Merge feat/ui-polish: plan-graph fit scaling, Your-thinking voice, Other option row, universal submit shortcut

components/answered-card.tsx

@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ export function AnsweredCard({ answer }: { answer: QuestionAnswerData }) {
 				<MessageResponse>{answer.questionText}</MessageResponse>
 			</div>
 
-			{answer.options && answer.options.length > 0 && (
+			{((answer.options?.length ?? 0) > 0 || answer.other) && (
 				<div className="flex flex-col gap-1.5 text-sm">
-					{answer.options.map((opt) => {
+					{answer.options?.map((opt) => {
 						const sel = selectedIdx.has(opt.index);
 						const key = isQuiz && correctIdx.has(opt.index);
 						return (
@@ -70,20 +70,38 @@ export function AnsweredCard({ answer }: { answer: QuestionAnswerData }) {
 							</div>
 						);
 					})}
+					{/* The learner's own typed option is an OPTION — same container,
+					    same selected styling as its siblings, not a loose quote
+					    floating outside the list. Quotes keep the learner's words. */}
+					{answer.other && (
+						<div
+							data-testid="answered-other"
+							className="flex items-start gap-2 rounded-lg border border-primary bg-accent px-3 py-1.5"
+						>
+							<span>“{answer.other}”</span>
+						</div>
+					)}
 				</div>
 			)}
 
-			{answer.other && <div className="mt-2 text-sm">“{answer.other}”</div>}
 			{answer.text && <div className="mt-2 whitespace-pre-wrap text-sm">“{answer.text}”</div>}
 			{answer.dontKnow && isQuiz && <div className="mt-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">Answered “I don't know”.</div>}
 
+			{answer.note && (
+				<div data-testid="your-thinking" className="mt-3 border-l-2 border-primary/40 pl-3">
+					<span className="mb-0.5 block text-[10px] font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
+						Your thinking
+					</span>
+					<span className="block whitespace-pre-wrap text-sm text-foreground/90">{answer.note}</span>
+				</div>
+			)}
+
 			{isQuiz && answer.explanation && (
 				<div className="mt-3 rounded-lg bg-muted px-3 py-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
 					<span className="font-medium text-foreground">Why: </span>
 					<MessageResponse className="inline">{answer.explanation}</MessageResponse>
 				</div>
 			)}
-			{answer.note && <div className="mt-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">Note: {answer.note}</div>}
 		</div>
 	);
 }

components/chat.tsx

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { QuestionDock } from "@/components/question-dock";
 import { SidebarToggle } from "@/components/sidebar";
 import { SubAgentsPanel } from "@/components/sub-agents-panel";
 import { TreePanel } from "@/components/tree-panel";
-import type { ArtifactPartProps, JobRecord, QuestionAnswerData, TeacherUIMessage } from "@/src/core";
+import type { ArtifactPartProps, JobRecord, Phase3, QuestionAnswerData, TeacherUIMessage } from "@/src/core";
 import { PhaseChip, PhaseDivider, planNodeCount } from "@/components/phase-divider";
 import { findPendingToolCall, phaseAt3, phaseTimeline } from "@/src/core";
 
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ export function Chat({
 						<DockOverlay
 							pending={pending}
 							requiresReveal={requiresReveal}
+							phase={phases.at(-1) ?? "probe"}
 							composer={
 								<Composer
 									// Stop applies only to a LOCAL stream: a server-side turn has no
@@ -451,12 +452,15 @@ export function Chat({
 function DockOverlay({
 	pending,
 	requiresReveal,
+	phase,
 	composer,
 	onSubmitAnswer,
 }: {
 	pending: ReturnType<typeof findPendingToolCall>;
 	/** Teach-phase pending question: arrives collapsed behind the reveal button (W5). */
 	requiresReveal: boolean;
+	/** Session phase at the pending question — scales the thinking field. */
+	phase: Phase3;
 	composer: React.ReactNode;
 	onSubmitAnswer: (output: QuestionAnswerData) => void;
 }) {
@@ -610,6 +614,7 @@ function DockOverlay({
 									input={pending.input as never}
 									expanded={expanded}
 									reveal={revealPending}
+									phase={phase}
 									onExpand={expandAndReveal}
 									onSubmit={onSubmitAnswer}
 								/>

components/composer.tsx

@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ export function Composer({
 				value={value}
 				onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
 				onKeyDown={(e) => {
-					if (e.key === "Enter" && !e.shiftKey) {
+					// Chat convention: Enter sends, Shift+Enter is a newline.
+					// ⌘/Ctrl+Enter also sends — the universal submit shortcut
+					// across every input in the app (thinking field, answers).
+					if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || !e.shiftKey)) {
 						e.preventDefault();
 						if (busy) onStop();
 						else if (canSend) onSend();

components/question-dock.tsx

@@ -18,13 +18,22 @@ import {
 	type QuestionData,
 	type QuestionMode,
 	type QuizToolInput,
+	type Phase3,
 } from "@/src/core";
 
 /**
  * The question dock — a pending quiz/ask REPLACES the chat composer: the
- * persistent bottom blob morphs into the question. One unit, one action:
+ * persistent bottom blob morphs into the question. Two voices meet here:
- * the bottom field (note for select modes, the answer for free-text asks,
+ * the teacher's (question, options, explanation) and the learner's —
- * "Other" text when Other is picked) plus the Submit button send together.
+ * "Your thinking", a labeled composer-twin field for dumping reasoning,
+ * with Submit docked inside it exactly like the chat composer's send.
+ *
+ * The thinking field is the transfer channel of the whole product (wave-2):
+ * never called "optional", Enter makes a NEWLINE (it is for dumping — soon
+ * dictated, not typed), submission is the button only, and its size scales
+ * with the phase (probing stays quick; teaching invites depth). The
+ * "Other…" option is an editable option ROW — circle + inline input,
+ * styled like its siblings — so picking Other never displaces thinking.
  *
  * Collapse behavior (scroll-up → slim bar) is owned by the DockOverlay in the
  * chat view, which also owns the persistent shell and its height morph. This
@@ -47,9 +56,21 @@ export interface QuestionDockProps {
 	reveal?: boolean;
 	onExpand: () => void;
 	onSubmit: (output: QuestionAnswerData) => void;
+	/** Session phase at the question — scales the thinking field: probing
+	 *  stays quick (one row), teaching invites dumping (three rows). */
+	phase?: Phase3;
 }
 
-export function QuestionDock({ toolName, toolCallId, input, expanded, reveal = false, onExpand, onSubmit }: QuestionDockProps) {
+export function QuestionDock({
+	toolName,
+	toolCallId,
+	input,
+	expanded,
+	reveal = false,
+	onExpand,
+	onSubmit,
+	phase = "probe",
+}: QuestionDockProps) {
 	return (
 		<>
 			{!expanded && (
@@ -65,6 +86,7 @@ export function QuestionDock({ toolName, toolCallId, input, expanded, reveal = f
 					toolName={toolName}
 					toolCallId={toolCallId}
 					input={input}
+					phase={phase}
 					onSubmit={onSubmit}
 				/>
 			</div>
@@ -140,7 +162,13 @@ export function QuestionDockBar({
 }
 
 /** The expanded question: label, question, options, and the unified bottom row. */
-function QuestionDockForm({ toolName, toolCallId, input, onSubmit }: Omit<QuestionDockProps, "expanded" | "onExpand">) {
+function QuestionDockForm({
+	toolName,
+	toolCallId,
+	input,
+	phase = "probe",
+	onSubmit,
+}: Omit<QuestionDockProps, "expanded" | "onExpand">) {
 	const kind = toolName === "quiz" ? ("quiz" as const) : ("ask" as const);
 
 	// Canonical QuestionData, built once per question. Quiz options are
@@ -185,15 +213,18 @@ function QuestionDockForm({ toolName, toolCallId, input, onSubmit }: Omit<Questi
 
 	const [selected, setSelected] = useState<Set<number>>(new Set()); // 0-based indices
 	const [dontKnow, setDontKnow] = useState(false);
-	const [showOther, setShowOther] = useState(false);
+	// "Other" is selected by typing into its inline input (or clicking its
-	// The single free-text slot holds one of two values by mode.
+	// circle). Picking a sibling option deselects it, but the typed text
-	const [note, setNote] = useState("");
+	// survives — the learner's words are never thrown away.
+	const [otherSelected, setOtherSelected] = useState(false);
+	// The learner's transfer channel — thinking, never "a note".
+	const [thinking, setThinking] = useState("");
 	const [other, setOther] = useState("");
 	const [text, setText] = useState("");
 
 	const toggle = (idx: number) => {
 		setDontKnow(false);
-		setShowOther(false);
+		setOtherSelected(false);
 		setSelected((prev) => {
 			if (qd.mode === "multi-select") {
 				const next = new Set(prev);
@@ -208,27 +239,27 @@ function QuestionDockForm({ toolName, toolCallId, input, onSubmit }: Omit<Questi
 	const canSubmit =
 		qd.mode === "text"
 			? text.trim().length > 0
-			: dontKnow || (showOther && other.trim().length > 0) || selected.size > 0;
+			: dontKnow || (otherSelected && other.trim().length > 0) || selected.size > 0;
 
 	const submit = () => {
 		if (!canSubmit) return;
 		const req: AnswerRequest = {
 			dontKnow,
 			values: [...selected].map((i) => qd.options[i]!.value),
-			other: showOther ? other : undefined,
+			other: otherSelected ? other : undefined,
 			text: qd.mode === "text" ? text : undefined,
-			note: qd.mode !== "text" ? note.trim() || undefined : undefined,
+			note: qd.mode !== "text" ? thinking.trim() || undefined : undefined,
 		};
 		onSubmit(buildAnswer(qd, req));
 	};
 
-	// The bottom field: answer (text mode) / own answer (Other) / note.
+	// Selecting Other never clears the thinking field — two channels, the
-	const field =
+	// answer and the reasoning behind it, side by side.
-		qd.mode === "text"
+	const selectOther = () => {
-			? { value: text, set: setText, placeholder: "Type your answer…" }
+		setDontKnow(false);
-			: showOther
+		setSelected(new Set());
-				? { value: other, set: setOther, placeholder: "Type your own answer…" }
+		setOtherSelected(true);
-				: { value: note, set: setNote, placeholder: "Add a note (optional) — anything you're unsure about" };
+	};
 
 	return (
 		<div data-testid="question-dock">
@@ -289,7 +320,7 @@ function QuestionDockForm({ toolName, toolCallId, input, onSubmit }: Omit<Questi
 								type="button"
 								onClick={() => {
 									setSelected(new Set());
-									setShowOther(false);
+									setOtherSelected(false);
 									setDontKnow((v) => !v);
 								}}
 								aria-pressed={dontKnow}
@@ -303,55 +334,119 @@ function QuestionDockForm({ toolName, toolCallId, input, onSubmit }: Omit<Questi
 						)}
 
 						{kind === "ask" && (
-							<button
+							<div
-								type="button"
+								role={qd.mode === "multi-select" ? "checkbox" : "radio"}
-								onClick={() => {
+								aria-checked={otherSelected}
-									setSelected(new Set());
+								data-testid="other-option"
-									setDontKnow(false);
+								onClick={selectOther}
-									setShowOther((v) => !v);
-								}}
-								aria-pressed={showOther}
 								className={cn(
-									"rounded-lg border border-dashed px-3 py-2 text-left text-sm text-muted-foreground transition-colors",
+									"flex items-start gap-3 rounded-lg border px-3 py-2 text-left text-sm transition-colors",
-									showOther && "border-primary text-foreground",
+									otherSelected ? "border-primary bg-accent" : "border-dashed hover:bg-accent/50",
 								)}
 							>
-								Other…
+								<span
-							</button>
+									className={cn(
+										"mt-0.5 flex size-4 shrink-0 items-center justify-center border",
+										qd.mode === "multi-select" ? "rounded-sm" : "rounded-full",
+										otherSelected
+											? "border-primary bg-primary text-primary-foreground"
+											: "border-muted-foreground/40",
+									)}
+								>
+									{otherSelected && (
+										<span className={cn(qd.mode === "multi-select" ? "text-[10px]" : "size-1.5 rounded-full bg-current")}>
+											{qd.mode === "multi-select" ? "✓" : ""}
+										</span>
+									)}
+								</span>
+								<input
+									value={other}
+									onChange={(e) => {
+										setOther(e.target.value);
+										if (!otherSelected) setOtherSelected(true);
+									}}
+									placeholder="Type your own answer…"
+									className="w-full min-w-0 flex-1 bg-transparent text-sm outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground"
+									onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+								/>
+							</div>
 						)}
 					</div>
 				)}
 			</div>
 
-			{/* The unified bottom row — same slot and radii as the chat composer:
+			{/* The learner's half of the dock — a composer TWIN: a labeled, bordered
-			    the text field plus Submit, which sends text + selection together. */}
+			    field with Submit docked inside, exactly like the chat composer's
+			    send. Select modes get "Your thinking" (Enter makes a newline — it
+			    is for dumping, soon dictated; the button submits); text mode
+			    keeps "Your answer" with Enter-to-submit. */}
 			<form
-				className="flex items-end gap-1.5 border-t border-border/60 p-1.5"
+				className="border-t border-border/60 p-1.5"
 				onSubmit={(e) => {
 					e.preventDefault();
 					submit();
 				}}
 			>
-				<textarea
+				<div
-					value={field.value}
+					data-testid={qd.mode === "text" ? "answer-field" : "thinking-field"}
-					onChange={(e) => field.set(e.target.value)}
+					className="rounded-xl border border-border/70 bg-background/60 transition-colors focus-within:border-primary/50"
-					onKeyDown={(e) => {
-						if (e.key === "Enter" && !e.shiftKey) {
-							e.preventDefault();
-							submit();
-						}
-					}}
-					placeholder={field.placeholder}
-					rows={1}
-					className="field-sizing-content max-h-48 min-h-10 flex-1 resize-none bg-transparent px-2.5 py-2 text-sm outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground"
-				/>
-				<Button
-					type="submit"
-					disabled={!canSubmit}
-					className="h-10 shrink-0 rounded-[10px] px-3.5 text-sm font-medium"
 				>
-					Submit answer
+					<div className="px-2.5 pt-2 text-[10px] font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
-				</Button>
+						{qd.mode === "text" ? "Your answer" : "Your thinking"}
+					</div>
+					{qd.mode === "text" ? (
+						<textarea
+							value={text}
+							onChange={(e) => setText(e.target.value)}
+							onKeyDown={(e) => {
+								// Chat convention: Enter submits, Shift+Enter is a newline;
+								// ⌘/Ctrl+Enter also submits (universal across the app).
+								if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || !e.shiftKey)) {
+									e.preventDefault();
+									submit();
+								}
+							}}
+							placeholder="Type your answer…"
+							rows={1}
+							className="field-sizing-content max-h-48 min-h-10 w-full resize-none bg-transparent px-2.5 py-2 text-sm outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground"
+						/>
+					) : (
+						<textarea
+							value={thinking}
+							onChange={(e) => setThinking(e.target.value)}
+							onKeyDown={(e) => {
+								// ⌘↵ on macOS, Ctrl↵ elsewhere — the Gmail convention; plain
+								// Enter stays a newline (this field is for dumping).
+								if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey)) {
+									e.preventDefault();
+									submit();
+								}
+							}}
+							placeholder="Why this answer? What are you unsure about? Say as much as you like — the teacher reads all of this."
+							rows={1}
+							className={cn(
+								"field-sizing-content max-h-48 w-full resize-none bg-transparent px-2.5 py-2 text-sm outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground/70",
+								// Phase-scaled prominence: teaching invites depth,
+								// probing stays quick.
+								phase === "teach" ? "min-h-[4.5rem]" : "min-h-10",
+							)}
+						/>
+					)}
+					<div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2 p-1">
+						{qd.mode !== "text" && (
+							<span aria-hidden className="pl-1.5 text-[10px] text-muted-foreground">
+								⌘/Ctrl + ↵ submits
+							</span>
+						)}
+						<Button
+							type="submit"
+							disabled={!canSubmit}
+							className="ml-auto h-9 rounded-[10px] px-3.5 text-sm font-medium"
+						>
+							Submit answer
+						</Button>
+					</div>
+				</div>
 			</form>
 		</div>
 	);

components/tree-panel.tsx

@@ -541,6 +541,13 @@ const GRAPH_ZOOM_BTN =
  *  nothing — fully zoomed out IS the fit), never above 2×. */
 const ZOOM_MAX = 2;
 const ZOOM_FLOOR = 0.15;
+/** The fit view's breathing room. The fit is the default view — slim
+ *  margins fit more graph. */
+const FIT_PAD = 16;
+/** The fit may scale a SMALL graph up to fill the panel (wave-2 fix: the
+ *  old ≤1× cap left small diagrams tiny with big empty margins), but
+ *  never past this — a lone node shouldn't become a billboard. */
+const FIT_ZOOM_MAX = 1.5;
 
 /** The graph's view transform: zoom + translation (viewport px). */
 export interface GraphView {
@@ -549,6 +556,24 @@ export interface GraphView {
 	y: number;
 }
 
+/** The zoom that fits a bw×bh graph into a w×h viewport: scales DOWN
+ *  large graphs (floor-clamped) and UP small ones (FIT_ZOOM_MAX-capped)
+ *  so the panel is used, not padded with empty margins. */
+export function fitZoomFor(
+	box: { w: number; h: number },
+	viewport: { w: number; h: number },
+): number {
+	if (!viewport.w || !viewport.h || box.w === 0) return 1;
+	return Math.max(
+		ZOOM_FLOOR,
+		Math.min(
+			(viewport.w - FIT_PAD) / box.w,
+			(viewport.h - FIT_PAD) / box.h,
+			FIT_ZOOM_MAX,
+		),
+	);
+}
+
 /** The fit-centered view: the whole bw×bh graph centered in the w×h
  *  viewport — fully zoomed out is EXACTLY this, nothing to pan. */
 export function fitGraphView(
@@ -607,20 +632,13 @@ export function TreeGraph({ tree }: { tree: PlanTree }) {
 		return () => ro.disconnect();
 	}, []);
 
-	// The zoom floor: fully zoomed out, the whole diagram fits the panel.
+	// The zoom floor: fully zoomed out, the whole diagram fills the panel
-	// Pad 16: the fit view IS the default — slim margins fit more graph.
+	// (small graphs scale UP to use the space, capped at FIT_ZOOM_MAX).
-	const fitZoom = useMemo(() => {
+	const box = useMemo(() => ({ w: layout.width, h: layout.height }), [layout]);
-		const pad = 16;
+	const fitZoom = useMemo(() => fitZoomFor(box, size), [box, size]);
-		if (!size.w || !size.h || layout.width === 0) return 1;
-		return Math.max(
-			ZOOM_FLOOR,
-			Math.min((size.w - pad) / layout.width, (size.h - pad) / layout.height, 1),
-		);
-	}, [size, layout]);
 
 	const [view, setView] = useState<GraphView>({ x: 0, y: 0, zoom: 1 });
 	const userAdjustedRef = useRef(false);
-	const box = useMemo(() => ({ w: layout.width, h: layout.height }), [layout]);
 	// Epsilon: zoom is float; "at the floor" needs a tolerance.
 	const atFloor = view.zoom <= fitZoom + 1e-9;
 

tests/render-cards.test.tsx

@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ function quizQD(): QuestionData {
 	};
 }
 
+function askQD(): QuestionData {
+	const options = normalizeOptions([{ label: "Very" }, { label: "Somewhat" }]);
+	return {
+		id: "a1",
+		kind: "ask",
+		question: "How confident are you?",
+		mode: "single-select",
+		options,
+		createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+	};
+}
+
 function renderDock(props: { toolName: "quiz" | "ask_user_question"; toolCallId: string; input: never; onSubmit?: () => void }) {
 	// expanded=true renders the full form (the collapsed bar is covered by the
 	// QuestionDockBar test below). No scroll context needed — the DockOverlay
@@ -56,9 +68,14 @@ describe("render smoke tests", () => {
 		assert.match(html, /Which planet is closest to the sun\?/);
 		assert.match(html, /Mercury/);
 		assert.match(html, /I don't know|I don't know/);
-		// The unified bottom row: note field + Submit answer live INSIDE the dock.
+		// The learner's voice: a labeled "Your thinking" composer-twin lives
-		assert.match(html, /Add a note/, "note field is the dock's bottom row");
+		// INSIDE the dock — never called optional, inviting the dump.
+		assert.ok(html.includes('data-testid="thinking-field"'), "thinking field present");
+		assert.match(html, /Your thinking/, "labeled as the learner's voice");
+		assert.match(html, /Why this answer\? What are you unsure about\?/, "placeholder invites, not apologizes");
+		assert.ok(!html.includes("optional"), "the field is never called optional");
 		assert.match(html, /Submit answer/, "send becomes Submit answer");
+		assert.match(html, /⌘\/Ctrl \+ ↵ submits/, "the ⌘/Ctrl+Enter shortcut is discoverable");
 		// The v1 desync bug: options are buttons with ARIA roles, not native inputs.
 		assert.ok(!html.includes('type="radio"'), "no native radio inputs");
 		assert.ok(html.includes('role="radio"'), "button-based radio role present");
@@ -69,15 +86,51 @@ describe("render smoke tests", () => {
 		assert.ok(!html.includes("innermost"), "explanation must not render pre-answer");
 	});
 
-	it("ask dock renders Other + note field, no grading affordance", () => {
+	it("ask dock renders the editable Other row + thinking field, no grading affordance", () => {
 		const html = renderDock({
 			toolName: "ask_user_question",
 			toolCallId: "a1",
 			input: { question: "How confident are you?", options: [{ label: "Very" }, { label: "Somewhat" }] } as never,
 		});
-		assert.match(html, /Other/);
 		assert.ok(!html.includes("I don't know"), "ask has no 'I don't know'");
-		assert.match(html, /Add a note/, "ask select-mode also gets the note row");
+		// Other is an editable OPTION ROW — a sibling of the options, with the
+		// radio circle + an inline input; picking it never displaces thinking.
+		assert.ok(html.includes('data-testid="other-option"'), "Other is an option row");
+		assert.match(html, /Type your own answer/, "type directly into the option");
+		assert.ok(html.includes('role="radio"'), "Other row keeps the option role");
+		assert.match(html, /aria-checked="false"/, "circle starts unfilled");
+		assert.ok(html.includes('data-testid="thinking-field"'), "thinking field coexists with Other");
+		assert.match(html, /Your thinking/, "ask select-mode also gets the learner's voice");
+	});
+
+	it("phase scales the thinking field: teaching invites depth, probing stays quick", () => {
+		const teach = renderToStaticMarkup(
+			<QuestionDock
+				toolName="quiz"
+				toolCallId="t1"
+				input={quizInput as never}
+				expanded={true}
+				phase="teach"
+				onExpand={() => {}}
+				onSubmit={() => {}}
+			/>,
+		);
+		assert.ok(teach.includes("min-h-[4.5rem]"), "teach: a generous dump area");
+		const probe = renderDock({ toolName: "quiz", toolCallId: "q1", input: quizInput as never });
+		assert.ok(!probe.includes("min-h-[4.5rem]"), "probe (default): stays compact");
+		assert.ok(probe.includes("min-h-10"), "probe: one quiet row");
+	});
+
+	it("text-mode asks keep Enter-to-submit and the answer label", () => {
+		const html = renderDock({
+			toolName: "ask_user_question",
+			toolCallId: "a2",
+			input: { question: "Explain the chain rule in your own words." } as never,
+		});
+		assert.ok(html.includes('data-testid="answer-field"'), "text mode is the answer field");
+		assert.match(html, /Your answer/, "labeled as the answer");
+		assert.ok(!html.includes('data-testid="thinking-field"'), "no thinking field in text mode (v1)");
+		assert.ok(!html.includes("⌘/Ctrl"), "no dump shortcut hint — Enter already submits");
 	});
 
 	it("AnsweredCard grades quiz answers (✓/✗ + explanation)", () => {
@@ -88,6 +141,37 @@ describe("render smoke tests", () => {
 		assert.ok(html.includes("✓") && html.includes("✗"));
 	});
 
+	it("AnsweredCard renders the learner's own Other answer AS an option row", () => {
+		const answer = buildAnswer(askQD(), { other: "Fairly confident — but shaky on applications" });
+		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AnsweredCard answer={answer} />);
+		assert.ok(html.includes('data-testid="answered-other"'), "the Other answer is an option row");
+		assert.match(html, /border-primary bg-accent/, "styled like its selected siblings");
+		assert.match(html, /shaky on applications/, "the typed words render");
+		// Inside the options container — same list, not a loose quote outside it.
+		assert.ok(
+			html.indexOf("Very") < html.indexOf("answered-other"),
+			"the Other row sits with the listed options",
+		);
+	});
+
+	it("AnsweredCard promotes the learner's thinking to a first-class block", () => {
+		const answer = buildAnswer(quizQD(), {
+			values: ["Venus"],
+			note: "I picked Venus because it looks brightest — but now I realize brightness isn't distance.",
+		});
+		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AnsweredCard answer={answer} />);
+		assert.ok(html.includes('data-testid="your-thinking"'), "the thinking block exists");
+		assert.match(html, /Your thinking/, "labeled as the learner's voice");
+		assert.match(html, /brightness isn&#x27;t distance/, "the thinking itself renders");
+		assert.ok(!html.includes("Note:"), "no longer a muted 'Note:' footnote");
+		// The thinking sits ABOVE the verdict's explanation — the dialogue of
+		// thinking, not an afterthought.
+		assert.ok(
+			html.indexOf("your-thinking") < html.indexOf("innermost"),
+			"thinking before the explanation",
+		);
+	});
+
 	it("AnsweredCard does NOT grade ask answers", () => {
 		const qd: QuestionData = {
 			id: "a1",

tests/render-tree-panel.test.tsx

@@ -459,3 +459,40 @@ describe("fitGraphView / zoomedGraphView", () => {
 		assert.equal(next.zoom, 2);
 	});
 });
+
+// ─── fit sizing (wave-2: small graphs must USE the panel, not float tiny) ─────
+
+import { fitZoomFor } from "../components/tree-panel.tsx";
+
+describe("fitZoomFor", () => {
+	it("a graph smaller than the panel scales UP to use it — no tiny diagram with empty margins", () => {
+		// 5-node chain: 176 wide × 448 tall in a 384×600 panel: height-bound.
+		// Old bug: the ≤1× cap rendered such graphs at natural size, centered,
+		// tiny, with big empty areas above and below.
+		const z = fitZoomFor({ w: 176, h: 448 }, { w: 384, h: 600 });
+		assert.equal(z, (600 - 16) / 448, "height-bound: fills the tall panel");
+		assert.ok(z > 1, "scales UP past 1×");
+	});
+
+	it("the scale-up is capped: a lone node doesn't become a billboard", () => {
+		const z = fitZoomFor({ w: 176, h: 48 }, { w: 384, h: 600 });
+		assert.equal(z, 1.5, "capped at FIT_ZOOM_MAX");
+	});
+
+	it("a wide graph is width-bound; a tall graph is height-bound", () => {
+		assert.equal(fitZoomFor({ w: 1000, h: 100 }, { w: 384, h: 600 }), (384 - 16) / 1000);
+		assert.equal(fitZoomFor({ w: 100, h: 1000 }, { w: 384, h: 600 }), (600 - 16) / 1000);
+	});
+
+	it("a graph larger than the panel scales DOWN, floor-clamped", () => {
+		assert.equal(fitZoomFor({ w: 1500, h: 1500 }, { w: 384, h: 600 }), (384 - 16) / 1500);
+		// absurdly large → clamped at the floor, never disappears
+		assert.equal(fitZoomFor({ w: 5000, h: 5000 }, { w: 384, h: 600 }), 0.15);
+		assert.equal(fitZoomFor({ w: 1e6, h: 1e6 }, { w: 384, h: 600 }), 0.15);
+	});
+
+	it("an unmeasured viewport (SSR / first paint) stays at 1×", () => {
+		assert.equal(fitZoomFor({ w: 1000, h: 800 }, { w: 0, h: 0 }), 1);
+		assert.equal(fitZoomFor({ w: 0, h: 800 }, { w: 384, h: 600 }), 1);
+	});
+});