@1agh/maude 0.51.1 → 0.52.1

package/apps/studio/client/panels/TimelinePanel.jsx

@@ -1,18 +1,39 @@
-// TimelinePanel — DDR-148 bottom timeline for a video-comp.
+// TimelinePanel — DDR-148 bottom timeline for a video-comp, restructured by
+// feature-enhanced-video-editing into the iMovie model:
 //
-// A horizontal, bottom-docked transport + track: play/pause/loop, a scrub, and
-// one ROW PER SEQUENCE (parsed from the comp's raw .tsx by timeline-parse.js),
-// each block positioned by frame with its animation (interpolate) windows
-// marked as keyframe bars. Clicking a sequence seeks to its start; dragging
-// anywhere on the track scrubs. It drives the embedded Player via postMessage
-// (`dgn: 'timeline-seek' | -play | -pause`), consumed by video-comp.tsx.
+//   • ONE px-per-frame scale (timeline-scale.js) drives every block, handle,
+//     tick, and drag — zoom from fit-to-width down to single-frame ticks
+//     (⌘+/⌘−, pinch, header slider, `0` = fit), horizontal scroll when the
+//     content outgrows the viewport (Task 4);
+//   • a three-band layout for series comps: overlay lane above, ONE storyline
+//     lane of series beats butted side-by-side (transitions as ⧓ seam chips),
+//     audio lane below. Non-series comps keep the stacked row-per-sequence
+//     fallback (Task 5);
+//   • single-select (stableId) with the accent outline; click selects, the
+//     bare track scrubs + deselects; Esc/Delete live in the shell keyboard
+//     layer (Task 3).
 //
-// v1 is read-only rows (see + seek). Drag-to-retime a block / move a keyframe
-// (source-patch) is the documented next slice.
+// It drives the embedded Player via postMessage (`dgn: 'timeline-seek' |
+// -play | -pause`), consumed by video-comp.tsx.
 
-import { Fragment, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { Fragment, useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
 
-import { computeSnapTargets, snapFrame, snapThresholdFrames } from './timeline-snap.js';
+import { ImagePlus, MessageSquarePlus, Plus, Scissors, Sparkles, Type } from 'lucide-react';
+
+import ClipInspector from './ClipInspector.jsx';
+import { computeSnapTargets, snapFrame } from './timeline-snap.js';
+import { getFilmstrip, getPeaks, peaksToPath, stripBucket } from './timeline-media-cache.js';
+import {
+  clampPxPerFrame,
+  fitPxPerFrame,
+  MAX_PX_PER_FRAME,
+  pxToFrame,
+  tickLabel,
+  tickStepFrames,
+  ZOOM_STEP,
+  zoomAroundScroll,
+} from './timeline-scale.js';
 // DDR-150 dogfood — reuse the SAME context-menu component the canvas uses
 // (viewport-aware positioning, keyboard nav, outside-click/Esc dismiss, shared
 // .dc-context-menu styling) instead of a bespoke shell menu.
@@ -21,6 +42,7 @@ import { ContextMenuView } from '../../context-menu.tsx';
 // DDR-150 dogfood #6 — per-row media-kind identity so the timeline reads like
 // an editor: what's footage, what's a still, what's audio, what's plain JSX.
 function rowKind(seq) {
+  if (seq.placeholder) return 'placeholder';
   const t = seq.mediaTag;
   if (t === 'Video' || t === 'OffthreadVideo') return 'video';
   if (t === 'Img') return 'image';
@@ -29,6 +51,7 @@ function rowKind(seq) {
 }
 function rowKindGlyph(seq) {
   const k = rowKind(seq);
+  if (k === 'placeholder') return '✨';
   if (k === 'video') return '▶';
   if (k === 'image') return '◫';
   if (k === 'audio') return '♪';
@@ -37,6 +60,8 @@ function rowKindGlyph(seq) {
 function rowKindTitle(seq) {
   const k = rowKind(seq);
   const src = seq.mediaSrc ? ` · ${String(seq.mediaSrc).split('/').pop()}` : '';
+  if (k === 'placeholder')
+    return `AI placeholder (${seq.placeholder?.kind || 'veo'}) · ${seq.placeholder?.prompt || ''}`;
   if (k === 'video') return `Video clip${src}`;
   if (k === 'image') return `Image${src}`;
   if (k === 'audio') return `Audio${src}`;
@@ -96,6 +121,12 @@ function TIcon({ name, size = 15 }) {
   );
 }
 
+// lucide wrapper — hairline stroke to match the shell's icon weight (the same
+// convention as inspector-controls' `Ic`).
+const LIc = ({ as: C, size = 14 }) => (
+  <C size={size} strokeWidth={1.75} style={{ display: 'block', flex: 'none' }} />
+);
+
 const clamp = (n, lo, hi) => Math.max(lo, Math.min(hi, n));
 
 function fmtTime(frame, fps) {
@@ -105,10 +136,16 @@ function fmtTime(frame, fps) {
   return `${whole}.${String(cs).padStart(2, '0')}s`;
 }
 
+// The frame axis starts AFTER the fixed label gutter.
+const LABEL_GUTTER = 96;
+// Padding the .tl-scroll container puts around the tracks (see 3-shell-maude.css).
+const SCROLL_PAD_X = 24;
+
 export default function TimelinePanel({
   comps = [],
   sequences = [],
   audio = [],
+  transitions = [],
   total = 0,
   frame = 0,
   playing = false,
@@ -130,13 +167,41 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
   onReplaceAudio,
   onReplaceLayer,
   onReorder,
+  // Task 6 — magnetic drag commit: (movedClipRef, targetClipRef, 'before'|'after').
+  onReorderMove,
   onToggleHide,
   onDropMedia,
   onClose,
+  // Task 3 — single-select model. `selectedClipId` is the selected clip's
+  // stableId (survives refetch/reorder, unlike an index); click selects,
+  // empty-track click deselects, Esc/Delete are handled by the shell.
+  selectedClipId = null,
+  onSelect,
+  // Task 7 — resolves a comp-relative media src (`assets/x.mp4`) to a URL the
+  // shell origin can fetch (`/<designRel>/assets/x.mp4`).
+  resolveMediaUrl,
+  // Phase 2 — transitions from the enumerator (stableId + contentHash), by
+  // seam order, for the ⧓ chip → Transition tab flow.
+  transitionClips = [],
+  // Phase 2 — parametric verb commit: (clipRef, verb, params).
+  onClipVerb,
+  // Phase 3 — toolbar entries: scissors + overlay authoring.
+  onSplitAtPlayhead,
+  onAddTitle,
+  onAddImage,
+  // Phase 4 — AI placeholder authoring + resolution (DDR-164 spine).
+  onAddAiClip,
+  onGeneratePlaceholder,
+  // Task 23 — timeline comments (frame-anchored 💬 pins + agent context).
+  comments = [],
+  // WKWebView-safe text ask: (title, initial?) => Promise<string|null>.
+  promptText,
+  onAddComment,
+  onResolveComment,
+  onDeleteComment,
 }) {
-  // DDR-150 dogfood — clips are expanded into their layers (mp4 background +
-  // title/…) BY DEFAULT so a ClipShot reads as its parts, not one box. Track the
-  // rows the user COLLAPSED instead (default-open, per the user's steer).
+  // DDR-150 dogfood — layer expansion (stacked-rows fallback mode only; the
+  // storyline layout moves layer detail into the clip inspector).
   const [collapsed, setCollapsed] = useState(() => new Set());
   const [dropActive, setDropActive] = useState(false);
   const comp = comps[0] ?? null;
@@ -144,32 +209,174 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
   const fps = comp?.fps ?? 30;
   const clamped = clamp(Math.round(frame), 0, totalFrames - 1);
   const trackRef = useRef(null);
+  const scrollRef = useRef(null);
   const draggingRef = useRef(false);
   const rootRef = useRef(null);
-  // Focus the dock the moment it opens. The transport shortcuts (Space play,
-  // arrow frame-step) live on the SHELL window, so they only fire when focus is
-  // in the shell — but opening the Timeline via ⌘⇧T while focus sat in the
-  // canvas iframe (the common case after any text/element interaction) used to
-  // leave focus stuck in the iframe, so Space/arrows silently did nothing.
-  // Pulling focus here on mount (mount === open, the panel is conditionally
-  // rendered) hands the transport keys a shell focus target immediately.
+  // Focus the dock the moment it opens — the transport shortcuts live on the
+  // SHELL window and need shell focus (see the pre-restructure history).
   useEffect(() => {
     rootRef.current?.focus();
   }, []);
-  // Drag-to-retime a sequence's duration: { index, startX, startDur, rowW, curDur }.
+
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Task 4 — zoom state. `zoomPxf == null` means fit-to-width (the default);
+  // any explicit value is clamped to [fit, MAX_PX_PER_FRAME].
+  const [zoomPxf, setZoomPxf] = useState(null);
+  const [viewW, setViewW] = useState(0);
+  // The scroll container mounts LATER than the panel (only once a comp is
+  // announced) — capture it via a callback ref so the ResizeObserver attaches
+  // whenever it (re)appears, not just on the panel's first render.
+  const [scrollEl, setScrollEl] = useState(null);
+  const setScrollRef = useCallback((el) => {
+    scrollRef.current = el;
+    setScrollEl(el);
+  }, []);
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (!scrollEl) return undefined;
+    const measure = () => setViewW(scrollEl.clientWidth);
+    measure();
+    // WKWebView occasionally reports 0 on the mount frame (before layout
+    // settles) and the ResizeObserver never re-fires — the "zoom stopped
+    // working" symptom (fit-scale computed against a 40px axis). Re-measure on
+    // rAF until a real width lands.
+    let raf = 0;
+    const retry = () => {
+      if (scrollEl.clientWidth > 0) measure();
+      else raf = requestAnimationFrame(retry);
+    };
+    if (scrollEl.clientWidth <= 0) raf = requestAnimationFrame(retry);
+    const ro = new ResizeObserver(measure);
+    ro.observe(scrollEl);
+    return () => {
+      ro.disconnect();
+      if (raf) cancelAnimationFrame(raf);
+    };
+  }, [scrollEl]);
+  const axisViewport = Math.max(40, viewW - LABEL_GUTTER - SCROLL_PAD_X);
+  const fitPxf = fitPxPerFrame(axisViewport, totalFrames);
+  const pxf = zoomPxf == null ? fitPxf : clampPxPerFrame(zoomPxf, axisViewport, totalFrames);
+  const axisPx = Math.ceil(totalFrames * pxf);
+  const x = (f) => f * pxf; // axis-relative px for a frame
+
+  // Scroll compensation applied after a zoom (keeps the anchor stationary).
+  const pendingScrollRef = useRef(null);
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (pendingScrollRef.current == null) return;
+    const el = scrollRef.current;
+    if (el) el.scrollLeft = pendingScrollRef.current;
+    pendingScrollRef.current = null;
+  });
+
+  /** Zoom to `nextPxf` keeping `anchorFrame` (default: playhead, or selection)
+   *  at the same viewport x. */
+  const zoomTo = useCallback(
+    (nextRaw, anchorFrame) => {
+      const el = scrollRef.current;
+      const next = clampPxPerFrame(nextRaw, axisViewport, totalFrames);
+      const anchor =
+        anchorFrame != null
+          ? anchorFrame
+          : (sequences.find((s) => s.stableId && s.stableId === selectedClipId)?.from ?? clamped);
+      if (el) pendingScrollRef.current = zoomAroundScroll(pxf, next, anchor, el.scrollLeft);
+      setZoomPxf(next <= fitPxf ? null : next);
+    },
+    [axisViewport, totalFrames, pxf, fitPxf, clamped, sequences, selectedClipId]
+  );
+
+  // ⌘+/⌘− zoom · 0 = fit. Window-level (the dock is a sibling of the canvas),
+  // gated on not-typing; ⌘± deliberately overrides browser zoom while the
+  // timeline is open (the documented keyboard map).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const onKey = (e) => {
+      const t = e.target;
+      const tag = t?.tagName;
+      if (tag === 'INPUT' || tag === 'TEXTAREA' || tag === 'SELECT' || t?.isContentEditable) return;
+      if ((e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) && (e.key === '=' || e.key === '+')) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        zoomTo(pxf * ZOOM_STEP);
+      } else if ((e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) && e.key === '-') {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        zoomTo(pxf / ZOOM_STEP);
+      } else if (e.key === '0' && !e.metaKey && !e.ctrlKey && !e.altKey) {
+        setZoomPxf(null);
+      } else if ((e.key === 'c' || e.key === 'C') && !e.metaKey && !e.ctrlKey && !e.altKey) {
+        // The C comment tool (mirrors the artboard's comment shortcut).
+        setCommentMode((m) => !m);
+      } else if (e.key === 'Escape') {
+        setCommentMode(false);
+      }
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', onKey);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKey);
+  }, [pxf, zoomTo]);
+
+  // Pinch-zoom (trackpad pinch arrives as wheel + ctrlKey) around the cursor.
+  // Non-passive listener — preventDefault must actually stop the page zoom.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const el = scrollRef.current;
+    if (!el) return undefined;
+    const onWheel = (e) => {
+      if (!e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey) return; // plain wheel = native scroll
+      e.preventDefault();
+      const rect = trackRef.current?.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const anchor =
+        rect != null
+          ? clamp(Math.round(pxToFrame(e.clientX - rect.left - LABEL_GUTTER, pxf)), 0, totalFrames - 1)
+          : clamped;
+      zoomTo(pxf * Math.exp(-e.deltaY * 0.01), anchor);
+    };
+    el.addEventListener('wheel', onWheel, { passive: false });
+    return () => el.removeEventListener('wheel', onWheel);
+  }, [pxf, clamped, totalFrames, zoomTo, scrollEl]);
+
+  // Header slider — log scale from fit (0) to MAX_PX_PER_FRAME (100).
+  const zoomSliderValue = (() => {
+    const ratio = Math.log(pxf / fitPxf) / Math.log(MAX_PX_PER_FRAME / Math.max(1e-6, fitPxf));
+    return clamp(Math.round((Number.isFinite(ratio) ? ratio : 0) * 100), 0, 100);
+  })();
+  const zoomFromSlider = (v) => {
+    const ratio = clamp(v, 0, 100) / 100;
+    return fitPxf * Math.pow(MAX_PX_PER_FRAME / Math.max(1e-6, fitPxf), ratio);
+  };
+
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Drag machines (retime / move) — px-per-frame based.
   const [retimeDrag, setRetimeDrag] = useState(null);
-  // Drag the block body to move a clip's `from`: { index, startX, startFrom, rowW, curFrom }.
   const [moveDrag, setMoveDrag] = useState(null);
-  // DDR-150 dogfood — right-click clip context menu: { index, x, y }. Dismiss +
-  // repositioning are owned by the shared ContextMenuView.
+  // Task 6 — magnetic storyline reorder drag: { index, slot, targetSlot, dx, pxf }.
+  const [reorderDrag, setReorderDrag] = useState(null);
+  // Debate verdict (feedback): a momentary accent rule at the frame a drag just
+  // snapped to — magnetism is otherwise invisible. { frame } | null.
+  const [snapFlash, setSnapFlash] = useState(null);
+  const snapFlashTimer = useRef(null);
+  const flashSnap = useCallback((frame) => {
+    setSnapFlash({ frame });
+    clearTimeout(snapFlashTimer.current);
+    snapFlashTimer.current = setTimeout(() => setSnapFlash(null), 350);
+  }, []);
+  // Task 6 — file-drop insertion caret: { lane, slot?, frame?, x } (axis px).
+  const [dropCaret, setDropCaret] = useState(null);
+  // Dogfood (2026-07-30) — the C comment tool: while armed, a click anywhere on
+  // the timeline pins a comment to the exact frame (+ clip + lane when the
+  // click lands on a block) instead of scrubbing/selecting.
+  const [commentMode, setCommentMode] = useState(false);
+  // Dogfood (2026-07-30) — vertical layer reorder: dragging an overlay row's
+  // lane chip up/down re-stacks the standalone clips (z-order = doc order).
+  const [layerDrag, setLayerDrag] = useState(null);
+  // Right-click clip context menu: { index, x, y }.
   const [ctxMenu, setCtxMenu] = useState(null);
-  // True after a body-drag actually moved — suppresses the click-to-seek that
-  // would otherwise fire on pointerup.
+  // Task 23 — the open comment-thread popover: { id, x, y } | null.
+  const [commentPopover, setCommentPopover] = useState(null);
+  // Task 9 — the clip inspector popover: { mode: 'clip'|'transition', index?,
+  // seam?, x, y }. One instance; opened by double-click / context "Adjust…" /
+  // a seam chip click.
+  const [inspector, setInspector] = useState(null);
+  // Task 11 — left-edge in-point trim drag: { index, ref, startX, pxf, delta }.
+  const [trimInDrag, setTrimInDrag] = useState(null);
+  // True after a body-drag actually moved — suppresses the click-to-select.
   const movedRef = useRef(false);
-  // Drag the top edge to resize the panel taller/shorter. Matches the DS
-  // resize-panels reference: pointer-capture + window listeners attached
-  // SYNCHRONOUSLY in pointerdown (a useEffect-on-state attaches a frame late and
-  // drops the first moves — the "sticks / can't resize" jank).
+  // Drag the top edge to resize the panel — pointer-capture + window listeners
+  // attached SYNCHRONOUSLY in pointerdown (the "attach a frame late" lesson).
   const beginResize = useCallback(
     (e) => {
       e.preventDefault();
@@ -190,18 +397,15 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
     [height, onResize]
   );
 
-  // The row-track's frame axis starts AFTER the fixed label gutter (96px).
-  const LABEL_GUTTER = 96;
   const seekAt = useCallback(
     (clientX) => {
       const el = trackRef.current;
       if (!el) return;
       const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
-      const axis = Math.max(1, r.width - LABEL_GUTTER);
-      const pct = clamp((clientX - r.left - LABEL_GUTTER) / axis, 0, 1);
-      onSeek?.(Math.round(pct * (totalFrames - 1)));
+      const f = pxToFrame(clientX - r.left - LABEL_GUTTER, pxf);
+      onSeek?.(clamp(Math.round(f), 0, totalFrames - 1));
     },
-    [onSeek, totalFrames]
+    [onSeek, totalFrames, pxf]
   );
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -218,36 +422,82 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
     };
   });
 
+  // Comment tool — pin a comment at the clicked frame. `seq`/`laneName` are
+  // set when the click landed on a clip block (anchor survives reorder via
+  // clipStableId + frameOffset); a bare-track click anchors the frame alone.
+  // The composer is a small popover ANCHORED at the click (the artboard
+  // comment grammar), not a center-screen modal (dogfood 2026-07-30).
+  const [commentDraft, setCommentDraft] = useState(null); // { x, y, anchor, at }
+  const placeCommentAt = useCallback(
+    (e, seq, laneName) => {
+      const el = trackRef.current;
+      if (!el || !onAddComment) return;
+      const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const f = clamp(
+        Math.round(pxToFrame(e.clientX - r.left - LABEL_GUTTER, pxf)),
+        0,
+        totalFrames - 1
+      );
+      const anchor =
+        seq && seq.stableId
+          ? {
+              clipStableId: seq.stableId,
+              frameOffset: Math.max(0, f - (seq.from || 0)),
+              frame: f,
+              lane: laneName || undefined,
+            }
+          : { frame: f, lane: laneName || undefined };
+      setCommentDraft({
+        x: clamp(e.clientX - 130, 8, window.innerWidth - 280),
+        y: Math.max(48, e.clientY - 140),
+        anchor,
+        at: f,
+      });
+      setCommentMode(false);
+    },
+    [pxf, totalFrames, onAddComment]
+  );
+
   const onTrackDown = (e) => {
-    // A click on a sequence block seeks to its start (handled there); a click on
-    // the bare track scrubs + starts a drag.
+    // A click on a sequence block SELECTS it (handled there); a press on the
+    // bare track deselects, scrubs, and starts a scrub drag.
     if (retimeDrag) return; // a resize is in flight — don't scrub
+    if (commentMode) {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      placeCommentAt(e, null, null);
+      return;
+    }
     e.preventDefault(); // don't start a text selection while scrubbing
+    onSelect?.(null);
     draggingRef.current = true;
     seekAt(e.clientX);
-    // force the effect to (re)attach the window listeners
     e.currentTarget.setPointerCapture?.(e.pointerId);
   };
 
-  // DDR-148 drag-to-retime — dragging a block's right edge rewrites its
-  // durationInFrames (const-preferring on the server, so a derived total moves
-  // in lock-step). The width previews live; the source patch lands on release.
+  // Alt = no snap; threshold is ~8 px at the CURRENT zoom.
+  const snapThreshold = (altKey) => (altKey ? 0 : 8 / pxf);
+
+  // Drag-to-retime — the right edge rewrites durationInFrames on release.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!retimeDrag) return undefined;
     const move = (e) => {
-      const deltaFrames =
-        ((e.clientX - retimeDrag.startX) / Math.max(1, retimeDrag.rowW)) * (totalFrames - 1);
-      let end = retimeDrag.startFrom + Math.round(retimeDrag.startDur + deltaFrames);
-      // Snap the moving EDGE (clip end) to ticks / neighbor edges / playhead —
-      // Alt overrides. The clip's own start stays fixed, so duration = end − from.
-      const thr = e.altKey ? 0 : snapThresholdFrames(retimeDrag.rowW, totalFrames);
-      end = snapFrame(end, retimeDrag.targets, thr);
-      const curDur = Math.max(1, end - retimeDrag.startFrom);
-      setRetimeDrag((d) => (d ? { ...d, curDur } : d));
+      const deltaFrames = (e.clientX - retimeDrag.startX) / retimeDrag.pxf;
+      const rawEnd = retimeDrag.startFrom + Math.round(retimeDrag.startDur + deltaFrames);
+      let end = snapFrame(rawEnd, retimeDrag.targets, e.altKey ? 0 : 8 / retimeDrag.pxf);
+      if (end !== rawEnd) flashSnap(end);
+      let curDur = Math.max(1, end - retimeDrag.startFrom);
+      // Task 8 — clamp to the source's real duration (footage sidecar) so a
+      // trim can't ask the clip for frames the file doesn't have.
+      let atClamp = curDur <= 1;
+      if (retimeDrag.maxDur > 0 && curDur >= retimeDrag.maxDur) {
+        curDur = retimeDrag.maxDur;
+        atClamp = true;
+      }
+      setRetimeDrag((d) => (d ? { ...d, curDur, atClamp } : d));
     };
     const up = () => {
       setRetimeDrag((d) => {
-        if (d && d.curDur !== d.startDur) onRetime?.(d.index, { durationInFrames: d.curDur });
+        if (d && d.curDur !== d.startDur) onRetime?.(d.ref ?? d.index, { durationInFrames: d.curDur });
         return null;
       });
     };
@@ -257,26 +507,41 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
       window.removeEventListener('pointermove', move);
       window.removeEventListener('pointerup', up);
     };
-  }, [retimeDrag, totalFrames, onRetime]);
+  }, [retimeDrag, onRetime, flashSnap]);
 
-  // DDR-150 P3 Task 6 — drag the block BODY to move a clip's `from` (the engine
-  // inserts `from` if the clip was cursor-implicit). Previews live; commits on
-  // release. Distinct from the right-edge duration drag above.
+  // Body-drag to move a standalone clip's `from`. Commits on release.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!moveDrag) return undefined;
     const move = (e) => {
-      const deltaFrames =
-        ((e.clientX - moveDrag.startX) / Math.max(1, moveDrag.rowW)) * (totalFrames - 1);
-      let curFrom = Math.max(0, Math.round(moveDrag.startFrom + deltaFrames));
-      // Snap the clip START to ticks / neighbor edges / playhead — Alt overrides.
-      const thr = e.altKey ? 0 : snapThresholdFrames(moveDrag.rowW, totalFrames);
-      curFrom = Math.max(0, snapFrame(curFrom, moveDrag.targets, thr));
+      const deltaFrames = (e.clientX - moveDrag.startX) / moveDrag.pxf;
+      const rawFrom = Math.max(0, Math.round(moveDrag.startFrom + deltaFrames));
+      const curFrom = Math.max(0, snapFrame(rawFrom, moveDrag.targets, e.altKey ? 0 : 8 / moveDrag.pxf));
+      if (curFrom !== rawFrom) flashSnap(curFrom);
       if (Math.abs(curFrom - moveDrag.startFrom) >= 1) movedRef.current = true;
-      setMoveDrag((d) => (d ? { ...d, curFrom } : d));
+      // Vertical layer-move affordance: highlight the storyline while the clip
+      // hovers over it (the drop would move it between layers).
+      const story = document.querySelector('.tl-storyline-track')?.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const overStory = !!(story && e.clientY >= story.top && e.clientY <= story.bottom);
+      setMoveDrag((d) => (d ? { ...d, curFrom, overStory } : d));
     };
-    const up = () => {
+    const up = (e) => {
       setMoveDrag((d) => {
-        if (d && d.curFrom !== d.startFrom) onRetime?.(d.index, { from: d.curFrom });
+        if (d) {
+          // Dropping the clip ON the storyline lane moves it between layers
+          // (the layers model); otherwise commit the horizontal from-move.
+          const story = document.querySelector('.tl-storyline-track')?.getBoundingClientRect();
+          if (
+            story &&
+            onClipVerb &&
+            e.clientY >= story.top &&
+            e.clientY <= story.bottom &&
+            movedRef.current
+          ) {
+            onClipVerb(d.ref ?? { index: d.index }, 'to-storyline', {});
+          } else if (d.curFrom !== d.startFrom) {
+            onRetime?.(d.ref ?? d.index, { from: d.curFrom });
+          }
+        }
         return null;
       });
     };
@@ -286,28 +551,177 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
       window.removeEventListener('pointermove', move);
       window.removeEventListener('pointerup', up);
     };
-  }, [moveDrag, totalFrames, onRetime]);
+  }, [moveDrag, onRetime, onClipVerb, flashSnap]);
+
+  // Task 11 — left-edge in-point trim: preview live, commit `trim-in` on
+  // release (the server writes trimBefore + duration + from + ripple).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!trimInDrag) return undefined;
+    const move = (e) => {
+      const raw = Math.round((e.clientX - trimInDrag.startX) / trimInDrag.pxf);
+      // positive = trim INTO the clip; clamp so ≥1 frame stays.
+      const delta = Math.min(trimInDrag.maxDelta, raw);
+      setTrimInDrag((d) => (d ? { ...d, delta } : d));
+    };
+    const up = () => {
+      setTrimInDrag((d) => {
+        if (d && d.delta) onClipVerb?.(d.ref, 'trim-in', { deltaFrames: d.delta });
+        return null;
+      });
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('pointermove', move);
+    window.addEventListener('pointerup', up, { once: true });
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('pointermove', move);
+      window.removeEventListener('pointerup', up);
+    };
+  }, [trimInDrag, onClipVerb]);
+
+  const startTrimIn = (e, index) => {
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    e.preventDefault();
+    const seq = sequences[index];
+    if (!seq) return;
+    setTrimInDrag({
+      index,
+      ref: refFor(seq, index),
+      startX: e.clientX,
+      pxf,
+      delta: 0,
+      maxDelta: Math.max(0, (seq.duration ?? 1) - 1),
+    });
+  };
 
   // Snap targets for a drag on clip `index`: ticks + OTHER clips' edges + playhead.
   const snapTargetsFor = (index) =>
     computeSnapTargets({ fps, totalFrames, clips: sequences, movingIndex: index, playhead: clamped });
 
+  // Task 3 — every op addresses a clip as { stableId, index }: stableId when the
+  // enumerator supplied one (multi-comp-safe, survives reorder), the row index
+  // as the legacy fallback (DDR-150: never address by row index when avoidable).
+  const refFor = (seq, index) => ({ stableId: seq?.stableId ?? null, index });
+
+  // Task 6 — magnetic reorder: body-dragging a series beat shuffles the
+  // storyline live (a `from` write would be a lie — Remotion computes series
+  // offsets), and commits as a real series MOVE on release.
+  const startReorder = (e, index) => {
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    if (!onReorderMove) return;
+    const story = sequences
+      .map((s, i) => ({ s, i }))
+      .filter(({ s }) => s.series);
+    const slot = story.findIndex(({ i }) => i === index);
+    if (slot < 0) return;
+    movedRef.current = false;
+    setReorderDrag({ index, slot, targetSlot: slot, dx: 0, startX: e.clientX, pxf });
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!reorderDrag) return undefined;
+    const story = sequences.map((s, i) => ({ s, i })).filter(({ s }) => s.series);
+    const move = (e) => {
+      const dx = e.clientX - reorderDrag.startX;
+      if (Math.abs(dx) > 3) movedRef.current = true;
+      const me = story[reorderDrag.slot];
+      if (!me) return;
+      const draggedCenter = me.s.from + me.s.duration / 2 + dx / reorderDrag.pxf;
+      // Slot = how many OTHER beats' centers sit left of the dragged center.
+      let target = 0;
+      story.forEach(({ s }, k) => {
+        if (k === reorderDrag.slot) return;
+        if (s.from + s.duration / 2 < draggedCenter) target += 1;
+      });
+      setReorderDrag((d) => (d ? { ...d, dx, targetSlot: target } : d));
+    };
+    const up = (e) => {
+      setReorderDrag((d) => {
+        if (d && movedRef.current && onClipVerb) {
+          const story = document.querySelector('.tl-storyline-track')?.getBoundingClientRect();
+          if (story && e.clientY < story.top - 6) {
+            const beat = sequences[d.index];
+            if (beat) {
+              onClipVerb(refFor(beat, d.index), 'to-overlay', {});
+              return null;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        if (d && d.targetSlot !== d.slot) {
+          const moved = story[d.slot];
+          // targetSlot counts positions among the OTHER beats — map to a ref
+          // beat + before/after in the original order.
+          const others = story.filter((_, k) => k !== d.slot);
+          if (moved && others.length) {
+            if (d.targetSlot <= 0) {
+              onReorderMove?.(refFor(moved.s, moved.i), refFor(others[0].s, others[0].i), 'before');
+            } else {
+              const ref = others[Math.min(d.targetSlot, others.length) - 1];
+              onReorderMove?.(refFor(moved.s, moved.i), refFor(ref.s, ref.i), 'after');
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        return null;
+      });
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('pointermove', move);
+    window.addEventListener('pointerup', up, { once: true });
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('pointermove', move);
+      window.removeEventListener('pointerup', up);
+    };
+  }, [reorderDrag, sequences, onReorderMove, onClipVerb]);
+
+  // Vertical layer reorder — drag an overlay row's V-chip across the rows;
+  // the drop commits ONE `layer-order` verb (doc-order index = z-order).
+  const startLayerDrag = (e, index, docIdx) => {
+    if (!onClipVerb) return;
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    e.preventDefault();
+    setLayerDrag({ index, docIdx, curTarget: docIdx });
+  };
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!layerDrag) return undefined;
+    const move = (e) => {
+      let target = layerDrag.docIdx;
+      for (const row of document.querySelectorAll('[data-layer-doc]')) {
+        const r = row.getBoundingClientRect();
+        if (e.clientY >= r.top && e.clientY <= r.bottom) target = Number(row.dataset.layerDoc);
+      }
+      setLayerDrag((d) => (d ? { ...d, curTarget: target } : d));
+    };
+    const up = () => {
+      setLayerDrag((d) => {
+        if (d && d.curTarget !== d.docIdx) {
+          const seq = sequences[d.index];
+          if (seq) onClipVerb?.(refFor(seq, d.index), 'layer-order', { toIndex: d.curTarget });
+        }
+        return null;
+      });
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('pointermove', move);
+    window.addEventListener('pointerup', up, { once: true });
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('pointermove', move);
+      window.removeEventListener('pointerup', up);
+    };
+  }, [layerDrag, sequences, onClipVerb]);
+
   const startMove = (e, index, startFrom) => {
-    if (!onRetime) return;
+    if (sequences[index]?.loose) return; // loose media row — read-only
     // A TransitionSeries/Series clip computes its own position — Remotion
-    // IGNORES a `from` prop on it, so a body-drag would write a no-op lie
-    // (the "video never changes" dogfood bug). The engine refuses it too;
-    // don't even start the gesture.
-    if (sequences[index]?.series) return;
+    // IGNORES a `from` prop on it; its body-drag is the magnetic REORDER.
+    if (sequences[index]?.series) {
+      startReorder(e, index);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!onRetime) return;
     e.stopPropagation();
-    const rowTrack = e.currentTarget.closest('.tl-row-track');
-    const rowW = rowTrack ? rowTrack.getBoundingClientRect().width : 300;
     movedRef.current = false;
     setMoveDrag({
       index,
+      ref: refFor(sequences[index], index),
       startX: e.clientX,
       startFrom,
-      rowW,
+      pxf,
       curFrom: startFrom,
       targets: snapTargetsFor(index),
     });
@@ -316,42 +730,625 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
   const startResize = (e, index, dur) => {
     e.stopPropagation();
     e.preventDefault();
-    const rowTrack = e.currentTarget.closest('.tl-row-track');
-    const rowW = rowTrack ? rowTrack.getBoundingClientRect().width : 300;
-    const startFrom = sequences[index]?.from ?? 0;
+    const seq = sequences[index];
+    const startFrom = seq?.from ?? 0;
     setRetimeDrag({
       index,
+      ref: refFor(seq, index),
       startX: e.clientX,
       startDur: dur,
       startFrom,
-      rowW,
+      pxf,
       curDur: dur,
+      atClamp: false,
+      // Task 8 — source-bounds clamp (0 = unknown, no clamp).
+      maxDur: (seq?.mediaSrc && visuals[`d|${seq.mediaSrc}`]) || 0,
       targets: snapTargetsFor(index),
     });
   };
 
-  // Second ticks across the ruler.
-  const secs = Math.max(1, Math.floor((totalFrames - 1) / fps));
-  const ticks = Array.from({ length: secs + 1 }, (_, i) => (i * fps) / (totalFrames - 1));
-  const pct = (f) => `${(clamp(f, 0, totalFrames - 1) / (totalFrames - 1)) * 100}%`;
+  /** Task 8 — live trim/move delta: `+12f / +0.40s`. */
+  const fmtDelta = (frames) => {
+    const sign = frames >= 0 ? '+' : '−';
+    const af = Math.abs(Math.round(frames));
+    return `${sign}${af}f / ${sign}${(af / (fps || 30)).toFixed(2)}s`;
+  };
+
+  // Ruler ticks at the adaptive density (1 s → 10 f → 1 f as you zoom in).
+  const step = tickStepFrames(pxf, fps);
+  const ticks = [];
+  for (let f = 0; f <= totalFrames - 1; f += step) ticks.push(f);
+
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Task 5 — the three-band projection. Series beats form THE storyline lane;
+  // standalone sequences are the overlay band; loose <Audio> beds the audio
+  // band. A comp with no series clips keeps the stacked row-per-sequence
+  // fallback (its truthful projection).
+  const storyline = [];
+  const overlay = [];
+  const audioClips = []; // Task 18 — standalone audio clips live in the audio band
+  sequences.forEach((seq, i) => {
+    if (seq.series) storyline.push({ seq, i });
+    else if (rowKind(seq) === 'audio') audioClips.push({ seq, i });
+    else overlay.push({ seq, i });
+  });
+  // Band (iMovie) layout is for MEDIA cuts. A purely digital comp — every
+  // sequence a hand-authored JSX scene (Maude Video Intro, Photo Editor
+  // Trailer) — keeps the stacked row-per-sequence projection, which is the
+  // truthful, layer-expandable view the user asked back (dogfood 2026-07-30).
+  const bandMode =
+    storyline.length > 0 && sequences.some((s) => rowKind(s) !== 'jsx');
 
-  // DDR-150 P4 Task 11 — drop a media file onto the timeline to insert a clip.
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Task 7 — real media visuals. Async extraction (never blocks the scrub);
+  // today's plain blocks are the instant fallback. Keyed by src + zoom bucket.
+  const [visuals, setVisuals] = useState({});
+  const resolveUrl = useCallback(
+    (src) => {
+      if (!src) return null;
+      // Security (adversarial review 2026-07-30): mediaSrc comes verbatim from
+      // (untrusted, DDR-054) canvas source. Filmstrip/waveform extraction runs
+      // on the privileged no-CSP SHELL origin (fetch + <video src>), so a
+      // protocol-relative `//host/…` — which passes `startsWith('/')` — would
+      // egress to an attacker host zero-click on Timeline open. Reject `//`
+      // (and any scheme); only a single-slash-rooted, same-origin path is a
+      // real contained asset. Everything else routes through resolveMediaUrl,
+      // which prefixes the designRoot (same-origin by construction).
+      if (src.startsWith('//')) return null;
+      if (/^(https?:|data:|blob:)/i.test(src)) return null;
+      if (src.startsWith('/')) return src;
+      return resolveMediaUrl ? resolveMediaUrl(src) : null;
+    },
+    [resolveMediaUrl]
+  );
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let alive = true;
+    for (const seq of sequences) {
+      if (rowKind(seq) !== 'video' || !seq.mediaSrc) continue;
+      const url = resolveUrl(seq.mediaSrc);
+      if (!url) continue;
+      const bucket = stripBucket(Math.max(2, seq.duration * pxf));
+      const key = `s|${seq.mediaSrc}|${bucket}`;
+      if (visuals[key] !== undefined) continue;
+      setVisuals((v) => (v[key] !== undefined ? v : { ...v, [key]: null }));
+      getFilmstrip(url, bucket).then((strip) => {
+        if (alive && strip) setVisuals((v) => ({ ...v, [key]: strip }));
+      });
+    }
+    for (const a of audio) {
+      if (!a.src) continue;
+      const url = resolveUrl(a.src);
+      if (!url) continue;
+      const key = `p|${a.src}`;
+      if (visuals[key] !== undefined) continue;
+      setVisuals((v) => (v[key] !== undefined ? v : { ...v, [key]: null }));
+      getPeaks(url).then((peaks) => {
+        if (alive && peaks) setVisuals((v) => ({ ...v, [key]: peaks }));
+      });
+    }
+    // Task 8 — source duration (frames) from the footage sidecar, for trim
+    // clamping. Cached under `d|<src>`; absent sidecar caches `0` (no clamp).
+    for (const seq of sequences) {
+      if (rowKind(seq) !== 'video' || !seq.mediaSrc) continue;
+      const key = `d|${seq.mediaSrc}`;
+      if (visuals[key] !== undefined) continue;
+      setVisuals((v) => (v[key] !== undefined ? v : { ...v, [key]: null }));
+      fetch(`/_api/footage?asset=${encodeURIComponent(seq.mediaSrc)}`)
+        .then((r) => (r.ok ? r.json() : null))
+        .then((j) => {
+          if (!alive) return;
+          const sec = Number(j?.durationSec);
+          const frames = Number.isFinite(sec) && sec > 0 ? Math.round(sec * (fps || 30)) : 0;
+          setVisuals((v) => ({ ...v, [key]: frames }));
+        })
+        .catch(() => {
+          if (alive) setVisuals((v) => ({ ...v, [key]: 0 }));
+        });
+    }
+    return () => {
+      alive = false;
+    };
+  }, [sequences, audio, pxf, resolveUrl, visuals, fps]);
+
+  // Task 6 — live reorder preview: while a beat drags, the OTHER beats take
+  // their preview `from`s (cursor walk over the preview order, seams
+  // approximated by the first transition's duration); the dragged beat follows
+  // the pointer. Truth re-renders from disk after the commit.
+  const previewFroms = (() => {
+    if (!reorderDrag) return null;
+    const story = sequences.map((s, i) => ({ s, i })).filter(({ s }) => s.series);
+    const dragged = story[reorderDrag.slot];
+    if (!dragged) return null;
+    const seamDur = (transitions && transitions[0]?.dur) || 0;
+    const others = story.filter((_, k) => k !== reorderDrag.slot);
+    const order = [...others];
+    order.splice(Math.max(0, Math.min(reorderDrag.targetSlot, others.length)), 0, dragged);
+    const map = new Map();
+    let cursor = story[0]?.s.from ?? 0;
+    for (const { s, i } of order) {
+      map.set(i, cursor);
+      cursor += s.duration - seamDur;
+    }
+    return map;
+  })();
+
+  // DDR-150 P4 / Task 6 — file drops. Lanes set an insertion caret and hand a
+  // POSITION to onDropMedia(files, pos); the panel-level drop stays as the
+  // append fallback.
   const hasFiles = (dt) => Array.from(dt?.types ?? []).includes('Files');
   const onDrop = (e) => {
     if (!onDropMedia || !hasFiles(e.dataTransfer)) return;
     e.preventDefault();
     e.stopPropagation();
     setDropActive(false);
-    const file = e.dataTransfer.files?.[0];
-    if (file) onDropMedia(file);
+    setDropCaret(null);
+    const files = Array.from(e.dataTransfer.files || []);
+    // A drop OUTSIDE any lane = a NEW overlay layer at the playhead (the
+    // layers model); dropping ON the storyline lane still makes a beat.
+    if (files.length) onDropMedia(files, comp ? { lane: 'overlay', frame: clamped } : null);
+  };
+
+  /** Storyline seam boundaries in axis px (slot 0 … N). */
+  const storyBoundaries = () => {
+    const story = sequences.filter((s) => s.series);
+    const pts = story.map((s) => x(s.from));
+    if (story.length) {
+      const last = story[story.length - 1];
+      pts.push(x(last.from + last.duration));
+    }
+    return pts;
+  };
+
+  const onStoryDragOver = (e) => {
+    if (!onDropMedia || !hasFiles(e.dataTransfer)) return;
+    e.preventDefault();
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    e.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'copy';
+    const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const px = e.clientX - rect.left;
+    const pts = storyBoundaries();
+    let slot = 0;
+    let best = Infinity;
+    pts.forEach((p, k) => {
+      const d = Math.abs(p - px);
+      if (d < best) {
+        best = d;
+        slot = k;
+      }
+    });
+    setDropCaret({ lane: 'storyline', slot, x: pts[slot] ?? px });
   };
 
+  const onLaneDragOver = (lane, row) => (e) => {
+    if (!onDropMedia || !hasFiles(e.dataTransfer)) return;
+    e.preventDefault();
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    e.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'copy';
+    const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const px = e.clientX - rect.left;
+    const f = clamp(Math.round(pxToFrame(px, pxf)), 0, totalFrames - 1);
+    setDropCaret({ lane, row, frame: f, x: px });
+  };
+
+  const laneCaret = (lane, row) =>
+    dropCaret && dropCaret.lane === lane && dropCaret.row === row ? (
+      <span
+        className="tl-drop-caret"
+        data-testid="timeline-drop-caret"
+        style={{ left: dropCaret.x - 1 }}
+      />
+    ) : null;
+
+  const onLaneDrop = (pos) => (e) => {
+    if (!onDropMedia || !hasFiles(e.dataTransfer)) return;
+    e.preventDefault();
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    setDropActive(false);
+    const caret = dropCaret;
+    setDropCaret(null);
+    const files = Array.from(e.dataTransfer.files || []);
+    if (!files.length) return;
+    if (pos.lane === 'storyline') {
+      onDropMedia(files, { lane: 'storyline', index: caret?.slot ?? undefined });
+    } else {
+      onDropMedia(files, { lane: pos.lane, frame: caret?.frame ?? 0 });
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** One clip block + its hover affordances (trim handle, replace, remove),
+   *  absolutely positioned on the frame axis of its lane. */
+  const renderBlock = (seq, i, { lane, laneName }) => {
+    const dur = retimeDrag && retimeDrag.index === i ? retimeDrag.curDur : seq.duration;
+    const isResizing = !!(retimeDrag && retimeDrag.index === i);
+    let blockFrom = moveDrag && moveDrag.index === i ? moveDrag.curFrom : seq.from;
+    const moving = !!(moveDrag && moveDrag.index === i);
+    // Task 6 — magnetic reorder preview: the dragged beat follows the pointer,
+    // its siblings take their preview slots.
+    let dragOffset = 0;
+    let dragging = false;
+    if (lane === 'storyline' && reorderDrag) {
+      if (reorderDrag.index === i) {
+        dragging = true;
+        dragOffset = reorderDrag.dx;
+      } else if (previewFroms?.has(i)) {
+        blockFrom = previewFroms.get(i);
+      }
+    }
+    const layers = Array.isArray(seq.layers) ? seq.layers : [];
+    const decomposable = layers.length >= 2;
+    const selected = selectedClipId != null && seq.stableId === selectedClipId;
+    // Debate verdict (orientation): never surface a content-hash filename or a
+    // bare tag name as the clip's identity — "Clip N" beats "bca08b1e.mov";
+    // the real src stays in the tooltip.
+    const rawName =
+      ['Video', 'OffthreadVideo', 'Audio', 'Img'].includes(seq.label) && seq.mediaSrc
+        ? String(seq.mediaSrc).split('/').pop()
+        : seq.label;
+    const isHashName = /^[a-f0-9]{6,16}\.\w+$/i.test(rawName || '');
+    const displayLabel = isHashName ? `Clip ${i + 1}` : rawName;
+    // Task 11 — in-point trim preview: left edge follows, width shrinks.
+    const trimming = !!(trimInDrag && trimInDrag.index === i);
+    const trimDelta = trimming ? trimInDrag.delta : 0;
+    const left = x(blockFrom) + dragOffset + (trimming ? x(trimDelta) : 0);
+    const width = Math.max(2, x(dur - trimDelta));
+    const mp = seq.mediaProps || null;
+    return (
+      <Fragment key={`b${i}`}>
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          className={`tl-seq-block${isResizing ? ' is-resizing' : ''}${moving ? ' is-moving' : ''}${dragging ? ' is-dragging' : ''}${seq.hidden ? ' is-hidden' : ''}${selected ? ' is-selected' : ''}${lane === 'storyline' ? ' tl-beat' : ''}`}
+          data-testid={`timeline-seq-${i}`}
+          data-clip-id={seq.stableId || undefined}
+          data-kind={rowKind(seq)}
+          data-hidden={seq.hidden ? '1' : undefined}
+          title={
+            seq.series
+              ? `${seq.label} · ${blockFrom}–${blockFrom + dur}f (${dur}f) · series beat — trim the right edge to retime`
+              : `${seq.label} · ${blockFrom}–${blockFrom + dur}f (${dur}f) · drag to move (Alt = no snap)`
+          }
+          aria-label={
+            seq.series
+              ? `${seq.label}, series beat, frames ${blockFrom} to ${blockFrom + dur}. Click to select.`
+              : `${seq.label}, from frame ${blockFrom} to ${blockFrom + dur}, ${dur} frames. Click to select; drag to move.`
+          }
+          style={{
+            left,
+            width,
+            cursor: onRetime && !seq.series ? 'grab' : undefined,
+          }}
+          onContextMenu={(e) => {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            onSelect?.(seq.stableId ?? null); // right-click selects too (iMovie)
+            setCtxMenu({ index: i, x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY });
+          }}
+          onPointerDown={(e) => {
+            if (commentMode) {
+              e.stopPropagation();
+              e.preventDefault();
+              placeCommentAt(e, seq, laneName || lane);
+              return;
+            }
+            startMove(e, i, seq.from);
+          }}
+          onDoubleClick={(e) => {
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            if (seq.loose) return; // read-only row — no clip inspector
+            // Task 9 — double-click opens the clip inspector on the selection.
+            onSelect?.(seq.stableId ?? null);
+            setInspector({ mode: 'clip', index: i, x: e.clientX - 120, y: Math.max(60, e.clientY - 320) });
+          }}
+          onClick={(e) => {
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            if (movedRef.current) {
+              movedRef.current = false;
+              return; // a drag-move just happened — don't also select
+            }
+            // Task 3 — click SELECTS (iMovie's select → act grammar); seeking
+            // stays on the ruler/track scrub.
+            onSelect?.(seq.stableId ?? null);
+          }}
+        >
+          {mp?.playbackRate && mp.playbackRate !== 1 ? (
+            <span className="tl-chip tl-chip-speed" data-testid={`timeline-speed-chip-${i}`}>
+              {mp.playbackRate}×
+            </span>
+          ) : null}
+          {mp?.muted ? (
+            <span className="tl-chip tl-chip-mute" title="Muted" data-testid={`timeline-mute-chip-${i}`}>
+              🔇
+            </span>
+          ) : null}
+          {(() => {
+            // Task 7 — filmstrip behind the label (async; block is the fallback).
+            // Dogfood 2026-07-30 — an Img overlay shows the IMAGE ITSELF (no
+            // extraction needed; the strip was video-only and image overlays
+            // read as anonymous slabs).
+            if (rowKind(seq) === 'image' && seq.mediaSrc) {
+              const url = resolveUrl(seq.mediaSrc);
+              if (!url) return null;
+              return (
+                <span className="tl-strip tl-strip--img" aria-hidden="true">
+                  <img src={url} alt="" draggable={false} />
+                </span>
+              );
+            }
+            if (rowKind(seq) !== 'video' || !seq.mediaSrc) return null;
+            const bucket = stripBucket(Math.max(2, seq.duration * pxf));
+            const strip = visuals[`s|${seq.mediaSrc}|${bucket}`];
+            if (!strip) return null;
+            return (
+              <span className="tl-strip" aria-hidden="true">
+                {strip.map((u, k) => (
+                  <img key={k} src={u} alt="" draggable={false} />
+                ))}
+              </span>
+            );
+          })()}
+          <span className="tl-kind" data-kind={rowKind(seq)} title={rowKindTitle(seq)}>
+            {rowKindGlyph(seq)}
+          </span>
+          <span className="tl-seq-name">
+            {displayLabel}
+            {isResizing ? ` · ${dur}f` : ''}
+            {moving ? ` · @${blockFrom}f` : ''}
+          </span>
+          {seq.keyframes.map((kf, k) => {
+            const l = ((kf.from - seq.from) / Math.max(1, seq.duration)) * 100;
+            const w = ((kf.to - kf.from) / Math.max(1, seq.duration)) * 100;
+            return (
+              <span
+                key={k}
+                className="tl-kf"
+                data-testid={`timeline-kf-${i}-${k}`}
+                style={{ left: `${clamp(l, 0, 100)}%`, width: `${Math.max(1.5, w)}%` }}
+                title={`seek to keyframe ${kf.from}f (animates ${kf.from}–${kf.to}f)`}
+                onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+                onClick={(e) => {
+                  e.stopPropagation();
+                  onSeek?.(kf.from);
+                }}
+              />
+            );
+          })}
+          {(comments || [])
+            .filter((c) => c.timeline?.clipStableId && c.timeline.clipStableId === seq.stableId)
+            .map((c) => (
+              // In-place 💬 badge at the comment's exact frame ON the clip —
+              // the top strip stays as the overview; this is the "where".
+              <span
+                key={`cm${c.id}`}
+                role="button"
+                tabIndex={-1}
+                className={`tl-clip-pin${c.status === 'resolved' ? ' is-resolved' : ''}`}
+                data-testid={`timeline-clip-pin-${c.id}`}
+                title={`${c.author || 'comment'}: ${c.text}`}
+                style={{ left: x(clamp(c.timeline.frameOffset || 0, 0, Math.max(0, dur - 1))) }}
+                onPointerDown={(ev) => ev.stopPropagation()}
+                onClick={(ev) => {
+                  ev.stopPropagation();
+                  setCommentPopover({ id: c.id, x: ev.clientX - 130, y: Math.max(60, ev.clientY - 180) });
+                }}
+              >
+                💬
+              </span>
+            ))}
+          {lane === 'storyline' && decomposable ? (
+            <span
+              role="button"
+              tabIndex={-1}
+              className="tl-beat-expand"
+              data-testid={`timeline-beat-expand-${i}`}
+              title={collapsed.has(i) ? 'Show this beat’s layers' : 'Collapse layers'}
+              onPointerDown={(ev) => ev.stopPropagation()}
+              onClick={(ev) => {
+                ev.stopPropagation();
+                setCollapsed((prev) => {
+                  const next = new Set(prev);
+                  if (next.has(i)) next.delete(i);
+                  else next.add(i);
+                  return next;
+                });
+              }}
+            >
+              {collapsed.has(i) ? '▸' : '▾'}
+            </span>
+          ) : null}
+        </button>
+        {onRetime && !seq.loose ? (
+          <span
+            className="tl-seq-resize"
+            data-testid={`timeline-resize-${i}`}
+            title="Drag to retime this sequence"
+            style={{ left: left + width - 5 }}
+            onPointerDown={(e) => startResize(e, i, seq.duration)}
+            onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+          />
+        ) : null}
+        {onClipVerb && !seq.loose && seq.mediaSrc && (rowKind(seq) === 'video' || rowKind(seq) === 'audio') ? (
+          <span
+            className="tl-seq-trim-in"
+            data-testid={`timeline-trim-in-${i}`}
+            title="Drag to trim the in-point (left edge)"
+            style={{ left: left - 1 }}
+            onPointerDown={(e) => startTrimIn(e, i)}
+            onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+          />
+        ) : null}
+        {trimming ? (
+          <span
+            className={`tl-trim-tip${trimDelta >= trimInDrag.maxDelta && trimDelta > 0 ? ' is-clamped' : ''}`}
+            data-testid="timeline-trim-in-tip"
+            style={{ left }}
+          >
+            {fmtDelta(trimDelta)}
+          </span>
+        ) : null}
+        {isResizing ? (
+          <span
+            className={`tl-trim-tip${retimeDrag.atClamp ? ' is-clamped' : ''}`}
+            data-testid="timeline-trim-tip"
+            style={{ left: left + width + 8 }}
+          >
+            {fmtDelta(dur - retimeDrag.startDur)}
+          </span>
+        ) : null}
+        {moving ? (
+          <span className="tl-trim-tip" data-testid="timeline-move-tip" style={{ left }}>
+            {fmtDelta(blockFrom - moveDrag.startFrom)}
+          </span>
+        ) : null}
+        {onReplace && seq.replaceable && !decomposable ? (
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            className="tl-seq-replace"
+            data-testid={`timeline-replace-${i}`}
+            title={`Replace this ${rowKind(seq)}`}
+            aria-label={`Replace media in ${seq.label}`}
+            style={{ left: left + width - 34 }}
+            onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+            onClick={(e) => {
+              e.stopPropagation();
+              onReplace(refFor(seq, i));
+            }}
+          >
+            ⇄
+          </button>
+        ) : null}
+      </Fragment>
+    );
+  };
+
+  /** Task 17 — hover "+" on hard-cut boundaries (no transition yet). */
+  const renderAddSeams = () => {
+    if (!onClipVerb) return null;
+    const withTrans = new Set((transitions || []).map((t) => t.afterIndex));
+    return storyline.slice(0, -1).map(({ seq, i }, k) => {
+      if (withTrans.has(i)) return null;
+      const next = storyline[k + 1];
+      if (!next) return null;
+      return (
+        <button
+          key={`addseam${k}`}
+          type="button"
+          className="tl-seam tl-seam-add"
+          data-testid={`timeline-seam-add-${k}`}
+          title="Add transition (fade · 15f — click the chip after to change)"
+          style={{ left: x(next.seq.from) - 9 }}
+          onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+          onClick={(e) => {
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            onClipVerb(refFor(seq, i), 'insert-transition', {
+              presentation: 'fade',
+              durationInFrames: 15,
+            });
+          }}
+        >
+          <LIc as={Plus} size={13} />
+        </button>
+      );
+    });
+  };
+
+  /** ⧓ seam chips between storyline beats — click opens the Transition tab. */
+  const renderSeams = () =>
+    (transitions || []).map((t, k) => {
+      const next = sequences[t.afterIndex + 1];
+      if (!next) return null;
+      const center = x(next.from + (t.dur || 0) / 2);
+      return (
+        <button
+          key={`seam${k}`}
+          type="button"
+          className="tl-seam"
+          data-testid={`timeline-seam-${k}`}
+          title={`Transition · ${t.dur || 0}f — click to edit`}
+          style={{ left: center - 9 }}
+          onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+          onClick={(e) => {
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            setInspector({
+              mode: 'transition',
+              seam: k,
+              x: e.clientX - 120,
+              y: Math.max(60, e.clientY - 260),
+            });
+          }}
+        >
+          ⧓
+        </button>
+      );
+    });
+
+  const renderAudioRow = (a, i) => (
+    <div className="tl-row" key={`a${i}`} data-testid={`timeline-audio-${i}`}>
+      <span className="tl-row-label" title={a.label}>
+        <span className="tl-kind" data-kind="audio" title={`Audio · ${a.label}`} aria-label={`Audio · ${a.label}`}>
+          ♪
+        </span>
+        <span className="tl-row-label-text">{a.label}</span>
+      </span>
+      <div
+        className="tl-row-track"
+        style={{ width: axisPx, flex: 'none' }}
+        onDragOver={onLaneDragOver('audio', `a${i}`)}
+        onDrop={onLaneDrop({ lane: 'audio' })}
+      >
+        {laneCaret('audio', `a${i}`)}
+        <div
+          className="tl-audio-block"
+          title={`${a.label} · ${a.from}–${a.from + a.duration}f`}
+          style={{ left: x(a.from), width: Math.max(2, x(a.duration)) }}
+        >
+          <svg className="tl-wave" viewBox="0 0 100 12" preserveAspectRatio="none" aria-hidden>
+            {a.src && visuals[`p|${a.src}`] ? (
+              // Task 7 — real peaks (WebAudio decode), filled mirrored wave.
+              <path className="tl-wave-real" d={peaksToPath(visuals[`p|${a.src}`])} />
+            ) : (
+              <path d="M0 6 Q2 1 4 6 T8 6 T12 6 T16 6 T20 6 T24 6 T28 6 T32 6 T36 6 T40 6 T44 6 T48 6 T52 6 T56 6 T60 6 T64 6 T68 6 T72 6 T76 6 T80 6 T84 6 T88 6 T92 6 T96 6 T100 6" />
+            )}
+          </svg>
+          <span className="tl-seq-name">{a.label}</span>
+        </div>
+        {onReplaceAudio ? (
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            className="tl-seq-replace"
+            data-testid={`timeline-audio-replace-${i}`}
+            title="Replace this audio"
+            aria-label={`Replace audio ${a.label}`}
+            style={{ left: x(a.from) + Math.max(2, x(a.duration)) - 20 }}
+            onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+            onClick={(e) => {
+              e.stopPropagation();
+              onReplaceAudio(i);
+            }}
+          >
+            ⇄
+          </button>
+        ) : null}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+
   return (
     <aside
       ref={rootRef}
       tabIndex={-1}
-      className={`tl-panel${resizing ? ' is-resizing' : ''}${dropActive ? ' is-drop' : ''}`}
+      className={`tl-panel${resizing ? ' is-resizing' : ''}${dropActive ? ' is-drop' : ''}${commentMode ? ' is-commenting' : ''}`}
       style={{ ...(height ? { height } : {}), outline: 'none' }}
+      onPointerEnter={() => {
+        // Keyboard shortcuts (C · Space · ⌘B · ⌘±) live on the SHELL window;
+        // when the canvas iframe holds focus they never arrive. Hovering the
+        // dock is the intent signal — grab shell focus so "press C, click a
+        // clip" works without an extra priming click (dogfood 2026-07-30).
+        if (!document.activeElement || document.activeElement === document.body) {
+          rootRef.current?.focus();
+        } else {
+          const tag = document.activeElement.tagName;
+          if (tag !== 'INPUT' && tag !== 'TEXTAREA' && tag !== 'SELECT') rootRef.current?.focus();
+        }
+      }}
       onDragOver={(e) => {
         if (!onDropMedia || !hasFiles(e.dataTransfer)) return;
         e.preventDefault();
@@ -359,7 +1356,10 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
         if (!dropActive) setDropActive(true);
       }}
       onDragLeave={(e) => {
-        if (e.relatedTarget == null) setDropActive(false);
+        if (e.relatedTarget == null) {
+          setDropActive(false);
+          setDropCaret(null);
+        }
       }}
       onDrop={onDrop}
       aria-label="Timeline"
@@ -397,7 +1397,7 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
             >
               <TIcon name="loop" />
             </button>
-            {audio.length > 0 ? (
+            {comp ? (
               <button
                 type="button"
                 className={`tl-btn${muted ? '' : ' is-on'}`}
@@ -410,7 +1410,7 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
                 <TIcon name={muted ? 'muted' : 'sound'} />
               </button>
             ) : null}
-            {audio.length > 0 ? (
+            {comp ? (
               <input
                 type="range"
                 className="tl-volume"
@@ -429,12 +1429,99 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
               {totalFrames - 1}
               <span className="tl-time">{fmtTime(clamped, fps)}</span>
             </span>
+            <span className="tl-spacer" />
+            {onSplitAtPlayhead ? (
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="tl-btn"
+                aria-label="Split at playhead"
+                title="Split at playhead (⌘B)"
+                data-testid="timeline-split"
+                onClick={() => onSplitAtPlayhead()}
+              >
+                <LIc as={Scissors} />
+              </button>
+            ) : null}
+            {onAddTitle ? (
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="tl-btn"
+                aria-label="Add title overlay"
+                title="Add a title overlay at the playhead"
+                data-testid="timeline-add-title"
+                onClick={() => onAddTitle(clamped)}
+              >
+                <LIc as={Type} />
+              </button>
+            ) : null}
+            {onAddImage ? (
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="tl-btn"
+                aria-label="Add image overlay"
+                title="Add an image overlay at the playhead"
+                data-testid="timeline-add-image"
+                onClick={() => onAddImage(clamped)}
+              >
+                <LIc as={ImagePlus} />
+              </button>
+            ) : null}
+            {onAddAiClip ? (
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="tl-btn"
+                aria-label="Add AI placeholder clip"
+                title="Add an AI placeholder clip at the end of the storyline"
+                data-testid="timeline-placeholder-add"
+                onClick={() => onAddAiClip()}
+              >
+                <LIc as={Sparkles} />
+              </button>
+            ) : null}
+            {onAddComment ? (
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className={`tl-btn${commentMode ? ' is-on' : ''}`}
+                aria-label="Comment tool"
+                aria-pressed={commentMode}
+                title="Comment tool — click anywhere on the timeline to pin a comment (C)"
+                data-testid="timeline-comment-tool"
+                onClick={() => setCommentMode((m) => !m)}
+              >
+                <LIc as={MessageSquarePlus} />
+              </button>
+            ) : null}
           </>
         ) : (
           <span className="tl-title">Timeline</span>
         )}
         <span className="tl-spacer" />
+        {comp && totalFrames > 900 ? (
+          // Task 1 — long-comp badge. 900 frames is the safe export tier
+          // (frame-step fallback ~2.5 s/frame); the export dialog shows the
+          // full notice, this is the always-visible hint.
+          <span
+            className="tl-long-badge"
+            data-testid="timeline-long-badge"
+            title={`Long comp: ${totalFrames} frames (≈${Math.round(totalFrames / (fps || 30))}s). Exports over 900 frames can take several minutes on the fallback path — see the export dialog.`}
+          >
+            ⚠ {Math.round(totalFrames / (fps || 30))}s
+          </span>
+        ) : null}
         {comp ? <span className="tl-meta">{fps} fps · {totalFrames}f</span> : null}
+        {comp ? (
+          <input
+            type="range"
+            className="tl-zoom"
+            min="0"
+            max="100"
+            value={zoomSliderValue}
+            data-testid="timeline-zoom"
+            aria-label="Timeline zoom"
+            title="Zoom (⌘+/⌘−, 0 = fit)"
+            onChange={(e) => zoomTo(zoomFromSlider(Number(e.target.value)))}
+          />
+        ) : null}
         <button type="button" className="tl-x" aria-label="Close timeline" onClick={onClose}>
           ×
         </button>
@@ -442,383 +1529,559 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
 
       {!comp ? (
         <div className="tl-empty" data-testid="timeline-empty">
-          No animation on this canvas. Make an artboard a <b>video-comp</b>
-          (<code>&lt;VideoComp&gt;</code>) to scrub and export it — or drop clips on
-          the canvas and <b>File → Assemble dropped clips → video</b>.
+          No video-comp on this canvas. <b>Drop video clips right here</b> to start a
+          new cut, use <b>⌘K → New video…</b> for an empty one, or make an artboard a
+          <code>&lt;VideoComp&gt;</code> yourself.
         </div>
       ) : (
-        <div className="tl-scroll">
+        <div className="tl-scroll" ref={setScrollRef}>
           <div
             className="tl-tracks"
             ref={trackRef}
             data-testid="timeline-track"
+            style={{ width: LABEL_GUTTER + axisPx }}
             onPointerDown={onTrackDown}
+            onDragOver={onLaneDragOver('overlay', 'tracks')}
+            onDrop={onLaneDrop({ lane: 'overlay' })}
           >
-            <div className="tl-ruler">
-              {ticks.map((t, i) => (
-                <span key={i} className="tl-tick" style={{ left: `${t * 100}%` }}>
-                  <span className="tl-tick-label">{i}s</span>
-                </span>
-              ))}
+            {comments.length ? (
+              // Task 23 — 💬 marker strip. Preferred anchor: clipStableId +
+              // frameOffset (survives reorder/ripple); a comment whose clip is
+              // gone degrades to its absolute frame with a "detached" badge.
+              <div className="tl-comments-strip" data-testid="timeline-comments-strip">
+                {comments.map((c) => {
+                  const tl = c.timeline || {};
+                  let frame = null;
+                  let detached = false;
+                  if (tl.clipStableId) {
+                    const row = sequences.find((r2) => r2.stableId === tl.clipStableId);
+                    if (row) frame = row.from + Math.min(tl.frameOffset || 0, Math.max(0, row.duration - 1));
+                    else if (tl.frame != null) {
+                      frame = tl.frame;
+                      detached = true;
+                    }
+                  } else if (tl.frame != null) {
+                    frame = tl.frame;
+                  }
+                  if (frame == null) return null;
+                  return (
+                    <button
+                      key={c.id}
+                      type="button"
+                      className={`tl-comment-pin${c.status === 'resolved' ? ' is-resolved' : ''}${detached ? ' is-detached' : ''}`}
+                      data-testid={`timeline-comment-${c.id}`}
+                      title={`${c.author || 'comment'}${detached ? ' (detached — clip removed)' : ''}: ${c.text}`}
+                      style={{ left: LABEL_GUTTER + x(clamp(frame, 0, totalFrames - 1)) - 8 }}
+                      onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+                      onClick={(e) => {
+                        e.stopPropagation();
+                        onSeek?.(clamp(frame, 0, totalFrames - 1));
+                        setCommentPopover({ id: c.id, x: e.clientX - 130, y: Math.max(60, e.clientY - 180) });
+                      }}
+                    >
+                      💬
+                    </button>
+                  );
+                })}
+              </div>
+            ) : null}
+            <div className="tl-ruler" style={{ width: axisPx }}>
+              {ticks.map((f) => {
+                const major = f % (fps || 30) === 0;
+                const showLabel = major || step <= 5;
+                return (
+                  <span key={f} className={`tl-tick${major ? ' is-major' : ''}`} style={{ left: x(f) }}>
+                    {showLabel ? <span className="tl-tick-label">{tickLabel(f, fps)}</span> : null}
+                  </span>
+                );
+              })}
             </div>
 
+            {laneCaret('overlay', 'tracks')}
             {sequences.length === 0 ? (
               <div className="tl-row">
                 <span className="tl-row-label">comp</span>
-                <div className="tl-row-track">
-                  <div className="tl-seq-block" style={{ left: '0%', width: '100%' }}>
+                <div className="tl-row-track" style={{ width: axisPx, flex: 'none' }}>
+                  <div className="tl-seq-block" style={{ left: 0, width: axisPx }}>
                     <span className="tl-seq-name">whole composition</span>
                   </div>
                 </div>
               </div>
-            ) : (
-              sequences.map((seq, i) => {
-                const dur =
-                  retimeDrag && retimeDrag.index === i ? retimeDrag.curDur : seq.duration;
-                const resizing = !!(retimeDrag && retimeDrag.index === i);
-                const blockFrom =
-                  moveDrag && moveDrag.index === i ? moveDrag.curFrom : seq.from;
-                const moving = !!(moveDrag && moveDrag.index === i);
-                const layers = Array.isArray(seq.layers) ? seq.layers : [];
-                const decomposable = layers.length >= 2;
-                const isExpanded = decomposable && !collapsed.has(i);
-                return (
-                  <Fragment key={i}>
-                  <div className="tl-row" data-testid={`timeline-row-${i}`}>
-                    <span className="tl-row-label" title={seq.label}>
-                      {decomposable ? (
-                        <button
-                          type="button"
-                          className="tl-expand"
-                          data-testid={`timeline-expand-${i}`}
-                          title={isExpanded ? 'Collapse layers' : 'Show layers'}
-                          aria-label={isExpanded ? `Collapse ${seq.label} layers` : `Show ${seq.label} layers`}
-                          aria-expanded={isExpanded}
-                          onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
-                          onClick={(e) => {
-                            e.stopPropagation();
-                            e.preventDefault();
-                            setCollapsed((prev) => {
-                              const next = new Set(prev);
-                              if (next.has(i)) next.delete(i);
-                              else next.add(i);
-                              return next;
-                            });
-                          }}
-                        >
-                          {isExpanded ? '▾' : '▸'}
-                        </button>
-                      ) : (
-                        <span className="tl-expand tl-expand--spacer" aria-hidden="true" />
-                      )}
-                      {onReorder ? (
-                        <span
-                          className="tl-seq-reorder"
-                          role="group"
-                          aria-label={`${seq.series ? 'Play order' : 'Stacking order'} for ${seq.label}`}
-                        >
-                          <button
-                            type="button"
-                            className="tl-reorder-btn"
-                            data-testid={`timeline-raise-${i}`}
-                            title={seq.series ? 'Move earlier (plays sooner)' : 'Bring forward (render on top)'}
-                            aria-label={
-                              seq.series ? `Move ${seq.label} earlier` : `Bring ${seq.label} forward`
-                            }
-                            disabled={seq.series ? i <= 0 : i >= sequences.length - 1}
-                            onClick={(e) => {
-                              e.stopPropagation();
-                              // Series clips play in order — ▲ = earlier (swap with
-                              // the previous beat); standalone → forward in z-stack.
-                              onReorder(i, seq.series ? 'backward' : 'forward');
-                            }}
-                          >
-                            ▲
-                          </button>
-                          <button
-                            type="button"
-                            className="tl-reorder-btn"
-                            data-testid={`timeline-lower-${i}`}
-                            title={seq.series ? 'Move later (plays after)' : 'Send backward (render underneath)'}
-                            aria-label={
-                              seq.series ? `Move ${seq.label} later` : `Send ${seq.label} backward`
-                            }
-                            disabled={seq.series ? i >= sequences.length - 1 : i <= 0}
-                            onClick={(e) => {
-                              e.stopPropagation();
-                              onReorder(i, seq.series ? 'forward' : 'backward');
-                            }}
-                          >
-                            ▼
-                          </button>
+            ) : bandMode ? (
+              <>
+                {/* Overlay band — standalone Sequences above the storyline.
+                    Rendered TOP = topmost paint (last in the document), so the
+                    stack reads like FCP; drag the V-chip to reorder layers. */}
+                {(() => {
+                  // z-ladder = the overlay clips the SERVER can reorder
+                  // (standalone <Sequence>s; `loose` bare media has no clip
+                  // identity and stays out of the index space).
+                  const zLadder = overlay.filter(({ seq }) => !seq.loose);
+                  return [...overlay].reverse().map(({ seq, i }) => {
+                    const docIdx = seq.loose ? null : zLadder.findIndex((o) => o.i === i);
+                    const vNum = docIdx == null ? null : docIdx + 2; // V1 = the storyline
+                    const rowCls =
+                      `tl-row tl-row--overlay` +
+                      (layerDrag && layerDrag.index === i ? ' is-layer-dragging' : '') +
+                      (layerDrag && docIdx != null && layerDrag.index !== i && layerDrag.curTarget === docIdx
+                        ? ' is-layer-target'
+                        : '');
+                    return (
+                      <div
+                        className={rowCls}
+                        key={`o${i}`}
+                        data-testid={`timeline-row-${i}`}
+                        {...(docIdx != null ? { 'data-layer-doc': docIdx } : {})}
+                      >
+                        <span className="tl-row-label" title={seq.mediaSrc || seq.label}>
+                          {docIdx != null ? (
+                            <span
+                              className="tl-lane-id tl-lane-id--grab"
+                              data-testid={`timeline-lane-chip-${i}`}
+                              title="Drag up/down to reorder layers"
+                              onPointerDown={(e) => startLayerDrag(e, i, docIdx)}
+                            >
+                              V{vNum}
+                            </span>
+                          ) : (
+                            <span className="tl-lane-id" title="Loose media — no layer order">◌</span>
+                          )}
+                          <span className="tl-kind" data-kind={rowKind(seq)}>{rowKindGlyph(seq)}</span>
                         </span>
-                      ) : null}
+                        <div
+                          className="tl-row-track"
+                          style={{ width: axisPx, flex: 'none' }}
+                          onDragOver={onLaneDragOver('overlay', `o${i}`)}
+                          onDrop={onLaneDrop({ lane: 'overlay' })}
+                        >
+                          {renderBlock(seq, i, { lane: 'overlay', laneName: vNum != null ? `V${vNum}` : 'loose' })}
+                          {laneCaret('overlay', `o${i}`)}
+                        </div>
+                      </div>
+                    );
+                  });
+                })()}
+                {/* THE storyline — series beats butted side-by-side. */}
+                <div className="tl-row tl-row--storyline" data-testid="timeline-storyline">
+                  <span className="tl-row-label">
+                    <span className="tl-lane-id tl-lane-id--story">V1</span>
+                    <span className="tl-band-tag tl-band-tag--story">storyline</span>
+                  </span>
+                  <div
+                    className={`tl-row-track tl-storyline-track${reorderDrag ? ' is-reordering' : ''}${moveDrag?.overStory ? ' is-drop-target' : ''}`}
+                    style={{ width: axisPx, flex: 'none' }}
+                    onDragOver={onStoryDragOver}
+                    onDrop={onLaneDrop({ lane: 'storyline' })}
+                  >
+                    {storyline.map(({ seq, i }) => renderBlock(seq, i, { lane: 'storyline', laneName: 'V1' }))}
+                    {reorderDrag ? null : renderSeams()}
+                    {reorderDrag ? null : renderAddSeams()}
+                    {dropCaret?.lane === 'storyline' ? (
                       <span
-                        className="tl-kind"
-                        data-kind={rowKind(seq)}
-                        title={rowKindTitle(seq)}
-                        aria-label={rowKindTitle(seq)}
-                      >
-                        {rowKindGlyph(seq)}
-                      </span>
-                      <span className="tl-row-label-text">{seq.label}</span>
+                        className="tl-drop-caret"
+                        data-testid="timeline-drop-caret"
+                        style={{ left: dropCaret.x - 1 }}
+                      />
+                    ) : null}
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+                {/* Dogfood 2026-07-30 (image #22) — a decomposable beat (an
+                    old hand-authored scene component) expands into its layer
+                    sub-rows right under the storyline, exactly like the
+                    stacked fallback used to show; default-expanded. */}
+                {storyline
+                  .filter(
+                    ({ seq, i }) =>
+                      Array.isArray(seq.layers) && seq.layers.length >= 2 && !collapsed.has(i)
+                  )
+                  .map(({ seq, i }) =>
+                    seq.layers.map((ly, li) => {
+                      const lyKind =
+                        ly.kind === 'video' || ly.kind === 'image' || ly.kind === 'audio'
+                          ? ly.kind
+                          : 'jsx';
+                      const lyGlyph =
+                        ly.kind === 'video' ? '▶' : ly.kind === 'image' ? '◫' : ly.kind === 'audio' ? '♪' : 'ƒ';
+                      return (
+                        <div
+                          className="tl-row tl-row--layer"
+                          key={`bl${i}-${li}`}
+                          data-testid={`timeline-layer-${i}-${li}`}
+                        >
+                          <span className="tl-row-label" title={`${seq.label} · ${ly.label}`}>
+                            <span className="tl-layer-indent" aria-hidden="true" />
+                            <span className="tl-kind" data-kind={lyKind}>{lyGlyph}</span>
+                            <span className="tl-row-label-text">{ly.label}</span>
+                          </span>
+                          <div className="tl-row-track" style={{ width: axisPx, flex: 'none' }}>
+                            <div
+                              className="tl-seq-block tl-layer-block"
+                              data-kind={lyKind}
+                              data-testid={`timeline-layer-block-${i}-${li}`}
+                              title={`${seq.label} · ${ly.label} (${ly.kind} layer)`}
+                              style={{ left: x(seq.from), width: Math.max(2, x(seq.duration)) }}
+                              onContextMenu={(e) => {
+                                e.preventDefault();
+                                e.stopPropagation();
+                                setCtxMenu({ index: i, layerIndex: li, x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY });
+                              }}
+                            >
+                              <span className="tl-seq-name">{ly.label}</span>
+                            </div>
+                            {onReplaceLayer && (ly.mediaCdId || ly.mediaArrayRef) ? (
+                              <button
+                                type="button"
+                                className="tl-seq-replace"
+                                data-testid={`timeline-layer-replace-${i}-${li}`}
+                                title={`Replace this ${ly.kind}`}
+                                aria-label={`Replace ${ly.label}`}
+                                style={{ left: x(seq.from) + Math.max(2, x(seq.duration)) - 20 }}
+                                onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+                                onClick={(e) => {
+                                  e.stopPropagation();
+                                  onReplaceLayer(refFor(seq, i), li);
+                                }}
+                              >
+                                ⇄
+                              </button>
+                            ) : null}
+                          </div>
+                        </div>
+                      );
+                    })
+                  )}
+                {/* Audio band — standalone audio clips (movable/trimmable) +
+                    loose <Audio> beds. */}
+                {audioClips.map(({ seq, i }, k) => (
+                  <div className="tl-row tl-row--overlay tl-row--audio" key={`ac${i}`} data-testid={`timeline-row-${i}`}>
+                    <span className="tl-row-label" title={seq.mediaSrc || seq.label}>
+                      <span className="tl-lane-id tl-lane-id--audio">A{k + 1}</span>
+                      <span className="tl-kind" data-kind="audio">♪</span>
                     </span>
-                    <div className="tl-row-track">
-                      <button
-                        type="button"
-                        className={`tl-seq-block${resizing ? ' is-resizing' : ''}${moving ? ' is-moving' : ''}${seq.hidden ? ' is-hidden' : ''}`}
-                        data-testid={`timeline-seq-${i}`}
-                        data-kind={rowKind(seq)}
-                        data-hidden={seq.hidden ? '1' : undefined}
-                        title={
-                          seq.series
-                            ? `${seq.label} · ${blockFrom}–${blockFrom + dur}f (${dur}f) · position computed by the series — trim the right edge to retime`
-                            : `${seq.label} · ${blockFrom}–${blockFrom + dur}f (${dur}f) · drag to move (Alt = no snap)`
-                        }
-                        aria-label={
-                          seq.series
-                            ? `${seq.label}, series beat, frames ${blockFrom} to ${blockFrom + dur}. Click to seek; trim its edge to retime.`
-                            : `${seq.label}, from frame ${blockFrom} to ${blockFrom + dur}, ${dur} frames. Click to seek; drag to move.`
-                        }
-                        style={{
-                          left: pct(blockFrom),
-                          width: `${(dur / (totalFrames - 1)) * 100}%`,
-                          cursor: onRetime && !seq.series ? 'grab' : undefined,
-                        }}
-                        onContextMenu={(e) => {
-                          e.preventDefault();
-                          e.stopPropagation();
-                          setCtxMenu({ index: i, x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY });
-                        }}
-                        onPointerDown={(e) => startMove(e, i, seq.from)}
-                        onClick={(e) => {
-                          e.stopPropagation();
-                          if (movedRef.current) {
-                            movedRef.current = false;
-                            return; // a drag-move just happened — don't also seek
-                          }
-                          onSeek?.(seq.from);
-                        }}
-                      >
-                        <span className="tl-seq-name">
-                          {seq.label}
-                          {resizing ? ` · ${dur}f` : ''}
-                          {moving ? ` · @${blockFrom}f` : ''}
-                        </span>
-                        {seq.keyframes.map((kf, k) => {
-                          const l = ((kf.from - seq.from) / Math.max(1, seq.duration)) * 100;
-                          const w = ((kf.to - kf.from) / Math.max(1, seq.duration)) * 100;
-                          return (
-                            <span
-                              key={k}
-                              className="tl-kf"
-                              data-testid={`timeline-kf-${i}-${k}`}
-                              style={{ left: `${clamp(l, 0, 100)}%`, width: `${Math.max(1.5, w)}%` }}
-                              title={`seek to keyframe ${kf.from}f (animates ${kf.from}–${kf.to}f)`}
+                    <div
+                      className="tl-row-track"
+                      style={{ width: axisPx, flex: 'none' }}
+                      onDragOver={onLaneDragOver('audio', `ac${i}`)}
+                      onDrop={onLaneDrop({ lane: 'audio' })}
+                    >
+                      {renderBlock(seq, i, { lane: 'audio', laneName: `A${k + 1}` })}
+                      {laneCaret('audio', `ac${i}`)}
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                ))}
+                {audio.map((a, i) => renderAudioRow(a, i))}
+                {/* Debate verdict: the dead space below the lanes gets a JOB —
+                    it IS the new-layer drop target, and says so. */}
+                <div
+                  className={`tl-newlayer-zone${dropCaret?.row === 'newlayer' ? ' is-active' : ''}`}
+                  data-testid="timeline-newlayer-zone"
+                  onDragOver={onLaneDragOver('overlay', 'newlayer')}
+                  onDrop={onLaneDrop({ lane: 'overlay' })}
+                >
+                  <span style={{ marginLeft: LABEL_GUTTER }}>Drop clips here — new layer</span>
+                </div>
+              </>
+            ) : (
+              <>
+                {sequences.map((seq, i) => {
+                  const layers = Array.isArray(seq.layers) ? seq.layers : [];
+                  const decomposable = layers.length >= 2;
+                  const isExpanded = decomposable && !collapsed.has(i);
+                  const dur = retimeDrag && retimeDrag.index === i ? retimeDrag.curDur : seq.duration;
+                  return (
+                    <Fragment key={i}>
+                      <div className="tl-row" data-testid={`timeline-row-${i}`}>
+                        <span className="tl-row-label" title={seq.label}>
+                          {decomposable ? (
+                            <button
+                              type="button"
+                              className="tl-expand"
+                              data-testid={`timeline-expand-${i}`}
+                              title={isExpanded ? 'Collapse layers' : 'Show layers'}
+                              aria-label={isExpanded ? `Collapse ${seq.label} layers` : `Show ${seq.label} layers`}
+                              aria-expanded={isExpanded}
                               onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
                               onClick={(e) => {
                                 e.stopPropagation();
-                                onSeek?.(kf.from);
+                                e.preventDefault();
+                                setCollapsed((prev) => {
+                                  const next = new Set(prev);
+                                  if (next.has(i)) next.delete(i);
+                                  else next.add(i);
+                                  return next;
+                                });
                               }}
-                            />
-                          );
-                        })}
-                      </button>
-                      {onRetime ? (
-                        <span
-                          className="tl-seq-resize"
-                          data-testid={`timeline-resize-${i}`}
-                          title="Drag to retime this sequence"
-                          style={{
-                            left: `calc(${pct(seq.from)} + ${(dur / (totalFrames - 1)) * 100}% - 5px)`,
-                          }}
-                          onPointerDown={(e) => startResize(e, i, seq.duration)}
-                          onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
-                        />
-                      ) : null}
-                      {onReplace && seq.replaceable && !decomposable ? (
-                        <button
-                          type="button"
-                          className="tl-seq-replace"
-                          data-testid={`timeline-replace-${i}`}
-                          title={`Replace this ${rowKind(seq)}`}
-                          aria-label={`Replace media in ${seq.label}`}
-                          style={{
-                            left: `calc(${pct(seq.from)} + ${(dur / (totalFrames - 1)) * 100}% - 34px)`,
-                          }}
-                          onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
-                          onClick={(e) => {
-                            e.stopPropagation();
-                            onReplace(i);
-                          }}
-                        >
-                          ⇄
-                        </button>
-                      ) : null}
-                      {onRemove ? (
-                        <button
-                          type="button"
-                          className="tl-seq-remove"
-                          data-testid={`timeline-remove-${i}`}
-                          title="Remove this clip"
-                          aria-label={`Remove ${seq.label}`}
-                          style={{
-                            left: `calc(${pct(seq.from)} + ${(dur / (totalFrames - 1)) * 100}% - 17px)`,
-                          }}
-                          onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
-                          onClick={(e) => {
-                            e.stopPropagation();
-                            onRemove(i);
-                          }}
-                        >
-                          ×
-                        </button>
-                      ) : null}
-                    </div>
-                  </div>
-                  {isExpanded
-                    ? layers.map((ly, li) => {
-                        const lyKind =
-                          ly.kind === 'video'
-                            ? 'video'
-                            : ly.kind === 'image'
-                              ? 'image'
-                              : ly.kind === 'audio'
-                                ? 'audio'
-                                : 'jsx';
-                        const lyGlyph =
-                          ly.kind === 'video'
-                            ? '▶'
-                            : ly.kind === 'image'
-                              ? '◫'
-                              : ly.kind === 'audio'
-                                ? '♪'
-                                : 'ƒ';
-                        const lyReplaceable = !!(ly.mediaCdId || ly.mediaArrayRef);
-                        return (
-                          <div
-                            className="tl-row tl-row--layer"
-                            key={`l${li}`}
-                            data-testid={`timeline-layer-${i}-${li}`}
+                            >
+                              {isExpanded ? '▾' : '▸'}
+                            </button>
+                          ) : (
+                            <span className="tl-expand tl-expand--spacer" aria-hidden="true" />
+                          )}
+                          <span
+                            className="tl-kind"
+                            data-kind={rowKind(seq)}
+                            title={rowKindTitle(seq)}
+                            aria-label={rowKindTitle(seq)}
                           >
-                            <span className="tl-row-label" title={ly.label}>
-                              <span className="tl-layer-indent" aria-hidden="true" />
-                              <span className="tl-kind" data-kind={lyKind}>
-                                {lyGlyph}
-                              </span>
-                              <span className="tl-row-label-text">{ly.label}</span>
-                            </span>
-                            <div className="tl-row-track">
+                            {rowKindGlyph(seq)}
+                          </span>
+                          <span className="tl-row-label-text">{seq.label}</span>
+                        </span>
+                        <div className="tl-row-track" style={{ width: axisPx, flex: 'none' }}>
+                          {renderBlock(seq, i, { lane: 'row' })}
+                        </div>
+                      </div>
+                      {isExpanded
+                        ? layers.map((ly, li) => {
+                            const lyKind =
+                              ly.kind === 'video'
+                                ? 'video'
+                                : ly.kind === 'image'
+                                  ? 'image'
+                                  : ly.kind === 'audio'
+                                    ? 'audio'
+                                    : 'jsx';
+                            const lyGlyph =
+                              ly.kind === 'video'
+                                ? '▶'
+                                : ly.kind === 'image'
+                                  ? '◫'
+                                  : ly.kind === 'audio'
+                                    ? '♪'
+                                    : 'ƒ';
+                            const lyReplaceable = !!(ly.mediaCdId || ly.mediaArrayRef);
+                            return (
                               <div
-                                className="tl-seq-block tl-layer-block"
-                                data-kind={lyKind}
-                                data-testid={`timeline-layer-block-${i}-${li}`}
-                                title={`${ly.label} (${ly.kind} layer)`}
-                                style={{ left: pct(seq.from), width: `${(dur / (totalFrames - 1)) * 100}%` }}
-                                onContextMenu={(e) => {
-                                  e.preventDefault();
-                                  e.stopPropagation();
-                                  setCtxMenu({ index: i, layerIndex: li, x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY });
-                                }}
+                                className="tl-row tl-row--layer"
+                                key={`l${li}`}
+                                data-testid={`timeline-layer-${i}-${li}`}
                               >
-                                <span className="tl-seq-name">{ly.label}</span>
+                                <span className="tl-row-label" title={ly.label}>
+                                  <span className="tl-layer-indent" aria-hidden="true" />
+                                  <span className="tl-kind" data-kind={lyKind}>
+                                    {lyGlyph}
+                                  </span>
+                                  <span className="tl-row-label-text">{ly.label}</span>
+                                </span>
+                                <div className="tl-row-track" style={{ width: axisPx, flex: 'none' }}>
+                                  <div
+                                    className="tl-seq-block tl-layer-block"
+                                    data-kind={lyKind}
+                                    data-testid={`timeline-layer-block-${i}-${li}`}
+                                    title={`${ly.label} (${ly.kind} layer)`}
+                                    style={{ left: x(seq.from), width: Math.max(2, x(dur)) }}
+                                    onContextMenu={(e) => {
+                                      e.preventDefault();
+                                      e.stopPropagation();
+                                      setCtxMenu({ index: i, layerIndex: li, x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY });
+                                    }}
+                                  >
+                                    <span className="tl-seq-name">{ly.label}</span>
+                                  </div>
+                                  {onReplaceLayer && lyReplaceable ? (
+                                    <button
+                                      type="button"
+                                      className="tl-seq-replace"
+                                      data-testid={`timeline-layer-replace-${i}-${li}`}
+                                      title={`Replace this ${ly.kind}`}
+                                      aria-label={`Replace ${ly.label}`}
+                                      style={{ left: x(seq.from) + Math.max(2, x(dur)) - 20 }}
+                                      onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+                                      onClick={(e) => {
+                                        e.stopPropagation();
+                                        onReplaceLayer(refFor(seq, i), li);
+                                      }}
+                                    >
+                                      ⇄
+                                    </button>
+                                  ) : null}
+                                </div>
                               </div>
-                              {onReplaceLayer && lyReplaceable ? (
-                                <button
-                                  type="button"
-                                  className="tl-seq-replace"
-                                  data-testid={`timeline-layer-replace-${i}-${li}`}
-                                  title={`Replace this ${ly.kind}`}
-                                  aria-label={`Replace ${ly.label}`}
-                                  style={{
-                                    left: `calc(${pct(seq.from)} + ${(dur / (totalFrames - 1)) * 100}% - 20px)`,
-                                  }}
-                                  onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
-                                  onClick={(e) => {
-                                    e.stopPropagation();
-                                    onReplaceLayer(i, li);
-                                  }}
-                                >
-                                  ⇄
-                                </button>
-                              ) : null}
-                            </div>
-                          </div>
-                        );
-                      })
-                    : null}
-                  </Fragment>
-                );
-              })
+                            );
+                          })
+                        : null}
+                    </Fragment>
+                  );
+                })}
+                {audio.map((a, i) => renderAudioRow(a, i))}
+              </>
             )}
 
-            {audio.map((a, i) => (
-              <div className="tl-row" key={`a${i}`} data-testid={`timeline-audio-${i}`}>
-                <span className="tl-row-label" title={a.label}>
-                  <span className="tl-kind" data-kind="audio" title={`Audio · ${a.label}`} aria-label={`Audio · ${a.label}`}>
-                    ♪
-                  </span>
-                  <span className="tl-row-label-text">{a.label}</span>
-                </span>
-                <div className="tl-row-track">
-                  <div
-                    className="tl-audio-block"
-                    title={`${a.label} · ${a.from}–${a.from + a.duration}f`}
-                    style={{
-                      left: pct(a.from),
-                      width: `${(a.duration / (totalFrames - 1)) * 100}%`,
-                    }}
-                  >
-                    <svg className="tl-wave" viewBox="0 0 100 12" preserveAspectRatio="none" aria-hidden>
-                      <path d="M0 6 Q2 1 4 6 T8 6 T12 6 T16 6 T20 6 T24 6 T28 6 T32 6 T36 6 T40 6 T44 6 T48 6 T52 6 T56 6 T60 6 T64 6 T68 6 T72 6 T76 6 T80 6 T84 6 T88 6 T92 6 T96 6 T100 6" />
-                    </svg>
-                    <span className="tl-seq-name">{a.label}</span>
-                  </div>
-                  {onReplaceAudio ? (
-                    <button
-                      type="button"
-                      className="tl-seq-replace"
-                      data-testid={`timeline-audio-replace-${i}`}
-                      title="Replace this audio"
-                      aria-label={`Replace audio ${a.label}`}
-                      style={{
-                        left: `calc(${pct(a.from)} + ${(a.duration / (totalFrames - 1)) * 100}% - 20px)`,
-                      }}
-                      onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
-                      onClick={(e) => {
-                        e.stopPropagation();
-                        onReplaceAudio(i);
-                      }}
-                    >
-                      ⇄
-                    </button>
-                  ) : null}
-                </div>
-              </div>
-            ))}
-
+            {snapFlash ? (
+              <span className="tl-snapline" style={{ left: LABEL_GUTTER + x(snapFlash.frame) }} />
+            ) : null}
             <span
               className="tl-playhead"
               data-testid="timeline-playhead"
-              style={{ left: `calc(96px + (100% - 96px) * ${(clamped / (totalFrames - 1)) || 0})` }}
-            />
+              style={{ left: LABEL_GUTTER + x(clamped) }}
+            >
+              <span className="tl-playhead-time">{fmtTime(clamped, fps)}</span>
+            </span>
           </div>
         </div>
       )}
+      {commentDraft
+        ? createPortal(
+            <div className="tlci tlci--comment" style={{ left: commentDraft.x, top: commentDraft.y }}>
+              <div className="tlci-head" style={{ cursor: 'default' }}>
+                <span className="tlci-title">
+                  Comment @ {fmtTime(commentDraft.at, fps)}
+                  {commentDraft.anchor.lane ? ` · ${commentDraft.anchor.lane}` : ''}
+                </span>
+                <button type="button" className="tlci-x" aria-label="Close" onClick={() => setCommentDraft(null)}>
+                  ×
+                </button>
+              </div>
+              <div className="tlci-body">
+                <textarea
+                  className="tlci-textarea"
+                  rows={3}
+                  autoFocus
+                  placeholder="Comment… (Enter to add)"
+                  data-testid="timeline-comment-composer"
+                  onKeyDown={(e) => {
+                    e.stopPropagation();
+                    if (e.key === 'Enter' && !e.shiftKey) {
+                      e.preventDefault();
+                      const text = e.currentTarget.value.trim();
+                      if (text) onAddComment?.(commentDraft.anchor, text);
+                      setCommentDraft(null);
+                    } else if (e.key === 'Escape') {
+                      setCommentDraft(null);
+                    }
+                  }}
+                />
+                <div className="tlci-row">
+                  <button
+                    type="button"
+                    className="tlci-btn"
+                    data-testid="timeline-comment-submit"
+                    onClick={(e) => {
+                      const ta = e.currentTarget.closest('.tlci')?.querySelector('textarea');
+                      const text = ta?.value?.trim();
+                      if (text) onAddComment?.(commentDraft.anchor, text);
+                      setCommentDraft(null);
+                    }}
+                  >
+                    Add comment
+                  </button>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>,
+            document.body
+          )
+        : null}
+      {commentPopover
+        ? createPortal((() => {
+            const c = comments.find((k) => k.id === commentPopover.id);
+            if (!c) return null;
+            return (
+              <div
+                className="tlci"
+                style={{ left: commentPopover.x, top: commentPopover.y }}
+                role="dialog"
+                aria-label="Timeline comment"
+                data-testid="timeline-comment-popover"
+                onPointerDown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+              >
+                <div className="tlci-head">
+                  <span className="tlci-title">💬 {c.author || 'comment'}</span>
+                  <button type="button" className="tlci-x" aria-label="Close" onClick={() => setCommentPopover(null)}>
+                    ×
+                  </button>
+                </div>
+                <div className="tlci-body">
+                  <p className="tlci-comment-text">{c.text}</p>
+                  {(c.thread || []).map((r2, k2) => (
+                    <p key={k2} className="tlci-note">
+                      ↳ {r2.author ? `${r2.author}: ` : ''}{r2.body}
+                    </p>
+                  ))}
+                  <div className="tlci-presets">
+                    {c.status !== 'resolved' && onResolveComment ? (
+                      <button
+                        type="button"
+                        className="tlci-chip"
+                        onClick={() => {
+                          onResolveComment(c.id);
+                          setCommentPopover(null);
+                        }}
+                      >
+                        Resolve
+                      </button>
+                    ) : null}
+                    {onDeleteComment ? (
+                      <button
+                        type="button"
+                        className="tlci-chip"
+                        onClick={() => {
+                          onDeleteComment(c.id);
+                          setCommentPopover(null);
+                        }}
+                      >
+                        Delete
+                      </button>
+                    ) : null}
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            );
+          })(), document.body)
+        : null}
+      {inspector
+        ? createPortal((() => {
+            if (inspector.mode === 'transition') {
+              const tClip = transitionClips[inspector.seam];
+              const tParse = (transitions || [])[inspector.seam];
+              if (!tClip) return null;
+              return (
+                <ClipInspector
+                  mode="transition"
+                  clipLabel="Transition"
+                  transition={{ dur: tParse?.dur ?? 15 }}
+                  x={inspector.x}
+                  y={inspector.y}
+                  onVerb={(verb, params) =>
+                    onClipVerb?.({ stableId: tClip.stableId, transition: true }, verb, params)
+                  }
+                  onClose={() => setInspector(null)}
+                />
+              );
+            }
+            const seq = sequences[inspector.index];
+            if (!seq) return null;
+            return (
+              <ClipInspector
+                mode="clip"
+                clipLabel={seq.label}
+                kind={rowKind(seq)}
+                textValue={seq.placeholder ? seq.placeholder.prompt || '' : rowKind(seq) === 'jsx' && !seq.series ? '' : null}
+                mediaProps={seq.mediaProps || null}
+                x={inspector.x}
+                y={inspector.y}
+                onVerb={(verb, params) => onClipVerb?.(refFor(seq, inspector.index), verb, params)}
+                onClose={() => setInspector(null)}
+              />
+            );
+          })(), document.body)
+        : null}
       {ctxMenu && sequences[ctxMenu.index]
-        ? (() => {
+        ? createPortal((() => {
             const seq = sequences[ctxMenu.index];
             const i = ctxMenu.index;
             const li = ctxMenu.layerIndex;
             let sections;
-            if (li != null) {
+            if (seq.loose) {
+              // A bare media sibling outside every <Sequence> — visible for
+              // orientation, but it has no clip identity for server ops.
+              sections = [[{ id: 'noop', label: 'Loose media (no clip wrapper) — edit via /design:edit', disabled: true, onSelect: () => {} }]];
+            } else if (li != null) {
               // A LAYER (sub-clip) menu — a stacked layer shares the clip's
-              // timing, so only media-replace applies here; trim/move/cut are
-              // clip-level ops on the parent row.
+              // timing, so only media-replace applies here.
               const ly = (Array.isArray(seq.layers) ? seq.layers : [])[li];
               const items = [];
               if (onReplaceLayer && ly && (ly.mediaCdId || ly.mediaArrayRef)) {
-                items.push({ id: 'replace-layer', label: `Replace ${ly.kind}…`, onSelect: () => onReplaceLayer(i, li) });
+                items.push({ id: 'replace-layer', label: `Replace ${ly.kind}…`, onSelect: () => onReplaceLayer(refFor(seq, i), li) });
               }
               if (items.length === 0) {
                 items.push({ id: 'noop', label: 'No replaceable media in this layer', disabled: true, onSelect: () => {} });
@@ -826,23 +2089,105 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
               sections = [items];
             } else {
               const primary = [];
-              // Replace only when the clip's media is directly on it (not split
-              // into layers — those replace from their own sub-rows).
+              if (onAddComment) {
+                primary.push({
+                  id: 'comment',
+                  label: 'Comment on clip…',
+                  onSelect: () => {
+                    // Same anchored composer as the C tool — no modal.
+                    setCommentDraft({
+                      x: clamp(ctxMenu.x - 130, 8, window.innerWidth - 280),
+                      y: Math.max(48, ctxMenu.y - 140),
+                      anchor: {
+                        clipStableId: seq.stableId || undefined,
+                        frameOffset: Math.max(0, clamped - (seq.from || 0)),
+                        frame: clamped,
+                      },
+                      at: clamped,
+                    });
+                  },
+                });
+              }
+              if (seq.placeholder && onGeneratePlaceholder) {
+                primary.push({
+                  id: 'generate',
+                  label: `Generate ✨ (${seq.placeholder.kind || 'veo'})`,
+                  onSelect: () => onGeneratePlaceholder(refFor(seq, i)),
+                });
+              }
+              if (onClipVerb && seq.mediaSrc) {
+                if (seq.series) {
+                  primary.push({
+                    id: 'to-overlay',
+                    label: 'Move to overlay layer',
+                    onSelect: () => onClipVerb(refFor(seq, i), 'to-overlay', {}),
+                  });
+                } else {
+                  primary.push({
+                    id: 'to-storyline',
+                    label: 'Move to storyline',
+                    onSelect: () => onClipVerb(refFor(seq, i), 'to-storyline', {}),
+                  });
+                }
+              }
+              if (onClipVerb) {
+                primary.push({
+                  id: 'adjust',
+                  label: 'Adjust… (Speed · Audio · Crop · Grade)',
+                  onSelect: () => {
+                    onSelect?.(seq.stableId ?? null);
+                    setInspector({ mode: 'clip', index: i, x: ctxMenu.x - 120, y: Math.max(60, ctxMenu.y - 320) });
+                  },
+                });
+                if (seq.mediaProps) {
+                  primary.push({
+                    id: 'mute',
+                    label: seq.mediaProps.muted ? 'Unmute clip' : 'Mute clip',
+                    onSelect: () => onClipVerb(refFor(seq, i), 'audio', { muted: !seq.mediaProps.muted }),
+                  });
+                  if (rowKind(seq) === 'video' && seq.mediaSrc) {
+                    primary.push({
+                      id: 'detach-audio',
+                      label: 'Detach audio',
+                      onSelect: () => onClipVerb(refFor(seq, i), 'detach-audio', {}),
+                    });
+                  }
+                }
+              }
               if (onReplace && seq.replaceable && !(Array.isArray(seq.layers) && seq.layers.length >= 2)) {
-                primary.push({ id: 'replace', label: `Replace ${rowKind(seq)}…`, onSelect: () => onReplace(i) });
+                primary.push({ id: 'replace', label: `Replace ${rowKind(seq)}…`, onSelect: () => onReplace(refFor(seq, i)) });
+              }
+              {
+                // Vertical z-order (overlay clips only) — mirrors the V-chip drag.
+                const zLadder = overlay.filter((o) => !o.seq.loose);
+                const docIdx = zLadder.findIndex((o) => o.i === i);
+                if (onClipVerb && docIdx >= 0) {
+                  primary.push({
+                    id: 'layer-up',
+                    label: 'Move layer up',
+                    disabled: docIdx >= zLadder.length - 1,
+                    onSelect: () => onClipVerb(refFor(seq, i), 'layer-order', { toIndex: docIdx + 1 }),
+                  });
+                  primary.push({
+                    id: 'layer-down',
+                    label: 'Move layer down',
+                    disabled: docIdx <= 0,
+                    onSelect: () => onClipVerb(refFor(seq, i), 'layer-order', { toIndex: docIdx - 1 }),
+                  });
+                }
               }
               if (onReorder) {
                 primary.push({
                   id: 'earlier',
                   label: seq.series ? 'Move earlier' : 'Bring forward',
                   disabled: seq.series ? i <= 0 : i >= sequences.length - 1,
-                  onSelect: () => onReorder(i, seq.series ? 'backward' : 'forward'),
+                  onSelect: () => onReorder(refFor(seq, i), seq.series ? 'backward' : 'forward'),
                 });
                 primary.push({
                   id: 'later',
                   label: seq.series ? 'Move later' : 'Send backward',
                   disabled: seq.series ? i >= sequences.length - 1 : i <= 0,
-                  onSelect: () => onReorder(i, seq.series ? 'forward' : 'backward'),
+                  onSelect: () => onReorder(refFor(seq, i), seq.series ? 'forward' : 'backward'),
                 });
               }
               sections = [primary];
@@ -851,11 +2196,11 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
                 tail.push({
                   id: 'hide',
                   label: seq.hidden ? 'Show clip' : 'Hide clip',
-                  onSelect: () => onToggleHide(i),
+                  onSelect: () => onToggleHide(refFor(seq, i)),
                 });
               }
               if (onRemove) {
-                tail.push({ id: 'remove', label: 'Remove clip', destructive: true, onSelect: () => onRemove(i) });
+                tail.push({ id: 'remove', label: 'Remove clip', destructive: true, onSelect: () => onRemove(refFor(seq, i)) });
               }
               if (tail.length) sections.push(tail);
             }
@@ -866,7 +2211,7 @@ export default function TimelinePanel({
                 onClose={() => setCtxMenu(null)}
               />
             );
-          })()
+          })(), document.body)
         : null}
     </aside>
   );