diff --git a/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-entry-form.tsx b/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-entry-form.tsx
index 6c7b4307f..b8236d3cf 100644
--- a/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-entry-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-entry-form.tsx
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export function CustomMetricEntryForm({
       {onCancel ? (
         <Button
           type="button"
-          variant="ghost"
+          variant="outline"
           onClick={onCancel}
           disabled={submitting}
         >
diff --git a/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-form.tsx b/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-form.tsx
index 9dade7a22..5c59f4e1e 100644
--- a/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-form.tsx
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export function CustomMetricForm({
       {onCancel ? (
         <Button
           type="button"
-          variant="ghost"
+          variant="outline"
           onClick={onCancel}
           disabled={submitting}
         >
diff --git a/src/components/illness/log-day-sheet.tsx b/src/components/illness/log-day-sheet.tsx
index b5d7e69da..85b3e0c86 100644
--- a/src/components/illness/log-day-sheet.tsx
+++ b/src/components/illness/log-day-sheet.tsx
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ export function LogDaySheet({
       description={t("illness.sheet.description")}
       footer={
         <>
-          <Button variant="ghost" onClick={() => onOpenChange(false)}>
+          <Button variant="outline" onClick={() => onOpenChange(false)}>
             {t("common.cancel")}
           </Button>
           <Button onClick={handleSave} disabled={upsert.isPending}>
diff --git a/src/components/illness/new-episode-sheet.tsx b/src/components/illness/new-episode-sheet.tsx
index fabcde72e..6338eada4 100644
--- a/src/components/illness/new-episode-sheet.tsx
+++ b/src/components/illness/new-episode-sheet.tsx
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export function NewEpisodeSheet({
       }
       footer={
         <>
-          <Button variant="ghost" onClick={() => onOpenChange(false)}>
+          <Button variant="outline" onClick={() => onOpenChange(false)}>
             {t("common.cancel")}
           </Button>
           <Button
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ export function NewEpisodeSheet({
         </div>
 
         <div className="space-y-1.5">
-          <Label>{t("illness.new.type")}</Label>
+          <Label htmlFor="illness-type">{t("illness.new.type")}</Label>
           <Select value={type} onValueChange={(v) => setType(v as IllnessType)}>
-            <SelectTrigger>
+            <SelectTrigger id="illness-type" className="w-full">
               <SelectValue />
             </SelectTrigger>
             <SelectContent>
@@ -228,12 +228,14 @@ export function NewEpisodeSheet({
         />
 
         <div className="space-y-1.5">
-          <Label>{t("illness.new.lifecycle")}</Label>
+          <Label htmlFor="illness-lifecycle">
+            {t("illness.new.lifecycle")}
+          </Label>
           <Select
             value={lifecycle}
             onValueChange={(v) => setLifecycle(v as IllnessLifecycle)}
           >
-            <SelectTrigger>
+            <SelectTrigger id="illness-lifecycle" className="w-full">
               <SelectValue />
             </SelectTrigger>
             <SelectContent>
@@ -248,9 +250,9 @@ export function NewEpisodeSheet({
 
         {showParent ? (
           <div className="space-y-1.5">
-            <Label>{t("illness.new.parent")}</Label>
+            <Label htmlFor="illness-parent">{t("illness.new.parent")}</Label>
             <Select value={parentId} onValueChange={setParentId}>
-              <SelectTrigger>
+              <SelectTrigger id="illness-parent" className="w-full">
                 <SelectValue placeholder={t("illness.new.parentNone")} />
               </SelectTrigger>
               <SelectContent>
diff --git a/src/components/labs/biomarker-form.tsx b/src/components/labs/biomarker-form.tsx
index 51503c242..036e04642 100644
--- a/src/components/labs/biomarker-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/labs/biomarker-form.tsx
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export function BiomarkerForm({
       {onCancel ? (
         <Button
           type="button"
-          variant="ghost"
+          variant="outline"
           onClick={onCancel}
           disabled={submitting}
         >
diff --git a/src/components/labs/lab-form.tsx b/src/components/labs/lab-form.tsx
index c6eb5d6d7..2ae8a105f 100644
--- a/src/components/labs/lab-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/labs/lab-form.tsx
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ export function LabForm({
       {onCancel ? (
         <Button
           type="button"
-          variant="ghost"
+          variant="outline"
           onClick={onCancel}
           disabled={submitting}
         >
diff --git a/src/components/measurement-reminders/vorsorge-section.tsx b/src/components/measurement-reminders/vorsorge-section.tsx
index 40ff9afdd..9a25f2ed9 100644
--- a/src/components/measurement-reminders/vorsorge-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/measurement-reminders/vorsorge-section.tsx
@@ -480,7 +480,6 @@ export function VorsorgeSection({
             ? "measurementReminders.form.editTitle"
             : "measurementReminders.form.createTitle",
         )}
-        description={t("measurementReminders.sectionDescription")}
         footer={
           <>
             <Button type="button" variant="outline" onClick={closeSheet}>
diff --git a/src/components/measurements/measurement-form.tsx b/src/components/measurements/measurement-form.tsx
index 8ff88bb8a..c5893f12f 100644
--- a/src/components/measurements/measurement-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/measurements/measurement-form.tsx
@@ -300,7 +300,9 @@ function UnitLabel({ htmlFor, label }: { htmlFor: string; label: string }) {
   const name = match ? match[1] : label;
   const unit = match ? match[2] : null;
   return (
-    <Label htmlFor={htmlFor} className="flex items-baseline gap-1">
+    // `after:-ml-1` pulls the label's colon back against the unit: the colon
+    // is a flex item of its own here, and the row gap set it apart.
+    <Label htmlFor={htmlFor} className="flex items-baseline gap-1 after:-ml-1">
       <span className="truncate">{name}</span>
       {unit ? (
         <span className="text-muted-foreground shrink-0 text-xs font-normal">
@@ -773,8 +775,8 @@ export function MeasurementForm({
         htmlFor="notes"
         label={
           <>
-            {t("measurements.notes")}{" "}
-            <span className="text-muted-foreground font-normal">
+            {t("measurements.notes")}
+            <span className="text-muted-foreground ml-1 font-normal">
               ({t("common.optional")})
             </span>
           </>
diff --git a/src/components/mood/mood-form.tsx b/src/components/mood/mood-form.tsx
index 704f4f108..bced7ad4f 100644
--- a/src/components/mood/mood-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/mood/mood-form.tsx
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ export function MoodForm({
             doubled heading. */}
         <Label
           id="mood-level-label"
+          noColon
           className="text-muted-foreground text-sm font-normal"
         >
           {t("mood.heroQuestion")}
@@ -479,8 +480,8 @@ export function MoodForm({
             <div className="space-y-2">
               <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3">
                 <Label htmlFor="tags">
-                  {t("mood.tags")}{" "}
-                  <span className="text-muted-foreground font-normal">
+                  {t("mood.tags")}
+                  <span className="text-muted-foreground ml-1 font-normal">
                     ({t("common.optional")})
                   </span>
                 </Label>
@@ -554,8 +555,8 @@ export function MoodForm({
               htmlFor="mood-note"
               label={
                 <>
-                  {t("mood.note")}{" "}
-                  <span className="text-muted-foreground font-normal">
+                  {t("mood.note")}
+                  <span className="text-muted-foreground ml-1 font-normal">
                     ({t("common.optional")})
                   </span>
                 </>
diff --git a/src/components/records/allergy-form.tsx b/src/components/records/allergy-form.tsx
index 77544005b..296b102d8 100644
--- a/src/components/records/allergy-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/records/allergy-form.tsx
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export function AllergyForm({
       {onCancel ? (
         <Button
           type="button"
-          variant="ghost"
+          variant="outline"
           onClick={onCancel}
           disabled={submitting}
         >
diff --git a/src/components/records/family-history-form.tsx b/src/components/records/family-history-form.tsx
index 152847b38..23d2e810c 100644
--- a/src/components/records/family-history-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/records/family-history-form.tsx
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export function FamilyHistoryForm({
       {onCancel ? (
         <Button
           type="button"
-          variant="ghost"
+          variant="outline"
           onClick={onCancel}
           disabled={submitting}
         >
diff --git a/src/components/symptoms/symptom-edit-sheets.tsx b/src/components/symptoms/symptom-edit-sheets.tsx
index 3a1ec5076..9a542c6f4 100644
--- a/src/components/symptoms/symptom-edit-sheets.tsx
+++ b/src/components/symptoms/symptom-edit-sheets.tsx
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function EditSymptomEventSheet({
       title={t("symptoms.section.editEventTitle", { symptom: label })}
       footer={
         <>
-          <Button variant="ghost" onClick={onClose}>
+          <Button variant="outline" onClick={onClose}>
             {t("common.cancel")}
           </Button>
           <Button onClick={handleSave} disabled={update.isPending}>
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ export function EditSymptomEventSheet({
           htmlFor="symptom-event-note"
           label={
             <>
-              {t("symptoms.entry.note")}{" "}
-              <span className="text-muted-foreground font-normal">
+              {t("symptoms.entry.note")}
+              <span className="text-muted-foreground ml-1 font-normal">
                 ({t("common.optional")})
               </span>
             </>
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export function EditSymptomDefinitionSheet({
       title={t("symptoms.section.editSymptomTitle")}
       footer={
         <>
-          <Button variant="ghost" onClick={onClose}>
+          <Button variant="outline" onClick={onClose}>
             {t("common.cancel")}
           </Button>
           <Button onClick={handleSave} disabled={update.isPending}>
diff --git a/src/components/symptoms/symptom-entry-form.tsx b/src/components/symptoms/symptom-entry-form.tsx
index 19e6c73d4..ac3ee4d1a 100644
--- a/src/components/symptoms/symptom-entry-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/symptoms/symptom-entry-form.tsx
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ export function SymptomEntryForm({
           htmlFor={`${formId}-episode`}
           label={
             <>
-              {t("symptoms.entry.during")}{" "}
-              <span className="text-muted-foreground font-normal">
+              {t("symptoms.entry.during")}
+              <span className="text-muted-foreground ml-1 font-normal">
                 ({t("common.optional")})
               </span>
             </>
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ export function SymptomEntryForm({
         htmlFor={`${formId}-note`}
         label={
           <>
-            {t("symptoms.entry.note")}{" "}
-            <span className="text-muted-foreground font-normal">
+            {t("symptoms.entry.note")}
+            <span className="text-muted-foreground ml-1 font-normal">
               ({t("common.optional")})
             </span>
           </>
diff --git a/src/components/ui/__tests__/responsive-sheet.test.tsx b/src/components/ui/__tests__/responsive-sheet.test.tsx
index 23d19c281..b10c06d63 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/__tests__/responsive-sheet.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/__tests__/responsive-sheet.test.tsx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ vi.mock("@/components/ui/dialog", () => ({
   ),
 }));
 
-import { ResponsiveSheet } from "../responsive-sheet";
+import { keepKeyboardDownOnOpen, ResponsiveSheet } from "../responsive-sheet";
 
 describe("<ResponsiveSheet>", () => {
   it("renders the Dialog branch on `md+` viewports", () => {
@@ -324,3 +324,34 @@ describe("<ResponsiveSheet>", () => {
     expect(onOpenChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
   });
 });
+
+describe("keepKeyboardDownOnOpen (phone branch open focus)", () => {
+  function setup(activeInside: boolean) {
+    const focus = vi.fn();
+    const preventDefault = vi.fn();
+    const active = { id: "active" };
+    const content = {
+      focus,
+      contains: (node: unknown) => activeInside && node === active,
+    };
+    vi.stubGlobal("document", { activeElement: active });
+    keepKeyboardDownOnOpen({
+      preventDefault,
+      currentTarget: content,
+    } as unknown as Event);
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+    return { focus, preventDefault };
+  }
+
+  it("focuses the sheet itself instead of its first field", () => {
+    const { focus, preventDefault } = setup(false);
+    expect(preventDefault).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(focus).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ preventScroll: true });
+  });
+
+  it("leaves a field the form focused on purpose alone", () => {
+    const { focus, preventDefault } = setup(true);
+    expect(preventDefault).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(focus).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/ui/responsive-sheet.tsx b/src/components/ui/responsive-sheet.tsx
index b1a7f2a00..e8d41bfcd 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/responsive-sheet.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/responsive-sheet.tsx
@@ -131,6 +131,23 @@ const CONTENT_WIDTH_CLASS: Record<
  * the form's chrome is unchanged because both branches expose the
  * same header / body / footer slot shape.
  */
+/**
+ * Phone branch only: on open, focus the sheet itself instead of its first
+ * field. Radix's default lands on the first tabbable element, and when that
+ * is a text-like field (a date, a name) the phone raises its keyboard over a
+ * sheet the person has not read yet, and the sheet jumps up under it. Focus
+ * still moves into the sheet (the content is focusable and traps focus), a
+ * field a form focuses on purpose (`autoFocus`, a mount effect) keeps it, and
+ * the desktop dialog keeps the default.
+ */
+export function keepKeyboardDownOnOpen(event: Event): void {
+  event.preventDefault();
+  const content = event.currentTarget as HTMLElement | null;
+  if (content && !content.contains(document.activeElement)) {
+    content.focus({ preventScroll: true });
+  }
+}
+
 export function ResponsiveSheet({
   open,
   onOpenChange,
@@ -153,6 +170,7 @@ export function ResponsiveSheet({
       <Sheet open={open} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
         <SheetContent
           onCloseAutoFocus={onCloseAutoFocus}
+          onOpenAutoFocus={keepKeyboardDownOnOpen}
           side="bottom"
           showCloseButton={showCloseButton}
           data-slot="responsive-sheet-content"