diff --git a/crates/automation/src/server.rs b/crates/automation/src/server.rs
index 4f160d75c6..634b645ead 100644
--- a/crates/automation/src/server.rs
+++ b/crates/automation/src/server.rs
@@ -229,8 +229,11 @@ pub struct UiSetParams {
     /// Fields for the control method `ui.set`: tool, panels, dock, dockTabs, dockWidth, colorPanel
     /// ({background: bool} picks which swatch the Color panel edits), maskTarget,
     /// vectorMaskTarget, selectionMode, zoom, center, rotation (view angle in degrees), fit, theme (pro, proMedium, studio,
-    /// studioLight, classic, solarizedDark, adwaita, adwaitaDark), brushSection, brushTab, brushesView, brushPicker ([x, y] opens the
-    /// Brush Preset picker there, null closes it), brushPickerView, brushSize, gradientBlendMode
+    /// studioLight, classic, solarizedDark, adwaita, adwaitaDark), brushSection, brushTab,
+    /// brushesView, brushPicker ([x, y] opens the Brush Preset picker there, null closes it),
+    /// brushPickerName, brushPickerStroke, brushPickerTip (the picker card's parts, at least one
+    /// on), brushPickerScale (the picker footer's card-scale slider, 0.15 to 2, 1 the standard),
+    /// brushSize, gradientBlendMode
     /// (a blend mode name, for the Gradient tool), gradientClassic (bool), eyedropperSampleSize
     /// ("point" or 1, 3, 5, 11, 31, 51, 101), eyedropperSample (current, currentAndBelow, all,
     /// allNoAdjustments, currentAndBelowNoAdjustments), eyedropperRing (bool), cropOverlay (thirds,
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/prefs.rs b/crates/engine/src/prefs.rs
index 880a21a453..1c9b9346a2 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/prefs.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/prefs.rs
@@ -914,6 +914,10 @@ pub struct Preferences {
     /// The last choices of dialogs that remember them across restarts, by command id (Edit ›
     /// Fill…: `"edit.fill"` → its params). JSON owned by the shell.
     pub dialogs: BTreeMap<String, Value>,
+    /// The Brush Preset picker's remembered view: which card parts show (name, stroke, tip) and
+    /// the footer slider's card scale, saved as the user changes them and restored at launch.
+    /// JSON owned by the shell.
+    pub brush_picker: Value,
     /// File › Scripts › Script Events Manager: event → script bindings.
     pub script_events: crate::automate_cmds::ScriptEvents,
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel.rs
index 1def4b85d0..c0e877ef6d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub struct Renaming {
 }
 
 /// Brushes panel view state (serde, so the control channel can read and drive it).
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(default, rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct BrushesPanelState {
     /// Collapsed groups and folders: a group's label, or for a nested folder the group's label and
@@ -84,6 +84,34 @@ pub struct BrushesPanelState {
     pub filter: String,
     pub view: BrushesView,
     pub renaming: Option<Renaming>,
+    /// The Brush Preset picker's cards: show the preset's name. At least one of the three parts
+    /// is always on, and the picker's cards never go empty (see [`crate::brush_picker`]).
+    pub show_name: bool,
+    /// The Brush Preset picker's cards: show the stroke preview.
+    pub show_stroke: bool,
+    /// The Brush Preset picker's cards: show the tip thumbnail.
+    pub show_tip: bool,
+    /// The Brush Preset picker's cards: their size scale, from the picker's footer slider
+    /// (`crate::brush_picker::body`). 1 is the standard size; the cards' width, height and
+    /// insides multiply by it (`crate::brushes_tab`) — the height down to a 0.50 floor, the
+    /// width all the way — the text holds its 1.0 size, and at or below the compact threshold
+    /// the tips drop the size number under them and take their cell whole.
+    pub scale: f32,
+}
+
+impl Default for BrushesPanelState {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            collapsed: Vec::new(),
+            filter: String::new(),
+            view: BrushesView::default(),
+            renaming: None,
+            show_name: true,
+            show_stroke: true,
+            show_tip: true,
+            scale: 1.0,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// The enable flag behind section `i` (None for Brush Tip Shape and Smoothing).
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel_tests.rs
index dcd8053a9a..c61b48c1be 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel_tests.rs
@@ -801,6 +801,9 @@ fn options_bar_reaches_brush_settings_and_the_preset_library() {
     }
     let target = presets.iter().find(|p| p.group == "Dry Media").or(presets.last()).unwrap().name.clone();
     assert_ne!(h.state().session.tools.current_preset.as_deref(), Some(target.as_str()));
+    // The picker's cards are tall: scroll the target into the list before clicking it.
+    h.get_by_label(&target).scroll_to_me();
+    h.run_steps(3);
     h.get_by_label(&target).click();
     h.run_steps(3);
     assert_eq!(last_journal(h.state()).unwrap(), ("tools.setBrush".to_string(), json!({ "preset": target })));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_picker.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_picker.rs
index 56b7395b2f..773783aa0b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_picker.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_picker.rs
@@ -3,30 +3,56 @@
 //! field, the gear menu and the preset library in its groups); the full editor is the Brush
 //! Settings panel (F5), which the picker and the options bar open with one click (#258).
 //!
-//! The preset list is the Brushes panel's ([`brushes_tab::preset_list`]): a click picks a preset
-//! and keeps the picker open, a double-click picks it and closes the picker (#1031); drag to
-//! reorder, right-click to rename or delete. Its view state (search, collapsed groups, list or
-//! grid, a rename in progress) is `UiState::brush_picker_list`, so the control channel can read
-//! and set it.
+//! The preset list is the Brushes panel's ([`brushes_tab::preset_list`]), always as cards: a
+//! click picks a preset and keeps the picker open, a double-click picks it and closes the picker
+//! (#1031); drag to reorder, right-click to rename or delete. Each card is a 2 × 2 grid — tip at
+//! the top left, stroke preview at the top right and the name in the merged bottom row (or in the
+//! stroke's cell when only the tip and the name show) — and the gear's three boxes ([`body`]'s
+//! Brush Name/Brush Stroke/Brush Tip) hide its parts, at least one always on; the footer slider
+//! scales the cards. Its view state (search, collapsed groups, the card's parts, the footer
+//! scale, a rename in progress) is `UiState::brush_picker_list`, so the control channel can read
+//! and set it. The gear's parts and the footer scale are remembered across restarts
+//! ([`persist`]/[`restore`], `Preferences::brush_picker`); the search, collapsed groups and a
+//! rename in progress are not.
 //!
 //! The picker edits a copy of the brush; the caller sends the size and hardness edits through
 //! `tools.setBrush` ([`crate::brush_panel::commit_gesture`]) and applies the returned [`Pick`]s
 //! with [`apply`], so every change is a journaled command (Rule 1).
 
-use egui::{RichText, vec2};
+use egui::{CursorIcon, RichText, Stroke, vec2};
 use photocraft_engine::BrushSettings;
 use photocraft_engine::paint::{BrushPreset, MAX_BRUSH_SIZE, TipShape};
-use serde_json::json;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
 
-use crate::brush_panel::{BrushesPanelState, BrushesView, Renaming, new_preset_name, run_or_status};
+use crate::brush_panel::{BrushesPanelState, Renaming, new_preset_name, run_or_status};
 use crate::brushes_tab::{self, Action, ListLayout};
 use crate::theme::Tokens;
 use crate::{PhotocraftApp, icons, widgets};
 
 /// Width of the picker's contents.
 pub const WIDTH: f32 = 300.0;
-/// The picker's preset list: denser than the Brushes tab's.
-pub(crate) const LIST: ListLayout = ListLayout { id: "brush-picker-presets", max_height: 300.0, cell: 44.0, indent: 4.0 };
+/// The picker's content size before its grip is dragged, and the smallest it can be dragged to.
+pub const DEFAULT_SIZE: [f32; 2] = [WIDTH, 420.0];
+pub const MIN_SIZE: [f32; 2] = [230.0, 170.0];
+/// The picker's preset list: denser than the Brushes tab's, and always the cards (its tip, stroke
+/// and name cells, set by [`BrushesPanelState::show_name`] and friends).
+pub(crate) const LIST: ListLayout = ListLayout { id: "brush-picker-presets", max_height: 300.0, cell: 44.0, indent: 4.0, cards: true };
+/// The scale slider's height (the Size and Hardness sliders').
+const SLIDER_H: f32 = 18.0;
+/// The least gap between the preset list and the slider under it.
+const FOOTER_GAP: f32 = 6.0;
+/// The room the footer takes from the picker's bottom.
+const FOOTER_H: f32 = SLIDER_H + FOOTER_GAP;
+/// Room the footer leaves on its right for the resize grip ([`resize_grip`] is 16 wide): the
+/// scale slider runs up to the grip's left edge, the two corner controls side by side.
+const GRIP_ROOM: f32 = 20.0;
+/// The block the Size and Hardness controls share, flush with the picker's left edge and at most
+/// this wide: a picker dragged wider keeps the controls their size, the space past them empty.
+pub(crate) const HEAD_MAX_W: f32 = 350.0;
+/// The footer scale slider's range: what the cards' size scale runs between, and what a
+/// remembered scale is clamped to (under the bottom the cards' padding and rows stop making
+/// sense).
+pub(crate) const SCALE_RANGE: std::ops::RangeInclusive<f32> = 0.15..=2.0;
 
 /// What the picker asks for beyond the size and hardness edits.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
@@ -66,9 +92,55 @@ pub fn close(ui: &mut crate::state::UiState) {
     ui.brush_picker_list.renaming = None;
 }
 
-/// The picker's list view before it is changed: tip thumbnails, like Photoshop's picker.
+/// The state the picker's preset list starts from: every card part on (tip, stroke and name).
 pub fn list_state() -> BrushesPanelState {
-    BrushesPanelState { view: BrushesView::Grid, ..Default::default() }
+    BrushesPanelState::default()
+}
+
+/// The picker's view remembered across restarts: the gear's three card parts and the footer
+/// scale (`Preferences::brush_picker`).
+fn view(app: &PhotocraftApp) -> Value {
+    let st = &app.ui.brush_picker_list;
+    json!({"showName": st.show_name, "showStroke": st.show_stroke, "showTip": st.show_tip, "scale": st.scale})
+}
+
+/// Remember the picker's view in the preferences once the user lets go of the pointer: the
+/// gear's card parts and the footer scale. Cheap: a small JSON compare per frame. Run every
+/// frame (not from the picker's own code) so a view set while the picker is closed — by the
+/// control channel — is remembered too.
+pub fn persist(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
+    if ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.any_down()) {
+        return;
+    }
+    let now = view(app);
+    if app.session.prefs().brush_picker != now {
+        app.session.prefs.edit(|p| p.brush_picker = now);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Restore the picker's remembered view at launch. A missing or malformed part keeps its
+/// default, the scale is clamped to the slider's range, and the three parts can't all come
+/// back off (an empty card would show no brush at all).
+pub fn restore(app: &mut PhotocraftApp) {
+    let saved = app.session.prefs().brush_picker.clone();
+    let st = &mut app.ui.brush_picker_list;
+    if let Some(v) = saved.get("showName").and_then(Value::as_bool) {
+        st.show_name = v;
+    }
+    if let Some(v) = saved.get("showStroke").and_then(Value::as_bool) {
+        st.show_stroke = v;
+    }
+    if let Some(v) = saved.get("showTip").and_then(Value::as_bool) {
+        st.show_tip = v;
+    }
+    if let Some(v) = saved.get("scale").and_then(Value::as_f64)
+        && v.is_finite()
+    {
+        st.scale = (v as f32).clamp(*SCALE_RANGE.start(), *SCALE_RANGE.end());
+    }
+    if ![st.show_name, st.show_stroke, st.show_tip].into_iter().any(|b| b) {
+        (st.show_name, st.show_stroke, st.show_tip) = (true, true, true);
+    }
 }
 
 /// Run what the picker asked for.
@@ -121,39 +193,70 @@ pub(crate) fn named(resp: egui::Response, label: &str) -> egui::Response {
 }
 
 /// The picker's contents: Size, Hardness (round tips only: a sampled tip has none), a search
-/// field with the Brush Settings, New Preset and gear buttons, and the preset list. `current` is
-/// the selected preset's name (by identity, so edits don't deselect).
-pub fn body(ui: &mut egui::Ui, b: &mut BrushSettings, presets: &[BrushPreset], current: Option<&str>, st: &mut BrushesPanelState) -> Vec<Pick> {
+/// field with the Brush Settings, New Preset and gear buttons, the preset list, and the footer
+/// slider that scales the cards ([`scale_slider`]). Size and Hardness sit in a block flush with
+/// the left edge, at most [`HEAD_MAX_W`] wide, so a picker dragged wider doesn't stretch them.
+/// `current` is the selected preset's name (by identity, so edits don't deselect). `size` is the
+/// content size the user dragged the picker to ([`DEFAULT_SIZE`] before that): the list fills
+/// it, so closing every group doesn't shrink the picker and reopening one has the room to show
+/// it.
+pub fn body(
+    ui: &mut egui::Ui,
+    b: &mut BrushSettings,
+    presets: &[BrushPreset],
+    current: Option<&str>,
+    st: &mut BrushesPanelState,
+    size: egui::Vec2,
+) -> Vec<Pick> {
     let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
     let mut picks = Vec::new();
-    ui.set_width(WIDTH);
-    // Size: value field plus a logarithmic slider (small sizes get most of the travel).
-    ui.horizontal(|ui| {
-        ui.label(RichText::new(tl!("Size")).color(t.text_dim));
-        ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
-            let mut size = b.size;
-            if widgets::value_field(ui, &mut size, 1.0..=MAX_BRUSH_SIZE, "px", 72.0).changed() {
-                b.size = size.round().clamp(1.0, MAX_BRUSH_SIZE);
-            }
+    // The picker is its dragged (or remembered) size: at least that tall even when every group
+    // is closed, so reopening one has the room to show it.
+    ui.set_width(size.x);
+    ui.set_min_height(size.y);
+    let top = ui.cursor().min.y;
+    // The Size and Hardness controls live in one block flush with the left edge, at most
+    // [`HEAD_MAX_W`] wide: a picker dragged wider leaves the space past the block empty instead of
+    // stretching the rows across it.
+    ui.scope(|ui| {
+        ui.set_max_width(ui.available_width().min(HEAD_MAX_W));
+        // Size: value field plus a logarithmic slider (small sizes get most of the travel).
+        ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+            ui.label(RichText::new(tl!("Size")).color(t.text_dim));
+            ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
+                let mut size = b.size;
+                if widgets::value_field(ui, &mut size, 1.0..=MAX_BRUSH_SIZE, "px", 72.0).changed() {
+                    b.size = size.round().clamp(1.0, MAX_BRUSH_SIZE);
+                }
+            });
         });
-    });
-    let mut lv = b.size.max(1.0).ln();
-    if widgets::slider(ui, &mut lv, 0.0..=MAX_BRUSH_SIZE.ln(), None).changed() {
-        b.size = lv.exp().round().clamp(1.0, MAX_BRUSH_SIZE);
-    }
-    if b.tip == TipShape::Round {
-        let mut hard = b.hardness * 100.0;
-        if widgets::slider_row(ui, "Hardness", &mut hard, 0.0..=100.0, "%", None).changed() {
-            b.hardness = (hard / 100.0).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+        let mut lv = b.size.max(1.0).ln();
+        let size_slider = widgets::slider(ui, &mut lv, 0.0..=MAX_BRUSH_SIZE.ln(), None);
+        if size_slider.changed() {
+            b.size = lv.exp().round().clamp(1.0, MAX_BRUSH_SIZE);
         }
-    }
+        dismiss_popup(&size_slider);
+        if b.tip == TipShape::Round {
+            let mut hard = b.hardness * 100.0;
+            let hardness = widgets::slider_row(ui, "Hardness", &mut hard, 0.0..=100.0, "%", None);
+            if hardness.changed() {
+                b.hardness = (hard / 100.0).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+            }
+            dismiss_popup(&hardness);
+        }
+    });
     ui.add_space(6.0);
     widgets::hairline(ui);
     ui.add_space(6.0);
     ui.horizontal(|ui| {
         icons::paint(ui, egui::Rect::from_min_size(ui.cursor().min + vec2(0.0, 3.0), vec2(16.0, 16.0)), "search", 14.0, t.text_faint);
         ui.add_space(20.0);
-        ui.add(egui::TextEdit::singleline(&mut st.filter).hint_text(tl!("Search Brushes")).desired_width(WIDTH - 118.0).id_salt("brush-picker-search"));
+        ui.add(
+            egui::TextEdit::singleline(&mut st.filter)
+                .hint_text(tl!("Search Brushes"))
+                .desired_width((size.x - 118.0).max(60.0))
+                .id_salt("brush-picker-search"),
+        );
         ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
             gear_menu(ui, current, presets, st, &mut picks);
             if named(icons::button(ui, "square-plus", 24.0, false, "Create new brush preset from the current settings"), "New Brush Preset").clicked() {
@@ -166,15 +269,96 @@ pub fn body(ui: &mut egui::Ui, b: &mut BrushSettings, presets: &[BrushPreset], c
         });
     });
     ui.add_space(4.0);
-    picks.extend(brushes_tab::preset_list(ui, presets, current, st, LIST).into_iter().map(Pick::List));
+    // The list takes the picker's height past the controls above it and the footer below.
+    let mut layout = LIST;
+    layout.max_height = (size.y - (ui.cursor().min.y - top) - FOOTER_H).max(80.0);
+    picks.extend(brushes_tab::preset_list(ui, presets, current, st, layout).into_iter().map(Pick::List));
+    // The footer lives in the picker's bottom band whatever the list left over, flush with the
+    // bottom and the slider clear of the resize grip's corner.
+    ui.add_space((size.y - (ui.cursor().min.y - top) - SLIDER_H).max(FOOTER_GAP));
+    scale_slider(ui, st);
     picks
 }
 
+/// The footer's card-scale slider: how big the preset cards are drawn (1 the standard, 2 the
+/// largest), bare like the Size and Hardness sliders — a readout would be noise for a control
+/// that's set by feel. The value snaps to hundredths and runs over [`SCALE_RANGE`], from 0.15,
+/// under which the cards' padding and rows stop making sense; 0.40 and below is where
+/// [`brushes_tab`]'s cards go compact, the tips dropping their size numbers (the text itself
+/// holds its size at every scale).
+fn scale_slider(ui: &mut egui::Ui, st: &mut BrushesPanelState) {
+    let w = (ui.available_width() - GRIP_ROOM).max(60.0);
+    ui.allocate_ui_with_layout(vec2(w, SLIDER_H), egui::Layout::left_to_right(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
+        let resp = widgets::slider(ui, &mut st.scale, SCALE_RANGE, None);
+        if resp.changed() {
+            st.scale = (st.scale * 100.0).round() / 100.0;
+        }
+        dismiss_popup(&resp);
+    });
+}
+
+/// Closes any open popup (the gear menu) as soon as `resp` is grabbed: a slider or grip drag never
+/// counts as a click, so the menu's [`egui::PopupCloseBehavior::CloseOnClickOutside`] alone leaves
+/// it up — and the picker's own interaction pulls its layer in front, sinking the menu behind it.
+fn dismiss_popup(resp: &egui::Response) {
+    if resp.is_pointer_button_down_on() {
+        egui::Popup::close_all(&resp.ctx);
+    }
+}
+
+/// A remembered picker size, clamped for `screen` (a corrupt or wildly stale value falls back to
+/// [`DEFAULT_SIZE`]).
+pub fn clamp_size(size: [f32; 2], screen: egui::Vec2) -> egui::Vec2 {
+    if !size[0].is_finite() || !size[1].is_finite() {
+        return egui::vec2(DEFAULT_SIZE[0], DEFAULT_SIZE[1]);
+    }
+    let min = egui::vec2(MIN_SIZE[0], MIN_SIZE[1]);
+    let max = (screen - vec2(40.0, 40.0)).max(min);
+    egui::vec2(size[0], size[1]).clamp(min, max)
+}
+
+/// The picker's resize grip, in its frame's bottom-right corner: three ticks, dragging gives the
+/// new content size (clamped to [`MIN_SIZE`] and the screen). Returns the size while dragged. The
+/// corner tracks the pointer's travel since the drag began, not each frame's movement: held past
+/// a limit (the minimum, the screen), the overshoot isn't banked, so coming back the picker grows
+/// only once the pointer reaches the corner again — it waits for the pointer.
+pub fn resize_grip(ui: &mut egui::Ui, frame: egui::Rect, content: egui::Vec2) -> Option<egui::Vec2> {
+    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
+    let grip = egui::Rect::from_min_size(frame.right_bottom() - vec2(16.0, 16.0), vec2(16.0, 16.0));
+    let resp = ui.interact(grip, ui.id().with("brush-picker-resize"), egui::Sense::drag());
+    dismiss_popup(&resp);
+    let corner = grip.right_bottom() - vec2(3.0, 3.0);
+    for i in 0..3 {
+        let o = i as f32 * 4.0;
+        ui.painter().line_segment([corner - vec2(o, 0.0), corner - vec2(0.0, o)], Stroke::new(1.0, t.text_faint));
+    }
+    if resp.hovered() || resp.dragged() {
+        ui.ctx().set_cursor_icon(CursorIcon::ResizeNwSe);
+    }
+    // The size this drag started from, kept while the button is held.
+    let start_id = resp.id.with("start");
+    if resp.drag_started() {
+        ui.ctx().data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(start_id, content));
+    }
+    resp.dragged().then(|| {
+        let min = egui::vec2(MIN_SIZE[0], MIN_SIZE[1]);
+        let max = (ui.ctx().content_rect().size() - vec2(40.0, 40.0)).max(min);
+        let start: egui::Vec2 = ui.ctx().data_mut(|d| d.get_temp(start_id)).unwrap_or(content);
+        (start + resp.total_drag_delta().unwrap_or_default()).clamp(min, max)
+    })
+}
+
 /// The gear: Photoshop's picker menu. A new preset, rename or delete the current one, the list's
 /// view, and Import Brushes.
 fn gear_menu(ui: &mut egui::Ui, current: Option<&str>, presets: &[BrushPreset], st: &mut BrushesPanelState, picks: &mut Vec<Pick>) {
     let gear = named(icons::button(ui, "settings", 24.0, false, tl!("Brush Preset Options")), "Brush Preset Options");
-    egui::Popup::menu(&gear).close_behavior(egui::PopupCloseBehavior::CloseOnClickOutside).show(|ui| {
+    // The menu hangs 30 pt right of the gear, off the button's own edge; the align fallbacks still
+    // keep it on screen near the window's edge.
+    let anchor = match egui::PopupAnchor::from(&gear) {
+        egui::PopupAnchor::ParentRect(rect) => egui::PopupAnchor::ParentRect(rect.translate(vec2(30.0, 0.0))),
+        other => other,
+    };
+    egui::Popup::menu(&gear).anchor(anchor).close_behavior(egui::PopupCloseBehavior::CloseOnClickOutside).show(|ui| {
         if ui.button(tl!("New Brush Preset…")).clicked() {
             picks.push(Pick::NewPreset);
             ui.close();
@@ -196,10 +380,13 @@ fn gear_menu(ui: &mut egui::Ui, current: Option<&str>, presets: &[BrushPreset],
             }
         });
         ui.separator();
-        for (view, label) in [(BrushesView::List, tl!("List view")), (BrushesView::Grid, tl!("Grid view"))] {
-            if ui.selectable_label(st.view == view, label).clicked() {
-                st.view = view;
-                ui.close();
+        // What a preset's card shows: a checkbox per part. At least one stays on — clicking the
+        // last checked box does nothing, since an empty card would show no brush at all.
+        let on = [st.show_name, st.show_stroke, st.show_tip].into_iter().filter(|b| *b).count();
+        for (flag, label) in [(&mut st.show_name, tl!("Brush Name")), (&mut st.show_stroke, tl!("Brush Stroke")), (&mut st.show_tip, tl!("Brush Tip"))] {
+            let was = *flag;
+            if ui.checkbox(flag, label).changed() && was && on == 1 {
+                *flag = true;
             }
         }
         ui.separator();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/brushes_tab.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/brushes_tab.rs
index 43e0a4c3b7..5fcff67cb1 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/brushes_tab.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/brushes_tab.rs
@@ -81,10 +81,14 @@ pub struct ListLayout {
     /// Width of a grid cell (its height is 6 points more) and the grid's left indent.
     pub cell: f32,
     pub indent: f32,
+    /// The Brush Preset picker's cards: a tip cell and a stroke cell on top and the name across
+    /// the bottom (or, with only the tip and the name on, in the stroke's cell). Replaces the
+    /// list/grid choice in the picker.
+    pub cards: bool,
 }
 
 /// The Brushes tab's list.
-pub const PANEL_LIST: ListLayout = ListLayout { id: "brush-presets", max_height: 400.0, cell: 52.0, indent: 20.0 };
+pub const PANEL_LIST: ListLayout = ListLayout { id: "brush-presets", max_height: 400.0, cell: 52.0, indent: 20.0, cards: false };
 
 /// The group key (`BrushPreset::group`) behind a panel label: ungrouped presets show as
 /// [`UNGROUPED`].
@@ -340,15 +344,19 @@ fn list_row(ui: &mut egui::Ui, p: &BrushPreset, current: bool, presets: &[BrushP
 
 /// The gap between grid cells, across and down.
 const GRID_GAP: f32 = 3.0;
+/// The picker's cards pack tighter than the grid: their horizontal gap (the vertical one stays
+/// [`GRID_GAP`]).
+const CARD_GAP: f32 = 1.0;
 
-/// The grid's columns in a list `width` points wide: how many `cell`-wide cells fit past the
-/// `indent`, and the left margin that centres them in the room past it. At least one column.
-pub(crate) fn grid_columns(width: f32, cell: f32, indent: f32) -> (f32, usize) {
+/// The grid's columns in a list `width` points wide: how many `cell`-wide cells separated by
+/// `gap` fit past the `indent`, and the left margin that centres them in the room past it. At
+/// least one column.
+pub(crate) fn grid_columns(width: f32, cell: f32, indent: f32, gap: f32) -> (f32, usize) {
     let room = if width.is_finite() { (width - indent).max(0.0) } else { 0.0 };
-    let cols = if cell.is_finite() && cell > 0.0 { ((room + GRID_GAP) / (cell + GRID_GAP)).floor() } else { 1.0 };
+    let cols = if cell.is_finite() && cell > 0.0 { ((room + gap) / (cell + gap)).floor() } else { 1.0 };
     // `as` saturates (and NaN becomes 0), so this is a whole number from 1 to a sane bound.
     let cols = (cols as usize).clamp(1, 256);
-    let used = cols as f32 * cell + (cols - 1) as f32 * GRID_GAP;
+    let used = cols as f32 * cell + (cols - 1) as f32 * gap;
     // Whole points keep the tiles' edges crisp.
     let left = indent + ((room - used) / 2.0).max(0.0).floor();
     (if left.is_finite() { left } else { 0.0 }, cols)
@@ -383,6 +391,194 @@ fn grid_cell(ui: &mut egui::Ui, p: &BrushPreset, current: bool, presets: &[Brush
     preset_interactions(ui, &resp, r, p, presets, true, acts);
 }
 
+/// Padding, tip cell width and name row height, at scale 1; the footer slider multiplies them
+/// (heights down to [`CARD_MIN_H_SCALE`]).
+const CARD_PAD: f32 = 4.0;
+const CARD_TIP_W: f32 = 46.0;
+/// The tip thumbnail's base size at scale 1, before the footer slider and the per-preset
+/// [`crate::brush_sections::thumb_scale`]: the tips read small at 28 px, so the base carries a
+/// 60 % bump.
+const CARD_TIP_BASE: f32 = 28.0 * 1.6;
+const CARD_NAME_H: f32 = 20.0;
+/// A full card's height at scale 1: the tip/stroke row takes what the name row leaves. The
+/// footer slider multiplies it down to [`CARD_MIN_H_SCALE`].
+const CARD_MAX_H: f32 = 70.0;
+/// The widest a lone card grows at scale 1; past it the room is shared between columns.
+const CARD_MAX_W: f32 = 300.0;
+/// Tip alone: a grid of small [`CARD_TIP_ONLY_W`] × [`CARD_TIP_ONLY_H`] cells (scale 1).
+const CARD_TIP_ONLY_W: f32 = 60.0;
+const CARD_TIP_ONLY_H: f32 = 70.0;
+/// Tip + name, no stroke: a grid of [`CARD_TIP_NAME_W`] × [`CARD_TIP_NAME_H`] cells (scale 1).
+const CARD_TIP_NAME_W: f32 = 150.0;
+const CARD_TIP_NAME_H: f32 = 70.0;
+/// The footer scale's floor for heights and padding (the widths keep shrinking).
+const CARD_MIN_H_SCALE: f32 = 0.60;
+/// At or below this scale the tips drop their size numbers and fill their cell whole.
+const CARD_COMPACT_SCALE: f32 = 0.70;
+/// stay readable from the smallest card to the largest.
+const CARD_NAME_FONT: f32 = 12.0;
+const CARD_NUM_FONT: f32 = 11.0;
+/// The cards' own fill: [`Tokens::card`] (what the picker's popup is filled with) this much
+/// darker, so the cards read as tiles against it.
+const CARD_BG_SHADE: f32 = 0.90;
+
+/// The picker's cards in a list `width` points wide, `indent` past its left edge: how wide each
+/// card is and how many sit in a row. A lone card fills the room up to [`CARD_MAX_W`] × `scale`
+/// (wider lists leave the rest empty); from two columns on, the cards share the room, filling it
+/// fully. `scale` is the picker's footer slider ([`crate::brush_picker::body`]), already floored
+/// so the widths never reach zero.
+fn card_columns(width: f32, indent: f32, scale: f32) -> (f32, usize) {
+    let max_w = CARD_MAX_W * scale;
+    let room = if width.is_finite() { (width - indent).max(0.0) } else { CARD_MAX_W };
+    let cols = ((room / max_w).floor() as usize).clamp(1, 256);
+    let share = (room - CARD_GAP * (cols - 1) as f32) / cols as f32;
+    let card_w = if cols == 1 { room.min(max_w) } else { share };
+    (if card_w.is_finite() { card_w.max(1.0) } else { CARD_MAX_W }, cols)
+}
+
+/// Is the card showing the tip alone (no name, no stroke)? Then it's a small tip cell in a grid.
+fn tip_only(show: (bool, bool, bool)) -> bool {
+    show == (false, false, true)
+}
+
+/// Is the card showing the tip and the name with the stroke off? Then it's a tip-and-name cell.
+fn tip_and_name(show: (bool, bool, bool)) -> bool {
+    show == (true, false, true)
+}
+
+/// `c` darker by `f` in gamma space, kept opaque — [`Color32::gamma_multiply`] fades the alpha
+/// along with the channels, so it can't darken a fill over its own color.
+fn darker(c: Color32, f: f32) -> Color32 {
+    let [r, g, b, a] = c.to_srgba_unmultiplied();
+    Color32::from_rgba_unmultiplied((r as f32 * f).round() as u8, (g as f32 * f).round() as u8, (b as f32 * f).round() as u8, a)
+}
+
+/// One preset in the Brush Preset picker: a 2 × 2 grid whose bottom row (the name) spans both
+/// columns — tip at the top left, stroke preview at the top right. A part that's off loses its
+/// cell (the other takes the room): with only the tip and the name on, the name moves into the
+/// stroke's cell and the bottom row is gone. At least one part is always on. `show` is the three
+/// gear boxes (name, stroke, tip); `width` is the row slot the card fills (a [`card_columns`]
+/// column or a fixed cell, [`CARD_TIP_ONLY_W`]/[`CARD_TIP_NAME_W`]), and `scale` the footer
+/// slider: heights and padding floor at [`CARD_MIN_H_SCALE`], the text holds its 1.0 size
+/// ([`CARD_NAME_FONT`], [`CARD_NUM_FONT`]), and at or below [`CARD_COMPACT_SCALE`] the tips
+/// drop their size numbers and take their cell whole.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+fn preset_card(
+    ui: &mut egui::Ui,
+    p: &BrushPreset,
+    current: bool,
+    presets: &[BrushPreset],
+    show: (bool, bool, bool),
+    width: f32,
+    scale: f32,
+    acts: &mut Vec<Action>,
+) {
+    let (show_name, show_stroke, show_tip) = show;
+    let tip_only = tip_only(show);
+    let compact = scale <= CARD_COMPACT_SCALE;
+    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
+    let name_in_top = tip_and_name(show);
+    // Widths (which arrive scaled) keep narrowing with the slider and heights stop at the floor;
+    // the text holds its 1.0 size — the fonts don't take the scale.
+    let scale_h = scale.max(CARD_MIN_H_SCALE);
+    let pad = CARD_PAD * scale;
+    let pad_y = CARD_PAD * scale_h;
+    let name_h = if show_name && !name_in_top { CARD_NAME_H * scale_h } else { 0.0 };
+    // The tip/stroke row: the tip-only or tip-and-name card's own height less the padding, else
+    // what [`CARD_MAX_H`] leaves past the padding and the name row. A card with no top part at
+    // all (the name alone) has no such row.
+    let top_h = if tip_only {
+        (CARD_TIP_ONLY_H - CARD_PAD * 2.0) * scale_h
+    } else if name_in_top {
+        (CARD_TIP_NAME_H - CARD_PAD * 2.0) * scale_h
+    } else if show_tip || show_stroke {
+        (CARD_MAX_H - CARD_PAD * 2.0 - CARD_NAME_H) * scale_h
+    } else {
+        0.0
+    };
+    let (full, resp) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(width, pad_y * 2.0 + top_h + name_h), Sense::click_and_drag());
+    resp.widget_info(|| egui::WidgetInfo::selected(egui::WidgetType::Button, true, current, &p.name));
+    if !ui.is_rect_visible(full) {
+        return;
+    }
+    // The card is inset a little in its column; the whole column stays the drop target.
+    let card = full.shrink2(vec2((4.0 * scale).min(full.width() * 0.5), 0.0));
+    // Every card carries its own background, a touch darker than the popup behind it, so the
+    // cards read as tiles; the current and hover fills paint over it.
+    ui.painter().rect_filled(card, 3.0, darker(t.card, CARD_BG_SHADE));
+    if current {
+        ui.painter().rect_filled(card, 3.0, t.accent_soft);
+        ui.painter().rect_stroke(card, 3.0, Stroke::new(1.0, t.accent), egui::StrokeKind::Inside);
+    } else if resp.hovered() {
+        ui.painter().rect_filled(card, 3.0, t.hover);
+    }
+    let pb = &p.brush;
+    let inner = card.shrink2(vec2(pad, pad_y));
+    let top = egui::Rect::from_min_size(inner.left_top(), vec2(inner.width(), top_h));
+    let mut x = top.left();
+    if show_tip {
+        // The tip thumbnail with the size under it (like the list row). With the tip alone the
+        // cell takes the whole card, so the thumbnail is centred in it (the tip-only grid).
+        // Compact cards drop the number — it wouldn't fit — and the tip takes the cell whole.
+        let tip_w = if tip_only { top.width() } else { (CARD_TIP_W * scale).min(top.width() * 0.5) };
+        let cell = egui::Rect::from_min_size(top.left_top(), vec2(tip_w, top_h));
+        let tip = brush_preview::tip_texture(ui.ctx(), &format!("brushes-tip:{}", p.name), &pb.tip, (pb.hardness, pb.angle, pb.roundness), 36, t.text);
+        let side = if compact { (cell.width().min(cell.height()) - 2.0).max(1.0) } else { CARD_TIP_BASE * scale * crate::brush_sections::thumb_scale(pb.size) };
+        let center = if compact { cell.center() } else { pos2(cell.center().x, cell.center().y - 2.0 * scale_h) };
+        let tr = egui::Rect::from_center_size(center, vec2(side, side));
+        ui.painter().image(tip.id(), tr, full_uv(), Color32::WHITE);
+        if !compact {
+            ui.painter().text(
+                pos2(cell.center().x, cell.bottom() - 1.0),
+                egui::Align2::CENTER_BOTTOM,
+                format!("{}", pb.size.round() as i64),
+                egui::FontId::proportional(CARD_NUM_FONT),
+                t.text_faint,
+            );
+        }
+        x = cell.right();
+    }
+    if show_stroke || name_in_top {
+        // The stroke preview, or the name where it goes when the stroke is hidden.
+        let cell = egui::Rect::from_min_max(pos2(x, top.top()), top.right_bottom());
+        if show_stroke {
+            let cw = if cell.width().is_finite() { cell.width().max(1.0) } else { 1.0 };
+            let w = ((cw - 16.0 * scale).clamp(24.0 * scale, 260.0 * scale)).min(cw).max(1.0).round();
+            let h = (36.0 * scale_h).round().max(1.0) as u32;
+            let stroke = brush_preview::stroke_texture(ui.ctx(), &format!("brushes-stroke-{w}:{}", p.name), pb, w as u32, h, t.text);
+            let sr = egui::Rect::from_min_size(pos2(cell.left() + 8.0 * scale, cell.center().y - 18.0 * scale_h), vec2(w, 36.0 * scale_h));
+            ui.painter().image(stroke.id(), sr, full_uv(), Color32::WHITE);
+        } else {
+            crate::layer_row_ui::label(
+                ui.painter(),
+                cell.left() + 8.0 * scale,
+                cell.center().y,
+                cell.right() - 6.0 * scale,
+                &p.name,
+                egui::FontId::proportional(CARD_NAME_FONT),
+                t.text_dim,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+    if name_h > 0.0 {
+        // The merged bottom row: the name across the whole card.
+        let cell = egui::Rect::from_min_size(pos2(inner.left(), top.bottom()), vec2(inner.width(), name_h));
+        crate::layer_row_ui::label(
+            ui.painter(),
+            cell.left() + 6.0 * scale,
+            cell.center().y,
+            cell.right() - 6.0 * scale,
+            &p.name,
+            egui::FontId::proportional(CARD_NAME_FONT),
+            t.text_dim,
+        );
+    }
+    let resp = resp.on_hover_text(&p.name);
+    // A tip-only card's grid drops between columns, like the Brushes tab's: the rest drop between
+    // rows (there is a row under the tip there).
+    preset_interactions(ui, &resp, card, p, presets, tip_only, acts);
+}
+
 /// Indent of one nested folder level.
 const FOLDER_INDENT: f32 = 16.0;
 
@@ -473,6 +669,14 @@ struct Draw<'a> {
     filtering: bool,
     grid: bool,
     layout: ListLayout,
+    /// The picker cards' parts — name, stroke, tip — from the gear's boxes.
+    show: (bool, bool, bool),
+    /// The picker cards' size scale (its footer slider, 1 = standard): multiplies [`CARD_MAX_W`]
+    /// and [`CARD_MAX_H`], or [`CARD_TIP_ONLY_W`]/[`CARD_TIP_ONLY_H`] for tip-only cards and
+    /// [`CARD_TIP_NAME_W`]/[`CARD_TIP_NAME_H`] for tip-and-name ones; the text holds its 1.0
+    /// size ([`CARD_NAME_FONT`], [`CARD_NUM_FONT`]); at or below [`CARD_COMPACT_SCALE`] the tips
+    /// drop their size numbers.
+    scale: f32,
 }
 
 /// Draw `nodes` (a group's or folder's content) at nesting `depth`: runs of presets as rows or a
@@ -485,10 +689,52 @@ fn draw_nodes(ui: &mut egui::Ui, d: &Draw, nodes: &[Node], depth: usize, acts: &
         if run.is_empty() {
             return;
         }
-        if d.grid {
+        if d.layout.cards {
+            // The picker's cards: [`card_columns`] cards sharing each row, a centred grid of
+            // small [`CARD_TIP_ONLY_W`] cells, or card-wide [`CARD_TIP_NAME_W`] cells snapped
+            // to the indent like the full-card rows. The scale floors at the slider's own
+            // bottom end.
+            let scale = d.scale.max(*crate::brush_picker::SCALE_RANGE.start());
+            ui.vertical(|ui| {
+                ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing = vec2(CARD_GAP, GRID_GAP);
+                let fixed = if tip_only(d.show) {
+                    Some(CARD_TIP_ONLY_W * scale)
+                } else if tip_and_name(d.show) {
+                    Some(CARD_TIP_NAME_W * scale)
+                } else {
+                    None
+                };
+                if let Some(cell) = fixed {
+                    // Tip-only cells centre their whole columns like a grid; the card-sized
+                    // tip-and-name cells start at the indent.
+                    let (mut left, cols) = grid_columns(ui.available_width(), cell, indent, CARD_GAP);
+                    if tip_and_name(d.show) {
+                        left = indent;
+                    }
+                    for row in run.chunks(cols) {
+                        ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+                            ui.add_space(left);
+                            for p in row {
+                                preset_card(ui, p, d.current.is_some_and(|n| p.name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(n)), d.presets, d.show, cell, scale, acts);
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    let (card_w, cols) = card_columns(ui.available_width(), indent, scale);
+                    for row in run.chunks(cols) {
+                        ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+                            ui.add_space(indent);
+                            for p in row {
+                                preset_card(ui, p, d.current.is_some_and(|n| p.name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(n)), d.presets, d.show, card_w, scale, acts);
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        } else if d.grid {
             // Rows of whole columns, each with the same margin: a wrapped row indented only
             // its first line and left the spare width on the right.
-            let (left, cols) = grid_columns(ui.available_width(), d.layout.cell, d.layout.indent + indent);
+            let (left, cols) = grid_columns(ui.available_width(), d.layout.cell, d.layout.indent + indent, GRID_GAP);
             ui.vertical(|ui| {
                 ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing = vec2(GRID_GAP, GRID_GAP);
                 for row in run.chunks(cols) {
@@ -560,15 +806,17 @@ fn rename_bar(ui: &mut egui::Ui, st: &mut BrushesPanelState, acts: &mut Vec<Acti
     ui.add_space(4.0);
 }
 
-/// The presets in their groups, filtered by `st.filter`, as rows or tip cells (`st.view`), with
-/// the rename bar above them while a rename is open. `current` is the selected preset's name:
-/// selection is by identity, so it survives edits and tells look-alike duplicates apart. Group
-/// toggles and renames update `st`; the returned actions are commands for [`apply`].
+/// The presets in their groups, filtered by `st.filter`, as rows or tip cells (`st.view`) or as
+/// the picker's cards (`layout.cards`, drawn from the `st.show_*` parts), with the rename bar
+/// above them while a rename is open. `current` is the selected preset's name: selection is by
+/// identity, so it survives edits and tells look-alike duplicates apart. Group toggles and renames
+/// update `st`; the returned actions are commands for [`apply`].
 pub fn preset_list(ui: &mut egui::Ui, presets: &[BrushPreset], current: Option<&str>, st: &mut BrushesPanelState, layout: ListLayout) -> Vec<Action> {
     let mut acts = Vec::new();
     rename_bar(ui, st, &mut acts);
     let filter = st.filter.trim().to_lowercase();
     let grid = st.view == BrushesView::Grid;
+    let show = (st.show_name, st.show_stroke, st.show_tip);
     let collapsed = &st.collapsed;
     egui::ScrollArea::vertical().id_salt(layout.id).max_height(layout.max_height).auto_shrink([false, true]).show(ui, |ui| {
         ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing.y = 1.0;
@@ -584,7 +832,7 @@ pub fn preset_list(ui: &mut egui::Ui, presets: &[BrushPreset], current: Option<&
             if !open {
                 continue;
             }
-            let d = Draw { label: &label, key: &key, presets, current, collapsed, filtering: !filter.is_empty(), grid, layout };
+            let d = Draw { label: &label, key: &key, presets, current, collapsed, filtering: !filter.is_empty(), grid, layout, show, scale: st.scale };
             draw_nodes(ui, &d, &folder_tree(&items), 0, &mut acts);
             ui.add_space(2.0);
         }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/brushes_tab_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/brushes_tab_tests.rs
index edbfacef10..3a225aa6c6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/brushes_tab_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/brushes_tab_tests.rs
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@ use super::*;
 #[test]
 fn grid_columns_centre_whole_columns_past_the_indent() {
     // 6 × 44 + 5 × 3 = 279 of the 290 past a 4 pt indent: 5 spare on each side (rounded down).
-    assert_eq!(grid_columns(294.0, 44.0, 4.0), (9.0, 6));
+    assert_eq!(grid_columns(294.0, 44.0, 4.0, GRID_GAP), (9.0, 6));
     // An exact fit leaves only the indent.
-    assert_eq!(grid_columns(4.0 + 279.0, 44.0, 4.0), (4.0, 6));
+    assert_eq!(grid_columns(4.0 + 279.0, 44.0, 4.0, GRID_GAP), (4.0, 6));
     // One point short of a column: one fewer, centred.
-    assert_eq!(grid_columns(4.0 + 278.0, 44.0, 4.0), (4.0 + 23.0, 5));
+    assert_eq!(grid_columns(4.0 + 278.0, 44.0, 4.0, GRID_GAP), (4.0 + 23.0, 5));
+    // The picker's cards centre with their own tighter gap: 6 × 44 + 5 × 1 = 269 of the 290.
+    assert_eq!(grid_columns(294.0, 44.0, 4.0, CARD_GAP), (4.0 + 10.0, 6));
     for (w, cell, indent) in [(294.0, 44.0, 4.0), (360.0, 52.0, 20.0), (500.0, 52.0, 20.0)] {
-        let (left, cols) = grid_columns(w, cell, indent);
+        let (left, cols) = grid_columns(w, cell, indent, GRID_GAP);
         let right = w - left - (cols as f32 * cell + (cols - 1) as f32 * GRID_GAP);
         assert!(((left - indent) - right).abs() <= 1.0, "{w}: left {left}, right {right}");
     }
@@ -26,13 +28,13 @@ fn grid_columns_centre_whole_columns_past_the_indent() {
 fn grid_columns_never_panic_or_return_no_columns() {
     for w in [0.0, -50.0, f32::NAN, f32::INFINITY, f32::NEG_INFINITY, 1e30] {
         for cell in [0.0, -1.0, f32::NAN, f32::INFINITY, 44.0, 1e-30] {
-            let (left, cols) = grid_columns(w, cell, 4.0);
+            let (left, cols) = grid_columns(w, cell, 4.0, GRID_GAP);
             assert!((1..=256).contains(&cols), "{w} {cell}: {cols}");
             assert!(left.is_finite() && left >= 0.0, "{w} {cell}: {left}");
         }
     }
     // Narrower than one cell: one column at the indent.
-    assert_eq!(grid_columns(30.0, 44.0, 4.0), (4.0, 1));
+    assert_eq!(grid_columns(30.0, 44.0, 4.0, GRID_GAP), (4.0, 1));
 }
 
 /// Checks each of the first `groups` groups' rows against its header (which spans the list's
@@ -88,8 +90,13 @@ fn rows_are_centred(h: &Harness<'_, PhotocraftApp>, indent: f32, groups: usize)
     assert!(wrapped, "no group wrapped onto a second row, so the rows weren't compared");
 }
 
+/// The picker's cards: one full-width 2 × 2 card per preset (tip and stroke on top, the name
+/// across the bottom), and a hidden part shrinks the card — with only the tip and the name on,
+/// the name takes the stroke's cell and the card takes its own height ([`CARD_TIP_NAME_H`]) and
+/// width ([`CARD_TIP_NAME_W`]) snapped to the list's left edge; with only the tip on, the card
+/// takes the tip-only cell's own height, with the grid's whole columns centred.
 #[test]
-fn the_brush_preset_picker_grid_is_centred() {
+fn brush_picker_cards_follow_the_part_boxes() {
     let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(vec2(1440.0, 900.0)).with_max_steps(64).build_eframe(|cc| {
         PhotocraftApp::setup_context(&cc.egui_ctx, Default::default());
         PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default())
@@ -98,8 +105,144 @@ fn the_brush_preset_picker_grid_is_centred() {
     h.state_mut().ui.tool = crate::state::Tool::Brush;
     h.state_mut().ui.brush_picker = Some([300.0, 120.0]);
     h.run_steps(8);
-    assert_eq!(h.state().ui.brush_picker_list.view, BrushesView::Grid);
-    rows_are_centred(&h, crate::brush_picker::LIST.indent, 2);
+    let presets = h.state().session.tools.presets.clone();
+    let cards = |h: &Harness<'_, PhotocraftApp>| -> Vec<Rect> {
+        h.query_all_by_role(Role::Button)
+            .filter(|n| n.accesskit_node().label().is_some_and(|l| presets.iter().any(|p| p.name == l)))
+            .map(|n| n.rect())
+            .collect()
+    };
+    let full = CARD_MAX_H;
+    let one_row = CARD_MAX_H - CARD_NAME_H;
+    let all_on = cards(&h);
+    assert!(all_on.len() >= 2, "{} cards", all_on.len());
+    assert!(all_on.iter().all(|r| (r.height() - full).abs() < 0.5 && r.width() > 250.0), "{all_on:?}");
+    h.state_mut().ui.brush_picker_list.show_stroke = false;
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let tip_name = cards(&h);
+    assert!(
+        tip_name.iter().all(|r| (r.height() - CARD_TIP_NAME_H).abs() < 0.5 && (r.width() - CARD_TIP_NAME_W).abs() < 0.5),
+        "tip + name: the name in the stroke's cell, its own cell size"
+    );
+    assert!(tip_name.iter().all(|r| (r.left() - all_on[0].left()).abs() < 0.5), "snapped to the left edge: {tip_name:?}");
+    h.state_mut().ui.brush_picker_list.show_name = false;
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let tip_only = cards(&h);
+    assert!(tip_only.iter().all(|r| (r.height() - CARD_TIP_ONLY_H).abs() < 0.5), "tip only: its own cell");
+    assert!(tip_only[0].left() > all_on[0].left() + 5.0, "the tip-only grid's columns stay centred: {tip_only:?}");
+    h.state_mut().ui.brush_picker_list.show_stroke = true;
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(cards(&h).iter().all(|r| (r.height() - one_row).abs() < 0.5), "tip + stroke: one row");
+}
+
+/// The footer slider's widths take the raw scale; heights, padding and text stop at
+/// [`CARD_MIN_H_SCALE`], so at the slider's 0.15 the cards stand at 42 pt ([`CARD_MAX_H`] at that
+/// floor) with the widths a fraction of that.
+#[test]
+fn brush_picker_cards_floor_their_height_but_not_their_width() {
+    let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(vec2(1440.0, 900.0)).with_max_steps(64).build_eframe(|cc| {
+        PhotocraftApp::setup_context(&cc.egui_ctx, Default::default());
+        PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default())
+    });
+    h.state_mut().run("file.new", serde_json::json!({"width": 400, "height": 300})).unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().ui.tool = crate::state::Tool::Brush;
+    h.state_mut().ui.brush_picker = Some([300.0, 120.0]);
+    h.state_mut().ui.brush_picker_list.scale = 0.15;
+    h.run_steps(8);
+    let presets = h.state().session.tools.presets.clone();
+    let cards: Vec<Rect> = h
+        .query_all_by_role(Role::Button)
+        .filter(|n| n.accesskit_node().label().is_some_and(|l| presets.iter().any(|p| p.name == l)))
+        .map(|n| n.rect())
+        .collect();
+    assert!(cards.len() >= 2, "{} cards", cards.len());
+    for r in &cards {
+        assert!((r.height() - CARD_MAX_H * CARD_MIN_H_SCALE).abs() < 0.5, "the height floors at the min scale: {r:?}");
+        // A column's share can run up to 1/col past the raw max width ([`card_columns`]); the
+        // floored scale's widths would be four times this (0.60 / 0.15).
+        assert!(r.width() <= CARD_MAX_W * 0.15 * 1.5, "the width keeps the raw scale, not the floored one: {r:?}");
+    }
+}
+
+/// The gear's menu goes the moment a slider or the resize grip is grabbed. A menu closes on a
+/// click, and a drag never becomes one, so the menu stayed up — and the picker's own interaction
+/// pulled the picker over it. Each press is held down (no release yet, nothing classified) while
+/// the menu is checked, so only the grab itself can have closed it.
+#[test]
+fn brush_picker_menu_closes_when_a_slider_or_the_grip_is_grabbed() {
+    fn click_gear(h: &Harness<'_, PhotocraftApp>) {
+        h.query_all_by_role(Role::Button).find(|n| n.accesskit_node().label().as_deref() == Some("Brush Preset Options")).expect("the gear button").click();
+    }
+    let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(vec2(1440.0, 900.0)).with_max_steps(64).build_eframe(|cc| {
+        PhotocraftApp::setup_context(&cc.egui_ctx, Default::default());
+        PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default())
+    });
+    h.state_mut().run("file.new", serde_json::json!({"width": 400, "height": 300})).unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().ui.tool = crate::state::Tool::Brush;
+    h.state_mut().ui.brush_picker = Some([300.0, 120.0]);
+    h.run_steps(8);
+    let picker = h.ctx.memory(|m| m.area_rect(egui::Id::new("canvas-brush-picker"))).expect("the picker is shown");
+    assert!(!egui::Popup::is_any_open(&h.ctx), "nothing open to start with");
+    click_gear(&h);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(egui::Popup::is_any_open(&h.ctx), "the gear opens its menu");
+    // The Size slider, under the row that holds the "Size" label: the row stands as tall as its
+    // 24 pt value field with the label centred in it, so the slider's middle sits 12 pt below the
+    // label's, plus the style's spacing and half the slider's 18 pt — 27 pt at the 6 pt spacing.
+    let size_label = h.query_all_by_label(crate::i18n::t("Size")).find(|n| picker.contains(n.rect().center())).expect("the picker's Size label").rect();
+    let slider = egui::pos2(size_label.left() + 100.0, size_label.center().y + 27.0);
+    h.drag_at(slider);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(!egui::Popup::is_any_open(&h.ctx), "grabbing the Size slider dismisses the menu");
+    h.drop_at(slider);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    click_gear(&h);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(egui::Popup::is_any_open(&h.ctx), "the gear opens its menu again");
+    // The grip is the frame's bottom-right 16 × 16, so its middle is 8 pt off the picker's corner.
+    let grip = picker.right_bottom() - vec2(8.0, 8.0);
+    h.drag_at(grip);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(!egui::Popup::is_any_open(&h.ctx), "grabbing the resize grip dismisses the menu");
+    h.drop_at(grip);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+}
+
+/// The upper controls (Size, Hardness) share a block at most [`crate::brush_picker::HEAD_MAX_W`]
+/// wide, flush with the picker's left edge: on a picker dragged wider, a click on the Size slider
+/// just inside the block jumps the size, and the same click just past the block lands on nothing.
+/// A click on a slider sets it to the spot clicked, so a size that doesn't move is a click that
+/// missed.
+#[test]
+fn brush_picker_upper_controls_stop_at_their_max_width() {
+    fn click(h: &mut Harness<'_, PhotocraftApp>, pos: egui::Pos2) {
+        for pressed in [true, false] {
+            h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: egui::Modifiers::NONE });
+            h.run_steps(2);
+        }
+    }
+    let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(vec2(1440.0, 900.0)).with_max_steps(64).build_eframe(|cc| {
+        PhotocraftApp::setup_context(&cc.egui_ctx, Default::default());
+        PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default())
+    });
+    h.state_mut().run("file.new", serde_json::json!({"width": 400, "height": 300})).unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().ui.tool = crate::state::Tool::Brush;
+    // Dragged wide: 500 pt of content, well past the block.
+    h.state_mut().ui.brush_picker = Some([300.0, 120.0]);
+    h.state_mut().ui.brush_picker_size = Some([500.0, 420.0]);
+    h.run_steps(8);
+    let picker = h.ctx.memory(|m| m.area_rect(egui::Id::new("canvas-brush-picker"))).expect("the picker is shown");
+    let size_label = h.query_all_by_label(crate::i18n::t("Size")).find(|n| picker.contains(n.rect().center())).expect("the picker's Size label").rect();
+    // The Size slider's middle: 12 pt below the label's (the row stands as tall as its 24 pt value
+    // field, the label centred in it), the style's spacing, then half the slider's 18 pt — 27 pt
+    // at the 6 pt spacing.
+    let y = size_label.center().y + 27.0;
+    let before = h.state().session.tools.brush.size;
+    click(&mut h, egui::pos2(size_label.left() + crate::brush_picker::HEAD_MAX_W - 10.0, y));
+    let inside = h.state().session.tools.brush.size;
+    assert_ne!(inside, before, "the slider takes a click just inside the block");
+    click(&mut h, egui::pos2(size_label.left() + crate::brush_picker::HEAD_MAX_W + 10.0, y));
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.tools.brush.size, inside, "just past the block the click lands on nothing");
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
index 68cdd907e9..a60f8c1b6d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 //! - `engine.commands`: list commands with enablement
 //! - `ui.inspect`: full UI state (tool, panels, views, dialogs, windows, window size); the menu
 //!   tree is `ui.menu.list`
-//! - `ui.set {tool?, panels?, dock?, dockTabs?, dockWidth?, colorPanel?, maskTarget?, vectorMaskTarget?, selectionMode?, zoom?, center?, rotation?, fit?, theme?, brushSection?, brushTab?, brushesView?, brushPicker?, brushPickerView?, brushSize?}`:
+//! - `ui.set {tool?, panels?, dock?, dockTabs?, dockWidth?, colorPanel?, maskTarget?, vectorMaskTarget?, selectionMode?, zoom?, center?, rotation?, fit?, theme?, brushSection?, brushTab?, brushesView?, brushPicker?, brushPickerName?, brushPickerStroke?, brushPickerTip?, brushPickerScale?, brushSize?}`:
 //!   change UI state; any other field is an error ([`UI_SET_FIELDS`])
 //! - `ui.dialog.open {kind, fields?}` (kinds: newDocument, about, layerStyle {effect?}, colorPicker {target: foreground|background}, command {command}) / `ui.dialog.set {dialog, field, value}` / `ui.dialog.confirm {dialog, wait?}` / `ui.dialog.cancel {dialog}`
 //! - `ui.dialog.apply {dialog}`: commit Preferences changes without closing the dialog
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub enum Outcome {
 /// field's value is validated before the first one is applied, so a typo, an unknown field, a
 /// bad value or a bad nested key can't reply with success while nothing — or only half of it —
 /// changed (#412).
-pub const UI_SET_FIELDS: [&str; 30] = [
+pub const UI_SET_FIELDS: [&str; 33] = [
     "tool",
     "panels",
     "dock",
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ pub const UI_SET_FIELDS: [&str; 30] = [
     "brushTab",
     "brushesView",
     "brushPicker",
-    "brushPickerView",
+    "brushPickerName",
+    "brushPickerStroke",
+    "brushPickerTip",
+    "brushPickerScale",
     "brushSize",
     "gradientBlendMode",
     "gradientClassic",
@@ -415,8 +418,26 @@ fn dispatch(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, req: &ControlRequest)
                     Some(v) => serde_json::from_value(v.clone()).map(Some).map_err(|e| format!("brushesView: {e} (list, grid)"))?,
                     None => None,
                 };
-                let brush_picker_view = match p.get("brushPickerView") {
-                    Some(v) => serde_json::from_value(v.clone()).map(Some).map_err(|e| format!("brushPickerView: {e} (list, grid)"))?,
+                // The three parts of the picker's cards. At least one stays on (a rejected call
+                // leaves them all alone).
+                let brush_picker_name = bool_field(p, "brushPickerName")?;
+                let brush_picker_stroke = bool_field(p, "brushPickerStroke")?;
+                let brush_picker_tip = bool_field(p, "brushPickerTip")?;
+                if [brush_picker_name, brush_picker_stroke, brush_picker_tip].iter().any(Option::is_some) {
+                    let on = [
+                        brush_picker_name.unwrap_or(app.ui.brush_picker_list.show_name),
+                        brush_picker_stroke.unwrap_or(app.ui.brush_picker_list.show_stroke),
+                        brush_picker_tip.unwrap_or(app.ui.brush_picker_list.show_tip),
+                    ];
+                    if !on.iter().any(|b| *b) {
+                        return Err("brushPickerName, brushPickerStroke and brushPickerTip: at least one must stay on".into());
+                    }
+                }
+                // The picker footer slider: the preset cards' size scale (1 standard; 0.30 and
+                // below the tips drop their size numbers).
+                let brush_picker_scale = match num_field(p, "brushPickerScale")? {
+                    Some(s) if !(0.15..=2.0).contains(&s) => return Err("brushPickerScale must be between 0.15 and 2".into()),
+                    Some(s) => Some(s as f32),
                     None => None,
                 };
                 // `Some(None)` is an explicit null, which closes the picker (a missing field
@@ -552,8 +573,17 @@ fn dispatch(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, req: &ControlRequest)
                 if let Some(v) = brushes_view {
                     app.ui.brushes_panel.view = v;
                 }
-                if let Some(v) = brush_picker_view {
-                    app.ui.brush_picker_list.view = v;
+                if let Some(v) = brush_picker_name {
+                    app.ui.brush_picker_list.show_name = v;
+                }
+                if let Some(v) = brush_picker_stroke {
+                    app.ui.brush_picker_list.show_stroke = v;
+                }
+                if let Some(v) = brush_picker_tip {
+                    app.ui.brush_picker_list.show_tip = v;
+                }
+                if let Some(v) = brush_picker_scale {
+                    app.ui.brush_picker_list.scale = v;
                 }
                 if let Some(at) = brush_picker {
                     app.ui.brush_picker = at;
@@ -933,7 +963,19 @@ pub fn inspect(app: &PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> Value {
         "layerMenu": app.ui.layer_menu,
         "brushPicker": app.ui.brush_picker.map(|pos| json!({
             "pos": pos,
-            "list": app.ui.brush_picker_list,
+            // The picker's content size once its corner grip was dragged (null: the default).
+            "size": app.ui.brush_picker_size,
+            "list": {
+                "collapsed": app.ui.brush_picker_list.collapsed,
+                "filter": app.ui.brush_picker_list.filter,
+                "renaming": app.ui.brush_picker_list.renaming,
+                // The card's parts (`view` is the Brushes panel's listing and doesn't apply).
+                "showName": app.ui.brush_picker_list.show_name,
+                "showStroke": app.ui.brush_picker_list.show_stroke,
+                "showTip": app.ui.brush_picker_list.show_tip,
+                // The footer slider: the cards' width scale.
+                "scale": app.ui.brush_picker_list.scale,
+            },
         })),
         "canvasToolMenu": app.ui.canvas_tool_menu.as_ref().map(|menu| {
             json!({
@@ -1448,18 +1490,25 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn ui_set_opens_the_brush_preset_picker_and_sets_its_view() {
+    fn ui_set_opens_the_brush_preset_picker_and_sets_its_cards() {
         let mut app = PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
         let ctx = egui::Context::default();
-        assert_eq!(app.ui.brush_picker_list.view, crate::brush_panel::BrushesView::Grid, "tip thumbnails by default");
-        let r = call(&mut app, &ctx, "ui.set", json!({"tool": "brush", "brushPicker": [120, 80], "brushPickerView": "list"}));
+        let list = &app.ui.brush_picker_list;
+        assert!(list.show_name && list.show_stroke && list.show_tip, "every card part is on by default");
+        let r = call(&mut app, &ctx, "ui.set", json!({"tool": "brush", "brushPicker": [120, 80], "brushPickerStroke": false}));
         assert_eq!(r["ok"], true, "{r}");
         assert_eq!(app.ui.brush_picker, Some([120.0, 80.0]));
-        assert_eq!(app.ui.brush_picker_list.view, crate::brush_panel::BrushesView::List);
-        for bad in [json!({"brushPicker": [1]}), json!({"brushPicker": "here"}), json!({"brushPickerView": "tiles"})] {
+        assert!(!app.ui.brush_picker_list.show_stroke);
+        for bad in [
+            json!({"brushPicker": [1]}),
+            json!({"brushPicker": "here"}),
+            json!({"brushPickerStroke": "nope"}),
+            json!({"brushPickerName": false, "brushPickerStroke": false, "brushPickerTip": false}),
+        ] {
             assert_eq!(call(&mut app, &ctx, "ui.set", bad.clone())["ok"], false, "{bad}");
         }
         assert_eq!(app.ui.brush_picker, Some([120.0, 80.0]), "a bad value leaves the picker alone");
+        assert!(app.ui.brush_picker_list.show_name, "a rejected call leaves the card parts alone");
         assert_eq!(call(&mut app, &ctx, "ui.set", json!({"brushPicker": null}))["ok"], true);
         assert_eq!(app.ui.brush_picker, None);
     }
@@ -1487,11 +1536,13 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(click["ok"], true, "{click}");
         let open = call(&mut app, &ctx, "ui.inspect", json!({}));
         assert!(open["result"]["brushPicker"]["pos"].is_array(), "{open}");
-        assert_eq!(open["result"]["brushPicker"]["list"]["view"], "grid");
+        assert_eq!(open["result"]["brushPicker"]["list"]["showName"], true);
+        assert_eq!(open["result"]["brushPicker"]["list"]["showStroke"], true);
+        assert_eq!(open["result"]["brushPicker"]["list"]["showTip"], true);
 
-        assert_eq!(call(&mut app, &ctx, "ui.set", json!({"brushPickerView": "list"}))["ok"], true);
+        assert_eq!(call(&mut app, &ctx, "ui.set", json!({"brushPickerTip": false}))["ok"], true);
         let changed = call(&mut app, &ctx, "ui.inspect", json!({}));
-        assert_eq!(changed["result"]["brushPicker"]["list"]["view"], "list");
+        assert_eq!(changed["result"]["brushPicker"]["list"]["showTip"], false);
 
         assert_eq!(call(&mut app, &ctx, "ui.set", json!({"brushPicker": null}))["ok"], true);
         let closed_again = call(&mut app, &ctx, "ui.inspect", json!({}));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/cs.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/cs.tsv
index 5392e8406f..29cbf93cd9 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/cs.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/cs.tsv
@@ -2021,8 +2021,9 @@
 	Brush Preset Options	Možnosti přednastavení štětců
 	Group name	Název skupiny
 	Brush name	Název štětce
-	Grid view	Zobrazení mřížky
-	List view	Zobrazení seznamu
+	Brush Name	Název štětce
+	Brush Stroke	Tah štětce
+	Brush Tip	Hrot štětce
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	Vypnuto: rozestup určuje rychlost ukazatele
 	Tilt Scale	Měřítko náklonu
 	Brush Projection	Projekce štětce
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/de.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/de.tsv
index 65891326bb..d3feb39fce 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/de.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/de.tsv
@@ -1993,8 +1993,9 @@
 	Brush Preset Options	Pinselvorgaben-Optionen
 	Group name	Gruppenname
 	Brush name	Pinselname
-	Grid view	Rasteransicht
-	List view	Listenansicht
+	Brush Name	Pinselname
+	Brush Stroke	Pinselstrich
+	Brush Tip	Pinselspitze
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	Aus: die Zeigergeschwindigkeit setzt den Abstand
 	Tilt Scale	Neigungsskala
 	Brush Projection	Pinselprojektion
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/el.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/el.tsv
index 7e462ccc2f..b9338f2261 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/el.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/el.tsv
@@ -1491,8 +1491,8 @@
 	Delete Brush	Διαγραφή πινέλου
 	Group name	Όνομα ομάδας
 	Brush name	Όνομα πινέλου
-	Grid view	Προβολή πλέγματος
-	List view	Προβολή λίστας
+	Brush Name	Όνομα πινέλου
+	Brush Stroke	Πινελιά
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	Ανενεργό: η ταχύτητα του δείκτη καθορίζει την απόσταση
 	Tilt Scale	Κλίμακα κλίσης
 	Brush Projection	Προβολή πινέλου
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/es.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/es.tsv
index de002e2a8e..9ef60393d9 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/es.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/es.tsv
@@ -2005,8 +2005,9 @@
 	Brush Preset Options	Opciones de preajustes de pincel
 	Group name	Nombre del grupo
 	Brush name	Nombre del pincel
-	Grid view	Vista de cuadrícula
-	List view	Vista de lista
+	Brush Name	Nombre del pincel
+	Brush Stroke	Trazo de pincel
+	Brush Tip	Punta del pincel
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	Desactivado: la velocidad del puntero establece el espaciado
 	Tilt Scale	Escala de inclinación
 	Brush Projection	Proyección del pincel
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fr.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fr.tsv
index 72d5efe500..24dd260e32 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fr.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fr.tsv
@@ -1972,8 +1972,8 @@
 	Brush Preset Options	Options des préréglages de pinceau
 	Group name	Nom du groupe
 	Brush name	Nom du pinceau
-	Grid view	Vue en grille
-	List view	Vue en liste
+	Brush Name	Nom du pinceau
+	Brush Stroke	Trace de pinceau
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	Désactivé : la vitesse du pointeur détermine l'espacement
 	Tilt Scale	Échelle d'inclinaison
 	Brush Projection	Projection du pinceau
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/id.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/id.tsv
index 07a73a8b44..7d2e0718b3 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/id.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/id.tsv
@@ -1966,8 +1966,8 @@
 	Brush Preset Options	Opsi Preset Kuas
 	Group name	Nama grup
 	Brush name	Nama kuas
-	Grid view	Tampilan grid
-	List view	Tampilan daftar
+	Brush Name	Nama kuas
+	Brush Stroke	Sapuan kuas
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	Mati: kecepatan penunjuk menentukan jarak
 	Tilt Scale	Skala Kemiringan
 	Brush Projection	Proyeksi Kuas
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.tsv
index dabbd7591e..488c65e9ef 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.tsv
@@ -2003,8 +2003,9 @@
 	Brush Preset Options	Opzioni predefiniti pennello
 	Group name	Nome gruppo
 	Brush name	Nome pennello
-	Grid view	Vista griglia
-	List view	Vista elenco
+	Brush Name	Nome pennello
+	Brush Stroke	Tratto pennello
+	Brush Tip	Punta pennello
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	Off: la velocità del puntatore imposta la spaziatura
 	Tilt Scale	Scala inclinazione
 	Brush Projection	Proiezione pennello
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.tsv
index b1235113c5..8bc2866d0f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.tsv
@@ -2009,8 +2009,7 @@
 	Brush Preset Options	ブラシプリセットのオプション
 	Group name	グループ名
 	Brush name	ブラシ名
-	Grid view	グリッド表示
-	List view	リスト表示
+	Brush Name	ブラシ名
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	オフ: ポインターの速度で間隔が決まります
 	Tilt Scale	傾きの比率
 	Brush Projection	ブラシの投影
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ko.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ko.tsv
index a656f02bc4..1091e690fe 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ko.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ko.tsv
@@ -1967,8 +1967,9 @@
 	Brush Preset Options	브러시 사전 설정 옵션
 	Group name	그룹 이름
 	Brush name	브러시 이름
-	Grid view	격자 보기
-	List view	목록 보기
+	Brush Name	브러시 이름
+	Brush Stroke	브러시 획
+	Brush Tip	브러시 끝
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	끔: 포인터 속도에 따라 간격 설정
 	Tilt Scale	기울기 비율
 	Brush Projection	브러시 투영
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/nl.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/nl.tsv
index 4e53198c42..4f860c2a53 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/nl.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/nl.tsv
@@ -1982,8 +1982,7 @@
 	Brush Preset Options	Opties penseelvoorinstelling
 	Group name	Groepsnaam
 	Brush name	Penseelnaam
-	Grid view	Rasterweergave
-	List view	Lijstweergave
+	Brush Name	Penseelnaam
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	Uit: de snelheid van de aanwijzer bepaalt de tussenruimte
 	Tilt Scale	Kantelschaal
 	Brush Projection	Penseelprojectie
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pl.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pl.tsv
index 4c7a26483f..a3cf5f1fd8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pl.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pl.tsv
@@ -1997,8 +1997,8 @@
 	Delete Brush	Usuń pędzel
 	Group name	Nazwa grupy
 	Brush name	Nazwa pędzla
-	Grid view	Widok siatki
-	List view	Widok listy
+	Brush Name	Nazwa pędzla
+	Brush Stroke	Pociągnięcie pędzla
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	Wyłączone: prędkość wskaźnika określa odstępy
 	Tilt Scale	Skala nachylenia
 	Brush Projection	Rzutowanie pędzla
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt-br.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt-br.tsv
index c7af44bbbc..189dd9b448 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt-br.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt-br.tsv
@@ -1971,8 +1971,8 @@
 	Brush Preset Options	Opções de predefinições de pincel
 	Group name	Nome do grupo
 	Brush name	Nome do pincel
-	Grid view	Visualização em grade
-	List view	Visualização em lista
+	Brush Name	Nome do pincel
+	Brush Stroke	Traçado do pincel
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	Desativado: a velocidade do ponteiro define o espaçamento
 	Tilt Scale	Escala de inclinação
 	Brush Projection	Projeção do pincel
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ru.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ru.tsv
index 1d01f7c2c7..acbf220406 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ru.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ru.tsv
@@ -969,8 +969,8 @@
 	Rename Brush…	Переименовать кисть…
 	Delete Brush	Удалить кисть
 	Import Brushes…	Импортировать кисти…
-	List view	Вид списком
-	Grid view	Вид сеткой
+	Brush Name	Имя кисти
+	Brush Stroke	Мазок кисти
 	New Brush Preset…	Новый набор параметров кисти…
 	Brush Preset Options	Параметры наборов кистей
 	New Brush	Новая кисть
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.tsv
index d03c615ee5..d2430b7730 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.tsv
@@ -949,8 +949,8 @@
 	Rename Brush…	Перейменувати пензель…
 	Delete Brush	Видалити пензель
 	Import Brushes…	Імпортувати пензлі…
-	List view	Список
-	Grid view	Сітка
+	Brush Name	Назва пензля
+	Brush Stroke	Мазок пензля
 	New Brush Preset…	Новий набір пензля…
 	Brush Preset Options	Параметри набору пензля
 	New Brush	Новий пензель
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hans.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hans.tsv
index 70beaddaef..ddea085321 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hans.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hans.tsv
@@ -2064,8 +2064,9 @@ cameraRaw	Blending	混合
 	Brush Preset Options	画笔预设选项
 	Group name	组名称
 	Brush name	画笔名称
-	Grid view	网格视图
-	List view	列表视图
+	Brush Name	画笔名称
+	Brush Stroke	画笔描边
+	Brush Tip	画笔笔尖
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	关闭：由指针移动速度决定间距
 	Tilt Scale	倾斜缩放
 	Brush Projection	画笔投影
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hant.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hant.tsv
index 835b2a2c3f..675d1b60b2 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hant.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hant.tsv
@@ -2003,8 +2003,9 @@
 	Brush Preset Options	筆刷預設集選項
 	Group name	群組名稱
 	Brush name	筆刷名稱
-	Grid view	格狀檢視
-	List view	清單檢視
+	Brush Name	筆刷名稱
+	Brush Stroke	筆刷筆畫
+	Brush Tip	筆刷筆尖
 	Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing	關：由指標速度決定間距
 	Tilt Scale	傾斜縮放
 	Brush Projection	筆刷投影
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 7fae6886a9..28dbe026b0 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -1387,6 +1387,10 @@ impl eframe::App for PhotocraftApp {
         }
         // A device lost while drawing this frame: switch to the CPU canvas before the next one.
         gpu_status::check(self, &ctx);
+        // The Brush Preset picker's view (its gear's card parts and the footer scale) is
+        // remembered once the pointer is up. Here, after every panel, rather than in the
+        // picker's own code: the control channel can set it while the picker is closed.
+        brush_picker::persist(self, &ctx);
         self.automation_input = false;
         native_menu::sync(self, &ctx);
         if screen_picker::busy(&ctx) {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/paint_mouse.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/paint_mouse.rs
index 431ffd61f3..9fefa2a1ea 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/paint_mouse.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/paint_mouse.rs
@@ -150,26 +150,43 @@ pub fn show_picker(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     // end a rename in its rename bar.
     let key_close = app.ui.brush_picker_list.renaming.is_none() && ctx.input(|i| i.key_pressed(egui::Key::Escape) || i.key_pressed(egui::Key::Enter));
     let screen = ctx.content_rect();
-    // Keep the whole picker on screen: its last size, or about 320 × 480 points before it shows.
+    // The picker's content size: the one its grip was dragged to, or the one it last closed with
+    // (kept in egui's own memory, which outlives the app's), or the default. The frame's chrome
+    // sits around it, and together they keep the whole picker on screen.
     let id = egui::Id::new("canvas-brush-picker");
-    let size = ctx.memory(|m| m.area_rect(id)).map_or(egui::vec2(324.0, 480.0), |r| r.size());
+    let size_id = id.with("content-size");
+    let content = app.ui.brush_picker_size.or_else(|| ctx.data_mut(|d| d.get_persisted::<[f32; 2]>(size_id))).map_or_else(
+        || egui::vec2(crate::brush_picker::DEFAULT_SIZE[0], crate::brush_picker::DEFAULT_SIZE[1]),
+        |s| crate::brush_picker::clamp_size(s, screen.size()),
+    );
+    // Remember it for the picker's next open, and — egui's memory being saved — the next run.
+    ctx.data_mut(|d| d.insert_persisted(size_id, [content.x, content.y]));
+    let style = ctx.global_style();
+    let size = content + style.spacing.menu_margin.sum() + egui::Vec2::splat(2.0 * style.visuals.window_stroke().width);
     let pos = egui::pos2(x.min(screen.right() - size.x).max(screen.left()), y.min(screen.bottom() - size.y).max(screen.top()));
     let area = egui::Area::new(id).order(egui::Order::Foreground).fixed_pos(pos).show(ctx, |ui| {
         let before = app.session.tools.brush.clone();
         let mut b = before.clone();
         let list = &mut app.ui.brush_picker_list;
-        let picks = egui::Frame::popup(ui.style())
-            .show(ui, |ui| crate::brush_picker::body(ui, &mut b, &app.session.tools.presets, app.session.tools.current_preset.as_deref(), list))
-            .inner;
+        let frame = egui::Frame::popup(ui.style())
+            .show(ui, |ui| crate::brush_picker::body(ui, &mut b, &app.session.tools.presets, app.session.tools.current_preset.as_deref(), list, content));
+        let picks = frame.inner;
+        // The corner grip resizes the picker, and the size is remembered across opens.
+        if let Some(new) = crate::brush_picker::resize_grip(ui, frame.response.rect, content) {
+            app.ui.brush_picker_size = Some([new.x, new.y]);
+        }
         crate::brush_panel::commit_gesture(app, ui.ctx(), &before, &b);
         let closes = picks.iter().any(crate::brush_picker::Pick::closes);
         crate::brush_picker::apply(app, ui.ctx(), picks);
         closes
     });
     // Not a press on a menu the picker opened (the gear, a preset's context menu), nor on the
-    // options-bar chip, whose click toggles the picker.
+    // options-bar chip, whose click toggles the picker. A menu floats over the picker in the
+    // foreground order, so the press is told apart by the layer it lands on, not by any popup
+    // just being open: a press elsewhere closes the picker in the same click that closes the menu.
     let press = ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.any_pressed().then(|| i.pointer.interact_pos()).flatten());
-    let outside = press.is_some_and(|p| !area.response.rect.contains(p) && !crate::brush_picker::on_chip(ctx, p)) && !egui::Popup::is_any_open(ctx);
+    let on_menu = press.is_some_and(|p| ctx.layer_id_at(p).is_some_and(|l| l.order == egui::Order::Foreground));
+    let outside = press.is_some_and(|p| !area.response.rect.contains(p) && !crate::brush_picker::on_chip(ctx, p)) && !on_menu;
     if outside || key_close || area.inner {
         crate::brush_picker::close(&mut app.ui);
     }
@@ -423,12 +440,18 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(h.state().session.tools.presets.iter().any(|p| p.name == "Inky"), "renamed");
         assert!(h.state().ui.brush_picker_list.renaming.is_none());
         assert!(h.state().ui.brush_picker.is_some(), "Enter ended the rename, not the picker");
-        // The gear's view items switch the list between tips and names.
+        // The gear's boxes pick the card parts; the last one on can't be turned off.
         h.get_by_label("Brush Preset Options").click();
         h.run_steps(2);
-        h.get_by_label("List view").click();
+        h.get_by_label("Brush Tip").click();
         h.run_steps(2);
-        assert_eq!(h.state().ui.brush_picker_list.view, crate::brush_panel::BrushesView::List);
+        assert!(!h.state().ui.brush_picker_list.show_tip);
+        h.get_by_label("Brush Stroke").click();
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        h.get_by_label("Brush Name").click();
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        assert!(h.state().ui.brush_picker_list.show_name, "the last part on stays on");
+        assert!(!h.state().ui.brush_picker_list.show_stroke && !h.state().ui.brush_picker_list.show_tip);
         assert!(h.state().ui.brush_picker.is_some());
         // A rename left open goes with the picker.
         h.state_mut().ui.brush_picker_list.renaming =
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs_ui.rs
index 5c669f1ab8..ee0bb22f83 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs_ui.rs
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ pub fn load(app: &mut PhotocraftApp) {
         app.ui.status = format!("Preferences were reset: {e}");
     }
     crate::dock::restore(app);
+    crate::brush_picker::restore(app);
     app.sync_recent();
     app.prefs_rt.saved_rev = app.session.prefs.rev();
     app.prefs_rt.saved_value = Some(app.session.prefs_value());
@@ -2327,6 +2328,32 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(app2.recent_cap(), 100);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn brush_picker_view_survives_a_restart() {
+        let (mut app, store) = app_with_store();
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        tick(&mut app, &ctx);
+        app.ui.brush_picker_list.show_stroke = false;
+        app.ui.brush_picker_list.scale = 0.4;
+        crate::brush_picker::persist(&mut app, &ctx);
+        tick(&mut app, &ctx);
+        assert_eq!(stored(&store)["brushPicker"]["showStroke"], json!(false));
+        // A restart gets the view back at startup, before the picker is ever opened.
+        let saved = store.lock().unwrap().clone().unwrap();
+        let (mut app2, _) = app_with_saved(Some(saved));
+        tick(&mut app2, &ctx);
+        assert!(!app2.ui.brush_picker_list.show_stroke);
+        assert!(app2.ui.brush_picker_list.show_name && app2.ui.brush_picker_list.show_tip);
+        assert!((app2.ui.brush_picker_list.scale - 0.4).abs() < 1e-6);
+        // A hand-edited file: the scale is clamped to the slider's range and the last part comes
+        // back on — an empty card would show no brush at all.
+        let bad = json!({"brushPicker": {"showName": false, "showStroke": false, "showTip": false, "scale": 9.0}}).to_string();
+        let (mut app3, _) = app_with_saved(Some(bad));
+        tick(&mut app3, &ctx);
+        assert_eq!(app3.ui.brush_picker_list.scale, *crate::brush_picker::SCALE_RANGE.end());
+        assert!(app3.ui.brush_picker_list.show_name && app3.ui.brush_picker_list.show_stroke && app3.ui.brush_picker_list.show_tip);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn show_tooltips_preferences_turn_tooltips_off() {
         let (mut app, _) = app_with_store();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/state.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/state.rs
index 63cd0e1da2..4d4f653c4e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/state.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/state.rs
@@ -883,6 +883,10 @@ pub struct UiState {
     /// The Brush Preset picker's preset list: search, collapsed groups, view, a rename in progress.
     #[serde(default = "crate::brush_picker::list_state")]
     pub brush_picker_list: crate::brush_panel::BrushesPanelState,
+    /// The Brush Preset picker's content size, once its corner grip was dragged
+    /// ([`crate::brush_picker::DEFAULT_SIZE`] before that).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub brush_picker_size: Option<[f32; 2]>,
     /// Layers under the pointer, listed by a right-click on the canvas with the Move tool or
     /// ⌘/Ctrl+right-click with any tool (`layer_pick_ui`, #307).
     #[serde(default)]
@@ -1022,6 +1026,7 @@ impl Default for UiState {
             vector_mask_target: false,
             brush_picker: None,
             brush_picker_list: crate::brush_picker::list_state(),
+            brush_picker_size: None,
             layer_menu: None,
             canvas_tool_menu: None,
             brush_tool: Tool::Brush,
diff --git a/docs/control-protocol.md b/docs/control-protocol.md
index 9c5fc107a9..04dded7e72 100644
--- a/docs/control-protocol.md
+++ b/docs/control-protocol.md
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ The transport is `apps/photocraft/src/control_server.rs`, and the handlers are i
 
 - `engine.execute {command, params}`: run any engine or UI command by id. Engine commands run directly with their default params and never open a dialog. Use `ui.menu.invoke` for menu-click behaviour, which opens a command's dialog when no params are given. `params` must be a JSON object (omit it or pass `null` for none); an array, string, number or boolean is an error naming the command, in every transport (control channel, `serve`, MCP and the CLI)
 - `engine.commands`: list commands with enablement
-- `ui.inspect`: full UI state (tool, panels, views, dialogs, windows, window size). The menu tree is not included; use `ui.menu.list`. `brushPicker` is `null` while closed and `{pos: [x, y], list: {collapsed, filter, view, renaming}}` while the Brush Preset picker is open (coordinates in screen points). `view` holds the View/Window/Type preferences: `screen_mode`, `extras`, `show` and `snap_to` flags, `flip_horizontal`, `arrange` (Window › Arrange layout), pixel aspect, font preview size, language options. `perf.timings.gpuInfo` holds the graphics adapter, backend, driver, the backend chosen at launch and why, the canvas renderer (`gpu`/`cpu`) and, after a device loss, `lost` (`help.systemInfo` returns the same as `info`)
-- `ui.set {tool?, panels?, dockTabs?, dock?, dockWidth?, colorPanel?, maskTarget?, vectorMaskTarget?, selectionMode?, zoom?, center?, rotation?, fit?, theme?, brushSize?, brushSection?, brushTab?, brushesView?, brushPicker?, brushPickerView?, gradientBlendMode?, gradientClassic?, shapeStroke?}`: change UI state; any other field is an error, checked before anything changes (`zoom` is the canvas zoom where 1 = 100%, one document pixel per physical display pixel, so a scaled display doesn't magnify the image; `theme` is `pro`, `proMedium`, `studio`, `studioLight` or `classic`; `selectionMode` is the selection tools' options-bar mode, 0 New, 1 Add, 2 Subtract, 3 Intersect; `brushSection` indexes the Brush Settings sections, `brushTab` 0 = Brush Settings, 1 = Brushes; `brushesView` and `brushPickerView` are `list` or `grid` for the Brushes panel and the Brush Preset picker; `brushPicker` is `[x, y]` in screen points to open the Brush Preset picker there (as a right-click with a painting tool does) or `null` to close it, and picking a preset in it is `tools.setBrush {"preset": name}`; `dock` is `{order: ["layers", …], heights: {"properties": 180}, collapsed: ["color"]}`, the right-dock groups top to bottom, their heights in points and the groups collapsed to their tab strip; `dockWidth` sets the right dock width in points, clamped to 250..520; `colorPanel` is `{background}`, whether the Color panel edits the background colour; `maskTarget` targets the active layer's mask, which, like Photoshop, swaps in the foreground/background pair kept for masks (white/black until one is picked) and swaps the pixels' pair back when the pixels are targeted again)
+- `ui.inspect`: full UI state (tool, panels, views, dialogs, windows, window size). The menu tree is not included; use `ui.menu.list`. `brushPicker` is `null` while closed and `{pos: [x, y], size: [w, h]?, list: {collapsed, filter, renaming, showName, showStroke, showTip, scale}}` while the Brush Preset picker is open (coordinates in screen points; `size` is the picker's content size once its corner grip was dragged, `null` before that, and the drag remembers both dimensions; the three `show*` flags pick the parts of each preset's card — at least one is always on; `scale` is the footer slider, 0.15–2 with 1 the standard, multiplying the cards' width and height — the heights stop at half size and the name and tip-size text hold their 1.0 size — and dropping the tips' size numbers at 0.40 and below; the parts and the scale are remembered across restarts, while the search, collapsed groups and a rename in progress are not). `view` holds the View/Window/Type preferences: `screen_mode`, `extras`, `show` and `snap_to` flags, `flip_horizontal`, `arrange` (Window › Arrange layout), pixel aspect, font preview size, language options. `perf.timings.gpuInfo` holds the graphics adapter, backend, driver, the backend chosen at launch and why, the canvas renderer (`gpu`/`cpu`) and, after a device loss, `lost` (`help.systemInfo` returns the same as `info`)
+- `ui.set {tool?, panels?, dockTabs?, dock?, dockWidth?, colorPanel?, maskTarget?, vectorMaskTarget?, selectionMode?, zoom?, center?, rotation?, fit?, theme?, brushSize?, brushSection?, brushTab?, brushesView?, brushPicker?, brushPickerName?, brushPickerStroke?, brushPickerTip?, brushPickerScale?, gradientBlendMode?, gradientClassic?, shapeStroke?}`: change UI state; any other field is an error, checked before anything changes (`zoom` is the canvas zoom where 1 = 100%, one document pixel per physical display pixel, so a scaled display doesn't magnify the image; `theme` is `pro`, `proMedium`, `studio`, `studioLight` or `classic`; `selectionMode` is the selection tools' options-bar mode, 0 New, 1 Add, 2 Subtract, 3 Intersect; `brushSection` indexes the Brush Settings sections, `brushTab` 0 = Brush Settings, 1 = Brushes; `brushesView` is `list` or `grid` for the Brushes panel; `brushPickerName`, `brushPickerStroke` and `brushPickerTip` are the Brush Preset picker's card parts (booleans, at least one on), and `brushPickerScale` its footer card-scale slider (0.15 to 2, 1 the standard); `brushPicker` is `[x, y]` in screen points to open the Brush Preset picker there (as a right-click with a painting tool does) or `null` to close it, and picking a preset in it is `tools.setBrush {"preset": name}`; `dock` is `{order: ["layers", …], heights: {"properties": 180}, collapsed: ["color"]}`, the right-dock groups top to bottom, their heights in points and the groups collapsed to their tab strip; `dockWidth` sets the right dock width in points, clamped to 250..520; `colorPanel` is `{background}`, whether the Color panel edits the background colour; `maskTarget` targets the active layer's mask, which, like Photoshop, swaps in the foreground/background pair kept for masks (white/black until one is picked) and swaps the pixels' pair back when the pixels are targeted again)
   - `typeTransform` is `null` outside a temporary Ctrl/Cmd Type-tool drag. During a drag it reports its source document/revision, original affine, oriented `frame` (layer, local bounds, document-space corners and pivot), and captured `gesture`. Drive it with `ui.pointer` and `command: true` at `down`; `move`/`up` may release the modifier. The document/history remain unchanged during preview, and `up` applies one `type.edit` within `textEdit`'s session. Pressing Escape during the drag cancels only the preview. This pointer state is never restored from saved UI state.
 - `ui.menu.invoke {id, params?, wait?}` / `ui.menu.list`: activate a menu item by id; list the menu tree. A menu item that starts a background job (a filter without a dialog, such as Blur More) replies with the job's result once it has been applied; with `"wait": false` the reply is `{job, pending: true}` at once
 - `ui.set` also accepts `gradientBlendMode` (a layer blend mode name, such as `Difference`) and `gradientClassic` (boolean) for the Gradient tool options bar.
diff --git a/docs/scorecard.md b/docs/scorecard.md
index 186e9ef675..f9b7015120 100644
--- a/docs/scorecard.md
+++ b/docs/scorecard.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Generated by `cargo xtask scorecard` from `perf/budgets.toml`, `perf/baseline.js
 | [Performance](#performance) | 3 | 22 | 22 | 56 scenarios: 3 within budget, 22 over budget or failing, 9 tracked only, 15 not run, 7 not measurable yet (baseline 2026-10-05) |
 | [File compatibility](#file-compatibility) | 5 | 11 | 11 | io corpus: oracle ≥ 146/170, round trip ≥ 169/170; psd-tools corpus: oracle ≥ 236/309, round trip ≥ 307/309; photoshop oracles: oracle ≥ 133/256, round trip ≥ 258/256 |
 | [Tools](#tools) | 20 | 15 | 6 |  |
-| [Workspace and UI](#workspace-and-ui) | 5 | 7 | 11 | settings that do nothing: 46 of 148 (target 0) |
+| [Workspace and UI](#workspace-and-ui) | 5 | 7 | 11 | settings that do nothing: 46 of 149 (target 0) |
 | [Type](#type) | 0 | 3 | 6 |  |
 | [Automation](#automation) | 3 | 2 | 6 | 627 of 627 menu items live (100.0%) |
 | [Reliability](#reliability) | 5 | 0 | 2 | never-crash lints on 28 of 28 crates; panic_hunt present |
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Corpus floors (`crates/io/tests/corpus.rs`): the enforced minimums; the corpus t
 
 ## Workspace and UI
 
-**Settings that do nothing: 46 of 148** (target 0, #204). Counted by the prefs audit (`xtask/src/scorecard.rs`): a `Preferences` field counts as read when code outside the prefs model (`prefs.rs` except its `impl Session` blocks; tests excluded; the schema-driven dialog never names a field) accesses `section.field`, or `.section` and `.field` in the same file, or calls a section method that reads `self.field`. It is a heuristic lower bound: a generic name can look read when it isn't.
+**Settings that do nothing: 46 of 149** (target 0, #204). Counted by the prefs audit (`xtask/src/scorecard.rs`): a `Preferences` field counts as read when code outside the prefs model (`prefs.rs` except its `impl Session` blocks; tests excluded; the schema-driven dialog never names a field) accesses `section.field`, or `.section` and `.field` in the same file, or calls a section method that reads `self.field`. It is a heuristic lower bound: a generic name can look read when it isn't.
 
 Unread: `general.color_picker`, `general.beep_when_done`, `general.resize_image_during_place`, `general.always_create_smart_objects_when_placing`, `general.animated_zoom`, `general.zoom_resizes_windows`, `interface.dynamic_color_sliders`, `workspace.auto_collapse_icon_panels`, `workspace.auto_show_hidden_panels`, `workspace.enable_floating_document_window_docking`, `workspace.enable_narrow_options_bar`, `tools.enable_flick_panning`, `tools.vary_round_brush_hardness_on_hud`, `tools.show_transformation_values`, `file_handling.image_previews`, `file_handling.save_in_background`, `file_handling.ignore_exif_profile_tag`, `file_handling.maximize_psd_compatibility`, `performance.cache_levels`, `performance.legacy_compositing`, `scratch_disks.disks`, `cursors.brush_preview_color`, `units_and_rulers.type_units`, `units_and_rulers.column_width`, `units_and_rulers.gutter`, `units_and_rulers.print_resolution`, `plug_ins.show_extension_panels`, `plug_ins.allow_scripts_to_connect`, `plug_ins.generator_enabled`, `type_.smart_quotes`, `type_.missing_glyph_protection`, `type_.show_font_names_in_english`, `type_.text_engine`, `type_.font_preview`, `type_.recent_fonts`, `enhanced_controls.scrubby_slider_acceleration`, `enhanced_controls.touch_gestures`, `enhanced_controls.zoom_with_trackpad_pinch`, `raw_defaults.color_space`, `raw_defaults.bit_depth`, `raw_defaults.resolution`, `raw_defaults.sharpen_for`, `raw_defaults.open_as_smart_object`, `raw_defaults.apply_auto_tone`, `integrations.allow_agent_control`, `integrations.control_port`.