file.recover: keep explicitly requested documents visible

ROADMAP.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 **Stage: alpha** · next: beta, ~15 points (60% → 75% ready for real work) and ~150–230 h away
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-18 · **Change:** trivial (Read Aloud speaks each sentence in its own language, #1843; previously trivial: hint-reliant CJK outlines; previously trivial: Ctrl+wheel zoom no longer scrolls the document, #1743; previously trivial: progress log: Turkish case mapping in AutoCorrect, #1923; previously trivial: a mouse drag on a table leaves the view where it is, #1738; previously trivial: progress log: Hebrew field results and smart quotes, #1670; previously trivial: Backspace removes a selected table, rows or columns, #1844; previously trivial: progress log: mixed Hebrew/Latin text keeps its order in Word, #1543; previously trivial: progress log: web typing in non-Latin text no longer repeats, #1480; previously trivial: progress log: font family caches bounded and math font lookups follow font changes, #1354; previously trivial: `-->` AutoCorrect replacement, #2223; previously trivial: numbered headings, #1793; previously trivial: Navigation Find exposes Results, #2096; previously trivial: progress log: Columns on selected text, #2024; previously trivial: progress log: legacy outline, shadow, emboss and imprint text effects drawn, #2534; previously trivial: progress log: Indonesian proofing, #498; previously trivial: progress log: DOCX glossary documents (building blocks); previously trivial: progress log: Read Mode keeps the keyboard and shows whole, unobscured columns, #1772); previously trivial: progress log: font list entries of tall-ascent fonts no longer cut off, #2570); previously trivial: progress log: Split Cells and Convert Text to Table dialogs follow the Word check, #2592; previously trivial: a new source's Tag is made like Word's, three letters of the author and two digits of the year with a number added when taken, and an edit keeps the Tag, #2094; previously trivial: Web Layout fills the window width, #1876; previously trivial: progress log: Different First Page headers reachable from page 1, #2826; previously trivial: Language dialog keeps inherited proofing language and no-proof choices (#2717); previously trivial: progress log: web preferences kept between visits, #2132; previously trivial: progress log: undrawable private-use list bullets show the level's default bullet, #1683; previously trivial: progress log: `w:eastAsianLayout` kept on save; previously trivial: table style editor formats every part, #714); previously trivial: VML freeforms read and kept on save; previously trivial: progress log: consistent preferred cell widths; previously trivial: multi-paragraph field instructions no longer add blank lines; previously trivial: page-break-only list paragraphs hide their labels; previously trivial: progress log: grouped `flowChartOr` shapes draw their circle and crossing spokes; previously trivial: progress log: copies keep their formatting in other programs, #1523; previously trivial: progress log: privacy options on save, #1062; previously trivial: progress log: equation pictures in theme colours on Windows, #1002; previously trivial: symbol fonts, #776; previously trivial: the save prompt answers from the keyboard, #861; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously trivial: formatting revisions landed, #41; previously trivial: Draw tab ink, #307, and Draw Table and Eraser, #303, landed: catalog 402/434; previously minor: readiness table with hours per audience; full number back to the additive weighted sum, 60%; mainstream and essentials numbers added; alpha gate checked; previously major: full re-measure against Word for Mac 16.113.4; restructured to the craftrules progress-docs standard) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-18 · **Change:** trivial (explicit documents keep the editor when recovery discovery finishes; readable recovery controls); previous change: trivial (Read Aloud speaks each sentence in its own language, #1843; previously trivial: hint-reliant CJK outlines; previously trivial: Ctrl+wheel zoom no longer scrolls the document, #1743; previously trivial: progress log: Turkish case mapping in AutoCorrect, #1923; previously trivial: a mouse drag on a table leaves the view where it is, #1738; previously trivial: progress log: Hebrew field results and smart quotes, #1670; previously trivial: Backspace removes a selected table, rows or columns, #1844; previously trivial: progress log: mixed Hebrew/Latin text keeps its order in Word, #1543; previously trivial: progress log: web typing in non-Latin text no longer repeats, #1480; previously trivial: progress log: font family caches bounded and math font lookups follow font changes, #1354; previously trivial: `-->` AutoCorrect replacement, #2223; previously trivial: numbered headings, #1793; previously trivial: Navigation Find exposes Results, #2096; previously trivial: progress log: Columns on selected text, #2024; previously trivial: progress log: legacy outline, shadow, emboss and imprint text effects drawn, #2534; previously trivial: progress log: Indonesian proofing, #498; previously trivial: progress log: DOCX glossary documents (building blocks); previously trivial: progress log: Read Mode keeps the keyboard and shows whole, unobscured columns, #1772); previously trivial: progress log: font list entries of tall-ascent fonts no longer cut off, #2570); previously trivial: progress log: Split Cells and Convert Text to Table dialogs follow the Word check, #2592; previously trivial: a new source's Tag is made like Word's, three letters of the author and two digits of the year with a number added when taken, and an edit keeps the Tag, #2094; previously trivial: Web Layout fills the window width, #1876; previously trivial: progress log: Different First Page headers reachable from page 1, #2826; previously trivial: Language dialog keeps inherited proofing language and no-proof choices (#2717); previously trivial: progress log: web preferences kept between visits, #2132; previously trivial: progress log: undrawable private-use list bullets show the level's default bullet, #1683; previously trivial: progress log: `w:eastAsianLayout` kept on save; previously trivial: table style editor formats every part, #714); previously trivial: VML freeforms read and kept on save; previously trivial: progress log: consistent preferred cell widths; previously trivial: multi-paragraph field instructions no longer add blank lines; previously trivial: page-break-only list paragraphs hide their labels; previously trivial: progress log: grouped `flowChartOr` shapes draw their circle and crossing spokes; previously trivial: progress log: copies keep their formatting in other programs, #1523; previously trivial: progress log: privacy options on save, #1062; previously trivial: progress log: equation pictures in theme colours on Windows, #1002; previously trivial: symbol fonts, #776; previously trivial: the save prompt answers from the keyboard, #861; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously trivial: formatting revisions landed, #41; previously trivial: Draw tab ink, #307, and Draw Table and Eraser, #303, landed: catalog 402/434; previously minor: readiness table with hours per audience; full number back to the additive weighted sum, 60%; mainstream and essentials numbers added; alpha gate checked; previously major: full re-measure against Word for Mac 16.113.4; restructured to the craftrules progress-docs standard) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4
 > **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-17 · **Change:** trivial (progress log: pasted blockquotes are indented paragraphs, #1270; previously trivial: progress log: print-area strings translated in every catalog; previously trivial: progress log: comments readable in the dark theme, #2045; previously trivial: progress log: ODT sections, #1379; previously trivial: progress log: table deletes, Change Case and Unlink Fields respect Track Changes and locked content controls, #1329; previously trivial: progress log: rounded rectangle corners, #1476; previously trivial: progress log: Save As type list, #1399; previously trivial: progress log: privacy options on save, #1062; previously trivial: progress log: equation pictures in theme colours on Windows, #1002; previously trivial: symbol fonts, #776; previously trivial: the save prompt answers from the keyboard, #861; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously trivial: formatting revisions landed, #41; previously trivial: Draw tab ink, #307, and Draw Table and Eraser, #303, landed: catalog 402/434; previously minor: readiness table with hours per audience; full number back to the additive weighted sum, 60%; mainstream and essentials numbers added; alpha gate checked; previously major: full re-measure against Word for Mac 16.113.4; restructured to the craftrules progress-docs standard) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4
 > **Printing update:** 2026-10-12 · direct desktop printing through craft-print; details below.
 
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ Ranked, to beta (detail and remaining milestones in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadm
 - 2026-10-15: Find opens Navigation on Results; editing the query restores Results after manual Headings/Pages navigation. Typed and selected-text searches retain document contents (#2096).
 
 | Date | What landed |
+| 2026-10-18 | Explicit New/Open keeps the requested document visible when startup recovery discovery finishes; older copies stay available. Recover uses the regular theme. See docs/recovery.md. |
 | 2026-10-16 | The Spike, as in Word: Ctrl+F3 (⌘F3 on macOS) cuts the selection and adds it to the end of the Spike, each piece followed by a paragraph mark; Ctrl+Shift+F3 (⌘⇧F3) inserts everything collected, in order and with its formatting, and empties the Spike. The clipboard is left alone; each is one undo step. The Spike is the AutoText entry "Spike", so Insert › Quick Parts inserts it without emptying it. It lasts for the session (Word keeps it in Normal.dotm) |
 | 2026-10-16 | DOCX two lines in one and horizontal in vertical (`w:eastAsianLayout`: id, combine, brackets, vert, vertCompress) are read and kept on save, in runs and character styles, instead of being dropped. Layout doesn't apply them yet. |
 | 2026-10-16 | Read Aloud speaks Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, CJK and Thai text with a voice for its language instead of spelling out letters (#1843): the sentence's language comes from its run's tag (`w:bidi` for right-to-left text) or, when that disagrees with the script, from its letters, even when English letters outnumber them; Windows reads the text as UTF-8 and picks an installed voice of that language, macOS `say -v` and Linux `espeak -v` get the same language. The user's own voice stays whenever it already speaks the language (English documents read exactly as before), and a voice espeak lacks falls back to the default voice instead of silence. Not run on Windows or macOS here. |
@@ -447,6 +448,7 @@ Ranked, to beta (detail and remaining milestones in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadm
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-18 | trivial | Explicit New/Open is not interrupted by startup recovery discovery; older copies stay available and Recover follows the interface theme. |
 | 2026-10-16 | trivial | Progress log: the Spike |
 | 2026-10-16 | trivial | Progress log: `w:eastAsianLayout` kept on save |
 | 2026-10-15 | trivial | Progress log: undrawable private-use list bullets show the level's default bullet (#1683) |

crates/ui-egui/src/backstage.rs

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ const PAGES: [(&str, &str); 11] = [
 
 pub fn show(app: &mut WordApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
-    let recovery = app.ui.backstage_page == "recover";
     // No document open (#1129): only the pages that open or create one, and Options.
     let has_document = app.has_document();
     if !has_document && !works_without_document(&app.ui.backstage_page) {
@@ -33,12 +32,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut WordApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
         .exact_size(200.0)
         // Fixed width, as in Word: without this egui shows a resize handle that does nothing (#502).
         .resizable(false)
-        .frame(egui::Frame::NONE.fill(if recovery { egui::Color32::BLACK } else { APP_COLOR }).inner_margin(egui::Margin {
-            left: 0,
-            right: 0,
-            top: if mac { 0 } else { 12 },
-            bottom: 12,
-        }))
+        .frame(egui::Frame::NONE.fill(APP_COLOR).inner_margin(egui::Margin { left: 0, right: 0, top: if mac { 0 } else { 12 }, bottom: 12 }))
         .show(ui, |ui| {
             let back = if mac {
                 // macOS (#222): the Backstage covers the title bar, so its top band is the title
@@ -135,31 +129,28 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut WordApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
                 }
             });
         });
-    egui::CentralPanel::default()
-        .frame(egui::Frame::NONE.fill(if recovery { egui::Color32::BLACK } else { t.ribbon }).inner_margin(egui::Margin::symmetric(40, 30)))
-        .show(ui, |ui| {
-            // The Print page fills the pane and scrolls its settings and its preview itself (#1156).
-            if app.ui.backstage_page == "print" {
-                export_page(app, ui);
-                return;
-            }
-            egui::ScrollArea::vertical().show(ui, |ui| match app.ui.backstage_page.as_str() {
-                "home" => home_page(app, ui),
-                "new" => new_page(app, ui),
-                "open" => open_page(app, ui),
-                "saveAs" => save_as_page(app, ui),
-                "info" => info_page(app, ui),
-                "recover" => recovery_page(app, ui),
-                "print" | "export" => export_page(app, ui),
-                "options" => crate::options::page(app, ui),
-                _ => home_page(app, ui),
-            });
+    egui::CentralPanel::default().frame(egui::Frame::NONE.fill(t.ribbon).inner_margin(egui::Margin::symmetric(40, 30))).show(ui, |ui| {
+        // The Print page fills the pane and scrolls its settings and its preview itself (#1156).
+        if app.ui.backstage_page == "print" {
+            export_page(app, ui);
+            return;
+        }
+        egui::ScrollArea::vertical().show(ui, |ui| match app.ui.backstage_page.as_str() {
+            "home" => home_page(app, ui),
+            "new" => new_page(app, ui),
+            "open" => open_page(app, ui),
+            "saveAs" => save_as_page(app, ui),
+            "info" => info_page(app, ui),
+            "recover" => recovery_page(app, ui),
+            "print" | "export" => export_page(app, ui),
+            "options" => crate::options::page(app, ui),
+            _ => home_page(app, ui),
         });
+    });
 }
 
 /// Recovery is a separate copy. Leaving this page never discards it.
 fn recovery_page(app: &mut WordApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
-    ui.visuals_mut().override_text_color = Some(egui::Color32::WHITE);
     heading(ui, "Recover documents");
     ui.label(tl!("Restore opens an unsaved copy. Your original file stays unchanged."));
     ui.add_space(20.0);
@@ -539,6 +530,42 @@ mod tests {
         h.run_steps(4);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+    fn recovery_does_not_replace_an_explicit_new_document() {
+        for template in ["blank", "report"] {
+            let (mut app, root) = recovery_app();
+            app.run("file.new", json!({"template": template})).unwrap();
+            let document = app.session.document_id();
+            let mut h = recovery_harness(app);
+            settle_recovery(&mut h);
+            assert!(!h.state().ui.backstage, "the requested template must stay visible");
+            assert_eq!(h.state().session.document_id(), document);
+            assert_eq!(h.state().session.recovery_documents().len(), 1, "older copies remain available");
+            h.state_mut().run("file.recover", json!({})).unwrap();
+            h.run_steps(4);
+            assert!(h.state().ui.backstage && h.state().ui.backstage_page == "recover");
+            drop(h);
+            let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(root);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+    fn recovery_does_not_replace_an_explicitly_opened_file() {
+        let (mut app, root) = recovery_app();
+        let path = root.join("Requested.txt");
+        std::fs::write(&path, "Requested synthetic document").unwrap();
+        app.run("file.open", json!({"path": path})).unwrap();
+        let mut h = recovery_harness(app);
+        settle_recovery(&mut h);
+        assert!(!h.state().ui.backstage);
+        assert_eq!(h.state().session.doc.plain_text(wordcraft_doc::StoryRef::Body), "Requested synthetic document");
+        assert_eq!(h.state().session.recovery_documents().len(), 1);
+        drop(h);
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(root);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     fn recovery_page_keeps_dismissed_copies_and_confirms_discard() {

crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs

@@ -993,6 +993,9 @@ impl WordApp {
         // When the document has been replaced (not when Open only showed its picker), a pending
         // "Save changes?" and AutoSave's go-ahead were both about the old one.
         if self.session.document_id() != document {
+            // A requested New/Open wins over the asynchronous startup recovery scan.
+            // Older copies remain available through File > Recover.
+            self.recovery_seen = true;
             self.autosave_path = None;
             if matches!(self.dialog, Some(dialogs::Dialog::SaveChanges { .. })) {
                 self.dialog = None;

docs/gaps.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-# Where WordCraft falls short of Word
+#Recovery discovery no longer interrupts an explicitly created or opened document. Older copies remain in File › Recover, whose buttons use the interface palette. See [local recovery](recovery.md).
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-18 · **Change:** trivial (automatic Asian/Latin and Asian/number spacing laid out, #2358; previously trivial: hint-reliant CJK outlines; previously trivial: numbered headings, #1793; previously trivial: legacy outline, shadow, emboss and imprint text effects drawn, #2534; previously trivial: #8 narrowed: Indonesian proofing from the installed Hunspell dictionary, #498; previously trivial: glossary/building blocks closed; previously trivial: Split Cells and Convert Text to Table follow the Word check, #2592; previously trivial: Language dialog keeps inherited proofing language and no-proof choices (#2717); previously trivial: #29: a copied equation also goes in the MathML clipboard formats, #1297; previously trivial: #24: the Spike, Ctrl+F3 and Ctrl+Shift+F3; previously trivial: VML freeforms read and kept on save; previously trivial: consistent preferred cell widths; previously trivial: multi-paragraph field instructions no longer add blank lines; previously trivial: page-break-only list paragraphs hide their labels; previously trivial: floating-table overlap ignores empty line-break lines; previously trivial: copies keep their formatting on the clipboard as HTML, #1523; previously trivial: sample-text formulas on Enter, #1067; previously trivial: #29: copied equations as MathML, OMML open as #1297, #816; previously trivial: the Font list no longer keeps every previewed font in memory, #848; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously trivial: formatting revisions landed, #41; previously trivial: Draw Table and Eraser landed, #303; previously minor: beta distance restated: ~15 points, ~150–230 h; previously: first version; every known shortfall from the 2026-10-10 re-measure, ranked) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4
+ Where WordCraft falls short of Word
+
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-18 · **Change:** trivial (explicit documents keep the editor when recovery discovery finishes; readable recovery controls); previous change: trivial (automatic Asian/Latin and Asian/number spacing laid out, #2358; previously trivial: hint-reliant CJK outlines; previously trivial: numbered headings, #1793; previously trivial: legacy outline, shadow, emboss and imprint text effects drawn, #2534; previously trivial: #8 narrowed: Indonesian proofing from the installed Hunspell dictionary, #498; previously trivial: glossary/building blocks closed; previously trivial: Split Cells and Convert Text to Table follow the Word check, #2592; previously trivial: Language dialog keeps inherited proofing language and no-proof choices (#2717); previously trivial: #29: a copied equation also goes in the MathML clipboard formats, #1297; previously trivial: #24: the Spike, Ctrl+F3 and Ctrl+Shift+F3; previously trivial: VML freeforms read and kept on save; previously trivial: consistent preferred cell widths; previously trivial: multi-paragraph field instructions no longer add blank lines; previously trivial: page-break-only list paragraphs hide their labels; previously trivial: floating-table overlap ignores empty line-break lines; previously trivial: copies keep their formatting on the clipboard as HTML, #1523; previously trivial: sample-text formulas on Enter, #1067; previously trivial: #29: copied equations as MathML, OMML open as #1297, #816; previously trivial: the Font list no longer keeps every previewed font in memory, #848; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously trivial: formatting revisions landed, #41; previously trivial: Draw Table and Eraser landed, #303; previously minor: beta distance restated: ~15 points, ~150–230 h; previously: first version; every known shortfall from the 2026-10-10 re-measure, ranked) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4
 
 > **Printing update:** 2026-10-12 · direct desktop printing through craft-print; details below.
 
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ The Language dialog reads effective character formatting, including document def
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-18 | trivial | Explicit New/Open is not interrupted by startup recovery discovery; older copies stay available and Recover follows the interface theme. |
 | 2026-10-16 | trivial | #24: the Spike (Ctrl+F3, Ctrl+Shift+F3) |
 | 2026-10-17 | trivial | Glossary/building blocks closed (DOCX glossary read, kept and written); `w:altChunk` and sub-documents remain |
 | 2026-10-15 | trivial | #5 narrowed: Track Changes Options › Moves (Moved from / Moved to marks and colours) and Track moves (`w:doNotTrackMoves`) landed; drag-and-drop moves remain |

docs/recovery.md

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 # Local document recovery
 
 Desktop WordCraft periodically keeps a local copy of unsaved work, including new drafts.
-File › Recover lists available copies. The page opens at startup when copies are found.
+File › Recover lists available copies. The page opens at startup when copies are found,
+unless a document was explicitly created or opened before the startup scan completed.
+In particular, a window launched for New/Open keeps the requested document visible;
+older copies remain available through File › Recover. Recovery uses the regular interface
+palette so its labels and buttons stay readable in light and dark themes.
 Restore opens an unsaved document with no file path. Save As chooses where to keep it.
 Recovery never writes to the original document. AutoSave's permission to write to an earlier
 file is cleared on restore.

docs/ui-parity.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-# UI parity with Microsoft Word
+#Recovery discovery no longer interrupts an explicitly created or opened document. Older copies remain in File › Recover, whose buttons use the interface palette. See [local recovery](recovery.md).
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-18 · **Change:** trivial (the Spike: Ctrl+F3 and Ctrl+Shift+F3; previously trivial: Ctrl+wheel zoom no longer scrolls the document, #1743; previously trivial: a mouse drag on a table leaves the view where it is, #1738; previously trivial: numbered headings, #1793; previously trivial: Navigation Find exposes Results, #2096; previously trivial: the tab strip never draws tabs over Comments / Editing / Share, #2026; previously trivial: Columns on selected text, #2024; previously trivial: Different First Page headers reachable from page 1, #2826; previously trivial: a copied equation also goes in the clipboard's MathML formats, #1297; previously trivial: Read Mode keeps the keyboard, shows whole columns and keeps text clear of the page-turn bar, #1772); previously trivial: font list entries of tall-ascent fonts sit in their row, not cut off, #2570); previously trivial: Split Cells and Convert Text to Table dialogs follow Word's merged-cell limits and Initial column width, #2592; previously trivial: a new source's Tag is made like Word's, three letters of the author and two digits of the year with a number added when taken, and an edit keeps the Tag, #2094; previously trivial: Web Layout text fills the window width, #1876; previously trivial: Language dialog keeps inherited proofing language and no-proof choices (#2717)); previously trivial: comment balloons readable in the dark theme, #2045; previously trivial: Recently Used Fonts section at the top of the font list, #2068; previously trivial: web preferences kept between visits, #2132; previously trivial: dialog close control: a Windows-style box at the title bar's right end, the whole box clickable, red on hover, #1885); previously trivial (Modify Table Style formats every table style part, #714); previously trivial: a click on the ribbon chrome hands the keyboard to the page in the same frame, #1093 follow-up; previously trivial: Page Setup vertical alignment, #1320; previously trivial: the app opens on the Home tab every launch, as in Word; previously trivial: no document behind the Start screen, #1129; previously trivial: equation pictures share a few textures, #1002; previously trivial: selection bar in the left margin, #856; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously major: first version; ribbon, dialogs, shortcuts and on-canvas interaction measured from `crates/ui-egui` and the command registry) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4
+ UI parity with Microsoft Word
+
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-18 · **Change:** trivial (explicit documents keep the editor when recovery discovery finishes; readable recovery controls); previous change: trivial (the Spike: Ctrl+F3 and Ctrl+Shift+F3; previously trivial: Ctrl+wheel zoom no longer scrolls the document, #1743; previously trivial: a mouse drag on a table leaves the view where it is, #1738; previously trivial: numbered headings, #1793; previously trivial: Navigation Find exposes Results, #2096; previously trivial: the tab strip never draws tabs over Comments / Editing / Share, #2026; previously trivial: Columns on selected text, #2024; previously trivial: Different First Page headers reachable from page 1, #2826; previously trivial: a copied equation also goes in the clipboard's MathML formats, #1297; previously trivial: Read Mode keeps the keyboard, shows whole columns and keeps text clear of the page-turn bar, #1772); previously trivial: font list entries of tall-ascent fonts sit in their row, not cut off, #2570); previously trivial: Split Cells and Convert Text to Table dialogs follow Word's merged-cell limits and Initial column width, #2592; previously trivial: a new source's Tag is made like Word's, three letters of the author and two digits of the year with a number added when taken, and an edit keeps the Tag, #2094; previously trivial: Web Layout text fills the window width, #1876; previously trivial: Language dialog keeps inherited proofing language and no-proof choices (#2717)); previously trivial: comment balloons readable in the dark theme, #2045; previously trivial: Recently Used Fonts section at the top of the font list, #2068; previously trivial: web preferences kept between visits, #2132; previously trivial: dialog close control: a Windows-style box at the title bar's right end, the whole box clickable, red on hover, #1885); previously trivial (Modify Table Style formats every table style part, #714); previously trivial: a click on the ribbon chrome hands the keyboard to the page in the same frame, #1093 follow-up; previously trivial: Page Setup vertical alignment, #1320; previously trivial: the app opens on the Home tab every launch, as in Word; previously trivial: no document behind the Start screen, #1129; previously trivial: equation pictures share a few textures, #1002; previously trivial: selection bar in the left margin, #856; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously major: first version; ribbon, dialogs, shortcuts and on-canvas interaction measured from `crates/ui-egui` and the command registry) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4
 
 How WordCraft looks and feels next to Word: ribbon, dialogs, panes, keyboard, mouse and touch.
 Typing behaviour has its own checklist ([`typing-parity.md`](typing-parity.md)). All assets are our
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ Find selects the Results tab, including when it prefills selected text. Editing
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-18 | trivial | Explicit New/Open is not interrupted by startup recovery discovery; older copies stay available and Recover follows the interface theme. |
 | 2026-10-15 | trivial | Dialogs, the Read Aloud player and the file browser: the close control is a box at the title bar's right end, the full title-bar height and 1.6× as wide, all of it clickable; red with a white ✕ while the pointer is over it, darker red pressed, in both themes; Escape as before (#1885) |
 | 2026-10-15 | trivial | Font box (ribbon and mini toolbar): a Recently Used Fonts section at the top of the list holds the fonts applied from the box, the mini toolbar or the Font dialog, most recent first, once each, ten at most, kept between runs in `ui.json`; All Fonts follows; the sections show while nothing is typed and a query lists its matches only; Up/Down walk the recent entries then the list, Enter applies the highlighted one; a recent font no longer installed stays listed (#2068) |
 | 2026-10-16 | trivial | Web Layout text fills the window width and re-wraps once a resize settles or at once on a zoom, instead of a fixed 800 pt column; Draft and Outline keep their 800 pt column (#1876) |