README.md

@@ -190,12 +190,15 @@ below. Nothing is installed without someone clicking.
 - **＋** — add any enabled module; multiple tiles of the same module are
   fine (e.g. two transcripts filtered to different channels).
 - Drag a tile by its **title bar** to move it; drag either **bottom
-  corner** to resize; **✕** removes it. Hover a tile and a small pill
-  appears on its **bottom edge** — drag it to change just the height. If
-  another tile sits directly below, the pill moves the shared edge instead,
-  trading rows between the two so the column keeps its total height. Tiles
-  sit flush — when two share a vertical edge, hover the seam and the same
-  kind of pill appears; drag it to trade width (macOS split-view style).
+  corner** to resize; **✕** removes it. Hover a tile and a small mark
+  appears on each **edge** — drag one to move just that edge, so the tile
+  grows or shrinks into the space beside it while the opposite edge stays
+  put. The bottom edge is the exception: when another tile sits directly
+  below, it moves the shared edge instead, trading rows between the two so
+  the column keeps its total height. Tiles sit flush — when two share a
+  vertical edge, hover the seam and a pill appears; drag it to trade width
+  (macOS split-view style). That seam belongs to the pill, so the two tiles'
+  own side marks step aside there.
 - **Fullscreen** (the ⛶ button) is a viewing mode: the menu bar hides (its
   green lip at the top-left brings it back, minus the Admin button), the
   occupied columns stretch to the full width, and every column runs to the
@@ -207,7 +210,16 @@ below. Nothing is installed without someone clicking.
   its normal row height and scrolls.
 - A tile's actions (menus, text size, clear…) live in its **title bar**;
   the small **notch** on the bar's bottom edge hides/shows the whole bar
-  for a clean wall-display look. The menu bar's handle is the **ProdDash
+  for a clean wall-display look. A hidden bar is not gone: point at the
+  tile's top edge and it slides back in over the content, where its buttons
+  click and its width drags the tile exactly as before — so a dashboard can
+  be arranged with every bar out of the way.
+- **Auto-hide bars** (the button left of ⛶) folds every title bar away at
+  once, for a windowed screen that should read like a wall display. It is
+  off on a fresh dashboard and saves with the layout — including a named
+  layout on the server, so a booth loads its screen with the bars already
+  tucked away. Fullscreen folds the bars away regardless; this is the
+  windowed equivalent, asked for by hand. The menu bar's handle is the **ProdDash
   name itself**, wrapped in a translucent green pill at the left — click it
   to hide the bar; the slim green lip it leaves at the top-left edge brings
   the bar back. It stays at the left so it never sits on top of a tile's

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "proddash",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Modular production dashboard for Waters Church \u2014 zero-dependency Node server + vanilla client",
   "license": "UNLICENSED",

public/index.html

@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
 
     <span class="spacer"></span>
 
+    <button class="tb-btn icon" id="autohide-btn" title="Auto-hide bars" aria-label="Auto-hide tile title bars" aria-pressed="false">
+      <svg width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true">
+        <path d="M9 6l3-3 3 3"/>
+        <rect x="4" y="10" width="16" height="10" rx="1.5"/>
+        <path d="M4 14h16"/>
+      </svg>
+    </button>
+
     <button class="tb-btn icon" id="fs-btn" title="Fullscreen" aria-label="Fullscreen">
       <svg width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true">
         <path d="M4 9V5a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h4"/><path d="M20 9V5a1 1 0 0 0-1-1h-4"/>

public/shell.js

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ function toast(msg, isError = false) {
   toastTimer = setTimeout(() => { toastEl.hidden = true; }, 3200);
 }
 
+const autoHideBtn = document.getElementById('autohide-btn');
 const modalBackdrop = document.getElementById('modal-backdrop');
 const modalEl = document.getElementById('modal');
 
@@ -161,18 +162,25 @@ async function loadRegistry() {
 let tiles = [];
 const tileEls = new Map(); // tile id -> { el, body, dot, titleEl, instance }
 
+/* Whether tile title bars fold away until you point at them. It is part of
+   how a dashboard is arranged rather than a preference of this browser, so
+   it saves with the layout — including a named layout on the server — and a
+   fresh dashboard starts with the bars showing. Fullscreen folds every bar
+   away regardless; this is the windowed equivalent, asked for by hand. */
+let autoHideHeads = false;
+
 function saveLayout() {
   try {
-    localStorage.setItem(LS_LAYOUT, JSON.stringify({ v: 1, tiles }));
+    localStorage.setItem(LS_LAYOUT, JSON.stringify({ v: 1, autoHideHeads, tiles }));
   } catch { /* private mode / full — layout just won't persist */ }
 }
 
 function loadLayoutFromStorage() {
   try {
     const raw = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(LS_LAYOUT) || 'null');
-    if (raw && Array.isArray(raw.tiles)) return raw.tiles;
+    if (raw && Array.isArray(raw.tiles)) return raw;
   } catch { /* corrupted — start fresh */ }
-  return [];
+  return { tiles: [] };
 }
 
 function sanitizeTile(t) {
@@ -249,6 +257,44 @@ function minSizeOf(tile) {
   };
 }
 
+/* ── title bars that fold away ──────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+/* A bar is "off" when it is folded out of sight but the tile is still being
+   worked on — either this tile's own notch hid it, or the dashboard has
+   auto-hide switched on. Fullscreen is not one of these: there the bars fold
+   away for watching, and arranging is switched off entirely. */
+
+/** How close to the tile's top edge the pointer opens a folded-away bar. */
+const HEAD_REVEAL_PX = 22;
+/** How far down it may wander before that bar folds away again (bar + a little). */
+const HEAD_HOLD_PX = 38;
+
+function headIsOff(tile) {
+  if (document.body.classList.contains('fullscreen')) return false;
+  return autoHideHeads || Boolean(tile.headHidden);
+}
+
+function applyHeadState(tile, el = tileEls.get(tile.id)?.el) {
+  if (!el) return;
+  const off = headIsOff(tile);
+  el.classList.toggle('head-off', off);
+  if (!off) el.classList.remove('head-peek');
+}
+
+/** Re-read every tile's bar — after the toggle, or after fullscreen changes. */
+function applyAllHeadStates() {
+  for (const tile of tiles) applyHeadState(tile);
+}
+
+function setAutoHideHeads(on, { save = true } = {}) {
+  autoHideHeads = Boolean(on);
+  document.body.classList.toggle('autohide-heads', autoHideHeads);
+  autoHideBtn?.classList.toggle('is-on', autoHideHeads);
+  autoHideBtn?.setAttribute('aria-pressed', autoHideHeads ? 'true' : 'false');
+  applyAllHeadStates();
+  if (save) saveLayout();
+}
+
 /* ── tile DOM ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 const CLOSE_SVG = '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.4" stroke-linecap="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M6 6l12 12M18 6L6 18"/></svg>';
@@ -320,6 +366,19 @@ function buildTile(tile) {
   resizeBottom.className = 'tile-resize-bottom';
   resizeBottom.title = 'Drag to adjust height';
 
+  // The other three edges move only themselves: the top edge changes where
+  // the tile starts, the sides change how wide it is. Each stops where a
+  // neighbour or the tile's own minimum says it must.
+  const edgeGrip = (cls, title) => {
+    const gripEl = document.createElement('div');
+    gripEl.className = cls;
+    gripEl.title = title;
+    return gripEl;
+  };
+  const edgeTop = edgeGrip('tile-resize-top', 'Drag to adjust height');
+  const edgeRight = edgeGrip('tile-resize-right', 'Drag to adjust width');
+  const edgeLeft = edgeGrip('tile-resize-side', 'Drag to adjust width');
+
   // notch on the title bar's bottom edge: hides/shows the bar
   const notch = document.createElement('button');
   notch.className = 'tile-notch';
@@ -333,19 +392,41 @@ function buildTile(tile) {
       return;
     }
     tile.headHidden = !tile.headHidden;
-    el.classList.toggle('head-hidden', tile.headHidden);
+    applyHeadState(tile, el);
     saveLayout();
   });
 
+  // A folded-away bar is still reachable: point at the tile's top edge and it
+  // slides in over the content, where its buttons click and its whole width
+  // drags the tile exactly as when it is showing.
+  el.addEventListener('pointermove', (ev) => {
+    if (!headIsOff(tile)) return;
+    // Mid-drag the tile moves under the pointer, and mid-resize the edges do
+    // — neither is a moment to take the bar away.
+    if (el.classList.contains('dragging') || el.classList.contains('resizing')) return;
+    const y = ev.clientY - el.getBoundingClientRect().top;
+    const shown = el.classList.contains('head-peek');
+    // It takes less to hold the bar open than to open it, so a bar that
+    // appears under the pointer cannot flicker straight back out.
+    if (!shown && y <= HEAD_REVEAL_PX) el.classList.add('head-peek');
+    else if (shown && y > HEAD_HOLD_PX) el.classList.remove('head-peek');
+  });
+
   // A peeked title bar stays while the pointer is on its tile, and starts
   // counting down as soon as it leaves.
   el.addEventListener('pointerenter', () => clearPeekTimer(tile.id));
   el.addEventListener('pointerleave', () => {
-    if (el.classList.contains('head-peek')) schedulePeekHide(tile.id, el);
+    if (!el.classList.contains('head-peek')) return;
+    if (el.classList.contains('dragging') || el.classList.contains('resizing')) return;
+    // Windowed, the bar is a hover-reveal and goes the moment the pointer
+    // does. In fullscreen it was opened deliberately from the notch, so it
+    // lingers (PEEK_HIDE_MS) before folding away again.
+    if (document.body.classList.contains('fullscreen')) schedulePeekHide(tile.id, el);
+    else el.classList.remove('head-peek');
   });
 
-  el.append(head, body, resize, resizeLeft, resizeBottom, notch);
-  el.classList.toggle('head-hidden', Boolean(tile.headHidden));
+  el.append(head, body, resize, resizeLeft, resizeBottom, edgeTop, edgeRight, edgeLeft, notch);
+  applyHeadState(tile, el);
   grid.appendChild(el);
 
   const entry = { el, body, dot, titleEl: title, controls, instance: null };
@@ -356,6 +437,9 @@ function buildTile(tile) {
   wireResize(tile, el, resize, false);
   wireResize(tile, el, resizeLeft, true);
   wireBottomResize(tile, el, resizeBottom);
+  wireEdgeResize(tile, el, edgeTop, 'n');
+  wireEdgeResize(tile, el, edgeRight, 'e');
+  wireEdgeResize(tile, el, edgeLeft, 'w');
 
   mountModule(tile);
   return entry;
@@ -486,6 +570,80 @@ function wireResize(tile, el, handle, fromLeft) {
   });
 }
 
+/* ── drag the top, left or right edge ───────────────────────────────── */
+
+/* One edge moves and the opposite one stays where it is, so the tile grows
+   or shrinks into the space beside it. Unlike the bottom-edge pill these do
+   not trade rows or columns with a neighbour: the edge simply stops when it
+   meets one, which is what "resize this tile" should mean. */
+
+function wireEdgeResize(tile, el, handle, edge) {
+  handle.addEventListener('pointerdown', (ev) => {
+    if (ev.button !== 0 && ev.pointerType === 'mouse') return;
+    if (document.body.classList.contains('fullscreen')) return;
+    ev.preventDefault();
+    ev.stopPropagation();
+    closeSettingsPopovers();
+    handle.setPointerCapture(ev.pointerId);
+    const m = cellMetrics();
+    const sx = ev.clientX;
+    const sy = ev.clientY;
+    const startX = tile.x;
+    const startY = tile.y;
+    const startW = tile.w;
+    const startH = tile.h;
+    const min = minSizeOf(tile);
+    el.classList.add('resizing');
+    grid.classList.add('no-dividers');
+    let changed = false;
+
+    const onMove = (e) => {
+      const dCols = Math.round((e.clientX - sx) / (m.cw + m.gap));
+      const dRows = Math.round((e.clientY - sy) / (m.ch + m.gap));
+      let cand;
+      if (edge === 'n') {
+        // the top edge moves; the bottom edge stays put
+        const y = Math.max(0, Math.min(startY + startH - min.h, startY + dRows));
+        cand = { x: tile.x, y, w: tile.w, h: startY + startH - y };
+      } else if (edge === 'w') {
+        // the left edge moves; the right edge stays put
+        const x = Math.max(0, Math.min(startX + startW - min.w, startX + dCols));
+        cand = { x, y: tile.y, w: startX + startW - x, h: tile.h };
+      } else {
+        cand = {
+          x: tile.x,
+          y: tile.y,
+          w: Math.max(min.w, Math.min(COLS - tile.x, startW + dCols)),
+          h: tile.h,
+        };
+      }
+      if (cand.x === tile.x && cand.y === tile.y && cand.w === tile.w && cand.h === tile.h) return;
+      if (!isFree(cand, tile.id)) return;
+      tile.x = cand.x;
+      tile.y = cand.y;
+      tile.w = cand.w;
+      tile.h = cand.h;
+      applyRect(tile);
+      changed = true;
+      notifyResize(tile);
+    };
+    const onUp = () => {
+      handle.removeEventListener('pointermove', onMove);
+      handle.removeEventListener('pointerup', onUp);
+      handle.removeEventListener('pointercancel', onUp);
+      el.classList.remove('resizing');
+      grid.classList.remove('no-dividers');
+      if (changed) {
+        saveLayout();
+        rebuildDividers();
+      }
+    };
+    handle.addEventListener('pointermove', onMove);
+    handle.addEventListener('pointerup', onUp);
+    handle.addEventListener('pointercancel', onUp);
+  });
+}
+
 /* ── drag the bottom edge: height only ──────────────────────────────── */
 
 /* The pill on a tile's bottom edge moves that edge. When other tiles sit
@@ -594,6 +752,29 @@ function rebuildDividers() {
       buildDivider(L, R, top, bottom);
     }
   }
+  markSeamSides();
+}
+
+/* Where two tiles meet, the seam pill between them already owns that
+   boundary — and it is the better tool there, since it moves both edges at
+   once and leaves no gap. A side grip on the same pixels would be a second
+   control doing something else, so it steps aside and the tile is resized
+   from that side by the pill. Free sides keep their grip. */
+function markSeamSides() {
+  const rowsOverlap = (a, b) => Math.min(a.y + a.h, b.y + b.h) > Math.max(a.y, b.y);
+  for (const t of tiles) {
+    const el = tileEls.get(t.id)?.el;
+    if (!el) continue;
+    let left = false;
+    let right = false;
+    for (const o of tiles) {
+      if (o === t || !rowsOverlap(o, t)) continue;
+      if (o.x + o.w === t.x) left = true;
+      if (o.x === t.x + t.w) right = true;
+    }
+    el.classList.toggle('seam-left', left);
+    el.classList.toggle('seam-right', right);
+  }
 }
 
 /** Every pair of tiles that meets at this column boundary, in any row. */
@@ -1712,9 +1893,13 @@ function remountTile(tile) {
 
 /* ── layout apply / reset ───────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
-function renderLayout(list) {
+function renderLayout(layout) {
+  // Callers pass a whole layout; an array on its own is still understood so
+  // "reset" can simply hand over no tiles.
+  const list = Array.isArray(layout) ? layout : (layout?.tiles || []);
   clearAllTiles();
   tiles = list.map(sanitizeTile);
+  if (!Array.isArray(layout)) setAutoHideHeads(Boolean(layout?.autoHideHeads), { save: false });
   for (const tile of tiles) buildTile(tile);
   refreshEmptyState();
   rebuildDividers();
@@ -1794,7 +1979,7 @@ wireDropdown('layout-btn', 'layout-menu', async (menu, stillOpen) => {
       const res = await fetch('/api/layouts/' + encodeURIComponent(name), {
         method: 'PUT',
         headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ layout: { tiles } }),
+        body: JSON.stringify({ layout: { autoHideHeads, tiles } }),
       });
       const body = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
       if (!res.ok) throw new Error(body.error || 'Save failed (' + res.status + ')');
@@ -1838,7 +2023,7 @@ wireDropdown('layout-btn', 'layout-menu', async (menu, stillOpen) => {
         if (!res.ok) throw new Error(body.error || 'Load failed (' + res.status + ')');
         // Loading copies the layout into this browser's own state — it
         // does not live-link browsers together.
-        renderLayout(body.layout.tiles || []);
+        renderLayout(body.layout);
         saveLayout();
         toast(`Loaded “${l.name}”`);
       } catch (e) {
@@ -2026,6 +2211,13 @@ function clearFullscreenFit() {
   }
 }
 
+autoHideBtn?.addEventListener('click', () => {
+  setAutoHideHeads(!autoHideHeads);
+  toast(autoHideHeads
+    ? 'Title bars hide until you point at a tile\u2019s top edge'
+    : 'Title bars stay put');
+});
+
 fsBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
   if (!document.fullscreenElement) {
     document.documentElement.requestFullscreen?.().catch(() => {});
@@ -2039,6 +2231,7 @@ document.addEventListener('fullscreenchange', () => {
   document.body.classList.toggle('fullscreen', active);
   if (active) {
     closeSettingsPopovers();
+    applyAllHeadStates(); // fullscreen has its own rule for the bars
     menuHiddenBeforeFs = document.body.classList.contains('menu-hidden');
     setMenuHidden(true, { persist: false }); // the menu auto-hides; its notch brings it back
     // let the collapsed menubar's space settle before measuring
@@ -2047,6 +2240,7 @@ document.addEventListener('fullscreenchange', () => {
     setMenuHidden(menuHiddenBeforeFs, { persist: false });
     clearPeeks();
     clearFullscreenFit();
+    applyAllHeadStates();
   }
 });
 

public/style.css

@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ body.menu-hidden #topbar {
   line-height: 1;
 }
 .tb-btn.icon svg { display: block; }
+/* A top-bar button that is a switch rather than an action lights up the same
+   way an open tile button does, so "on" reads the same everywhere. */
+.tb-btn.is-on,
+.tb-btn.is-on:hover {
+  background: var(--accent);
+  border-color: var(--accent);
+  color: var(--accent-text);
+}
 
 /* ── dropdown menus ────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
@@ -270,12 +278,37 @@ body.menu-hidden #topbar {
   transition: height 0.22s ease, border-bottom-width 0.22s ease;
 }
 .tile.dragging .tile-head { cursor: grabbing; }
-/* hidden = collapsed, not removed, so the notch toggle animates */
-.tile.head-hidden .tile-head {
-  height: 0;
-  border-bottom-width: 0;
-  overflow: hidden;
+
+/* Folded away: the bar leaves the flow and parks just above the tile, so the
+   module keeps the whole body and nothing reflows as the bar comes and goes.
+   Pointing at the tile's top edge slides it back in over the content
+   (shell.js adds .head-peek) — and because it is the same element, its
+   buttons click and its width drags the tile just as they always did. */
+body:not(.fullscreen) .tile.head-off > .tile-head {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  z-index: 7;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--panel) 90%, transparent);
+  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(7px);
+  backdrop-filter: blur(7px);
+  transform: translateY(-100%);
+  opacity: 0;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  transition: transform 0.18s ease, opacity 0.18s ease;
 }
+body:not(.fullscreen) .tile.head-off.head-peek > .tile-head {
+  transform: none;
+  opacity: 1;
+  pointer-events: auto;
+}
+body:not(.fullscreen) .tile.is-tinted.head-off > .tile-head {
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tile-tint) 20%, var(--panel));
+}
+/* Auto-hide already reveals on hover, so the notch would be a dead control;
+   a bar this tile hid by itself keeps its notch, which is how it comes back. */
+body.autohide-heads .tile-notch { display: none; }
 
 .tile-head .dot {
   flex: none;
@@ -395,7 +428,7 @@ body.menu-hidden #topbar {
 }
 .tile:hover .tile-notch { opacity: 0.6; }
 .tile .tile-notch:hover { opacity: 1; }
-.tile.head-hidden .tile-notch { top: 0; }
+body:not(.fullscreen) .tile.head-off .tile-notch { top: 0; }
 .tile-notch::after {
   content: "";
   display: block;
@@ -496,6 +529,72 @@ body.fullscreen .tile.head-peek .tile-notch { top: 32px; }
   margin-bottom: 4px;
   border-bottom: 2px solid currentColor;
 }
+/* the other three edges: the same mark, turned to face its own side. Each
+   stops short of the corners so the corner grips keep their full 20px. */
+.tile-resize-top,
+.tile-resize-right,
+.tile-resize-side {
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: 6;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  touch-action: none;
+  color: var(--muted);
+  opacity: 0;
+  transition: opacity 0.15s ease;
+}
+.tile-resize-top {
+  top: 0;
+  left: 24px;
+  right: 24px;
+  height: 10px;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  cursor: ns-resize;
+  /* Above a revealed title bar: the bar slides in under the pointer here, and
+     this strip has to stay the top edge rather than become part of it. */
+  z-index: 8;
+}
+.tile-resize-right,
+.tile-resize-side {
+  top: 24px;
+  bottom: 24px;
+  width: 10px;
+  cursor: ew-resize;
+}
+.tile-resize-right { right: 0; justify-content: flex-end; }
+.tile-resize-side { left: 0; justify-content: flex-start; }
+.tile-resize-top::after,
+.tile-resize-right::after,
+.tile-resize-side::after {
+  content: "";
+  border-radius: 999px;
+}
+.tile-resize-top::after {
+  width: 44px;
+  max-width: 60%;
+  height: 0;
+  margin-top: 4px;
+  border-top: 2px solid currentColor;
+}
+.tile-resize-right::after,
+.tile-resize-side::after {
+  width: 0;
+  height: 44px;
+  max-height: 60%;
+}
+.tile-resize-right::after { margin-right: 4px; border-right: 2px solid currentColor; }
+.tile-resize-side::after { margin-left: 4px; border-left: 2px solid currentColor; }
+/* A side that meets another tile belongs to the seam pill between them. */
+.tile.seam-left .tile-resize-side,
+.tile.seam-right .tile-resize-right { display: none; }
+.tile:hover .tile-resize-top,
+.tile:hover .tile-resize-right,
+.tile:hover .tile-resize-side { opacity: 0.6; }
+.tile .tile-resize-top:hover,
+.tile .tile-resize-right:hover,
+.tile .tile-resize-side:hover { opacity: 1; color: var(--text); }
+
 .tile:hover .tile-resize-bottom { opacity: 0.6; }
 .tile .tile-resize-bottom:hover,
 .tile.resizing .tile-resize-bottom { opacity: 1; color: var(--text); }
@@ -543,7 +642,11 @@ body.fullscreen .tile.head-peek .tile-notch { top: 32px; }
 body.fullscreen .tile-resize,
 body.fullscreen .tile-resize-left,
 body.fullscreen .tile-resize-bottom,
+body.fullscreen .tile-resize-top,
+body.fullscreen .tile-resize-right,
+body.fullscreen .tile-resize-side,
 body.fullscreen .tile-divider,
+body.fullscreen #autohide-btn,
 body.fullscreen #admin-link { display: none; }
 body.fullscreen #grid { padding-bottom: 0; }
 #gridwrap.no-scroll { overflow-y: hidden; }

server.js

@@ -1394,15 +1394,30 @@ function layoutPath(name) {
 function sanitizeLayout(raw) {
   const tiles = Array.isArray(raw?.tiles) ? raw.tiles.slice(0, 100) : [];
   return {
-    tiles: tiles.map((t) => ({
-      id: String(t?.id || ''),
-      module: String(t?.module || ''),
-      x: Number(t?.x) || 0,
-      y: Number(t?.y) || 0,
-      w: Number(t?.w) || 1,
-      h: Number(t?.h) || 1,
-      settings: t?.settings && typeof t.settings === 'object' ? t.settings : {},
-    })),
+    // Whether tile title bars auto-hide is part of how a dashboard is
+    // arranged, so it travels with the layout like the tiles themselves.
+    autoHideHeads: Boolean(raw?.autoHideHeads),
+    tiles: tiles.map((t) => {
+      const tile = {
+        id: String(t?.id || ''),
+        module: String(t?.module || ''),
+        x: Number(t?.x) || 0,
+        y: Number(t?.y) || 0,
+        w: Number(t?.w) || 1,
+        h: Number(t?.h) || 1,
+        settings: t?.settings && typeof t.settings === 'object' ? t.settings : {},
+        // Which picker entry the tile came from, and what it was called.
+        // Without these a saved "Now" tile comes back as the full Now/Next
+        // card, and a solo timer comes back with a full tile's settings.
+        variant: String(t?.variant || ''),
+        title: String(t?.title || ''),
+        headHidden: Boolean(t?.headHidden),
+      };
+      if (Number(t?.minSize?.w) > 0 && Number(t?.minSize?.h) > 0) {
+        tile.minSize = { w: Number(t.minSize.w), h: Number(t.minSize.h) };
+      }
+      return tile;
+    }),
   };
 }