diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index add112a..ebd9d3a 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ title-bar controls). The rules that matter most:
   and bump the module's `version` on every change.
 - Browsers never call upstream services directly; the module's server routes
   proxy everything (no CORS, secrets stay server-side).
+- **Keep the interface clean** (guide rules 5-11): no `help` and no label
+  over three words in a tile's gear; server-side settings in `configSchema`
+  only; a tile setting changes that tile alone; hide-toggles ungrouped when
+  there are four or fewer, in a folded **Show** group when there are five or
+  more; title-bar controls are icons with tooltips, never labels, and never
+  repeat something the gear already offers.
 - Style with the shell's CSS variables only, scoped under
   `[data-module="<id>"]`; survive upstream loss (reconnect + `setStatus`).
 - Verify against the guide's testing section and resilience checklist. Mocks
diff --git a/docs/MODULE-GUIDE.md b/docs/MODULE-GUIDE.md
index da69532..33e5384 100644
--- a/docs/MODULE-GUIDE.md
+++ b/docs/MODULE-GUIDE.md
@@ -34,6 +34,46 @@ people running the booth depend on them.
    The admin page refuses to install a module whose requirement the running
    shell doesn't meet, and it offers updates by comparing versions.
 
+### Keeping the interface clean
+
+A dashboard is read across a booth, at a glance, by someone doing three
+other things. These rules are what keep every tile looking like one product
+instead of six. They are as binding as the four above.
+
+5. **No explanatory text in a tile's gear.** No `help` on an
+   `instanceSchema` field or an `instanceGroups` entry. Labels are **three
+   words at most, one or two preferred** — "Slide count", "Item tags",
+   "Running clock". A control that cannot be understood in three words is
+   not a display choice; it belongs in `configSchema`, where `help` is
+   welcome and expected. *One exception:* a `template` field may keep a
+   single `help` line naming its placeholders, which nobody can guess.
+6. **Server-side settings are admin-only.** Anything the module's server
+   acts on — a host, a credential, what to fetch, how often to poll — is
+   `configSchema`. `instanceSchema` is display choices and nothing else:
+   what this tile shows, and how big.
+7. **A tile setting changes that tile and nothing else.** Never another
+   tile, never the module as a whole, never the server. If two tiles must
+   agree on something, it is either admin config or page state the shell
+   owns — not a setting each tile keeps its own copy of.
+8. **Offer toggles for the elements you draw.** Every tile should let the
+   operator switch off the parts it does not need. **One to four toggles:**
+   give them no `group` at all, so they sit unlabelled at the top of the
+   gear. **Five or more:** one group named **Show**, `collapsed: true`,
+   `columns: 2`. Nothing else goes in that group — colours, formats and
+   text belong in groups of their own.
+9. **Title-bar controls are icons.** No `label` on `addButton` or
+   `addMenu`; the tooltip carries the words, and `docs` above covers drawing
+   the icon. A small state indicator may ride alongside an icon — ProdCom's
+   channel button shows a count while a filter is on — but a control is
+   never named in the bar.
+10. **If a control needs words to explain it, it is not a title-bar
+    control.** Put it in the gear. The bar is for actions whose icon and
+    tooltip say everything: refresh, clear, jump to latest, bigger text.
+11. **One control per action.** Whatever has a dedicated title-bar button is
+    not offered again in the gear, and the reverse. Text size is A− / A+ up
+    there, never a "Text size" field; a timestamps button in the bar means
+    no timestamps switch below it.
+
 ## The shape of a module
 
 A module is one folder dropped into `modules/`:
@@ -177,14 +217,18 @@ the group name:
 
 `help` on a field puts one line of guidance under its control — allowed
 placeholders, where a value comes from. Keep labels short and put the
-explanation there.
+explanation there. **This is for `configSchema` only**: a tile's gear
+carries no explanations at all (rule 5), so a setting that needs one is
+telling you it belongs in admin.
 
-`group` and `help` work on `instanceSchema` fields too, and a manifest
+`group` works on `instanceSchema` fields too, and a manifest
 `instanceGroups` map plays the `configGroups` role for the tile's gear
-popover (`collapsed: true | false`, `columns`, `help`, `toggle`). That is how
-a module with a long show/hide checklist keeps the popover usable — see
-`pco-plan`. Display choices belong there, per tile; admin config is for
-connections. The popover itself is a small window beside the tile — sized to
+popover (`collapsed: true | false`, `columns`, `toggle` — but not `help`,
+per rule 5). That is how a module with a long show/hide checklist keeps the
+popover usable: five or more hide-toggles go in one **Show** group, folded
+by default, and fewer than five go in no group at all — see `pco-plan` for
+the long form and `slack` for the short one. Display choices belong there,
+per tile; admin config is for connections. The popover itself is a small window beside the tile — sized to
 its content, moved by the slim bar on top, closed by clicking anywhere else
 or pressing Escape — so a tile never has to be big enough to hold its own
 settings, and a change can be watched as it lands. Under everything you
@@ -354,17 +398,19 @@ menu.setLabel('Channels (2/4) ▾'); // update the button text any time
 ```
 
 Everything you add is removed automatically when your instance stops, so a
-remount never duplicates controls. Keep them compact (icon buttons, short
-labels): the title bar is 32 px tall and shared with the tile's name. Draw
-icons as inline SVG rather than characters — a glyph such as ✕ or ＋ takes
-its size from whatever font each browser picks; text-size buttons are a
-drawn − and +.
+remount never duplicates controls. **Icons only, no labels** (rule 9): the
+title bar is 32 px tall and shared with the tile's name, and the tooltip
+says what the icon means. Draw icons as inline SVG rather than characters —
+a glyph such as ✕ or ＋ takes its size from whatever font each browser
+picks; text-size buttons are a drawn − and +. A small state indicator may
+ride alongside an icon (ProdCom's channel button carries a count while a
+filter is on); a name may not.
 
-**One control per action.** Whatever has a dedicated header button is not
-offered again in the gear popover: text size is A− / A+ up here (persisted
-through `saveInstanceSettings({ textSize })`, read back with a sane
-fallback), never a "Text size" field in `instanceSchema`; a timestamps or
-newest-first toggle in the header means no such switch in the gear. The
+**One control per action** (rule 11). Whatever has a dedicated header button
+is not offered again in the gear popover: text size is − / + up here
+(persisted through `saveInstanceSettings({ textSize })`, read back with a
+sane fallback), never a "Text size" field in `instanceSchema`; a timestamps
+or newest-first toggle in the header means no such switch in the gear. The
 gear is for display choices that have no button of their own.
 
 One more thing to know: the whole title bar folds away when the dashboard
diff --git a/modules/pco-plan/module.json b/modules/pco-plan/module.json
index 7899921..e266ffa 100644
--- a/modules/pco-plan/module.json
+++ b/modules/pco-plan/module.json
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 {
   "id": "pco-plan",
   "name": "PCO Plan",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.5.0",
   "proddash": ">=1.4.0",
   "description": "Order of service from Planning Center Services",
-  "provides": ["timers"],
+  "provides": [
+    "timers"
+  ],
   "client": "client.js",
   "server": "server.js",
   "style": "style.css",
-  "minSize": { "w": 3, "h": 3 },
-  "defaultSize": { "w": 5, "h": 6 },
+  "minSize": {
+    "w": 3,
+    "h": 3
+  },
+  "defaultSize": {
+    "w": 5,
+    "h": 6
+  },
   "configGroups": {
     "Planning Center credentials": {
       "collapsed": "whenSet",
@@ -48,7 +56,12 @@
       "type": "select",
       "label": "Plan",
       "default": "",
-      "options": [{ "value": "", "label": "Automatic — today's plan, else the next upcoming" }],
+      "options": [
+        {
+          "value": "",
+          "label": "Automatic — today's plan, else the next upcoming"
+        }
+      ],
       "optionsRoute": "/plans",
       "optionsDependsOn": "serviceTypeId"
     },
@@ -82,8 +95,14 @@
       "group": "Service timing",
       "showWhen": "useDocumentTriggers",
       "options": [
-        { "value": "schedule", "label": "Scheduled service time" },
-        { "value": "document", "label": "ProPresenter document" }
+        {
+          "value": "schedule",
+          "label": "Scheduled service time"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "document",
+          "label": "ProPresenter document"
+        }
       ]
     },
     "serviceStartDocument": {
@@ -124,37 +143,94 @@
     "Item notes": {
       "toggle": "showNotes"
     },
-    "Show / hide": {
+    "Show": {
       "collapsed": true,
-      "columns": 3,
-      "help": "Switch off anything this tile should not show."
+      "columns": 2
     }
   },
   "instanceSchema": {
-    "autoScroll": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Keep the current item in view", "default": true },
+    "autoScroll": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Auto-scroll",
+      "default": true
+    },
     "headerTemplate": {
       "type": "template",
       "label": "Top bar text",
       "default": "{series} • {part} | {serviceType} • {date}",
       "group": "Top bar",
       "variables": [
-        { "value": "{series}", "label": "Series" },
-        { "value": "{part}", "label": "Part / plan title" },
-        { "value": "{serviceType}", "label": "Service type" },
-        { "value": "{date}", "label": "Date" },
-        { "value": "{shortDate}", "label": "Short date" },
-        { "value": "{time}", "label": "Service time" },
-        { "value": "{length}", "label": "Planned length" },
-        { "value": "{items}", "label": "Item count" }
+        {
+          "value": "{series}",
+          "label": "Series"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "{part}",
+          "label": "Part / plan title"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "{serviceType}",
+          "label": "Service type"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "{date}",
+          "label": "Date"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "{shortDate}",
+          "label": "Short date"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "{time}",
+          "label": "Service time"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "{length}",
+          "label": "Planned length"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "{items}",
+          "label": "Item count"
+        }
       ],
       "help": "Use • between items and | to start a second line."
     },
-    "keyColor": { "type": "color", "label": "Song key", "default": "#4ea1ff", "group": "Colors" },
-    "headerColor": { "type": "color", "label": "Section headers", "default": "#2ee59a", "group": "Colors" },
-    "currentColor": { "type": "color", "label": "Current item", "default": "#2ee59a", "group": "Colors" },
-    "headerGradient": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Fade header color to the right", "default": true, "group": "Colors" },
-    "tintByType": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Tint items by type (song / media / other)", "default": false, "group": "Colors" },
-    "showNotes": { "type": "switch", "label": "Item notes", "default": true, "group": "Item notes" },
+    "keyColor": {
+      "type": "color",
+      "label": "Song key",
+      "default": "#4ea1ff",
+      "group": "Colors"
+    },
+    "headerColor": {
+      "type": "color",
+      "label": "Section headers",
+      "default": "#2ee59a",
+      "group": "Colors"
+    },
+    "currentColor": {
+      "type": "color",
+      "label": "Current item",
+      "default": "#2ee59a",
+      "group": "Colors"
+    },
+    "headerGradient": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Header fade",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Colors"
+    },
+    "tintByType": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Tint by type",
+      "default": false,
+      "group": "Colors"
+    },
+    "showNotes": {
+      "type": "switch",
+      "label": "Item notes",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Item notes"
+    },
     "noteCategories": {
       "type": "multiselect",
       "label": "Categories",
@@ -163,29 +239,149 @@
       "columns": 3,
       "allByDefault": true
     },
-    "showTopBar": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Top bar", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showSeries": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Series name", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showPart": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Part # / plan title", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showServiceType": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Service type", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showDate": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Plan date", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showServiceTime": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Service time", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showTotalLength": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Planned total length", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showRunningClock": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Running clock (ahead / behind)", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showCountdown": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Countdown to service start", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showHeaders": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Section headers", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showItemNumbers": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Item numbers", "default": false, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showStartTimes": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Scheduled start times", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showLength": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Item length", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showItemType": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Item type badge", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showKey": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Song key", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showArrangement": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Song arrangement", "default": false, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showSongAuthor": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Song author / CCLI", "default": false, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showDescription": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Item description", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showPreService": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Pre-service items", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showPostService": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Post-service items", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showNowIndicator": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Now indicator", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showItemRuntime": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Item runtime (elapsed vs planned)", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "dimCompleted": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Dim completed items", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" },
-    "showLiveFooter": { "type": "boolean", "label": "ProPresenter match line", "default": true, "group": "Show / hide" }
+    "showTopBar": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Top bar",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showSeries": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Series name",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showPart": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Part / title",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showServiceType": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Service type",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showDate": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Plan date",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showServiceTime": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Service time",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showTotalLength": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Total length",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showRunningClock": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Running clock",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showCountdown": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Countdown",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showHeaders": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Section headers",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showItemNumbers": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Item numbers",
+      "default": false,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showStartTimes": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Start times",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showLength": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Item length",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showItemType": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Type badge",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showKey": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Song key",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showArrangement": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Arrangement",
+      "default": false,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showSongAuthor": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Author / CCLI",
+      "default": false,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showDescription": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Item description",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showPreService": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Pre-service",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showPostService": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Post-service",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showNowIndicator": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Now indicator",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showItemRuntime": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Item runtime",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "dimCompleted": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Dim completed",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showLiveFooter": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "label": "Match line",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/prodcom-transcript/module.json b/modules/prodcom-transcript/module.json
index 2fecb62..170610a 100644
--- a/modules/prodcom-transcript/module.json
+++ b/modules/prodcom-transcript/module.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "prodcom-transcript",
   "name": "ProdCom",
-  "version": "1.3.1",
+  "version": "1.3.2",
   "proddash": ">=1.1.0",
   "description": "Live ProdCom transcript",
   "permissions": [
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   "instanceSchema": {
     "showAvatars": {
       "type": "boolean",
-      "label": "Show channel icons",
+      "label": "Channel icons",
       "default": true
     }
   }
diff --git a/modules/propresenter-now-next/module.json b/modules/propresenter-now-next/module.json
index 67d188e..2b02e79 100644
--- a/modules/propresenter-now-next/module.json
+++ b/modules/propresenter-now-next/module.json
@@ -1,22 +1,34 @@
 {
   "id": "propresenter-now-next",
   "name": "ProPresenter",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.1.1",
   "proddash": ">=1.5.0",
   "description": "What is live in ProPresenter and what comes next",
   "permissions": [
-    { "kind": "local-network", "reason": "Reaching ProPresenter on this network" }
+    {
+      "kind": "local-network",
+      "reason": "Reaching ProPresenter on this network"
+    }
   ],
   "client": "client.js",
   "server": "server.js",
   "style": "style.css",
-  "minSize": { "w": 3, "h": 3 },
-  "defaultSize": { "w": 4, "h": 5 },
+  "minSize": {
+    "w": 3,
+    "h": 3
+  },
+  "defaultSize": {
+    "w": 4,
+    "h": 5
+  },
   "configSchema": {
     "propresenter": {
       "type": "endpoint",
       "label": "ProPresenter",
-      "default": { "host": "", "port": 1025 }
+      "default": {
+        "host": "",
+        "port": 1025
+      }
     },
     "password": {
       "type": "password",
@@ -25,17 +37,64 @@
     }
   },
   "instanceSchema": {
-    "cleanTitles": { "type": "switch", "label": "Tidy titles", "default": true },
-    "showPlaylist": { "type": "switch", "label": "Playlist", "default": true, "group": "Show" },
-    "showLive": { "type": "switch", "label": "Live status", "default": true, "group": "Show" },
-    "showNowLabel": { "type": "switch", "label": "Now label", "default": true, "group": "Show" },
-    "showSlideCount": { "type": "switch", "label": "Slide count", "default": true, "group": "Show" },
-    "showProgress": { "type": "switch", "label": "Progress bar", "default": true, "group": "Show" },
-    "showNext": { "type": "switch", "label": "Next list", "default": true, "group": "Show" },
-    "showNextLabel": { "type": "switch", "label": "Next label", "default": true, "group": "Show" },
-    "showTags": { "type": "switch", "label": "Item tags", "default": true, "group": "Show" }
+    "cleanTitles": {
+      "type": "switch",
+      "label": "Tidy titles",
+      "default": true
+    },
+    "showPlaylist": {
+      "type": "switch",
+      "label": "Playlist",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showLive": {
+      "type": "switch",
+      "label": "Live status",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showNowLabel": {
+      "type": "switch",
+      "label": "Now label",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showSlideCount": {
+      "type": "switch",
+      "label": "Slide count",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showProgress": {
+      "type": "switch",
+      "label": "Progress bar",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showNext": {
+      "type": "switch",
+      "label": "Next list",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showNextLabel": {
+      "type": "switch",
+      "label": "Next label",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    },
+    "showTags": {
+      "type": "switch",
+      "label": "Item tags",
+      "default": true,
+      "group": "Show"
+    }
   },
   "instanceGroups": {
-    "Show": { "collapsed": false, "columns": 2 }
+    "Show": {
+      "collapsed": true,
+      "columns": 2
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/propresenter-now-next/server.js b/modules/propresenter-now-next/server.js
index e13503e..bf7048a 100644
--- a/modules/propresenter-now-next/server.js
+++ b/modules/propresenter-now-next/server.js
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ module.exports = {
           showSlideCount: { type: 'switch', label: 'Slide count', default: true, group: 'Show' },
           showProgress: { type: 'switch', label: 'Progress bar', default: true, group: 'Show' },
         },
-        instanceGroups: { Show: { collapsed: false, columns: 2 } },
+        instanceGroups: { Show: { collapsed: true, columns: 2 } },
       },
     ];
   },
diff --git a/modules/propresenter-timers/client.js b/modules/propresenter-timers/client.js
index 5223b40..c2c10f8 100644
--- a/modules/propresenter-timers/client.js
+++ b/modules/propresenter-timers/client.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
    Per-tile choices: the gear popover's static switches (whole sources,
    headings, status lines, the clock's format, the state colours) and the
-   "Timers ▾" header menu, which hides any single timer — keyed `source:id`
+   timers header menu, which hides any single timer — keyed `source:id`
    and saved with the layout via saveInstanceSettings. The header can be
    hidden by the user, so the static switches stay the primary controls.
    A solo tile's gear carries only the settings its one card can use (the
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ function defaultStatus(timer, value, tone) {
 
 /* ── the tile ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
+/* The header menu's icon: a stopwatch, for the list of timers behind it.
+   Title-bar controls carry no words (module guide, rule 9). */
+const TIMERS_SVG = '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M10 2h4"/><path d="M12 14V9"/><circle cx="12" cy="14" r="8"/></svg>';
+
 export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
   let state = null;
   let feedOffline = false;
@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
   }
 
   /* Which picker entry this tile was added as (the module's tiles() list):
-     '' or 'all' = every timer, selectable via the Timers ▾ menu;
+     '' or 'all' = every timer, selectable via the timers menu;
      'solo:<source>:<id>' = exactly one card, no menu, no headings. The
      earlier entries 'timer:<uuid>' and 'ltc' map onto the new keys. */
   const variant = String(moduleApi.variant || '');
@@ -283,8 +287,8 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
 
   let menuEl = null; // the open menu's element (filled on each open)
   const itemsMenu = solo ? null : moduleApi.header.addMenu({
-    label: 'Timers ▾',
-    title: 'Choose timers',
+    icon: TIMERS_SVG,
+    title: 'Timers',
     build(menu) {
       // the shell hands over an emptied element on every open
       menu.classList.add('tm-menu');
@@ -292,6 +296,12 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
       rebuildMenu(true);
     },
   });
+  // The icon carries the name; a count rides alongside it while some timers
+  // are hidden, so the bar says "filtered" without saying it in words.
+  const itemsCountEl = document.createElement('span');
+  itemsCountEl.className = 'tm-count';
+  itemsCountEl.hidden = true;
+  if (itemsMenu) itemsMenu.button.appendChild(itemsCountEl);
 
   function menuRows() {
     const rows = [];
@@ -319,7 +329,9 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
     if (!itemsMenu) return;
     const rows = menuRows();
     const visible = rows.filter((r) => !hidden.has(r.key)).length;
-    itemsMenu.setLabel(visible === rows.length ? 'Timers ▾' : `Timers (${visible}/${rows.length}) ▾`);
+    const filtering = visible !== rows.length;
+    itemsCountEl.textContent = filtering ? `${visible}/${rows.length}` : '';
+    itemsCountEl.hidden = !filtering;
   }
 
   let menuSignature = '';
@@ -779,7 +791,7 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
     let hint = '';
     const groups = visibleGroups();
     if (state && !state.sources.length) hint = 'Every source is switched off — turn one on in Admin.';
-    else if (state && !groups.length) hint = 'Nothing selected — switch a source on in this tile’s settings, or pick timers in the Timers ▾ menu.';
+    else if (state && !groups.length) hint = 'Nothing selected — switch a source on in this tile’s settings, or pick timers in the title bar’s timers menu.';
     hintEl.hidden = !hint;
     hintEl.textContent = hint;
     groupsEl.hidden = Boolean(hint);
diff --git a/modules/propresenter-timers/module.json b/modules/propresenter-timers/module.json
index 683de2b..728c444 100644
--- a/modules/propresenter-timers/module.json
+++ b/modules/propresenter-timers/module.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "propresenter-timers",
   "name": "Timers",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
   "proddash": ">=1.4.0",
   "description": "Timers, Clocks, and LTC From configured Modules",
   "provides": [
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
   },
   "instanceGroups": {
     "Show": {
-      "collapsed": false,
+      "collapsed": true,
       "columns": 2
     },
     "Clock": {
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@
     },
     "Colours": {
       "collapsed": true,
-      "columns": 2,
-      "help": "The time's colour per state. Left at the default, a colour follows the dashboard theme; one you change here wins over it."
+      "columns": 2
     }
   },
   "instanceSchema": {
diff --git a/modules/propresenter-timers/style.css b/modules/propresenter-timers/style.css
index a216138..f1b13a8 100644
--- a/modules/propresenter-timers/style.css
+++ b/modules/propresenter-timers/style.css
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
 
 @keyframes tm-nosignal-blink { 50% { opacity: 0.35; } }
 
-/* ── the "Timers ▾" menu (container styled/positioned by the shell) ── */
+/* ── the timers menu (container styled/positioned by the shell) ── */
 
 [data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-menu-item {
   display: flex;
@@ -383,3 +383,11 @@
   font-size: 12px;
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
+
+/* the count beside the title-bar timers icon, while some are hidden */
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-count {
+  font-size: 10px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-count[hidden] { display: none; }