diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index aec4e71d..989572b2 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ Newest first.
 - **2026-10-14** · The Type menu follows InDesign's order (Size, Character ⌘T, Paragraph ⌥⌘T, Glyphs, the style panels, Notes, footnotes and endnotes, then the insert submenus and Show Hidden Characters); Current Page Number has ⌥⇧⌘N. No readiness percentage change.
 - **2026-10-14** · Colour parameters: a bare `{c,m,y,k}` is always read as 0..100, so C 1 is a 1 % tint and no longer
   solid cyan; fractions take the colour's own `{model: "cmyk", …}` form (#910). No readiness percentage change.
+- **2026-10-14** · The Tools panel follows InDesign's: Gradient Swatch and Gradient Feather are tools of their own; in two columns Content Collector and Placer, Apply Color / Gradient / None and Normal / Preview each get a button; View Options holds Frame Edges, Rulers, Guides, Smart Guides, Baseline Grid and Hidden Characters; Apply Color (,) and Apply Gradient (.) reuse the last colour and gradient. No readiness percentage change.
 - **2026-10-12** · Text threads by hand: click a selected text frame's in or out port to load
   the text cursor, then click a frame to thread it, click empty space for a column-wide frame or
   drag one (it snaps like frame drawing); Shift-click autoflows, Alt-click stays loaded on the
diff --git a/crates/tools/src/catalog.rs b/crates/tools/src/catalog.rs
index be36947c..054a2ca4 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/catalog.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/catalog.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ const fn t(id: &'static str, label: &'static str, shortcut: Option<&'static str>
 
 /// Tools-panel groups in order (the first tool of each group shows by default). A `None` group
 /// marks a separator.
+///
+/// In two columns InDesign lays some groups out tool by tool (Content Collector and Content
+/// Placer side by side): see [`SPLIT_IN_TWO_COLUMNS`].
 pub const TOOL_GROUPS: &[&[ToolInfo]] = &[
     &[t("selection", "Selection Tool", Some("V"), "tool-selection")],
     &[t("directSelection", "Direct Selection Tool", Some("A"), "tool-direct")],
@@ -62,10 +65,8 @@ pub const TOOL_GROUPS: &[&[ToolInfo]] = &[
         t("scale", "Scale Tool", Some("S"), "tool-scale"),
         t("shear", "Shear Tool", Some("O"), "tool-shear"),
     ],
-    &[
-        t("gradientSwatch", "Gradient Swatch Tool", Some("G"), "tool-gradient"),
-        t("gradientFeather", "Gradient Feather Tool", Some("Shift+G"), "tool-gradient-feather"),
-    ],
+    &[t("gradientSwatch", "Gradient Swatch Tool", Some("G"), "tool-gradient")],
+    &[t("gradientFeather", "Gradient Feather Tool", Some("Shift+G"), "tool-gradient-feather")],
     &[],
     &[t("note", "Note Tool", None, "tool-note")],
     &[
@@ -77,6 +78,10 @@ pub const TOOL_GROUPS: &[&[ToolInfo]] = &[
     &[t("zoom", "Zoom Tool", Some("Z"), "tool-zoom")],
 ];
 
+/// Groups (by their first tool) whose tools get a button each when the Tools panel has two
+/// columns, as InDesign's does.
+pub const SPLIT_IN_TWO_COLUMNS: &[&str] = &["contentCollector"];
+
 pub fn tool_info(id: &str) -> Option<ToolInfo> {
     TOOL_GROUPS.iter().flat_map(|g| g.iter()).find(|t| t.id == id).copied()
 }
diff --git a/crates/tools/src/lib.rs b/crates/tools/src/lib.rs
index c5c68e31..e6f8280b 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/lib.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use designcraft_geom::{Affine, BezPath, Point, Rect, Unit, Vec2};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::Value;
 
-pub use catalog::{TOOL_GROUPS, ToolInfo, tool_for_shortcut, tool_info};
+pub use catalog::{SPLIT_IN_TWO_COLUMNS, TOOL_GROUPS, ToolInfo, tool_for_shortcut, tool_info};
 pub use layout::CanvasLayout;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
index 1efc41cf..68ee6935 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ const TABLE: &[(&str, [&str; 5])] = &[
         ],
     ),
     ("Current Page Number", ["Aktuelle Seitenzahl", "Numéro de page actuelle", "Número de página actual", "現在のページ番号", "当前页码"]),
+    ("Apply Color (,)", ["Farbe anwenden (,)", "Appliquer la couleur (,)", "Aplicar color (,)", "カラーを適用 (,)", "应用颜色 (,)"]),
+    ("Apply Gradient (.)", ["Verlauf anwenden (.)", "Appliquer le dégradé (.)", "Aplicar degradado (.)", "グラデーションを適用 (.)", "应用渐变 (.)"]),
+    ("View Options", ["Ansichtsoptionen", "Options d’affichage", "Opciones de visualización", "表示オプション", "视图选项"]),
+    ("Frame Edges", ["Rahmenkanten", "Bords du bloc", "Bordes del marco", "フレーム枠", "框架边缘"]),
+    ("Rulers", ["Lineale", "Règles", "Reglas", "定規", "标尺"]),
+    ("Hidden Characters", ["Verborgene Zeichen", "Caractères masqués", "Caracteres ocultos", "制御文字", "隐藏字符"]),
     ("Reverse Path", ["Pfadrichtung umkehren", "Inverser le tracé", "Invertir trazado", "パスの方向反転", "反转路径"]),
     ("Set Anchor", ["Ankerpunkt festlegen", "Définir le point d’ancrage", "Definir punto de ancla", "アンカーポイントを設定", "设置锚点"]),
     ("Clear", ["Löschen", "Effacer", "Borrar", "消去", "清除"]),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ar.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ar.rs
index eae94858..66e70faf 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ar.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ar.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ pub(super) const TABLE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Paste", "لصق"),
     ("Bulleted & Numbered Lists", "القوائم ذات التعداد النقطي والرقمي"),
     ("Current Page Number", "رقم الصفحة الحالية"),
+    ("Apply Color (,)", "تطبيق اللون (,)"),
+    ("Apply Gradient (.)", "تطبيق التدرج (.)"),
+    ("View Options", "خيارات العرض"),
+    ("Frame Edges", "حواف الإطار"),
+    ("Hidden Characters", "الأحرف المخفية"),
     ("Reverse Path", "عكس المسار"),
     ("Set Anchor", "تعيين نقطة الارتساء"),
     ("Clear", "مسح"),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.rs
index a379cb66..440d64fc 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ pub(super) const TABLE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Paste", "Incolla"),
     ("Bulleted & Numbered Lists", "Elenchi puntati e numerati"),
     ("Current Page Number", "Numero di pagina corrente"),
+    ("Apply Color (,)", "Applica colore (,)"),
+    ("Apply Gradient (.)", "Applica sfumatura (.)"),
+    ("View Options", "Opzioni di visualizzazione"),
+    ("Frame Edges", "Bordi cornice"),
+    ("Hidden Characters", "Caratteri nascosti"),
     ("Reverse Path", "Inverti tracciato"),
     ("Set Anchor", "Imposta ancoraggio"),
     ("Clear", "Cancella"),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.rs
index f75170b9..9cb7a937 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ pub(super) const TABLE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Copy", "コピー"),
     ("Paste", "ペースト"),
     ("Bulleted & Numbered Lists", "箇条書き"),
+    ("Apply Color (,)", "カラーを適用 (,)"),
+    ("Apply Gradient (.)", "グラデーションを適用 (.)"),
+    ("View Options", "表示オプション"),
+    ("Frame Edges", "フレーム枠"),
+    ("Hidden Characters", "制御文字"),
     ("Reverse Path", "パスの方向反転"),
     ("Set Anchor", "アンカーポイントを設定"),
     ("Clear", "消去"),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt_br.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt_br.rs
index 223a350a..085b2add 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt_br.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt_br.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ pub(super) const TABLE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Current Page Number", "Número da página atual"),
     ("New Note", "Nova nota"),
     ("Insert Endnote", "Inserir nota de fim"),
+    ("Apply Color (,)", "Aplicar cor (,)"),
+    ("Apply Gradient (.)", "Aplicar degradê (.)"),
+    ("View Options", "Opções de visualização"),
+    ("Frame Edges", "Bordas do quadro"),
+    ("Hidden Characters", "Caracteres ocultos"),
     ("Reverse Path", "Inverter demarcador"),
     ("Set Anchor", "Definir ponto de ancoragem"),
     ("Clear", "Limpar"),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.rs
index bfe177f7..0d372cc7 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ pub(super) const TABLE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Paste", "Вставити"),
     ("Bulleted & Numbered Lists", "Марковані й нумеровані списки"),
     ("Current Page Number", "Номер поточної сторінки"),
+    ("Apply Color (,)", "Застосувати колір (,)"),
+    ("Apply Gradient (.)", "Застосувати градієнт (.)"),
+    ("View Options", "Параметри перегляду"),
+    ("Frame Edges", "Краї фреймів"),
+    ("Hidden Characters", "Приховані символи"),
     ("Reverse Path", "Розвернути контур"),
     ("Set Anchor", "Задати прив’язку"),
     ("Clear", "Очистити"),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/icons.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/icons.rs
index 6182c4a9..998e8c02 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/icons.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/icons.rs
@@ -455,6 +455,19 @@ pub fn paint(p: &Painter, r: Rect, name: &str, c: Color32) {
             pen.line(&[(5.0, 10.0), (4.0, 10.0), (4.0, 17.0), (16.0, 17.0), (16.0, 10.0), (15.0, 10.0)]);
         }
         "screen-normal" => pen.rect(3.0, 4.0, 17.0, 16.0),
+        // View Options: a frame's dashed edges with a ruler's ticks above.
+        "view-options" => {
+            pen.w = 1.1;
+            for (x0, x1) in [(4.0, 6.5), (8.5, 11.5), (13.5, 16.0)] {
+                pen.line(&[(x0, 9.0), (x1, 9.0)]);
+                pen.line(&[(x0, 17.0), (x1, 17.0)]);
+            }
+            pen.line(&[(4.0, 9.0), (4.0, 17.0)]);
+            pen.line(&[(16.0, 9.0), (16.0, 17.0)]);
+            for x in [5.0, 8.0, 11.0, 14.0] {
+                pen.line(&[(x, 4.0), (x, 6.0)]);
+            }
+        }
         "screen-preview" => {
             pen.rect(3.0, 4.0, 17.0, 16.0);
             pen.frect(6.0, 7.0, 14.0, 13.0);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 72502388..c56f5b30 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -303,6 +303,12 @@ pub struct UiState {
     pub palette: Option<String>,
     #[serde(skip)]
     pub flyout: Option<usize>,
+    /// The colour and gradient swatches applied last: what Apply Color (,) and Apply Gradient (.)
+    /// apply again.
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    pub last_color: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    pub last_gradient: Option<String>,
     /// Fill/Stroke proxy (Tools and Color panels): the stroke is in front, so Apply None and the
     /// Color panel act on it (X toggles).
     #[serde(skip)]
@@ -384,6 +390,8 @@ impl Default for UiState {
             dialog: None,
             palette: None,
             flyout: None,
+            last_color: None,
+            last_gradient: None,
             stroke_front: false,
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
index 86c2088e..4f7d9313 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ pub const UI_COMMANDS: &[(&str, &str, Option<&str>, &str)] = &[
     ),
     ("color.toggleFillStroke", "Toggle Fill and Stroke", Some("X"), "{} → {strokeFront} — which of fill and stroke the proxy has in front"),
     ("color.applyNone", "Apply None", Some("/"), "{} — [None] for the fill or stroke in front of the proxy"),
+    ("color.applyColor", "Apply Color", Some(","), "{} — the colour applied last ([Black] at first) to the fill or stroke in front of the proxy"),
+    (
+        "color.applyGradient",
+        "Apply Gradient",
+        Some("."),
+        "{} — the gradient applied last (else the document's first, else white to black) to the fill or stroke in front of the proxy",
+    ),
     ("view.frameEdges", "Show/Hide Frame Edges", Some("Cmd+H"), "{}"),
     ("view.rulers", "Show/Hide Rulers", Some("Cmd+R"), "{}"),
     ("view.guides", "Show/Hide Guides", Some("Cmd+;"), "{}"),
@@ -1236,6 +1243,8 @@ fn run_ui_inner(app: &mut DesignApp, id: &str, p: &Value) -> Option<Result<Value
         "color.defaultFillStroke" => crate::toolbar::default_fill_stroke(app),
         "color.swapFillStroke" => crate::toolbar::swap_fill_stroke(app),
         "color.toggleFillStroke" => crate::toolbar::toggle_fill_stroke(app),
+        "color.applyColor" => crate::toolbar::apply_color(app),
+        "color.applyGradient" => crate::toolbar::apply_gradient(app),
         "color.applyNone" => crate::toolbar::apply_none(app),
         "view.frameEdges" => flag(&mut app.ui.frame_edges),
         "view.overprintPreview" => {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs
index 8dadaec2..67ec9e40 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ pub fn color_target(app: &mut DesignApp) -> Option<(String, f32, String, f32)> {
 
 /// Apply a swatch (and tint) to the fill or stroke of what colour edits apply to.
 pub fn apply_swatch(app: &mut DesignApp, stroke: bool, swatch: &str, tint: Option<f32>) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    remember_swatch(app, swatch);
     if colors_affect_text(app) {
         let (k, kt) = if stroke { ("stroke", "strokeTint") } else { ("fill", "fillTint") };
         let mut attrs = json!({k: swatch});
@@ -90,6 +91,19 @@ pub fn apply_swatch(app: &mut DesignApp, stroke: bool, swatch: &str, tint: Optio
     app.run(if stroke { "object.stroke" } else { "object.fill" }, p)
 }
 
+/// Keep `swatch` as the colour or gradient Apply Color / Apply Gradient use next.
+pub fn remember_swatch(app: &mut DesignApp, swatch: &str) {
+    let Some(st) = app.session.active() else { return };
+    if swatch == designcraft_color::swatch::NONE {
+        return;
+    }
+    if designcraft_color::swatch::resolve_gradient(&st.doc.swatches, swatch).is_some() {
+        app.ui.last_gradient = Some(swatch.to_string());
+    } else if st.doc.resolve_color(swatch, 1.0).is_some() {
+        app.ui.last_color = Some(swatch.to_string());
+    }
+}
+
 /// Fill (or stroke) tint of the first selected item (1 = 100%).
 pub fn sel_tint(app: &DesignApp, stroke: bool) -> f32 {
     let Some(st) = app.session.active() else { return 1.0 };
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs
index 6e7d9848..7e6ca1cd 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! The Tools panel (left): single or double column, tool groups with flyouts, fill/stroke proxy,
 //! screen mode buttons.
 
-use designcraft_tools::TOOL_GROUPS;
+use designcraft_tools::{SPLIT_IN_TWO_COLUMNS, TOOL_GROUPS};
 use egui::{Color32, Sense, Stroke, StrokeKind, vec2};
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
 
@@ -45,13 +45,17 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
             ui.add_space(2.0);
             let current = app.session.tool_id();
             let mut chosen: Option<&'static str> = None;
-            let mut row_items = Vec::new();
+            // A slot is a group (its current tool shown, the others in its flyout) or, in two
+            // columns, one tool of a group InDesign lays out tool by tool.
+            let mut row_items: Vec<Option<(usize, Option<usize>)>> = Vec::new();
             for (gi, g) in TOOL_GROUPS.iter().enumerate() {
                 if g.is_empty() {
                     row_items.push(None);
-                    continue;
+                } else if cols == 2 && SPLIT_IN_TWO_COLUMNS.contains(&g[0].id) {
+                    row_items.extend((0..g.len()).map(|k| Some((gi, Some(k)))));
+                } else {
+                    row_items.push(Some((gi, None)));
                 }
-                row_items.push(Some(gi));
             }
             let mut i = 0;
             while i < row_items.len() {
@@ -70,8 +74,12 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                             ui.add_space(8.0);
                             ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing.x = 4.0;
                             for _ in 0..cols {
-                                let Some(Some(gi)) = row_items.get(i).copied() else { break };
-                                let g = TOOL_GROUPS[gi];
+                                let Some(Some((gi, pinned))) = row_items.get(i).copied() else { break };
+                                let group = TOOL_GROUPS[gi];
+                                let g = match pinned {
+                                    Some(k) => &group[k..=k],
+                                    None => group,
+                                };
                                 let shown = g.iter().find(|tl| tl.id == current).unwrap_or(&g[0]);
                                 let active = g.iter().any(|tl| tl.id == current);
                                 let tip = match shown.shortcut {
@@ -173,7 +181,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                 app.ui.flyout = None;
             }
             ui.add_space(8.0);
-            fill_stroke_proxy(app, ui, width);
+            fill_stroke_proxy(app, ui, width, cols);
         });
         if cols == 1 {
             let h = scroll.content_size.y;
@@ -192,7 +200,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
 /// The area under the tools (InDesign 2026 §3 group 5): mini Default Fill/Stroke and Swap, the
 /// overlapping Fill/Stroke proxy, Formatting affects container / text, the Apply None well, a
 /// utility button and the Screen Mode well.
-fn fill_stroke_proxy(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, width: f32) {
+fn fill_stroke_proxy(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, width: f32, cols: usize) {
     let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
     let target = crate::panels::color_target(app);
     let doc = app.session.active().map(|d| d.doc.clone());
@@ -320,42 +328,147 @@ fn fill_stroke_proxy(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, width: f32) {
         }
     }
     ui.add_space(5.0);
-    // Apply None well (flyout: Apply Color / Gradient / None).
+    // Apply Color / Apply Gradient / Apply None: three buttons in two columns, as InDesign lays
+    // them out; one well with the kind in front (and a flyout of the three) in one column.
+    let front_sw = if stroke_front { &stroke_sw } else { &fill_sw };
+    let front_kind = match doc.as_ref() {
+        Some(_) if front_sw == designcraft_color::swatch::NONE => 2,
+        Some(d) if designcraft_color::swatch::resolve_gradient(&d.swatches, front_sw).is_some() => 1,
+        _ => 0,
+    };
+    let applies: [(&str, &str); 3] =
+        [("Apply Color (,)", "color.applyColor"), ("Apply Gradient (.)", "color.applyGradient"), ("Apply None (/)", "color.applyNone")];
+    // Apply Color shows the colour it applies.
+    let last_color = app.ui.last_color.as_deref().and_then(|sw| doc.as_ref().and_then(|d| crate::widgets::swatch_colors(d, sw, 1.0).0));
+    let paint_kind = |p: &egui::Painter, r: egui::Rect, k: usize| {
+        let chip = egui::Rect::from_center_size(r.center(), vec2(13.0, 13.0));
+        match k {
+            0 => {
+                p.rect_filled(chip, 0.0, last_color.unwrap_or(Color32::BLACK));
+            }
+            1 => crate::widgets::paint_chip(p, chip, None, Some((Color32::WHITE, Color32::BLACK))),
+            _ => crate::widgets::paint_chip(p, chip, None, None),
+        }
+        p.rect_stroke(chip, 0.0, Stroke::new(0.5, t.border), StrokeKind::Outside);
+    };
     let (row, _) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(width, 21.0), Sense::hover());
-    let well = egui::Rect::from_center_size(egui::pos2(row.min.x + width / 2.0, row.center().y), vec2(28.0, 21.0));
-    let resp = ui.interact(well, ui.id().with("proxy_apply"), Sense::click()).on_hover_ui(|ui| {
-        crate::rtl::label(ui, crate::i18n::tr(&app.ui.language, "Apply None (/)"));
-    });
-    ui.painter().rect(well, 2.0, t.well, Stroke::new(1.0, t.well_rim), StrokeKind::Outside);
-    let chip = egui::Rect::from_center_size(well.center(), vec2(14.0, 14.0));
-    crate::widgets::paint_chip(ui.painter(), chip, None, None);
-    flyout_triangle(ui.painter(), well, t.icon);
-    if resp.clicked() {
-        let _ = app.run("color.applyNone", json!({}));
-    }
-    egui::Popup::context_menu(&resp).show(|ui| {
-        for (label, sw) in [("Apply Color", "[Black]"), ("Apply None", "[None]")] {
-            if ui.button(crate::rtl::widget(ui, crate::i18n::tr(&app.ui.language, label))).clicked() {
-                let _ = crate::panels::apply_swatch(app, stroke_front, sw, None);
-                ui.close();
+    if cols == 2 {
+        let pitch = 19.0;
+        for (k, (tip, id)) in applies.into_iter().enumerate() {
+            let c = egui::pos2(row.min.x + width / 2.0 + (k as f32 - 1.0) * pitch, row.center().y);
+            let r = egui::Rect::from_center_size(c, vec2(18.0, 18.0));
+            let resp = ui.interact(r, ui.id().with(("proxy_apply", k)), Sense::click());
+            resp.widget_info(|| egui::WidgetInfo::labeled(egui::WidgetType::Button, true, crate::i18n::tr(&app.ui.language, tip)));
+            if k == front_kind {
+                ui.painter().rect(r, 2.0, t.well, Stroke::new(1.0, t.well_rim), StrokeKind::Outside);
+            }
+            paint_kind(ui.painter(), r, k);
+            if resp
+                .on_hover_ui(|ui| {
+                    crate::rtl::label(ui, crate::i18n::tr(&app.ui.language, tip));
+                })
+                .clicked()
+            {
+                let _ = app.run(id, json!({}));
             }
         }
-    });
+    } else {
+        let well = egui::Rect::from_center_size(egui::pos2(row.min.x + width / 2.0, row.center().y), vec2(28.0, 21.0));
+        let (tip, id) = applies[front_kind];
+        let resp = ui.interact(well, ui.id().with("proxy_apply"), Sense::click());
+        resp.widget_info(|| egui::WidgetInfo::labeled(egui::WidgetType::Button, true, crate::i18n::tr(&app.ui.language, tip)));
+        let resp = resp.on_hover_ui(|ui| {
+            crate::rtl::label(ui, crate::i18n::tr(&app.ui.language, tip));
+        });
+        ui.painter().rect(well, 2.0, t.well, Stroke::new(1.0, t.well_rim), StrokeKind::Outside);
+        paint_kind(ui.painter(), well, front_kind);
+        flyout_triangle(ui.painter(), well, t.icon);
+        if resp.clicked() {
+            let _ = app.run(id, json!({}));
+        }
+        egui::Popup::context_menu(&resp).show(|ui| {
+            for (tip, id) in applies {
+                if ui.button(crate::rtl::widget(ui, crate::i18n::tr(&app.ui.language, tip))).clicked() {
+                    let _ = app.run(id, json!({}));
+                    ui.close();
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
     ui.add_space(6.0);
     separator(ui, &t);
-    // Utility (frame options).
+    // View Options (InDesign's: Frame Edges, Rulers, Guides, Smart Guides, Baseline Grid, Hidden
+    // Characters, each checked when shown).
     ui.vertical_centered(|ui| {
-        if tool_button(ui, "frame-options", false, crate::i18n::tr(&app.ui.language, "Text Frame Options")).clicked() {
-            app.ui.dialog = Some(crate::dialogs::Dialog::new("textFrameOptions", json!({})));
-        }
+        let resp = tool_button(ui, "view-options", false, crate::i18n::tr(&app.ui.language, "View Options"));
+        flyout_triangle(ui.painter(), resp.rect.shrink2(vec2(2.0, 2.0)), t.icon);
+        let open = resp.clicked();
+        let popup = egui::Popup::menu(&resp).open_memory(open.then_some(egui::SetOpenCommand::Toggle));
+        popup.show(|ui| {
+            for (k, id) in
+                ["view.frameEdges", "view.rulers", "-", "view.guides", "view.smartGuides", "view.baselineGrid", "-", "view.hiddenCharacters"]
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .enumerate()
+            {
+                if id == "-" {
+                    ui.separator();
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let on = crate::menus::checked(app, id, &Value::Null).unwrap_or(false);
+                let label = VIEW_OPTIONS[k];
+                let sc = crate::menus::ui_label(id).and_then(|c| c.1).unwrap_or("");
+                let text = format!("{}  {}", if on { "✓" } else { "   " }, crate::i18n::tr(&app.ui.language, label));
+                if ui.add(egui::Button::new(crate::rtl::widget(ui, &text)).shortcut_text(sc)).clicked() {
+                    let _ = app.run(id, json!({}));
+                    ui.close();
+                }
+            }
+        });
     });
     separator(ui, &t);
-    // Screen Mode well with flyout.
+    // Screen Mode: Normal and Preview (with Bleed, Slug and Presentation) side by side in two
+    // columns, as InDesign's; one well with the five in its flyout in one column.
     let (row, _) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(width, 22.0), Sense::hover());
+    let mode = app.ui.screen_mode;
+    let modes = [("Preview", "preview"), ("Bleed", "bleed"), ("Slug", "slug"), ("Presentation", "presentation")];
+    if cols == 2 {
+        let normal = egui::Rect::from_center_size(egui::pos2(row.min.x + width / 2.0 - 15.0, row.center().y), vec2(28.0, 21.0));
+        let other = egui::Rect::from_center_size(egui::pos2(row.min.x + width / 2.0 + 15.0, row.center().y), vec2(28.0, 21.0));
+        let is_normal = mode == crate::ScreenMode::Normal;
+        for (r, on, icon) in [(normal, is_normal, "screen-normal"), (other, !is_normal, "screen-preview")] {
+            if on {
+                ui.painter().rect(r, 2.0, t.well, Stroke::new(1.0, t.well_rim), StrokeKind::Outside);
+            }
+            icons::paint(ui.painter(), egui::Rect::from_center_size(r.center(), vec2(15.0, 15.0)), icon, if on { t.text_strong } else { t.icon });
+        }
+        flyout_triangle(ui.painter(), other, t.icon);
+        let tr = |s: &str| crate::i18n::tr(&app.ui.language, s).to_string();
+        let (normal_tip, other_tip) = (tr("Normal"), format!("{} (W)", tr("Preview")));
+        let resp = ui.interact(normal, ui.id().with("screen_normal"), Sense::click());
+        resp.widget_info(|| egui::WidgetInfo::labeled(egui::WidgetType::Button, true, &normal_tip));
+        if resp.on_hover_text(&normal_tip).clicked() {
+            let _ = app.run("view.screenMode", json!({"mode": "normal"}));
+        }
+        let resp = ui.interact(other, ui.id().with("screen_mode"), Sense::click());
+        resp.widget_info(|| egui::WidgetInfo::labeled(egui::WidgetType::Button, true, &other_tip));
+        let resp = resp.on_hover_text(&other_tip);
+        if resp.clicked() {
+            let _ = app.run("view.screenMode", json!({"mode": "preview"}));
+        }
+        egui::Popup::context_menu(&resp).show(|ui| {
+            for (label, m) in modes {
+                if ui.button(crate::rtl::widget(ui, crate::i18n::tr(&app.ui.language, label))).clicked() {
+                    let _ = app.run("view.screenMode", json!({"mode": m}));
+                    ui.close();
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        return;
+    }
     let well = egui::Rect::from_center_size(egui::pos2(row.min.x + width / 2.0, row.center().y), vec2(28.0, 21.0));
     let resp = ui.interact(well, ui.id().with("screen_mode"), Sense::click());
     ui.painter().rect(well, 2.0, t.well, Stroke::new(1.0, t.well_rim), StrokeKind::Outside);
-    let preview = app.ui.screen_mode == crate::ScreenMode::Preview;
+    let preview = mode == crate::ScreenMode::Preview;
     icons::paint(
         ui.painter(),
         egui::Rect::from_center_size(well.center(), vec2(15.0, 15.0)),
@@ -370,7 +483,7 @@ fn fill_stroke_proxy(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, width: f32) {
         let _ = app.run("view.togglePreview", json!({}));
     }
     egui::Popup::context_menu(&resp).show(|ui| {
-        for (label, mode) in [("Normal", "normal"), ("Preview", "preview"), ("Bleed", "bleed"), ("Slug", "slug"), ("Presentation", "presentation")] {
+        for (label, mode) in std::iter::once(("Normal", "normal")).chain(modes) {
             if ui.button(crate::rtl::widget(ui, crate::i18n::tr(&app.ui.language, label))).clicked() {
                 let _ = app.run("view.screenMode", json!({"mode": mode}));
                 ui.close();
@@ -379,6 +492,9 @@ fn fill_stroke_proxy(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, width: f32) {
     });
 }
 
+/// The View Options flyout's labels, by position (separators keep theirs empty).
+const VIEW_OPTIONS: [&str; 8] = ["Frame Edges", "Rulers", "", "Guides", "Smart Guides", "Baseline Grid", "", "Hidden Characters"];
+
 /// The Object › Transform command a double-clicked tool opens (the Selection tool opens Move).
 fn transform_dialog_of(tool: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
     match tool {
@@ -444,6 +560,44 @@ pub(crate) fn toggle_fill_stroke(app: &mut DesignApp) -> Result<Value, String> {
     Ok(json!({"strokeFront": app.ui.stroke_front}))
 }
 
+/// Apply Color (,): the colour applied last ([Black] at first) to the fill or stroke in front.
+pub(crate) fn apply_color(app: &mut DesignApp) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    let sw = app.ui.last_color.clone().filter(|s| app.session.active().is_some_and(|d| d.doc.swatch(s).is_some()));
+    crate::panels::apply_swatch(app, app.ui.stroke_front, sw.as_deref().unwrap_or("[Black]"), None)
+}
+
+/// Apply Gradient (.): the gradient applied last, else the document's first gradient swatch, else
+/// a new white-to-black gradient (InDesign's default), on the fill or stroke in front.
+pub(crate) fn apply_gradient(app: &mut DesignApp) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    let st = app.session.active().ok_or("no document")?;
+    let known = app
+        .ui
+        .last_gradient
+        .clone()
+        .filter(|s| designcraft_color::swatch::resolve_gradient(&st.doc.swatches, s).is_some())
+        .or_else(|| st.doc.swatches.iter().find(|w| matches!(w.value, designcraft_color::SwatchValue::Gradient { .. })).map(|w| w.name.clone()));
+    let stroke = app.ui.stroke_front;
+    if let Some(sw) = known {
+        return crate::panels::apply_swatch(app, stroke, &sw, None);
+    }
+    if crate::panels::colors_affect_text(app) {
+        return Err("no gradient to apply yet: make one in the Gradient panel".into());
+    }
+    let fill = crate::panels::color_target(app).map(|t| t.0);
+    let stops = json!([{"location": 0, "color": "#ffffff"}, {"location": 100, "color": "#000000"}]);
+    let r = app.run("object.gradient", json!({"stops": stops}))?;
+    let sw = r["swatch"].as_str().unwrap_or_default().to_string();
+    app.ui.last_gradient = Some(sw.clone());
+    if stroke {
+        // The gradient was made on the fill: it goes to the stroke, the fill gets its swatch back.
+        crate::panels::apply_swatch(app, true, &sw, None)?;
+        if let Some(f) = fill {
+            app.run("object.fill", json!({"swatch": f}))?;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(r)
+}
+
 /// Apply None (/): to the fill or the stroke, whichever is in front of the proxy.
 pub(crate) fn apply_none(app: &mut DesignApp) -> Result<Value, String> {
     crate::panels::apply_swatch(app, app.ui.stroke_front, "[None]", None)
@@ -550,6 +704,69 @@ mod tests {
         wheel(&mut h, panel.center(), vec2(0.0, -2000.0));
         assert_eq!((rect(&h, LAST_TOOL), rect(&h, FILL)), before);
     }
+    #[test]
+    fn the_tools_panel_lays_out_like_indesigns() {
+        // Chris Nielsen's "The Adobe InDesign Toolbox" (InDesign 2020): Gradient Swatch and Gradient
+        // Feather are tools of their own; in two columns Content Collector and Placer, Apply
+        // Color / Gradient / None and Normal / Preview each get a button.
+        for double in [false, true] {
+            let h = test_window::open(app(double), vec2(1400.0, 900.0));
+            let _ = rect(&h, "Gradient Swatch Tool (G)");
+            let _ = rect(&h, "Gradient Feather Tool (Shift+G)");
+            let _ = rect(&h, "View Options");
+            let split = ["Content Placer Tool (B)", "Apply Color (,)", "Apply Gradient (.)", "Normal"];
+            for label in split {
+                assert_eq!(h.query_by_label(label).is_some(), double, "double column {double}: {label}");
+            }
+            let _ = rect(&h, "Content Collector Tool (B)");
+            // One column: the Apply well names what is in front (no fill: Apply None).
+            let _ = rect(&h, "Apply None (/)");
+            if double {
+                let (a, b) = (rect(&h, "Content Collector Tool (B)"), rect(&h, "Content Placer Tool (B)"));
+                assert!((a.center().y - b.center().y).abs() < 1.0 && a.center().x < b.center().x, "side by side: {a:?} {b:?}");
+                let (n, p) = (rect(&h, "Normal"), rect(&h, "Preview (W)"));
+                assert!((n.center().y - p.center().y).abs() < 1.0, "Normal and Preview side by side");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn apply_color_and_gradient_reuse_the_last_ones() {
+        use serde_json::json;
+        let mut app = app(true);
+        app.run("file.new", json!({})).unwrap();
+        let id = app.run("frame.create", json!({"rect": [72, 72, 200, 200], "content": "unassigned"})).unwrap()["id"].clone();
+        app.run("selection.set", json!({"ids": [id]})).unwrap();
+        let fill = |app: &crate::DesignApp| {
+            let st = app.session.active().unwrap();
+            let it = st.doc.item(st.selection.items[0]).unwrap();
+            (it.fill.swatch.clone(), it.stroke.swatch.clone())
+        };
+        // Apply Color: [Black] at first, then the colour last applied.
+        app.run("color.applyColor", json!({})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(fill(&app).0, "[Black]");
+        crate::panels::apply_swatch(&mut app, false, "C=100 M=0 Y=0 K=0", None).unwrap();
+        app.run("color.applyNone", json!({})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(fill(&app).0, "[None]");
+        app.run("color.applyColor", json!({})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(fill(&app).0, "C=100 M=0 Y=0 K=0");
+        // Apply Gradient: white to black when there's none yet, then that one again.
+        app.run("color.applyGradient", json!({})).unwrap();
+        let g = fill(&app).0;
+        let doc = &app.session.active().unwrap().doc;
+        let grad = designcraft_color::swatch::resolve_gradient(&doc.swatches, &g).expect("a gradient");
+        assert_eq!((grad.stops[0].color.to_rgb(), grad.stops[1].color.to_rgb()), ([1.0; 3], [0.0; 3]));
+        app.run("color.applyColor", json!({})).unwrap();
+        // With the stroke in front, it goes to the stroke; the fill keeps its colour.
+        app.ui.stroke_front = true;
+        app.run("color.applyGradient", json!({})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(fill(&app), ("C=100 M=0 Y=0 K=0".to_string(), g));
+        // The shortcuts: , and .
+        for (id, sc) in [("color.applyColor", ","), ("color.applyGradient", ".")] {
+            assert_eq!(crate::menus::ui_label(id).and_then(|c| c.1), Some(sc));
+        }
+    }
+
     /// The Fill/Stroke proxy's keys run on the selection and stay out of text being typed.
     #[test]
     fn fill_stroke_proxy_keys() {