn();
     stubFetch(
@@ -157,6 +165,8 @@ describe("spawnForm project picker (#95: boxes, full paths, mains only)", () =>
     const values = form.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>("input[name=name]")!.value;
     const last = onChange.mock.lastCall![0];
     expect(last.cwd).toBe("/home/user/maestro");
+    // The directory and the command are independent choices: the preset stays
+    // where it was, whatever the project was last run with.
     expect(last.command).toBe("claude");
     expect(values).toBeTruthy();
     // The raw input stays hidden — the picked box is the source of truth.

web/src/spawnForm.ts

@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import {
   gitRoot,
 } from "./api.js";
 import { attachDirAutocomplete } from "./dirAutocomplete.js";
+import { parentDir } from "./paths.js";
 import { filterProjects, groupProjects, isStale, sortProjects } from "./projectList.js";
 import type { ProjectGroup } from "./projectList.js";
+import { abbreviateCwd } from "./types.js";
 import type { BranchInfo, CreateSessionRequest, Project, Session, SpawnPreset } from "./types.js";
 
 /** Where a worktree's branch comes from: freshly created (default) or picked
@@ -440,8 +442,9 @@ export function createSpawnForm(opts: SpawnFormOptions): SpawnFormHandle {
 
   // ---- working-directory picker (#95) ----------------------------------
   // Two steps, and the TUI mirror (#96) must match these rules verbatim:
-  //  1. Step one is one box per repository (name, then full path). A worktree
+  //  1. Step one is one box per repository (name, then its parent directory).
-  //     is a box only when its main checkout is missing from the scan.
+  //     A worktree is a box only when its main checkout is missing from the
+  //     scan.
   //  2. The filter keeps a repository when the query matches it or any of its
   //     worktrees, so a worktree name still finds its box.
   //  3. Picking a box reveals step two: "+ new", then that repository's
@@ -454,6 +457,8 @@ export function createSpawnForm(opts: SpawnFormOptions): SpawnFormHandle {
   //     these are separate acts — #91's rule, now an explicit choice.
   //  6. Neither step probes /api/gitroot; the scan already reports repository
   //     membership. Only the free-text hatch pays for a probe.
+  //  7. Neither step touches the command: the directory and what runs in it
+  //     are independent choices.
 
   /** "new" (create a worktree) or the path of an existing worktree to run in. */
   type WorktreeChoice = "new" | string;
@@ -544,9 +549,6 @@ export function createSpawnForm(opts: SpawnFormOptions): SpawnFormHandle {
       wtHint.hidden = true;
     }
     emit();
-    // The chosen directory pre-selects the command it was last used with.
-    const match = presets.find((p) => p.command === target.last_command && p.command !== "");
-    if (match) selectPreset(match.id);
   }
 
   /** Groups with at least one member (itself or a worktree) matching `query`. */
@@ -634,14 +636,14 @@ export function createSpawnForm(opts: SpawnFormOptions): SpawnFormHandle {
     box.className = `project-box${isStale(project, new Date()) ? " is-stale" : ""}`;
     box.dataset.cwd = project.path;
     const trees = worktreesOf(group).length;
-    // The full path, not the sidebar's `~/t/n/maestro` abbreviation: it is what
+    // The parent directory only — the last segment is the name line above it.
-    // tells two projects sharing a basename apart (#95).
+    // Unabbreviated beyond `~`, since the stem is what tells two projects
-    const meta = [trees > 0 ? `${trees} worktree${trees === 1 ? "" : "s"}` : "", project.last_command ?? ""]
+    // sharing a basename apart (#95).
-      .filter(Boolean)
+    const parent = abbreviateCwd(parentDir(project.path), homeDir);
-      .join(" · ");
+    const meta = trees > 0 ? `${trees} worktree${trees === 1 ? "" : "s"}` : "";
     box.innerHTML = `
       <span class="project-name">${escapeHtml(project.name)}</span>
-      <span class="project-path">${escapeHtml(project.path)}</span>
+      <span class="project-path">${escapeHtml(parent)}</span>
       <span class="project-meta">${escapeHtml(meta)}</span>`;
     box.addEventListener("click", () => selectProject(group));
     return box;

web/src/spawnFormNames.test.ts

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
 import { createSpawnForm, type SpawnFormHandle } from "./spawnForm.js";
 
-const BATCH_A = ["allegro-cello", "presto-fugue", "adagio-lyre"];
+const BATCH_A = ["cello", "fugue", "lyre"];
-const BATCH_B = ["forte-oboe", "largo-tuba", "vivace-harp"];
+const BATCH_B = ["oboe", "tuba", "harp"];
 
 /** Stub the three fetches the form's initial load makes. Records every
  * /api/names URL so tests can assert how many batches were fetched. */

web/src/styles.css

@@ -365,73 +365,6 @@ textarea {
 
 /* ---------- app shell: sidebar + content ---------- */
 
-/* Global app header: brand + app-level actions (spawn, theme toggle), spanning
-   the full width above the split. */
-.app-header {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: var(--sp-3);
-  flex: 0 0 auto;
-  padding: var(--sp-1) var(--sp-3);
-  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
-  background: color-mix(in oklab, var(--surface) 82%, transparent);
-  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
-}
-
-/* Hamburger to the left of the brand — toggles the off-canvas session drawer.
-   Mobile only (desktop keeps the sidebar permanently in view). */
-.app-menu {
-  display: none;
-  place-items: center;
-  flex: none;
-  width: 32px;
-  height: 32px;
-  border: none;
-  border-radius: var(--r-1);
-  background: transparent;
-  color: var(--ink);
-  font-size: var(--fs-17);
-  cursor: pointer;
-}
-.app-menu:hover {
-  background: var(--surface-2);
-}
-
-/* Three-part header: brand (left), status (centered), actions (right). Equal
-   flex on the outer two keeps the status group truly centered. */
-.app-header .brand {
-  flex: 1 1 0;
-  min-width: 0;
-  margin-right: 0;
-}
-
-.app-status {
-  flex: 0 1 auto;
-  display: flex;
-  justify-content: center;
-  min-width: 0;
-  overflow: hidden;
-}
-
-.app-status .statusbar {
-  border-bottom: 0;
-  background: transparent;
-  padding: 0;
-  flex-wrap: nowrap;
-}
-
-.app-status .statusbar .spacer {
-  display: none;
-}
-
-.app-actions {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: var(--sp-2);
-  flex: 1 1 0;
-  justify-content: flex-end;
-}
-
 .app-shell {
   flex: 1 1 auto;
   min-height: 0;
@@ -479,19 +412,29 @@ textarea {
   .sidebar-resize {
     display: none;
   }
-  .app-status {
-    display: none;
-  }
 }
 
-/* Sidebar's own slim header: just the session search (app-level actions live
+/* Sidebar's own slim header: just the session search. */
-   in the global top bar). */
 /* The search input IS the header — it spans edge to edge, flush, with just a
    bottom rule for separation. No wrapper padding, no boxed border/radius. */
 .sidebar-search {
   flex: 0 0 auto;
 }
 
+/* App-level actions (help, theme, spawn), pinned to the sidebar's foot. */
+.sidebar-footer {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: var(--sp-2);
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  padding: var(--sp-2) var(--sp-3);
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
+}
+
+.sidebar-footer .spawn-btn {
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+}
+
 .sidebar-search .search {
   width: 100%;
   max-width: none;
@@ -625,42 +568,6 @@ textarea {
   box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px var(--accent-tint);
 }
 
-/* ---------- status bar ---------- */
-
-.statusbar {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  gap: var(--sp-2) var(--sp-3);
-  padding: var(--sp-2) var(--sp-3);
-  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
-  background: var(--surface);
-  font-size: var(--fs-12);
-  color: var(--muted);
-}
-
-.statusbar .spacer {
-  /* zero basis: claim leftover space without inflating the bar's min width */
-  flex: 1 1 0;
-  min-width: var(--sp-2);
-}
-
-.session-tally {
-  display: inline-flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 7px;
-  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
-}
-
-.session-tally::before {
-  content: "";
-  width: 6px;
-  height: 6px;
-  border-radius: 50%;
-  background: var(--live);
-  box-shadow: 0 0 5px var(--live-glow);
-}
-
 /* ---------- session tree ---------- */
 
 .tree {
@@ -736,7 +643,7 @@ textarea {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   gap: var(--sp-2);
-  margin: 1px var(--sp-2);
+  margin: 1px 0;
   padding: 4px var(--sp-3);
   border-radius: var(--r-1);
   color: var(--ink);
@@ -761,7 +668,7 @@ textarea {
 
 .tree-leaf:focus-visible {
   outline: none;
-  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px var(--accent-ring);
+  background: color-mix(in oklab, var(--accent) 16%, var(--surface-2));
 }
 
 /* Where the keyboard walk (j/k) is standing. Distinct from `.is-active`: this
@@ -1234,16 +1141,17 @@ input.leaf-rename:focus {
   width: 26px;
 }
 
-.attach-header .back {
+/* Opens the off-canvas session drawer. Desktop keeps the sidebar permanently in
+   view, so it is mobile-only — same rule as the welcome state's ☰. */
+.attach-header .sessions-btn {
   font-size: var(--fs-15);
   width: 28px;
   height: 26px;
 }
 
-/* Desktop keeps the session list permanently in view, so the in-header "back"
-   arrow is redundant — the sidebar is the nav. Mobile (single-pane) keeps it. */
 @media (min-width: 860px) {
-  .attach-header .back {
+  .attach-header .sessions-btn,
+  .welcome-sessions {
     display: none;
   }
 }
@@ -1279,6 +1187,9 @@ input.leaf-rename:focus {
 
 .attach-title .at-cmd {
   color: var(--muted);
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 4px;
 }
 
 .attach-title .at-cmd::before {
@@ -2071,9 +1982,6 @@ input.leaf-rename:focus {
     max-width: none;
     order: -1;
   }
-  .statusbar .spacer {
-    display: none;
-  }
   .tree-leaf .leaf-actions {
     opacity: 1;
   }
@@ -2186,9 +2094,10 @@ input.leaf-rename:focus {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
 }
-/* Mobile, single tab: the tab bar is pure chrome — collapse it (a floating ☰
+/* Mobile: the tab bar is a second navigation surface — collapse it (a floating
-   inside the pane keeps the sidebar drawer reachable). */
+   ☰ inside the pane keeps the sidebar drawer reachable). */
-.mv-mobile-solo > .mv-tabs {
+.mv-mobile-solo > .mv-tabs,
+.mv-solo-tab > .mv-tabs {
   display: none;
 }
 
@@ -2353,10 +2262,9 @@ input.leaf-rename:focus {
   min-width: 0;
   min-height: 0;
 }
-/* focused pane: accent ring, full strength */
+/* focused pane: titlebar tints instead of a ring, full strength */
-.mv-pane.is-focused {
+.mv-pane.is-focused .attach-header {
-  border-color: var(--accent);
+  background: color-mix(in oklab, var(--accent) 14%, var(--surface));
-  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px var(--accent);
 }
 /* unfocused panes recede so the eye finds the live one */
 .mv-pane:not(.is-focused) {
@@ -2368,11 +2276,6 @@ input.leaf-rename:focus {
 .mv-pane:not(.is-focused) .attach-header {
   opacity: 0.7;
 }
-/* per-pane back button is meaningless in multi-view (use Close pane instead) */
-.mv-pane .attach-header .back {
-  display: none;
-}
-
 /* Draft pane (#57): an empty pane renders the shared spawn form inline.
    The host is already a flex column; the form fills and scrolls within it. */
 .mv-pane-host > .mv-draft {
@@ -2467,8 +2370,8 @@ input.leaf-rename:focus {
 }
 
 /* =========================================================================
-   multi-view mobile (#35): below 860px the split tree projects to a pill strip
+   multi-view mobile (#35): below 860px only the focused pane is shown — no tab
-   with one pane visible; the sidebar becomes an off-canvas drawer (☰).
+   bar, no pane switcher; the sidebar drawer (☰) is the navigation.
    ========================================================================= */
 .mv-backdrop {
   display: none;
@@ -2488,42 +2391,12 @@ input.leaf-rename:focus {
   border-radius: 0;
   box-shadow: none;
 }
-.mv-panebar {
-  display: flex;
-  gap: 4px;
-  padding: var(--sp-1) var(--sp-2);
-  overflow-x: auto;
-  scrollbar-width: none;
-  flex: none;
-}
-.mv-pill {
-  display: inline-flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: var(--sp-2);
-  padding: 7px var(--sp-3);
-  border-radius: var(--r-1);
-  background: var(--surface-2);
-  color: var(--muted);
-  font: 600 var(--fs-12) / 1 var(--font-mono);
-  white-space: nowrap;
-  cursor: pointer;
-  border: 1px solid transparent;
-}
-.mv-pill.is-active {
-  background: var(--accent-tint);
-  color: var(--accent-strong);
-  border-color: var(--accent-ring);
-}
 .mv-mobile > .mv-pane {
   flex: 1;
   min-height: 0;
 }
 
 @media (max-width: 859px) {
-  .app-menu {
-    display: inline-grid;
-  }
-
   /* sidebar → off-canvas drawer (override the route-based show/hide) */
   .app-shell > .sidebar {
     display: flex !important;

web/src/tree.test.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ describe("buildTree", () => {
     expect(names(root)).toEqual(["~/git/naps62/maestro"]);
   });
 
+  it("folds the sole root folder into each of its own children when it branches", () => {
+    const root = buildTree(
+      [session("a", "/home/n/subvisual/bullish"), session("b", "/home/n/tea/maestro")],
+      "/home/n",
+      "",
+    ) as TreeFolder;
+
+    expect(names(root).sort()).toEqual(["~/subvisual/bullish", "~/tea/maestro"]);
+  });
+
   it("stops collapsing where a directory branches", () => {
     const root = buildTree(
       [session("a", "/home/n/git/one"), session("b", "/home/n/git/two")],

web/src/tree.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ export function buildTree(sessions: Session[], home: string | undefined, filter:
     for (const c of n.children) if (c.kind === "folder") sortRec(c);
   };
   sortRec(root);
+  // The root's sole child (usually `~`) has no sibling to distinguish it
+  // from, so it folds into every one of its own children, not just a lone
+  // one — unlike the chain merge below, and only here at the very top.
+  if (root.children.length === 1 && root.children[0].kind === "folder") {
+    const only = root.children[0];
+    root.children = only.children.map((c) =>
+      c.kind === "folder" ? { ...c, name: `${only.name}/${c.name}` } : c,
+    );
+  }
   // Collapse linear directory chains so `~/git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro` reads as
   // one compact folder rather than four nested ones.
   root.children = root.children.map((c) => (c.kind === "folder" ? mergeLinear(c) : c));