proposition pick: persistent lifted selection, live count, honest affordances

Root cause of 'doesn't register': the slice-6 floating-bar edit never
landed (a silent no-match replace) — the Body accepted selectMode but
the bar ignored it, so the picker showed Clear + Delete and nothing
ever confirmed. Found by re-reading; the test suite never pinned the
select-mode bar.

The owner vision instead: the chain table's selection is PERSISTENT
and caller-owned.
- ChainTableOverlay gains controlledSelection/onSelectionChange (every
  check, clear, and delete-prune reports up immediately; uncontrolled
  fallback keeps the delete flow self-contained).
- Select mode's floating bar: Done (closes; the pick already
  registered) — the delete fence never renders while picking.
- GraphView threads the lifted set through, resolving ids → nodes
  against the live snapshot.
- Home: the pick bar above the composer shows 'N propositions
  selected' + Clear in EITHER mode (dashed 'Pick propositions from the
  map' hint only in practice mode with nothing picked); visible hover
  (bg-accent) so the chip reads clickable. Practice sends still seed
  from the pick set.

components/chain-table.tsx

@@ -502,21 +502,36 @@ export function ChainTableBody({
 						>
 							Clear
 						</button>
-	{/* The danger fence (owner ruling): a divider quarantines
+						{selectMode ? (
-						    the destructive action at the bar's right end — the
+							<button
-						    safe actions and the kill switch never blend. The
+								type="button"
-						    full-death confirm dialog catches the misclick. */}
+								data-testid="chain-practice-done"
-						<span data-testid="chain-danger-divider" aria-hidden="true" className="h-4 w-px bg-border/70" />
+								onClick={onSelect}
-						<button
+								aria-label={`Done picking — ${selection.size} ${selection.size === 1 ? "proposition" : "propositions"} selected`}
-							type="button"
+								className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full bg-primary px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium text-primary-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-primary/80"
-							data-testid="chain-delete"
+							>
-							onClick={onDelete}
+								<DumbbellIcon aria-hidden="true" className="size-3.5" />
-							aria-label={`Delete ${selection.size} selected ${selection.size === 1 ? "node" : "nodes"}`}
+								Done
-							className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-destructive/50 bg-destructive/10 px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium text-destructive transition-colors hover:bg-destructive/20"
+							</button>
-						>
+						) : (
-							<Trash2Icon aria-hidden="true" className="size-3.5" />
+							<>
-							Delete
+							{/* The danger fence (owner ruling): a divider quarantines
-						</button>
+								    the destructive action at the bar's right end — the
+								    safe actions and the kill switch never blend. The
+								    full-death confirm dialog catches the misclick. */}
+							<span data-testid="chain-danger-divider" aria-hidden="true" className="h-4 w-px bg-border/70" />
+							<button
+								type="button"
+								data-testid="chain-delete"
+								onClick={onDelete}
+								aria-label={`Delete ${selection.size} selected ${selection.size === 1 ? "node" : "nodes"}`}
+								className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-destructive/50 bg-destructive/10 px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium text-destructive transition-colors hover:bg-destructive/20"
+							>
+								<Trash2Icon aria-hidden="true" className="size-3.5" />
+								Delete
+							</button>
+							</>
+						)}
 					</div>
 				</div>
 			)}
@@ -583,11 +598,15 @@ export function ChainTableOverlay({
 	sessions,
 	fileSources,
 	onClose,
-	/** PRACTICE SELECT (2026-10-04): the table opens as a proposition
+	/** PRACTICE SELECT (owner vision, 2026-10-04): the selection is
-	 *  picker — the floating bar confirms the selection to the caller
+	 *  PERSISTENT and caller-owned — when these props are present the
-	 *  (never deletes); the title says what the pick is for. */
+	 *  table is CONTROLLED (every check/clear/delete-prune reports up
+	 *  immediately; the composer-side chip reflects it live). selectMode
+	 *  only changes the floating bar: Done instead of the delete fence
+	 *  (deleting while picking is a footgun). */
 	selectMode,
-	onConfirmSelection,
+	controlledSelection,
+	onSelectionChange,
 }: {
 	open: boolean;
 	nodes: GraphNode[];
@@ -596,15 +615,24 @@ export function ChainTableOverlay({
 	fileSources: Record<string, string>;
 	onClose: () => void;
 	selectMode?: boolean;
-	onConfirmSelection?: (nodes: GraphNode[]) => void;
+	controlledSelection?: ReadonlySet<string>;
+	onSelectionChange?: (next: ReadonlySet<string>) => void;
 }) {
 	const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
 	const [sort, setSort] = useState<ChainSort>({ col: "name", dir: 1 });
-	const [selection, setSelection] = useState<ReadonlySet<string>>(() => new Set());
+	const [internalSelection, setInternalSelection] = useState<ReadonlySet<string>>(() => new Set());
 	const [expandedClusters, setExpandedClusters] = useState<ReadonlySet<string>>(() => new Set());
 	const [expandedChains, setExpandedChains] = useState<ReadonlySet<string>>(() => new Set());
 	const [deleteOpen, setDeleteOpen] = useState(false);
 
+	// Controlled when the caller lifts the selection (the practice pick
+	// set); internal (uncontrolled) otherwise — the delete flow's own.
+	const selection = controlledSelection ?? internalSelection;
+	const applySelection = (next: ReadonlySet<string>) => {
+		if (onSelectionChange) onSelectionChange(next);
+		else setInternalSelection(next);
+	};
+
 	// Esc dismisses (unless a dialog has focus — each dialog's own Esc
 	// owns its layer; all listen on window, so the guards are explicit).
 	useEffect(() => {
@@ -623,15 +651,14 @@ export function ChainTableOverlay({
 	const derived = chainsForSelection(selectedNodes, storedChains);
 	const nodeIds = [...selection].sort();
 
-	const toggleNodes = (ids: string[], next: boolean) =>
+	const toggleNodes = (ids: string[], next: boolean) => {
-		setSelection((prev) => {
+		const s = new Set(selection);
-			const s = new Set(prev);
+		for (const id of ids) {
-			for (const id of ids) {
+			if (next) s.add(id);
-				if (next) s.add(id);
+			else s.delete(id);
-				else s.delete(id);
+		}
-			}
+		applySelection(s);
-			return s;
+	};
-		});
 	const toggleIn = (set: ReadonlySet<string>, id: string) => {
 		const s = new Set(set);
 		if (s.has(id)) s.delete(id);
@@ -666,15 +693,11 @@ export function ChainTableOverlay({
 					onToggleCluster={(key) => setExpandedClusters((prev) => toggleIn(prev, key))}
 					onToggleChain={(id) => setExpandedChains((prev) => toggleIn(prev, id))}
 					onToggleNodes={toggleNodes}
-					onClear={() => setSelection(new Set())}
+					onClear={() => applySelection(new Set())}
 					onDelete={() => setDeleteOpen(true)}
 					onClose={onClose}
 					selectMode={selectMode}
-					onSelect={() => {
+					onSelect={onClose}
-						onConfirmSelection?.(selectedNodes);
-						setSelection(new Set());
-						onClose();
-					}}
 				/>
 			</div>
 			{deleteOpen && (
@@ -688,7 +711,7 @@ export function ChainTableOverlay({
 						// snapshot — fresh nodes/edges flow back in as props.
 						setDeleteOpen(false);
 						const dead = new Set(deadIds);
-						setSelection((prev) => new Set([...prev].filter((id) => !dead.has(id))));
+						applySelection(new Set([...selection].filter((id) => !dead.has(id))));
 						window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("lh:graph-revision", { detail: { graphRevision } }));
 					}}
 				/>

components/graph-view.tsx

@@ -946,14 +946,18 @@ export function GraphChromeRow({
 
 export function GraphView({
 	chainSelectOpen = false,
-	onChainSelected,
+	practiceSelection,
+	onPracticeSelectionChange,
 	onChainSelectClose,
 }: {
-	/** PRACTICE SELECT (owner, 2026-10-04): the home composer's practice
+	/** PRACTICE SELECT (owner vision, 2026-10-04): the LIFTED, persistent
-	 *  chip opens the chain table as a proposition picker — this prop
+	 *  pick set — every check/clear in the chain table (however opened)
-	 *  drives it; the confirm hands the picked nodes to the caller. */
+	 *  reports the full node list up immediately; the composer-side chip
+	 *  reflects it live. chainSelectOpen still drives the picker mode
+	 *  (Done instead of Delete). */
 	chainSelectOpen?: boolean;
-	onChainSelected?: (nodes: { id: string; name: string; statement: string }[]) => void;
+	practiceSelection?: ReadonlySet<string>;
+	onPracticeSelectionChange?: (nodes: { id: string; name: string; statement: string }[]) => void;
 	onChainSelectClose?: () => void;
 }) {
 	const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
@@ -1700,9 +1704,17 @@ export function GraphView({
 					onChainSelectClose?.();
 				}}
 				selectMode={chainSelectOpen}
-				onConfirmSelection={(picked) => {
+				controlledSelection={practiceSelection}
-					onChainSelected?.(picked.map((n) => ({ id: n.id, name: n.name, statement: n.statement })));
+				onSelectionChange={(ids) => {
-					onChainSelectClose?.();
+					// Resolve ids → nodes against the live snapshot; the
+					// caller holds the pick set (count + seed).
+					const props = snapshot?.propositions ?? [];
+					const picked: { id: string; name: string; statement: string }[] = [];
+					for (const id of ids) {
+						const n = props.find((node) => node.id === id);
+						if (n) picked.push({ id: n.id, name: n.name, statement: n.statement });
+					}
+					onPracticeSelectionChange?.(picked);
 				}}
 			/>		</div>
 	);

components/home.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { CornerDownLeftIcon, DumbbellIcon } from "lucide-react";
 import { GraphView } from "@/components/graph-view";
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ export function Home({ initialConfigured }: { initialConfigured: boolean }) {
 	const [mode, setMode] = useState<"teach" | "practice">("teach");
 	const [practiceProps, setPracticeProps] = useState<{ id: string; name: string; statement: string }[]>([]);
 	const [chainSelectOpen, setChainSelectOpen] = useState(false);
+	// The chain table is CONTROLLED off this id set (the lifted pick).
+	const pickedIds = useMemo(() => new Set(practiceProps.map((p) => p.id)), [practiceProps]);
 
 	/* FINISH DICTATION FIRST (owner, 2026-10-01): Enter may arrive while a
 	 * run is live with the topic still deferred in the run's buffer — stop
@@ -154,13 +156,8 @@ export function Home({ initialConfigured }: { initialConfigured: boolean }) {
 			<main className="absolute inset-0">
 				<GraphView
 					chainSelectOpen={chainSelectOpen}
-					onChainSelected={(picked) => {
+					practiceSelection={pickedIds}
-						setPracticeProps((prev) => {
+					onPracticeSelectionChange={setPracticeProps}
-							const byId = new Map(prev.map((p) => [p.id, p]));
-							for (const p of picked) byId.set(p.id, p);
-							return [...byId.values()];
-						});
-					}}
 					onChainSelectClose={() => setChainSelectOpen(false)}
 				/>
 			</main>
@@ -182,17 +179,25 @@ export function Home({ initialConfigured }: { initialConfigured: boolean }) {
 			    px-4) so nothing shifts when a session starts (owner). */}
 			<div className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 pb-5">
 				<div className="pointer-events-auto mx-auto w-full max-w-[46rem] px-4">
-					{/* The practice chip (owner, 2026-10-04): the graph-view
+					{/* The pick bar (owner vision, 2026-10-04): the chain
-					    entry — a count of the picked propositions, click opens
+					    table's selection is PERSISTENT — picked
-					    the chain table as the picker. Quiet, left-aligned above
+					    propositions show here as a count + Clear in EITHER
-					    the composer; teaching mode renders nothing. */}
+					    mode (it survives mode switches; only a practice
-					{mode === "practice" && (
+					    send consumes it). Practice mode with nothing picked
+					    shows the pick HINT so the affordance is discoverable;
+					    teaching mode with nothing picked renders nothing. */}
+					{(practiceProps.length > 0 || mode === "practice") && (
 						<div className="mb-2 flex items-center justify-start gap-1.5">
 							<button
 								type="button"
 								data-testid="practice-props-chip"
 								onClick={() => setChainSelectOpen(true)}
-								className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-border bg-card px-3 py-1.5 font-ui text-xs text-foreground transition-colors hover:border-muted-foreground/50"
+								className={
+									"flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border px-3 py-1.5 font-ui text-xs transition-colors " +
+									(practiceProps.length > 0
+										? "border-border bg-card text-foreground hover:bg-accent"
+										: "border-dashed border-border/80 bg-transparent text-muted-foreground hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground")
+								}
 							>
 								<DumbbellIcon aria-hidden="true" className="size-3.5 text-muted-foreground" />
 								{practiceProps.length > 0
@@ -204,7 +209,7 @@ export function Home({ initialConfigured }: { initialConfigured: boolean }) {
 									type="button"
 									data-testid="practice-props-clear"
 									onClick={() => setPracticeProps([])}
-									className="rounded-full px-2 py-1 font-ui text-xs text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground"
+									className="cursor-pointer rounded-full px-2 py-1 font-ui text-xs text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground"
 								>
 									Clear
 								</button>

tests/render-chain-table.test.tsx

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import React from "react";
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
 import { describe, it } from "node:test";
-import { ChainTableBody } from "../components/chain-table.tsx";
+import { ChainTableBody, ChainTableOverlay } from "../components/chain-table.tsx";
 import type { ChainSort } from "../components/chain-table.tsx";
 import type { GraphChain, GraphNode } from "../src/core/contracts.ts";
 
@@ -319,3 +319,41 @@ describe("ChainTableBody — the fuzzy search (grouped + auto-expand)", () => {
 		assert.ok(html.includes("No matching chains."));
 	});
 });
+
+describe("ChainTableOverlay — the lifted practice pick (owner vision, 2026-10-04)", () => {
+	function overlay(extra: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
+		return renderToStaticMarkup(
+			React.createElement(ChainTableOverlay, {
+				open: true,
+				nodes: NODES,
+				chains: CHAINS,
+				sessions: { chat1: "Ethics lesson", chat2: "Follow-up", notes1: "Notes" },
+				fileSources: {},
+				onClose: () => {},
+				...extra,
+			} as never),
+		);
+	}
+
+	it("CONTROLLED selection renders the caller's set — the bar counts it live", () => {
+		const html = overlay({ controlledSelection: new Set(["a", "b", "c1"]) });
+		assert.ok(html.includes("3 nodes → 1 chain"), "the bar reflects the lifted set, not internal state");
+	});
+
+	it("select mode: Done replaces the delete fence — no way to delete while picking", () => {
+		const html = overlay({
+			selectMode: true,
+			controlledSelection: new Set(["a", "b"]),
+		});
+		assert.ok(html.includes('data-testid="chain-practice-done"'));
+		assert.ok(html.includes("Done"));
+		assert.ok(!html.includes('data-testid="chain-delete"'), "no delete while picking");
+		assert.ok(!html.includes('data-testid="chain-danger-divider"'));
+	});
+
+	it("browse mode unchanged: the fenced Delete remains", () => {
+		const html = overlay({ controlledSelection: new Set(["a"]) });
+		assert.ok(html.includes('data-testid="chain-delete"'));
+		assert.ok(!html.includes('data-testid="chain-practice-done"'));
+	});
+});