Draw the board as the canvas draws boxes, and drag cards live

The user found the board's look off from the canvas's: a block's C was
gray around a white card, borders ignored the node's style, a folded
column said nothing, and dragging felt wrong.

Columns and cards now go through the canvas's line layer, with the same
rules as Scene::add_borders: the node's border style and color, thick in
the accent color for the cursor, thick in the visual color for the
selection. A block's bracket and foot are drawn in its card's own line
and color, so the C is one shape and its joint comes out as ├, ┣ or ╠.
Tags and badges sit in the bottom border through a footer() shared with
the canvas renderer. Columns show their tags and badge too, so a folded
column says +N, and a column's title can be typed in its top border
(it wasn't shown as typed before).

A drag now moves the card live, as on the canvas (the user's pick), all
one undo step: by the row under the mouse, before a card on its top
half, after it or into its block on its bottom half, out at a foot,
first on a column's title, last below the cards. Columns keep their
widths while dragging, or a column that narrowed would slide the one
under the mouse away and the card would chase it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

DESIGN.md

@@ -343,9 +343,15 @@ lines.
   left past its cards (two cells further in), and a foot closing it. Blocks
   nest as deep as the tree does. The columns by tag or by color the first
   design had are dropped (the user's pick).
-- A card is a node's box, as on the canvas: its title, its tags and badge
+- A card is a node's box, and a column a node's box with the title in its
-  in the bottom border, its color on the border, thick for the cursor.
+  top border, drawn exactly as the canvas draws them (the user asked for
-  Folds fold here too (a folded block is a card with `+N`).
+  them to match): its border as its style says (rounded for the root,
+  dashed for a question, double…), in its color, thick in the accent color
+  for the cursor; the tags in its color and the badge in its bottom border.
+  The borders go through the canvas's line layer, so a block's "C" is in
+  its card's own line and color, joined where they meet (`├`, `┣`, `╠`).
+  Folds fold here too: a folded block is a card with `+N`, and a folded
+  column says `+N` in its bottom border.
 - `j` and `k` go down and up a column in reading order (into the blocks),
   `h` and `l` to the column beside, onto the card nearest the cursor's
   height. Titles are typed right in their cards, and `<Space>vb` or
@@ -354,9 +360,15 @@ lines.
   the end of the column beside, `j` and `k` past the cards around it, into
   a block (as its first card going down, its last going up) and out of one
   at its end; a column's own node trades places with the column beside
-  (the root's stays first). Enter is done, one undo step. A drag does the
+  (the root's stays first). Enter is done, one undo step. Every move goes
-  same with the mouse: dropped on a card, it goes after it; on a block's
+  through the tree.
-  card, into it; on a column, at its end. Every move goes through the tree.
+- A drag moves the card live, as the canvas does (the user's pick): it goes
+  through the board as the mouse goes, by the row the mouse is on in the
+  column under it. On a card's top half it goes before that card; on its
+  bottom half after it, or into its block as the first card; on a block's
+  foot, after the block; on a column's title, first; below the cards,
+  last. The whole drag is one undo step. The columns keep their widths
+  while a card is dragged, so the one under the mouse stays put.
 - In visual mode the board selects in reading order, as the outline does.
 
 **Views, panes and popups** (settled in stage 7)
@@ -556,8 +568,9 @@ pans up and down, and sideways with a wheel that tilts, a touchpad, or the
 wheel with Shift or Alt held (Alt for terminals that keep Shift for selecting
 text), Ctrl+drag selects a rectangle, Ctrl+click adds or removes one node,
 right-click opens a menu built from the same actions as the keys. Zoom is on
-the `+` and `-` keys. On the board, dragging a card moves it in the tree:
+the `+` and `-` keys. On the board, dragging a card moves it through the
-after the card it's dropped on, into a block, or to the end of a column.
+tree as the mouse goes: before or after the card under it (by which half),
+into a block, out at its foot, or to a column's top or end.
 
 ## Modes and keys
 

src/app/tests/board.rs

@@ -1,17 +1,39 @@
 //! The board (part 9e), end to end: a column per node without a parent,
-//! cards in them, blocks wrapping their cards; getting around, move mode,
+//! cards in them, blocks wrapping their cards, all drawn as the canvas draws
-//! dragging, and typing in a card.
+//! boxes; getting around, move mode, dragging, and typing in a card.
+
+use ratatui::style::Color;
 
 use super::*;
 use crate::input::mouse::{Cell, Gesture};
 
-/// Drags the card showing `from` onto the one showing `to`.
+/// Picks up the card showing `title`.
-fn drag(h: &mut Harness, from: &str, to: &str) {
+fn pick_up(h: &mut Harness, title: &str) -> Cell {
-    let (start, end) = (h.find(from), h.find(to));
+    let (col, row) = h.find(title);
-    let (start, end) = (Cell { col: start.0, row: start.1 }, Cell { col: end.0, row: end.1 });
+    let at = Cell { col, row };
-    h.mouse(Gesture::Press { at: start, ctrl: false });
+    h.mouse(Gesture::Press { at, ctrl: false });
-    h.mouse(Gesture::Drag { from: start, at: end, ctrl: false });
+    at
-    h.mouse(Gesture::Release { at: end, dragged: true });
+}
+
+/// Moves the mouse to a cell, holding the card picked up at `from`.
+fn drag_to(h: &mut Harness, from: Cell, (col, row): (u16, u16)) {
+    h.mouse(Gesture::Drag { from, at: Cell { col, row }, ctrl: false });
+}
+
+fn let_go(h: &mut Harness, (col, row): (u16, u16)) {
+    h.mouse(Gesture::Release { at: Cell { col, row }, dragged: true });
+}
+
+/// A cell on the bottom half of the card showing `title`: its bottom
+/// border. Its title's row is on the top half.
+fn bottom_half(h: &Harness, title: &str) -> (u16, u16) {
+    let (col, row) = h.find(title);
+    (col, row + 1)
+}
+
+/// The color a cell is drawn in.
+fn color_at(h: &Harness, (col, row): (u16, u16)) -> Color {
+    h.terminal.backend().buffer()[(col, row)].fg
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -20,7 +42,9 @@ fn space_vb_shows_the_board() {
     h.type_keys("<Space>vb");
     let screen = h.screen();
     assert!(screen.contains("┌ board · Garden plans"), "{screen}");
-    for column in ["╭ Garden plans ", "┌ Seeds to order ", "┌ ask about compost "] {
+    // The cursor's column is thick, as the cursor's box is on the canvas;
+    // ask about compost is dashed, as its style says.
+    for column in ["┏ Garden plans ", "┌ Seeds to order ", "┌ ask about compost ╌"] {
         assert!(screen.contains(column), "a column per node without a parent: {column}\n{screen}");
     }
     // Watering is a block: its card, its cards further in, and a foot.
@@ -28,7 +52,7 @@ fn space_vb_shows_the_board() {
     let rows = h.rows();
     assert!(rows[usize::from(row) + 1].contains("├──────────┘"), "{screen}");
     assert!(rows[usize::from(row) + 3].contains("│ │ Rain barrel │"), "{screen}");
-    assert!(rows.iter().any(|row| row.contains("│ └───────")), "the foot:\n{screen}");
+    assert!(rows.iter().any(|row| row.contains("┃ └───────")), "the foot:\n{screen}");
     // j and k go down and up the column, h and l to the one beside.
     h.type_keys("jj");
     assert_eq!(h.cursor(), "Raised beds");
@@ -44,6 +68,40 @@ fn space_vb_shows_the_board() {
     assert!(h.screen().contains("┌ board · Garden plans"));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn cards_and_columns_are_drawn_as_the_canvas_draws_boxes() {
+    let mut h = Harness::new();
+    // Drip line opened: a block with no color of its own, around a card
+    // with a double border.
+    h.type_keys("<Space>vb:find drip<CR>za");
+    let screen = h.screen();
+    assert!(screen.contains("╔══════════════════╗"), "Timer on the tap's double border:\n{screen}");
+    assert!(screen.contains("└─ #todo ─┘"), "Soil's tags in its bottom border:\n{screen}");
+    // The C is one shape with its card: the same line, the same color.
+    h.type_keys("k");
+    let (col, row) = h.find("│ Drip line │");
+    let card = color_at(&h, (col, row));
+    assert_eq!(card, Color::Reset, "a card without a color is in the text's color, as on the canvas");
+    assert_eq!(h.rows()[usize::from(row) + 1].chars().nth(usize::from(col)), Some('├'));
+    for below in 1..=4 {
+        assert_eq!(color_at(&h, (col, row + below)), card, "the bracket, {below} below:\n{screen}");
+    }
+    let (foot, foot_row) = h.find_in("└───────", usize::from(row)..=h.rows().len() - 3).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((foot, color_at(&h, (foot, foot_row))), (col, card), "the foot");
+    // A folded column says what it hides, in its bottom border.
+    h.type_keys(":find seeds<CR>za");
+    let (_, top) = h.find("Seeds to order");
+    assert!(!h.screen().contains("Tomatoes"), "{}", h.screen());
+    assert!(h.rows()[usize::from(top) + 2].contains(" +2 ━┛"), "{}", h.screen());
+    // A column's title is typed in its top border.
+    h.type_keys("A, soon");
+    let (col, row) = h.find("Seeds to order, soon");
+    assert_eq!(row, top, "in the top border:\n{}", h.screen());
+    assert_eq!(h.text_cursor(), Some((col + 20, top)), "the text cursor after it");
+    h.type_keys("<Esc><Esc>");
+    assert_eq!(h.title(h.node("Seeds to order, soon")), "Seeds to order, soon");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn move_mode_moves_cards_through_the_tree() {
     let mut h = Harness::new();
@@ -70,15 +128,48 @@ fn move_mode_moves_cards_through_the_tree() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn a_card_drags_to_where_it_drops() {
+fn a_dragged_card_moves_as_the_mouse_goes() {
     let mut h = Harness::new();
     h.type_keys("<Space>vb");
-    drag(&mut h, "Soil", "Tomatoes");
+    // Over the bottom half of Tomatoes: after it, before letting go.
-    assert_eq!(h.children("Seeds to order"), ["Tomatoes", "Soil", "Basil"], "after the card it dropped on");
+    let soil = pick_up(&mut h, "Soil");
-    drag(&mut h, "Kitchen", "Watering");
+    let below = bottom_half(&h, "Tomatoes");
-    assert_eq!(h.children("Watering")[0], "Kitchen", "dropped on a block: its first card");
+    drag_to(&mut h, soil, below);
-    drag(&mut h, "Basil", "ask about compost");
+    assert_eq!(h.children("Seeds to order"), ["Tomatoes", "Soil", "Basil"]);
-    assert_eq!(h.children("ask about compost"), ["Basil"], "dropped on a column: its last card");
+    // Over its top half: before it.
+    let above = h.find("Tomatoes");
+    drag_to(&mut h, soil, above);
+    assert_eq!(h.children("Seeds to order"), ["Soil", "Tomatoes", "Basil"]);
+    // Over itself, it stays put; letting go leaves it there.
+    let itself = h.find("Soil");
+    drag_to(&mut h, soil, itself);
+    let_go(&mut h, itself);
+    assert_eq!(h.children("Seeds to order"), ["Soil", "Tomatoes", "Basil"]);
+    assert_eq!(h.cursor(), "Soil");
+    h.type_keys("u");
+    assert_eq!(h.children("Garden plans")[0], "Soil", "the whole drag is one undo step");
+    assert_eq!(h.children("Seeds to order"), ["Tomatoes", "Basil"]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_dragged_card_goes_into_blocks_out_of_them_and_onto_columns() {
+    let mut h = Harness::new();
+    h.type_keys("<Space>vb");
+    let kitchen = pick_up(&mut h, "» Kitchen");
+    // A block's bottom half: its first card.
+    let watering = bottom_half(&h, "Watering");
+    drag_to(&mut h, kitchen, watering);
+    assert_eq!(h.children("Watering"), ["Kitchen", "Rain barrel", "Drip line"]);
+    // Its foot, under its last card (folded): after the block, out of it.
+    let (col, row) = h.find("Drip line");
+    drag_to(&mut h, kitchen, (col, row + 2));
+    assert_eq!(h.children("Watering"), ["Rain barrel", "Drip line"]);
+    assert_eq!(h.children("Garden plans").last().map(String::as_str), Some("Kitchen"));
+    // A column's title: its first card.
+    let compost = h.find("ask about compost");
+    drag_to(&mut h, kitchen, compost);
+    let_go(&mut h, compost);
+    assert_eq!(h.children("ask about compost"), ["Kitchen"]);
 }
 
 #[test]

src/model/look.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ pub enum Border {
     Hidden,
 }
 
+impl Border {
+    /// The line a border is drawn with (rounded corners aside), so whatever
+    /// goes on from a box, like a board block's bracket, looks like it.
+    /// `None` for no border.
+    pub fn stroke(self) -> Option<Stroke> {
+        match self {
+            Border::Rounded | Border::Square => Some(Stroke::Solid),
+            Border::Double => Some(Stroke::Double),
+            Border::Thick => Some(Stroke::Thick),
+            Border::Dashed => Some(Stroke::Dashed),
+            Border::Hidden => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// What a line looks like along its length.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum Stroke {

src/ui/glyphs.rs

@@ -176,25 +176,6 @@ impl Glyphs {
         }
     }
 
-    /// A card's border on the board: thick for the cursor's card and the
-    /// selected ones.
-    pub fn card(self, thick: bool) -> border::Set<'static> {
-        match (self, thick) {
-            (Glyphs::Unicode, true) => border::THICK,
-            (Glyphs::Unicode, false) => border::PLAIN,
-            (Glyphs::Ascii, _) => ASCII_FRAME,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// A board card's bottom left corner when its block goes on below it.
-    pub fn card_joint(self, thick: bool) -> &'static str {
-        match (self, thick) {
-            (Glyphs::Unicode, true) => "┣",
-            (Glyphs::Unicode, false) => "├",
-            (Glyphs::Ascii, _) => "+",
-        }
-    }
-
     /// What stands between the parts of the bars.
     pub fn separator(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {

src/view/board.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //! wrap the blocks inside them (a "C"):
 //!
 //! ```text
-//! ┌ Garden plans ──────────┐ ┌ Seeds to order ─┐
+//! ╭ Garden plans ──────────╮ ┌ Seeds to order ─┐
 //! │ ┌──────┐               │ │ ┌──────────┐    │
 //! │ │ Soil │               │ │ │ Tomatoes │    │
 //! │ └──────┘               │ │ └──────────┘    │
@@ -15,34 +15,45 @@
 //! │ │ │ Rain barrel │      │
 //! │ │ └─────────────┘      │
 //! │ └───────               │
-//! └────────────────────────┘
+//! ╰────────────────────────╯
 //! ```
 //!
+//! A column and a card are drawn as the node's box is on the canvas (the
+//! user asked for them to match): its border and color, the tags and badge
+//! in the bottom border, thick for the cursor. The borders go through the
+//! canvas's line layer, so a block's "C" is in its card's line, joined
+//! where they meet.
+//!
 //! `j` and `k` go through a column in reading order, `h` and `l` to the
 //! column beside. In move mode (`M`) the card moves instead (the user's
 //! pick): `h` and `l` take it to the end of the column beside (a column
 //! itself trades places with it), `j` and `k` past the cards around it,
-//! into and out of the blocks, and a drag drops it where it lands. Every
+//! into and out of the blocks. A drag moves it live, as the canvas does
-//! move goes through the tree, so every other view follows.
+//! (the user's pick). Every move goes through the tree, so every other view
+//! follows.
 
 use ratatui::Frame;
 use ratatui::buffer::Buffer;
-use ratatui::layout::{Position, Rect};
+use ratatui::layout::{Position, Rect, Size};
 use ratatui::style::{Color, Modifier, Style};
-use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
 
-use super::canvas::boxes::{NodeBox, draft_box};
+use super::canvas::boxes::{NodeBox, draft_box, footer};
+use super::canvas::lines::{LineLayer, Paint};
+use super::canvas::{LineOwner, ScreenPos, ScreenRect};
 use crate::app::action::{Action, AppAction, Message};
 use crate::app::connect;
 use crate::app::mode::{Grab, Mode};
 use crate::app::popup::MenuFor;
-use crate::app::text_edit::{EditAt, StartEdit};
+use crate::app::text_edit::{EditAt, StartEdit, TextEdit};
 use crate::app::visual::selection;
 use crate::input::bindings::Context;
 use crate::input::command::{Command, Motion};
 use crate::input::engine::Typed;
 use crate::input::mouse::{Cell, Gesture};
-use crate::model::{CanvasPos, CanvasRect, CanvasSize, Direction, EditOp, NodeId, Spot, Visible};
+use crate::model::{
+    Border, CanvasPos, CanvasRect, CanvasSize, Direction, Document, EditOp, Group, Node, NodeId, Spot,
+    Visible,
+};
 use crate::ui::text_editor::layout;
 use crate::view::{View, ViewContext, ViewKind, contexts_for};
 
@@ -62,13 +73,18 @@ const SCROLL_OFF: i32 = 2;
 const SCROLL_COLS: i32 = 6;
 const WHEEL_ROWS: i32 = 3;
 
-/// A column: a node without a parent, and where it is on the board.
+/// A column: a node without a parent, where it is on the board, and how
+/// it's drawn.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 struct Column {
     id: NodeId,
     rect: CanvasRect,
     /// Its nodes on show in reading order, itself first.
     order: Vec<NodeId>,
+    /// Its title, on one line in the top border.
+    title: String,
+    tags: String,
+    badge: String,
 }
 
 /// A card: a node in a column, and how it's drawn.
@@ -83,22 +99,26 @@ struct Card {
     foot: Option<i32>,
 }
 
-/// A title being typed in its card: what the text is, how it wraps, and
+/// A title being typed in its card or column: what the text is, how it
-/// where its cursor is.
+/// wraps, where its cursor is, and the board cell the text starts on.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 struct Editing {
     id: NodeId,
     text: String,
     rows: Vec<std::ops::Range<usize>>,
     cursor: (usize, usize),
+    at: (i32, i32),
 }
 
-/// A drag in progress: the card picked up, and whether it has moved yet.
+/// A card being dragged. It moves through the board as the mouse goes, all
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+/// one undo step, and the columns keep at least the widths they had when
+/// it was picked up: when a card left a column and it narrowed, the columns
+/// beside would slide under the mouse, and the card would chase them.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 struct Drag {
     id: NodeId,
-    from: (i32, i32),
+    group: Group,
-    moved: bool,
+    widths: Vec<(NodeId, i32)>,
 }
 
 /// The board view.
@@ -132,21 +152,50 @@ impl BoardView {
         let mut x = 0;
         let mut bottom = 0;
         for top in doc.top_level() {
+            let Some(node) = doc.node(top) else { continue };
             let first_card = self.cards.len();
             let (end, right) = self.place(ctx, &visible, top, x + 2, 1);
-            let title_width = doc.node(top).map_or(0, |node| node.title().as_str().width() as i32);
+            // The column's box, for its title (one line, however long) and
-            let width = (right - x + 2).max(title_width + 6).max(MIN_WIDTH);
+            // its bottom border: a folded column says what it hides there.
+            let badge = badge(ctx, &visible, top, node);
+            let node_box = match ctx.mode.title_edit().filter(|edit| edit.node == top) {
+                Some(edit) => self.draft(node, edit, badge, u16::MAX, (x + 2, 0)),
+                None => NodeBox::new(node, badge, u16::MAX, ctx.theme.glyphs),
+            };
+            let kept = self.drag.as_ref().and_then(|drag| drag.widths.iter().find(|(id, _)| *id == top));
+            let width = (right - x + 2)
+                .max(i32::from(node_box.rect.size.width) + 2)
+                .max(MIN_WIDTH)
+                .max(kept.map_or(0, |&(_, width)| width));
             let height = end.max(2) + 1;
             let mut order = vec![top];
             order.extend(self.cards[first_card..].iter().map(|card| card.id));
             let rect = CanvasRect::new(CanvasPos::new(x, 0), size(width, height));
-            self.columns.push(Column { id: top, rect, order });
+            let NodeBox { lines, tags, badge, .. } = node_box;
+            self.columns.push(Column { id: top, rect, order, title: lines.join(" "), tags, badge });
             bottom = bottom.max(height);
             x += width + GAP;
         }
         self.size = (x, bottom);
     }
 
+    /// The box of the node whose title is being typed, showing the text as
+    /// typed. Remembers how the text wraps, and that it starts at `at`.
+    fn draft(
+        &mut self,
+        node: &Node,
+        edit: &TextEdit,
+        badge: String,
+        max_width: u16,
+        at: (i32, i32),
+    ) -> NodeBox {
+        let text = edit.editor.text();
+        let draft = draft_box(node, text, edit.editor.cursor(), badge, max_width);
+        let (rows, cursor) = (draft.rows, draft.cursor);
+        self.editing = Some(Editing { id: edit.node, text: text.to_string(), rows, cursor, at });
+        draft.node_box
+    }
+
     /// Lays out the cards of `parent`'s children from (`x`, `y`), each under
     /// the last. A card with children on show wraps them: they go a little
     /// further in, and a foot closes the block. Returns the row after the
@@ -166,18 +215,9 @@ impl BoardView {
             if !visible.contains(id) {
                 continue;
             }
-            let mut badge = ctx.badge(id, node).unwrap_or_default();
+            let badge = badge(ctx, visible, id, node);
-            if let Some(count) = visible.hidden.get(&id) {
+            let node_box = match ctx.mode.title_edit().filter(|edit| edit.node == id) {
-                badge = if badge.is_empty() { format!("+{count}") } else { format!("{badge} +{count}") };
+                Some(edit) => self.draft(node, edit, badge, max_width, (x + 2, y + 1)),
-            }
-            let edit = ctx.mode.title_edit().filter(|edit| edit.node == id);
-            let node_box = match edit {
-                Some(edit) => {
-                    let draft = draft_box(node, edit.editor.text(), edit.editor.cursor(), badge, max_width);
-                    let text = edit.editor.text().to_string();
-                    self.editing = Some(Editing { id, text, rows: draft.rows, cursor: draft.cursor });
-                    draft.node_box
-                }
                 None => NodeBox::new(node, badge, max_width, ctx.theme.glyphs),
             };
             let rect = CanvasRect::new(CanvasPos::new(x, y), node_box.rect.size);
@@ -356,122 +396,119 @@ impl BoardView {
         Some(vec![Action::edit_in(EditOp::MoveTo { id, spot }, grab.group)])
     }
 
-    /// Where a dragged card goes, dropped on `target`: into a block, as its
+    /// Where the `dragged` card goes with the mouse on a board cell. It goes
-    /// first card; after another card; at the end of a column.
+    /// by the row, in the column the mouse is over: on a card's top half,
-    fn drop_spot(&self, target: Target) -> Spot {
+    /// before it; on its bottom half, after it, or into its block as the
-        match target {
+    /// first card; on a block's foot, after the block; on the column's
-            Target::Card(id) if self.cards.iter().any(|card| card.id == id && card.foot.is_some()) => {
+    /// title, first; below its cards, last. Nowhere over the card itself or
-                Spot::FirstChildOf(id)
+    /// its own cards, so a card that's caught up with the mouse stays put.
-            }
+    fn drop_spot(&self, doc: &Document, dragged: NodeId, (x, y): (i32, i32)) -> Option<Spot> {
-            Target::Card(id) => Spot::After(id),
+        let column =
-            Target::Column(id) => Spot::LastChildOf(id),
+            self.columns.iter().find(|column| (column.rect.left()..column.rect.right()).contains(&x))?;
+        if y <= column.rect.top() {
+            return Some(Spot::FirstChildOf(column.id));
         }
+        for card in self.cards.iter().filter(|card| column.order.contains(&card.id)) {
+            let its_own = card.id == dragged || doc.is_inside(card.id, dragged);
+            let rect = card.rect;
+            if (rect.top()..rect.bottom()).contains(&y) {
+                let top_half = (y - rect.top()) * 2 < i32::from(rect.size.height);
+                return (!its_own).then_some(match card.foot {
+                    _ if top_half => Spot::Before(card.id),
+                    Some(_) => Spot::FirstChildOf(card.id),
+                    None => Spot::After(card.id),
+                });
+            }
+            if card.foot == Some(y) {
+                return (!its_own).then_some(Spot::After(card.id));
+            }
+        }
+        Some(Spot::LastChildOf(column.id))
     }
 
     /// Where a click lands in the title being typed, if it's on its text.
     fn text_offset_at(&self, (x, y): (i32, i32)) -> Option<usize> {
         let editing = self.editing.as_ref()?;
         let rect = self.rect_of(editing.id)?;
-        let row = usize::try_from(y - rect.top() - 1).ok().filter(|&row| row < editing.rows.len())?;
+        if !(rect.left()..rect.right()).contains(&x) {
-        let column = usize::try_from(x - rect.left() - 2).unwrap_or(0);
+            return None;
+        }
+        let row = usize::try_from(y - editing.at.1).ok().filter(|&row| row < editing.rows.len())?;
+        let column = usize::try_from(x - editing.at.0).unwrap_or(0);
         Some(layout::offset(&editing.text, &editing.rows, row, column))
     }
 
-    /// Draws a column: its frame, with its node's title in the top border.
+    /// Adds a node's border to the line layer, the way the canvas draws its
-    fn draw_column(&self, buf: &mut Buffer, column: &Column, ctx: &ViewContext<'_>, picked: &[NodeId]) {
+    /// box: the cursor's thick in the accent color (the typing color while
-        let Some(node) = ctx.doc.node(column.id) else { return };
+    /// its title is typed), the selected ones thick in the visual color, the
-        let style = ctx.node_style(column.id, node);
+    /// others as their style says. A block's card goes on down its left past
-        let here = column.id == ctx.cursor;
+    /// its cards and closes with a foot, in the same line and color: the
-        let color = match (here, picked.contains(&column.id)) {
+    /// "C" is one shape with its card.
-            (true, _) => ctx.theme.accent,
+    fn add_border(
-            (false, true) => ctx.theme.visual,
+        &self,
-            _ if style.color == Color::Reset => ctx.theme.muted,
+        lines: &mut LineLayer,
-            _ => style.color,
+        (id, rect, foot): (NodeId, CanvasRect, Option<i32>),
+        ctx: &ViewContext<'_>,
+        picked: &[NodeId],
+    ) {
+        let Some(node) = ctx.doc.node(id) else { return };
+        let typing = ctx.mode.title_edit().is_some_and(|edit| edit.editor.is_typing());
+        let (border, color) = match (id == ctx.cursor, picked.contains(&id)) {
+            (true, _) => (Border::Thick, if typing { ctx.theme.insert } else { ctx.theme.accent }),
+            (false, true) => (Border::Thick, ctx.theme.visual),
+            (false, false) => {
+                let style = ctx.node_style(id, node);
+                (style.border, style.color)
+            }
         };
-        let set = ctx.theme.glyphs.frame(column.id == ctx.doc.root());
+        let paint = Paint { color, owner: LineOwner::Border(id) };
-        let rect = column.rect;
+        let (left, top) = (rect.left() - self.scroll.0, rect.top() - self.scroll.1);
-        let border = Style::new().fg(color);
+        let (width, height) = (i32::from(rect.size.width), i32::from(rect.size.height));
-        let (left, right, top, bottom) = (rect.left(), rect.right() - 1, rect.top(), rect.bottom() - 1);
+        lines.add_border(ScreenRect::new(left, top, width, height), border, paint, |_| true);
-        for x in left + 1..right {
+        let (Some(foot), Some(stroke)) = (foot, border.stroke()) else { return };
-            self.put(buf, x, top, set.horizontal_top, border);
+        let corner = ScreenPos::new(left, top + height - 1);
-            self.put(buf, x, bottom, set.horizontal_bottom, border);
+        let bend = ScreenPos::new(left, foot - self.scroll.1);
+        let tip = ScreenPos::new(left + FOOT - 1, bend.row);
+        lines.add_path(&[corner, bend, tip], stroke, paint, |_| false);
+        // The foot runs right to its end, rather than tapering off.
+        lines.add_arm(tip, Direction::Right, stroke, paint);
+        if border == Border::Rounded {
+            lines.round(bend);
         }
-        for y in top + 1..bottom {
-            self.put(buf, left, y, set.vertical_left, border);
-            self.put(buf, right, y, set.vertical_right, border);
-        }
-        self.put(buf, left, top, set.top_left, border);
-        self.put(buf, right, top, set.top_right, border);
-        self.put(buf, left, bottom, set.bottom_left, border);
-        self.put(buf, right, bottom, set.bottom_right, border);
-        let mut title = Style::new().fg(color).add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD);
-        if here {
-            title = Style::new().fg(Color::Black).bg(ctx.theme.accent).add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD);
-        }
-        let text = format!(" {} ", node.title());
-        let room = usize::try_from(right - left - 2).unwrap_or(0);
-        self.put_text(buf, left + 1, top, &truncated(&text, room), title);
     }
 
-    /// Draws a card, and the bracket and foot of its block.
+    /// Writes what's in a node's box, as the canvas does: its title (in the
-    fn draw_card(&self, buf: &mut Buffer, card: &Card, ctx: &ViewContext<'_>, picked: &[NodeId]) {
+    /// top border, for a column), bold under the cursor and quiet when its
-        let Some(node) = ctx.doc.node(card.id) else { return };
+    /// style fades it; the tags in its color on the left of the bottom
-        let style = ctx.node_style(card.id, node);
+    /// border; the badge on the right.
-        let (here, chosen) = (card.id == ctx.cursor, picked.contains(&card.id));
+    fn put_box_text(&self, buf: &mut Buffer, content: BoxText<'_>, ctx: &ViewContext<'_>) {
-        let typing = ctx.mode.title_edit().is_some_and(|edit| edit.editor.is_typing());
+        let Some(node) = ctx.doc.node(content.id) else { return };
-        let color = match (here, chosen) {
+        let style = ctx.node_style(content.id, node);
-            (true, _) if typing => ctx.theme.insert,
-            (true, _) => ctx.theme.accent,
-            (false, true) => ctx.theme.visual,
-            _ => style.color,
-        };
-        let glyphs = ctx.theme.glyphs;
-        let set = glyphs.card(here || chosen);
-        let border = Style::new().fg(color);
-        let rect = card.rect;
-        let (left, right, top, bottom) = (rect.left(), rect.right() - 1, rect.top(), rect.bottom() - 1);
-        for x in left + 1..right {
-            self.put(buf, x, top, set.horizontal_top, border);
-            self.put(buf, x, bottom, set.horizontal_bottom, border);
-        }
-        for y in top + 1..bottom {
-            self.put(buf, left, y, set.vertical_left, border);
-            self.put(buf, right, y, set.vertical_right, border);
-        }
-        self.put(buf, left, top, set.top_left, border);
-        self.put(buf, right, top, set.top_right, border);
-        let corner = if card.foot.is_some() { glyphs.card_joint(here || chosen) } else { set.bottom_left };
-        self.put(buf, left, bottom, corner, border);
-        self.put(buf, right, bottom, set.bottom_right, border);
-        // The tags on the left of the bottom border, the badge on the right.
         let muted = Style::new().fg(ctx.theme.muted);
-        let width = right - left - 1;
+        let title = match (content.id == ctx.cursor, style.faded) {
-        if !card.tags.is_empty() {
+            (true, _) => Style::new().add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
-            let tags = truncated(&format!(" {} ", card.tags), usize::try_from(width - 2).unwrap_or(0));
+            (false, true) => muted,
-            self.put_text(buf, left + 2, bottom, &tags, muted);
+            (false, false) => Style::new(),
-        }
+        };
-        if !card.badge.is_empty() {
+        let rect = content.rect;
-            let badge = format!(" {} ", card.badge);
+        if content.in_border {
-            self.put_text(buf, right - 1 - badge.width() as i32, bottom, &badge, muted);
+            let text = format!(" {} ", content.lines.join(" "));
-        }
+            self.put_text(buf, rect.left() + 1, rect.top(), &text, title);
-        let title = if style.faded { muted } else { Style::new() };
+        } else {
-        let title = if here { title.add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD) } else { title };
+            for (line, y) in content.lines.iter().zip(rect.top() + 1..) {
-        for (line, y) in card.lines.iter().zip(top + 1..) {
+                self.put_text(buf, rect.left() + 2, y, line, title);
-            self.put_text(buf, left + 2, y, line, title);
-        }
-        // A block: the bracket down its left, closed by a foot.
-        if let Some(foot) = card.foot {
-            let line =
-                Style::new().fg(if style.color == Color::Reset { ctx.theme.muted } else { style.color });
-            let plain = glyphs.card(false);
-            for y in rect.bottom()..foot {
-                self.put(buf, left, y, plain.vertical_left, line);
-            }
-            self.put(buf, left, foot, plain.bottom_left, line);
-            for x in left + 1..left + FOOT {
-                self.put(buf, x, foot, plain.horizontal_bottom, line);
             }
         }
+        let bottom = rect.bottom() - 1;
+        let footer =
+            footer(rect.left(), rect.right(), content.tags, content.badge, ctx.theme.glyphs.ellipsis());
+        if let Some((x, text)) = footer.badge {
+            self.put_text(buf, x, bottom, &text, muted);
+        }
+        if let Some((x, text)) = footer.tags {
+            let color = if style.color == Color::Reset { ctx.theme.muted } else { style.color };
+            self.put_text(buf, x, bottom, &text, Style::new().fg(color));
+        }
     }
 
     /// Puts a symbol on a board cell, if it's on screen.
@@ -530,20 +567,37 @@ fn size(width: i32, height: i32) -> CanvasSize {
     )
 }
 
-/// Text cut to `width` columns, with `…` when it's cut.
+/// What's written in a node's box on the board.
-fn truncated(text: &str, width: usize) -> String {
+struct BoxText<'a> {
-    if text.width() <= width {
+    id: NodeId,
-        return text.to_string();
+    rect: CanvasRect,
+    lines: &'a [String],
+    /// A column's title is in its top border; a card's is inside it.
+    in_border: bool,
+    tags: &'a str,
+    badge: &'a str,
+}
+
+/// What a node's box says in its bottom right corner, as on the canvas:
+/// its own badge, then how many nodes its fold hides.
+fn badge(ctx: &ViewContext<'_>, visible: &Visible, id: NodeId, node: &Node) -> String {
+    let badge = ctx.badge(id, node).unwrap_or_default();
+    match visible.hidden.get(&id) {
+        Some(count) if badge.is_empty() => format!("+{count}"),
+        Some(count) => format!("{badge} +{count}"),
+        None => badge,
     }
-    let mut out = String::new();
+}
-    for c in text.chars() {
+
-        if out.width() + unicode_width::UnicodeWidthChar::width(c).unwrap_or(0) + 1 > width {
+/// Whether moving `id` to `spot` would leave it where it is.
-            break;
+fn stays(doc: &Document, id: NodeId, spot: Spot) -> bool {
-        }
+    match spot {
-        out.push(c);
+        Spot::Before(next) => next == id || doc.next_sibling(id) == Some(next),
+        Spot::After(previous) => previous == id || doc.previous_sibling(id) == Some(previous),
+        Spot::FirstChildOf(parent) => doc.children(parent).first() == Some(&id),
+        Spot::LastChildOf(parent) => doc.children(parent).last() == Some(&id),
+        Spot::Loose => false,
     }
-    out.push('…');
-    out
 }
 
 impl View for BoardView {
@@ -573,19 +627,31 @@ impl View for BoardView {
 
     fn render(&self, frame: &mut Frame, ctx: &ViewContext<'_>) {
         let picked = BoardView::picked(ctx);
-        let buf = frame.buffer_mut();
+        let mut lines = LineLayer::new(Size::new(self.area.width, self.area.height));
         for column in &self.columns {
-            self.draw_column(buf, column, ctx, &picked);
+            self.add_border(&mut lines, (column.id, column.rect, None), ctx, &picked);
         }
         for card in &self.cards {
-            self.draw_card(buf, card, ctx, &picked);
+            self.add_border(&mut lines, (card.id, card.rect, card.foot), ctx, &picked);
         }
-        if let Some(editing) = &self.editing
+        let buf = frame.buffer_mut();
-            && let Some(rect) = self.rect_of(editing.id)
+        for (at, glyph, color) in lines.cells(ctx.theme.glyphs) {
-        {
+            let (x, y) = (at.col + self.scroll.0, at.row + self.scroll.1);
+            self.put(buf, x, y, glyph.encode_utf8(&mut [0; 4]), Style::new().fg(color));
+        }
+        for column in &self.columns {
+            let (lines, tags, badge) = (std::slice::from_ref(&column.title), &column.tags, &column.badge);
+            let (id, rect) = (column.id, column.rect);
+            self.put_box_text(buf, BoxText { id, rect, lines, in_border: true, tags, badge }, ctx);
+        }
+        for card in &self.cards {
+            let (id, rect, lines, tags, badge) =
+                (card.id, card.rect, &card.lines[..], &card.tags, &card.badge);
+            self.put_box_text(buf, BoxText { id, rect, lines, in_border: false, tags, badge }, ctx);
+        }
+        if let Some(editing) = &self.editing {
             let (row, col) = editing.cursor;
-            let at = self.screen(rect.left() + 2 + col as i32, rect.top() + 1 + row as i32);
+            if let Some((col, row)) = self.screen(editing.at.0 + col as i32, editing.at.1 + row as i32) {
-            if let Some((col, row)) = at {
                 frame.set_cursor_position(Position::new(col, row));
             }
         }
@@ -645,26 +711,28 @@ impl View for BoardView {
                 }
                 // Cards can be dragged; in connect mode a click only aims.
                 if matches!(target, Target::Card(_)) && !matches!(ctx.mode, Mode::Connect(_)) {
-                    self.drag = Some(Drag { id, from: at, moved: false });
+                    let widths = self
+                        .columns
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|column| (column.id, i32::from(column.rect.size.width)))
+                        .collect();
+                    self.drag = Some(Drag { id, group: Group::new(), widths });
                 }
                 actions.push(Action::cursor(id));
                 actions
             }
             Gesture::Drag { at, .. } => {
-                let here = self.local(at);
+                let (Some(drag), Some(at)) = (&self.drag, self.local(at)) else { return Vec::new() };
-                if let (Some(drag), Some(here)) = (&mut self.drag, here) {
+                match self.drop_spot(ctx.doc, drag.id, at) {
-                    drag.moved |= here != drag.from;
+                    Some(spot) if !stays(ctx.doc, drag.id, spot) => {
+                        vec![Action::edit_in(EditOp::MoveTo { id: drag.id, spot }, drag.group)]
+                    }
+                    _ => Vec::new(),
                 }
-                Vec::new()
             }
-            Gesture::Release { at, .. } => {
+            Gesture::Release { .. } => {
-                let Some(drag) = self.drag.take().filter(|drag| drag.moved) else { return Vec::new() };
+                self.drag = None;
-                let Some(target) = self.local(at).and_then(|at| self.at(at)) else { return Vec::new() };
+                Vec::new()
-                if target == Target::Card(drag.id) {
-                    return Vec::new();
-                }
-                let spot = self.drop_spot(target);
-                vec![Action::edit(EditOp::MoveTo { id: drag.id, spot }), Action::cursor(drag.id)]
             }
             Gesture::DoublePress { at } => {
                 let Some(at) = self.local(at) else { return Vec::new() };

src/view/canvas/boxes.rs

@@ -89,6 +89,35 @@ pub fn box_rects(doc: &Document, max_width: u16, glyphs: Glyphs) -> BTreeMap<Nod
         .collect()
 }
 
+/// What a box writes into its bottom border, each part with the column it
+/// starts at: `─ #todo ─ +3 ─`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Footer {
+    pub tags: Option<(i32, String)>,
+    pub badge: Option<(i32, String)>,
+}
+
+/// Where the tags and the badge go in the bottom border of a box from column
+/// `left` up to `right` (not included), as the canvas and the board both
+/// draw them: the badge ends two cells in from the right corner, and the
+/// tags start two in from the left, cut short to end before the badge.
+pub fn footer(left: i32, right: i32, tags: &str, badge: &str, ellipsis: char) -> Footer {
+    let mut footer = Footer::default();
+    let badge_start = if badge.is_empty() {
+        right - 1
+    } else {
+        let text = format!(" {badge} ");
+        let start = right - 2 - text.width() as i32;
+        footer.badge = Some((start, text));
+        start - 1
+    };
+    if !tags.is_empty() {
+        let room = usize::try_from(badge_start - (left + 2) - 2).unwrap_or(0);
+        footer.tags = Some((left + 2, format!(" {} ", truncate(tags, room, ellipsis))));
+    }
+    footer
+}
+
 /// How many cells the bottom border needs for the tags and the badge,
 /// between its corners: `─ #todo ─ +3 ─`.
 fn footer_width(tags: &str, badge: &str) -> usize {

src/view/canvas/lines.rs

@@ -74,13 +74,7 @@ impl LineLayer {
         paint: Paint,
         shown: impl Fn(ScreenPos) -> bool,
     ) {
-        let stroke = match border {
+        let Some(stroke) = border.stroke() else { return };
-            Border::Rounded | Border::Square => Stroke::Solid,
-            Border::Double => Stroke::Double,
-            Border::Thick => Stroke::Thick,
-            Border::Dashed => Stroke::Dashed,
-            Border::Hidden => return,
-        };
         if rect.width < 2 || rect.height < 2 {
             return;
         }
@@ -95,10 +89,8 @@ impl LineLayer {
             if shown(at) {
                 self.add_arm(at, one, stroke, paint);
                 self.add_arm(at, other, stroke, paint);
-                if border == Border::Rounded
+                if border == Border::Rounded {
-                    && let Some(cell) = self.cell_mut(at)
+                    self.round(at);
-                {
-                    cell.rounded = true;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -174,6 +166,14 @@ impl LineLayer {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Draws the light corner on a cell rounded, as a rounded box's corners
+    /// are.
+    pub fn round(&mut self, at: ScreenPos) {
+        if let Some(cell) = self.cell_mut(at) {
+            cell.rounded = true;
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Every cell a line runs through, with its character and color.
     pub fn cells(&self, glyphs: Glyphs) -> impl Iterator<Item = (ScreenPos, char, Color)> + '_ {
         self.cells.iter().enumerate().filter(|(_, cell)| !cell.arms.is_empty()).map(move |(index, cell)| {

src/view/canvas/render.rs

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ use ratatui::buffer::{Buffer, Cell};
 use ratatui::layout::Rect;
 use ratatui::style::{Color, Modifier, Style};
 use ratatui::widgets::Widget;
-use unicode_width::{UnicodeWidthChar, UnicodeWidthStr};
+use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthChar;
 
-use super::boxes::truncate;
+use super::boxes::footer;
 use super::camera::ScreenPos;
 use super::scene::{Scene, SceneNode, Shape};
 
@@ -73,19 +73,13 @@ impl Scene {
 
         // The bottom border: ─ #tags ─ … ─ badge ─
         let bottom = rect.bottom() - 1;
-        let badge_start = if badge.is_empty() {
+        let footer = footer(rect.left(), rect.right(), tags, badge, self.glyphs.ellipsis());
-            rect.right() - 1
+        if let Some((col, text)) = footer.badge {
-        } else {
+            painter.text(ScreenPos::new(col, bottom), &text, Style::new().fg(self.muted), &mine);
-            let text = format!(" {badge} ");
+        }
-            let start = rect.right() - 2 - text.width() as i32;
+        if let Some((col, text)) = footer.tags {
-            painter.text(ScreenPos::new(start, bottom), &text, Style::new().fg(self.muted), &mine);
-            start - 1
-        };
-        if !tags.is_empty() {
-            let room = usize::try_from(badge_start - (rect.left() + 2) - 2).unwrap_or(0);
-            let text = format!(" {} ", truncate(tags, room, self.glyphs.ellipsis()));
             let color = if node.color == Color::Reset { self.muted } else { node.color };
-            painter.text(ScreenPos::new(rect.left() + 2, bottom), &text, Style::new().fg(color), &mine);
+            painter.text(ScreenPos::new(col, bottom), &text, Style::new().fg(color), &mine);
         }
     }