feat(maestro): make TUI panel focus unmistakable

crates/maestro-tui/src/render.rs

@@ -108,36 +108,29 @@ pub fn draw(f: &mut Frame, inputs: RenderInputs<'_>) -> RegionMap {
         map.sidebar = Some(sidebar_area);
     }
 
-    // 1-row tab bar + 1-row horizontal rule (doubles as the pane's focus
-    // indicator) + flex pane area below. Saves the 4 rows the old
-    // `Length(3) + Borders::ALL` layout was eating before any content showed.
+    // The pane always owns its full border, so focus changes only recolour
+    // chrome and never change the rectangles handed to the input router.
     let rows = Layout::default()
         .direction(Direction::Vertical)
-        .constraints([
-            Constraint::Length(1),
-            Constraint::Length(1),
-            Constraint::Min(0),
-        ])
+        .constraints([Constraint::Length(1), Constraint::Min(0)])
         .split(right);
     let tab_area = rows[0];
-    let separator_area = rows[1];
-    let pane_area = rows[2];
+    let pane_area = rows[1];
 
     inputs.tab_bar.render(f, tab_area);
     map.tab_bar = Some(tab_area);
 
     let pane_focused = inputs.state.focus == Focus::Pane;
-    f.render_widget(
-        Block::default()
-            .borders(Borders::TOP)
-            .border_style(focus_style(pane_focused)),
-        separator_area,
-    );
+    let pane_block = Block::default()
+        .borders(Borders::ALL)
+        .border_style(focus_style(pane_focused));
+    let pane_inner = pane_block.inner(pane_area);
+    f.render_widget(pane_block, pane_area);
     if let Some(p) = inputs.pane {
-        p.render(f, pane_area);
+        p.render(f, pane_inner);
     }
     if let Some(d) = inputs.draft {
-        d.render(f, pane_area, pane_focused);
+        d.render(f, pane_inner, pane_focused);
     }
     map.pane = Some(pane_area);
 
@@ -351,4 +344,96 @@ mod tests {
             assert!(out.contains(s), "missing {s:?}:\n{out}");
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn panel_rectangles_are_stable_when_focus_moves() {
+        use crate::overlays::HelpOverlay;
+        use crate::sidebar::Sidebar;
+        use std::collections::HashSet;
+
+        let sidebar = Sidebar {
+            sessions: Vec::new(),
+            highlight: None,
+            attached: HashSet::new(),
+        };
+        let tab_bar = TabBar {
+            tab_names: vec!["1".into()],
+            active_idx: 0,
+        };
+        let help = HelpOverlay { lines: Vec::new() };
+        let draw_map = |focus| {
+            let mut state = AppState::new();
+            state.focus = focus;
+            let inputs = RenderInputs {
+                sidebar: &sidebar,
+                tab_bar: &tab_bar,
+                pane: None,
+                draft: None,
+                state: &state,
+                help: &help,
+                worktrees: None,
+            };
+            let backend = ratatui::backend::TestBackend::new(80, 24);
+            let mut terminal = ratatui::Terminal::new(backend).unwrap();
+            let mut map = None;
+            terminal.draw(|f| map = Some(draw(f, inputs))).unwrap();
+            map.unwrap()
+        };
+
+        let sidebar_focus = draw_map(Focus::Sidebar);
+        let pane_focus = draw_map(Focus::Pane);
+        assert_eq!(sidebar_focus.sidebar, pane_focus.sidebar);
+        assert_eq!(sidebar_focus.tab_bar, pane_focus.tab_bar);
+        assert_eq!(sidebar_focus.pane, pane_focus.pane);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn panel_border_colours_follow_focus_without_restyling_the_pane() {
+        use crate::overlays::HelpOverlay;
+        use crate::sidebar::Sidebar;
+        use std::collections::HashSet;
+
+        let sidebar = Sidebar {
+            sessions: Vec::new(),
+            highlight: None,
+            attached: HashSet::new(),
+        };
+        let tab_bar = TabBar {
+            tab_names: vec!["1".into()],
+            active_idx: 0,
+        };
+        let help = HelpOverlay { lines: Vec::new() };
+        let render = |focus| {
+            let mut state = AppState::new();
+            state.focus = focus;
+            let inputs = RenderInputs {
+                sidebar: &sidebar,
+                tab_bar: &tab_bar,
+                pane: None,
+                draft: None,
+                state: &state,
+                help: &help,
+                worktrees: None,
+            };
+            let backend = ratatui::backend::TestBackend::new(80, 24);
+            let mut terminal = ratatui::Terminal::new(backend).unwrap();
+            terminal
+                .draw(|f| {
+                    draw(f, inputs);
+                })
+                .unwrap();
+            terminal.backend().buffer().clone()
+        };
+
+        let sidebar_focused = render(Focus::Sidebar);
+        let pane_focused = render(Focus::Pane);
+        let p = palette::active();
+        assert_eq!(sidebar_focused[(0, 0)].style().fg, Some(p.border_focused));
+        assert_eq!(pane_focused[(0, 0)].style().fg, Some(p.border_unfocused));
+        assert_eq!(
+            sidebar_focused[(28, 1)].style().fg,
+            Some(p.border_unfocused)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(pane_focused[(28, 1)].style().fg, Some(p.border_focused));
+    }
 }

crates/maestro-tui/src/sidebar.rs

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 //!
 //! Line 1: status glyph (● attached / ○ live / ✗ dead) + name.
 //! Line 2: activity dot + duration in the state's colour, plus the
-//! blocked-work and exited fragments when they apply. Absent entirely when
-//! it has nothing to say.
+//! adaptive detail, blocked-work, exited, and command fragments.
 
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 
@@ -18,8 +17,8 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::palette;
 
-/// Time-in-state alone earns a meta line only once the session has sat in
-/// its current activity state this long (docs/SIDEBAR.md).
+/// Time-in-state earns a duration fragment once the session has sat in its
+/// current activity state this long (docs/SIDEBAR.md).
 const META_LINE_AFTER_SECS: i64 = 30;
 /// A payload predating #102 defaults `activity_since` to the Unix epoch. Per
 /// docs/SIDEBAR.md such a session contributes no duration — the dot still
@@ -32,12 +31,13 @@ const META_INDENT: &str = "    ";
 /// Spawn-similar and kill, shown on the highlighted card's top-right corner.
 const ACTIONS: &str = "⧉ ✕";
 
-/// Every card sits on the palette's card surface so cards read as cards
-/// against the panel; the highlighted card swaps in the selection surface
-/// instead (`Modifier::REVERSED` made the card unreadable against a
-/// background).
-fn card_base(highlighted: bool) -> Style {
-    palette::active().surface(highlighted).text_style()
+/// Cards use the selection surface only while the sidebar owns focus. An
+/// unfocused highlight remains an edge-marked cursor without claiming the
+/// keyboard via a filled selection background.
+fn card_base(highlighted: bool, focused: bool) -> Style {
+    palette::active()
+        .surface(highlighted && focused)
+        .text_style()
 }
 
 /// Renderable sidebar state.
@@ -53,14 +53,13 @@ impl Sidebar {
         self.render_with_focus(f, area, false);
     }
 
-    /// Same as [`Sidebar::render`] but tints the right-edge separator in the
-    /// focus colour when `focused`. Box borders eat too many rows/cols for
-    /// the v1 layout — a single vertical rule keeps the panel boundary
-    /// without stealing space.
+    /// Render the panel with a persistent border. Focus changes its colour
+    /// and whether the highlighted card claims the selection surface, never
+    /// its geometry.
     pub fn render_with_focus(&self, f: &mut Frame, area: Rect, focused: bool) {
         let border_style = palette::active().border_style(focused);
         let block = Block::default()
-            .borders(Borders::RIGHT)
+            .borders(Borders::ALL)
             .border_style(border_style);
         let inner = block.inner(area);
         f.render_widget(block, area);
@@ -72,23 +71,22 @@ impl Sidebar {
         ))];
         for s in &self.sessions {
             let highlighted = self.highlight == Some(s.id);
-            let base = card_base(highlighted);
-            lines.push(Line::from(self.name_row(s, width)));
-            if let Some(meta) = self.meta_row(s, width) {
-                lines.push(Line::from(pad_to_width(meta, width, base)));
-            }
+            let base = card_base(highlighted, focused);
+            lines.push(Line::from(self.name_row(s, width, focused)));
+            let meta = self.meta_row(s, width, focused);
+            lines.push(Line::from(pad_to_width(meta, width, base)));
         }
         f.render_widget(Paragraph::new(lines), inner);
     }
 
-    fn name_row(&self, s: &Session, width: usize) -> Vec<Span<'static>> {
+    fn name_row(&self, s: &Session, width: usize, focused: bool) -> Vec<Span<'static>> {
         let glyph = match (s.status, self.attached.contains(&s.id)) {
             (SessionStatus::Dead, _) => "✗",
             (SessionStatus::Running, true) => "●",
             (SessionStatus::Running, false) => "○",
         };
         let highlighted = self.highlight == Some(s.id);
-        let base = card_base(highlighted);
+        let base = card_base(highlighted, focused);
         // Line-1 actions are keyboard affordances shown on the highlighted
         // row only; they reserve their width so the name truncates with `…`
         // before it can ever reach them (docs/SIDEBAR.md).
@@ -104,8 +102,16 @@ impl Sidebar {
         let sep = if highlighted { 1 } else { 0 };
         let name_budget = usable.saturating_sub(prefix + sep);
 
+        let edge = highlighted && !focused;
         let mut spans: Vec<Span<'static>> = vec![
-            Span::styled(INDENT, base),
+            Span::styled(
+                if edge { "▏ " } else { INDENT },
+                if edge {
+                    base.fg(palette::active().focus_accent)
+                } else {
+                    base
+                },
+            ),
             Span::styled(format!("{glyph} "), base),
         ];
         spans.extend(
@@ -123,8 +129,8 @@ impl Sidebar {
         spans
     }
 
-    /// The adaptive second line: `<dot> <duration> [<blocked work> | exited]`.
-    fn meta_row(&self, s: &Session, width: usize) -> Option<Vec<Span<'static>>> {
+    /// The adaptive second line: `<dot> [<duration>] [<detail>] [<blocked work> | exited] <command>`.
+    fn meta_row(&self, s: &Session, width: usize, focused: bool) -> Vec<Span<'static>> {
         let now = Utc::now();
         let held = held_for(s, now);
         let held_secs = held.map(|d| d.num_seconds()).unwrap_or(0);
@@ -132,29 +138,29 @@ impl Sidebar {
         // on line 1; the kill confirm names the specifics.
         let blocked = s.blocked_work.filter(|b| !b.is_clear());
         let dead = s.status == SessionStatus::Dead;
-        let errored = s.activity == ActivityState::Error;
-        if (held.is_none() || held_secs < META_LINE_AFTER_SECS)
-            && blocked.is_none()
-            && !dead
-            && !errored
-        {
-            return None;
-        }
         let highlighted = self.highlight == Some(s.id);
-        let base = card_base(highlighted);
-        let dot_style = base.patch(Style::default().fg(activity_color(s.activity, highlighted)));
-        let muted = palette::active().surface(highlighted).muted_style();
+        let base = card_base(highlighted, focused);
+        let dot_style =
+            base.patch(Style::default().fg(activity_color(s.activity, highlighted, focused)));
+        let muted = palette::active()
+            .surface(highlighted && focused)
+            .muted_style();
+        let edge = highlighted && !focused;
         let mut spans = vec![
-            Span::styled(META_INDENT, base),
+            Span::styled(
+                if edge { "  ▏ " } else { META_INDENT },
+                if edge {
+                    base.fg(palette::active().focus_accent)
+                } else {
+                    base
+                },
+            ),
             Span::styled("●", dot_style),
         ];
-        if let Some(d) = held {
+        if let Some(d) = held.filter(|_| held_secs >= META_LINE_AFTER_SECS) {
             spans.push(Span::styled(" ", base));
             spans.push(Span::styled(format_state_duration(d), dot_style));
         }
-        // The trailing fragments are measured up front so a long detail
-        // truncates ahead of them instead of pushing them off the line
-        // (docs/SIDEBAR.md).
         let mut tail: Vec<Span<'static>> = Vec::new();
         if let Some(b) = blocked {
             tail.push(Span::styled(format!(" ⚠ {b}"), muted));
@@ -162,17 +168,29 @@ impl Sidebar {
         if dead {
             tail.push(Span::styled(" exited", muted));
         }
+        let command = Span::styled(format!(" {}", s.command), muted);
+
+        // Reserve the triggered status fragments before detail and command.
+        // If the row is exceptionally narrow, keep one column for the
+        // unconditional command and truncate the status tail first. Detail
+        // then receives only space left after the full command reservation;
+        // when the full command cannot fit, it is the final truncation target.
+        let head_w: usize = spans.iter().map(|sp| sp.width()).sum();
+        let available = width.saturating_sub(head_w);
+        let command_floor = usize::from(available > 0);
+        let tail = fit_to_width(tail, available.saturating_sub(command_floor));
+        let tail_w: usize = tail.iter().map(|sp| sp.width()).sum();
+        let command_w = command.width().min(available.saturating_sub(tail_w));
         if let Some(detail) = s.activity_detail.as_deref().filter(|d| !d.is_empty()) {
-            let head_w: usize = spans.iter().map(|sp| sp.width()).sum();
-            let tail_w: usize = tail.iter().map(|sp| sp.width()).sum();
-            let budget = width.saturating_sub(head_w + tail_w);
+            let budget = available.saturating_sub(tail_w + command_w);
             spans.extend(fit_to_width(
                 vec![Span::styled(format!(" {detail}"), muted)],
                 budget,
             ));
         }
         spans.extend(tail);
-        Some(fit_to_width(spans, width))
+        spans.extend(fit_to_width(vec![command], command_w));
+        spans
     }
 }
 
@@ -180,8 +198,10 @@ impl Sidebar {
 /// state word is never spelled out — this colour carries it. The highlighted
 /// card takes its state colours from the selection surface: a colour picked
 /// for the dark card background is not legible on the selection background.
-fn activity_color(state: ActivityState, highlighted: bool) -> Color {
-    palette::active().surface(highlighted).activity(state)
+fn activity_color(state: ActivityState, highlighted: bool, focused: bool) -> Color {
+    palette::active()
+        .surface(highlighted && focused)
+        .activity(state)
 }
 
 /// docs/SIDEBAR.md duration format — floored whole seconds / minutes / hours,
@@ -282,9 +302,15 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn draw(sidebar: &Sidebar, w: u16, h: u16) -> Buffer {
+        draw_with_focus(sidebar, w, h, true)
+    }
+
+    fn draw_with_focus(sidebar: &Sidebar, w: u16, h: u16, focused: bool) -> Buffer {
         let backend = TestBackend::new(w, h);
         let mut terminal = Terminal::new(backend).unwrap();
-        terminal.draw(|f| sidebar.render(f, f.area())).unwrap();
+        terminal
+            .draw(|f| sidebar.render_with_focus(f, f.area(), focused))
+            .unwrap();
         terminal.backend().buffer().clone()
     }
 
@@ -310,7 +336,10 @@ mod tests {
 
     /// Row text without the trailing space padding and right border.
     fn content(row: &str) -> &str {
-        row.trim_end().trim_end_matches('│').trim_end()
+        row.trim()
+            .trim_start_matches('│')
+            .trim_end_matches('│')
+            .trim()
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -406,10 +435,10 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
-    /// A freshly-active session stays one line — never an empty placeholder
-    /// row (docs/SIDEBAR.md).
+    /// A fresh session still gets its unconditional second line, but no
+    /// duration until it has been held in state for 30 seconds.
     #[test]
-    fn freshly_active_session_stays_one_line() {
+    fn fresh_session_renders_two_lines_without_duration() {
         let mut s = session_named(1, "claude");
         s.activity_since = Utc::now() - Duration::seconds(10);
         let sb = Sidebar {
@@ -418,12 +447,22 @@ mod tests {
             attached: Default::default(),
         };
         let all = rows(&draw(&sb, 28, 8));
-        assert_eq!(content(&all[0]), "sessions");
+        assert_eq!(content(&all[1]), "sessions");
         assert!(row_containing(&all, "claude").contains('○'));
         assert!(
-            content(&all[2]).is_empty(),
-            "line 2 must be absent, got {:?}",
-            all[2]
+            all[3].contains('●'),
+            "line 2 must carry the dot: {:?}",
+            all[3]
+        );
+        assert!(
+            all[3].contains("bash"),
+            "line 2 must carry the command: {:?}",
+            all[3]
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !all[3].contains("10s"),
+            "fresh cards have no duration: {:?}",
+            all[3]
         );
     }
 
@@ -553,11 +592,12 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    /// The sidebar is narrow: the meta line truncates with `…` and never
-    /// wraps onto a third row (docs/SIDEBAR.md).
+    /// The sidebar is narrow: the command truncates with `…` and never wraps
+    /// onto a third row (docs/SIDEBAR.md).
     #[test]
-    fn meta_line_truncates_instead_of_wrapping() {
+    fn meta_line_command_truncates_instead_of_wrapping() {
         let mut s = session_named(1, "claude");
+        s.command = "a command that cannot fit".into();
         s.activity_since = Utc::now() - Duration::seconds(5);
         s.blocked_work = Some(InTheWay {
             uncommitted_files: 120,
@@ -573,7 +613,7 @@ mod tests {
         let meta = content(&all[idx + 1]);
         assert!(
             meta.trim_end().ends_with('…'),
-            "truncated meta line must end with …: {meta:?}"
+            "truncated command must end with …: {meta:?}"
         );
         assert!(
             content(&all[idx + 2]).trim().is_empty(),
@@ -650,7 +690,7 @@ mod tests {
             highlight: None,
             attached: Default::default(),
         };
-        let all = rows(&draw(&sb, 40, 8));
+        let all = rows(&draw(&sb, 42, 8));
         let idx = all.iter().position(|l| l.contains("claude")).unwrap();
         let meta = content(&all[idx + 1]);
         assert!(meta.contains('…'), "truncated detail ends with …: {meta:?}");
@@ -688,10 +728,6 @@ mod tests {
             rendered.contains("exited"),
             "dead session must still show line 2:\n{rendered}"
         );
-        assert!(
-            !rendered.contains('h') || !rendered.contains("● "),
-            "no duration may follow the dot for an epoch stamp:\n{rendered}"
-        );
         for line in rendered.lines().filter(|l| l.contains('●')) {
             assert!(
                 !line
@@ -736,6 +772,90 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn command_renders_on_line_two_even_when_name_is_metadata() {
+        let s = session_named(1, "friendly name");
+        let sb = Sidebar {
+            sessions: vec![s],
+            highlight: None,
+            attached: Default::default(),
+        };
+        let all = rows(&draw(&sb, 40, 6));
+        assert!(
+            all[2].contains("friendly name"),
+            "name must stay on line 1: {:?}",
+            all[2]
+        );
+        assert!(
+            all[3].contains("bash"),
+            "command must be on line 2: {:?}",
+            all[3]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn narrow_meta_line_keeps_dot_and_truncates_command() {
+        let s = session_named(1, "name");
+        let sb = Sidebar {
+            sessions: vec![s],
+            highlight: None,
+            attached: Default::default(),
+        };
+        let all = rows(&draw(&sb, 10, 6));
+        assert!(
+            all[3].contains('●'),
+            "dot must survive narrow cards: {:?}",
+            all[3]
+        );
+        assert!(
+            all[3].contains('…'),
+            "command should truncate: {:?}",
+            all[3]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn blocked_warning_survives_before_a_truncated_command() {
+        let mut s = session_named(1, "name");
+        s.command = "a command that cannot fit".into();
+        s.blocked_work = Some(InTheWay {
+            uncommitted_files: 1,
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+        let sb = Sidebar {
+            sessions: vec![s],
+            highlight: None,
+            attached: Default::default(),
+        };
+        let all = rows(&draw(&sb, 29, 6));
+        assert!(all[3].contains("⚠ 1 uncommitted file"), "{:?}", all[3]);
+        let meta = content(&all[3]);
+        assert!(meta.ends_with('…'), "command must truncate: {meta:?}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn long_detail_yields_to_status_and_command() {
+        let mut s = session_named(1, "name");
+        s.activity_detail = Some("a very long agent-reported detail".into());
+        s.blocked_work = Some(InTheWay {
+            uncommitted_files: 1,
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+        let sb = Sidebar {
+            sessions: vec![s],
+            highlight: None,
+            attached: Default::default(),
+        };
+        let all = rows(&draw(&sb, 40, 6));
+        assert!(all[3].contains("⚠ 1 uncommitted file"), "{:?}", all[3]);
+        assert!(
+            all[3].contains("bash"),
+            "command must survive: {:?}",
+            all[3]
+        );
+        assert!(all[3].contains('…'), "detail must truncate: {:?}", all[3]);
+    }
+
     /// Reversed video makes a card unreadable against a background; cards
     /// use explicit backgrounds instead (docs/SIDEBAR.md, #108).
     #[test]
@@ -775,31 +895,68 @@ mod tests {
         let buf = draw(&sb, 28, 8);
         let all = rows(&buf);
         let claude_y = all.iter().position(|l| l.contains("claude")).unwrap();
-        let bash_y = all.iter().position(|l| l.contains("bash")).unwrap();
+        let bash_y = all.iter().position(|l| l.contains("○ bash")).unwrap();
 
         let p = palette::active();
         assert_eq!(
-            buf[(0, claude_y as u16)].style().bg,
+            buf[(1, claude_y as u16)].style().bg,
             Some(p.selection.bg),
             "focused card must sit on the selection surface"
         );
         assert_eq!(
-            buf[(0, claude_y as u16)].style().fg,
+            buf[(1, claude_y as u16)].style().fg,
             Some(p.selection.fg),
             "focused card text must use the selection foreground role"
         );
         assert_eq!(
-            buf[(0, bash_y as u16)].style().bg,
+            buf[(1, bash_y as u16)].style().bg,
             Some(p.card.bg),
             "unfocused cards must still sit on the card surface"
         );
         // The panel itself (header row) stays on the terminal default.
         assert!(
-            matches!(buf[(0, 0)].style().bg, None | Some(Color::Reset)),
+            matches!(buf[(1, 1)].style().bg, None | Some(Color::Reset)),
             "panel must keep the terminal default background"
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn highlighted_card_is_hollow_when_sidebar_is_unfocused() {
+        let sb = Sidebar {
+            sessions: vec![session_named(1, "claude")],
+            highlight: Some(Uuid::from_u128(1)),
+            attached: Default::default(),
+        };
+        let buf = draw_with_focus(&sb, 28, 8, false);
+        let y = (0..buf.area.height)
+            .find(|&y| (0..buf.area.width).any(|x| buf[(x, y)].symbol() == "c"))
+            .expect("highlighted session row");
+        assert_eq!(
+            buf[(1, y)].style().bg,
+            Some(palette::active().card.bg),
+            "unfocused highlight must not paint the selection surface"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            (0..buf.area.width).any(|x| buf[(x, y)].symbol() == "▏"),
+            "unfocused highlight must retain a visible edge marker"
+        );
+        let ordinary = draw_with_focus(
+            &Sidebar {
+                sessions: vec![session_named(1, "claude")],
+                highlight: None,
+                attached: Default::default(),
+            },
+            28,
+            8,
+            false,
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !(0..ordinary.area.height)
+                .any(|row| (0..ordinary.area.width).any(|x| ordinary[(x, row)].symbol() == "▏")),
+            "ordinary unhighlighted cards must not carry the cursor marker"
+        );
+    }
+
     /// The card background paints the full card width, not just the glyphs.
     #[test]
     fn card_background_covers_the_full_card_width() {
@@ -811,7 +968,7 @@ mod tests {
         };
         let buf = draw(&sb, 28, 8);
         let y = buf.content.iter().position(|c| c.symbol() == "c").unwrap() as u16 / buf.area.width;
-        for x in 0..27 {
+        for x in 1..27 {
             assert_eq!(
                 buf[(x, y)].style().bg,
                 Some(palette::active().card.bg),

web/src/styles.css

@@ -791,7 +791,8 @@ textarea {
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: stretch;
   gap: 1px;
-  height: 40px;
+  /* 24px action row + 16px meta row + 1px gap + 8px vertical padding. */
+  height: 49px;
 }
 
 .card-line1 {
@@ -854,7 +855,8 @@ textarea {
    ellipsis so it never pushes the trailing fragments off the line. */
 .activity-detail {
   color: var(--faint);
-  flex: 0 1 auto;
+  /* Consume only the space left after the trailing status + command. */
+  flex: 1 1 0;
   min-width: 0;
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
@@ -865,12 +867,19 @@ textarea {
    signals severity and "exited" dims with the row. */
 .card-flag {
   color: var(--faint);
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
   min-width: 0;
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
+/* Status fragments stay intact. The unconditional command is the final
+   truncation target when even the complete trailing set cannot fit. */
+.leaf-cmd {
+  flex: 0 1 auto;
+}
+
 /* Actions live in line 1's flow at its right edge — never overlaid on the
    name (#107). They reserve their width even while hover-faded. */
 .leaf-actions {