diff --git a/e2e/coach-layout.spec.ts b/e2e/coach-layout.spec.ts
index fc4b02a72..ae6bfbaec 100644
--- a/e2e/coach-layout.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/coach-layout.spec.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ import { mockDay } from "./setup/day-mock";
  *      panel left of the strips, a second click shuts it; the choice
  *      survives a reload. The panel is flush with the strips and runs from
  *      the top of the window to the bottom; the top bar ends at its left
- *      edge and the panel's header border is the top bar's. Focus moves
- *      between the fold control and the strip, and Escape inside the open
- *      panel folds it.
+ *      edge and the panel's header border is the top bar's. Both strips run
+ *      the full height of the window, from its top edge, and the search
+ *      magnifier ends the top bar in front of them, never covered. The strip
+ *      is the docked panel's only fold control (the header has none); focus
+ *      moves between the strip and the panel's heading, and Escape inside
+ *      the open panel folds it.
  *   2. New conversation is a round 56 px button in the conversation column,
  *      never over the panel, never over the composer's field, and absent
  *      from the panel's header.
@@ -218,6 +221,8 @@ async function mockCoach(page: Page): Promise<CoachMock> {
 const toggle = (page: Page) => page.locator('[data-slot="coach-panel-toggle"]');
 const collapse = (page: Page) =>
   page.locator('[data-slot="coach-panel-collapse"]');
+const heading = (page: Page) =>
+  page.locator('[data-slot="coach-panel-heading"]');
 const expand = (page: Page) =>
   page.locator('[data-slot="coach-panel-strip-toggle"]');
 const strip = (page: Page) => page.locator('[data-slot="coach-panel-strip"]');
@@ -257,7 +262,9 @@ async function expectNoSidewaysScroll(page: Page) {
  * right edge (no scrollbar gutter beside them). The panel runs from the top
  * of the window to the bottom, the top bar ends at its left edge, an open
  * panel's header row has the top bar's bottom border, and its own border
- * is the left one only. Both strips start below the top bar's band.
+ * is the left one only. Both strips run the full height of the window, and
+ * the search magnifier at the end of the top bar sits in front of them,
+ * whole and on top.
  */
 async function expectPanelFlush(page: Page, width: number, height: number) {
   const geometry = await page.evaluate(() => {
@@ -283,6 +290,18 @@ async function expectPanelFlush(page: Page, width: number, height: number) {
       list: box('[data-slot="coach-panel-strip"]')!,
       listButton: box('[data-slot="coach-panel-strip-toggle"]')!,
       day: box('[data-slot="day-strip"]')!,
+      dayButton: box('[data-slot="day-strip-toggle"]')!,
+      search: box('[data-slot="command-palette-trigger"]')!,
+      searchOnTop: (() => {
+        const r = document
+          .querySelector('[data-slot="command-palette-trigger"]')!
+          .getBoundingClientRect();
+        return (
+          document
+            .elementFromPoint(r.left + r.width / 2, r.top + r.height / 2)
+            ?.closest('[data-slot="command-palette-trigger"]') != null
+        );
+      })(),
       dayDock: box("#day-docked-panel")!,
       gutter: main.offsetWidth - main.clientWidth,
       borders: style
@@ -305,8 +324,17 @@ async function expectPanelFlush(page: Page, width: number, height: number) {
   expect(geometry.panel.top).toBe(0);
   expect(geometry.panel.bottom).toBe(height);
   expect(geometry.bar.right).toBe(geometry.panel.left);
-  // The strips start below the band; the palette's corner stays the bar's.
-  expect(geometry.listButton.top).toBe(geometry.bar.bottom);
+  // The strips run the full height, from the top edge of the window.
+  for (const button of [geometry.listButton, geometry.dayButton]) {
+    expect(button.top).toBe(0);
+    expect(button.bottom).toBe(height);
+  }
+  // The magnifier ends the top bar, left of the strips, whole and on top.
+  expect(geometry.search.top).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+  expect(geometry.search.bottom).toBeLessThanOrEqual(geometry.bar.bottom);
+  expect(geometry.search.right).toBeLessThanOrEqual(geometry.bar.right);
+  expect(geometry.search.right).toBeLessThanOrEqual(geometry.list.left);
+  expect(geometry.searchOnTop).toBe(true);
   if (geometry.header !== null) {
     expect(geometry.header).toBe(geometry.bar.bottom);
     expect(geometry.borders).toEqual(["0px", "0px", "0px", "1px"]);
@@ -364,7 +392,6 @@ async function panelControlHeights(page: Page) {
         .boundingBox())!.height,
     );
   return {
-    collapse: await height("coach-panel-collapse"),
     plans: await height("coach-panel-plans"),
     gear: await height("coach-settings"),
     row: await height("coach-history-select"),
@@ -449,10 +476,11 @@ test.describe("Coach page frame", () => {
       // First visit: open.
       await expect(panel(page)).toHaveAttribute("data-state", "open");
       await waitForWidth(panel(page), 288);
-      // Docked, the fold control lives in the panel; the top bar has none.
+      // Docked, the strip is the one fold control: the top bar and the
+      // panel's header carry none.
       await expect(toggle(page)).toHaveCount(0);
-      await expect(collapse(page)).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", "true");
-      await expect(collapse(page)).toHaveAttribute(
+      await expect(collapse(page)).toHaveCount(0);
+      await expect(expand(page)).toHaveAttribute(
         "aria-controls",
         "coach-conversations-panel",
       );
@@ -480,7 +508,7 @@ test.describe("Coach page frame", () => {
 
       // Folded: the panel slides to nothing, the strip takes the focus, and
       // the top bar ends at the strips.
-      await collapse(page).click();
+      await expand(page).click();
       await expect(panel(page)).toHaveAttribute("data-state", "closed");
       await waitForWidth(panel(page), 0);
       expect(await stripBox(strip(page))).toEqual(stripOpen);
@@ -522,12 +550,17 @@ test.describe("Coach page frame", () => {
       await expect(expand(page)).toBeFocused();
       expect(await stripBox(strip(page))).toEqual(stripOpen);
 
-      // Opened from the keyboard, focus lands on the fold control; Escape
+      // Opened from the keyboard, focus lands on the panel's heading; Escape
       // from inside folds it again and focus goes back to the strip.
       await expand(page).focus();
       await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
       await expect(panel(page)).toHaveAttribute("data-state", "open");
-      await expect(collapse(page)).toBeFocused();
+      await expect(heading(page)).toBeFocused();
+      await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+      await expect(panel(page)).toHaveAttribute("data-state", "closed");
+      await expect(expand(page)).toBeFocused();
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+      await expect(panel(page)).toHaveAttribute("data-state", "open");
       await panel(page)
         .locator('[data-slot="coach-history-select"]')
         .first()
@@ -572,14 +605,14 @@ test.describe("Coach page frame", () => {
     await shot(page, testInfo, "coach-frame-1440-day");
 
     // Opening the conversations closes the day; its strip keeps the day,
-    // focus goes to the conversations' fold control, the day is out of the
+    // focus goes to the conversations' heading, the day is out of the
     // URL, and the conversation stays the same.
     await expand(page).click();
     await expect(panel(page)).toHaveAttribute("data-state", "open");
     await expect(dayPanel(page)).toHaveCount(0);
     await expect(dayStrip(page)).toHaveAttribute("data-day", day);
     await expect(dayStrip(page)).toHaveAttribute("data-state", "closed");
-    await expect(collapse(page)).toBeFocused();
+    await expect(heading(page)).toBeFocused();
     await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/coach\?c=frame-bp$/);
     await expectNewChatFab(page);
     await shot(page, testInfo, "coach-frame-1440-list");
@@ -627,7 +660,7 @@ test.describe("Coach page frame", () => {
     await shot(page, testInfo, "coach-frame-1920-both");
 
     // Folding one leaves the other alone.
-    await collapse(page).click();
+    await expand(page).click();
     await expect(panel(page)).toHaveAttribute("data-state", "closed");
     await expect(dayPanel(page)).toBeVisible();
     await expand(page).click();
@@ -642,7 +675,6 @@ test.describe("Coach page frame", () => {
     await mockCoach(page);
     await openCoach(page);
     expect(await panelControlHeights(page)).toEqual({
-      collapse: 28,
       plans: 28,
       gear: 28,
       row: 36,
@@ -662,7 +694,6 @@ test.describe("Coach page frame", () => {
       await openCoach(page);
       await expect(panel(page)).toHaveAttribute("data-state", "open");
       expect(await panelControlHeights(page)).toEqual({
-        collapse: 44,
         plans: 44,
         gear: 44,
         row: 44,
@@ -935,6 +966,16 @@ test.describe("Coach page frame", () => {
       await title.evaluate((el) => el.scrollWidth <= el.clientWidth),
       "the sheet title is not truncated",
     ).toBe(true);
+    // Without a strip, the sheet keeps a clear close button and no fold.
+    await expect(
+      sheet.locator('[data-slot="coach-panel-close"]'),
+    ).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(
+      sheet.locator('[data-slot="coach-panel-close"]'),
+    ).toHaveAttribute("aria-label", "Close");
+    await expect(
+      sheet.locator('[data-slot="coach-panel-collapse"]'),
+    ).toHaveCount(0);
     await shot(page, testInfo, "coach-frame-390-panel");
 
     await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
diff --git a/e2e/command-palette.spec.ts b/e2e/command-palette.spec.ts
index 0f37045a2..26d24eac5 100644
--- a/e2e/command-palette.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/command-palette.spec.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ import { expect, test } from "./setup/test";
  *   - a module's entry is a switch: Enter sends the module write and the
  *     palette stays open (the write is answered by a route mock, so the
  *     shared account's modules never move);
- *   - the top bar carries the search field on a wide desktop and a
- *     magnifier on a phone, which opens a full-height sheet with the field
- *     focused;
+ *   - the top bar carries a magnifier at every width, named "Search",
+ *     with a tooltip that gives the shortcut; on a phone it opens a
+ *     full-height sheet with the field focused;
  *   - the open palette passes axe.
  *
  * Stable hooks only: `command-palette` (+ `data-variant`),
- * `command-palette-input`, `command-palette-trigger` (+ `data-variant`),
+ * `command-palette-input`, `command-palette-trigger`,
+ * `command-palette-tooltip`,
  * options by `data-entry`.
  */
 
@@ -109,20 +110,27 @@ test.describe("command palette", () => {
     await expect(input(page)).toHaveValue("timeline");
   });
 
-  test("the top bar: a search field on a wide desktop", async ({ page }) => {
+  test("the top bar: a magnifier on a wide desktop, with the shortcut in its tooltip", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
     await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
     await page.goto("/");
     await shellReady(page);
-    const field = page.locator(
-      '[data-slot="command-palette-trigger"][data-variant="field"]',
+    const magnifier = page.locator('[data-slot="command-palette-trigger"]');
+    await expect(magnifier).toHaveCount(1);
+    await expect(magnifier).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(magnifier).toHaveAttribute("aria-label", "Search");
+    await expect(magnifier).toHaveAttribute(
+      "aria-keyshortcuts",
+      /^(Meta|Control)\+K$/,
     );
-    await expect(field).toBeVisible();
+    // An icon, not a field: no visible words in the button.
+    expect((await magnifier.innerText()).trim()).toBe("");
+    await magnifier.hover();
     await expect(
-      page.locator(
-        '[data-slot="command-palette-trigger"][data-variant="icon"]',
-      ),
-    ).toBeHidden();
-    await field.click();
+      page.locator('[data-slot="command-palette-tooltip"]').first(),
+    ).toHaveText(/^Search \((⌘K|Ctrl K)\)$/);
+    await magnifier.click();
     await expect(palette(page)).toBeVisible();
     await expect(input(page)).toBeFocused();
 
@@ -142,10 +150,9 @@ test.describe("command palette", () => {
     await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 });
     await page.goto("/");
     await shellReady(page);
-    const magnifier = page.locator(
-      '[data-slot="command-palette-trigger"][data-variant="icon"]',
-    );
+    const magnifier = page.locator('[data-slot="command-palette-trigger"]');
     await expect(magnifier).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(magnifier).toHaveAttribute("aria-label", "Search");
     await magnifier.click();
     await expect(palette(page)).toHaveAttribute("data-variant", "sheet");
     await expect(input(page)).toBeFocused();
diff --git a/e2e/day-doors.spec.ts b/e2e/day-doors.spec.ts
index 367e99e46..6ef0f427b 100644
--- a/e2e/day-doors.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/day-doors.spec.ts
@@ -245,8 +245,15 @@ test.describe("the dashboard and the list of all values", () => {
       .first();
     await expect(plot).toBeVisible({ timeout: 20_000 });
     await openFromPlot(page, plot, testInfo);
-    // Closing leaves the dashboard on today.
-    await page.locator('[data-slot="day-close"]').click();
+    // Closing leaves the dashboard on today: a sheet from its close button,
+    // the docked day from its strip, the only control it has.
+    await page
+      .locator(
+        isPhone(testInfo)
+          ? '[data-slot="day-close"]'
+          : '[data-slot="day-strip-toggle"]',
+      )
+      .click();
     await expect(panel(page)).toHaveCount(0);
     await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/$/);
   });
@@ -292,7 +299,8 @@ test.describe("the dashboard and the list of all values", () => {
       .toBeLessThanOrEqual(panelBox.x);
 
     // Folded, the day keeps its strip; the launcher stays clear of it.
-    await page.locator('[data-slot="day-close"]').click();
+    await page.locator('[data-slot="day-strip-toggle"]').click();
+    await expect(panel(page)).toHaveCount(0);
     const edge = (await page.locator('[data-slot="day-strip"]').boundingBox())!;
     await expect
       .poll(async () => {
diff --git a/e2e/day-view.spec.ts b/e2e/day-view.spec.ts
index 4337d3f33..3b99bacd5 100644
--- a/e2e/day-view.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/day-view.spec.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ import { MOBILE_ROUTES_ANALYTE } from "./setup/mobile-routes-fixture";
  *   - `?day=` opens the layer on any page, Back and Escape close it, a date in
  *     the future is dropped;
  *   - stepping to the neighbouring days never adds history entries;
- *   - docked, the day collapses to a narrow edge that brings it back on any
- *     page; a sheet closes for good;
+ *   - docked, the day folds to its strip, which runs the full height of the
+ *     window right of the top bar, is the panel's only open and close
+ *     control and brings the day back on any page; the search magnifier at
+ *     the end of the top bar is never covered by it; a sheet closes for good
+ *     from its close button;
  *   - the dashboard's today area offers no door; its charts below do.
  *
  * Stable data attributes only: `day-panel` (+ `data-shell`), `day-link`,
@@ -175,12 +178,15 @@ test.describe("the day view", () => {
     await page.goto(`/mood?day=${day}`);
     await expect(panel(page)).toHaveAttribute("data-shell", "docked");
 
-    await page.locator('[data-slot="day-close"]').click();
+    // Docked, the header has no fold button: the strip is the toggle.
+    await expect(page.locator('[data-slot="day-close"]')).toHaveCount(0);
+    const rail = page.locator('[data-slot="day-strip"]');
+    const expand = page.locator('[data-slot="day-strip-toggle"]');
+    await expect(expand).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", "true");
+    await expand.click();
     await expect(panel(page)).toHaveCount(0);
     await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/mood$/);
     // The strip stays, holding the day, and focus waits on it.
-    const rail = page.locator('[data-slot="day-strip"]');
-    const expand = page.locator('[data-slot="day-strip-toggle"]');
     await expect(rail).toHaveAttribute("data-day", day);
     await expect(rail).toHaveAttribute("data-state", "closed");
     await expect(expand).toBeFocused();
@@ -305,6 +311,67 @@ test.describe("the day view", () => {
     await expect(page.locator('[data-slot="day-strip"]')).toHaveCount(0);
   });
 
+  test("the strip runs the full height; the search magnifier stays clear of it", async ({
+    page,
+  }, testInfo) => {
+    test.skip(
+      testInfo.project.name !== "chromium-desktop",
+      "docked from 1280 px",
+    );
+    const day = isoDaysAgo(3);
+    const strip = page.locator('[data-slot="day-strip"]');
+    const search = page.locator('[data-slot="command-palette-trigger"]');
+    const topBar = page.locator('[data-slot="top-bar"]');
+    for (const width of [1280, 1440, 1920]) {
+      await page.setViewportSize({ width, height: 900 });
+      for (const url of ["/mood", `/mood?day=${day}`]) {
+        await page.goto(url);
+        await expect(strip).toBeVisible();
+        if (url.includes("day=")) {
+          await expect(panel(page)).toHaveAttribute("data-shell", "docked");
+          // The open panel runs the full height beside its strip.
+          await expect
+            .poll(async () => (await panel(page).boundingBox())?.width)
+            .toBeGreaterThan(400);
+          const p = (await panel(page).boundingBox())!;
+          expect(p.y).toBe(0);
+          expect(Math.round(p.y + p.height)).toBe(900);
+        }
+        const s = (await strip.boundingBox())!;
+        // Top edge at the very top of the window, down to the bottom.
+        expect(s.y).toBe(0);
+        expect(Math.round(s.height)).toBe(900);
+        expect(Math.round(s.x + s.width)).toBe(width);
+        // The top bar ends left of the strips, so the magnifier sits fully
+        // inside it, in front of them.
+        const bar = (await topBar.boundingBox())!;
+        expect(bar.x + bar.width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(s.x + 0.5);
+        await expect(search).toBeVisible();
+        const m = (await search.boundingBox())!;
+        expect(m.x).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+        expect(m.y).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+        expect(m.x + m.width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(s.x);
+        expect(m.y + m.height).toBeLessThanOrEqual(bar.y + bar.height);
+        // Nothing paints over its centre: the hit test lands on it.
+        const hit = await page.evaluate(
+          ([x, y]) =>
+            document
+              .elementFromPoint(x, y)
+              ?.closest('[data-slot="command-palette-trigger"]') != null,
+          [m.x + m.width / 2, m.y + m.height / 2],
+        );
+        expect(hit).toBe(true);
+        // No horizontal scroll anywhere on the page.
+        const overflow = await page.evaluate(
+          () =>
+            document.documentElement.scrollWidth -
+            document.documentElement.clientWidth,
+        );
+        expect(overflow).toBeLessThanOrEqual(0);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
   test("a future or malformed ?day= is dropped without a word", async ({
     page,
   }) => {
diff --git a/e2e/keyboard-shortcuts.spec.ts b/e2e/keyboard-shortcuts.spec.ts
index 0c1e64031..d796998db 100644
--- a/e2e/keyboard-shortcuts.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/keyboard-shortcuts.spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ import { mockTimeline } from "./utils/mock-timeline";
  *   - `?` opens the list: a titled dialog that keeps focus inside and closes
  *     on Escape; the account menu opens the same list;
  *   - `n` opens the add menu;
- *   - `[` and `]` step the open day, never past today.
+ *   - `[` and `]` step the open day, never past today;
+ *   - `g p` opens and closes the day like a click on its strip (focus into
+ *     the panel, back to the strip); below the docking width it opens the
+ *     sheet on the last day and closes it again.
  *
  * The module map is the account's real `/api/auth/me` with only `timeline`
  * rewritten, so the switch is never moved on a shared account. Desktop only:
@@ -149,6 +152,9 @@ test.describe("keyboard shortcuts", () => {
       "g",
       "d",
     ]);
+    await expect(
+      dialog.locator('[data-group="day"] [data-shortcut="day-toggle"] kbd'),
+    ).toHaveText(["g", "p"]);
 
     // Focus trap: Tab and Shift+Tab never leave the dialog.
     for (const step of ["Tab", "Tab", "Tab", "Shift+Tab", "Shift+Tab"]) {
@@ -213,4 +219,92 @@ test.describe("keyboard shortcuts", () => {
     await page.keyboard.press("]");
     await expect(page).toHaveURL(new RegExp(`[?&]day=${TODAY}`));
   });
+
+  test("g p opens and closes the docked day, focus like its strip", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+    await mockDay(page);
+    await page.goto("/insights");
+    await shellReady(page);
+    const panel = page.locator('[data-slot="day-panel"]');
+    const strip = page.locator('[data-slot="day-strip-toggle"]');
+    await expect(strip).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", "false");
+    await expect(panel).toHaveCount(0);
+
+    await page.keyboard.press("g");
+    await page.keyboard.press("p");
+    await expect(panel).toHaveAttribute("data-shell", "docked");
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(new RegExp(`[?&]day=${TODAY}`));
+    await expect(strip).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", "true");
+    // Into the panel, on its heading, the way the strip opens it.
+    await expect(panel.locator("h2").first()).toBeFocused();
+
+    await page.keyboard.press("g");
+    await page.keyboard.press("p");
+    await expect(panel).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/insights$/);
+    await expect(strip).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", "false");
+    // Back on the strip, which brings the day back.
+    await expect(strip).toBeFocused();
+  });
+
+  test("below the docking width g p opens the sheet on the last day and closes it", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1024, height: 800 });
+    await mockDay(page);
+    const day = shiftDay(TODAY, -3);
+    // Open and close a day once, so it is the one remembered.
+    await page.goto(`/insights?day=${day}`);
+    await shellReady(page);
+    const panel = page.locator('[data-slot="day-panel"]');
+    await expect(panel).toHaveAttribute("data-shell", "sheet");
+    await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+    await expect(panel).toHaveCount(0);
+    await page.locator("#main-content").focus();
+
+    await page.keyboard.press("g");
+    await page.keyboard.press("p");
+    await expect(panel).toHaveAttribute("data-shell", "sheet");
+    await expect(page.locator('[data-slot="day-view"]')).toHaveAttribute(
+      "data-day",
+      day,
+    );
+    // Over the sheet, the same keys close it.
+    await page.keyboard.press("g");
+    await page.keyboard.press("p");
+    await expect(panel).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/insights$/);
+  });
+
+  test("g p stays out of a field and out of another dialog", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+    await mockDay(page);
+    await page.goto("/insights");
+    await shellReady(page);
+    const panel = page.locator('[data-slot="day-panel"]');
+    await expect(page.locator('[data-slot="day-strip"]')).toBeVisible();
+    await page.evaluate(() => {
+      const field = document.createElement("input");
+      field.setAttribute("data-testid", "probe-field");
+      field.setAttribute("aria-label", "Probe");
+      document.getElementById("main-content")?.prepend(field);
+    });
+    await page.getByTestId("probe-field").focus();
+    await page.keyboard.type("gp");
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("probe-field")).toHaveValue("gp");
+    await expect(panel).toHaveCount(0);
+
+    await page.locator("#main-content").focus();
+    await page.keyboard.press("Shift+?");
+    await expect(helpDialog(page)).toBeVisible();
+    await page.keyboard.press("g");
+    await page.keyboard.press("p");
+    await expect(panel).toHaveCount(0);
+    await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+    await expect(helpDialog(page)).toHaveCount(0);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/e2e/timeline.spec.ts b/e2e/timeline.spec.ts
index e2d09e17b..07cf90bc4 100644
--- a/e2e/timeline.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/timeline.spec.ts
@@ -306,6 +306,68 @@ test("value lines: quarterly means, gaps kept, short ones bridged, as many as th
   await expect(last).toBeInViewport();
 });
 
+test("each mean's dot sits on the middle of its text and never wraps apart from it", async ({
+  page,
+}, testInfo) => {
+  await setTimelineModuleOn(page);
+  await mockTimeline(page, "full", TODAY);
+  const check = async (slot: string) => {
+    const rows = page.locator(`[data-slot="${slot}"]`);
+    await expect(rows.first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 20_000 });
+    const units = await rows.evaluateAll((els) =>
+      els.flatMap((row) =>
+        Array.from(
+          row.querySelectorAll('[data-slot="timeline-mean-part"]'),
+        ).map((unit) => {
+          const dot = unit
+            .querySelector('[data-slot="timeline-series-dot"]')!
+            .getBoundingClientRect();
+          const text = unit.querySelector(".truncate")!.getBoundingClientRect();
+          return {
+            dotMid: dot.top + dot.height / 2,
+            textMid: text.top + text.height / 2,
+            dotRight: dot.right,
+            textLeft: text.left,
+            textHeight: text.height,
+          };
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(units.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    for (const unit of units) {
+      // Centred on the text line, to the pixel.
+      expect(Math.abs(unit.dotMid - unit.textMid)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+      // On the same line, the value right after its dot: one line high.
+      expect(unit.textLeft).toBeGreaterThan(unit.dotRight);
+      expect(unit.textLeft - unit.dotRight).toBeLessThanOrEqual(8);
+      expect(unit.textHeight).toBeLessThanOrEqual(20);
+    }
+  };
+
+  // A narrow chart: the selection bar's means wrap between units only.
+  await page.setViewportSize({ width: 800, height: 900 });
+  await page.goto("/timeline");
+  await expect(page.locator('[data-slot="timeline-chart"]')).toBeVisible({
+    timeout: 20_000,
+  });
+  await check("timeline-selection-means");
+  await testInfo.attach("selection-means-800", {
+    body: await page
+      .locator('[data-slot="timeline-selection-bar"]')
+      .screenshot(),
+    contentType: "image/png",
+  });
+
+  // The phone chronicle's means follow the same rule.
+  await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 });
+  await page.goto("/timeline");
+  await check("timeline-chronicle-means");
+  await testInfo.attach("chronicle-means-390", {
+    body: await page.screenshot(),
+    contentType: "image/png",
+  });
+});
+
 test("one medication is one row: its doses cut the bar, its pause is a gap in it", async ({
   page,
 }) => {
@@ -621,8 +683,10 @@ test("an open day stays open from the timeline to another page", async ({
     day,
   );
 
-  // Folded by the person, it stays folded on the next page.
-  await page.locator('[data-slot="day-close"]').click();
+  // Folded by the person (the strip is the docked day's only fold control),
+  // it stays folded on the next page.
+  await expect(page.locator('[data-slot="day-close"]')).toHaveCount(0);
+  await page.locator('[data-slot="day-strip-toggle"]').click();
   await expect(panel).toHaveCount(0);
   await page.locator('a[href="/timeline"]').first().click();
   await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/timeline$/);
@@ -799,9 +863,6 @@ test("the day's strip stays at the right edge, opens and closes the day, and nev
         docSw: doc.scrollWidth - doc.clientWidth,
         docSh: doc.scrollHeight - doc.clientHeight,
         mainSw: main.scrollWidth - main.clientWidth,
-        bar: document
-          .querySelector('[data-slot="top-bar"]')!
-          .getBoundingClientRect().bottom,
       };
     });
 
@@ -812,17 +873,19 @@ test("the day's strip stays at the right edge, opens and closes the day, and nev
       page.locator('[data-slot="timeline-chart"] > svg'),
     ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 20_000 });
 
-    // Closed: the strip is there, at the right edge, below the top bar's
-    // band, holding today.
+    // Closed: the strip is there, at the right edge, the full height of the
+    // window from its top edge, holding today.
     await expect(strip).toHaveAttribute("data-state", "closed");
     await expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", "false");
     const closed = await where();
     expect(closed[0] + closed[2], `${width}px right edge`).toBe(width);
     const before = await measure();
+    expect(closed[1], `${width}px from the top edge`).toBe(0);
+    expect(closed[3], `${width}px full height`).toBe(900);
     expect(
       Math.round((await toggle.boundingBox())!.y),
-      `${width}px below the band`,
-    ).toBe(Math.round(before.bar));
+      `${width}px toggle from the top edge`,
+    ).toBe(0);
     expect(before.docSw).toBeLessThanOrEqual(0);
     expect(before.mainSw).toBeLessThanOrEqual(0);
 
diff --git a/messages/de.json b/messages/de.json
index 7e8193c6c..8395f39a5 100644
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -12559,8 +12559,6 @@
     }
   },
   "palette": {
-    "open": "Suchen…",
-    "openLabel": "Seiten, Einstellungen und Aktionen suchen",
     "title": "Suche",
     "description": "Finde eine Seite, eine Einstellung, ein Modul oder eine Aktion.",
     "placeholder": "Seiten, Einstellungen, Module suchen…",
@@ -12597,7 +12595,8 @@
     "close": "Dialog oder Bereich schließen",
     "previousDay": "Vorheriger Tag",
     "nextDay": "Nächster Tag",
-    "dayHint": "Während ein Tag geöffnet ist.",
+    "toggleDay": "Tag öffnen oder schließen",
+    "dayHint": "Vorheriger und nächster Tag gehen, solange ein Tag offen ist.",
     "groups": {
       "navigation": "Navigation",
       "actions": "Aktionen",
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index f128039c2..164ca09ff 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -12559,8 +12559,6 @@
     }
   },
   "palette": {
-    "open": "Search…",
-    "openLabel": "Search pages, settings and actions",
     "title": "Search",
     "description": "Find a page, a setting, a module or an action.",
     "placeholder": "Search pages, settings, modules…",
@@ -12597,7 +12595,8 @@
     "close": "Close a dialog or panel",
     "previousDay": "Previous day",
     "nextDay": "Next day",
-    "dayHint": "While a day is open.",
+    "toggleDay": "Open or close the day",
+    "dayHint": "Previous and next day work while a day is open.",
     "groups": {
       "navigation": "Navigation",
       "actions": "Actions",
diff --git a/messages/es.json b/messages/es.json
index f28a25543..85feaee82 100644
--- a/messages/es.json
+++ b/messages/es.json
@@ -12559,8 +12559,6 @@
     }
   },
   "palette": {
-    "open": "Buscar…",
-    "openLabel": "Buscar páginas, ajustes y acciones",
     "title": "Buscar",
     "description": "Encuentra una página, un ajuste, un módulo o una acción.",
     "placeholder": "Buscar páginas, ajustes, módulos…",
@@ -12597,7 +12595,8 @@
     "close": "Cerrar un diálogo o panel",
     "previousDay": "Día anterior",
     "nextDay": "Día siguiente",
-    "dayHint": "Mientras hay un día abierto.",
+    "toggleDay": "Abrir o cerrar el día",
+    "dayHint": "Día anterior y siguiente funcionan mientras hay un día abierto.",
     "groups": {
       "navigation": "Navegación",
       "actions": "Acciones",
diff --git a/messages/fr.json b/messages/fr.json
index 6dee0c114..e84f55fb3 100644
--- a/messages/fr.json
+++ b/messages/fr.json
@@ -12559,8 +12559,6 @@
     }
   },
   "palette": {
-    "open": "Rechercher…",
-    "openLabel": "Rechercher des pages, réglages et actions",
     "title": "Recherche",
     "description": "Trouver une page, un réglage, un module ou une action.",
     "placeholder": "Rechercher des pages, réglages, modules…",
@@ -12597,7 +12595,8 @@
     "close": "Fermer une boîte de dialogue ou un panneau",
     "previousDay": "Jour précédent",
     "nextDay": "Jour suivant",
-    "dayHint": "Lorsqu’un jour est ouvert.",
+    "toggleDay": "Ouvrir ou fermer le jour",
+    "dayHint": "Jour précédent et suivant fonctionnent quand un jour est ouvert.",
     "groups": {
       "navigation": "Navigation",
       "actions": "Actions",
diff --git a/messages/it.json b/messages/it.json
index fece67e6c..6937f4746 100644
--- a/messages/it.json
+++ b/messages/it.json
@@ -12559,8 +12559,6 @@
     }
   },
   "palette": {
-    "open": "Cerca…",
-    "openLabel": "Cerca pagine, impostazioni e azioni",
     "title": "Cerca",
     "description": "Trova una pagina, un’impostazione, un modulo o un’azione.",
     "placeholder": "Cerca pagine, impostazioni, moduli…",
@@ -12597,7 +12595,8 @@
     "close": "Chiudi una finestra o un pannello",
     "previousDay": "Giorno precedente",
     "nextDay": "Giorno successivo",
-    "dayHint": "Quando un giorno è aperto.",
+    "toggleDay": "Apri o chiudi il giorno",
+    "dayHint": "Giorno precedente e successivo funzionano mentre un giorno è aperto.",
     "groups": {
       "navigation": "Navigazione",
       "actions": "Azioni",
diff --git a/messages/ko.json b/messages/ko.json
index 649bb7763..ec79c416d 100644
--- a/messages/ko.json
+++ b/messages/ko.json
@@ -12559,8 +12559,6 @@
     }
   },
   "palette": {
-    "open": "검색…",
-    "openLabel": "페이지, 설정, 작업 검색",
     "title": "검색",
     "description": "페이지, 설정, 모듈 또는 작업을 찾습니다.",
     "placeholder": "페이지, 설정, 모듈 검색…",
@@ -12597,7 +12595,8 @@
     "close": "대화 상자나 패널 닫기",
     "previousDay": "이전 날",
     "nextDay": "다음 날",
-    "dayHint": "하루가 열려 있을 때.",
+    "toggleDay": "하루 열기 또는 닫기",
+    "dayHint": "이전 날과 다음 날은 하루가 열려 있을 때 작동합니다.",
     "groups": {
       "navigation": "탐색",
       "actions": "작업",
diff --git a/messages/pl.json b/messages/pl.json
index 5ae6159a1..19bdad46a 100644
--- a/messages/pl.json
+++ b/messages/pl.json
@@ -12559,8 +12559,6 @@
     }
   },
   "palette": {
-    "open": "Szukaj…",
-    "openLabel": "Szukaj stron, ustawień i akcji",
     "title": "Szukaj",
     "description": "Znajdź stronę, ustawienie, moduł lub akcję.",
     "placeholder": "Szukaj stron, ustawień, modułów…",
@@ -12597,7 +12595,8 @@
     "close": "Zamknij okno lub panel",
     "previousDay": "Poprzedni dzień",
     "nextDay": "Następny dzień",
-    "dayHint": "Gdy otwarty jest dzień.",
+    "toggleDay": "Otwórz lub zamknij dzień",
+    "dayHint": "Poprzedni i następny dzień działają, gdy dzień jest otwarty.",
     "groups": {
       "navigation": "Nawigacja",
       "actions": "Akcje",
diff --git a/src/components/command-palette/command-palette-trigger.tsx b/src/components/command-palette/command-palette-trigger.tsx
index dc86cce0e..c0599da46 100644
--- a/src/components/command-palette/command-palette-trigger.tsx
+++ b/src/components/command-palette/command-palette-trigger.tsx
@@ -17,47 +17,23 @@ import { openCommandPalette, preloadCommandPalette } from "./palette-store";
 
 /**
  * The way into the command palette, at the trailing end of the top bar on
- * every signed-in page. Where the bar has room it looks like a search field
- * ("Search…" and the key that opens it); where it has not (a phone, or a
- * desktop bar narrowed by the sidebar and a docked panel) it is a magnifier
- * with a tooltip. The switch reads the bar's own width (`@container/topbar`
- * on the header), not the window's, because a docked panel takes the room
- * without the window changing.
+ * every signed-in page: a magnifier at every width, named "Search", with a
+ * tooltip that gives the key that opens it as well ("Search (⌘K)", or
+ * "Search (Ctrl K)" off Apple platforms). 44 px under a coarse pointer, 36 px
+ * beside a fine one. Docked panels' strips stand right of the top bar, so the
+ * magnifier always sits just left of them and nothing covers it.
  */
 export function CommandPaletteTrigger() {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   // The key hint depends on the platform, which the server cannot know.
   const mounted = useMounted();
   const apple = mounted && isApplePlatform();
-  const label = t("palette.openLabel");
+  const label = t("palette.title");
   const keyHint = apple ? "⌘K" : "Ctrl K";
   const shortcut = apple ? "Meta+K" : "Control+K";
 
   return (
     <div className="ml-auto flex shrink-0 items-center">
-      <button
-        type="button"
-        data-slot="command-palette-trigger"
-        data-variant="field"
-        aria-label={label}
-        aria-keyshortcuts={mounted ? shortcut : undefined}
-        aria-haspopup="dialog"
-        onClick={openCommandPalette}
-        onPointerEnter={preloadCommandPalette}
-        onFocus={preloadCommandPalette}
-        className="border-border bg-background text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground hover:bg-accent focus-visible:ring-ring/50 hidden h-9 w-56 items-center gap-2 rounded-md border px-3 text-sm transition-colors outline-none focus-visible:ring-[3px] @2xl/topbar:flex"
-      >
-        <Search className="size-4 shrink-0" aria-hidden="true" />
-        <span className="flex-1 truncate text-left">{t("palette.open")}</span>
-        {mounted ? (
-          <kbd
-            aria-hidden="true"
-            className="border-border bg-muted text-foreground rounded border px-1.5 font-mono text-xs"
-          >
-            {keyHint}
-          </kbd>
-        ) : null}
-      </button>
       <TooltipProvider delayDuration={300}>
         <Tooltip>
           <TooltipTrigger asChild>
@@ -66,19 +42,20 @@ export function CommandPaletteTrigger() {
               variant="ghost"
               size="icon"
               data-slot="command-palette-trigger"
-              data-variant="icon"
               aria-label={label}
               aria-keyshortcuts={mounted ? shortcut : undefined}
               aria-haspopup="dialog"
               onClick={openCommandPalette}
               onPointerEnter={preloadCommandPalette}
               onFocus={preloadCommandPalette}
-              className="text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground min-h-11 min-w-11 @2xl/topbar:hidden"
+              className="text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground size-11 pointer-fine:size-9"
             >
               <Search className="size-5" aria-hidden="true" />
             </Button>
           </TooltipTrigger>
-          <TooltipContent side="bottom">{label}</TooltipContent>
+          <TooltipContent side="bottom" data-slot="command-palette-tooltip">
+            {mounted ? `${label} (${keyHint})` : label}
+          </TooltipContent>
         </Tooltip>
       </TooltipProvider>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/components/day/__tests__/day-view.test.tsx b/src/components/day/__tests__/day-view.test.tsx
index 442b35fbd..e4b9685aa 100644
--- a/src/components/day/__tests__/day-view.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/day/__tests__/day-view.test.tsx
@@ -243,16 +243,19 @@ describe("<DayView>", () => {
     expect(leave).not.toContain("FAMILY");
   });
 
-  it("collapses the docked day and closes a sheet, and says which", async () => {
+  it("has no close button docked, where the strip folds it, and a clear one in a sheet", async () => {
     const docked = await render();
-    const hide = docked.match(/<button[^>]*data-slot="day-close"[^>]*>/)?.[0];
-    expect(hide).toContain('aria-label="Hide day"');
-    expect(hide).toContain('aria-expanded="true"');
+    expect(docked).not.toContain('data-slot="day-close"');
     for (const shell of ["sheet", "bottom"] as const) {
       const sheet = await render({ shell });
       const close = sheet.match(/<button[^>]*data-slot="day-close"[^>]*>/)?.[0];
       expect(close).toContain('aria-label="Close day"');
       expect(close).not.toContain("aria-expanded");
+      // An X, at the end of the header row, after the next-day arrow.
+      expect(sheet.indexOf('data-slot="day-close"')).toBeGreaterThan(
+        sheet.indexOf('data-slot="day-next"'),
+      );
+      expect(sheet).toContain("lucide-x");
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/src/components/day/day-layer-controller.ts b/src/components/day/day-layer-controller.ts
index 50041a777..1431ce594 100644
--- a/src/components/day/day-layer-controller.ts
+++ b/src/components/day/day-layer-controller.ts
@@ -185,6 +185,27 @@ export function jumpDay(next: DateKey): void {
  * Coach's conversations below 1600 px): focus then stays with the control
  * that asked for the room instead of moving to the day's edge.
  */
+let dayToggle: (() => void) | null = null;
+
+/**
+ * The mounted layer's open-or-close, the same as a click on the day's strip
+ * (a sheet with the strip's day below the docking width). The layer
+ * registers it; `g p` calls it through `toggleDay`.
+ */
+export function registerDayToggle(toggle: () => void): () => void {
+  dayToggle = toggle;
+  return () => {
+    if (dayToggle === toggle) dayToggle = null;
+  };
+}
+
+/** Open or close the day. False when no day layer is mounted. */
+export function toggleDay(): boolean {
+  if (dayToggle === null) return false;
+  dayToggle();
+  return true;
+}
+
 let yielding = false;
 
 /** Collapse the docked day to its edge for a neighbouring panel. */
diff --git a/src/components/day/day-layer.tsx b/src/components/day/day-layer.tsx
index b0dcf3899..d0cfaec05 100644
--- a/src/components/day/day-layer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/day/day-layer.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import {
   openDay,
   peekDayTriggerAt,
   publishOpenDay,
+  registerDayToggle,
   stepDay,
   takeDayTrigger,
   takeDayYield,
@@ -255,8 +256,8 @@ function DayLayer() {
   }, []);
   const panelRef = useRef<HTMLElement>(null);
   const stripRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
-  // Set by a fold (the header's control, the strip): focus then lands on the
-  // strip, which brings the day back from the same place.
+  // Set by a fold (the strip, its shortcut): focus then lands on the strip,
+  // which brings the day back from the same place.
   const collapsing = useRef(false);
 
   // The remembered day, while the docked day is shut, if it is still a day
@@ -353,6 +354,33 @@ function DayLayer() {
     [date, today],
   );
 
+  // What the strip holds: the open day, else the remembered one, else today.
+  // Below the docking width the same day is the one `g p` opens.
+  const stripDay = stripDayOf(date, lastDay, today);
+  const dockedOpen = dockedDay !== null;
+  // The strip's click, and `g p` at every width: docked, the column opens
+  // or folds; below, the sheet opens on the strip's day or closes.
+  const toggle = useCallback(() => {
+    if (shell === "docked") {
+      if (dockedOpen) {
+        collapse();
+        return;
+      }
+      openDay(stripDay, { trigger: stripRef.current ?? undefined });
+      return;
+    }
+    if (date !== null) {
+      closeByPerson();
+      return;
+    }
+    openDay(stripDay);
+  }, [shell, dockedOpen, collapse, stripDay, date, closeByPerson]);
+  const latestToggle = useRef(toggle);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    latestToggle.current = toggle;
+  });
+  useEffect(() => registerDayToggle(() => latestToggle.current()), []);
+
   const onPick = useCallback(
     (next: DateKey) => {
       if (next > today) return;
@@ -418,7 +446,8 @@ function DayLayer() {
       today={today}
       focus={focus}
       shell={shell}
-      onClose={shell === "docked" ? collapse : closeByPerson}
+      // Only the sheets show a close button; docked, the strip folds the day.
+      onClose={closeByPerson}
       onStep={onStep}
       onPick={onPick}
       Title={Title}
@@ -429,16 +458,7 @@ function DayLayer() {
   );
 
   if (shell === "docked") {
-    // What the strip holds: the open day, else the remembered one, else today.
-    const stripDay = stripDayOf(date, railDay, today);
-    const open = dockedDay !== null;
-    const toggle = () => {
-      if (open) {
-        collapse();
-        return;
-      }
-      openDay(stripDay, { trigger: stripRef.current ?? undefined });
-    };
+    const open = dockedOpen;
     return (
       <>
         {live}
diff --git a/src/components/day/day-view.tsx b/src/components/day/day-view.tsx
index 6e290bb49..cedddfad3 100644
--- a/src/components/day/day-view.tsx
+++ b/src/components/day/day-view.tsx
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ import {
   ChevronRight,
   History,
   MessageCircle,
-  PanelBottomClose,
-  PanelRightClose,
   Plus,
+  X,
 } from "lucide-react";
 
 import {
@@ -84,15 +83,12 @@ const ICON_BUTTON =
   "text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground size-11 shrink-0 pointer-fine:size-9";
 
 /**
- * The collapse control is the Coach panel's own toggle, in the same place:
- * the panel's top-left corner, the panel icon mirrored so it points the way
- * the panel goes. Same size and glyph as `PANEL_HEADER_BUTTON` there (kept as
- * a copy so the day layer does not pull the Coach's panel into the shell).
- * The collapsed edge's control in `day-layer.tsx` takes the same pair.
+ * The sheets' close control, at the trailing end of the header like the
+ * Coach sheet's own. The docked day has none: its strip at the right edge of
+ * the window (`shell-dock.tsx`) is the one control that opens and closes it.
  */
-export const PANEL_TOGGLE =
+const CLOSE_BUTTON =
   "text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground size-11 shrink-0 pointer-fine:size-7";
-export const PANEL_TOGGLE_ICON = "size-5 pointer-fine:size-4";
 
 export function DayView({
   date,
@@ -157,7 +153,7 @@ export function DayView({
     ? Object.values(data.sections).some((s) => s?.reason === "not_shared")
     : false;
   const compact = shell === "bottom";
-  const closeLabel = shell === "docked" ? t("day.hidePanel") : t("day.close");
+  const docked = shell === "docked";
 
   return (
     <div
@@ -170,41 +166,19 @@ export function DayView({
         data-slot="day-header"
         className={cn(
           "flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1",
-          compact ? "pt-0.5 pr-2 pb-2 pl-2" : "border-border border-b px-3",
+          // The date starts on the body's reading edge (`px-4` / `px-6`).
+          compact
+            ? "pt-0.5 pr-2 pb-2 pl-4"
+            : "border-border border-b pr-3 pl-6",
           headerClassName,
         )}
       >
-        {/* Top left, where the Coach panel keeps its toggle: the way out.
-            Docked, it collapses the day to the edge; a sheet closes. */}
-        <Button
-          type="button"
-          variant="ghost"
-          size="icon"
-          data-slot="day-close"
-          aria-label={closeLabel}
-          aria-expanded={shell === "docked" ? true : undefined}
-          title={closeLabel}
-          onClick={onClose}
-          className={PANEL_TOGGLE}
-        >
-          {compact ? (
-            <PanelBottomClose
-              className={PANEL_TOGGLE_ICON}
-              aria-hidden="true"
-            />
-          ) : (
-            <PanelRightClose
-              className={cn(PANEL_TOGGLE_ICON, "-scale-x-100")}
-              aria-hidden="true"
-            />
-          )}
-        </Button>
         {/* One line, centred in the band: the date and nothing under it. */}
         <Title
           id={titleId}
           ref={titleRef}
           tabIndex={-1}
-          className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate px-1 text-base leading-snug font-semibold focus-visible:outline-none"
+          className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate pr-1 text-base leading-snug font-semibold focus-visible:outline-none"
         >
           {/* The date is the way to any other day: a calendar opens from
               it, so the header needs no icon of its own. */}
@@ -262,6 +236,20 @@ export function DayView({
             aria-hidden="true"
           />
         </Button>
+        {docked ? null : (
+          <Button
+            type="button"
+            variant="ghost"
+            size="icon"
+            data-slot="day-close"
+            aria-label={t("day.close")}
+            title={t("day.close")}
+            onClick={onClose}
+            className={CLOSE_BUTTON}
+          >
+            <X className="size-5 pointer-fine:size-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+          </Button>
+        )}
       </div>
 
       <div
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/conversations-panel.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/conversations-panel.tsx
index 6c3c66c04..a3700a4d5 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/conversations-panel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/conversations-panel.tsx
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ import { useDeleteCoachConversationWithUndo } from "./use-coach";
  * the two bottom borders draw one line. Its strip stays at the right edge of
  * the window, left of the day's (`shell-dock.tsx`), open or not: a click
  * on the strip opens the panel left of the strips and a second click shuts
- * it; the header's first control shuts it too. The panel slides open and
- * shut (a 200 ms width transition, none under reduced motion).
+ * it. The strip is the docked panel's only fold control; the header carries
+ * none. The panel slides open and shut (a 200 ms width transition, none
+ * under reduced motion).
  * The header carries the title, a link to Plans, the settings gear and, in
  * the sheet, a close button. New conversation is not here: it floats in the
  * conversation itself (`NewChatFab`).
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ import { useDeleteCoachConversationWithUndo } from "./use-coach";
  * Keyboard: Escape folds the docked panel when focus is inside it and
  * nothing inside (a row menu, the rename field, the settings popover) has
  * already claimed the key; focus moves to the strip, and opening from the
- * strip lands on the fold control. In the sheet Radix owns Escape, the
+ * strip lands on the panel's heading. In the sheet Radix owns Escape, the
  * focus trap and the return.
  */
 export const COACH_PANEL_ID = "coach-conversations-panel";
@@ -286,17 +287,17 @@ export function ConversationsPanel({
   }
 
   const expanded = docked ? dockedOpen : sheetOpen;
-  const collapseRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
+  const headingRef = useRef<HTMLHeadingElement>(null);
   const expandRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
   // The list keeps painting while it slides shut.
   const shownOpen = useLingering(docked && dockedOpen ? true : null) ?? false;
   // Where focus goes once the docked panel has folded or opened.
-  const focusAfter = useRef<"collapse" | "expand" | null>(null);
+  const focusAfter = useRef<"panel" | "strip" | null>(null);
   useEffect(() => {
     const target = focusAfter.current;
     focusAfter.current = null;
-    if (target === "collapse") collapseRef.current?.focus();
-    if (target === "expand") expandRef.current?.focus();
+    if (target === "panel") headingRef.current?.focus({ preventScroll: true });
+    if (target === "strip") expandRef.current?.focus();
   }, [dockedOpen]);
 
   function toggleSheet() {
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ export function ConversationsPanel({
   }
 
   function expandDocked() {
-    focusAfter.current = "collapse";
+    focusAfter.current = "panel";
     setYielded(false);
     setRevealed(false);
     setOpen(true);
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ export function ConversationsPanel({
   }
 
   function collapseDocked() {
-    focusAfter.current = "expand";
+    focusAfter.current = "strip";
     setYielded(false);
     setRevealed(false);
     setOpen(false);
@@ -344,37 +345,19 @@ export function ConversationsPanel({
           : cn("border-sidebar-border px-3", SHELL_HEADER_BAND),
       )}
     >
-      {inSheet ? null : (
-        // A title, not a tooltip: focus lands here when the panel opens
-        // from its edge, and a tooltip opened by that focus would take the
-        // next Escape for itself.
-        <Button
-          ref={collapseRef}
-          type="button"
-          variant="ghost"
-          size="icon"
-          onClick={collapseDocked}
-          data-slot="coach-panel-collapse"
-          aria-controls={COACH_PANEL_ID}
-          aria-expanded={true}
-          aria-label={t("insights.coach.frame.hidePanel")}
-          title={t("insights.coach.frame.hidePanel")}
-          className={PANEL_HEADER_BUTTON}
-        >
-          {/* The day's own fold control and glyph, mirrored so it points
-              the way the panel goes. */}
-          <PanelRightClose
-            className={cn(PANEL_HEADER_ICON, "-scale-x-100")}
-            aria-hidden="true"
-          />
-        </Button>
-      )}
       {inSheet ? (
         <SheetTitle className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-lg leading-tight font-semibold">
           {t("insights.coach.historyTitle")}
         </SheetTitle>
       ) : (
-        <h2 className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-lg leading-tight font-semibold">
+        // Docked, the strip is the panel's only fold control; focus lands on
+        // the heading when the panel opens from it.
+        <h2
+          ref={headingRef}
+          tabIndex={-1}
+          data-slot="coach-panel-heading"
+          className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate pl-1 text-lg leading-tight font-semibold focus-visible:outline-none"
+        >
           {t("insights.coach.historyTitle")}
         </h2>
       )}
diff --git a/src/components/layout/__tests__/shell-dock.test.tsx b/src/components/layout/__tests__/shell-dock.test.tsx
index 0cd86a48e..3e00646ee 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/__tests__/shell-dock.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/__tests__/shell-dock.test.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { DOCK_SLIDE, DockStrip } from "../shell-dock";
  * The docked panels' strips (v1.42). Each docked panel keeps its own strip
  * at the right edge; the strip is a toggle for its panel, never moves, and
  * below 1600 px only one panel is open. The click paths, focus and the
- * geometry run in `e2e/dock-strips.spec.ts`.
+ * geometry run in `e2e/day-view.spec.ts` and `e2e/coach-layout.spec.ts`.
  */
 function strip(expanded: boolean) {
   return renderToStaticMarkup(
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ describe("DockStrip", () => {
     expect(html).toContain('aria-label="Hide day"');
   });
 
-  it("keeps the same shape open and closed, below the top bar's band", () => {
+  it("keeps the same shape open and closed, the full height of the window", () => {
     const shape = (html: string) => html.match(/^<div[^>]*class="([^"]*)"/)![1];
     expect(shape(strip(true))).toBe(shape(strip(false)));
     expect(shape(strip(false))).toContain("w-10");
-    // The first cell is the band (`SHELL_HEADER_BAND`), empty and hidden.
-    expect(strip(false)).toMatch(
-      /^<div[^>]*><div aria-hidden="true" class="h-16 border-b/,
-    );
+    expect(shape(strip(false))).toContain("h-full");
+    // The button is the strip's first and only cell: no band above it.
+    expect(strip(false)).toMatch(/^<div[^>]*><button/);
+    expect(strip(false)).not.toContain("h-16");
   });
 
   it("orders the strips like their panels: conversations, then the day", () => {
diff --git a/src/components/layout/global-shortcuts.tsx b/src/components/layout/global-shortcuts.tsx
index 4a8cd5130..71eb14229 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/global-shortcuts.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/global-shortcuts.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ import {
   useSyncExternalStore,
 } from "react";
 
-import { stepDay, useOpenDay } from "@/components/day/day-layer-controller";
+import {
+  stepDay,
+  toggleDay,
+  useOpenDay,
+} from "@/components/day/day-layer-controller";
 import { useTodayKey } from "@/components/day/use-today-key";
 import {
   CAPTURE_KIND_ORDER,
@@ -38,8 +42,8 @@ import {
  * (never on the sign-in pages or in the setup flow, which the shell renders
  * without it).
  *
- * `g` + a key opens a page, `n` the add menu, `[` / `]` step the open day,
- * `?` the list of all of them. Which key does what, and when a key is not
+ * `g` + a key opens a page, `g p` opens or closes the day, `n` the add menu,
+ * `[` / `]` step the open day, `?` the list of all of them. Which key does what, and when a key is not
  * ours, is decided in `src/lib/keyboard/global-shortcuts.ts`; this component
  * reads the page's state and carries the action out. A destination comes from
  * the same lists the navigation renders, so `g t` with the timeline module
@@ -196,6 +200,9 @@ export function GlobalShortcuts() {
           stepDay(date, action.delta);
           return;
         }
+        case "day-toggle":
+          if (toggleDay()) event.preventDefault();
+          return;
       }
     };
     document.addEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown);
diff --git a/src/components/layout/keyboard-shortcuts-dialog.tsx b/src/components/layout/keyboard-shortcuts-dialog.tsx
index c8e307db4..628447df6 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/keyboard-shortcuts-dialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/keyboard-shortcuts-dialog.tsx
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export function KeyboardShortcutsDialog({
   ];
 
   const day: Row[] = [
+    { id: "day-toggle", label: t("shortcuts.toggleDay"), sequence: ["g", "p"] },
     { id: "day-previous", label: t("shortcuts.previousDay"), sequence: ["["] },
     { id: "day-next", label: t("shortcuts.nextDay"), sequence: ["]"] },
   ];
diff --git a/src/components/layout/shell-dock.tsx b/src/components/layout/shell-dock.tsx
index bce15d195..efd690eec 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/shell-dock.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/shell-dock.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import type { LucideIcon } from "lucide-react";
 
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 
-import { SHELL_HEADER_BAND } from "./shell-metrics";
 import { createShellSlot } from "./shell-slot";
 
 /**
@@ -17,9 +16,12 @@ import { createShellSlot } from "./shell-slot";
  * panels: conversations (`order-1`), then the day (`order-2`). A panel opens
  * to the left of the strips; the strips never move or change shape.
  *
- * Each strip starts below the top bar's band. The band above them is empty
- * and draws the top bar's bottom line on through, so nothing in the strips
- * meets the command palette at the end of the top bar.
+ * Each strip runs the full height of the shell row, from the top of the
+ * window to the bottom. The strip column sits beside the content column, so
+ * the top bar (and the command palette's magnifier at its trailing end) ends
+ * at the strips' left edge and nothing in a strip can cover it. Docked, the
+ * strip is the panel's only open and close control: the panel's header
+ * carries no fold button of its own.
  */
 const strips = createShellSlot("shell-strips");
 
@@ -89,9 +91,9 @@ export interface DockStripProps {
 }
 
 /**
- * One strip: an empty cell of the top bar's band, then a button the rest of
- * the window's height that opens and closes its panel. The label reads
- * top to bottom; the strip is marked while its panel is open.
+ * One strip: a button the full height of the window that opens and closes
+ * its panel. The label reads top to bottom; the strip is marked while its
+ * panel is open.
  */
 export function DockStrip({
   ref,
@@ -116,10 +118,6 @@ export function DockStrip({
         order === 1 ? "order-1" : "order-2",
       )}
     >
-      <div
-        aria-hidden="true"
-        className={cn(SHELL_HEADER_BAND, "border-sidebar-border shrink-0")}
-      />
       <button
         ref={ref}
         type="button"
diff --git a/src/components/layout/top-bar.tsx b/src/components/layout/top-bar.tsx
index 691ea9bd8..bdaf794b0 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/top-bar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/top-bar.tsx
@@ -90,9 +90,7 @@ export function TopBar() {
       // sidebar logo band reads too, so the two borders draw one
       // continuous line. Never restate a height here.
       className={cn(
-        // `@container/topbar`: the search control sizes to the bar's own
-        // width, which a docked side panel narrows without the window moving.
-        "bg-card/80 border-border @container/topbar sticky top-0 z-40 flex items-center justify-between px-4 backdrop-blur-md md:px-6",
+        "bg-card/80 border-border sticky top-0 z-40 flex items-center justify-between px-4 backdrop-blur-md md:px-6",
         SHELL_HEADER_BAND,
       )}
       // The status-bar inset of the installed app is the shell's
@@ -114,8 +112,8 @@ export function TopBar() {
       <TopBarContextOutlet className="shell-desktop:flex hidden min-w-0 flex-1 items-center" />
 
       {/* v1.42 — the command palette's door, on every signed-in page: a
-          search-field button where the bar has room, a magnifier where it
-          has not (and on a phone). `ml-auto` keeps it at the trailing end. */}
+          magnifier at every width. `ml-auto` keeps it at the trailing end,
+          just left of any docked panel's strip. */}
       <CommandPaletteTrigger />
 
       {/* Page-owned actions (the Coach's conversations toggle). `ml-auto`
diff --git a/src/lib/keyboard/__tests__/global-shortcuts.test.ts b/src/lib/keyboard/__tests__/global-shortcuts.test.ts
index 9b4fe123d..7ac31df90 100644
--- a/src/lib/keyboard/__tests__/global-shortcuts.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/keyboard/__tests__/global-shortcuts.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 import { visibleNavDestinations } from "@/components/layout/nav-model";
 import {
+  DAY_TOGGLE_KEY,
+  GO_TO_SHORTCUTS,
   SEQUENCE_TIMEOUT_MS,
   blockedByModifier,
   createShortcutReader,
@@ -181,6 +183,40 @@ describe("sequence timing", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("g p, the day", () => {
+  it("opens or closes the day from the page", () => {
+    const reader = createShortcutReader();
+    expect(reader.read(key("g"), "page", 0)).toBe("pending");
+    expect(reader.read(key("p"), "page", 10)).toEqual({ type: "day-toggle" });
+  });
+
+  it("collides with no destination", () => {
+    expect(DAY_TOGGLE_KEY).toBe("p");
+    const keys = GO_TO_SHORTCUTS.map((s) => s.key as string);
+    expect(keys).not.toContain(DAY_TOGGLE_KEY);
+    expect(new Set(keys).size).toBe(keys.length);
+  });
+
+  it("needs the g, within the window", () => {
+    const reader = createShortcutReader();
+    expect(reader.read(key("p"), "page", 0)).toBeNull();
+    reader.read(key("g"), "page", 0);
+    expect(reader.read(key("p"), "page", SEQUENCE_TIMEOUT_MS + 1)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("is not read from a field, under a modifier or over another dialog", () => {
+    const reader = createShortcutReader();
+    reader.read(key("g"), "page", 0);
+    expect(reader.read(key("p", { target: input }), "page", 10)).toBeNull();
+    reader.read(key("g"), "page", 20);
+    expect(reader.read(key("p", { metaKey: true }), "page", 30)).toBeNull();
+    reader.read(key("g"), "page", 40);
+    expect(reader.read(key("p"), "off", 50)).toBeNull();
+    expect(reader.read(key("g"), "off", 60)).toBeNull();
+    expect(reader.read(key("p"), "page", 70)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
 describe("scope", () => {
   it("an open dialog, menu or popover takes every key", () => {
     const reader = createShortcutReader();
@@ -191,7 +227,7 @@ describe("scope", () => {
     expect(reader.read(key("d"), "off", 10)).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it("over the day sheet only [ and ] act", () => {
+  it("over the day sheet only [, ] and g p act", () => {
     const reader = createShortcutReader();
     expect(reader.read(key("["), "day-sheet", 0)).toEqual({
       type: "day",
@@ -202,7 +238,14 @@ describe("scope", () => {
       delta: 1,
     });
     expect(reader.read(key("n"), "day-sheet", 0)).toBeNull();
-    expect(reader.read(key("g"), "day-sheet", 0)).toBeNull();
+    expect(reader.read(key("?"), "day-sheet", 0)).toBeNull();
+    // g waits, but only p completes it there: no page leaves under a sheet.
+    expect(reader.read(key("g"), "day-sheet", 0)).toBe("pending");
+    expect(reader.read(key("d"), "day-sheet", 10)).toBeNull();
+    reader.read(key("g"), "day-sheet", 20);
+    expect(reader.read(key("p"), "day-sheet", 30)).toEqual({
+      type: "day-toggle",
+    });
   });
 
   it("Escape is never ours", () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/keyboard/global-shortcuts.ts b/src/lib/keyboard/global-shortcuts.ts
index d4062db1f..8573eb274 100644
--- a/src/lib/keyboard/global-shortcuts.ts
+++ b/src/lib/keyboard/global-shortcuts.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  *     Option+5 on a German Mac, AltGr+8 on a German PC) still counts, because
  *     for that person there is no other way to press it;
  *   - while a dialog, sheet, menu or popover is open the keys are its own,
- *     except over the day sheet, where `[` and `]` step the day it shows.
+ *     except over the day sheet, where `[` and `]` step the day it shows and
+ *     `g p` closes it.
  *
  * `g` starts a two-key sequence; the second key has to follow within
  * `SEQUENCE_TIMEOUT_MS`. Escape is never handled here: every surface closes
@@ -43,17 +44,25 @@ export const GO_TO_SHORTCUTS = [
 
 export type GoToKey = (typeof GO_TO_SHORTCUTS)[number]["key"];
 
+/**
+ * `g` + `p` opens or closes the day, the way a click on the day's strip does
+ * (a sheet below the docking width). Not a destination, and no `g` key above.
+ */
+export const DAY_TOGGLE_KEY = "p";
+
 export type ShortcutAction =
   | { type: "go"; key: GoToKey }
   | { type: "palette" }
   | { type: "capture" }
   | { type: "help" }
-  | { type: "day"; delta: -1 | 1 };
+  | { type: "day"; delta: -1 | 1 }
+  | { type: "day-toggle" };
 
 /**
  * Where the keyboard is:
  *  - `page`: nothing modal is open, every shortcut applies;
- *  - `day-sheet`: the day sheet is the only modal surface, `[` / `]` apply;
+ *  - `day-sheet`: the day sheet is the only modal surface, `[` / `]` and
+ *    `g p` apply;
  *  - `off`: another dialog, sheet, menu or popover has the keys.
  */
 export type ShortcutScope = "page" | "day-sheet" | "off";
@@ -205,12 +214,23 @@ export function createShortcutReader(timeoutMs = SEQUENCE_TIMEOUT_MS) {
     if (key === "[" || key === "]") {
       return { type: "day", delta: key === "[" ? -1 : 1 };
     }
-    if (scope !== "page") return null;
 
-    if (pending !== null && now - pending <= timeoutMs) {
-      // The second key of a sequence: a destination, or nothing at all, so
-      // a mistyped `g n` does not open the add menu.
+    const inSequence = pending !== null && now - pending <= timeoutMs;
+    if (scope !== "page") {
+      // Over the day sheet only `g p` (which closes it) is a sequence.
+      if (inSequence && key === DAY_TOGGLE_KEY) return { type: "day-toggle" };
+      if (key === "g") {
+        pendingSince = now;
+        return "pending";
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (inSequence) {
+      // The second key of a sequence: a destination, the day, or nothing at
+      // all, so a mistyped `g n` does not open the add menu.
       if (isGoToKey(key)) return { type: "go", key };
+      if (key === DAY_TOGGLE_KEY) return { type: "day-toggle" };
       if (key !== "g") return null;
     }
     if (key === "g") {