fix: keep group visible as header for the running event

fix(client): fix PWA manifest so "Install as App" works properly (#2192 )
docs(llm): request for useeffect documentation
2026-09-05 14:29:20 +00:00 · 2026-09-05 09:24:42 +02:00 · 2026-09-05 09:15:08 +02:00 · 2026-08-28 12:29:12 +02:00 · 2026-08-28 12:29:12 +02:00 · 2026-08-28 12:04:02 +02:00
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@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+---
+name: code-review
+description: Review Ontime changes for concrete correctness, architecture, testing, routing, security, and maintenance issues. For GitHub Copilot review.
+---
+
+# Review Ontime changes
+
+Review as a maintainer. Find material defects, not speculative advice, style preferences, or generic checklists. Approve when no material issue remains.
+
+## Load relevant context
+
+Read the full diff, PR description, linked issue, tests, and nearby owning code. Then load only applicable guides:
+
+- Every non-trivial review: [change assessment](../../../docs/agent-guides/change-assessment.md)
+- Module placement, server layers, client state, shared packages: [architecture](../../../docs/agent-guides/architecture.md)
+- Tests or changed behaviour: [testing](../../../docs/agent-guides/testing.md)
+- Comments, abstractions, naming, complexity: [code quality](../../../docs/agent-guides/code-quality.md)
+- Authentication, external input, files, integrations, assets, secrets: [security](../../../docs/agent-guides/security.md)
+- Routes, URLs, websockets, authentication, cookies, presets, assets: [routing and cloud](../../../docs/agent-guides/routing-and-cloud.md)
+- Rundowns, timers, persistence, imports, cache, realtime: [domain invariants](../../../docs/agent-guides/domain-invariants.md)
+- Commands, imports, dependencies, formatting, CI claims: [workflow](../../../docs/agent-guides/workflow.md)
+
+Check a guide and nearby canonical code before citing an Ontime convention. Skip unrelated guides.
+
+## Review order
+
+1. Establish intent and affected runtime surfaces.
+2. Read tests first. Identify claimed behaviour and coverage.
+3. Trace implementation, errors, and state transitions.
+4. Check correctness/data integrity, security, architecture/testability, cloud routing, lifecycle/performance, maintainability.
+5. Verify claimed checks. Never claim unobserved results.
+
+Passing tests do not prove architecture, routing, comments, or error paths. Review changed behaviour only; include existing problems only when the diff worsens or relies on them.
+
+## Findings
+
+Report only concrete, actionable issues. Each finding: tight line range, direct defect, impact and trigger, smallest viable remedy when unclear.
+
+- **P0 — Critical:** data loss, exploitable vulnerability, broadly broken production. Blocks merge.
+- **P1 — High:** likely correctness failure or major supported-deployment regression. Blocks merge.
+- **P2 — Medium:** real edge-case defect, architecture regression, missing business-rule test, stale comment, meaningful maintenance risk. Normally blocks merge.
+- **P3 — Low:** local improvement with limited impact. No subjective style or tool-managed formatting.
+
+Order by priority. Prefer few high-confidence findings. No praise or checklist before findings. If none, say so and note verification gaps or residual risk.
+
+Then give one concise PR-level value/risk/complexity assessment. Never repeat it per finding.
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Ontime agent guide
+
+Make the smallest maintainable change. Keep scope narrow. Inspect nearby code first. Reuse helpers and boundaries when semantics match.
+
+## Load only relevant guides
+
+- Commands, validation, formatting, imports, PRs: [workflow](docs/agent-guides/workflow.md).
+- Non-trivial planning, implementation, review: [change assessment](docs/agent-guides/change-assessment.md).
+- Module placement, server layers, client state, shared packages: [architecture](docs/agent-guides/architecture.md).
+- Tests or changed behaviour: [testing](docs/agent-guides/testing.md).
+- Comments, naming, abstractions, maintainability: [code quality](docs/agent-guides/code-quality.md).
+- Authentication, external input, files, integrations, assets, secrets: [security](docs/agent-guides/security.md).
+- Navigation, URLs, API paths, websockets, redirects, cookies, static assets: [routing and cloud](docs/agent-guides/routing-and-cloud.md).
+- Rundowns, timers, imports, persistence, cache, websockets: [domain invariants](docs/agent-guides/domain-invariants.md).
+
+Load multiple guides when needed. Skip unrelated guides for mechanical work.
+
+## Before handoff
+
+- Check the final diff for scope, stale comments, temporary code, redundant tests, generated files.
+- If work reveals a missing, stable, reusable system, domain, or product invariant, update its owning guide. Exclude guesses, one-off bugs, and implementation details.
+- Follow [workflow verification](docs/agent-guides/workflow.md). Report only observed results.
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@getontime/cli",
-  "version": "4.12.0",
+  "version": "4.13.0",
  "author": "Carlos Valente",
  "description": "Time keeping for live events",
  "repository": "https://github.com/cpvalente/ontime",
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover" />
    <meta name="theme-color" content="#101010" />
    <meta name="ontime" content="ontime - time keeping for live events" />
+    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
+    <meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black-translucent" />
+    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="Ontime" />
    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="ontime-logo.png" />
    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="ontime-logo.png" />
-    <link rel="manifest" href="site.webmanifest" />
    <link rel="manifest" href="manifest.json" />
    <meta name="robots" content="noindex" />
-    <title>ontime</title>
+    <title>Ontime</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript>
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
  "name": "ontime-ui",
-  "version": "4.12.0",
+  "version": "4.13.0",
  "private": true,
  "type": "module",
  "dependencies": {
-    "@base-ui/react": "1.6.0",
+    "@base-ui/react": "1.7.0",
    "@codemirror/commands": "^6.0.0",
    "@codemirror/lang-css": "^6.0.0",
    "@codemirror/state": "^6.0.0",
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
    "@dnd-kit/sortable": "^10.0.0",
    "@dnd-kit/utilities": "^3.2.2",
    "@fontsource/open-sans": "^5.2.7",
-    "@mantine/hooks": "^8.3.7",
+    "@mantine/hooks": "^9.5.1",
    "@sentry/react": "^10.59.0",
    "@table-nav/react": "^0.0.7",
    "@tanstack/react-query": "^5.101.0",
    "@tanstack/react-query-devtools": "^5.101.0",
-    "@tanstack/react-table": "^8.21.3",
+    "@tanstack/react-table": "^9.1.2",
    "@uiw/codemirror-theme-vscode": "^4.25.10",
    "autosize": "^6.0.1",
    "axios": "^1.18.0",
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
    "react-dom": "^19.2.7",
    "react-fast-compare": "^3.2.2",
    "react-hook-form": "^7.80.0",
-    "react-icons": "5.6.0",
+    "react-icons": "5.7.0",
    "react-router": "^8.0.1",
    "react-virtuoso": "^4.18.7",
    "zustand": "^5.0.14"
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
    ]
  },
  "devDependencies": {
-    "@sentry/vite-plugin": "5.1.1",
+    "@sentry/vite-plugin": "5.4.0",
+    "@types/node": "catalog:",
    "@types/qrcode": "^1.5.6",
    "@types/react": "^19.1.12",
    "@types/react-dom": "^19.1.9",
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@
    "ontime-utils": "workspace:*",
    "sass": "^1.57.1",
    "typescript": "catalog:",
-    "vite": "8.0.1",
-    "vite-plugin-compression2": "2.5.1",
+    "vite": "8.2.1",
+    "vite-plugin-compression2": "2.5.3",
    "vite-plugin-svgr": "4.5.0",
    "vitest": "catalog:"
  }
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 {
-  "name": "ontime",
-  "short_name": "ontime",
+  "name": "Ontime",
+  "short_name": "Ontime",
  "icons": [
    {
-      "src": "favicon.ico",
-      "type": "image/x-icon"
+      "src": "ontime-logo-192.png",
+      "sizes": "192x192",
+      "type": "image/png"
    },
    {
-      "src": "ontime-logo.png",
+      "src": "ontime-logo-512.png",
+      "sizes": "512x512",
      "type": "image/png"
    }
  ],
  "scope": "./",
  "start_url": "./",
-  "display": "",
-  "theme_color": "#121212",
+  "display": "standalone",
+  "theme_color": "#101010",
  "background_color": "#101010"
 }
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "",
-  "short_name": "",
-  "icons": [{ "src": "ontime-logo.png", "sizes": "295x295", "type": "image/png" }],
-  "theme_color": "#121212",
-  "background_color": "#101010",
-  "display": "standalone"
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { ComponentProps } from 'react';
+
+import Button from './Button';
+
+type ToggleButtonProps = Omit<ComponentProps<typeof Button>, 'variant'> & {
+  /** whether the option this button controls is currently on */
+  pressed: boolean;
+};
+
+/**
+ * A button which carries an on / off state.
+ *
+ * Keeps the pressed styling and the accessible state together, so that a toggle
+ * cannot end up looking active without also announcing that it is.
+ */
+export default function ToggleButton({ pressed, ...buttonProps }: ToggleButtonProps) {
+  return <Button variant={pressed ? 'primary' : 'subtle'} aria-pressed={pressed} {...buttonProps} />;
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.eyebrow {
+  font-size: $aux-text-size;
+  font-weight: 400;
+  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
+
+import { cx } from '../../utils/styleUtils';
+
+import style from './Eyebrow.module.scss';
+
+interface EyebrowProps {
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+export default function Eyebrow({ children, className }: PropsWithChildren<EyebrowProps>) {
+  return <span className={cx([style.eyebrow, className])}>{children}</span>;
+}
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-.separator {
-  border-color: $border-color-ondark;
-}
-
 .backdrop {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0;
@@ -23,14 +19,15 @@

  width: 22rem;
  height: 100vh;
+  height: 100dvh;

  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
-  padding-block: 1rem;

  background-color: $gray-1250;
  color: $ui-white;
  border-right: 1px solid $gray-1100;
+  box-shadow: $box-shadow-right;

  &[data-open] {
    transform: translateX(0%);
@@ -50,22 +47,51 @@
 }

 .header {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
-  height: 3.5rem;
-  padding-inline: 1.5rem;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  min-height: 4rem;
+  padding: 0.75rem 1rem 0.75rem 1.25rem;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid $white-10;
+}

+.headerText {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.title {
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 1.25rem;
+  line-height: 1.2;
+}
+
+.clientName {
+  font-size: $aux-text-size;
+  color: $gray-600;
+  @include ellipsis-text;
 }

 .body {
  flex: 1;
+  min-height: 0;
  overflow-y: auto;
+  padding-block: 0.5rem 1rem;
 }

-.note {
-  margin-left: auto;
-  color: $white-20;
+.group {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+
+  &:not(:first-child) {
+    margin-top: 0.75rem;
+  }
+}
+
+.groupLabel {
+  padding: 0.5rem 1.25rem 0.25rem;
+  color: $gray-700;
 }
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Dialog } from '@base-ui/react/dialog';
-import { useDisclosure, useFullscreen } from '@mantine/hooks';
-import { memo } from 'react';
-import { IoClose, IoContract, IoExpand, IoLockClosedOutline, IoSwapVertical } from 'react-icons/io5';
+import { useDisclosure, useFullscreenDocument } from '@mantine/hooks';
+import { memo, PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
+import { IoClose, IoExpand, IoLockClosedOutline, IoPencilOutline, IoSwapVertical } from 'react-icons/io5';
 import { LuCoffee } from 'react-icons/lu';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router';

@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ import { useClientStore } from '../../stores/clientStore';
 import { useViewOptionsStore } from '../../stores/viewOptions';
 import IconButton from '../buttons/IconButton';
 import { RenameClientModal } from '../client-modal/RenameClientModal';
+import Eyebrow from '../eyebrow/Eyebrow';
 import ClientLink from './client-link/ClientLink';
 import EditorNavigation from './editor-navigation/EditorNavigation';
 import NavigationMenuItem from './navigation-menu-item/NavigationMenuItem';
+import NavigationMenuToggle from './navigation-menu-item/NavigationMenuToggle';
 import OtherAddresses from './other-addresses/OtherAddresses';

 import style from './NavigationMenu.module.scss';
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ function NavigationMenu({ isOpen, onClose }: NavigationMenuProps) {
  const isSmallScreen = useIsSmallScreen();

  const [isRenameOpen, handlers] = useDisclosure(false);
-  const { fullscreen, toggle } = useFullscreen();
+  const { fullscreen, toggle } = useFullscreenDocument();
  const { mirror, toggleMirror } = useViewOptionsStore();
  const { keepAwake, toggleKeepAwake } = useKeepAwakeOptions();
  const location = useLocation();
@@ -52,75 +54,93 @@ function NavigationMenu({ isOpen, onClose }: NavigationMenuProps) {
        <RenameClientModal id={id} name={name} isOpen={isRenameOpen} onClose={handlers.close} />
        <Dialog.Popup className={style.drawer}>
          <div className={style.header}>
-            <Dialog.Title>Ontime</Dialog.Title>
-            <IconButton variant='subtle-white' size='large' onClick={onClose}>
+            <div className={style.headerText}>
+              <Dialog.Title className={style.title}>Ontime</Dialog.Title>
+              {name && <span className={style.clientName}>{name}</span>}
+            </div>
+            <IconButton variant='subtle-white' size='large' aria-label='Close menu' onClick={onClose}>
              <IoClose />
            </IconButton>
          </div>
          <div className={style.body}>
-            {supportsFullscreen && (
-              <NavigationMenuItem active={fullscreen} onClick={toggle}>
-                Toggle Fullscreen
-                {fullscreen ? <IoContract /> : <IoExpand />}
+            <MenuGroup label='This screen'>
+              {supportsFullscreen && (
+                <NavigationMenuToggle checked={fullscreen} icon={<IoExpand />} label='Fullscreen' onToggle={toggle} />
+              )}
+              <NavigationMenuToggle
+                checked={mirror}
+                icon={<IoSwapVertical />}
+                label='Flip Screen'
+                onToggle={() => toggleMirror()}
+              />
+              {canUseWakeLock && (
+                <NavigationMenuToggle
+                  checked={keepAwake}
+                  icon={<LuCoffee />}
+                  label='Keep Awake'
+                  onToggle={toggleKeepAwake}
+                />
+              )}
+              <NavigationMenuItem onClick={handlers.open}>
+                <IoPencilOutline />
+                Rename Client
              </NavigationMenuItem>
-            )}
-            <NavigationMenuItem active={mirror} onClick={() => toggleMirror()}>
-              Flip Screen
-              <IoSwapVertical />
-              {mirror && <span className={style.note}>Active</span>}
-            </NavigationMenuItem>
-            {canUseWakeLock && (
-              <NavigationMenuItem active={keepAwake} onClick={toggleKeepAwake}>
-                Keep Awake
-                <LuCoffee />
-                {keepAwake && <span className={style.note}>Active</span>}
-              </NavigationMenuItem>
-            )}
-            <NavigationMenuItem onClick={handlers.open}>Rename Client</NavigationMenuItem>
+            </MenuGroup>

-            <hr className={style.separator} />
-
-            <EditorNavigation />
-            <ClientLink
-              to='cuesheet'
-              current={location.pathname === '/cuesheet'}
-              postAction={isSmallScreen ? onClose : undefined}
-            >
-              <IoLockClosedOutline />
-              Cuesheet
-            </ClientLink>
-            <ClientLink to='op' current={location.pathname === '/op'} postAction={isSmallScreen ? onClose : undefined}>
-              <IoLockClosedOutline />
-              Operator
-            </ClientLink>
-
-            <hr className={style.separator} />
-
-            {navigatorConstants.map((route) => (
+            <MenuGroup label='Ontime app'>
+              <EditorNavigation />
              <ClientLink
-                key={route.url}
-                to={route.url}
-                current={location.pathname === `/${route.url}`}
+                to='cuesheet'
+                current={location.pathname === '/cuesheet'}
                postAction={isSmallScreen ? onClose : undefined}
              >
-                {route.label}
+                <IoLockClosedOutline />
+                Cuesheet
              </ClientLink>
-            ))}
+              <ClientLink
+                to='op'
+                current={location.pathname === '/op'}
+                postAction={isSmallScreen ? onClose : undefined}
+              >
+                <IoLockClosedOutline />
+                Operator
+              </ClientLink>
+            </MenuGroup>
+
+            <MenuGroup label='Views'>
+              {navigatorConstants.map((route) => (
+                <ClientLink
+                  key={route.url}
+                  to={route.url}
+                  current={location.pathname === `/${route.url}`}
+                  postAction={isSmallScreen ? onClose : undefined}
+                >
+                  {route.label}
+                </ClientLink>
+              ))}
+            </MenuGroup>

            <PresetNavigation isSmallScreen={isSmallScreen} onClose={onClose} />
          </div>

-          {isLocalhost && (
-            <div>
-              <OtherAddresses currentLocation={location.pathname} />
-            </div>
-          )}
+          {isLocalhost && <OtherAddresses currentLocation={location.pathname} />}
        </Dialog.Popup>
      </Dialog.Portal>
    </Dialog.Root>
  );
 }

+function MenuGroup({ label, children }: PropsWithChildren<{ label: string }>) {
+  return (
+    <div className={style.group}>
+      <div className={style.groupLabel}>
+        <Eyebrow>{label}</Eyebrow>
+      </div>
+      {children}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 function PresetNavigation({ isSmallScreen, onClose }: { isSmallScreen: boolean; onClose: () => void }) {
  const location = useLocation();
  const { data: urlPresets } = useUrlPresets();
@@ -129,8 +149,7 @@ function PresetNavigation({ isSmallScreen, onClose }: { isSmallScreen: boolean;
  if (navPresets.length === 0) return null;

  return (
-    <>
-      <hr className={style.separator} />
+    <MenuGroup label='Presets'>
      {navPresets.map((preset) => (
        <ClientLink
          key={preset.alias}
@@ -141,6 +160,6 @@ function PresetNavigation({ isSmallScreen, onClose }: { isSmallScreen: boolean;
          {preset.alias}
        </ClientLink>
      ))}
-    </>
+    </MenuGroup>
  );
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { useDisclosure, useHotkeys } from '@mantine/hooks';
-import { memo } from 'react';
+import { useHotkeys } from '@mantine/hooks';
+import { memo, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router';

 import { hasCustomParams } from '../../stores/savedViewParams';
@@ -15,21 +15,37 @@ interface ViewNavigationMenuProps {
  suppressSettings?: boolean;
 }

+function isInteractiveKeyboardAction(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
+  if (!(target instanceof HTMLElement)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    target.closest(
+      'button, a, input, textarea, select, [role="button"], [role="checkbox"], [role="switch"], [contenteditable]:not([contenteditable="false"])',
+    ) !== null
+  );
+}
+
 export default memo(ViewNavigationMenu);
 function ViewNavigationMenu({ isNavigationLocked, suppressSettings }: ViewNavigationMenuProps) {
-  const [isMenuOpen, menuHandler] = useDisclosure();
+  const [isMenuOpen, setIsMenuOpen] = useState(false);
  const { open: showEditFormDrawer } = useViewParamsEditorStore();
  const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();
  const hasSavedChanges = hasCustomParams(searchParams);

+  const toggleMenu = useCallback(() => setIsMenuOpen((prev) => !prev), []);
+  const closeMenu = useCallback(() => setIsMenuOpen(false), []);
+
  useHotkeys([
    [
      'Space',
-      () => {
-        if (isNavigationLocked) return;
-        menuHandler.toggle();
+      (event) => {
+        if (isNavigationLocked || isInteractiveKeyboardAction(event.target)) return;
+        event.preventDefault();
+        toggleMenu();
      },
-      { preventDefault: true },
+      { preventDefault: false },
    ],
    [
      'mod + ,',
@@ -48,11 +64,11 @@ function ViewNavigationMenu({ isNavigationLocked, suppressSettings }: ViewNaviga
  return (
    <>
      <FloatingNavigation
-        toggleMenu={isNavigationLocked ? undefined : menuHandler.toggle}
+        toggleMenu={isNavigationLocked ? undefined : toggleMenu}
        toggleSettings={suppressSettings ? undefined : showEditFormDrawer}
        hasSavedChanges={hasSavedChanges}
      />
-      {!isNavigationLocked && <NavigationMenu isOpen={isMenuOpen} onClose={menuHandler.close} />}
+      {!isNavigationLocked && <NavigationMenu isOpen={isMenuOpen} onClose={closeMenu} />}
    </>
  );
 }
@@ -2,35 +2,68 @@
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;

-  padding: 0.75rem 1.5rem;
-  gap: 0.5rem;
+  padding: 0.625rem 1.25rem;
+  gap: 0.625rem;
  width: 100%;

-  border-left: 4px solid transparent;
-  color: $action-text-color;
+  border-left: 3px solid transparent;
+  color: $gray-200;
+  font-size: $text-body-size;
  white-space: nowrap;
+  text-align: left;

  cursor: pointer;

-  transition-property: color;
+  transition-property: color, background-color;
  transition-duration: $transition-time-action;

+  // keep icons on a fixed box so labels align regardless of the glyph
+  > svg {
+    flex-shrink: 0;
+    width: 1.125rem;
+    height: 1.125rem;
+    color: $gray-500;
+    transition: color $transition-time-action;
+  }
+
  &:hover {
-    color: $ontime-color;
-    background-color: $gray-1350;
+    background-color: $white-3;
+    color: $ui-white;
+
+    > svg {
+      color: $gray-300;
+    }
  }

  &:active {
-    background-color: $border-color-ondark;
+    background-color: $white-7;
  }

-  &:focus {
+  &:focus-visible {
    outline: 2px solid $blue-500;
-    background-color: $gray-1350;
+    outline-offset: -2px;
+    background-color: $white-3;
+  }
+
+  // toggle rows are labels, the focusable control sits inside them
+  &:focus-within {
+    background-color: $white-3;
  }

  &.current {
-    background-color: $gray-1300;
-    border-left: 4px solid $action-text-color;
+    background-color: $bg-active;
+    border-left-color: $blue-400;
+    color: $ui-white;
+    font-weight: 600;
+
+    > svg {
+      color: $blue-300;
+    }
  }
 }
+
+.label {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  @include ellipsis-text;
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';

-import { isKeyEnter } from '../../../utils/keyEvent';
+import { isKeyEnter, isKeySpace } from '../../../utils/keyEvent';
 import { cx } from '../../../utils/styleUtils';

 import style from './NavigationMenuItem.module.scss';
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ interface NavigationMenuItemProps {
  onClick: () => void;
 }

+/** A row in the navigation menu, and the single place which decides how a row reacts to input */
 export default function NavigationMenuItem({
  active,
  className,
@@ -24,7 +25,9 @@ export default function NavigationMenuItem({
      role='button'
      onClick={onClick}
      onKeyDown={(event) => {
-        if (isKeyEnter(event)) {
+        if (isKeyEnter(event) || isKeySpace(event)) {
+          event.preventDefault();
+          event.stopPropagation();
          onClick();
        }
      }}
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { ReactNode } from 'react';
+
+import Switch from '../../switch/Switch';
+
+import style from './NavigationMenuItem.module.scss';
+
+interface NavigationMenuToggleProps {
+  checked: boolean;
+  icon: ReactNode;
+  label: string;
+  onToggle: () => void;
+}
+
+/** A menu row which reflects, and toggles, an on/off state */
+export default function NavigationMenuToggle({ checked, icon, label, onToggle }: NavigationMenuToggleProps) {
+  return (
+    <label className={style.link}>
+      {icon}
+      <span className={style.label}>{label}</span>
+      <Switch checked={checked} onCheckedChange={onToggle} />
+    </label>
+  );
+}
@@ -1,22 +1,52 @@
+.footer {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  padding: 0.75rem 0;
+  border-top: 1px solid $white-10;
+}
+
 .header {
-  font-size: calc(1rem - 2px);
-  margin-left: 1rem;
+  padding: 0 1.25rem 0.25rem;
  color: $gray-700;
 }

 .interfaces {
-  padding: 0.5rem 0.5rem;
+  padding: 0.25rem 1.25rem 0;
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  gap: 0.5rem;
+  gap: 0.25rem;
+}
+
+.interface {
+  min-width: 0;
+  max-width: 100%;
+
+  > div {
+    max-width: 100%;
+
+    > button:first-child {
+      min-width: 0;
+      max-width: calc(100% - 1.5rem);
+      justify-content: flex-start;
+      padding-inline: 0.5rem;
+    }
+  }
 }

 .interfaceCopy {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
+  min-width: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+.address {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
 }

 .goIcon {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
  @include rotate-fourty-five;
  margin-left: 0.25rem;
  margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { IoArrowUp } from 'react-icons/io5';
 import useInfo from '../../../hooks-query/useInfo';
 import { linkToOtherHost, openLink } from '../../../utils/linkUtils';
 import CopyTag from '../../copy-tag/CopyTag';
+import Eyebrow from '../../eyebrow/Eyebrow';
+import { getExternalInterfaces } from './otherAddresses.utils';

 import style from './OtherAddresses.module.scss';

@@ -12,32 +14,33 @@ interface OtherAddressesProps {

 export default function OtherAddresses({ currentLocation }: OtherAddressesProps) {
  const { data } = useInfo();
+  const externalInterfaces = getExternalInterfaces(data.networkInterfaces);

-  // there is no point showing this if we only have one interface
-  if (data.networkInterfaces.length < 2) {
+  if (externalInterfaces.length === 0) {
    return null;
  }

  return (
-    <>
-      <div className={style.header}>Accessible on external networks</div>
+    <div className={style.footer}>
+      <div className={style.header}>
+        <Eyebrow>Also available at</Eyebrow>
+      </div>
      <div className={style.interfaces}>
-        {data?.networkInterfaces?.map((nif) => {
-          if (nif.name === 'localhost') {
-            return null;
-          }
-
+        {externalInterfaces.map((nif) => {
          const address = linkToOtherHost(nif.address, currentLocation);

          return (
-            <CopyTag key={nif.name} copyValue={address} onClick={() => openLink(address)} size='small'>
-              <span className={style.interfaceCopy}>
-                {nif.address} <IoArrowUp className={style.goIcon} />
-              </span>
-            </CopyTag>
+            <div key={nif.name} className={style.interface}>
+              <CopyTag copyValue={address} onClick={() => openLink(address)} size='small'>
+                <span className={style.interfaceCopy}>
+                  <span className={style.address}>{nif.address}</span>
+                  <IoArrowUp className={style.goIcon} />
+                </span>
+              </CopyTag>
+            </div>
          );
        })}
      </div>
-    </>
+    </div>
  );
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
+import { getExternalInterfaces } from '../otherAddresses.utils';
+
+describe('getExternalInterfaces', () => {
+  test('returns no alternatives when localhost is the only interface', () => {
+    expect(getExternalInterfaces([{ name: 'localhost', address: '127.0.0.1' }])).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test('does not treat an interface name as deployment information', () => {
+    expect(
+      getExternalInterfaces([
+        { name: 'localhost', address: '127.0.0.1' },
+        { name: 'cloud', address: '192.168.1.42' },
+      ]),
+    ).toEqual([{ name: 'cloud', address: '192.168.1.42' }]);
+  });
+
+  test('returns non-local interfaces when local and external interfaces are available', () => {
+    expect(
+      getExternalInterfaces([
+        { name: 'localhost', address: '127.0.0.1' },
+        { name: 'Wi-Fi', address: '192.168.1.42' },
+        { name: 'Ethernet', address: '10.0.0.42' },
+      ]),
+    ).toEqual([
+      { name: 'Wi-Fi', address: '192.168.1.42' },
+      { name: 'Ethernet', address: '10.0.0.42' },
+    ]);
+  });
+});
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { type NetworkInterface } from 'ontime-types';
+
+/** Returns network addresses other than the localhost address injected by the info endpoint. */
+export function getExternalInterfaces(interfaces: NetworkInterface[]) {
+  return interfaces.filter((networkInterface) => networkInterface.name !== 'localhost');
+}
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.5rem;
+
+  > span {
+    font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+    text-align: right;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+  }
 }

 // attempt to match with ontimeTextInputs
@@ -1,37 +1,77 @@
-.inline {
-  display: inline-flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  gap: 1rem;
+.multiOptionList {
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  max-height: 12rem;
+  background: $gray-1200;
+  border: 1px solid $gray-1100;
+  border-radius: $component-border-radius-md;
 }

-// styles from subtle button
 .toggleSelect {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
-  gap: 0.25rem;
-  padding-inline: 0.5rem;
-  height: 2.5rem;
-  background: $gray-1050;
-  color: $ui-white;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  min-height: 2.5rem;
+  padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem;
+  background: transparent;
+  border: 0;
+  color: $gray-300;
  line-height: 1em;
-  border-radius: $component-border-radius-md;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  transition:
+    background-color $transition-time-action,
+    border-color $transition-time-action,
+    color $transition-time-action;

-  &:hover:not(:disabled):not(:active) {
+  &:hover {
    background: $gray-1000;
-    color: $blue-500;
+    color: $ui-white;
  }

-  &:active:not(:disabled) {
+  &:active {
    background: $gray-1100;
-    border-color: $gray-1250;
+  }
+
+  &:focus-within {
+    outline: 2px solid $blue-500;
+    outline-offset: -2px;
+  }
+
+  &.selected {
+    background: $bg-active;
+    box-shadow: inset 3px 0 $blue-400;
+    color: $ui-white;
+  }
+
+  &:not(:last-child) {
+    border-bottom: 1px solid $white-7;
+  }
+
+  > [role='checkbox'] {
+    flex: 0 0 auto;
+    width: 1.125rem;
+    height: 1.125rem;
+    border: 1px solid $gray-400;
+
+    &[data-unchecked] {
+      background: $gray-1100;
+    }
+
+    &[data-checked] {
+      border-color: $blue-400;
+    }
+
+    &:focus-visible {
+      outline: 0;
+    }
  }

  &::after {
    content: '';
-    margin-left: 0.25rem;
-    width: 0.75em;
-    height: 0.75em;
+    flex: 0 0 auto;
+    margin-left: auto;
+    width: 0.625rem;
+    height: 0.625rem;
    background: var(--user-bg, $gray-900);
    border-radius: 50%;
  }
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { ComponentProps, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router';

 import { isStringBoolean } from '../../../views/common/viewUtils';
+import { cx } from '../../utils/styleUtils';
 import Checkbox from '../checkbox/Checkbox';
 import Input from '../input/input/Input';
 import Select, { SelectOption } from '../select/Select';
@@ -107,18 +108,20 @@ function MultiOption({ paramField, options }: EditFormMultiOptionProps) {
  return (
    <>
      <input name={id} hidden readOnly value={paramState.join(',')} />
-      <div className={style.inline}>
+      <div className={style.multiOptionList}>
        {values.map((option) => {
+          const selected = paramState.includes(option.value);
+
          return (
            <label
              key={option.value}
-              className={style.toggleSelect}
+              className={cx([style.toggleSelect, selected && style.selected])}
              style={{
                '--user-bg': option.colour,
              }}
            >
              <Checkbox
-                checked={paramState.includes(option.value)}
+                checked={selected}
                onCheckedChange={(checked) => toggleValue(option.value, checked as boolean)}
              />
              {option.label}
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-.drawerFooter {
-  display: flex;
-  justify-content: end;
-  gap: $section-spacing;
-
-  button {
-    padding: 0 2em;
-  }
-}
-
 .backdrop {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0;
@@ -34,11 +24,11 @@

  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
-  padding-block: 1rem 1.5rem;

-  background-color: $gray-1250;
+  background-color: $ui-black;
  color: $ui-white;
  border-left: 1px solid $gray-1100;
+  box-shadow: $box-shadow-l1;

  &[data-open] {
    transform: translateX(0%);
@@ -58,36 +48,54 @@
 }

 .header {
-  padding-inline: 1rem;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
-  height: 3.5rem;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  min-height: 4rem;
+  padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
+}

+.headerText {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.title {
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 1.25rem;
+  line-height: 1.2;
+}
+
+.target {
+  font-size: $aux-text-size;
+  color: $gray-600;
 }

 .body {
  flex: 1;
-  padding-inline: 1rem;
-  padding-bottom: 10vh;
+  padding: 1rem;
  overflow-y: auto;
 }

 .footer {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
  display: flex;
-  padding-inline: 1rem;
+  padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
  gap: 1rem;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: flex-end;
+
+  background-color: $ui-black;
+  border-top: 1px solid $white-10;
 }

 .sectionList {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
-  gap: 2rem;
-  padding-right: 0.5rem;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
 }

 .info {
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { FormEvent, memo } from 'react';
 import { IoClose } from 'react-icons/io5';
 import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router';

+import { viewLabels } from '../../../viewerConfig';
 import useViewSettings from '../../hooks-query/useViewSettings';
 import { useIsSmallScreen } from '../../hooks/useIsSmallScreen';
 import { useSavedViewParams } from '../../stores/savedViewParams';
@@ -71,8 +72,17 @@ function ViewParamsEditor({ target, viewOptions }: EditFormDrawerProps) {
        <Dialog.Backdrop className={style.backdrop} />
        <Dialog.Popup className={style.drawer}>
          <div className={style.header}>
-            <Dialog.Title>Customise</Dialog.Title>
-            <IconButton variant='subtle-white' size='large' data-testid='close-view-params' onClick={handleClose}>
+            <div className={style.headerText}>
+              <Dialog.Title className={style.title}>Customise</Dialog.Title>
+              <span className={style.target}>{viewLabels[target]}</span>
+            </div>
+            <IconButton
+              variant='subtle-white'
+              size='large'
+              aria-label='Close'
+              data-testid='close-view-params'
+              onClick={handleClose}
+            >
              <IoClose />
            </IconButton>
          </div>
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 .presetSection {
  background-color: $gray-1350;
+  border: 1px solid $white-10;
+  border-radius: $component-border-radius-md;
+  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
+}
+
+.header {
+  padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
+  min-height: 2.25rem;
  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  gap: 0.25rem;
-  padding: 1rem 0.5rem;
-  margin-bottom: 1rem;
+  align-items: center;
+
+  color: $gray-300;
+}
+
+.presetList {
+  border-top: 1px solid $white-7;
  max-height: 10rem;
  overflow-y: auto;
  scrollbar-gutter: stable;
@@ -14,12 +25,39 @@
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.5rem;
+  min-height: 2.5rem;
+  padding: 0.375rem 1rem;
+  font-size: $inner-section-text-size;
+
+  &:not(:last-child) {
+    border-bottom: 1px solid $white-7;
+  }

  &.active {
-    color: $blue-500;
+    background-color: $bg-active;
+    box-shadow: inset 3px 0 $blue-400;
+    color: $ui-white;
+    font-weight: 600;
  }
 }

+.presetName {
+  min-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
 .presetActions {
  margin-left: auto;
 }
+
+.current {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.25rem;
+  margin-left: auto;
+  color: $blue-400;
+  font-size: $aux-text-size;
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router';
 import { useViewUrlPresets } from '../../hooks-query/useUrlPresets';
 import { cx } from '../../utils/styleUtils';
 import Button from '../buttons/Button';
+import Eyebrow from '../eyebrow/Eyebrow';

 import style from './ViewParamsPresets.module.scss';

@@ -26,22 +27,31 @@ export function ViewParamsPresets({ target }: { target: OntimeView }) {

  return (
    <div className={style.presetSection}>
-      {viewPresets.map((preset) => {
-        const active = searchParams.get('alias') === preset.alias;
-        return (
-          <div key={preset.alias} className={cx([style.preset, active && style.active])}>
-            <div>{preset.alias}</div>
-            <Button
-              variant={active ? 'ghosted' : 'subtle-white'}
-              onClick={() => handleRecall(preset)}
-              disabled={active}
-              className={style.presetActions}
-            >
-              {active ? 'Applied' : 'Apply'}
-            </Button>
-          </div>
-        );
-      })}
+      <div className={style.header}>
+        <Eyebrow>Saved presets</Eyebrow>
+      </div>
+      <div className={style.presetList}>
+        {viewPresets.map((preset) => {
+          const active = searchParams.get('alias') === preset.alias;
+          return (
+            <div key={preset.alias} className={cx([style.preset, active && style.active])}>
+              <span className={style.presetName}>{preset.alias}</span>
+              {active ? (
+                <span className={style.current}>Current</span>
+              ) : (
+                <Button
+                  variant='ghosted'
+                  size='small'
+                  onClick={() => handleRecall(preset)}
+                  className={style.presetActions}
+                >
+                  Apply
+                </Button>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          );
+        })}
+      </div>
    </div>
  );
 }
@@ -1,48 +1,118 @@
 .section {
+  overflow: hidden;
+
  color: $ui-white;
  font-size: 1rem;
+  background-color: $white-3;
+  border: 1px solid $gray-1100;
+  border-radius: $component-border-radius-md;
 }

 .sectionHeader {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
-  height: 2rem;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  width: 100%;
+  min-height: 2.75rem;
+  padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
+
+  background: transparent;
+  border: 0;
+  font: inherit;
+  text-align: left;
+
+  color: $gray-300;

  &.collapsible {
    cursor: pointer;
+    transition-property: color, background-color;
+    transition-duration: $transition-time-action;
+
+    &:hover {
+      background-color: $white-3;
+      color: $ui-white;
+    }
+
+    &:focus-visible {
+      outline: 2px solid $blue-500;
+      outline-offset: -2px;
+    }
  }
 }

+.sectionTitle {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+}
+
+/** marks a section which holds values coming from the URL */
+.customised {
+  width: 0.4rem;
+  height: 0.4rem;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background-color: $active-indicator;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+.chevron {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  rotate: 180deg;
+  transition: rotate 300ms cubic-bezier(0.45, 1.005, 0, 1.005);
+
+  &.closed {
+    rotate: 0deg;
+  }
+}
+
+.options {
+  padding-inline: 1rem;
+  border-top: 1px solid $white-7;
+}
+
 .label {
-  margin-top: $section-spacing;
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
+  row-gap: 0.25rem;
+  padding: 0.75rem 0;
  font-size: $inner-section-text-size;
-  color: $label-gray;
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  gap: 0.25rem;
+
+  &:not(:last-child) {
+    border-bottom: 1px solid $white-7;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compact controls sit beside their label instead of below it.
+ * Placement is done with grid areas so that the markup stays flat.
+ */
+.inline {
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
+  align-items: center;
+  column-gap: 1rem;
+
+  > .title {
+    grid-area: 1 / 1;
+  }
+
+  > .description {
+    grid-area: 2 / 1;
+  }
+
+  > *:last-child {
+    grid-area: 1 / 2 / span 2;
+  }
 }

 .title {
-  font-size: $inner-section-text-size;
-  display: block;
-  width: 100%;
+  color: $ui-white;
 }

 .description {
-  font-size: $inner-section-text-size;
-  display: block;
-  color: $modal-note-color;
-}
-
-.closed {
-  transition: rotate 300ms cubic-bezier(0.45, 1.005, 0, 1.005);
-  rotate: 0deg;
-}
-
-.open {
-  transition: rotate 300ms cubic-bezier(0.45, 1.005, 0, 1.005);
-  rotate: 180deg;
+  color: $gray-400;
+  font-size: $aux-text-size;
+  line-height: 1.4;
 }

 .hidden {
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { useLocalStorage } from '@mantine/hooks';
 import { IoChevronDown } from 'react-icons/io5';
+import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router';

 import { cx } from '../../utils/styleUtils';
+import Eyebrow from '../eyebrow/Eyebrow';
 import { OptionTitle } from './constants';
 import ParamInput from './ParamInput';
 import { type ParamField } from './viewParams.types';
@@ -14,50 +16,74 @@ interface ViewParamsSectionProps {
  options: ParamField[];
 }

+/** Fields which are compact enough to share a row with their label */
+function isInlineField(option: ParamField): boolean {
+  return option.type === 'boolean' || option.type === 'colour';
+}
+
 export default function ViewParamsSection({ title, collapsible, options }: ViewParamsSectionProps) {
  const [collapsed, setCollapsed] = useLocalStorage({ key: `params-${title}`, defaultValue: false });
+  const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();

-  const handleCollapse = () => {
-    if (collapsible) {
-      setCollapsed((prev) => !prev);
-    }
-  };
+  // hidden options are inputs without a UI, there is nothing to frame them with
+  if (title === OptionTitle.Hidden) {
+    return <HiddenContents options={options} />;
+  }
+
+  const isCollapsed = Boolean(collapsible && collapsed);

  return (
    <section className={style.section}>
-      {title === OptionTitle.Hidden ? (
-        <HiddenContents options={options} />
-      ) : (
-        <>
-          <div className={cx([style.sectionHeader, collapsible && style.collapsible])} onClick={handleCollapse}>
-            {title}
-            {collapsible && <IoChevronDown className={cx([collapsed ? style.closed : style.open])} />}
-          </div>
-          <SectionContents options={options} collapsed={collapsed} />
-        </>
-      )}
-    </section>
-  );
-}
-
-interface SectionContentsProps {
-  options: ParamField[];
-  collapsed: boolean;
-}
-
-function SectionContents({ options, collapsed }: SectionContentsProps) {
-  return (
-    <>
-      {options.map((option) => {
-        return (
-          <label key={option.title} className={cx([style.label, collapsed && style.hidden])}>
+      <SectionHeader
+        title={title}
+        isCustomised={options.some((option) => searchParams.has(option.id))}
+        collapsed={isCollapsed}
+        onToggle={collapsible ? () => setCollapsed((prev) => !prev) : undefined}
+      />
+      {/* collapsed options stay mounted: the form reads its values from the DOM */}
+      <div className={cx([style.options, isCollapsed && style.hidden])}>
+        {options.map((option) => (
+          <label key={option.title} className={cx([style.label, isInlineField(option) && style.inline])}>
            <span className={style.title}>{option.title}</span>
            <span className={style.description}>{option.description}</span>
            <ParamInput paramField={option} />
          </label>
-        );
-      })}
-    </>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  );
+}
+
+interface SectionHeaderProps {
+  title: string;
+  isCustomised: boolean;
+  collapsed: boolean;
+  /** a header without a toggle belongs to a section which cannot collapse */
+  onToggle?: () => void;
+}
+
+function SectionHeader({ title, isCustomised, collapsed, onToggle }: SectionHeaderProps) {
+  const label = (
+    <Eyebrow className={style.sectionTitle}>
+      {title}
+      {isCustomised && <span className={style.customised} title='Contains custom values' />}
+    </Eyebrow>
+  );
+
+  if (!onToggle) {
+    return <div className={style.sectionHeader}>{label}</div>;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <button
+      type='button'
+      className={cx([style.sectionHeader, style.collapsible])}
+      aria-expanded={!collapsed}
+      onClick={onToggle}
+    >
+      {label}
+      <IoChevronDown className={cx([style.chevron, collapsed && style.closed])} />
+    </button>
  );
 }

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import { MaybeString } from 'ontime-types';
 import { RefObject, useCallback, useEffect } from 'react';

 function scrollToComponent<ComponentRef extends HTMLElement, ScrollRef extends HTMLElement>(
-  componentRef: RefObject<ComponentRef>,
-  scrollRef: RefObject<ScrollRef>,
+  componentRef: RefObject<ComponentRef | null>,
+  scrollRef: RefObject<ScrollRef | null>,
  topOffset: number,
 ) {
  if (!componentRef.current || !scrollRef.current) {
@@ -21,18 +21,16 @@ interface UseFollowComponentProps {
  followRef: RefObject<HTMLElement | null>;
  scrollRef: RefObject<HTMLElement | null>;
  doFollow: boolean;
-  topOffset?: number;
-  setScrollFlag?: (newValue: boolean) => void;
-  followTrigger?: MaybeString; // this would be an entry id or null
+  followTrigger: MaybeString; // this would be an entry id or null
+  getTopOffset: () => number;
 }

 export default function useFollowComponent({
  followRef,
  scrollRef,
  doFollow,
-  topOffset = 100,
-  setScrollFlag,
  followTrigger,
+  getTopOffset,
 }: UseFollowComponentProps) {
  // when trigger moves, view should follow
  useEffect(() => {
@@ -41,25 +39,17 @@ export default function useFollowComponent({
    }

    if (followRef.current && scrollRef.current) {
-      setScrollFlag?.(true);
      // Use requestAnimationFrame to ensure the component is fully loaded
      window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-        scrollToComponent(followRef as RefObject<HTMLElement>, scrollRef as RefObject<HTMLElement>, topOffset);
-        setScrollFlag?.(false);
+        // resolve the offset after layout, so that measured values are up to date
+        scrollToComponent(followRef, scrollRef, getTopOffset());
      });
    }
-  }, [followTrigger, doFollow, followRef, scrollRef, setScrollFlag, topOffset]);
+  }, [followTrigger, doFollow, followRef, scrollRef, getTopOffset]);

-  const scrollToRefComponent = useCallback(
-    (componentRef = followRef, containerRef = scrollRef, offset = topOffset) => {
-      if (componentRef && containerRef) {
-        // @ts-expect-error -- we know this are not null
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
-        scrollToComponent(componentRef!, containerRef!, offset);
-      }
-    },
-    [followRef, scrollRef, topOffset],
-  );
+  const scrollToRefComponent = useCallback(() => {
+    scrollToComponent(followRef, scrollRef, getTopOffset());
+  }, [followRef, scrollRef, getTopOffset]);

  return scrollToRefComponent;
 }
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ import { useEffect } from 'react';
 */
 export function useWindowTitle(title: string) {
  useEffect(() => {
-    document.title = `ontime - ${title}`;
+    document.title = `Ontime - ${title}`;
  }, []);
 }
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ export function isKeyEnter<T>(event: KeyboardEvent<T>): boolean {
  return event.key === 'Enter';
 }

+export function isKeySpace<T>(event: KeyboardEvent<T>): boolean {
+  return event.key === ' ' || event.code === 'Space';
+}
+
 export function isKeyEscape<T>(event: KeyboardEvent<T>): boolean {
  return event.key === 'Escape';
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { AppMode } from '../ontimeConfig';
-
 declare module '*.scss' {
  const content: Record<string, string>;
  export default content;
@@ -32,39 +30,6 @@ declare global {
  }
 }

-/**
- * Declare custom data we pass to the table
- * - `handleUpdate` callback to update the entry when the user edits a cell
- * - `handleUpdateTimer` callback to update the timer for a specific event
- * - `options-showDelayedTimes` whether to show or hide delayed times
- * - `options-hideTableSeconds` whether to hide seconds in the table
- * - `options-hideIndexColumn` whether to hide the index column
- * - `options-cuesheetMode` run or edit mode
- *
- * And metadata specific for each column
- * - `canWrite` whether the user can write to this column
- * - `colour` background colour associated with a custom field
- */
-declare module '@tanstack/react-table' {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-  interface TableMeta<TData extends RowData> {
-    handleUpdate: (rowIndex: number, accessor: string, payload: string, isCustom: boolean) => void;
-    handleUpdateTimer: (eventId: string, field: TimeField, payload: string) => void;
-    options: {
-      showDelayedTimes: boolean;
-      hideTableSeconds: boolean;
-      hideIndexColumn: boolean;
-      cuesheetMode: AppMode;
-    };
-  }
-
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-  interface ColumnMeta<TData extends RowData, TValue> {
-    canWrite: boolean;
-    colour?: string;
-  }
-}
-
 /**
 * Allow passing CSS Properties
 */
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ul {
  &.active {
    color: $ui-white;
    border-left-color: $blue-400;
-    background-color: rgba($blue-500, 0.16);
+    background-color: $bg-active;
    font-weight: 600;
  }

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ ul {
  &.active {
    color: $ui-white;
    border-left-color: $blue-400;
-    background-color: rgba($blue-500, 0.16);
+    background-color: $bg-active;
    font-weight: 600;
  }
 }
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ $card-padding: 2rem;
  // active rows use a panel-local class today; keep the treatment here so all
  // settings tables share the same state without each panel owning its colours
  tr[class*='current'] {
-    background-color: rgba($blue-500, 0.16);
+    background-color: $bg-active;

    > td:first-child {
      box-shadow: inset 3px 0 $blue-400;
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ $card-padding: 2rem;
 .overlay {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: $zindex-backdrop;
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 100%;
+  inset: 0;
  backdrop-filter: blur(2px);
  display: grid;
  place-content: center;
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.updateIndicator {
+  width: 0.5em;
+  height: 0.5em;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  border-radius: 99px;
+  background-color: $red-400;
+}
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import useAppVersion from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useAppVersion';
 import { appVersion, isOntimeCloud, websiteUrl } from '../../../../externals';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';

+import style from './AppVersion.module.scss';
+
 export default function AppVersion() {
  const { data, isError } = useAppVersion();

@@ -18,7 +20,12 @@ export default function AppVersion() {
    return (
      <Panel.ListItem>
        <Panel.Field
-          title={`Ontime ${appVersion}`}
+          title={
+            <>
+              <span className={style.updateIndicator} aria-hidden='true' />
+              {`Ontime ${appVersion}`}
+            </>
+          }
          description={
            isOntimeCloud
              ? `Version ${data.version} is available. Restart your stage to update.`
@@ -26,7 +33,7 @@ export default function AppVersion() {
          }
        />
        {!isOntimeCloud && (
-          <ExternalLink href={websiteUrl}>Visit Ontime's page to download the latest version.</ExternalLink>
+          <ExternalLink href={websiteUrl}>Download the latest version from Ontime's page</ExternalLink>
        )}
      </Panel.ListItem>
    );
@@ -12,20 +12,21 @@ import { useUpdateUrlPreset } from '../../../../../common/hooks-query/useUrlPres
 import { isUrlSafe } from '../../../../../common/utils/regex';
 import { enDash } from '../../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { generateUrlPresetOptions } from '../../../../../common/utils/urlPresets';
+import { viewLabels } from '../../../../../viewerConfig';
 import CuesheetLinkOptions, { CuesheetPermissionValues } from '../../../../sharing/composite/CuesheetLinkOptions';
 import * as Panel from '../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';

 import style from './URLPresetForm.module.scss';

 const targetOptions: SelectOption<OntimeViewPresettable>[] = [
-  { value: OntimeView.Cuesheet, label: 'Cuesheet' },
-  { value: OntimeView.Operator, label: 'Operator' },
-  { value: OntimeView.Timer, label: 'Timer' },
-  { value: OntimeView.Backstage, label: 'Backstage' },
-  { value: OntimeView.Timeline, label: 'Timeline' },
-  { value: OntimeView.StudioClock, label: 'Studio Clock' },
-  { value: OntimeView.Countdown, label: 'Countdown' },
-  { value: OntimeView.ProjectInfo, label: 'Project Info' },
+  { value: OntimeView.Cuesheet, label: viewLabels[OntimeView.Cuesheet] },
+  { value: OntimeView.Operator, label: viewLabels[OntimeView.Operator] },
+  { value: OntimeView.Timer, label: viewLabels[OntimeView.Timer] },
+  { value: OntimeView.Backstage, label: viewLabels[OntimeView.Backstage] },
+  { value: OntimeView.Timeline, label: viewLabels[OntimeView.Timeline] },
+  { value: OntimeView.StudioClock, label: viewLabels[OntimeView.StudioClock] },
+  { value: OntimeView.Countdown, label: viewLabels[OntimeView.Countdown] },
+  { value: OntimeView.ProjectInfo, label: viewLabels[OntimeView.ProjectInfo] },
 ];

 const formId = 'url-preset-form';
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ export default function ServerPortSettings() {
            </Button>
          </Panel.InlineElements>
        </Panel.SubHeader>
-        <Panel.Loader isLoading={status === 'pending'} />
        {rootError && <Panel.Error>{rootError}</Panel.Error>}
        <Panel.Divider />
        <Panel.Section>
+          <Panel.Loader isLoading={status === 'pending'} />
          {data.pendingRestart && (
            <Info type='warning'>A port change is pending and will happen on the next restart.</Info>
          )}
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default function ShutdownPanel() {
          {!isOntimeCloud && (
            <Panel.Section>
              <Button variant='destructive' onClick={handler.open} disabled={!canShutdown}>
-                Shutdown ontime
+                Shutdown Ontime
              </Button>
              {!canShutdown && <Panel.Description>Only available from the machine running Ontime.</Panel.Description>}
            </Panel.Section>
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 import { IoClose } from 'react-icons/io5';

 import Button from '../../common/components/buttons/Button';
+import ToggleButton from '../../common/components/buttons/ToggleButton';
 import { clearLogs, useLogData } from '../../common/stores/logger';
 import { cx } from '../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import * as Panel from '../app-settings/panel-utils/PanelUtils';
@@ -55,72 +56,60 @@ export default function Log() {
    <div className={cx([style.container, isExtracted && style.extracted])}>
      <Panel.InlineElements className={style.buttonBar}>
        <span className={style.filterLabel}>Filter by</span>
-        <Button
-          variant={showUser ? 'primary' : 'subtle'}
+        <ToggleButton
+          pressed={showUser}
          size='small'
-          aria-pressed={showUser}
-          aria-label={`${showUser ? 'Hide' : 'Show'} ${LogOrigin.User} events`}
          onClick={() => setShowUser((s) => !s)}
          onAuxClick={() => disableOthers(LogOrigin.User)}
          onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
        >
          {LogOrigin.User}
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          variant={showClient ? 'primary' : 'subtle'}
+        </ToggleButton>
+        <ToggleButton
+          pressed={showClient}
          size='small'
-          aria-pressed={showClient}
-          aria-label={`${showClient ? 'Hide' : 'Show'} ${LogOrigin.Client} events`}
          onClick={() => setShowClient((s) => !s)}
          onAuxClick={() => disableOthers(LogOrigin.Client)}
          onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
        >
          {LogOrigin.Client}
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          variant={showServer ? 'primary' : 'subtle'}
+        </ToggleButton>
+        <ToggleButton
+          pressed={showServer}
          size='small'
-          aria-pressed={showServer}
-          aria-label={`${showServer ? 'Hide' : 'Show'} ${LogOrigin.Server} events`}
          onClick={() => setShowServer((s) => !s)}
          onAuxClick={() => disableOthers(LogOrigin.Server)}
          onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
        >
          {LogOrigin.Server}
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          variant={showPlayback ? 'primary' : 'subtle'}
+        </ToggleButton>
+        <ToggleButton
+          pressed={showPlayback}
          size='small'
-          aria-pressed={showPlayback}
-          aria-label={`${showPlayback ? 'Hide' : 'Show'} ${LogOrigin.Playback} events`}
          onClick={() => setShowPlayback((s) => !s)}
          onAuxClick={() => disableOthers(LogOrigin.Playback)}
          onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
        >
          {LogOrigin.Playback}
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          variant={showRx ? 'primary' : 'subtle'}
+        </ToggleButton>
+        <ToggleButton
+          pressed={showRx}
          size='small'
-          aria-pressed={showRx}
-          aria-label={`${showRx ? 'Hide' : 'Show'} ${LogOrigin.Rx} events`}
          onClick={() => setShowRx((s) => !s)}
          onAuxClick={() => disableOthers(LogOrigin.Rx)}
          onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
        >
          {LogOrigin.Rx}
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          variant={showTx ? 'primary' : 'subtle'}
+        </ToggleButton>
+        <ToggleButton
+          pressed={showTx}
          size='small'
-          aria-pressed={showTx}
-          aria-label={`${showTx ? 'Hide' : 'Show'} ${LogOrigin.Tx} events`}
          onClick={() => setShowTx((s) => !s)}
          onAuxClick={() => disableOthers(LogOrigin.Tx)}
          onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
        >
          {LogOrigin.Tx}
-        </Button>
+        </ToggleButton>
        <Button variant='subtle-destructive' size='small' onClick={clearLogs} className={style.apart}>
          <IoClose /> Clear
        </Button>
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
  padding-bottom: 95vh;
 }

+.groupSection {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 2px;
+}
+
 .editPrompt {
  position: fixed;
  z-index: $zindex-dialog;
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { OntimeView, isOntimeEvent, isOntimeGroup } from 'ontime-types';
-import { Fragment, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';

 import EmptyFill from '../../common/components/state/EmptyFill';
 import EmptyPage from '../../common/components/state/EmptyPage';
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ import { OperatorData, useOperatorData } from './useOperatorData';

 import style from './Operator.module.scss';

-const selectedOffset = 50;
+/** Keeps the running event clear of the list edge when no group header is pinned above it */
+const edgeOffset = 50;
+/** How far the running event may drift from where we placed it before we stop following */
+const followTolerance = 50;

 export default function OperatorLoader() {
  const { data, status } = useOperatorData();
@@ -54,11 +57,20 @@ function Operator({ rundown, rundownMetadata, customFields, settings }: Operator
  const [lockAutoScroll, setLockAutoScroll] = useState(false);
  const selectedRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
  const scrollRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  const stickyHeaderRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+
+  // The header height varies with the viewport, so measure it at scroll time.
+  const getTopOffset = useCallback(() => {
+    const header = stickyHeaderRef.current;
+    // Sit right under the pinned header, so it covers the previous event instead of half of it.
+    return header ? header.offsetHeight + 2 : edgeOffset;
+  }, []);
+
  const scrollToComponent = useFollowComponent({
    followRef: selectedRef,
    scrollRef,
    doFollow: !lockAutoScroll,
-    topOffset: selectedOffset,
+    getTopOffset,
    followTrigger: selectedEventId,
  });

@@ -82,15 +94,16 @@ function Operator({ rundown, rundownMetadata, customFields, settings }: Operator

  // prevent considering automated scrolls as user scrolls
  const handleUserScroll = () => {
-    if (selectedRef?.current && scrollRef?.current) {
-      const selectedRect = selectedRef.current.getBoundingClientRect();
-      const scrollerRect = scrollRef.current.getBoundingClientRect();
-      if (selectedRect && scrollerRect) {
-        const distanceFromTop = selectedRect.top - scrollerRect.top;
-        const hasScrolledOutOfThreshold = distanceFromTop < -8 || distanceFromTop > selectedOffset;
-        setLockAutoScroll(hasScrolledOutOfThreshold);
-      }
+    if (!selectedRef.current || !scrollRef.current) {
+      return;
    }
+
+    const selectedRect = selectedRef.current.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const scrollerRect = scrollRef.current.getBoundingClientRect();
+    // Measure the drift from where an automated scroll would place the event.
+    const distanceFromTop = selectedRect.top - scrollerRect.top - getTopOffset();
+    const hasScrolledOutOfThreshold = distanceFromTop < -8 || distanceFromTop > followTolerance;
+    setLockAutoScroll(hasScrolledOutOfThreshold);
  };
  const throttledHandleScroll = throttle(handleUserScroll, 1000);

@@ -186,9 +199,9 @@ function Operator({ rundown, rundownMetadata, customFields, settings }: Operator
              }

              return (
-                <Fragment key={entry.id}>
+                <div className={style.groupSection} key={entry.id}>
                  <OperatorGroup
-                    key={entry.id}
+                    ref={isCurrentParent ? stickyHeaderRef : undefined}
                    title={entry.title}
                    colour={entry.colour}
                    count={entry.entries.length}
@@ -239,7 +252,7 @@ function Operator({ rundown, rundownMetadata, customFields, settings }: Operator
                      />
                    );
                  })}
-                </Fragment>
+                </div>
              );
            }
            return null;
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 .group {
  width: 100%;
+  /* Padding is kept under the min-height so a single line fits without the list having to shrink the header,
+     while a taller title still grows the row. */
  min-height: 2.5rem;
-  padding: 0.4rem 0.75rem;
+  padding: 0.25rem 0.75rem;
  border-left: 0.35rem solid var(--group-colour, $gray-500);
  background-color: $gray-1350;
  background: color-mix(in srgb, transparent 88%, var(--group-colour, $gray-500) 12%);
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  font-weight: 600;

+  position: sticky;
+  /* Cover the list padding so rows cannot scroll above the header. */
+  top: -0.25rem;
+  z-index: 1;
+
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1rem;
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CSSProperties, memo } from 'react';
+import { type CSSProperties, type Ref, memo } from 'react';

 import { getAccessibleColour } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { formatDuration } from '../../../common/utils/time';
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ interface OperatorGroup {
  colour: string;
  count: number;
  duration: number;
+  ref?: Ref<HTMLDivElement>;
 }

 export default memo(OperatorGroup);
-function OperatorGroup({ title, colour, count, duration }: OperatorGroup) {
+function OperatorGroup({ title, colour, count, duration, ref }: OperatorGroup) {
  const groupColour = colour || '#929292';
  const groupColours = getAccessibleColour(groupColour);

  return (
-    <div className={style.group} style={{ ...groupColours, '--group-colour': groupColour } as CSSProperties}>
+    <div className={style.group} style={{ ...groupColours, '--group-colour': groupColour } as CSSProperties} ref={ref}>
      <span className={style.title}>{title}</span>
      <span className={style.meta}>
        <span>{`${count} ${count === 1 ? 'event' : 'events'}`}</span>
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ export default memo(FinderPlacement);
 function FinderPlacement() {
  const [isOpen, handler] = useDisclosure();

-  useHotkeys([
-    ['mod + f', handler.toggle, { preventDefault: true }],
-    ['Escape', handler.close, { preventDefault: true }],
-  ]);
+  /**
+   * The empty tagsToIgnore is significant: by default the hook skips input elements,
+   * which would make the shortcut dead while editing an entry.
+   *
+   * This opens rather than toggles. Toggling on a key that also mounts and unmounts the
+   * dialog races against it, and browsers treat a repeated find shortcut as "focus the
+   * search again" rather than "close it". The finder selects its input instead, and
+   * Escape closes.
+   */
+  useHotkeys([['mod + f', handler.open, { preventDefault: true }]], []);

  if (isOpen) {
    return <Finder isOpen={isOpen} onClose={handler.close} />;
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ export default function RundownEvent({
      onClick={handleFocusClick}
      onContextMenu={onContextMenu}
      data-testid='rundown-event'
+      data-selected={isSelected}
      {...(isPlaying ? { 'data-running': true } : {})}
    >
      <RundownIndicators timeStart={timeStart} delay={delay} gap={gap} isNextDay={isNextDay} />
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-import type { ColumnDef } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import type { CustomFields } from 'ontime-types';

-import type { ExtendedEntry } from '../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { AppMode } from '../../../ontimeConfig';
 import { makeCuesheetColumns } from '../../../views/cuesheet/cuesheet-table/cuesheet-table-elements/cuesheetColsFactory';
+import type { CuesheetColumnDef } from '../../../views/cuesheet/cuesheet-table/cuesheetTable.features';

 /**
 * Creates column definitions for the rundown table
 * Reuses cuesheetColsFactory with preset=undefined for full access
 */
-export function makeRundownColumns(customFields: CustomFields): ColumnDef<ExtendedEntry>[] {
+export function makeRundownColumns(customFields: CustomFields): CuesheetColumnDef[] {
  // When preset=undefined, factory defaults to fullRead=true, fullWrite=true
  // canWrite is determined by editorMode (AppMode.Edit vs AppMode.Run)
  return makeCuesheetColumns(customFields, AppMode.Edit, undefined);
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ $playback-under: $green-500;
 // interface panels
 $bg-container-l1: $gray-1350;
 $bg-container-l2: $gray-1300;
+$bg-active: rgba($action-blue, 0.16);

 $backdrop-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
 $box-shadow-l1: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0 3px 3px 0;
@@ -1,12 +1,30 @@
-export const navigatorConstants = [
-  { url: 'timer', label: 'Timer' },
-  { url: 'backstage', label: 'Backstage' },
-  { url: 'timeline', label: 'Timeline' },
-  { url: 'studio', label: 'Studio Clock' },
-  { url: 'countdown', label: 'Countdown' },
-  { url: 'info', label: 'Project Info' },
+import { OntimeView } from 'ontime-types';
+
+/** User facing name of each view, the single source for view naming in the UI */
+export const viewLabels: Record<OntimeView, string> = {
+  [OntimeView.Editor]: 'Editor',
+  [OntimeView.Cuesheet]: 'Cuesheet',
+  [OntimeView.Operator]: 'Operator',
+  [OntimeView.Timer]: 'Timer',
+  [OntimeView.Backstage]: 'Backstage',
+  [OntimeView.Timeline]: 'Timeline',
+  [OntimeView.StudioClock]: 'Studio Clock',
+  [OntimeView.Countdown]: 'Countdown',
+  [OntimeView.ProjectInfo]: 'Project Info',
+};
+
+/** Views offered in the navigation menu, in the order they are shown. Their value is also their route */
+const navigatorViews = [
+  OntimeView.Timer,
+  OntimeView.Backstage,
+  OntimeView.Timeline,
+  OntimeView.StudioClock,
+  OntimeView.Countdown,
+  OntimeView.ProjectInfo,
 ];

+export const navigatorConstants = navigatorViews.map((view) => ({ url: view, label: viewLabels[view] }));
+
 // default time format to use for users in 12 hour clocks
 export const FORMAT_12 = 'h:mm:ss a';
 // default time format to use for users in 24 hour clocks
@@ -100,7 +100,20 @@ $item-height: 3.5rem;
    flex-direction: column;
    overflow-y: auto;

-    padding-bottom: max(8rem, calc(5rem + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)));
+    padding-bottom: 95vh;
+  }
+
+  /* Flex prevents row margins collapsing and bounds the sticky header to its group. */
+  .sub-section {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+
+    /* The select view renders the same cards in a flat list. */
+    .sub--group {
+      position: sticky;
+      top: 0;
+      z-index: 1;
+    }
  }

  /* ====================== LIST-ITEM ======================*/
@@ -196,9 +209,14 @@ $item-height: 3.5rem;

  .sub--group {
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px var(--user-color, $gray-1325);
-    background:
+    /* The opaque base prevents rows showing through; background shorthand cannot layer this colour. */
+    background-color: var(--background-color-override, $viewer-background-color);
+    background-image:
      linear-gradient(90deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--user-color, transparent) 18%, transparent), transparent 42%),
-      var(--card-background-color-override, $viewer-card-bg-color);
+      linear-gradient(
+        var(--card-background-color-override, $viewer-card-bg-color),
+        var(--card-background-color-override, $viewer-card-bg-color)
+      );

    .sub__binder {
      background: var(--user-color, var(--card-background-color-override, $viewer-card-bg-color));
@@ -230,6 +248,16 @@ $item-height: 3.5rem;
    }
  }

+  /* Reserve the green fill for the running event. */
+  .sub--group.sub--live {
+    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px $active-green;
+  }
+
+  /* Keep the armed state quieter than the live ring. */
+  .sub--group.sub--armed {
+    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px $gray-1000;
+  }
+
  .sub__title {
    grid-area: title;
    padding-bottom: 0.5rem;
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { MaybeNumber, OntimeEvent } from 'ontime-types';
 import { dayInMs } from 'ontime-utils';
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { IoPencil } from 'react-icons/io5';

 import Button from '../../common/components/buttons/Button';
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
  CountdownTarget,
  extendEventData,
  getIsLive,
+  groupSubscriptionTargets,
  isOutsideRange,
  preferredFormat12,
  preferredFormat24,
@@ -48,11 +49,22 @@ export default function CountdownSubscriptions({ subscribedEvents, goToEditMode
  const [lockAutoScroll, setLockAutoScroll] = useState(false);
  const selectedRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
  const scrollRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  const stickyHeaderRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+
+  const sections = useMemo(() => groupSubscriptionTargets(subscribedEvents), [subscribedEvents]);
+
+  // Responsive sizing and wrapped titles make the sticky header height variable, so measure it at scroll time.
+  const getStickyOffset = useCallback(() => {
+    const header = stickyHeaderRef.current;
+    // Preserve the combined margins between the header and running event.
+    return header ? header.offsetHeight + 4 : 0;
+  }, []);
+
  const scrollToComponent = useFollowComponent({
    followRef: selectedRef,
    scrollRef,
    doFollow: !lockAutoScroll,
-    topOffset: 0,
+    getTopOffset: getStickyOffset,
    followTrigger: selectedEventId,
  });

@@ -75,15 +87,16 @@ export default function CountdownSubscriptions({ subscribedEvents, goToEditMode

  // prevent considering automated scrolls as user scrolls
  const handleUserScroll = () => {
-    if (selectedRef?.current && scrollRef?.current) {
-      const selectedRect = selectedRef.current.getBoundingClientRect();
-      const scrollerRect = scrollRef.current.getBoundingClientRect();
-      if (selectedRect && scrollerRect) {
-        const distanceFromTop = selectedRect.top - scrollerRect.top;
-        const hasScrolledOutOfThreshold = distanceFromTop < -8 || distanceFromTop > 50;
-        setLockAutoScroll(hasScrolledOutOfThreshold);
-      }
+    if (!selectedRef.current || !scrollRef.current) {
+      return;
    }
+
+    const selectedRect = selectedRef.current.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const scrollerRect = scrollRef.current.getBoundingClientRect();
+    // Keep the threshold relative to the visible rows below the sticky header.
+    const distanceFromTop = selectedRect.top - scrollerRect.top - getStickyOffset();
+    const hasScrolledOutOfThreshold = distanceFromTop < -8 || distanceFromTop > 50;
+    setLockAutoScroll(hasScrolledOutOfThreshold);
  };
  const throttledHandleScroll = throttle(handleUserScroll, 1000);

@@ -98,41 +111,63 @@ export default function CountdownSubscriptions({ subscribedEvents, goToEditMode

  return (
    <div className='list-container' onWheel={handleScroll} onTouchMove={handleScroll} ref={scrollRef}>
-      {subscribedEvents.map((event) => {
-        // while a group is live, surface the running event's title as the secondary line
-        const liveTitle = event.isGroup && event.liveEntry ? event.liveEntry.title : undefined;
-        const secondaryData = liveTitle ?? getPropertyValue(event, secondarySource);
-        const isGroupedEvent = !event.isGroup && Boolean(event.parent);
-        const activeEntryId = event.isGroup ? (event.liveEntry?.id ?? event.targetId) : event.id;
-        // a subscribed group is live when any of its children is the selected/running event
-        const isLive = activeEntryId ? getIsLive(activeEntryId, selectedEventId, playback) : false;
-        const isArmed = !isLive && activeEntryId === selectedEventId;
-        const countdownEvent = extendEventData(event, currentDay, actualStart, plannedStart, offset, mode, reportData);
-        const displayTitle = getPropertyValue(event, mainSource ?? 'title');
+      {sections.map((section) => {
+        const rows = section.group ? [section.group, ...section.events] : section.events;
+        // the running event anchors the scroll, the group header stays pinned above it
+        const anchorId = section.events.find((event) => getIsLive(event.id, selectedEventId, playback))?.id ?? null;
+
        return (
-          <div
-            key={event.id}
-            ref={isLive ? selectedRef : undefined}
-            className={cx([
-              'sub',
-              isLive && 'sub--live',
-              isArmed && 'sub--armed',
-              event.isGroup && 'sub--group',
-              isGroupedEvent && 'sub--in-group',
-            ])}
-            data-testid={event.cue}
-          >
-            <div
-              className='sub__binder'
-              style={{ '--user-color': event.colour, '--group-color': event.groupColour ?? 'transparent' }}
-            />
-            <ScheduleTime event={countdownEvent} showExpected={showExpected} />
-            <SubscriptionStatus event={countdownEvent} />
-            <div className={cx(['sub__title', !displayTitle && 'subdued'])}>
-              {event.isGroup && <span className='sub__eyebrow'>Group</span>}
-              {displayTitle}
-            </div>
-            {secondaryData && <div className='sub__secondary'>{secondaryData}</div>}
+          <div key={section.group?.id ?? rows[0].id} className='sub-section'>
+            {rows.map((event) => {
+              // while a group is live, surface the running event's title as the secondary line
+              const liveTitle = event.isGroup && event.liveEntry ? event.liveEntry.title : undefined;
+              const secondaryData = liveTitle ?? getPropertyValue(event, secondarySource);
+              const isGroupedEvent = !event.isGroup && Boolean(event.parent);
+              const activeEntryId = event.isGroup ? (event.liveEntry?.id ?? event.targetId) : event.id;
+              // a subscribed group is live when any of its children is the selected/running event
+              const isLive = activeEntryId ? getIsLive(activeEntryId, selectedEventId, playback) : false;
+              const isArmed = !isLive && activeEntryId === selectedEventId;
+              // only ever hand the ref to a single row, sharing it would null it out on the next commit
+              const isAnchor = isLive && (anchorId === null || event.id === anchorId);
+              const rowRef = isAnchor ? selectedRef : event.isGroup && anchorId ? stickyHeaderRef : undefined;
+              const countdownEvent = extendEventData(
+                event,
+                currentDay,
+                actualStart,
+                plannedStart,
+                offset,
+                mode,
+                reportData,
+              );
+              const displayTitle = getPropertyValue(event, mainSource ?? 'title');
+
+              return (
+                <div
+                  key={event.id}
+                  ref={rowRef}
+                  className={cx([
+                    'sub',
+                    isLive && 'sub--live',
+                    isArmed && 'sub--armed',
+                    event.isGroup && 'sub--group',
+                    isGroupedEvent && 'sub--in-group',
+                  ])}
+                  data-testid={event.cue}
+                >
+                  <div
+                    className='sub__binder'
+                    style={{ '--user-color': event.colour, '--group-color': event.groupColour ?? 'transparent' }}
+                  />
+                  <ScheduleTime event={countdownEvent} showExpected={showExpected} />
+                  <SubscriptionStatus event={countdownEvent} />
+                  <div className={cx(['sub__title', !displayTitle && 'subdued'])}>
+                    {event.isGroup && <span className='sub__eyebrow'>Group</span>}
+                    {displayTitle}
+                  </div>
+                  {secondaryData && <div className='sub__secondary'>{secondaryData}</div>}
+                </div>
+              );
+            })}
          </div>
        );
      })}
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { OntimeEntry, OntimeEvent, OntimeGroup, SupportedEntry } from 'ontime-types';

 import { ExtendedEntry } from '../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
-import { resolveSubscriptionTarget } from './countdown.utils';
+import { CountdownTarget, groupSubscriptionTargets, resolveSubscriptionTarget } from './countdown.utils';

 /**
 * Minimal builders for the extended (metadata enriched) entries the countdown view consumes.
@@ -126,3 +126,89 @@ describe('resolveSubscriptionTarget()', () => {
    expect(result?.liveEntry).toBeNull();
  });
 });
+
+describe('groupSubscriptionTargets()', () => {
+  /**
+   * Resolves a group the same way the view does, so that the tests exercise the real target shape
+   * (a resolved group carries type Event, so the helper cannot rely on the entry type)
+   */
+  function resolveGroup(group: ExtendedEntry<OntimeGroup>, flat: ExtendedEntry<OntimeEntry>[]): CountdownTarget {
+    const resolved = resolveSubscriptionTarget(group, flat);
+    if (resolved === null) {
+      throw new Error('test setup: group has no playable children');
+    }
+    return resolved;
+  }
+
+  it('returns no sections for an empty subscription list', () => {
+    expect(groupSubscriptionTargets([])).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('gives each ungrouped event its own section', () => {
+    const e1 = makeEvent({ id: 'e1' });
+    const e2 = makeEvent({ id: 'e2' });
+
+    expect(groupSubscriptionTargets([e1, e2])).toEqual([
+      { group: null, events: [e1] },
+      { group: null, events: [e2] },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('absorbs the children of a subscribed group into its section', () => {
+    const group = makeGroup({ id: 'g1' });
+    const c1 = makeEvent({ id: 'c1', parent: 'g1' });
+    const c2 = makeEvent({ id: 'c2', parent: 'g1' });
+    const resolved = resolveGroup(group, [group, c1, c2]);
+
+    expect(groupSubscriptionTargets([resolved, c1, c2])).toEqual([{ group: resolved, events: [c1, c2] }]);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps a subscribed group with no subscribed children as an empty section', () => {
+    const group = makeGroup({ id: 'g1' });
+    const c1 = makeEvent({ id: 'c1', parent: 'g1' });
+    const resolved = resolveGroup(group, [group, c1]);
+
+    expect(groupSubscriptionTargets([resolved])).toEqual([{ group: resolved, events: [] }]);
+  });
+
+  it('does not absorb an event which belongs to a different group', () => {
+    const group1 = makeGroup({ id: 'g1' });
+    const c1 = makeEvent({ id: 'c1', parent: 'g1' });
+    const group2 = makeGroup({ id: 'g2' });
+    const c2 = makeEvent({ id: 'c2', parent: 'g2' });
+    const flat = [group1, c1, group2, c2];
+    const resolved1 = resolveGroup(group1, flat);
+    const resolved2 = resolveGroup(group2, flat);
+
+    expect(groupSubscriptionTargets([resolved1, c1, resolved2, c2])).toEqual([
+      { group: resolved1, events: [c1] },
+      { group: resolved2, events: [c2] },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('does not absorb an event whose parent group is not subscribed', () => {
+    const group1 = makeGroup({ id: 'g1' });
+    const c1 = makeEvent({ id: 'c1', parent: 'g1' });
+    const group2 = makeGroup({ id: 'g2' });
+    const c2 = makeEvent({ id: 'c2', parent: 'g2' });
+    const resolved1 = resolveGroup(group1, [group1, c1, group2, c2]);
+
+    // only the first group is subscribed, so the second group's child stands alone
+    expect(groupSubscriptionTargets([resolved1, c1, c2])).toEqual([
+      { group: resolved1, events: [c1] },
+      { group: null, events: [c2] },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('closes a section when an ungrouped event follows a group', () => {
+    const group = makeGroup({ id: 'g1' });
+    const c1 = makeEvent({ id: 'c1', parent: 'g1' });
+    const e1 = makeEvent({ id: 'e1' });
+    const resolved = resolveGroup(group, [group, c1]);
+
+    expect(groupSubscriptionTargets([resolved, c1, e1])).toEqual([
+      { group: resolved, events: [c1] },
+      { group: null, events: [e1] },
+    ]);
+  });
+});
@@ -252,6 +252,42 @@ export function resolveSubscriptionTarget(
  };
 }

+/**
+ * A subscribed group along with the subscribed events which belong to it.
+ * Events without a subscribed parent group form their own section with no group.
+ */
+export type CountdownSection = {
+  group: CountdownTarget | null;
+  events: CountdownTarget[];
+};
+
+/**
+ * Folds the flat, rundown ordered subscription targets into sections.
+ * A group opens a section which absorbs the following targets that declare it as parent,
+ * which allows the group to be rendered as a sticky header for its own events.
+ */
+export function groupSubscriptionTargets(targets: CountdownTarget[]): CountdownSection[] {
+  const sections: CountdownSection[] = [];
+
+  for (const target of targets) {
+    // resolveSubscriptionTarget spreads the first child, so we cannot rely on the entry type here
+    if (target.isGroup) {
+      sections.push({ group: target, events: [] });
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const previousSection = sections.at(-1);
+    if (previousSection?.group?.id === target.parent) {
+      previousSection.events.push(target);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    sections.push({ group: null, events: [target] });
+  }
+
+  return sections;
+}
+
 export function extendEventData(
  event: CountdownTarget,
  currentDay: number,
@@ -7,14 +7,13 @@ import {
  useSensor,
  useSensors,
 } from '@dnd-kit/core';
-import { ColumnDef } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';

-import type { ExtendedEntry } from '../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
+import type { CuesheetColumnDef } from '../cuesheet-table/cuesheetTable.features';
 import { useColumnOrder } from '../cuesheet-table/useColumnManager';

 interface CuesheetDndProps {
-  columns: ColumnDef<ExtendedEntry>[];
+  columns: CuesheetColumnDef[];
  tableRoot?: 'editor' | 'cuesheet';
 }

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useTableNav } from '@table-nav/react';
-import { ColumnDef, Table, getCoreRowModel, useReactTable } from '@tanstack/react-table';
+import { useTable } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import { OntimeEntry, SupportedEntry, TimeField, isOntimeDelay, isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
 import { ComponentProps, ReactNode, memo, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import {
@@ -29,12 +29,17 @@ import GroupRow from './cuesheet-table-elements/GroupRow';
 import MilestoneRow from './cuesheet-table-elements/MilestoneRow';
 import TableMenu from './cuesheet-table-menu/TableMenu';
 import CuesheetTableHeaderToolbar from './cuesheet-table-settings/CuesheetTableHeaderToolbar';
+import {
+  CuesheetColumnDef,
+  CuesheetTable as CuesheetTableInstance,
+  cuesheetTableFeatures,
+} from './cuesheetTable.features';
 import { useColumnOrder, useColumnSizes, useColumnVisibility } from './useColumnManager';

 import style from './CuesheetTable.module.scss';

 type CuesheetTableBaseProps = {
-  columns: ColumnDef<ExtendedEntry>[];
+  columns: CuesheetColumnDef[];
  cuesheetMode: AppMode;
  source: RundownSource;
  insertElement?: ReactNode;
@@ -120,7 +125,8 @@ export default function CuesheetTable({
  const { columnSizing, setColumnSizing } = useColumnSizes(tableRoot);
  const { columnVisibility, setColumnVisibility } = useColumnVisibility(tableRoot);

-  const table = useReactTable({
+  const table = useTable({
+    features: cuesheetTableFeatures,
    data: flatRundown,
    columns,
    columnResizeMode: 'onChange',
@@ -131,7 +137,6 @@ export default function CuesheetTable({
    },
    onColumnVisibilityChange: setColumnVisibility,
    onColumnSizingChange: setColumnSizing,
-    getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
    meta,
  });

@@ -195,7 +200,7 @@ export default function CuesheetTable({
    return colSizes;
    // eslint-disable-next-line react-compiler/react-compiler -- unfortunately this is what we need
    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps -- this works well and follows documentation
-  }, [table.getState().columnSizingInfo, table.getState().columnSizing]);
+  }, [columns, table.state.columnResizing, table.state.columnSizing]);

  const allLeafColumns = table.getAllLeafColumns();
  const { rows } = table.getRowModel();
@@ -214,9 +219,7 @@ export default function CuesheetTable({
  const computeItemKey = useCallback((_: number, item: ExtendedEntry) => item.id, []);
  const fixedHeaderContent = useCallback(() => {
    return table.getHeaderGroups().map((headerGroup) => {
-      const HeaderComponent = table.getState().columnSizingInfo.isResizingColumn
-        ? CuesheetHeader
-        : SortableCuesheetHeader;
+      const HeaderComponent = table.state.columnResizing.isResizingColumn ? CuesheetHeader : SortableCuesheetHeader;

      // if the table is being resized, we render non-sortable headers to avoid performance issues
      return (
@@ -279,8 +282,8 @@ interface CuesheetVirtuosoContext {
  columnSizeVars: { [key: string]: number };
  cursor: string | null;
  listeners: ReturnType<typeof useTableNav>['listeners'];
-  rows: ReturnType<Table<ExtendedEntry>['getRowModel']>['rows'];
-  table: Table<ExtendedEntry>;
+  rows: ReturnType<CuesheetTableInstance['getRowModel']>['rows'];
+  table: CuesheetTableInstance;
  handleAddNew?: (type: SupportedEntry) => void;
 }

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 import { SortableContext, horizontalListSortingStrategy } from '@dnd-kit/sortable';
-import { HeaderGroup, flexRender } from '@tanstack/react-table';
+import { FlexRender } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import { CSSProperties } from 'react';

-import type { ExtendedEntry } from '../../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { getAccessibleColour } from '../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { AppMode } from '../../../../ontimeConfig';
+import type { CuesheetHeaderGroup } from '../cuesheetTable.features';
 import { Draggable, SortableCell, TableCell } from './SortableCell';

 import style from '../CuesheetTable.module.scss';

 interface CuesheetHeaderProps {
-  headerGroup: HeaderGroup<ExtendedEntry>;
+  headerGroup: CuesheetHeaderGroup;
  cuesheetMode: AppMode;
  hideIndexColumn: boolean;
 }
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function SortableCuesheetHeader({ headerGroup, cuesheetMode, hideIndexCol
              injectedStyles={{ width: `calc(var(--header-${header?.id}-size) * 1px)`, ...customStyles }}
              draggable={<Draggable header={header} />}
            >
-              {header.isPlaceholder ? null : flexRender(header.column.columnDef.header, header.getContext())}
+              {header.isPlaceholder ? null : <FlexRender header={header} />}
            </SortableCell>
          );
        })}
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function CuesheetHeader({ headerGroup, cuesheetMode, hideIndexColumn }: C
            injectedStyles={{ width: `calc(var(--header-${header?.id}-size) * 1px)`, ...customStyles }}
            draggable={<Draggable header={header} />}
          >
-            {header.isPlaceholder ? null : flexRender(header.column.columnDef.header, header.getContext())}
+            {header.isPlaceholder ? null : <FlexRender header={header} />}
          </TableCell>
        );
      })}
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-import { Table, flexRender } from '@tanstack/react-table';
-import { EntryId, OntimeEntry, RGBColour, SupportedEntry } from 'ontime-types';
+import { FlexRender } from '@tanstack/react-table';
+import { EntryId, RGBColour, SupportedEntry } from 'ontime-types';
 import { colourToHex, cssOrHexToColour } from 'ontime-utils';
 import { CSSProperties, memo, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { IoEllipsisHorizontal } from 'react-icons/io5';

 import IconButton from '../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
-import type { ExtendedEntry } from '../../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { cx, getAccessibleColour } from '../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { AppMode } from '../../../../ontimeConfig';
 import { useCuesheetTableMenu } from '../cuesheet-table-menu/useCuesheetTableMenu';
+import type { CuesheetTable } from '../cuesheetTable.features';

 import style from './EventRow.module.scss';

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ interface EventRowProps {
  skip: boolean;
  parent: EntryId | null;
  rowIndex: number;
-  table: Table<ExtendedEntry<OntimeEntry>>;
+  table: CuesheetTable;
  injectedStyles?: CSSProperties;
  hasCursor?: boolean;
 }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ function EventRow({
              data-testid={`cuesheet-cell-${cell.column.id}`}
              data-column-id={cell.column.id}
            >
-              {flexRender(cell.column.columnDef.cell, cell.getContext())}
+              <FlexRender cell={cell} />
            </td>
          );
        })}
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import { Table, flexRender } from '@tanstack/react-table';
+import { FlexRender } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import { EntryId, SupportedEntry } from 'ontime-types';
 import { CSSProperties, memo } from 'react';
 import { IoEllipsisHorizontal } from 'react-icons/io5';

 import IconButton from '../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
-import type { ExtendedEntry } from '../../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { AppMode } from '../../../../ontimeConfig';
 import { useCuesheetTableMenu } from '../cuesheet-table-menu/useCuesheetTableMenu';
+import type { CuesheetTable } from '../cuesheetTable.features';

 import style from './GroupRow.module.scss';

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ interface GroupRowProps {
  colour: string;
  rowId: string;
  rowIndex: number;
-  table: Table<ExtendedEntry>;
+  table: CuesheetTable;
  injectedStyles?: CSSProperties;
  hasCursor?: boolean;
 }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function GroupRow({
              }}
              role='cell'
            >
-              {flexRender(cell.column.columnDef.cell, cell.getContext())}
+              <FlexRender cell={cell} />
            </td>
          );
        })}
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-import { Table, flexRender } from '@tanstack/react-table';
+import { FlexRender } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import { EntryId, SupportedEntry } from 'ontime-types';
 import { colourToHex, cssOrHexToColour } from 'ontime-utils';
 import { CSSProperties, memo, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { IoEllipsisHorizontal } from 'react-icons/io5';

 import IconButton from '../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
-import type { ExtendedEntry } from '../../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { cx, enDash, getAccessibleColour } from '../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { AppMode } from '../../../../ontimeConfig';
 import { useCuesheetTableMenu } from '../cuesheet-table-menu/useCuesheetTableMenu';
+import type { CuesheetTable } from '../cuesheetTable.features';

 import style from './MilestoneRow.module.scss';

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ interface MilestoneRowProps {
  colour: string;
  rowId: string;
  rowIndex: number;
-  table: Table<ExtendedEntry>;
+  table: CuesheetTable;
  injectedStyles?: CSSProperties;
  hasCursor?: boolean;
 }
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function MilestoneRow({
              }}
              tabIndex={-1}
            >
-              {canRender && flexRender(cell.column.columnDef.cell, cell.getContext())}
+              {canRender && <FlexRender cell={cell} />}
            </td>
          );
        })}
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import { useSortable } from '@dnd-kit/sortable';
 import { CSS } from '@dnd-kit/utilities';
-import { Header } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import { CSSProperties, ReactNode } from 'react';

-import type { ExtendedEntry } from '../../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
+import type { CuesheetHeaderCell } from '../cuesheetTable.features';

 import style from '../CuesheetTable.module.scss';

@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ export function TableCell({ colSpan, injectedStyles, children, draggable }: Sort
 }

 interface DraggableProps {
-  header: Header<ExtendedEntry, unknown>;
+  header: CuesheetHeaderCell;
 }

 export function Draggable({ header }: DraggableProps) {
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { CellContext, ColumnDef } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import { CustomFields, TimeStrategy, URLPreset, isOntimeDelay, isOntimeEvent } from 'ontime-types';
 import { millisToString } from 'ontime-utils';
 import { useCallback } from 'react';
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ import type { ExtendedEntry } from '../../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { formatDuration, formatTime } from '../../../../common/utils/time';
 import { AppMode } from '../../../../ontimeConfig';
 import { getCuesheetColumnAccessPolicy } from '../../cuesheet.policies';
+import type { CuesheetCellContext, CuesheetColumnDef } from '../cuesheetTable.features';
 import DurationInput from './DurationInput';
 import EditableImage from './EditableImage';
 import FlagCell from './FlagCell';
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ import MutedText from './MutedText';
 import SingleLineCell from './SingleLineCell';
 import TimeInput from './TimeInput';

-function getColumnLabel(column: CellContext<ExtendedEntry, unknown>['column']): string {
+function getColumnLabel(column: CuesheetCellContext['column']): string {
  return typeof column.columnDef.header === 'string' ? column.columnDef.header : column.id;
 }

-function MakeStart({ getValue, row, table, column }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry, unknown>) {
+function MakeStart({ getValue, row, table, column }: CuesheetCellContext) {
  if (!table.options.meta) {
    return null;
  }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function MakeStart({ getValue, row, table, column }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry,
  );
 }

-function MakeEnd({ getValue, row, table, column }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry, unknown>) {
+function MakeEnd({ getValue, row, table, column }: CuesheetCellContext) {
  if (!table.options.meta) {
    return null;
  }
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function MakeEnd({ getValue, row, table, column }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry, un
  );
 }

-function MakeDuration({ getValue, row, table, column }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry, unknown>) {
+function MakeDuration({ getValue, row, table, column }: CuesheetCellContext) {
  if (!table.options.meta) {
    return null;
  }
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function MakeDuration({ getValue, row, table, column }: CellContext<ExtendedEntr
  );
 }

-function MakeMultiLineField({ row, column, table }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry, unknown>) {
+function MakeMultiLineField({ row, column, table }: CuesheetCellContext) {
  const update = useCallback(
    (newValue: string) => {
      table.options.meta?.handleUpdate(row.index, column.id, newValue, false);
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ function MakeMultiLineField({ row, column, table }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry, u
  );
 }

-function LazyImage({ row, column, table }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry, unknown>) {
+function LazyImage({ row, column, table }: CuesheetCellContext) {
  const update = useCallback(
    (newValue: string) => {
      table.options.meta?.handleUpdate(row.index, column.id, newValue, true);
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function LazyImage({ row, column, table }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry, unknown>)
  return <EditableImage initialValue={initialValue} updateValue={update} readOnly={!canWrite} />;
 }

-function MakeSingleLineField({ row, column, table }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry, unknown>) {
+function MakeSingleLineField({ row, column, table }: CuesheetCellContext) {
  const update = useCallback(
    (newValue: string) => {
      table.options.meta?.handleUpdate(row.index, column.id, newValue, false);
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ function MakeSingleLineField({ row, column, table }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry,
  );
 }

-function MakeFlagField({ row }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry, unknown>) {
+function MakeFlagField({ row }: CuesheetCellContext) {
  const event = row.original;
  if (!isOntimeEvent(event) || !event.flag) {
    return null;
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ function MakeFlagField({ row }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry, unknown>) {
  return <FlagCell />;
 }

-function MakeCustomField({ row, column, table }: CellContext<ExtendedEntry, unknown>) {
+function MakeCustomField({ row, column, table }: CuesheetCellContext) {
  const update = useCallback(
    (newValue: string) => {
      table.options.meta?.handleUpdate(row.index, column.id, newValue, true);
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ export function makeCuesheetColumns(
  customFields: CustomFields,
  cuesheetMode: AppMode,
  preset: URLPreset | undefined,
-): ColumnDef<ExtendedEntry>[] {
-  const columnsDef: ColumnDef<ExtendedEntry>[] = [];
+): CuesheetColumnDef[] {
+  const columnsDef: CuesheetColumnDef[] = [];
  const { canRead, canWrite } = getCuesheetColumnAccessPolicy(preset, cuesheetMode);

  if (canRead('flag')) {
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { Popover } from '@base-ui/react/popover';
 import { Toggle } from '@base-ui/react/toggle';
 import { ToggleGroup } from '@base-ui/react/toggle-group';
 import { Toolbar } from '@base-ui/react/toolbar';
-import type { Column } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { IoBookOutline, IoChevronDown, IoOptions } from 'react-icons/io5';

@@ -10,9 +9,9 @@ import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Checkbox from '../../../../common/components/checkbox/Checkbox';
 import * as Editor from '../../../../common/components/editor-utils/EditorUtils';
 import PopoverContents from '../../../../common/components/popover/Popover';
-import type { ExtendedEntry } from '../../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { AppMode } from '../../../../ontimeConfig';
 import { useCuesheetPermissions } from '../../useTablePermissions';
+import type { CuesheetColumn } from '../cuesheetTable.features';
 import CuesheetShareModal from './CuesheetShareModal';

 import style from './CuesheetTableSettings.module.scss';
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ type TableModeControls = {
 };

 interface CuesheetTableHeaderToolbarProps {
-  columns: Column<ExtendedEntry, unknown>[];
+  columns: CuesheetColumn[];
  optionsStore: TableHeaderOptionsStore;
  handleResetResizing: () => void;
  handleResetReordering: () => void;
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ interface ViewSettingsProps {
 }

 interface ColumnSettingsProps {
-  columns: Column<ExtendedEntry, unknown>[];
+  columns: CuesheetColumn[];
  handleResetResizing: () => void;
  handleResetReordering: () => void;
  handleClearToggles: () => void;
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ function ColumnSettings({

            return (
              <Editor.Label key={`${column.id}-${visible}`} className={style.option}>
-                <Checkbox defaultChecked={visible} onCheckedChange={column.toggleVisibility} />
+                <Checkbox defaultChecked={visible} onCheckedChange={(checked) => column.toggleVisibility(checked)} />
                {columnHeader as ReactNode}
              </Editor.Label>
            );
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  transition: background-color 0.2s ease-in-out;

  &[data-background-rundown='true'] {
-    background-color: rgba($ontime-color, 0.5);
+    background-color: $bg-active;

    .apart::before {
      content: 'BACKGROUND EDIT';
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import {
+  columnOrderingFeature,
+  columnResizingFeature,
+  columnSizingFeature,
+  columnVisibilityFeature,
+  metaHelper,
+  tableFeatures,
+} from '@tanstack/react-table';
+import type { CellContext, Column, ColumnDef, Header, HeaderGroup, Table } from '@tanstack/react-table';
+import type { TimeField } from 'ontime-types';
+
+import type { ExtendedEntry } from '../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
+import type { AppMode } from '../../../ontimeConfig';
+
+/**
+ * Custom data we pass to the table
+ * - `handleUpdate` callback to update the entry when the user edits a cell
+ * - `handleUpdateTimer` callback to update the timer for a specific event
+ * - `options-showDelayedTimes` whether to show or hide delayed times
+ * - `options-hideTableSeconds` whether to hide seconds in the table
+ * - `options-hideIndexColumn` whether to hide the index column
+ * - `options-cuesheetMode` run or edit mode
+ */
+export interface CuesheetTableMeta {
+  handleUpdate: (rowIndex: number, accessor: string, payload: string, isCustom: boolean) => void;
+  handleUpdateTimer: (eventId: string, field: TimeField, payload: string) => void;
+  options: {
+    showDelayedTimes: boolean;
+    hideTableSeconds: boolean;
+    hideIndexColumn: boolean;
+    cuesheetMode: AppMode;
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Metadata specific for each column
+ * - `canWrite` whether the user can write to this column
+ * - `colour` background colour associated with a custom field
+ */
+export interface CuesheetColumnMeta {
+  canWrite: boolean;
+  colour?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Features registered in the cuesheet and rundown tables.
+ * In v9 an API only exists once its feature is registered, so this list is the
+ * source of truth for what the table can do:
+ * - `columnOrderingFeature`: user reorders columns by dragging the headers
+ * - `columnVisibilityFeature`: user toggles columns in the table settings
+ * - `columnSizingFeature`: column widths, exposed to CSS as custom properties
+ * - `columnResizingFeature`: the drag handle in the header (requires sizing)
+ *
+ * The `tableMeta` / `columnMeta` slots replace the v8 global module augmentation:
+ * they scope our meta types to this table instead of every table in the app.
+ */
+export const cuesheetTableFeatures = tableFeatures({
+  columnOrderingFeature,
+  columnVisibilityFeature,
+  columnSizingFeature,
+  columnResizingFeature,
+  tableMeta: metaHelper<CuesheetTableMeta>(),
+  columnMeta: metaHelper<CuesheetColumnMeta>(),
+});
+
+export type CuesheetFeatures = typeof cuesheetTableFeatures;
+
+/** Convenience aliases so consumers do not need to repeat the feature generic */
+export type CuesheetColumnDef = ColumnDef<CuesheetFeatures, ExtendedEntry>;
+export type CuesheetTable = Table<CuesheetFeatures, ExtendedEntry>;
+export type CuesheetCellContext = CellContext<CuesheetFeatures, ExtendedEntry>;
+export type CuesheetHeaderGroup = HeaderGroup<CuesheetFeatures, ExtendedEntry>;
+export type CuesheetHeaderCell = Header<CuesheetFeatures, ExtendedEntry, unknown>;
+export type CuesheetColumn = Column<CuesheetFeatures, ExtendedEntry, unknown>;
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { useLocalStorage } from '@mantine/hooks';
-import { ColumnDef, ColumnSizingState, Updater } from '@tanstack/react-table';
+import { ColumnSizingState, Updater } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';

 import { debounce } from '../../../common/utils/debounce';
 import { makeStageKey } from '../../../common/utils/localStorage';
-import type { ExtendedEntry } from '../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
+import type { CuesheetColumnDef } from './cuesheetTable.features';

 type TableRoot = 'editor' | 'cuesheet';

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function useColumnSizes(tableRoot: TableRoot = 'cuesheet') {
  };
 }

-export function useColumnOrder(columns: ColumnDef<ExtendedEntry>[], tableRoot: TableRoot = 'cuesheet') {
+export function useColumnOrder(columns: CuesheetColumnDef[], tableRoot: TableRoot = 'cuesheet') {
  const tableOrderKey = useMemo(() => makeStageKey(`${tableRoot}-table-order`), [tableRoot]);

  const [columnOrder, saveColumnOrder] = useLocalStorage<string[]>({
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 .error {
  padding-inline: 0.5rem;
  font-size: 1rem;
-  height: 3rem;
+  // rows grow when a match is shown from a note or custom field
+  min-height: 3rem;
+  padding-block: 0.35rem;

  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
 }

 .entry[data-selected='true'] {
@@ -18,21 +21,47 @@
  color: $label-gray;
 }

+.more {
+  padding-inline: 0.5rem;
+  padding-block: 0.75rem;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 2px);
+  color: $label-gray;
+  border-top: 1px solid $gray-1000;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
 .error {
  color: $error-red;
 }

+.filters {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+  padding-top: 0.75rem;
+}
+
+.filterLabel {
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+  color: $label-gray;
+  margin-right: 0.15rem;
+}
+
 .data {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-areas:
    'index cue'
-    'index title';
+    'index title'
+    'index match';
  column-gap: 1rem;
  grid-template-rows: min-content 1fr;
+  min-width: 0;

  .index {
    grid-area: index;
-    background-color: var(--color, $gray-1000);
+    // background and text colour come from getAccessibleColour, which keeps the
+    // number legible whatever colour the user gave the entry
    border-radius: 2px;
    padding-block: 0.25rem;
    width: 3.5rem;
@@ -42,14 +71,33 @@

  .title {
    grid-area: title;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
  }

  .cue {
    grid-area: cue;
    font-size: calc(1rem - 2px);
    color: $label-gray;
-    max-height: 1em;
    min-height: 0;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  }
+
+  .match {
+    grid-area: match;
+    font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+    color: $label-gray;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  }
+
+  .matchLabel {
+    color: $ui-white;
+    margin-right: 0.4rem;
  }
 }

@@ -63,13 +111,14 @@
  color: $label-gray;
 }

-.filterHint {
+.count {
  text-align: right;
+  white-space: nowrap;
 }

-.em {
-  color: $ui-white;
-  margin-inline: 0.25rem;
+.go {
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  padding-left: 1rem;
 }

 .hints {
@@ -98,7 +147,7 @@
    flex-direction: column;
  }

-  .filterHint {
+  .count {
    text-align: left;
  }
 }
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-import { useDebouncedCallback } from '@mantine/hooks';
-import { SupportedEntry } from 'ontime-types';
-import { KeyboardEvent, useState } from 'react';
+import { MaybeString } from 'ontime-types';
+import { KeyboardEvent, useDeferredValue, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';

+import ToggleButton from '../../../common/components/buttons/ToggleButton';
 import Input from '../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
 import Kbd from '../../../common/components/kbd/Kbd';
 import Modal from '../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
-import useFinder from './useFinder';
+import { getAccessibleColour } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
+import useFinder, { FinderResult } from './useFinder';

 import style from './Finder.module.scss';

@@ -15,46 +16,76 @@ interface FinderProps {
 }

 export default function Finder({ isOpen, onClose }: FinderProps) {
-  const { find, select, results, error } = useFinder();
-  const [selected, setSelected] = useState(0);
+  const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
+  const [filter, setFilter] = useState<MaybeString>(null);
+  const [selectedId, setSelectedId] = useState<MaybeString>(null);

-  const debouncedFind = useDebouncedCallback(find, 100);
+  /**
+   * Keeps typing responsive while the list re-renders.
+   * The search itself is cheap, rendering the results is what costs.
+   */
+  const deferredSearch = useDeferredValue(search);
+  const { select, results, error, total, filters, appliedFilter } = useFinder(deferredSearch, filter);
+
+  const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  const activeRef = useRef<HTMLLIElement>(null);
+
+  /**
+   * We track the selection by ID so that it survives the result list changing under us:
+   * an entry that no longer exists falls back to the first result instead of dangling past the end
+   */
+  const activeIndex = Math.max(
+    0,
+    results.findIndex((entry) => entry.id === selectedId),
+  );
+  const activeEntry = results.at(activeIndex);
+
+  /** keep the highlighted entry in view while navigating with the keyboard */
+  useEffect(() => {
+    activeRef.current?.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' });
+  }, [activeEntry?.id]);

  const navigate = (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    // pressing the search shortcut again selects the query, ready to be replaced
+    if ((event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey) && event.key === 'f') {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      inputRef.current?.select();
+      return;
+    }
+
    // all operations need results
    if (results.length === 0) {
      return;
    }
    if (event.key === 'ArrowDown') {
-      setSelected((prev) => (prev + 1) % results.length);
+      setSelectedId(results[(activeIndex + 1) % results.length].id);
    }
    if (event.key === 'ArrowUp') {
-      setSelected((prev) => (prev - 1 + results.length) % results.length);
+      setSelectedId(results[(activeIndex - 1 + results.length) % results.length].id);
    }
    if (event.key === 'Enter') {
      event.preventDefault();
      event.stopPropagation();
-      submit();
+      submit(activeEntry);
    }
  };

-  const submit = () => {
-    const selectedEvent = results[selected];
-    select(selectedEvent);
+  const submit = (entry: FinderResult | undefined) => {
+    if (!entry) {
+      return;
+    }
+    select(entry);
    onClose();
  };

-  const handleMouseMoveEvent = (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLUListElement>) => {
-    const target = event.target as HTMLElement;
-    const li = target.closest('li');
-    if (li) {
-      const index = Number(li.dataset.index);
-      if (!isNaN(index)) {
-        setSelected(index);
-      }
-    }
+  /** Scopes the search to a single field, or back to all fields when tapped again */
+  const handleFilter = (filterKey: string) => {
+    setFilter((previous) => (previous === filterKey ? null : filterKey));
+    inputRef.current?.focus();
  };

+  const hiddenResults = total - results.length;
+
  return (
    <Modal
      title=''
@@ -63,35 +94,68 @@ export default function Finder({ isOpen, onClose }: FinderProps) {
      showBackdrop
      bodyElements={
        <div onKeyDown={navigate}>
-          <Input height='large' fluid onChange={debouncedFind} placeholder='Search...' />
-          <ul className={style.scrollContainer} onMouseMove={handleMouseMoveEvent}>
+          <Input
+            ref={inputRef}
+            height='large'
+            fluid
+            autoFocus
+            value={search}
+            onChange={(event) => setSearch(event.target.value)}
+            placeholder='Search...'
+          />
+          <div className={style.filters} data-testid='finder-filters'>
+            <span className={style.filterLabel}>Filter by</span>
+            {filters.map((option) => (
+              <ToggleButton
+                key={option.key}
+                pressed={appliedFilter === option.key}
+                size='small'
+                onClick={() => handleFilter(option.key)}
+              >
+                {option.label}
+              </ToggleButton>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+          <ul className={style.scrollContainer}>
            {error && <li className={style.error}>{error}</li>}
-            {results.length === 0 && <li className={style.empty}>No results</li>}
-            {results.length > 0 &&
-              results.map((entry, index) => {
-                const isSelected = selected === index;
-                const displayIndex = entry.type === SupportedEntry.Event ? entry.eventIndex : '-';
-                const displayCue = 'cue' in entry ? entry.cue : '';
+            {!error && results.length === 0 && <li className={style.empty}>No results</li>}
+            {results.map((entry) => {
+              const isSelected = activeEntry?.id === entry.id;
+              // the title and cue are already on the row, a match anywhere else needs showing
+              const showMatch = entry.match !== null && entry.match.key !== 'title' && entry.match.key !== 'cue';

-                return (
-                  <li
-                    key={entry.id}
-                    className={style.entry}
-                    data-selected={isSelected}
-                    data-index={index}
-                    onClick={submit}
-                  >
-                    <div className={style.data}>
-                      <div className={style.index} style={{ '--color': entry.colour }}>
-                        {displayIndex}
-                      </div>
-                      <div className={style.cue}>{displayCue}</div>
-                      <div className={style.title}>{entry.title}</div>
+              return (
+                <li
+                  key={entry.id}
+                  ref={isSelected ? activeRef : undefined}
+                  className={style.entry}
+                  data-testid='finder-result'
+                  data-selected={isSelected}
+                  onClick={() => submit(entry)}
+                  onPointerEnter={() => setSelectedId(entry.id)}
+                >
+                  <div className={style.data}>
+                    <div className={style.index} style={getAccessibleColour(entry.colour)}>
+                      {entry.eventIndex ?? '-'}
                    </div>
-                    {isSelected && <span>Go ⏎</span>}
-                  </li>
-                );
-              })}
+                    <div className={style.cue}>{entry.cue}</div>
+                    <div className={style.title}>{entry.title}</div>
+                    {showMatch && (
+                      <div className={style.match} data-testid='finder-result-match'>
+                        <span className={style.matchLabel}>{entry.match?.label}</span>
+                        {entry.match?.excerpt}
+                      </div>
+                    )}
+                  </div>
+                  {isSelected && <span className={style.go}>Go ⏎</span>}
+                </li>
+              );
+            })}
+            {hiddenResults > 0 && (
+              <li className={style.more} data-testid='finder-more'>
+                {hiddenResults} more {hiddenResults === 1 ? 'result' : 'results'} — keep typing to narrow the search
+              </li>
+            )}
          </ul>
        </div>
      }
@@ -112,10 +176,11 @@ export default function Finder({ isOpen, onClose }: FinderProps) {
              Close
            </span>
          </div>
-          <div className={style.filterHint}>
-            Filter by <span className={style.em}>cue</span>, <span className={style.em}>index</span>, or
-            <span className={style.em}>title</span>
-          </div>
+          {total > 0 && (
+            <div className={style.count} data-testid='finder-count'>
+              {hiddenResults > 0 ? `Showing ${results.length} of ${total}` : `${total} result${total === 1 ? '' : 's'}`}
+            </div>
+          )}
        </div>
      }
    />
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+import { CustomFields, OntimeDelay, OntimeEvent, OntimeGroup, OntimeMilestone, SupportedEntry } from 'ontime-types';
+
+import { parseQuery, searchByIndex, searchByText } from './useFinder';
+
+function makeEvent(id: string, overrides: Partial<OntimeEvent> = {}): OntimeEvent {
+  return {
+    type: SupportedEntry.Event,
+    id,
+    cue: '',
+    title: '',
+    note: '',
+    colour: '#000000',
+    custom: {},
+    parent: null,
+    ...overrides,
+  } as OntimeEvent;
+}
+
+function makeGroup(id: string, overrides: Partial<OntimeGroup> = {}): OntimeGroup {
+  return {
+    type: SupportedEntry.Group,
+    id,
+    title: '',
+    note: '',
+    colour: '#000000',
+    custom: {},
+    ...overrides,
+  } as OntimeGroup;
+}
+
+function makeMilestone(id: string, overrides: Partial<OntimeMilestone> = {}): OntimeMilestone {
+  return {
+    type: SupportedEntry.Milestone,
+    id,
+    cue: '',
+    title: '',
+    note: '',
+    colour: '#000000',
+    custom: {},
+    parent: null,
+    ...overrides,
+  } as OntimeMilestone;
+}
+
+function makeDelay(id: string): OntimeDelay {
+  return { type: SupportedEntry.Delay, id, duration: 1000, parent: null };
+}
+
+describe('parseQuery()', () => {
+  const filters = [
+    { key: 'cue', label: 'Cue' },
+    { key: 'Camera_Notes', label: 'Camera Notes' },
+  ];
+
+  it.each([
+    ['cue 12', { filterKey: 'cue', searchString: '12' }],
+    ['cue:12', { filterKey: 'cue', searchString: '12' }],
+    ['camera_notes:wide', { filterKey: 'Camera_Notes', searchString: 'wide' }],
+  ])('parses the field prefix in %s', (searchValue, expected) => {
+    expect(parseQuery(searchValue, filters)).toStrictEqual(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps an unprefixed query as a search across all fields', () => {
+    expect(parseQuery('zebrafish', filters)).toStrictEqual({ filterKey: null, searchString: 'zebrafish' });
+  });
+
+  it('recognises a filter before any search text has been entered', () => {
+    expect(parseQuery('cue', filters)).toStrictEqual({ filterKey: 'cue', searchString: '' });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('searchByText()', () => {
+  const customFields: CustomFields = {
+    Camera_Notes: { type: 'text', label: 'Camera Notes', colour: '#000000' },
+    Slide: { type: 'image', label: 'Slide', colour: '#000000' },
+  };
+
+  it('searches cue, title, note, and text custom fields in rundown order', () => {
+    const data = [
+      makeMilestone('milestone', { cue: 'needle' }),
+      makeGroup('group', { title: 'needle' }),
+      makeEvent('note', { note: 'find the needle here' }),
+      makeEvent('custom', { custom: { Camera_Notes: 'needle' } }),
+    ];
+
+    const outcome = searchByText(data, customFields, null, 'needle');
+
+    expect(outcome.results.map(({ id, match }) => ({ id, field: match?.key }))).toStrictEqual([
+      { id: 'milestone', field: 'cue' },
+      { id: 'group', field: 'title' },
+      { id: 'note', field: 'note' },
+      { id: 'custom', field: 'Camera_Notes' },
+    ]);
+    expect(outcome.total).toBe(4);
+  });
+
+  it('searches only the selected field', () => {
+    const data = [
+      makeEvent('title', { title: 'needle' }),
+      makeEvent('note', { note: 'needle' }),
+      makeEvent('custom', { custom: { Camera_Notes: 'needle' } }),
+    ];
+
+    const outcome = searchByText(data, customFields, 'note', 'needle');
+
+    expect(outcome.results.map((result) => result.id)).toStrictEqual(['note']);
+    expect(outcome.total).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('reports the first matching field so the result can explain why it matched', () => {
+    const data = [makeEvent('event', { cue: 'NEEDLE', title: 'another needle' })];
+
+    const outcome = searchByText(data, customFields, null, 'needle');
+
+    expect(outcome.results[0].match).toStrictEqual({ key: 'cue', label: 'Cue', excerpt: 'NEEDLE' });
+  });
+
+  it('does not search image custom fields', () => {
+    const data = [makeEvent('image-only', { custom: { Slide: 'needle' } })];
+
+    expect(searchByText(data, customFields, null, 'needle')).toStrictEqual({ results: [], error: null, total: 0 });
+  });
+
+  it('reports the full match count while limiting rendered results', () => {
+    const data = Array.from({ length: 51 }, (_, index) => makeEvent(String(index), { title: 'needle' }));
+
+    const outcome = searchByText(data, customFields, null, 'needle');
+
+    expect(outcome.results).toHaveLength(50);
+    expect(outcome.total).toBe(51);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('searchByIndex()', () => {
+  it('counts only events while preserving the flat rundown position', () => {
+    const data = [
+      makeGroup('group'),
+      makeDelay('delay'),
+      makeEvent('first'),
+      makeMilestone('milestone'),
+      makeEvent('second'),
+    ];
+
+    const outcome = searchByIndex(data, '2');
+
+    expect(outcome.results).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(outcome.results[0]).toMatchObject({ id: 'second', index: 4, eventIndex: 2 });
+    expect(outcome.total).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it.each(['0', 'not-a-number'])('rejects invalid index %s', (index) => {
+    expect(searchByIndex([makeEvent('event')], index)).toStrictEqual({
+      results: [],
+      error: 'Invalid index',
+      total: 0,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns no result when the event index is beyond the rundown', () => {
+    expect(searchByIndex([makeEvent('event')], '2')).toStrictEqual({ results: [], error: null, total: 0 });
+  });
+});
@@ -1,239 +1,259 @@
-import { EntryId, MaybeString, SupportedEntry, isOntimeEvent, isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
-import { ChangeEvent, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import {
+  CustomFields,
+  EntryId,
+  MaybeNumber,
+  MaybeString,
+  OntimeEntry,
+  OntimeEvent,
+  OntimeGroup,
+  OntimeMilestone,
+  isOntimeDelay,
+  isOntimeEvent,
+} from 'ontime-types';
+import { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';

+import useCustomFields from '../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
 import { useFlatRundown } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
 import { useSelectAndRevealEntry } from '../../../features/rundown/useSelectAndRevealEntry';

-const maxResults = 12;
+/** How many results we render, the total number of matches is reported separately */
+const maxResults = 50;
+/** Notes can hold a whole script, we only show enough to explain the match */
+const excerptPadding = 40;

-type FilterableGroup = {
-  type: SupportedEntry.Group;
-  id: EntryId;
-  index: number;
-  title: string;
-  colour: string;
-};
+const indexFilter = 'index';

-type FilterableEvent = {
-  type: SupportedEntry.Event;
+/** Everything except delays, which carry no text to search */
+type SearchableEntry = OntimeEvent | OntimeGroup | OntimeMilestone;
+
+type FinderFilter = { key: string; label: string };
+
+/**
+ * Offered to the user as filter badges. Index is a positional lookup rather than a
+ * text field, so it is handled separately from the fields a search runs over.
+ */
+const staticFilters: FinderFilter[] = [
+  { key: indexFilter, label: 'Index' },
+  { key: 'cue', label: 'Cue' },
+  { key: 'title', label: 'Title' },
+  { key: 'note', label: 'Note' },
+];
+
+/** Why an entry matched, so the UI can show the user */
+type FinderMatch = { key: string; label: string; excerpt: string };
+
+export type FinderResult = {
  id: EntryId;
+  /** position in the flat rundown, which is how the rundown reveals an entry */
  index: number;
-  eventIndex: number;
+  /** 1-based position among events, null for groups and milestones */
+  eventIndex: MaybeNumber;
  title: string;
+  /** groups have no cue */
  cue: string;
  colour: string;
  parent: MaybeString;
+  /** absent when the entry was found by index rather than by matching text */
+  match: FinderMatch | null;
 };

-type FilterableMilestone = {
-  type: SupportedEntry.Milestone;
-  id: EntryId;
-  index: number;
-  title: string;
-  cue: string;
-  colour: string;
-  parent: MaybeString;
-};
+type SearchOutcome = { results: FinderResult[]; error: MaybeString; total: number };

-type FilterableEntry = FilterableGroup | FilterableEvent | FilterableMilestone;
+const noResults: SearchOutcome = { results: [], error: null, total: 0 };

-export default function useFinder() {
+/** Groups are the only searchable entry with neither a cue nor a parent */
+function toResult(entry: SearchableEntry, index: number, eventIndex: MaybeNumber, match: FinderMatch | null) {
+  return {
+    id: entry.id,
+    index,
+    eventIndex,
+    title: entry.title,
+    cue: 'cue' in entry ? entry.cue : '',
+    colour: entry.colour,
+    parent: 'parent' in entry ? entry.parent : null,
+    match,
+  } satisfies FinderResult;
+}
+
+/** Shows enough of a long value for the user to see why it matched */
+function makeExcerpt(value: string, matchIndex: number, searchLength: number): string {
+  const start = Math.max(0, matchIndex - excerptPadding);
+  const end = Math.min(value.length, matchIndex + searchLength + excerptPadding);
+  return `${start > 0 ? '…' : ''}${value.slice(start, end)}${end < value.length ? '…' : ''}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The first field of an entry to contain the search string, if any.
+ * Fields are tried in the order we prefer to report a match.
+ */
+function findMatch(
+  entry: SearchableEntry,
+  customFields: CustomFields,
+  filterKey: MaybeString,
+  searchString: string,
+): FinderMatch | null {
+  function check(key: string, label: string, value: string): FinderMatch | null {
+    if (!value || (filterKey !== null && key !== filterKey)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const matchIndex = value.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchString);
+    if (matchIndex === -1) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return { key, label, excerpt: makeExcerpt(value, matchIndex, searchString.length) };
+  }
+
+  // groups have no cue, the rest is common to every searchable entry
+  const fromCue = 'cue' in entry ? check('cue', 'Cue', entry.cue) : null;
+  const match = fromCue ?? check('title', 'Title', entry.title) ?? check('note', 'Note', entry.note);
+  if (match !== null) {
+    return match;
+  }
+
+  // custom fields are named by the project, so these can only be reached generically
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(entry.custom)) {
+    const definition = customFields[key];
+    if (definition?.type !== 'text') {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const custom = check(key, definition.label || key, value);
+    if (custom) return custom;
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Splits the raw search value into an optional field filter and the text to look for.
+ * Both `cue 12` and `cue:12` are accepted so that typing agrees with the filter badges.
+ */
+export function parseQuery(searchValue: string, filters: FinderFilter[]) {
+  for (const filter of filters) {
+    // the search value is already lowercased, custom field keys are not
+    const prefix = filter.key.toLowerCase();
+    if (searchValue === prefix) {
+      return { filterKey: filter.key, searchString: '' };
+    }
+    if (searchValue.startsWith(`${prefix} `) || searchValue.startsWith(`${prefix}:`)) {
+      return { filterKey: filter.key, searchString: searchValue.slice(prefix.length + 1).trim() };
+    }
+  }
+  return { filterKey: null, searchString: searchValue };
+}
+
+/** Finds the single event at a 1-based position in the rundown */
+export function searchByIndex(data: OntimeEntry[], indexString: string): SearchOutcome {
+  const target = Number(indexString);
+  if (isNaN(target) || target < 1) {
+    return { ...noResults, error: 'Invalid index' };
+  }
+
+  let eventIndex = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+    const entry = data[i];
+    if (!isOntimeEvent(entry)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    eventIndex++;
+    if (eventIndex === target) {
+      return { results: [toResult(entry, i, eventIndex, null)], error: null, total: 1 };
+    }
+  }
+
+  return noResults;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Matches entries on a single field when one is selected, otherwise on every text field.
+ * Results keep rundown order, which keeps them predictable during a show.
+ */
+export function searchByText(
+  data: OntimeEntry[],
+  customFields: CustomFields,
+  filterKey: MaybeString,
+  searchString: string,
+): SearchOutcome {
+  const results: FinderResult[] = [];
+  let total = 0;
+  // indexes exposed to the UI are 1-based
+  let eventIndex = 0;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+    const entry = data[i];
+    if (isOntimeDelay(entry)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const isEvent = isOntimeEvent(entry);
+    if (isEvent) {
+      eventIndex++;
+    }
+
+    const match = findMatch(entry, customFields, filterKey, searchString);
+    if (match === null) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    total++;
+    if (results.length < maxResults) {
+      results.push(toResult(entry, i, isEvent ? eventIndex : null, match));
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { results, error: null, total };
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param searchValue - the text the user is looking for
+ * @param activeFilter - a field selected from the filter badges, if any
+ */
+export default function useFinder(searchValue: string, activeFilter: MaybeString) {
  const { data, rundownId } = useFlatRundown();
-  const [results, setResults] = useState<FilterableEntry[]>([]);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<MaybeString>(null);
-  const lastSearchString = useRef('');
+  const { data: customFields } = useCustomFields();

  const selectAndRevealEntry = useSelectAndRevealEntry(rundownId);

-  /** Filters the rundown to a given evaluation */
-  const find = useCallback(
-    (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-      if (!data || data.length === 0) {
-        setError('No data');
-        return;
-      }
-      setError(null);
+  /** The filters offered to the user: the fixed fields plus whatever the project defines */
+  const filters = useMemo<FinderFilter[]>(() => {
+    const customFilters = Object.entries(customFields)
+      .filter(([_key, field]) => field.type === 'text')
+      .map(([key, field]) => ({ key, label: field.label || key }));
+    return [...staticFilters, ...customFilters];
+  }, [customFields]);

-      if (event.target.value === '') {
-        setResults([]);
-        return;
-      }
+  const { results, error, total, appliedFilter } = useMemo(() => {
+    if (data.length === 0) {
+      return { ...noResults, error: 'No data', appliedFilter: activeFilter };
+    }

-      const searchValue = event.target.value.toLowerCase();
-      lastSearchString.current = searchValue;
+    const normalised = searchValue.trim().toLowerCase();
+    if (normalised === '') {
+      return { ...noResults, appliedFilter: activeFilter };
+    }

-      if (searchValue.startsWith('index ')) {
-        const searchString = searchValue.slice('index '.length).trim();
-        const { results, error } = searchByIndex(searchString);
-        setResults(results);
-        setError(error);
-        return;
-      }
+    /**
+     * If a badge is selected it scopes the search; otherwise, keyword prefixes in the input
+     * (e.g. "cue:" / "title:") are parsed and the matching badge is highlighted.
+     */
+    const { filterKey, searchString } = activeFilter
+      ? { filterKey: activeFilter, searchString: normalised }
+      : parseQuery(normalised, filters);

-      if (searchValue.startsWith('cue ')) {
-        const searchString = searchValue.slice('cue '.length).trim();
-        const { results, error } = searchByCue(searchString);
-        setResults(results);
-        setError(error);
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const searchString = searchValue.startsWith('title ') ? searchValue.slice('title '.length).trim() : searchValue;
-      const { results, error } = searchByTitle(searchString);
-      setResults(results);
-      setError(error);
-
-      /** Returns a single item with a matching index */
-      function searchByIndex(searchString: string) {
-        const searchIndex = Number(searchString);
-        if (isNaN(searchIndex) || searchIndex < 1) {
-          return { results: [], error: 'Invalid index' };
-        }
-
-        if (searchIndex > data.length) {
-          return { results: [], error: null };
-        }
-
-        // indexes exposed to the UI are 1-based
-        let eventIndex = 1;
-        const results: FilterableEvent[] = [];
-        for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
-          const event = data[i];
-          if (isOntimeEvent(event)) {
-            if (eventIndex === searchIndex) {
-              results.push({
-                type: SupportedEntry.Event,
-                id: event.id,
-                index: i,
-                eventIndex,
-                title: event.title,
-                cue: event.cue,
-                colour: event.colour,
-                parent: event.parent,
-              } satisfies FilterableEvent);
-              break;
-            }
-            eventIndex++;
-          }
-        }
-
-        return { results, error: null };
-      }
-
-      /** Returns maxResults of OntimeEvents that match the cue field */
-      function searchByCue(searchString: string) {
-        // indexes exposed to the UI are 1-based
-        let eventIndex = 1;
-        // limit amount of results we show
-        let remaining = maxResults;
-        const results: FilterableEvent[] = [];
-
-        for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
-          if (remaining <= 0) {
-            break;
-          }
-          const event = data[i];
-          if (isOntimeEvent(event)) {
-            if (event.cue.toLowerCase().includes(searchString)) {
-              remaining--;
-              results.push({
-                type: SupportedEntry.Event,
-                id: event.id,
-                index: i,
-                eventIndex,
-                title: event.title,
-                cue: event.cue,
-                colour: event.colour,
-                parent: event.parent,
-              } satisfies FilterableEvent);
-            }
-            eventIndex++;
-          }
-        }
-        return { results, error: null };
-      }
-
-      /** Returns maxResults of OntimeEvents that match the title field*/
-      function searchByTitle(searchString: string) {
-        // indexes exposed to the UI are 1-based
-        let eventIndex = 1;
-        // limit amount of results we show
-        let remaining = maxResults;
-        const results: FilterableEntry[] = [];
-
-        for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
-          if (remaining <= 0) {
-            break;
-          }
-
-          const entry = data[i];
-          if (isOntimeEvent(entry)) {
-            if (entry.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchString)) {
-              remaining--;
-              results.push({
-                type: SupportedEntry.Event,
-                id: entry.id,
-                index: i,
-                eventIndex,
-                title: entry.title,
-                cue: entry.cue,
-                colour: entry.colour,
-                parent: entry.parent,
-              } satisfies FilterableEvent);
-            }
-            eventIndex++;
-          } else if (isOntimeGroup(entry)) {
-            if (entry.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchString)) {
-              remaining--;
-              results.push({
-                type: SupportedEntry.Group,
-                id: entry.id,
-                index: i,
-                title: entry.title,
-                colour: entry.colour,
-              } satisfies FilterableGroup);
-            }
-          } else if (isOntimeMilestone(entry)) {
-            if (entry.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchString)) {
-              remaining--;
-              results.push({
-                type: SupportedEntry.Milestone,
-                id: entry.id,
-                index: i,
-                title: entry.title,
-                cue: entry.cue,
-                colour: entry.colour,
-                parent: entry.parent,
-              } satisfies FilterableMilestone);
-            }
-          }
-        }
-        return { results, error: null };
-      }
-    },
-    [data],
-  );
+    if (filterKey === indexFilter) {
+      return { ...searchByIndex(data, searchString), appliedFilter: filterKey };
+    }
+    if (searchString === '') {
+      // a filter is selected, but there is nothing to match on yet
+      return { ...noResults, appliedFilter: filterKey };
+    }
+    return { ...searchByText(data, customFields, filterKey, searchString), appliedFilter: filterKey };
+  }, [data, customFields, filters, searchValue, activeFilter]);

  const select = useCallback(
-    (selectedEvent: FilterableEntry) => {
-      selectAndRevealEntry({
-        id: selectedEvent.id,
-        index: selectedEvent.index,
-        parent: 'parent' in selectedEvent ? selectedEvent.parent : null,
-      });
+    (result: FinderResult) => {
+      selectAndRevealEntry({ id: result.id, index: result.index, parent: result.parent });
    },
    [selectAndRevealEntry],
  );

-  /** clear results when source data changes */
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setResults([]);
-    setError(null);
-    // fake a submit event to re-run the search
-    if (lastSearchString.current) {
-      find({ target: { value: lastSearchString.current } } as ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>);
-    }
-  }, [data, find]);
-
-  return { find, select, results, error };
+  return { select, results, error, total, filters, appliedFilter };
 }
@@ -195,6 +195,24 @@
    font-weight: 600;
  }

+  .sound-prompt {
+    position: absolute;
+    bottom: $view-block-padding;
+    left: $view-inline-padding;
+    padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
+    border-radius: $element-border-radius;
+    background-color: $viewer-card-bg-color;
+    color: $viewer-secondary-color;
+    font-size: $timer-label-size;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    transition: opacity $viewer-transition-time;
+
+    &--hidden {
+      opacity: 0;
+    }
+  }
+
  /* =================== LOGO ===================*/
  .logo {
    position: absolute;
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import TitleCard from '../../common/components/title-card/TitleCard';
 import ViewLogo from '../../common/components/view-logo/ViewLogo';
 import ViewParamsEditor from '../../common/components/view-params-editor/ViewParamsEditor';
 import { useAutoTickingClock } from '../../common/hooks/useAutoTickingClock';
+import { useFadeOutOnInactivity } from '../../common/hooks/useFadeOutOnInactivity';
 import { useTimerSocket } from '../../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import { useWindowTitle } from '../../common/hooks/useWindowTitle';
 import { cx } from '../../common/utils/styleUtils';
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import {
  getTotalTime,
 } from './timer.utils';
 import { TimerData, useTimerData } from './useTimerData';
+import { useTimerSound } from './useTimerSound';

 import './Timer.scss';

@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ function Timer({ customFields, projectData, isMirrored, settings, viewSettings,
    freezeOvertime,
    freezeMessage,
    hidePhase,
+    endSound,
    font,
    keyColour,
    timerColour,
@@ -75,6 +78,8 @@ function Timer({ customFields, projectData, isMirrored, settings, viewSettings,
  const { getLocalizedString } = useTranslation();
  const localisedMinutes = getLocalizedString('common.minutes');

+  const showSoundPrompt = useTimerSound(time.phase, endSound);
+
  // gather modifiers
  const viewTimerType = timerType ?? timerTypeNow;
  const showOverlay = getShowMessage(message.timer);
@@ -156,6 +161,8 @@ function Timer({ customFields, projectData, isMirrored, settings, viewSettings,

      <ViewParamsEditor target={OntimeView.Timer} viewOptions={timerOptions} />

+      {showSoundPrompt && <SoundPermissionPrompt />}
+
      <div className={cx(['blackout', message.timer.blackout && 'blackout--active'])} />

      {!hideMessage && (
@@ -227,3 +234,13 @@ function TimerAutoTickingClock({ clockFormat }: { clockFormat: MaybeString }) {
    </div>
  );
 }
+
+function SoundPermissionPrompt() {
+  const isUserActive = useFadeOutOnInactivity(true);
+
+  return (
+    <div className={cx(['sound-prompt', !isUserActive && 'sound-prompt--hidden'])} aria-live='polite'>
+      Interact with the page (click/tap or press any key) to enable sound
+    </div>
+  );
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { TimerPhase } from 'ontime-types';
+
+import { shouldPlayEndSound } from '../timer.utils';
+
+describe('shouldPlayEndSound()', () => {
+  test.each([TimerPhase.Default, TimerPhase.Warning, TimerPhase.Danger])(
+    'sounds when a running timer goes into overtime from %s',
+    (previousPhase) => {
+      expect(shouldPlayEndSound(previousPhase, TimerPhase.Overtime)).toBe(true);
+    },
+  );
+
+  it('stays silent on the first phase we see, a client could be joining mid-overtime', () => {
+    expect(shouldPlayEndSound(null, TimerPhase.Overtime)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('stays silent when the phase was reset, a reload during overtime starts from none', () => {
+    expect(shouldPlayEndSound(TimerPhase.None, TimerPhase.Overtime)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('stays silent for a roll timer waiting to start', () => {
+    expect(shouldPlayEndSound(TimerPhase.Pending, TimerPhase.Overtime)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('sounds once, not on every update while in overtime', () => {
+    expect(shouldPlayEndSound(TimerPhase.Overtime, TimerPhase.Overtime)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('stays silent on phases which are not the end of the timer', () => {
+    expect(shouldPlayEndSound(TimerPhase.Default, TimerPhase.Warning)).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldPlayEndSound(TimerPhase.Warning, TimerPhase.Danger)).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldPlayEndSound(TimerPhase.Overtime, TimerPhase.None)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { ViewOption } from '../../common/components/view-params-editor/viewParam
 import { makeOptionsFromCustomFields } from '../../common/components/view-params-editor/viewParams.utils';
 import { PresetContext } from '../../common/context/PresetContext';
 import { isStringBoolean, makeColourString } from '../common/viewUtils';
+import { endSoundOptions, isEndSound, type EndSound } from './timer.sound';

 // manually match the properties of TimerType excluding the None
 const timerDisplayOptions: SelectOption[] = [
@@ -76,6 +77,15 @@ export const getTimerOptions = (timeFormat: string, customFields: CustomFields):
          type: 'boolean',
          defaultValue: false,
        },
+        {
+          id: 'endSound',
+          title: 'Play sound on timer end',
+          description:
+            'Plays a sound in this screen when the timer reaches zero. The screen must be interacted with once before it can play',
+          type: 'option',
+          values: endSoundOptions,
+          defaultValue: 'none',
+        },
      ],
    },
    {
@@ -169,7 +179,7 @@ export const getTimerOptions = (timeFormat: string, customFields: CustomFields):
        {
          id: 'timerColour',
          title: 'Timer Colour',
-          description: 'Timer colour. Default: #f6f6f6',
+          description: 'Timer colour. Default: #F6F6F6',
          type: 'colour',
          defaultValue: 'f6f6f6',
        },
@@ -193,6 +203,7 @@ type TimerOptions = {
  freezeOvertime: boolean;
  freezeMessage: string;
  hidePhase: boolean;
+  endSound: EndSound;
  font?: string;
  keyColour?: string;
  timerColour?: string;
@@ -208,6 +219,7 @@ function getOptionsFromParams(searchParams: URLSearchParams, defaultValues?: URL

  // Get timerType from either source
  const timerType = validateTimerType(getValue('timerType'), TimerType.None);
+  const endSoundValue = getValue('endSound');

  return {
    hideClock: isStringBoolean(getValue('hideClock')),
@@ -227,6 +239,7 @@ function getOptionsFromParams(searchParams: URLSearchParams, defaultValues?: URL
    freezeOvertime: isStringBoolean(getValue('freezeOvertime')),
    freezeMessage: getValue('freezeMessage') ?? '',
    hidePhase: isStringBoolean(getValue('hidePhase')),
+    endSound: isEndSound(endSoundValue) ? endSoundValue : 'none',

    font: getValue('font') ?? undefined,
    keyColour: makeColourString(getValue('keyColour')),
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import arpeggio from '../../assets/sounds/arpeggio.wav';
+import bell from '../../assets/sounds/bell.wav';
+import chime from '../../assets/sounds/chime.wav';
+import type { SelectOption } from '../../common/components/select/Select';
+
+// synthesised tones bundled with the app, no external source or licence to track
+export const endSoundSources = { chime, bell, arpeggio } as const;
+
+export type EndSound = 'none' | keyof typeof endSoundSources;
+
+export const endSoundOptions: SelectOption[] = [
+  { value: 'none', label: 'None' },
+  { value: 'chime', label: 'Chime' },
+  { value: 'bell', label: 'Bell' },
+  { value: 'arpeggio', label: 'Arpeggio' },
+];
+
+export function isEndSound(value: string | null): value is EndSound {
+  return value === 'none' || value === 'chime' || value === 'bell' || value === 'arpeggio';
+}
@@ -189,3 +189,18 @@ export function getCardData(
    nextSecondary,
  };
 }
+
+/**
+ * Whether the end of timer sound should play for a given phase transition
+ * We only sound the transition into overtime from a phase that was already counting,
+ * which keeps a client that connects or reloads mid-overtime silent
+ */
+export function shouldPlayEndSound(previousPhase: TimerPhase | null, phase: TimerPhase): boolean {
+  if (phase !== TimerPhase.Overtime) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    previousPhase === TimerPhase.Default || previousPhase === TimerPhase.Warning || previousPhase === TimerPhase.Danger
+  );
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { TimerPhase } from 'ontime-types';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { endSoundSources, type EndSound } from './timer.sound';
+import { shouldPlayEndSound } from './timer.utils';
+
+/**
+ * Plays a sound when the timer reaches its end
+ *
+ * Browsers reject playback until the document has been interacted with, and that permission
+ * is lost on every page load. Since a timer screen is typically left unattended, we prime the
+ * audio element on the first interaction and let the view prompt for one if it never comes.
+ * Safari grants the permission per element, so priming has to call play() on this element from
+ * inside the event handler, it is not enough to know that an interaction happened.
+ */
+export function useTimerSound(phase: TimerPhase, sound: EndSound): boolean {
+  const audioRef = useRef<HTMLAudioElement | null>(null);
+  const previousPhaseRef = useRef<TimerPhase | null>(null);
+  const [isArmed, setIsArmed] = useState(false);
+
+  const enabled = sound !== 'none';
+
+  // Create and clean up the audio element; changing sounds requires re-arming it in Safari.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setIsArmed(false);
+
+    if (sound === 'none') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const audio = new Audio(endSoundSources[sound]);
+    audioRef.current = audio;
+
+    return () => {
+      audio.pause();
+      audioRef.current = null;
+    };
+  }, [sound]);
+
+  // Listen for user interaction until muted playback succeeds and arms the selected audio element.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!enabled || isArmed) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const prime = () => {
+      const audio = audioRef.current;
+      if (!audio) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const wasMuted = audio.muted;
+      audio.muted = true;
+      audio
+        .play()
+        .then(() => {
+          if (audioRef.current !== audio) {
+            return;
+          }
+          audio.pause();
+          audio.currentTime = 0;
+          setIsArmed(true);
+        })
+        .catch(() => {
+          // playback is still blocked, a later interaction will try again
+        })
+        .finally(() => {
+          audio.muted = wasMuted;
+        });
+    };
+
+    document.addEventListener('pointerdown', prime, { capture: true, signal: controller.signal });
+    document.addEventListener('keydown', prime, { capture: true, signal: controller.signal });
+
+    return () => {
+      controller.abort();
+    };
+  }, [enabled, isArmed]);
+
+  // Track phase transitions and play only when a running timer enters overtime.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const previousPhase = previousPhaseRef.current;
+    previousPhaseRef.current = phase;
+
+    if (!enabled || !shouldPlayEndSound(previousPhase, phase)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const audio = audioRef.current;
+    if (!audio) return;
+
+    audio.currentTime = 0;
+    audio.play().catch(() => {
+      // the screen has not been interacted with, the view shows a prompt for it
+    });
+  }, [enabled, phase]);
+
+  return enabled && !isArmed;
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "ontime-electron",
-  "version": "4.12.0",
+  "version": "4.13.0",
  "author": "Carlos Valente",
  "description": "Time keeping for live events",
  "repository": "https://github.com/cpvalente/ontime",
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  "main": "src/main.js",
  "devDependencies": {
    "electron": "38.2.1",
-    "electron-builder": "26.9.1",
-    "wait-on": "^7.2.0"
+    "electron-builder": "26.15.3",
+    "wait-on": "^9.0.0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "dev:electron": "wait-on http://localhost:3000 && cross-env NODE_ENV=development electron .",
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function makeFileMenu(askToQuit, serverUrl, redirectWindow, showDialog, download
    submenu: [
      {
        label: 'New project...',
-        click: () => redirectWindow('/editor?settings=project__manage&new=true'),
+        click: () => redirectWindow('/editor?settings=project__create'),
      },
      {
        label: 'Load...',
@@ -202,6 +202,18 @@ function makeSettingsMenu(redirectWindow) {
            label: 'View settings',
            click: () => redirectWindow('/editor?settings=settings__view'),
          },
+          {
+            label: 'Custom views',
+            click: () => redirectWindow('/editor?settings=settings__custom-views'),
+          },
+          {
+            label: 'MCP Server',
+            click: () => redirectWindow('/editor?settings=settings__mcp'),
+          },
+          {
+            label: 'Server port',
+            click: () => redirectWindow('/editor?settings=settings__port'),
+          },
        ],
      },
      {
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
      http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy"
      content="default-src 'self'; style-src 'unsafe-inline'; script-src 'self'"
    />
-    <title>ontime</title>
+    <title>Ontime</title>
    <style>
      body {
        -webkit-user-select: none;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
  <body>
    <div class="container">
      <img src="../assets/logo.png" />
-      <h1>ontime · event timers</h1>
+      <h1>Ontime · event timers</h1>
      <div class="lds-ellipsis">
        <div></div>
        <div></div>
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@getontime/resolver",
-  "version": "4.12.0",
+  "version": "4.13.0",
  "type": "module",
  "repository": "https://github.com/cpvalente/ontime",
  "types": "./dist/main.d.ts",
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
    "parser"
  ],
  "author": "",
-  "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
+  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "ontime-types": "workspace:^4.2.1",
    "tsdown": "^0.22.4",
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  "name": "ontime-server",
  "type": "module",
  "main": "src/index.ts",
-  "version": "4.12.0",
+  "version": "4.13.0",
  "exports": "./src/index.js",
  "dependencies": {
    "@googleapis/sheets": "^5.0.5",
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    "cookie": "1.0.2",
    "cookie-parser": "1.4.7",
    "cors": "2.8.6",
-    "dotenv": "^16.0.1",
+    "dotenv": "^17.0.0",
    "express": "5.2.1",
    "express-static-gzip": "3.0.1",
    "express-validator": "7.3.2",
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
    "@types/multer": "2.1.0",
    "@types/node": "catalog:",
    "@types/ws": "^8.5.10",
-    "esbuild": "^0.24.0",
+    "esbuild": "^0.28.0",
    "ontime-types": "workspace:*",
    "server-timing": "^3.3.3",
    "ts-essentials": "catalog:",
-    "tsx": "^4.19.2",
+    "tsx": "^4.23.12",
    "typescript": "catalog:",
    "vitest": "catalog:"
  },
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import { deepEqual } from 'fast-equals';
 import {
  EndAction,
+  OntimeEntry,
  OntimeEvent,
  OntimeGroup,
  OntimeMilestone,
@@ -8,13 +10,21 @@ import {
  TimerType,
  Trigger,
 } from 'ontime-types';
-import { MILLIS_PER_HOUR, MILLIS_PER_MINUTE, createEvent } from 'ontime-utils';
+import {
+  MILLIS_PER_HOUR,
+  MILLIS_PER_MINUTE,
+  createDelay,
+  createEvent,
+  createGroup,
+  createMilestone,
+} from 'ontime-utils';
 import { assertType } from 'vitest';

 import { makeOntimeEvent, makeOntimeGroup, makeOntimeMilestone, makeRundown } from '../__mocks__/rundown.mocks.js';
 import { parseRundown } from '../rundown.parser.js';
 import {
  calculateDayOffset,
+  cloneEntryData,
  deleteById,
  doesInvalidateMetadata,
  getIntegerAndFraction,
@@ -715,3 +725,68 @@ describe('eventDurationMatchGroupTarget()', () => {
    expect(result).toStrictEqual(null);
  });
 });
+
+describe('cloneEntryData()', () => {
+  const trigger: Trigger = {
+    id: 'trigger-1',
+    title: 'Go on air',
+    trigger: TimerLifeCycle.onStart,
+    automationId: 'automation-1',
+  };
+
+  // the real factories, so these are complete entries exactly as the rundown holds them
+  const entries: [string, OntimeEntry][] = [
+    ['event', createEvent({ custom: { sponsor: 'a value' }, triggers: [trigger] }, 'cue-1') as OntimeEvent],
+    ['group', createGroup({ id: 'group-1', entries: ['a', 'b'], custom: { sponsor: 'a value' } })],
+    ['milestone', createMilestone({ id: 'milestone-1', custom: { sponsor: 'a value' } })],
+    ['delay', createDelay({ id: 'delay-1', duration: 10 })],
+  ];
+
+  /**
+   * Fails if any nested object or array in the clone is the same reference as the source,
+   * so a field added later that needs a copy of its own is caught here without the clone
+   * having to enumerate fields.
+   */
+  function expectNoSharedReferences(clone: unknown, source: unknown, path: string) {
+    if (typeof source !== 'object' || source === null) return;
+    expect(clone, `${path} is shared with the source`).not.toBe(source);
+    const cloneRecord = clone as Record<string, unknown>;
+    const sourceRecord = source as Record<string, unknown>;
+    for (const key of Object.keys(sourceRecord)) {
+      expectNoSharedReferences(cloneRecord[key], sourceRecord[key], `${path}.${key}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** the two halves of the structuredClone contract: same value, no shared references */
+  it.each(entries)('clones a %s to the same value structuredClone would produce', (_type, entry) => {
+    expect(cloneEntryData(entry)).toStrictEqual(structuredClone(entry));
+  });
+
+  it.each(entries)('shares no nested object or array with the source %s', (_type, entry) => {
+    expectNoSharedReferences(cloneEntryData(entry), entry, 'entry');
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * Regression: normalising an absent container to an empty one makes deepEqual report a
+   * change on every comparison, which would have the runtime re-broadcast and re-save the
+   * restore point on every tick. See PR #2178.
+   */
+  it.each([
+    ['event', makeOntimeEvent({ id: 'partial' })],
+    ['group', makeOntimeGroup({ id: 'partial', entries: undefined })],
+  ])('gives a partial %s exactly the keys structuredClone would, so it stays deep-equal', (_type, entry) => {
+    const clone = cloneEntryData(entry);
+    // asserting on keys, not values: `toBeUndefined()` cannot tell an absent key from an own
+    // key holding undefined, and it is key presence that decides the deepEqual below
+    expect(Object.keys(clone).sort()).toEqual(Object.keys(structuredClone(entry)).sort());
+    // this is the comparison runtime.service.ts uses to decide whether to re-broadcast an
+    // entry; if the clone gains a key, every tick looks like a change
+    expect(deepEqual(clone, entry)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('throws on an entry type it does not know how to clone', () => {
+    expect(() => cloneEntryData({ id: 'x', type: 'unknown' } as unknown as OntimeEvent)).toThrow(
+      'Unsupported entry type for cloning',
+    );
+  });
+});
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
  isPlayableEvent,
 } from 'ontime-types';
 import { addToRundown, createGroup, customFieldLabelToKey, getInsertAfterId, insertAtIndex } from 'ontime-utils';
+import type { DeepReadonly } from 'ts-essentials';

 import { getDataProvider } from '../../classes/data-provider/DataProvider.js';
 import { consoleError } from '../../utils/console.js';
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ import { ProcessedRundownMetadata, makeRundownMetadata } from './rundown.parser.
 import type { RundownMetadata } from './rundown.types.js';
 import {
  applyPatchToEntry,
+  cloneRundown,
  cloneSimpleRundownEntry,
  deleteById,
  doesInvalidateMetadata,
@@ -43,9 +45,14 @@ import {
 } from './rundown.utils.js';

 /**
- * The currently loaded rundown in cache
+ * The currently loaded rundown in cache.
+ *
+ * Reassigned - never mutated in place - when a different rundown is loaded: the persistence
+ * layer stores this object by reference, so repurposing it for another rundown would rewrite
+ * the previously loaded rundown's stored record. Mutating it in place while it represents the
+ * same rundown (ie. from commit) is intended, and is what keeps the stored record current.
 */
-const cachedRundown: Rundown = {
+let cachedRundown: Rundown = {
  id: '',
  title: '',
  order: [],
@@ -79,9 +86,16 @@ export const getRundownMetadata = (): Readonly<RundownMetadata> => rundownMetada
 export const getProjectCustomFields = (): Readonly<CustomFields> => projectCustomFields;
 export const getEntryWithId = (entryId: EntryId): OntimeEntry | undefined => cachedRundown.entries[entryId];

-type Transaction = {
+/**
+ * @param R the type callers see for `rundown` - a plain, mutable `Rundown` when the
+ * transaction was opened with `mutableRundown: true`, otherwise a `DeepReadonly<Rundown>`
+ * so that accidentally mutating an entry (or an order array) on a non-mutable transaction
+ * - which would silently corrupt the live cache without going through commit() - is a
+ * compile-time error instead of a runtime bug.
+ */
+type Transaction<R> = {
  customFields: CustomFields;
-  rundown: Rundown;
+  rundown: R;

  commit: (shouldProcess?: boolean) => Promise<{
    rundown: Readonly<Rundown>;
@@ -102,11 +116,17 @@ type TransactionOptions = {
  rundownId?: string;
 };

-export function createTransaction(options: TransactionOptions): Transaction {
+export function createTransaction(options: TransactionOptions & { mutableRundown: true }): Transaction<Rundown>;
+export function createTransaction(
+  options: TransactionOptions & { mutableRundown?: false },
+): Transaction<DeepReadonly<Rundown>>;
+export function createTransaction(
+  options: TransactionOptions,
+): Transaction<Rundown> | Transaction<DeepReadonly<Rundown>> {
  const targetId = options.rundownId ?? cachedRundown.id;
  const isLoaded = targetId === cachedRundown.id;
  const sourceRundown: Rundown = isLoaded ? cachedRundown : (getDataProvider().getRundown(targetId) as Rundown);
-  const rundown = options.mutableRundown ? structuredClone(sourceRundown) : sourceRundown;
+  const rundown = options.mutableRundown ? cloneRundown(sourceRundown) : sourceRundown;
  const customFields = options.mutableCustomFields ? structuredClone(projectCustomFields) : projectCustomFields;

  /**
@@ -707,21 +727,25 @@ export const customFieldMutation = {
 * Expose function to add an initial rundown to the system
 */
 export function init(initialRundown: Readonly<Rundown>, initialCustomFields: Readonly<CustomFields>) {
-  const rundown = structuredClone(initialRundown);
+  const rundown = cloneRundown(initialRundown);
  const customFields = structuredClone(initialCustomFields);
  const processedData = processRundown(rundown, customFields, { mutate: true });

-  // update the cache values
-  cachedRundown.id = rundown.id;
-  cachedRundown.title = rundown.title;
  projectCustomFields = customFields;

  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars -- we are not interested in the iteration data
  const { previousEvent, latestEvent, previousEntry, entries, order, ...metadata } = processedData;
-  cachedRundown.entries = entries;
-  cachedRundown.order = order;
-  cachedRundown.flatOrder = metadata.flatEntryOrder;
-  cachedRundown.revision = rundown.revision;
+
+  // a fresh object, so that the record already stored for a previously loaded rundown keeps
+  // pointing at that rundown's data - see the note on cachedRundown
+  cachedRundown = {
+    id: rundown.id,
+    title: rundown.title,
+    entries,
+    order,
+    flatOrder: metadata.flatEntryOrder,
+    revision: rundown.revision,
+  };
  rundownMetadata = metadata;

  // defer writing to the database
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
 import { makeNewRundown } from '../../models/dataModel.js';
 import type { ErrorEmitter } from '../../utils/parserUtils.js';
 import { RundownMetadata } from './rundown.types.js';
-import { calculateDayOffset, cleanupCustomFields } from './rundown.utils.js';
+import { calculateDayOffset, cleanupCustomFields, cloneEntryData } from './rundown.utils.js';

 /**
 * Parse a rundowns object along with the project custom fields
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ export function makeRundownMetadata(customFields: CustomFields, options?: { muta
  };

  function process<T extends OntimeEntry>(entry: T, childOfGroup: EntryId | null): T {
-    return processEntry(rundownMeta, customFields, mutate ? entry : structuredClone(entry), childOfGroup);
+    return processEntry(rundownMeta, customFields, mutate ? entry : cloneEntryData(entry), childOfGroup);
  }

  function getMetadata(): ProcessedRundownMetadata {
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
 import { parseRundown } from './rundown.parser.js';
 import type { RundownMetadata } from './rundown.types.js';
 import {
+  cloneRundown,
  generateEvent,
  getFirstInsertId,
  getIntegerAndFraction,
@@ -626,7 +627,7 @@ export async function editCustomField(
    // ... reassign references in the background rundowns
    for (const rundownId of Object.keys(projectRundowns)) {
      if (rundownId !== rundown.id) {
-        const backgroundRundown = structuredClone(projectRundowns[rundownId]);
+        const backgroundRundown = cloneRundown(projectRundowns[rundownId]);
        customFieldMutation.renameUsages(backgroundRundown, oldKey, newKey);
        await updateBackgroundRundown(rundownId, backgroundRundown);
      }
@@ -666,7 +667,7 @@ export async function deleteCustomField(key: CustomFieldKey, projectRundowns: Pr
  // remove references in the background rundowns
  for (const rundownId of Object.keys(projectRundowns)) {
    if (rundownId !== rundown.id) {
-      const backgroundRundown = structuredClone(projectRundowns[rundownId]);
+      const backgroundRundown = cloneRundown(projectRundowns[rundownId]);
      customFieldMutation.removeUsages(backgroundRundown, key);
      await updateBackgroundRundown(rundownId, backgroundRundown);
    }
@@ -818,7 +819,7 @@ export async function renameRundown(id: string, title: string) {
  const dataProvider = getDataProvider();
  const rundown = dataProvider.getRundown(id);

-  await dataProvider.setRundown(id, { ...rundown, title });
+  await dataProvider.setRundown(id, { ...rundown, title, revision: rundown.revision + 1 });

  /**
   * If we are modifying the loaded rundown we re-init it
@@ -846,7 +847,7 @@ export async function duplicateExistingRundown(id: string) {
  const dataProvider = getDataProvider();
  const rundown = dataProvider.getRundown(id);

-  const duplicatedRundown: Rundown = structuredClone(rundown);
+  const duplicatedRundown: Rundown = cloneRundown(rundown);
  duplicatedRundown.id = generateId();
  duplicatedRundown.title = `Copy of ${rundown.title}`;
  duplicatedRundown.revision = 0;
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ export function mergeRundownPreservingFields(
    const structure = isOntimeGroup(incomingEntry)
      ? { entries: incomingEntry.entries }
      : { parent: incomingEntry.parent };
-    entries[id] = structuredClone({ ...merged, ...structure });
+    entries[id] = cloneEntryData({ ...merged, ...structure });
  }

  return {
@@ -353,19 +353,19 @@ export function isLoadedPlayable(loadedEventId: EntryId, rundown: Readonly<Rundo

 /** List of event properties which do not need the rundown to be regenerated */
 enum RegenerateWhitelist {
-  'id', // adding it for completeness, users cannot change ID
-  'type', // adding it for completeness, users cannot change ID
-  'cue',
-  'title',
-  'note',
-  'endAction',
-  'timerType',
-  'countToEnd',
-  'colour',
-  'timeWarning',
-  'timeDanger',
-  'custom',
-  'triggers',
+  id, // adding it for completeness, users cannot change ID
+  type, // adding it for completeness, users cannot change ID
+  cue,
+  title,
+  note,
+  endAction,
+  timerType,
+  countToEnd,
+  colour,
+  timeWarning,
+  timeDanger,
+  custom,
+  triggers,
 }

 /**
@@ -499,6 +499,61 @@ export function cloneSimpleRundownEntry(entry: OntimeEntry, newId: EntryId): Ont
  throw new Error(`Unsupported entry type for cloning: ${entry}`);
 }

+/**
+ * Fast, shape-aware clone of a single entry, preserving its identity (id, revision, etc).
+ * Drop-in replacement for `structuredClone(entry)`
+ */
+export function cloneEntryData<T extends OntimeEntry>(entry: T): T {
+  switch (entry.type) {
+    case SupportedEntry.Event: {
+      const clone: OntimeEvent = { ...entry };
+      if (clone.custom) clone.custom = { ...clone.custom };
+      if (clone.triggers) clone.triggers = clone.triggers.map((trigger) => ({ ...trigger }));
+      return clone as T;
+    }
+    case SupportedEntry.Group: {
+      const clone: OntimeGroup = { ...entry };
+      if (clone.custom) clone.custom = { ...clone.custom };
+      if (clone.entries) clone.entries = clone.entries.slice();
+      return clone as T;
+    }
+    case SupportedEntry.Milestone: {
+      const clone: OntimeMilestone = { ...entry };
+      if (clone.custom) clone.custom = { ...clone.custom };
+      return clone as T;
+    }
+    case SupportedEntry.Delay:
+      return { ...entry } as T;
+    default: {
+      // exhaustiveness guard: a new member of `SupportedEntry` is named in the error here
+      const unhandled: never = entry;
+      throw new Error(`Unsupported entry type for cloning: ${(unhandled as OntimeEntry).type}`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fast, shape-aware clone of a whole rundown.
+ * Drop-in replacement for `structuredClone(rundown)`: every entry (and its nested
+ * `custom` / `triggers` / `entries` containers) gets its own copy, so callers can mutate
+ * the result freely without touching the source - same contract as structuredClone,
+ * at a fraction of the cost since we skip the generic serialization algorithm.
+ */
+export function cloneRundown(rundown: Readonly<Rundown>): Rundown {
+  const entries: RundownEntries = {};
+  for (const id in rundown.entries) {
+    entries[id] = cloneEntryData(rundown.entries[id]);
+  }
+  return {
+    id: rundown.id,
+    title: rundown.title,
+    revision: rundown.revision,
+    order: rundown.order.slice(),
+    flatOrder: rundown.flatOrder.slice(),
+    entries,
+  };
+}
+
 /**
 * Utility for calculating if the current events should have a day offset
 * @param current the current event under test
@@ -464,9 +464,8 @@ export async function upload(sheetId: string, options: ImportMap) {
    sheetOrder.forEach((entryId, index) => {
      const isGroupEnd = entryId.startsWith('group-end-');
      const id = isGroupEnd ? entryId.split('group-end-')[1] : entryId;
-      const entry = isGroupEnd
-        ? ({ id: entryId, type: SupportedEntry.Group } as OntimeGroup)
-        : structuredClone(rundown.entries[id]);
+      // cellRequestFromEvent only reads the entry to build a cell request, no clone is needed
+      const entry = isGroupEnd ? ({ id: entryId, type: SupportedEntry.Group } as OntimeGroup) : rundown.entries[id];
      updateRundown.push(cellRequestFromEvent(entry, index, worksheetId, sheetMetadata));
    });
  } catch (e) {
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import type { NextFunction, Request, RequestHandler, Response } from 'express';
-
-import { hasPassword, hashedPassword } from '../api-data/session/session.service.js';
-
-/**
- * Wraps the app authenticate middleware with support for the Authorization header.
- * MCP clients conventionally authenticate with `Authorization: Bearer <token>`
- * rather than cookies or query params; any other request falls through to the
- * app middleware, keeping the behaviour of the shared middleware untouched.
- */
-export function makeMcpAuthenticate(fallback: RequestHandler): RequestHandler {
-  return function mcpAuthenticate(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
-    if (hasPassword) {
-      const authHeader = req.headers.authorization;
-      if (authHeader?.startsWith('Bearer ') && authHeader.slice(7) === hashedPassword) {
-        return next();
-      }
-    }
-    return fallback(req, res, next);
-  };
-}
@@ -20,12 +20,9 @@ export function createMcpServer(): Server {
    { capabilities: { tools: {}, prompts: {}, resources: {} } },
  );

-  server.setRequestHandler(
-    ListToolsRequestSchema,
-    async (): Promise<ListToolsResult> => ({
-      tools: TOOL_DEFINITIONS as unknown as ListToolsResult['tools'],
-    }),
-  );
+  server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async (): Promise<ListToolsResult> => ({
+    tools: TOOL_DEFINITIONS as unknown as ListToolsResult['tools'],
+  }));

  server.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async (request): Promise<CallToolResult> => {
    const { name, arguments: args = {} } = request.params;
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { socket } from './adapters/WebsocketAdapter.js';
 // Import Routers
 import { appRouter } from './api-data/index.js';
 import { integrationRouter } from './api-integration/integration.router.js';
-import { makeMcpAuthenticate } from './api-mcp/mcp.auth.js';
 import { mcpRouter } from './api-mcp/mcp.router.js';
 import { flushPendingWrites, getDataProvider } from './classes/data-provider/DataProvider.js';
 // Services
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ app.get(`${prefix}/ready`, (_req, res) => {
 app.use(`${prefix}/login`, loginRouter); // router for login flow
 app.use(`${prefix}/data`, authenticate, appRouter); // router for application data
 app.use(`${prefix}/api`, authenticate, integrationRouter); // router for integrations
-app.use(`${prefix}/mcp`, makeMcpAuthenticate(authenticate), mcpRouter); // router for MCP agent integration
+app.use(`${prefix}/mcp`, authenticate, mcpRouter); // router for MCP agent integration

 // serve static external files
 app.use(
@@ -101,8 +101,16 @@ function getCustomFields(): Readonly<CustomFields> {
  return db.data.customFields;
 }

+/**
+ * Stores a rundown, replacing any existing entry for the same key.
+ * Takes ownership of `newData` and stores it by reference - the caller must not mutate it
+ * afterward. Every call site either hands over a freshly-built object it never touches again,
+ * or (for the loaded rundown) the cache's own long-lived object, which is already the single
+ * source of truth for that data - aliasing it here costs nothing and avoids a second full
+ * deep copy of the rundown on every commit.
+ */
 async function setRundown(rundownKey: string, newData: Rundown): ReadonlyPromise<ProjectRundowns> {
-  db.data.rundowns[rundownKey] = structuredClone(newData);
+  db.data.rundowns[rundownKey] = newData;
  await persist();
  return db.data.rundowns;
 }
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@ import { DatabaseModel } from 'ontime-types';
 * Merges a partial ontime project into a given ontime project
 */
 export function safeMerge(existing: DatabaseModel, newData: Partial<DatabaseModel>): DatabaseModel {
-  const deepExisting = structuredClone(existing);
-  const deepNewData = structuredClone(newData);
+  // rundowns are merged separately below by reference (only the top-level map is copied,
+  // same as the other properties here) - deep-cloning them here would be wasted work,
+  // since a project's rundowns are by far the largest part of this object
+  const { rundowns: existingRundowns, ...existingRest } = existing;
+  const { rundowns: newRundowns = {}, ...newDataRest } = newData;
+
+  const deepExisting = structuredClone(existingRest);
+  const deepNewData = structuredClone(newDataRest);

  // destructure each property to simplify merging not provided ie: ...{} has no effect
  const {
-    rundowns = {},
    project = {},
    settings = {},
    viewSettings = {},
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ export function safeMerge(existing: DatabaseModel, newData: Partial<DatabaseMode
  } = deepNewData;

  return {
-    rundowns: { ...existing.rundowns, ...rundowns },
+    rundowns: { ...existingRundowns, ...newRundowns },
    project: { ...deepExisting.project, ...project },
    settings: { ...deepExisting.settings, ...settings },
    viewSettings: { ...deepExisting.viewSettings, ...viewSettings },
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
      body {
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
-        background: #121212;
+        background: #101010;
        color: #ffffff;
        font-family: sans-serif;
        overflow: hidden;
@@ -1,20 +1,190 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import type { IncomingMessage } from 'node:http';

-import { isPublicAssetRequest } from '../authenticate.js';
+import type { NextFunction, Request, Response } from 'express';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+vi.mock('../../api-data/session/session.service.js', () => ({
+  hasPassword: true,
+  hashedPassword: 'valid-token',
+}));
+
+import { authenticateSocket, isPublicAssetRequest, makeAuthenticateMiddleware } from '../authenticate.js';
+
+function makeResponse() {
+  return {
+    redirect: vi.fn(),
+    send: vi.fn(),
+    status: vi.fn().mockReturnThis(),
+  } as unknown as Response;
+}
+
+function makeHeadersWithFailingAuthorization(cookie?: string) {
+  return {
+    cookie,
+    get authorization(): never {
+      throw new Error('Authorization header should not be read');
+    },
+  };
+}

 describe('isPublicAssetRequest()', () => {
  it('allows root public assets without a prefix', () => {
-    expect(isPublicAssetRequest('/site.webmanifest', '')).toBe(true);
    expect(isPublicAssetRequest('/manifest.json', '')).toBe(true);
  });

  it('allows prefixed public assets in cloud deployments', () => {
-    expect(isPublicAssetRequest('/stage-hash/site.webmanifest', '/stage-hash')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isPublicAssetRequest('/stage-hash/manifest.json', '/stage-hash')).toBe(true);
    expect(isPublicAssetRequest('/stage-hash/ontime-logo.png?cache=1', '/stage-hash')).toBe(true);
  });

+  it('allows the PWA install icons', () => {
+    expect(isPublicAssetRequest('/ontime-logo-192.png', '')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isPublicAssetRequest('/ontime-logo-512.png', '')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
  it('keeps non-public paths protected', () => {
    expect(isPublicAssetRequest('/stage-hash/data', '/stage-hash')).toBe(false);
    expect(isPublicAssetRequest('/backstage', '')).toBe(false);
  });
 });
+
+describe('bearer authentication', () => {
+  const next = vi.fn() as NextFunction;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    next.mockClear();
+  });
+
+  it('prioritises cookie authentication for API requests', () => {
+    const { authenticate } = makeAuthenticateMiddleware('');
+    const req = {
+      cookies: { token: JSON.stringify({ token: 'valid-token' }) },
+      headers: makeHeadersWithFailingAuthorization(),
+      query: {},
+    } as unknown as Request;
+
+    expect(() => authenticate(req, makeResponse(), next)).not.toThrow();
+    expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it('prioritises cookie authentication for redirecting routes', () => {
+    const { authenticateAndRedirect } = makeAuthenticateMiddleware('');
+    const req = {
+      cookies: { token: JSON.stringify({ token: 'valid-token' }) },
+      headers: makeHeadersWithFailingAuthorization(),
+      originalUrl: '/external/image.png',
+      query: {},
+    } as unknown as Request;
+
+    expect(() => authenticateAndRedirect(req, makeResponse(), next)).not.toThrow();
+    expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it('prioritises cookie authentication for WebSocket handshakes', () => {
+    const cookie = `token=${encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify({ token: 'valid-token' }))}`;
+    const req = { headers: makeHeadersWithFailingAuthorization(cookie) } as IncomingMessage;
+
+    expect(() => authenticateSocket({} as never, req, next)).not.toThrow();
+    expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it('authenticates API requests with a bearer token', () => {
+    const { authenticate } = makeAuthenticateMiddleware('');
+    const req = {
+      cookies: {},
+      headers: { authorization: 'Bearer valid-token' },
+      query: {},
+    } as unknown as Request;
+    const res = makeResponse();
+
+    authenticate(req, res, next);
+
+    expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(res.status).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('accepts case-insensitive bearer schemes and extra whitespace', () => {
+    const { authenticate } = makeAuthenticateMiddleware('');
+    const req = {
+      cookies: {},
+      headers: { authorization: 'bearer   valid-token ' },
+      query: {},
+    } as unknown as Request;
+
+    authenticate(req, makeResponse(), next);
+
+    expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it('authenticates redirecting routes with a bearer token', () => {
+    const { authenticateAndRedirect } = makeAuthenticateMiddleware('/stage');
+    const req = {
+      cookies: {},
+      headers: { authorization: 'Bearer valid-token' },
+      originalUrl: '/stage/external/image.png',
+      query: {},
+    } as unknown as Request;
+    const res = makeResponse();
+
+    authenticateAndRedirect(req, res, next);
+
+    expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(res.redirect).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('authenticates WebSocket handshakes with a bearer token', () => {
+    const req = {
+      headers: { authorization: 'Bearer valid-token' },
+    } as IncomingMessage;
+
+    authenticateSocket({} as never, req, next);
+
+    expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledWith();
+  });
+
+  it('rejects an invalid bearer token', () => {
+    const { authenticate, authenticateAndRedirect } = makeAuthenticateMiddleware('');
+    const req = {
+      cookies: {},
+      headers: { authorization: 'Bearer invalid-token' },
+      query: {},
+    } as unknown as Request;
+    const res = makeResponse();
+
+    authenticate(req, res, next);
+
+    expect(next).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(res.status).toHaveBeenCalledWith(401);
+    expect(res.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Unauthorized');
+
+    const redirectReq = { ...req, originalUrl: '/external/image.png' } as Request;
+    const redirectRes = makeResponse();
+    authenticateAndRedirect(redirectReq, redirectRes, next);
+
+    expect(next).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(redirectRes.redirect).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/login?redirect=/external/image.png');
+
+    const socketNext = vi.fn();
+    authenticateSocket(
+      {} as never,
+      { headers: { authorization: 'Bearer invalid-token' } } as IncomingMessage,
+      socketNext,
+    );
+
+    expect(socketNext).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(socketNext.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual(new Error('Unauthorized'));
+  });
+
+  it.each(['/socket?not_token=valid-token', '/socket?token=valid-token-suffix'])(
+    'rejects lookalike WebSocket query tokens in %s',
+    (url) => {
+      const socketNext = vi.fn();
+
+      authenticateSocket({} as never, { headers: { host: 'localhost' }, url } as IncomingMessage, socketNext);
+
+      expect(socketNext).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      expect(socketNext.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual(new Error('Unauthorized'));
+    },
+  );
+});
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SMPTY	dd718230ad	fix(client): fix PWA manifest so "Install as App" works properly (#2192 )	2026-09-05 09:15:08 +02:00
Carlos Valente	9ec12f4927	docs(llm): request for useeffect documentation	2026-08-28 12:29:12 +02:00
Carlos Valente	4c08ca2908	feat(timer): playing sound on time end	2026-08-28 12:29:12 +02:00
Carlos Valente	265b167600	bump version to 4.13.0	2026-08-28 12:04:02 +02:00
Carlos Valente	eb7b2a5c4b	refactor(finder): improve feature UX Search every text field with optional filters, keep result selection stable, and expose clearer match context and counts. Cover query parsing, matching, mixed-entry indexing, and the reveal flow.	2026-08-28 11:41:44 +02:00
Carlos Valente	e0ae9f7f09	refactor(log): use ToggleButton for filters Reuse the shared toggle abstraction while preserving the existing filter behaviour and accessible labels.	2026-08-28 11:41:44 +02:00
Carlos Valente	b0c778fa62	feat(buttons): add ToggleButton component Keep toggle styling and the accessible pressed state coupled in one reusable button.	2026-08-28 11:41:44 +02:00
Carlos Valente	98d3b1f6f3	chore(license): resolver has permissive license	2026-08-28 08:40:17 +02:00
Carlos Valente	d9dd147d4b	refactor(server): replace defensive copies with cow patterns	2026-08-26 20:17:34 +02:00
Carlos Valente	9806f97d27	test(rundown): improve rundown utils coverage	2026-08-25 22:41:37 +02:00
Carlos Valente	b9683f00dc	fix: prevent stale rundown cache on rename	2026-08-25 21:41:34 +02:00
Carlos Valente	63fdc50c50	docs(llms): document ongoing code migrations	2026-08-25 21:41:18 +02:00
Carlos Valente	5acfc4a122	docs(llms): setup agents documentation	2026-08-25 21:41:18 +02:00
Carlos Valente	a84b8b5530	refactor(ui): polish navigation menu and view params editor	2026-08-23 13:42:21 +02:00
Carlos Valente	c19aa4ca28	fix(cuesheet): prevent stale column width on refresh	2026-08-23 13:28:24 +02:00
Carlos Valente	805663e2ea	chore(deps): migrate to @tanstack/react-table v9	2026-08-23 13:28:24 +02:00
Carlos Valente	0f0b32d444	accept bearer token	2026-08-21 20:52:11 +02:00
Carlos Valente	703dee35a4	style: bump oxfmt to 0.63 and reformat	2026-08-18 13:56:53 +02:00
Carlos Valente	2a7f5b7872	chore(deps): upgrade dependencies	2026-08-18 13:56:53 +02:00
Carlos Valente	c6eccec30e	refactor(settings): show new app indicator	2026-08-09 16:48:20 +02:00
Carlos Valente	5220c2c374	fix(settings): prevent loader overflow	2026-08-09 16:48:20 +02:00
Carlos Valente	4eeeb294f7	chore: update electron navigation	2026-08-09 16:48:20 +02:00