fix(spotlight): rank results before dedupe

fix(spotlight): deduplicate registered results
fix(spotlight): prevent pending layout shifts
2026-08-24 13:01:53 +02:00 · 2026-08-24 12:54:59 +02:00 · 2026-08-24 11:55:26 +02:00 · 2026-08-24 09:38:11 +02:00 · 2026-08-24 09:27:32 +02:00 · 2026-08-24 09:23:23 +02:00
243 changed files with 6180 additions and 3050 deletions
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
---
-name: homarr-local-harness
-description: Build and inspect a writable Docker demo harness from the current Homarr checkout when validating a local branch in a browser.
---
-
-# Homarr Local Harness
-
-Use this skill when a Homarr change needs a real production image and browser validation. Work from the repository root and keep the harness name Docker-safe, such as `feature-board`.
-
-## Set up the harness
-
-Run the TypeScript operations CLI; this workflow does not use the interactive developer TUI:
-
-```sh
-pnpm cli harness setup feature-board
-```
-
-`setup` builds the current checkout as `homarr:feature-board`, replaces the named harness container, and starts it with a persistent data volume. It enables demo mode, mock integrations, and writable demo mutations by default:
-
- `DEMO_MODE=true`
- `DEMO_READ_ONLY=false`
- `UNSAFE_ENABLE_MOCK_INTEGRATION=true`
-
-Pass repeatable environment overrides when the feature needs them:
-
-```sh
-pnpm cli harness setup feature-board \
-  --env WORKSHOP_WEB_URL=https://example.test \
-  --env FEATURE_FLAG=true
-```
-
-Use `pnpm cli harness build <name>` when only the image is needed, and `pnpm cli harness run <name>` to start an already-built image. `--port <number>` pins a host port; otherwise Docker assigns one.
-
-Always use the URL printed by the command. If the output is no longer available, query it directly:
-
-```sh
-pnpm cli harness port feature-board
-```
-
-Do not assume port `7575`; the container listens on `7575`, but the host port is dynamic by default.
-
-## Browser validation
-
-Open the printed URL with the environment's `browser-harness` tool. In this workspace, the `agent-browser` CLI is the supported browser automation fallback. Load its current workflow before invoking it:
-
-```sh
-agent-browser skills get core
-```
-
-Navigate to the exact harness URL, wait for the app to become usable, exercise the changed flow, and capture screenshots or other browser evidence. Keep browser state in a named session when the workflow needs login persistence. Report the exact URL, viewport/session used, and screenshot paths; a Docker process or HTTP health response alone is not browser acceptance.
-
-## Cleanup
-
-Stop the named container when finished:
-
-```sh
-pnpm cli harness stop feature-board
-```
-
-Stopping keeps the data volume so the same harness can be restarted. A later `setup` rebuilds the image and replaces only the container. Preserve unrelated containers, images, volumes, and working-tree changes.
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-interface:
-  display_name: "Homarr Local Harness"
-  short_description: "Build and browse a writable local Homarr branch harness"
-  default_prompt: "Use $homarr-local-harness to set up a writable Homarr harness for the current branch and validate it in the browser."
@@ -30,6 +30,26 @@
  "options": {
    "reportUnusedDisableDirectives": "off"
  },
+  "overrides": [
+    {
+      "files": ["apps/nextjs/src/**/*.ts", "apps/nextjs/src/**/*.tsx"],
+      "excludeFiles": ["**/*.spec.ts", "**/*.spec.tsx"],
+      "rules": {
+        "eslint/no-restricted-imports": [
+          "error",
+          {
+            "paths": [
+              {
+                "name": "@homarr/widgets",
+                "allowTypeImports": true,
+                "message": "Import a narrow @homarr/widgets export to preserve widget lazy loading."
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  ],
  "ignorePatterns": [
    "**/*.config.js",
    "**/*.config.mjs",
@@ -8,13 +8,28 @@ Homarr has the following keyboard shortcuts:

 | Shortcut                                            | Description                                                                                                                |
 | --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `MOD` + `K`                                         | Opens the search bar                                                                                                       |
+| `MOD` + `K`                                         | Opens search, including local apps, boards, integrations, pages, commands, and preferences                                 |
+| `MOD` + `P`                                         | Opens app search                                                                                                           |
+| `MOD` + `/`                                         | Opens Homarr Assistant inside search                                                                                       |
+| `MOD` + `Shift` + `/` (`MOD` + `?`)                 | Opens preference search                                                                                                    |
+| `Shift` + `A`                                       | Opens the full Homarr Assistant                                                                                            |
 | `MOD` + `J`                                         | Toggles Dark Mode                                                                                                          |
 | `MOD` + `E`                                         | Toggles Edit Mode                                                                                                          |
 | Hold `Shift` for 500 ms over a supported widget     | Opens its temporary advanced view                                                                                          |
 | Hold `Shift` + `Ctrl`/`Cmd` over a supported widget | Keeps its advanced view open until it is closed                                                                            |
 | `Esc`                                               | Stops keyboard tile editing, cancels an active pointer or touch move/resize, or closes an open advanced view or board menu |

+## Search and commands
+
+Search is designed as the fastest route to Homarr. Start typing after `MOD` + `K` to find local apps, boards,
+integrations, pages, commands, and preferences without entering a separate mode first. Local Homarr results appear
+before configured search-engine actions and Assistant fallbacks. Commands include opening the board switcher without
+leaving the keyboard. Type `!` to enter Web mode when you want to browse configured engine shortcuts or discover
+DuckDuckGo bangs; bang discovery is excluded from ordinary Search results.
+
+Use the dedicated shortcuts above to start in apps, Assistant, or preferences. Inside search, choose a mode to narrow
+the same query when needed. Media request search is available only when a supported Seerr integration is configured.
+
 ## Widget advanced view

 Supported widgets open a temporary advanced view when you hold `Shift` over them for 500 ms. Hold `Shift` plus `Ctrl`
@@ -198,9 +198,13 @@ In the modal you can edit the app that you want to display:

 <figure>
  <img src={editItemCurrent} alt="Current Edit item modal for an App tile" style={{ maxWidth: "620px" }} />
-  <figcaption>Use the Edit item modal to choose the app and configure how its tile is displayed.</figcaption>
+  <figcaption>
+    The Edit item workspace previews option changes as you configure the tile. Save changes to apply them to the board.
+  </figcaption>
 </figure>

+When adding a widget, set its initial grid width and height directly in the preview. These size controls are only shown before the widget is added.
+
 As soon as you save your changes, the tile on the board will refresh and display your app.
 Resize from any visible edge or corner handle. For a Container, activate its top-left grip before using its resize handles.
 Press and hold a handle, move the pointer, and release it when the tile has the size you want.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ host gateway address.
 ## Use it

 - Select **Assistant** in the user menu or press `Shift + A`.
- Ask from `Cmd/Ctrl + K`.
+- Press `Cmd/Ctrl + /` to ask from search, or use `Cmd/Ctrl + K` and choose the Assistant fallback.
 - Add the [Assistant widget](../widgets/assistant) to a board.

 The assistant can work with boards, apps, integrations, widgets, Custom Widgets, and connected services. Use `@` to
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ opening it. Containers include their visible widgets and app icons instead of ap

 Names of boards must be unique because this will be used in the URL to load the desired board.

-Press `Shift+C`, or select **Switch board** from the user menu, to open the board switcher. It shows
-structural previews of the other boards you can access. Start typing to filter by name, use the arrow keys to move
-through the results, and press `Enter` to open the selected board.
+Press `Shift+C`, or select **Switch board** from the user menu, to open the board switcher. It shows structural
+previews of every board you can access, with your current board at the end. Home-board markers and creator avatars
+match the board management view. Use the search field at the top, or simply start typing, to filter by name. Use the
+arrow keys to move through the results and press `Enter` to open the selected board.

 ## Create a new board

@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ tags:

 # Search Engines

-Using the search engines, terms can be quickly searched simply by opening the search bar at the top or using the keyboard shortcut `CTRL + K`.
+Using the search engines, terms can be quickly searched simply by opening the search bar at the top or using the keyboard shortcut `MOD + K`.
 The management page provides a searchable list with the shortcut, URL template, source, and available row actions for each engine.

+The default **Search** mode lists every configured search engine as a fallback action for the current query. To discover
+engines by shortcut, switch to **Web** with `!`. DuckDuckGo bang discovery is intentionally limited to Web mode so an
+ordinary search term never expands into similarly named bang providers.
+
 You can add any search engine that has a search URL that accepts a search term as a parameter.

 ## Create search engine
@@ -26,6 +30,8 @@ The name can be chosen freely. It will be displayed in the search box popover.

 Prefix that is used to choose the search engine in the popover using the keyboard.
 It is recommended that this value is kept short (for example `g` for Google and `e` for Ecosia).
+Type `!` in Spotlight to browse these shortcuts and, when DuckDuckGo bangs are enabled in preferences, discover
+additional bang providers.

 ### Configuration

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "Bookmarks"
-description: "Displays multiple app links"
+description: "Keeps useful links together"
 hide_title: true
 ---

@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ import { bookmarksWidget } from ".";

 <WidgetHeader widget={bookmarksWidget} categories={["Links", "Apps"]} />

-The bookmarks widget allows you to display multiple links in a single widget.
-Select one or more existing Apps directly in the widget settings; these bookmarks keep a reference to the App, so changes to its name, icon, or URL are reflected automatically.
-For links that do not need an App, add their URLs under **Custom links** instead.
-Its normal view adapts each configured layout to the available width and height: lower-priority hostnames are hidden before names or icons, and larger collections scroll instead of crushing cards.
-Advanced view shows every bookmark as a roomy card with its full title, hostname, icon, and complete description regardless of the compact layout and visibility choices.
+The bookmarks widget keeps direct URLs and Homarr Apps in one ordered list.
+Paste a URL and press Enter, paste several comma-separated or one-per-line URLs, or search for an existing App.
+URLs do not need an App record; Homarr uses the site's favicon and falls back to a link icon when it cannot load one.
+Bookmarks selected from Apps continue to use the App name, URL, icon, and description.
+
+**Adaptive** layout is the practical default: it changes between icons, compact rows, and tiles as the widget changes shape. Every compact item exposes its destination on hover, while advanced view expands items into descriptive cards.

 ### Screenshots

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { IconBookmark } from "@tabler/icons-react";
 export const bookmarksWidget: WidgetDefinition = {
  icon: IconBookmark,
  name: "Bookmarks",
-  description: "Displays multiple app links",
+  description: "Keeps useful links together",
  path: "../../widgets/bookmarks",
  configuration: {
    items: [
@@ -16,9 +16,21 @@ export const bookmarksWidget: WidgetDefinition = {
      },
      {
        name: "Layout",
-        description: "Layout in which the bookmarks are displayed.",
-        values: { type: "select", options: ["Vertical", "Horizontal", "Grid", "Grid horizontal"] },
-        defaultValue: "Vertical",
+        description: "How bookmarks use the available widget space.",
+        values: { type: "select", options: ["Adaptive", "Vertical", "Horizontal", "Grid", "Compact grid", "Icons"] },
+        defaultValue: "Adaptive",
+      },
+      {
+        name: "Appearance",
+        description: "Card surface style.",
+        values: { type: "select", options: ["Soft", "Filled", "Outline", "Plain"] },
+        defaultValue: "Soft",
+      },
+      {
+        name: "Card spacing",
+        description: "Space between bookmark cards.",
+        values: { type: "select", options: ["Extra small", "Small", "Medium", "Large", "Extra large"] },
+        defaultValue: "Extra small",
      },
      {
        name: "Hide title",
@@ -46,16 +58,10 @@ export const bookmarksWidget: WidgetDefinition = {
      },
      {
        name: "Bookmarks",
-        description: "List of bookmarks to display in the widget.",
-        values: "Select one or more Apps directly, then order them as you like.",
+        description: "URLs and existing Apps shown by the widget.",
+        values: "Paste one or many URLs, or find an existing App. Drag to reorder.",
        defaultValue: "No bookmarks selected",
      },
-      {
-        name: "Custom links",
-        description: "URLs to display without first creating an App.",
-        values: "List of URLs.",
-        defaultValue: "No custom links",
-      },
    ],
  },
 };
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
    "@tanstack/react-query": "catalog:",
    "@tanstack/react-query-devtools": "catalog:",
    "@tanstack/react-query-next-experimental": "catalog:",
+    "@tanstack/react-query-persist-client": "catalog:",
    "@trpc/client": "catalog:",
    "@trpc/next": "catalog:",
    "@trpc/react-query": "catalog:",
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1920 1080" role="img" aria-labelledby="title description">
+  <title id="title">Abstract homelab network</title>
+  <description id="description">A dark indigo field with subtle connected nodes and cyan signal paths.</description>
+  <defs>
+    <radialGradient id="base" cx="50%" cy="40%" r="80%">
+      <stop offset="0" stop-color="#172047"/>
+      <stop offset="0.48" stop-color="#0b1028"/>
+      <stop offset="1" stop-color="#060814"/>
+    </radialGradient>
+    <radialGradient id="indigoGlow">
+      <stop offset="0" stop-color="#748ffc" stop-opacity="0.32"/>
+      <stop offset="1" stop-color="#748ffc" stop-opacity="0"/>
+    </radialGradient>
+    <radialGradient id="cyanGlow">
+      <stop offset="0" stop-color="#3bc9db" stop-opacity="0.22"/>
+      <stop offset="1" stop-color="#3bc9db" stop-opacity="0"/>
+    </radialGradient>
+    <linearGradient id="signal" x1="0" y1="0" x2="1" y2="1">
+      <stop stop-color="#748ffc" stop-opacity="0.05"/>
+      <stop offset="0.5" stop-color="#748ffc" stop-opacity="0.34"/>
+      <stop offset="1" stop-color="#3bc9db" stop-opacity="0.05"/>
+    </linearGradient>
+    <filter id="blur">
+      <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="55"/>
+    </filter>
+  </defs>
+  <rect width="1920" height="1080" fill="url(#base)"/>
+  <ellipse cx="330" cy="90" rx="560" ry="430" fill="url(#indigoGlow)" filter="url(#blur)"/>
+  <ellipse cx="1680" cy="940" rx="620" ry="400" fill="url(#cyanGlow)" filter="url(#blur)"/>
+  <g fill="none" stroke="url(#signal)" stroke-width="1.5">
+    <path d="M-80 825C240 570 475 760 720 510s470-165 650-330 330-85 630-250"/>
+    <path d="M-120 1010C220 740 470 920 780 660s520-105 700-270 300-125 560-180"/>
+    <path d="M110 40c180 190 350 220 545 130s390-55 520 80 320 155 620 60" opacity=".45"/>
+  </g>
+  <g fill="#9aa8ff" opacity=".48">
+    <circle cx="248" cy="660" r="3"/>
+    <circle cx="718" cy="511" r="4"/>
+    <circle cx="1118" cy="287" r="3"/>
+    <circle cx="1450" cy="110" r="4"/>
+  </g>
+  <g fill="#5ee0ee" opacity=".42">
+    <circle cx="435" cy="850" r="3"/>
+    <circle cx="908" cy="604" r="4"/>
+    <circle cx="1350" cy="510" r="3"/>
+    <circle cx="1715" cy="285" r="4"/>
+  </g>
+  <g fill="none" stroke="#aeb8ff" stroke-opacity=".055">
+    <circle cx="330" cy="90" r="260"/>
+    <circle cx="330" cy="90" r="345"/>
+    <circle cx="1680" cy="940" r="250"/>
+    <circle cx="1680" cy="940" r="335"/>
+  </g>
+</svg>
@@ -0,0 +1,350 @@
+import { dehydrate, QueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import type { PersistedClient } from "@tanstack/react-query-persist-client";
+import { persistQueryClientRestore } from "@tanstack/react-query-persist-client";
+import { parse, stringify } from "superjson";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  createSessionQueryPersister,
+  getQueryPersistenceStorageKey,
+  queryPersistenceBuster,
+  queryPersistenceMaxDataBytes,
+  shouldPersistDashboardQuery,
+} from "./query-persistence";
+
+const createSuccessfulQuery = (queryKey: readonly unknown[], data: unknown, updatedAt = Date.now()) => {
+  const queryClient = new QueryClient();
+  queryClient.setQueryData(queryKey, data, { updatedAt });
+  const query = queryClient.getQueryCache().find({ queryKey });
+  if (!query) throw new Error("Expected query to be present");
+  return { query, queryClient };
+};
+
+const createMemoryStorage = (): Storage => {
+  const values = new Map<string, string>();
+  return {
+    get length() {
+      return values.size;
+    },
+    clear: () => values.clear(),
+    getItem: (key) => values.get(key) ?? null,
+    key: (index) => Array.from(values.keys())[index] ?? null,
+    removeItem: (key) => values.delete(key),
+    setItem: (key, value) => values.set(key, value),
+  };
+};
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.useRealTimers();
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  window.sessionStorage.clear();
+});
+
+describe("widget query persistence", () => {
+  test("persists successful dashboard data but not unrelated, ping, pending, or oversized queries", () => {
+    const widget = createSuccessfulQuery([["widget", "weather", "getWeather"], { type: "query" }], { temp: 21 });
+    const supporting = createSuccessfulQuery([["app", "byIds"], { type: "query" }], [{ id: "app-1" }]);
+    const unrelated = createSuccessfulQuery([["board", "getBoardByName"], { type: "query" }], { name: "Home" });
+    const ping = createSuccessfulQuery([["widget", "app", "ping"], { type: "query" }], { status: "online" });
+    const oversized = createSuccessfulQuery([["widget", "example"], { type: "query" }], {
+      value: "x".repeat(queryPersistenceMaxDataBytes + 1),
+    });
+    const pendingClient = new QueryClient();
+    const pending = pendingClient.getQueryCache().build(pendingClient, {
+      queryKey: [["widget", "calendar", "findAllEvents"], { type: "query" }],
+      queryFn: () => Promise.resolve([]),
+    });
+
+    expect(shouldPersistDashboardQuery(widget.query)).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldPersistDashboardQuery(supporting.query)).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldPersistDashboardQuery(unrelated.query)).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldPersistDashboardQuery(ping.query)).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldPersistDashboardQuery(oversized.query)).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldPersistDashboardQuery(pending)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("uses stable, isolated storage keys for anonymous and authenticated scopes", () => {
+    expect(getQueryPersistenceStorageKey("user-a")).toBe(getQueryPersistenceStorageKey("user-a"));
+    expect(getQueryPersistenceStorageKey("user-a")).not.toBe(getQueryPersistenceStorageKey("user-b"));
+    expect(getQueryPersistenceStorageKey(null)).not.toBe(getQueryPersistenceStorageKey("user-a"));
+
+    const userAKey = getQueryPersistenceStorageKey("user-a");
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(userAKey, "a");
+    createSessionQueryPersister("user-a").removeClient();
+    expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem(userAKey)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test("evicts every other scope so signing out cannot leave data behind", () => {
+    const userAKey = getQueryPersistenceStorageKey("user-a");
+    const anonymousKey = getQueryPersistenceStorageKey(null);
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(userAKey, "a");
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(anonymousKey, "anonymous");
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem("unrelated", "kept");
+
+    createSessionQueryPersister("user-b");
+
+    expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem(userAKey)).toBeNull();
+    expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem(anonymousKey)).toBeNull();
+    expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem("unrelated")).toBe("kept");
+  });
+
+  test("never restores another session scope", async () => {
+    const queryKey = [["widget", "weather", "getWeather"], { type: "query" }] as const;
+    const { queryClient } = createSuccessfulQuery(queryKey, { temp: 21 });
+    const userAPersister = createSessionQueryPersister("user-a");
+    userAPersister.persistClient({
+      timestamp: Date.now(),
+      buster: queryPersistenceBuster,
+      clientState: dehydrate(queryClient),
+    });
+    userAPersister.flush();
+    expect((await userAPersister.restoreClient())?.clientState.queries).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    expect(createSessionQueryPersister("user-b").restoreClient()).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test("stops persisting once the provider tears the cache down", async () => {
+    const storage = createMemoryStorage();
+    const persister = createSessionQueryPersister("user-a", storage);
+    const { queryClient } = createSuccessfulQuery([["widget", "weather", "getWeather"], { type: "query" }], {
+      temp: 21,
+    });
+
+    persister.persistClient({
+      timestamp: Date.now(),
+      buster: queryPersistenceBuster,
+      clientState: dehydrate(queryClient),
+    });
+    persister.flush();
+    persister.stop();
+
+    persister.persistClient({
+      timestamp: Date.now(),
+      buster: queryPersistenceBuster,
+      clientState: { mutations: [], queries: [] },
+    });
+    persister.flush();
+
+    expect((await persister.restoreClient())?.clientState.queries).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  test("removes the cache instead of storing an empty one", () => {
+    const scope = "user-a";
+    const key = getQueryPersistenceStorageKey(scope);
+    const persister = createSessionQueryPersister(scope);
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(key, "stale");
+
+    persister.persistClient({
+      timestamp: Date.now(),
+      buster: queryPersistenceBuster,
+      clientState: { mutations: [], queries: [] },
+    });
+    persister.flush();
+
+    expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem(key)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test("round-trips SuperJSON data, strips refresh errors, and removes corrupted storage", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    const scope = "user-a";
+    const key = getQueryPersistenceStorageKey(scope);
+    const persister = createSessionQueryPersister(scope);
+    const { query, queryClient } = createSuccessfulQuery([["widget", "calendar", "findAllEvents"], { type: "query" }], {
+      startsAt: new Date("2026-08-22T12:00:00.000Z"),
+    });
+    query.setState({ ...query.state, error: new Error("private refresh error"), status: "error" });
+    expect(shouldPersistDashboardQuery(query)).toBe(true);
+    const persistedClient: PersistedClient = {
+      timestamp: Date.now(),
+      buster: queryPersistenceBuster,
+      clientState: dehydrate(queryClient, { shouldDehydrateQuery: shouldPersistDashboardQuery }),
+    };
+
+    persister.persistClient(persistedClient);
+    persister.flush();
+    const restored = await persister.restoreClient();
+    const restoredData = restored?.clientState.queries[0]?.state.data as { startsAt?: Date } | undefined;
+    expect(restoredData?.startsAt).toEqual(new Date("2026-08-22T12:00:00.000Z"));
+    expect(restored?.clientState.queries[0]?.state.status).toBe("success");
+    expect(restored?.clientState.queries[0]?.state.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(restored?.clientState.queries[0]?.state.isInvalidated).toBe(true);
+    expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem(key)).not.toContain("private refresh error");
+
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(key, "not-valid-superjson");
+    expect(persister.restoreClient()).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem(key)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test("sanitizes structurally valid but unsafe stored state before hydration", async () => {
+    const scope = "user-a";
+    const key = getQueryPersistenceStorageKey(scope);
+    const { queryClient } = createSuccessfulQuery(
+      [["widget", "calendar", "findAllEvents"], { type: "query" }],
+      [{ title: "safe" }],
+    );
+    const validQuery = dehydrate(queryClient).queries[0];
+    if (!validQuery) throw new Error("Expected a dehydrated query");
+
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(
+      key,
+      stringify({
+        timestamp: Date.now(),
+        buster: queryPersistenceBuster,
+        clientState: {
+          mutations: [{ state: { status: "pending" } }],
+          queries: [
+            {
+              ...validQuery,
+              state: {
+                ...validQuery.state,
+                error: new Error("private refresh error"),
+                fetchStatus: "fetching",
+                status: "error",
+              },
+            },
+            {
+              ...validQuery,
+              queryHash: "unrelated",
+              queryKey: [["board", "getBoardByName"], { type: "query" }],
+            },
+            { queryHash: "malformed", queryKey: [["widget", "weather"]], state: null },
+            {
+              ...validQuery,
+              queryHash: "missing-timestamp",
+              state: { ...validQuery.state, dataUpdatedAt: undefined },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const restored = await createSessionQueryPersister(scope).restoreClient();
+    expect(restored?.clientState.mutations).toEqual([]);
+    expect(restored?.clientState.queries).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(restored?.clientState.queries[0]?.state.status).toBe("success");
+    expect(restored?.clientState.queries[0]?.state.fetchStatus).toBe("idle");
+    expect(restored?.clientState.queries[0]?.state.error).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test.each([
+    ["expired", 1, queryPersistenceBuster],
+    ["different buster", new Date("2026-08-22T12:00:00.000Z").getTime(), "old-version"],
+    ["future timestamp", new Date("2026-08-22T12:00:00.000Z").getTime() + 1, queryPersistenceBuster],
+  ])("discards %s cache entries", async (_case, timestamp, storedBuster) => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date("2026-08-22T12:00:00.000Z"));
+    const scope = "user-a";
+    const persister = createSessionQueryPersister(scope);
+    const { queryClient } = createSuccessfulQuery([["widget", "weather", "getWeather"], { type: "query" }], {
+      temp: 21,
+    });
+    persister.persistClient({ timestamp, buster: storedBuster, clientState: dehydrate(queryClient) });
+    persister.flush();
+
+    const restoredClient = new QueryClient();
+    await persistQueryClientRestore({
+      queryClient: restoredClient,
+      persister,
+      maxAge: 5 * 60 * 1_000,
+      buster: queryPersistenceBuster,
+    });
+
+    expect(restoredClient.getQueryData([["widget", "weather", "getWeather"], { type: "query" }])).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem(getQueryPersistenceStorageKey(scope))).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test("quota retry writes the cache after evicting the oldest query", async () => {
+    const old = createSuccessfulQuery([["widget", "old"], { type: "query" }], "old", 1);
+    const recent = createSuccessfulQuery([["widget", "recent"], { type: "query" }], "recent", 2);
+    const storage = createMemoryStorage();
+    const setItem = storage.setItem.bind(storage);
+    const setItemSpy = vi.spyOn(storage, "setItem").mockImplementation((key, value) => {
+      const client = parse<PersistedClient>(value);
+      if (client.clientState.queries.length > 1) throw new DOMException("quota", "QuotaExceededError");
+      setItem(key, value);
+    });
+    const persistedClient: PersistedClient = {
+      timestamp: Date.now(),
+      buster: queryPersistenceBuster,
+      clientState: {
+        mutations: [],
+        queries: [...dehydrate(old.queryClient).queries, ...dehydrate(recent.queryClient).queries],
+      },
+    };
+    const persister = createSessionQueryPersister("user-a", storage);
+
+    persister.persistClient(persistedClient);
+    persister.flush();
+
+    expect(setItemSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    const restored = await persister.restoreClient();
+    expect(restored?.clientState.queries).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(restored?.clientState.queries[0]?.queryKey).toEqual([["widget", "recent"], { type: "query" }]);
+  });
+
+  test("coalesces pending writes and can synchronously flush the latest cache before reload", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    const storage = createMemoryStorage();
+    const setItem = vi.spyOn(storage, "setItem");
+    const queryKey = [["widget", "weather", "getWeather"], { type: "query" }] as const;
+    const first = createSuccessfulQuery(queryKey, { temp: 20 }, 1);
+    const latest = createSuccessfulQuery(queryKey, { temp: 21 }, 2);
+    const persister = createSessionQueryPersister("user-a", storage);
+
+    persister.persistClient({
+      timestamp: Date.now(),
+      buster: queryPersistenceBuster,
+      clientState: dehydrate(first.queryClient),
+    });
+    persister.persistClient({
+      timestamp: Date.now(),
+      buster: queryPersistenceBuster,
+      clientState: dehydrate(latest.queryClient),
+    });
+
+    expect(setItem).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    persister.flush();
+    expect(setItem).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+    expect(setItem).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+
+    const restored = await persister.restoreClient();
+    expect(restored?.clientState.queries[0]?.state.data).toEqual({ temp: 21 });
+  });
+
+  test("treats blocked storage operations as an empty cache", async () => {
+    const blockedStorage = {
+      getItem: () => {
+        throw new DOMException("blocked", "SecurityError");
+      },
+      removeItem: () => {
+        throw new DOMException("blocked", "SecurityError");
+      },
+      setItem: () => {
+        throw new DOMException("blocked", "SecurityError");
+      },
+    } as unknown as Storage;
+    const persister = createSessionQueryPersister("blocked", blockedStorage);
+    const { queryClient } = createSuccessfulQuery([["widget", "weather"], { type: "query" }], { temp: 21 });
+
+    expect(persister.restoreClient()).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(() => {
+      persister.persistClient({
+        timestamp: Date.now(),
+        buster: queryPersistenceBuster,
+        clientState: dehydrate(queryClient),
+      });
+      persister.flush();
+    }).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() => persister.removeClient()).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  test("treats an unavailable session storage getter as an empty cache", async () => {
+    vi.spyOn(window, "sessionStorage", "get").mockImplementation(() => {
+      throw new DOMException("blocked", "SecurityError");
+    });
+
+    expect(() => createSessionQueryPersister("blocked-getter")).not.toThrow();
+    expect(createSessionQueryPersister("blocked-getter").restoreClient()).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+import type { QueryKey } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import type { PersistedClient, Persister } from "@tanstack/react-query-persist-client";
+import { removeOldestQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query-persist-client";
+import { parse, stringify } from "superjson";
+
+import { isWidgetDataQueryKey, queryCacheDefaultGcTimeMs } from "@homarr/api/query-cache";
+
+export const queryPersistenceMaxAgeMs = queryCacheDefaultGcTimeMs;
+export const queryPersistenceMaxDataBytes = 256 * 1024;
+export const queryPersistenceBuster = "v2-session-superjson";
+
+const queryPersistenceStoragePrefix = "homarr:widget-query-cache";
+
+export const getQueryPersistenceStorageKey = (scope: string | null) =>
+  `${queryPersistenceStoragePrefix}:${encodeURIComponent(scope ?? "anonymous")}`;
+
+interface PersistableQuery {
+  queryKey: QueryKey;
+  state: {
+    data: unknown;
+    dataUpdatedAt: number;
+  };
+}
+
+export type SessionQueryPersister = Persister & { flush: () => void; stop: () => void };
+
+const textEncoder = new TextEncoder();
+const budgetVerdictCache = new WeakMap<object, boolean>();
+
+const measureFitsBudget = (data: unknown) => {
+  try {
+    return textEncoder.encode(stringify(data)).byteLength <= queryPersistenceMaxDataBytes;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
+const fitsStorageBudget = (data: unknown) => {
+  if (typeof data !== "object" || data === null) return measureFitsBudget(data);
+
+  const cached = budgetVerdictCache.get(data);
+  if (cached !== undefined) return cached;
+
+  const verdict = measureFitsBudget(data);
+  budgetVerdictCache.set(data, verdict);
+  return verdict;
+};
+
+const holdsDashboardData = (query: PersistableQuery) =>
+  query.state.data !== undefined &&
+  Number.isFinite(query.state.dataUpdatedAt) &&
+  query.state.dataUpdatedAt > 0 &&
+  isWidgetDataQueryKey(query.queryKey);
+
+export const shouldPersistDashboardQuery = (query: PersistableQuery) =>
+  holdsDashboardData(query) && fitsStorageBudget(query.state.data);
+
+type DehydratedQuery = PersistedClient["clientState"]["queries"][number];
+
+const sanitizePersistedQuery = (query: DehydratedQuery): DehydratedQuery => ({
+  ...query,
+  state: {
+    ...query.state,
+    error: null,
+    errorUpdateCount: 0,
+    errorUpdatedAt: 0,
+    fetchFailureCount: 0,
+    fetchFailureReason: null,
+    fetchStatus: "idle",
+    isInvalidated: true,
+    status: "success",
+  },
+});
+
+const sanitizePersistedClient = (client: PersistedClient): PersistedClient => ({
+  ...client,
+  clientState: {
+    mutations: [],
+    queries: client.clientState.queries.map(sanitizePersistedQuery),
+  },
+});
+
+const isRecord = (value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> =>
+  typeof value === "object" && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);
+
+const isRestorableQuery = (value: unknown): value is DehydratedQuery => {
+  if (!isRecord(value) || typeof value.queryHash !== "string" || !Array.isArray(value.queryKey)) return false;
+  if (!isRecord(value.state) || typeof value.state.status !== "string") return false;
+
+  return holdsDashboardData(value as unknown as PersistableQuery);
+};
+
+const sanitizeRestoredClient = (value: unknown): PersistedClient | undefined => {
+  if (!isRecord(value) || !Number.isFinite(value.timestamp) || typeof value.buster !== "string") return undefined;
+  if (!isRecord(value.clientState) || !Array.isArray(value.clientState.queries)) return undefined;
+
+  return {
+    timestamp: value.timestamp as number,
+    buster: value.buster,
+    clientState: {
+      mutations: [],
+      queries: value.clientState.queries.filter(isRestorableQuery).map(sanitizePersistedQuery),
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+const getSessionStorage = (): Storage | undefined => {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") return undefined;
+
+  try {
+    return window.sessionStorage;
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+};
+
+const removeStorageItem = (storage: Storage | undefined, key: string) => {
+  try {
+    storage?.removeItem(key);
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+};
+
+const removeForeignScopes = (storage: Storage | undefined, activeKey: string) => {
+  if (!storage) return;
+
+  try {
+    const foreignKeys: string[] = [];
+    for (let index = 0; index < storage.length; index += 1) {
+      const storedKey = storage.key(index);
+      if (storedKey === null || storedKey === activeKey) continue;
+      if (storedKey.startsWith(`${queryPersistenceStoragePrefix}:`)) foreignKeys.push(storedKey);
+    }
+
+    for (const foreignKey of foreignKeys) storage.removeItem(foreignKey);
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+};
+
+export const createSessionQueryPersister = (
+  scope: string | null,
+  storage: Storage | undefined = getSessionStorage(),
+): SessionQueryPersister => {
+  const key = getQueryPersistenceStorageKey(scope);
+  removeForeignScopes(storage, key);
+  let pendingClient: PersistedClient | undefined;
+  let persistTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
+  let stopped = false;
+
+  const persistNow = (client: PersistedClient) => {
+    if (!storage) return;
+    let candidate: PersistedClient | undefined = sanitizePersistedClient(client);
+    let errorCount = 0;
+
+    if (candidate.clientState.queries.length === 0) {
+      removeStorageItem(storage, key);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    while (candidate) {
+      try {
+        storage.setItem(key, stringify(candidate));
+        return;
+      } catch (error) {
+        errorCount += 1;
+        candidate = removeOldestQuery({
+          persistedClient: candidate,
+          error: error instanceof Error ? error : new Error("Failed to persist the widget query cache"),
+          errorCount,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  const clearPersistTimer = () => {
+    if (persistTimer === undefined) return;
+    clearTimeout(persistTimer);
+    persistTimer = undefined;
+  };
+
+  const flush = () => {
+    clearPersistTimer();
+    const client = pendingClient;
+    pendingClient = undefined;
+    if (client) persistNow(client);
+  };
+
+  return {
+    persistClient(client) {
+      if (!storage || stopped) return;
+      pendingClient = client;
+      if (persistTimer !== undefined) return;
+      persistTimer = setTimeout(flush, 0);
+    },
+    restoreClient() {
+      try {
+        const storedValue = storage?.getItem(key);
+        if (!storedValue) return undefined;
+
+        const client = sanitizeRestoredClient(parse<unknown>(storedValue));
+        if (!client || client.timestamp > Date.now() || client.clientState.queries.length === 0) {
+          removeStorageItem(storage, key);
+          return undefined;
+        }
+
+        return client;
+      } catch {
+        removeStorageItem(storage, key);
+        return undefined;
+      }
+    },
+    removeClient() {
+      clearPersistTimer();
+      pendingClient = undefined;
+      removeStorageItem(storage, key);
+    },
+    flush,
+    stop() {
+      stopped = true;
+      clearPersistTimer();
+      pendingClient = undefined;
+    },
+  };
+};
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 "use client";

 import type { PropsWithChildren } from "react";
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import dynamic from "next/dynamic";
-import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { QueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { ReactQueryStreamedHydration } from "@tanstack/react-query-next-experimental";
+import { PersistQueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query-persist-client";
 import {
  createWSClient,
  httpBatchStreamLink,
@@ -35,6 +36,13 @@ import { showWarningNotification } from "@homarr/notifications";
 import { widgetQueryRefetchIntervals } from "@homarr/widgets/refetch-intervals";

 import { getSessionQueryScope, SessionQueryScopeGuard } from "./session-query-scope";
+import {
+  createSessionQueryPersister,
+  queryPersistenceBuster,
+  queryPersistenceMaxAgeMs,
+  shouldPersistDashboardQuery,
+} from "./query-persistence";
+import type { SessionQueryPersister } from "./query-persistence";
 import { createQueryRetry } from "./query-retry";

 const DevelopmentTools =
@@ -67,21 +75,29 @@ export function TRPCReactProvider({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
  const { data: session } = useSession();
  const sessionQueryScope = getSessionQueryScope(session);
  const [initialSessionQueryScope] = useState(() => sessionQueryScope);
+  const [queryPersister] = useState(() => createSessionQueryPersister(initialSessionQueryScope));
+  const handleScopeChange = useCallback(() => {
+    void queryPersister.removeClient();
+    reloadPage();
+  }, [queryPersister]);

  return (
    <SessionQueryScopeGuard
      initialScope={initialSessionQueryScope}
      currentScope={sessionQueryScope}
-      onScopeChange={reloadPage}
+      onScopeChange={handleScopeChange}
    >
-      <ScopedTRPCReactProvider>{children}</ScopedTRPCReactProvider>
+      <ScopedTRPCReactProvider queryPersister={queryPersister}>{children}</ScopedTRPCReactProvider>
    </SessionQueryScopeGuard>
  );
 }

 const reloadPage = () => window.location.reload();

-const ScopedTRPCReactProvider = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {
+const ScopedTRPCReactProvider = ({
+  children,
+  queryPersister,
+}: PropsWithChildren<{ queryPersister: SessionQueryPersister }>) => {
  const wsClient = useMemo(
    () =>
      createWSClient({
@@ -136,6 +152,15 @@ const ScopedTRPCReactProvider = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {
    return client;
  });

+  useEffect(() => {
+    const flush = () => queryPersister.flush();
+    window.addEventListener("pagehide", flush);
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener("pagehide", flush);
+      flush();
+      queryPersister.stop();
+    };
+  }, [queryPersister]);
  useEffect(() => () => queryClient.clear(), [queryClient]);

  const trpcClient = useMemo(() => {
@@ -186,10 +211,18 @@ const ScopedTRPCReactProvider = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {

  return (
    <clientApi.Provider client={trpcClient} queryClient={queryClient}>
-      <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
+      <PersistQueryClientProvider
+        client={queryClient}
+        persistOptions={{
+          persister: queryPersister,
+          maxAge: queryPersistenceMaxAgeMs,
+          buster: queryPersistenceBuster,
+          dehydrateOptions: { shouldDehydrateQuery: shouldPersistDashboardQuery },
+        }}
+      >
        <ReactQueryStreamedHydration transformer={superjson}>{children}</ReactQueryStreamedHydration>
        {process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" && <DevelopmentTools />}
-      </QueryClientProvider>
+      </PersistQueryClientProvider>
    </clientApi.Provider>
  );
 };
@@ -19,35 +19,11 @@
  align-self: start;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  height: var(--board-gutter-viewport-height);
-  padding-top: 24px;
-  margin-top: -24px;
  overflow: clip;
 }

 .gutter[data-board-editing="true"] {
-  outline: 1px dashed var(--mantine-color-default-border);
-  outline-offset: -1px;
+  outline: 0.0625rem solid var(--mantine-color-default-border);
+  outline-offset: -0.0625rem;
  border-radius: var(--mantine-radius-md);
 }
-
-.gutter[data-board-editing="true"]::before {
-  position: sticky;
-  top: 0;
-  inset-inline-start: 0;
-  z-index: 2;
-  display: block;
-  width: fit-content;
-  height: 24px;
-  padding-inline: var(--mantine-spacing-xs);
-  margin-top: -24px;
-  overflow: hidden;
-  font-size: var(--mantine-font-size-xs);
-  line-height: 24px;
-  color: var(--mantine-color-dimmed);
-  text-overflow: ellipsis;
-  white-space: nowrap;
-  pointer-events: none;
-  content: attr(aria-label);
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--mantine-color-body) 88%, transparent);
-  border-radius: var(--mantine-radius-sm);
-}
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";

+import type { PropsWithChildren } from "react";
 import { Box, Paper, Stack, Text } from "@mantine/core";
 import { IconBulb } from "@tabler/icons-react";

@@ -10,18 +11,20 @@ import { useI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";
 import { FloatingTip } from "@homarr/ui";

 import { BoardAdvancedFocusProvider } from "~/components/board/advanced-focus/context";
+import { BoardAppsSpotlightRegistrar } from "~/components/board/board-apps-spotlight-registrar";
 import { BoardEmptyState } from "~/components/board/board-empty-state";
 import { BoardSetupChecklist } from "~/components/board/board-setup-checklist";
 import {
  getBoardLaneColumnCount,
  getInitialBoardLogicalHeight,
-  getLogicalTrackSize,
+  getLogicalGridSize,
  LOGICAL_GRID_GAP,
  getRootSectionForLane,
 } from "~/components/board/layout";
 import { ScaledBoardCanvas } from "~/components/board/layout/scaled-board-canvas";
 import { BoardEmptySection } from "~/components/board/sections/empty-section";
 import { BoardGridEditorBoundary } from "~/components/board/sections/grid/board-grid-editor-boundary";
+import { GridEditorRegistryProvider } from "~/components/board/sections/grid/grid-editor-registry";
 import { BoardGridPortalHost } from "~/components/board/sections/grid/grid-portal-host";
 import { BoardSectionCollapseProvider } from "~/components/board/sections/section-collapse";
 import { BoardBackgroundVideo } from "~/components/layout/background";
@@ -31,6 +34,12 @@ import classes from "./_client.module.css";

 const APP_SHELL_INLINE_PADDING = 32;

+const BoardSelectionGridProvider = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => (
+  <GridEditorRegistryProvider>
+    <BoardSelectionProvider>{children}</BoardSelectionProvider>
+  </GridEditorRegistryProvider>
+);
+
 export const ClientBoard = () => {
  const board = useRequiredBoard();
  const t = useI18n("board.landmark");
@@ -53,24 +62,25 @@ export const ClientBoard = () => {
  const rightColumnCount = getBoardLaneColumnCount(currentLayout, "right");
  const laneWidths = [leftColumnCount, mainColumnCount, rightColumnCount]
    .filter((columnCount) => columnCount > 0)
-    .map(getLogicalTrackSize);
+    .map(getLogicalGridSize);
  const logicalWidth =
    laneWidths.reduce((total, width) => total + width, 0) + (laneWidths.length - 1) * LOGICAL_GRID_GAP;
  const initialLogicalHeight = getInitialBoardLogicalHeight(board, currentLayoutId);
  const representativeWidth = layoutOverrideId ? getRepresentativeLayoutWidth(currentLayout, board.layouts) : null;
  const initialAvailableWidth = Math.max(1, (representativeWidth ?? initialViewportWidth) - APP_SHELL_INLINE_PADDING);
  const gridTemplateColumns = [
-    leftColumnCount > 0 ? `${getLogicalTrackSize(leftColumnCount)}px` : null,
-    `${getLogicalTrackSize(mainColumnCount)}px`,
-    rightColumnCount > 0 ? `${getLogicalTrackSize(rightColumnCount)}px` : null,
+    leftColumnCount > 0 ? `${getLogicalGridSize(leftColumnCount)}px` : null,
+    `${getLogicalGridSize(mainColumnCount)}px`,
+    rightColumnCount > 0 ? `${getLogicalGridSize(rightColumnCount)}px` : null,
  ]
    .filter((value) => value !== null)
    .join(" ");

  const content = (
-    <BoardSelectionProvider>
+    <BoardSelectionGridProvider>
      <BoardAdvancedFocusProvider>
        <Box h="100%" pos="relative" data-homarr-dev-benchmark-board>
+          <BoardAppsSpotlightRegistrar />
          <BoardBackgroundVideo />
          <BoardEmptyState />
          <BoardSetupChecklist />
@@ -144,7 +154,7 @@ export const ClientBoard = () => {
          </FloatingTip>
        </Box>
      </BoardAdvancedFocusProvider>
-    </BoardSelectionProvider>
+    </BoardSelectionGridProvider>
  );

  if (representativeWidth === null) return content;
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@ export const LayoutSettingsContent = ({ board, form, isSaving, saveSettingsAsync

  const nextBreakpoint = getNextCustomBreakpoint(form.values.layouts);
  const baseLayout = form.values.layouts.find((layout) => layout.role === "base");
-  const sortedLayouts = form.values.layouts
-    .map((layout, index) => ({ layout, index }))
-    .toSorted((entryA, entryB) => entryA.layout.breakpoint - entryB.layout.breakpoint);

  return (
    <SectionCard title={tBoard("setting.section.layout.title")}>
@@ -129,25 +126,25 @@ export const LayoutSettingsContent = ({ board, form, isSaving, saveSettingsAsync
            disabled={nextBreakpoint === null || !baseLayout}
            onClick={() => {
              if (nextBreakpoint === null || !baseLayout) return;
-              form.setFieldValue("layouts", [
-                ...form.values.layouts,
-                {
-                  id: createId(),
-                  name: tBoard("setting.section.layout.custom.defaultName"),
-                  columnCount: baseLayout.columnCount,
-                  leftGutterColumnCount: baseLayout.leftGutterColumnCount,
-                  rightGutterColumnCount: baseLayout.rightGutterColumnCount,
-                  breakpoint: nextBreakpoint,
-                  role: "custom",
-                },
-              ]);
+              const newLayout: FormValues["layouts"][number] = {
+                id: createId(),
+                name: tBoard("setting.section.layout.custom.defaultName"),
+                columnCount: baseLayout.columnCount,
+                leftGutterColumnCount: baseLayout.leftGutterColumnCount,
+                rightGutterColumnCount: baseLayout.rightGutterColumnCount,
+                breakpoint: nextBreakpoint,
+                role: "custom",
+              };
+              let insertionIndex = form.values.layouts.findIndex((layout) => layout.breakpoint > nextBreakpoint);
+              if (insertionIndex === -1) insertionIndex = form.values.layouts.length;
+              form.insertListItem("layouts", newLayout, insertionIndex);
            }}
          >
            {tBoard("setting.section.layout.responsive.action.add")}
          </Button>
        </Group>

-        {sortedLayouts.map(({ layout, index }) => {
+        {form.values.layouts.map((layout, index) => {
          const persistedLayout = board.layouts.find((candidate) => candidate.id === layout.id);
          const sourceLayout = persistedLayout ?? board.layouts.find((candidate) => candidate.role === "base");
          const customBreakpoints = form.values.layouts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 "use client";

+/* eslint-disable react/no-unstable-nested-components -- Widget modules and definition-bound fallbacks are loaded dynamically. */
+
 import { use, useCallback, useState } from "react";
 import { ActionIcon, Affix, Card } from "@mantine/core";
 import { IconDimensions, IconPencil, IconToggleLeft, IconToggleRight } from "@tabler/icons-react";
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ export const WidgetPreviewPageContent = ({ kind }: WidgetPreviewPageContentProps
          ),
          integrationSupport: hasIntegrationSupport,
          settings,
+          previewDimensions: dimensions,
        },
        {
          title(translate) {
@@ -86,10 +89,10 @@ export const WidgetPreviewPageContent = ({ kind }: WidgetPreviewPageContentProps
    } finally {
      setIsEditorLoading(false);
    }
-  }, [currentDefinition, kind, openWidgetEditModal, settings, state, t, utils]);
+  }, [currentDefinition, dimensions, kind, openWidgetEditModal, settings, state, t, utils]);

  const toggleEditMode = useCallback(() => {
-    setEditMode((editMode) => !editMode);
+    setEditMode((currentEditMode) => !currentEditMode);
    showSuccessNotification({
      message: editMode ? t("widgetPreview.toggle.disabled") : t("widgetPreview.toggle.enabled"),
    });
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import { Suspense } from "react";
-import { notFound } from "next/navigation";
+import { notFound, redirect } from "next/navigation";
 import { Center, Loader } from "@mantine/core";

+import { getHomeBoardAsync } from "@homarr/api/board-server";
+import { IntegrationProvider } from "@homarr/auth/client";
+import { auth } from "@homarr/auth/next";
+import { getIntegrationsWithPermissionsAsync } from "@homarr/auth/server";
+import { BoardPreviewProvider } from "@homarr/boards/context";
 import type { WidgetKind } from "@homarr/definitions";
+import { ModalProvider } from "@homarr/modals";
 import { widgetKinds } from "@homarr/widgets/manifest";

 import { WidgetPreviewPageContent } from "./_content";
@@ -16,12 +22,24 @@ export default async function WidgetPreview(props: Props) {
  if (!widgetKinds.includes(kind as WidgetKind)) {
    notFound();
  }
+  const session = await auth();
+  if (!session) {
+    redirect(`/auth/login?callbackUrl=${encodeURIComponent(`/widgets/${kind}`)}`);
+  }
+
+  const [integrations, board] = await Promise.all([getIntegrationsWithPermissionsAsync(session), getHomeBoardAsync()]);

  return (
-    <Center h="100vh">
-      <Suspense fallback={<Loader size="sm" />}>
-        <WidgetPreviewPageContent key={kind} kind={kind as WidgetKind} />
-      </Suspense>
-    </Center>
+    <IntegrationProvider integrations={integrations}>
+      <BoardPreviewProvider board={board}>
+        <ModalProvider>
+          <Center h="100vh">
+            <Suspense fallback={<Loader size="sm" />}>
+              <WidgetPreviewPageContent key={kind} kind={kind as WidgetKind} />
+            </Suspense>
+          </Center>
+        </ModalProvider>
+      </BoardPreviewProvider>
+    </IntegrationProvider>
  );
 }
@@ -130,6 +130,45 @@
  color: var(--mantine-color-text);
 }

+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] {
+  background: transparent;
+}
+
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .panelHeader,
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .composerWrap {
+  border-color: rgb(from var(--mantine-color-default-border) r g b / var(--opacity, 1));
+}
+
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .composerWrap,
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .composer,
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .composerQuote,
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .pendingQuestionDock {
+  background: transparent;
+}
+
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .suggestion,
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .runtimeSelectorTrigger,
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .composerContext,
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .providerQuotaTrigger {
+  border-color: rgb(from var(--mantine-color-default-border) r g b / var(--opacity, 1));
+  background: transparent;
+}
+
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .suggestion:hover:not(:disabled),
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .runtimeSelectorTrigger:hover:not(:disabled),
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .composerContext:hover:not(:disabled),
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .providerQuotaTrigger:hover:not(:disabled) {
+  background: rgb(from var(--mantine-color-default-hover) r g b / var(--opacity, 1));
+}
+
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .suggestion:focus-visible,
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .runtimeSelectorTrigger:focus-visible,
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .composerContext:focus-visible,
+.widgetPanel[data-board-widget] .providerQuotaTrigger:focus-visible {
+  outline: 2px solid var(--mantine-primary-color-filled);
+  outline-offset: 2px;
+}
+
 .widgetState {
  container-type: inline-size;
  overflow: auto;
@@ -145,10 +184,6 @@
  min-width: 0;
 }

-.widgetPanel[data-editing] .panelActions {
-  padding-inline-end: 2.75rem;
-}
-
 .panelHeader {
  min-width: 0;
  min-height: 3.75rem;
@@ -157,30 +192,12 @@
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--mantine-color-default-border);
 }

-.panelIdentity {
-  min-width: 0;
-  flex: 1 1 auto;
-}
-
-.panelIdentityIcon {
-  flex: 0 0 auto;
-}
-
-.panelIdentityTitle,
-.panelThreadTitle {
-  max-width: 14rem;
-}
-
 .panelActions {
  min-width: 0;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  margin-inline-start: auto;
 }

-.newConversationButton {
-  flex: 0 0 auto;
-}
-
 .panelAction {
  width: 2.625rem;
  height: 2.625rem;
@@ -207,21 +224,6 @@
    display: none;
  }

-  .newConversationButton {
-    width: 2.625rem;
-    max-width: 2.625rem;
-    height: 2.625rem;
-    padding-inline: 0.75rem;
-  }
-
-  .newConversationButton :global(.mantine-Button-section) {
-    margin-inline: 0;
-  }
-
-  .newConversationButton :global(.mantine-Button-label) {
-    display: none;
-  }
-
  .messages {
    padding: 0.5rem 0.65rem 1rem;
  }
@@ -277,8 +279,7 @@

@container assistant-widget (max-width: 22rem) {
  .panelAction,
-  .historyButton,
-  .newConversationButton {
+  .historyButton {
    width: 2.25rem;
    max-width: 2.25rem;
    height: 2.25rem;
@@ -301,10 +302,6 @@
  .composerContextLabel {
    display: none;
  }
-
-  .panelThreadTitle {
-    display: none;
-  }
 }

@container assistant-widget (max-width: 18rem) {
@@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ const EmptyThread = () => {
      <Box className={classes.empty}>
        <Stack align="center" gap="lg" maw={560} w="100%">
          <Stack align="center" gap="xs" maw={430}>
-            <ThemeIcon size={52} radius="xl" variant="light" color="red">
+            <ThemeIcon size={52} radius="xl" variant="light">
              <IconRobot size={27} />
            </ThemeIcon>
            <Text size="xl" fw={700}>
@@ -2957,7 +2957,6 @@ const Composer = (props: ComposerProps) => {
              ) : (
                <ComposerPrimitive.Send asChild>
                  <ActionIcon
-                    color="red"
                    variant="filled"
                    size="lg"
                    aria-label={
@@ -3162,27 +3161,6 @@ interface AssistantConversationSurfaceProps extends AssistantConversationControl
  onDismiss?: () => void;
 }

-const AssistantPanelIdentity = () => {
-  const t = useI18n("assistant");
-  const threadTitle = useAuiState((state) => state.threadListItem.title);
-
-  return (
-    <Group className={classes.panelIdentity} gap="xs" wrap="nowrap">
-      <ThemeIcon className={classes.panelIdentityIcon} variant="light" color="red" radius="xl" size="md">
-        <IconRobot size={16} />
-      </ThemeIcon>
-      <Box miw={0}>
-        <Text className={classes.panelIdentityTitle} size="sm" fw={700} truncate>
-          {t("title")}
-        </Text>
-        <Text className={classes.panelThreadTitle} size="xs" c="dimmed" truncate>
-          {threadTitle ?? t("newConversation")}
-        </Text>
-      </Box>
-    </Group>
-  );
-};
-
 export const AssistantConversationSurface = ({
  isRunning,
  pendingAction,
@@ -3212,23 +3190,20 @@ export const AssistantConversationSurface = ({
  return (
    <AssistantDirectiveEntitiesProvider>
      <Group className={classes.panelHeader} justify="space-between" wrap="nowrap" gap="xs">
-        <AssistantPanelIdentity />
        <Group className={classes.panelActions} gap={2} wrap="nowrap">
          <ConversationHistory />
          <ViewRefreshAction isRefreshing={isRefreshing} onRefresh={onRefresh} />
          <AutoApprovalControl />
          <Tooltip label={t("newConversation")}>
            <ThreadListPrimitive.New asChild>
-              <Button
-                className={classes.newConversationButton}
+              <ActionIcon
+                className={classes.panelAction}
                variant="subtle"
                color="gray"
-                size="compact-sm"
-                leftSection={<IconPlus size={17} />}
                aria-label={t("newConversation")}
              >
-                {t("newConversation")}
-              </Button>
+                <IconPlus size={17} />
+              </ActionIcon>
            </ThreadListPrimitive.New>
          </Tooltip>
          {onExpand && (
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import { showErrorNotification, showWarningNotification } from "@homarr/notifica
 import { closeSpotlight } from "@homarr/spotlight/store";
 import { useI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";
 import { openMediaRequestSearch, openSpotlight, useRegisterSpotlightContextResults } from "@homarr/spotlight";
-import { AssistantWidgetRendererProvider } from "@homarr/widgets";
+import { AssistantWidgetRendererProvider } from "@homarr/widgets/assistant/context";
 import { createWorkshopClient } from "~/components/workshop/workshop-client";

 import { AssistantContext, AssistantPreferencesContext, useAssistantPreferences } from "./assistant-context";
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ const EnabledAssistantProvider = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {
          : t("busy.description"),
      unavailable: !canSend,
      alwaysVisible: true,
+      placement: "fallback" as const,
      interaction: (query: string) =>
        createAssistantPromptInteraction({
          sendPrompt,
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export const useRegisterAssistantSpotlightPlaceholder = (description: string) =>
      description,
      unavailable: true,
      alwaysVisible: true,
+      placement: "fallback" as const,
      interaction: (_query: string) => ({ type: "none" as const }),
    }),
    [description, t],
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const AssistantPromptDetail = () => {
  const t = useI18n("assistant");
  return (
    <Group px="md" py="sm" wrap="nowrap">
-      <ThemeIcon color="red" variant="light" radius="xl">
+      <ThemeIcon variant="light" radius="xl">
        <IconRobot size={17} />
      </ThemeIcon>
      <Stack gap={1}>
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ describe("getAssistantWidgetConfiguration", () => {

  test("preserves generated notebook content and fills its hidden defaults", () => {
    const result = getAssistantWidgetConfiguration(
+      widgetImports.notebook.definition,
      {
        boardId: "board-1",
        boardName: "Home",
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ describe("getAssistantWidgetConfiguration", () => {

  test("keeps only accessible, compatible integrations and respects the widget maximum", () => {
    const result = getAssistantWidgetConfiguration(
+      widgetImports.audioStats.definition,
      {
        boardId: "board-1",
        boardName: "Home",
@@ -88,11 +90,13 @@ describe("getAssistantWidgetConfiguration", () => {

  test("treats integration-backed widgets as required unless explicitly optional", () => {
    const mediaServer = getAssistantWidgetConfiguration(
+      widgetImports.mediaServer.definition,
      { boardId: "board-1", boardName: "Home", kind: "mediaServer", summary: "Show Plex streams" },
      settings,
      [],
    );
    const calendar = getAssistantWidgetConfiguration(
+      widgetImports.calendar.definition,
      { boardId: "board-1", boardName: "Home", kind: "calendar", summary: "Show releases" },
      settings,
      [],
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 "use client";

-import { useMemo } from "react";
+import { Suspense, use, useMemo } from "react";
 import type { ToolCallMessagePartProps } from "@assistant-ui/react";
 import { Alert, Box, Button, Group, Skeleton, Stack, Text, ThemeIcon } from "@mantine/core";
 import { IconAlertTriangle, IconCheck, IconSettings } from "@tabler/icons-react";
+import { ErrorBoundary } from "react-error-boundary";
+import type { FallbackProps } from "react-error-boundary";

 import { clientApi } from "@homarr/api/client";
 import { useSession } from "@homarr/auth/client";
@@ -13,7 +15,8 @@ import { useModalAction } from "@homarr/modals";
 import type { SettingsContextProps } from "@homarr/settings/creator";
 import { useSettings } from "@homarr/settings";
 import { useI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";
-import { reduceWidgetOptionsWithDefaultValues, widgetImports } from "@homarr/widgets";
+import type { WidgetDefinition } from "@homarr/widgets/definition";
+import { loadWidgetDefinition, reduceWidgetOptionsWithDefinition } from "@homarr/widgets/manifest";
 import type { IntegrationSelectOption } from "@homarr/widgets/widget-integration-select";
 import { WidgetEditModal } from "@homarr/widgets/modals";

@@ -29,11 +32,11 @@ interface AssistantIntegration extends IntegrationSelectOption {
 }

 export const getAssistantWidgetConfiguration = (
+  definition: WidgetDefinition,
  args: ConfigureWidgetArgs,
  settings: Pick<SettingsContextProps, "enableStatusByDefault" | "forceDisableStatus">,
  integrations: AssistantIntegration[],
 ) => {
-  const definition = widgetImports[args.kind].definition;
  const integrationSupport = "supportedIntegrations" in definition;
  const supportedIntegrations = integrationSupport
    ? (definition.supportedIntegrations as readonly IntegrationKind[])
@@ -54,35 +57,91 @@ export const getAssistantWidgetConfiguration = (
      integrationSupport && (!("integrationsRequired" in definition) || definition.integrationsRequired !== false),
    value: {
      advancedOptions: { title: null, customCssClasses: [], borderColor: "" },
-      options: reduceWidgetOptionsWithDefaultValues(args.kind, settings, args.options),
+      options: reduceWidgetOptionsWithDefinition(definition, settings, args.options),
      integrationIds,
    },
  };
 };

-export const AssistantConfigureWidgetTool = ({
+type AssistantConfigureWidgetToolProps = ToolCallMessagePartProps<ConfigureWidgetArgs, ConfigureWidgetResult>;
+
+export const AssistantConfigureWidgetTool = (props: AssistantConfigureWidgetToolProps) => {
+  const hasCompleteArguments = hasCompleteAssistantToolArguments(props.status);
+  const completeArgs =
+    props.result === undefined && !hasFailedAssistantToolArguments(props.status) && hasCompleteArguments
+      ? props.args
+      : undefined;
+
+  if (!completeArgs) return <AssistantConfigureWidgetToolContent {...props} definition={undefined} />;
+
+  return (
+    <ErrorBoundary FallbackComponent={AssistantWidgetDefinitionErrorFallback} resetKeys={[completeArgs.kind]}>
+      <Suspense fallback={<AssistantConfigureWidgetSkeleton />}>
+        <LoadedAssistantConfigureWidgetTool {...props} args={completeArgs} />
+      </Suspense>
+    </ErrorBoundary>
+  );
+};
+
+const AssistantWidgetDefinitionErrorFallback = ({ resetErrorBoundary }: FallbackProps) => {
+  const t = useI18n("assistant.configureWidget");
+  const actionT = useI18n("common.action");
+
+  return (
+    <Alert color="red" variant="light" title={t("definitionLoadErrorTitle")} icon={<IconAlertTriangle size={18} />}>
+      <Stack gap="sm">
+        <Text size="sm">{t("definitionLoadErrorDescription")}</Text>
+        <Button variant="light" color="red" size="compact-sm" w="fit-content" onClick={resetErrorBoundary}>
+          {actionT("tryAgain")}
+        </Button>
+      </Stack>
+    </Alert>
+  );
+};
+
+const LoadedAssistantConfigureWidgetTool = (
+  props: AssistantConfigureWidgetToolProps & { args: ConfigureWidgetArgs },
+) => {
+  const definition = use(loadWidgetDefinition(props.args.kind));
+  return <AssistantConfigureWidgetToolContent {...props} definition={definition} />;
+};
+
+const AssistantConfigureWidgetSkeleton = () => {
+  const t = useI18n("assistant.configureWidget");
+  return (
+    <Box className={classes.appTool} aria-label={t("preparing")}>
+      <Stack gap="sm">
+        <Skeleton height={18} width="45%" />
+        <Skeleton height={14} width="76%" />
+        <Skeleton height={38} />
+      </Stack>
+    </Box>
+  );
+};
+
+const AssistantConfigureWidgetToolContent = ({
  args,
  result,
  addResult,
  status,
  toolCallId,
-}: ToolCallMessagePartProps<ConfigureWidgetArgs, ConfigureWidgetResult>) => {
+  definition,
+}: AssistantConfigureWidgetToolProps & { definition: WidgetDefinition | undefined }) => {
  const t = useI18n("assistant.configureWidget");
  const actionT = useI18n("common.action");
  const fullT = useI18n();
  const { data: session } = useSession();
  const settings = useSettings();
  const hasCompleteArguments = hasCompleteAssistantToolArguments(status);
-  const definition = args?.kind ? widgetImports[args.kind].definition : undefined;
  const needsIntegrations = definition !== undefined && "supportedIntegrations" in definition;
  const integrations = clientApi.integration.all.useQuery(undefined, {
    enabled: result === undefined && hasCompleteArguments && needsIntegrations,
    retry: false,
  });
  const configuration = useMemo(() => {
-    if (!args || !hasCompleteArguments || (needsIntegrations && !integrations.data)) return null;
-    return getAssistantWidgetConfiguration(args, settings, integrations.data ?? []);
-  }, [args, hasCompleteArguments, integrations.data, needsIntegrations, settings]);
+    if (!args || !definition || !hasCompleteArguments || (needsIntegrations && !integrations.data)) return null;
+    return getAssistantWidgetConfiguration(definition, args, settings, integrations.data ?? []);
+  }, [args, definition, hasCompleteArguments, integrations.data, needsIntegrations, settings]);
  const missingRequiredIntegration =
    configuration?.integrationsRequired === true && configuration.value.integrationIds.length === 0;
  const { openModal: openWidgetModal } = useModalAction(WidgetEditModal);
@@ -134,15 +193,7 @@ export const AssistantConfigureWidgetTool = ({
  }

  if (!hasCompleteArguments || !args || (needsIntegrations && integrations.isPending)) {
-    return (
-      <Box className={classes.appTool} aria-label={t("preparing")}>
-        <Stack gap="sm">
-          <Skeleton height={18} width="45%" />
-          <Skeleton height={14} width="76%" />
-          <Skeleton height={38} />
-        </Stack>
-      </Box>
-    );
+    return <AssistantConfigureWidgetSkeleton />;
  }

  if (integrations.isError) {
@@ -158,7 +209,7 @@ export const AssistantConfigureWidgetTool = ({
    );
  }

-  if (!configuration) return null;
+  if (!configuration || !definition) return null;

  const openConfigurationModal = (
    value = configuration.value,
@@ -167,7 +218,7 @@ export const AssistantConfigureWidgetTool = ({
    openWidgetModal(
      {
        kind: args.kind,
-        definition: widgetImports[args.kind].definition,
+        definition,
        value,
        integrationData,
        integrationSupport: configuration.integrationSupport,
@@ -240,7 +291,7 @@ export const AssistantConfigureWidgetTool = ({
    );
  }

-  const WidgetIcon = widgetImports[args.kind].definition.icon;
+  const WidgetIcon = definition.icon;
  return (
    <Box className={classes.appTool}>
      <Group gap="sm" align="flex-start" wrap="nowrap">
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ const CompactAssistantWidget = ({
    <Box className={classes.widgetPanel}>
      <Group className={classes.compactState} justify="space-between" wrap="nowrap" gap="sm">
        <Group wrap="nowrap" gap="xs" miw={0}>
-          <ThemeIcon variant="light" color="red" radius="xl" size="lg" flex="0 0 auto">
+          <ThemeIcon variant="light" radius="xl" size="lg" flex="0 0 auto">
            <IconRobot size={19} />
          </ThemeIcon>
          <Stack className={classes.compactCopy} gap={1}>
@@ -167,13 +167,7 @@ interface AssistantWidgetStateProps {
  children?: ReactNode;
 }

-const AssistantWidgetState = ({
-  icon: Icon,
-  title,
-  description,
-  color = "red",
-  children,
-}: AssistantWidgetStateProps) => (
+const AssistantWidgetState = ({ icon: Icon, title, description, color, children }: AssistantWidgetStateProps) => (
  <Center className={classes.widgetState} h="100%" p="md">
    <Stack align="center" gap="sm" ta="center" maw={360}>
      <ThemeIcon variant="light" color={color} radius="xl" size="xl">
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+
+import { clientApi } from "@homarr/api/client";
+import { useRequiredBoard } from "@homarr/boards/context";
+import { getSafeAppHref } from "@homarr/common";
+import type { ContextSpecificItem } from "@homarr/spotlight";
+import { useRegisterSpotlightContextResults } from "@homarr/spotlight";
+import { hasPendingSpotlightOpen, spotlightOpenEvent } from "@homarr/spotlight/open";
+
+export const BoardAppsSpotlightRegistrar = () => {
+  const board = useRequiredBoard();
+  const [isSpotlightActivated, setIsSpotlightActivated] = useState(() => hasPendingSpotlightOpen());
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isSpotlightActivated) return;
+
+    const activateSpotlightQueries = () => setIsSpotlightActivated(true);
+    window.addEventListener(spotlightOpenEvent, activateSpotlightQueries);
+
+    if (hasPendingSpotlightOpen()) activateSpotlightQueries();
+
+    return () => window.removeEventListener(spotlightOpenEvent, activateSpotlightQueries);
+  }, [isSpotlightActivated]);
+
+  const openInNewTabByAppId = useMemo(() => {
+    const result = new Map<string, boolean>();
+
+    for (const item of board.items) {
+      if (item.kind !== "app" || typeof item.options.appId !== "string" || item.options.appId.length === 0) continue;
+
+      const existingOpenInNewTab = result.get(item.options.appId) ?? false;
+      result.set(item.options.appId, existingOpenInNewTab || item.options.openInNewTab === true);
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }, [board.items]);
+  const appIds = useMemo(() => Array.from(openInNewTabByAppId.keys()), [openInNewTabByAppId]);
+  const activeAppIds = isSpotlightActivated ? appIds : [];
+  const appQueries = clientApi.useQueries((trpc) => activeAppIds.map((id) => trpc.app.byId({ id })));
+  const apps = appQueries.flatMap((query) => query.data ?? []);
+  const spotlightItems = useMemo<ContextSpecificItem[]>(() => {
+    return apps.flatMap((app) => {
+      const href = getSafeAppHref(app.href);
+      if (!href) return [];
+
+      return [
+        {
+          id: app.id,
+          dedupeKey: `app:${app.id}`,
+          name: app.name,
+          icon: app.iconUrl,
+          interaction() {
+            return {
+              type: "link" as const,
+              href,
+              // Opening a new tab wins if any widget instance requests it.
+              newTab: openInNewTabByAppId.get(app.id) ?? false,
+            };
+          },
+        },
+      ];
+    });
+  }, [apps, openInNewTabByAppId]);
+
+  useRegisterSpotlightContextResults("board-apps", spotlightItems, [spotlightItems]);
+
+  return null;
+};
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .canvas {
-  min-height: 8rem;
+  width: 100%;
+  min-width: 0;
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 7;
  overflow: hidden;
  color: var(--mantine-color-dimmed);
@@ -83,9 +84,3 @@
  gap: rem(1px);
  overflow: hidden;
 }
-
-@media (max-width: $mantine-breakpoint-xs) {
-  .canvas {
-    min-height: 7rem;
-  }
-}
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ import classes from "./board-layout-thumbnail.module.css";
 interface BoardLayoutThumbnailProps {
  preview: BoardPreviewData | null;
  label: string;
+  fitFullLayout?: boolean;
 }

 const maxThumbnailRows = 12;

-export const BoardLayoutThumbnail = ({ preview, label }: BoardLayoutThumbnailProps) => {
+export const BoardLayoutThumbnail = ({ preview, label, fitFullLayout = false }: BoardLayoutThumbnailProps) => {
  const layout = preview?.layouts.find((candidate) => candidate.role === "base") ?? preview?.layouts.at(0);
  if (!preview || !layout) {
    return (
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export const BoardLayoutThumbnail = ({ preview, label }: BoardLayoutThumbnailPro
  }

  const elements = projectBoardLayout(preview, layout, layout);
+  const thumbnailRowLimit = fitFullLayout ? Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY : maxThumbnailRows;
  const roots = preview.sections
    .filter((section) => section.kind === "empty")
    .toSorted((first, second) => (first.xOffset ?? 0) - (second.xOffset ?? 0) || first.id.localeCompare(second.id));
@@ -65,12 +67,12 @@ export const BoardLayoutThumbnail = ({ preview, label }: BoardLayoutThumbnailPro
              element.xOffset >= 0 &&
              element.xOffset < columnCount &&
              element.yOffset >= 0 &&
-              element.yOffset < maxThumbnailRows &&
+              element.yOffset < thumbnailRowLimit &&
              element.width > 0 &&
              element.height > 0,
          );
          const rowCount = Math.min(
-            maxThumbnailRows,
+            thumbnailRowLimit,
            Math.max(4, ...laneElements.map((element) => element.yOffset + element.height)),
          );

@@ -1,7 +1,26 @@
+.modalContent {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  border: rem(1px) solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--mantine-color-default-border) 70%, transparent);
+  border-radius: rem(24px);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--mantine-color-body) 58%, transparent);
+  box-shadow: 0 rem(18px) rem(56px) rgb(0 0 0 / 22%);
+  backdrop-filter: blur(rem(20px)) saturate(140%);
+}
+
+.modalBody {
+  padding: var(--mantine-spacing-sm);
+}
+
 .content {
  outline: none;
 }

+.searchInput {
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--mantine-color-default-border) 72%, transparent);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--mantine-color-body) 54%, transparent);
+  backdrop-filter: blur(rem(8px));
+}
+
 .option {
  min-width: 0;
  border-radius: var(--mantine-radius-md);
@@ -11,6 +30,12 @@
 .card {
  height: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
+  box-shadow: var(--mantine-shadow-sm);
+}
+
+.metadataBadge {
+  width: rem(22px);
+  padding-inline: 0;
 }

 .option:hover .card,
@@ -3,29 +3,32 @@
 import type { KeyboardEvent, ReactNode, RefObject } from "react";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import {
+  Badge,
  Card,
  Center,
  Group,
-  Kbd,
  Loader,
  Modal,
  ScrollArea,
  SimpleGrid,
  Stack,
  Text,
+  TextInput,
  ThemeIcon,
+  Tooltip,
  UnstyledButton,
  useMatches,
  VisuallyHidden,
 } from "@mantine/core";
 import { useHotkeys } from "@mantine/hooks";
-import { IconArrowDown, IconArrowRight, IconLayoutBoard, IconReplace } from "@tabler/icons-react";
+import { IconDeviceMobile, IconHomeFilled, IconLayoutBoard, IconSearch } from "@tabler/icons-react";

 import type { RouterOutputs } from "@homarr/api";
 import { clientApi } from "@homarr/api/client";
 import { useOptionalBoard } from "@homarr/boards/context";
+import { useRegisterSpotlightContextActions } from "@homarr/spotlight";
 import { useI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";
-import { Link } from "@homarr/ui";
+import { Link, UserAvatar } from "@homarr/ui";

 import { BoardLayoutThumbnail } from "~/components/board/board-layout-thumbnail";

@@ -39,6 +42,8 @@ interface BoardSwitcherProps {

 export const BoardSwitcher = ({ children }: BoardSwitcherProps) => {
  const t = useI18n("board.action.switcher");
+  const tBoard = useI18n("board");
+  const manageBoardsT = useI18n("management.page.board");
  const currentBoard = useOptionalBoard();
  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
  const [search, setSearch] = useState("");
@@ -50,20 +55,27 @@ export const BoardSwitcher = ({ children }: BoardSwitcherProps) => {
    data: boards = [],
    isPending,
    isError,
-  } = clientApi.board.getManageOverview.useQuery(undefined, {
-    enabled: isOpen,
-  });
+  } = clientApi.board.getManageOverview.useQuery(
+    { fullPreview: true },
+    {
+      enabled: isOpen,
+    },
+  );

-  const availableBoards = useMemo(
-    () => boards.filter((board) => board.id !== currentBoard?.id),
+  const switcherBoards = useMemo(
+    () => [
+      ...boards.filter((board) => board.id !== currentBoard?.id),
+      ...boards.filter((board) => board.id === currentBoard?.id),
+    ],
    [boards, currentBoard?.id],
  );
  const filteredBoards = useMemo(() => {
    const normalizedSearch = search.trim().toLocaleLowerCase();
-    if (normalizedSearch.length === 0) return availableBoards;
-    return availableBoards.filter((board) => board.name.toLocaleLowerCase().includes(normalizedSearch));
-  }, [availableBoards, search]);
+    if (normalizedSearch.length === 0) return switcherBoards;
+    return switcherBoards.filter((board) => board.name.toLocaleLowerCase().includes(normalizedSearch));
+  }, [search, switcherBoards]);
  const columnCount = Math.max(1, Math.min(filteredBoards.length, responsiveColumnCount));
+  const modalColumnCount = Math.max(1, Math.min(switcherBoards.length, responsiveColumnCount));

  const openSwitcher = useCallback(() => {
    setIsOpen(true);
@@ -73,7 +85,21 @@ export const BoardSwitcher = ({ children }: BoardSwitcherProps) => {
    setSearch("");
    setActiveIndex(0);
  }, []);
-  const preloadBoards = () => void utils.board.getManageOverview.prefetch();
+  const preloadBoards = () => void utils.board.getManageOverview.prefetch({ fullPreview: true });
+
+  const spotlightAction = useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      id: "open-board-switcher",
+      name: tBoard("action.switch"),
+      icon: IconLayoutBoard,
+      interaction: () => ({
+        type: "javaScript" as const,
+        onSelect: openSwitcher,
+      }),
+    }),
+    [openSwitcher, tBoard],
+  );
+  useRegisterSpotlightContextActions("board-switcher", [spotlightAction], [spotlightAction]);

  useHotkeys([[boardSwitcherHotkey, openSwitcher, { preventDefault: true }]]);

@@ -88,14 +114,17 @@ export const BoardSwitcher = ({ children }: BoardSwitcherProps) => {
  }, [activeIndex, filteredBoards.length, isOpen]);

  const handleModalKeyDown = (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
-    if (event.key === "Backspace") {
+    const isSearchInput =
+      event.target instanceof HTMLInputElement && event.target.dataset.boardSwitcherSearch !== undefined;
+
+    if (!isSearchInput && event.key === "Backspace") {
      event.preventDefault();
      setSearch((current) => current.slice(0, -1));
      setActiveIndex(0);
      return;
    }

-    if (event.key.length === 1 && !event.altKey && !event.ctrlKey && !event.metaKey) {
+    if (!isSearchInput && event.key.length === 1 && !event.altKey && !event.ctrlKey && !event.metaKey) {
      event.preventDefault();
      setSearch((current) => `${current}${event.key}`);
      setActiveIndex(0);
@@ -141,7 +170,7 @@ export const BoardSwitcher = ({ children }: BoardSwitcherProps) => {
  };

  const results = getBoardSwitcherResults({
-    availableBoardCount: availableBoards.length,
+    availableBoardCount: switcherBoards.length,
    filteredBoards,
    isError,
    isPending,
@@ -152,6 +181,7 @@ export const BoardSwitcher = ({ children }: BoardSwitcherProps) => {
    setActiveIndex,
    optionRefs,
    columnCount,
+    manageBoardsT,
  });

  return (
@@ -161,54 +191,40 @@ export const BoardSwitcher = ({ children }: BoardSwitcherProps) => {
      <Modal
        opened={isOpen}
        onClose={closeSwitcher}
-        title={
-          <Group gap="sm" wrap="nowrap">
-            <ThemeIcon variant="light" radius="md">
-              <IconReplace size={18} stroke={1.5} />
-            </ThemeIcon>
-            <Text fw={700}>{t("title")}</Text>
-          </Group>
-        }
-        size={1280}
-        yOffset={32}
-        overlayProps={{ backgroundOpacity: 0.18, blur: 2 }}
+        withCloseButton={false}
+        yOffset="15vh"
+        aria-label={t("title")}
+        size={`${modalColumnCount * 15 + Math.max(0, modalColumnCount - 1) * 0.75}rem`}
+        overlayProps={{ backgroundOpacity: 0, blur: 2 }}
        transitionProps={{ transition: "fade", duration: 100, timingFunction: "ease" }}
+        classNames={{ content: classes.modalContent, body: classes.modalBody }}
      >
        <Stack
-          data-autofocus
          tabIndex={-1}
-          gap="md"
+          gap="xs"
          onKeyDown={handleModalKeyDown}
          className={classes.content}
          aria-describedby="board-switcher-instructions"
        >
          <VisuallyHidden id="board-switcher-instructions">{t("keyboard.instructions")}</VisuallyHidden>
-          <ScrollArea.Autosize mah={640} type="auto" offsetScrollbars>
+          <TextInput
+            data-autofocus
+            data-board-switcher-search
+            value={search}
+            onChange={(event) => {
+              setSearch(event.currentTarget.value);
+              setActiveIndex(0);
+            }}
+            leftSection={<IconSearch size="1rem" stroke={1.6} />}
+            placeholder={t("title")}
+            aria-label={t("title")}
+            aria-controls="board-switcher-results"
+            radius="xl"
+            classNames={{ input: classes.searchInput }}
+          />
+          <ScrollArea.Autosize mah="min(80vh, 42rem)" type="never">
            {results}
          </ScrollArea.Autosize>
-
-          <Group justify={currentBoard ? "space-between" : "flex-end"} gap="xs" visibleFrom="sm">
-            {currentBoard && (
-              <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
-                {t("currentHidden", { name: currentBoard.name })}
-              </Text>
-            )}
-            <Group gap="xs">
-              <Kbd size="xs">
-                <IconArrowRight size={12} />
-              </Kbd>
-              <Kbd size="xs">
-                <IconArrowDown size={12} />
-              </Kbd>
-              <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
-                {t("keyboard.navigate")}
-              </Text>
-              <Kbd size="xs">Enter</Kbd>
-              <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
-                {t("keyboard.open")}
-              </Text>
-            </Group>
-          </Group>
        </Stack>
      </Modal>
    </>
@@ -227,6 +243,7 @@ interface BoardSwitcherResultsProps {
  setActiveIndex: (index: number) => void;
  optionRefs: RefObject<Array<HTMLAnchorElement | null>>;
  columnCount: number;
+  manageBoardsT: ReturnType<typeof useI18n<"management.page.board">>;
 }

 const getBoardSwitcherResults = ({
@@ -241,6 +258,7 @@ const getBoardSwitcherResults = ({
  setActiveIndex,
  optionRefs,
  columnCount,
+  manageBoardsT,
 }: BoardSwitcherResultsProps) => {
  if (isPending) {
    return (
@@ -287,7 +305,7 @@ const getBoardSwitcherResults = ({
  }

  return (
-    <SimpleGrid id="board-switcher-results" aria-label={t("results")} cols={columnCount} spacing="md" p={4}>
+    <SimpleGrid id="board-switcher-results" aria-label={t("results")} cols={columnCount} spacing="xs" p={2}>
      {filteredBoards.map((board, index) => (
        <UnstyledButton
          key={board.id}
@@ -296,7 +314,7 @@ const getBoardSwitcherResults = ({
          }}
          className={classes.option}
          w="100%"
-          maw={320}
+          maw={240}
          mx="auto"
          component={Link}
          href={`/boards/${encodeURIComponent(board.name)}`}
@@ -306,21 +324,50 @@ const getBoardSwitcherResults = ({
          onFocus={() => setActiveIndex(index)}
          onPointerEnter={() => setActiveIndex(index)}
        >
-          <Card padding={0} withBorder radius="md" className={classes.card}>
+          <Card padding={0} withBorder radius="lg" className={classes.card}>
            <Card.Section>
              <BoardLayoutThumbnail
                preview={board.preview}
                label={t("preview", { name: board.name, count: String(board.preview?.items.length ?? 0) })}
+                fitFullLayout
              />
            </Card.Section>
-            <Card.Section withBorder p="sm">
-              <Group gap="sm" wrap="nowrap">
-                <ThemeIcon variant="light" radius="md" size="md">
-                  <IconLayoutBoard size={16} stroke={1.5} />
-                </ThemeIcon>
-                <Text fw={650} truncate>
+            <Card.Section withBorder px="sm" py={6}>
+              <Group justify="space-between" gap="xs" wrap="nowrap">
+                <Text fw={600} size="sm" truncate>
                  {board.name}
                </Text>
+                <Group gap={4} wrap="nowrap">
+                  {board.isHome && (
+                    <Tooltip label={manageBoardsT("action.setHomeBoard.badge.tooltip")}>
+                      <Badge
+                        className={classes.metadataBadge}
+                        color="yellow"
+                        variant="light"
+                        aria-label={manageBoardsT("action.setHomeBoard.badge.label")}
+                      >
+                        <IconHomeFilled size="0.7rem" />
+                      </Badge>
+                    </Tooltip>
+                  )}
+                  {board.isMobileHome && (
+                    <Tooltip label={manageBoardsT("action.setMobileHomeBoard.badge.tooltip")}>
+                      <Badge
+                        className={classes.metadataBadge}
+                        color="yellow"
+                        variant="light"
+                        aria-label={manageBoardsT("action.setMobileHomeBoard.badge.label")}
+                      >
+                        <IconDeviceMobile size="0.7rem" />
+                      </Badge>
+                    </Tooltip>
+                  )}
+                  {board.creator && (
+                    <Tooltip label={board.creator.name ?? manageBoardsT("preview.unknownCreator")}>
+                      <UserAvatar user={board.creator} size="xs" />
+                    </Tooltip>
+                  )}
+                </Group>
              </Group>
            </Card.Section>
          </Card>
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
-.badge {
-  @mixin dark {
-    --background-color: rgb(from var(--mantine-color-dark-6) r g b / var(--opacity));
-    --border-color: rgb(from var(--mantine-color-dark-4) r g b / var(--opacity));
-  }
-  @mixin light {
-    --background-color: rgb(from var(--mantine-color-white) r g b / var(--opacity));
-    --border-color: rgb(from var(--mantine-color-gray-3) r g b / var(--opacity));
-  }
-  background-color: var(--background-color) !important;
-  border-color: var(--border-color) !important;
+.refreshIndicator {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0.25rem;
+  right: 0.25rem;
+  z-index: 3;
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center;
+  width: 1.25rem;
+  height: 1.25rem;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--mantine-color-body) 78%, transparent);
+  pointer-events: none;
 }

 .settingsButton {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: -34px;
+  right: 14px;
+  z-index: 201;
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  transition: opacity 120ms ease;
@@ -58,3 +63,11 @@
    transition: none;
  }
 }
+
+@media (max-width: 768px) {
+  .settingsButton {
+    right: 4px;
+    opacity: 1;
+    pointer-events: auto;
+  }
+}
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-import type { ComponentType, CSSProperties, MutableRefObject } from "react";
+import type { ComponentType, CSSProperties, MutableRefObject, PropsWithChildren } from "react";
 import { memo, Suspense, use, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
 import dynamic from "next/dynamic";
-import type { CardProps } from "@mantine/core";
-import { Badge, Box, Button, Card, Center, Loader, Portal } from "@mantine/core";
+import { Box, Button, Center, Loader, Portal } from "@mantine/core";
 import { useElementSize, useIsomorphicEffect } from "@mantine/hooks";
-import { QueryErrorResetBoundary, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { QueryErrorResetBoundary, useIsFetching, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import combineClasses from "clsx";
 import { NoIntegrationSelectedError } from "@homarr/widgets/errors/classes";
 import type { FallbackProps } from "react-error-boundary";
@@ -20,13 +19,16 @@ import { WidgetError } from "@homarr/widgets/errors";
 import {
  createWidgetRuntimeState,
  getWidgetQueryKeys,
+  getWidgetRuntimeQueries,
  supportsAdvancedFocus as definitionSupportsAdvancedFocus,
 } from "@homarr/widgets/definition";
 import type { WidgetComponentProps, WidgetDefinition, WidgetRuntimeRef } from "@homarr/widgets/definition";
 import { loadWidgetResources, reduceWidgetOptionsWithDefinition } from "@homarr/widgets/manifest";
+import { WidgetCardShell, WidgetTitleBadge } from "@homarr/widgets/widget-card-shell";

 import type { SectionItem } from "~/app/[locale]/boards/_types";
 import { getLogicalTrackSize } from "~/components/board/layout";
+import { useBoardCanvasScale } from "~/components/board/layout/scaled-board-canvas";
 import advancedFocusClasses from "../advanced-focus/advanced-focus.module.css";
 import { useAdvancedFocus } from "../advanced-focus/context";
 import { startAdvancedFocusEntrance } from "../advanced-focus/entrance";
@@ -34,11 +36,11 @@ import { getAdvancedFocusClosePosition, getAdvancedFocusRect } from "../advanced
 import { AdvancedFocusManualSurface } from "../advanced-focus/manual-surface";
 import { redirectShiftWheel } from "../advanced-focus/wheel";
 import { useBoardGridPortalHost } from "../sections/grid/grid-portal-host";
-import classes from "../sections/item.module.css";
 import { useItemActions } from "./item-actions";
 import itemContentClasses from "./item-content.module.css";
 import { WidgetContextMenu } from "./widget-context-menu";
 import { removeWidgetDataQueries } from "./widget-query-recovery";
+import { matchesWidgetItemQuery } from "./widget-query-scope";

 const BoardItemMenu = dynamic(() => import("./item-menu").then((module) => module.BoardItemMenu), {
  ssr: false,
@@ -48,47 +50,28 @@ interface BoardItemContentProps {
  item: SectionItem;
 }

-const getOverflowFromKind = (kind: SectionItem["kind"], hasCustomCssClasses: boolean) => {
-  if (kind === "systemResources") return { overflowX: "visible", overflowY: "visible" } as const;
-  if (kind === "iframe" || kind === "assistant") return { overflowX: "hidden", overflowY: "hidden" } as const;
-  if (hasCustomCssClasses) return {};
-  return { overflowX: "hidden", overflowY: "auto" } as const;
-};
-
-type BoardItemCardProps = CardProps & {
+type BoardItemCardProps = PropsWithChildren<{
  item: SectionItem;
  innerRef: (element: HTMLDivElement | null) => void;
-};
+}>;

-const BoardItemCard = ({ item, innerRef, children, ...cardProps }: BoardItemCardProps) => {
+const BoardItemCard = ({ item, innerRef, children }: BoardItemCardProps) => {
  const board = useRequiredBoard();

  return (
-    <Card
-      {...cardProps}
-      ref={innerRef}
+    <WidgetCardShell
+      innerRef={innerRef}
+      kind={item.kind}
+      advancedOptions={item.advancedOptions}
+      opacity={board.opacity / 100}
      w="100%"
      h="100%"
      data-grid-item-content
-      className={combineClasses(
-        classes.itemCard,
-        `${item.kind}-wrapper`,
-        "board-grid-item-content",
-        item.advancedOptions.customCssClasses.join(" "),
-      )}
      radius={board.itemRadius}
-      styles={{
-        root: {
-          "--opacity": board.opacity / 100,
-          containerType: "size",
-          ...getOverflowFromKind(item.kind, item.advancedOptions.customCssClasses.length > 0),
-          "--border-color": item.advancedOptions.borderColor !== "" ? item.advancedOptions.borderColor : undefined,
-        },
-      }}
      p={0}
    >
      {children}
-    </Card>
+    </WidgetCardShell>
  );
 };

@@ -167,6 +150,7 @@ const LoadedBoardItemContent = ({
  const cardRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
  const previewEntranceFrameRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
  const board = useRequiredBoard();
+  const boardCanvasScale = useBoardCanvasScale();
  const t = useI18n();
  const [isEditMode] = useEditMode();
  const settings = useSettings();
@@ -174,12 +158,34 @@ const LoadedBoardItemContent = ({
    () => ({ ...item, options: reduceWidgetOptionsWithDefinition(definition, settings, item.options) }),
    [definition, item, settings],
  );
+  const widgetQueryKeys = useMemo(() => getWidgetQueryKeys(definition, item.kind), [definition, item.kind]);
+  const isWidgetRefreshing =
+    useIsFetching({
+      predicate: (query) =>
+        query.state.data !== undefined &&
+        matchesWidgetItemQuery(
+          query.queryKey,
+          widgetQueryKeys,
+          {
+            itemId: item.id,
+            boardId: board.id,
+            integrationIds: item.integrationIds,
+            options: menuItem.options,
+            runtimeQueries: getWidgetRuntimeQueries(widgetRuntimeRef),
+          },
+          definition.queryMatcher,
+        ),
+    }) > 0;
  const [manualSurface, setManualSurface] = useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
  const [surfacePortalTarget, setSurfacePortalTarget] = useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
  const { active, viewportSize, open, close, dismiss, hover, leave } = useAdvancedFocus();
  const { width: viewportWidth, height: viewportHeight } = viewportSize;
  const supportsAdvancedFocus = definitionSupportsAdvancedFocus(definition);
  const widgetName = getWidgetName(item.kind, t);
+  const previewDimensions = useMemo(
+    () => ({ width, height, scale: boardCanvasScale }),
+    [boardCanvasScale, height, width],
+  );
  const advancedViewLabel = t("item.advancedFocus.label", { widget: widgetName });
  const advancedViewId = `advanced-focus-${item.id}`;
  const activeFocus = supportsAdvancedFocus && active?.itemId === item.id ? active : null;
@@ -291,8 +297,11 @@ const LoadedBoardItemContent = ({
      : undefined;

  const widgetCard = (
-    <Card
-      ref={cardRef}
+    <WidgetCardShell
+      innerRef={cardRef}
+      kind={item.kind}
+      advancedOptions={item.advancedOptions}
+      opacity={isAdvanced ? 0.98 : board.opacity / 100}
      id={isPreview ? advancedViewId : undefined}
      role={isPreview ? "region" : undefined}
      aria-label={isPreview ? advancedViewLabel : undefined}
@@ -303,21 +312,9 @@ const LoadedBoardItemContent = ({
      h={isManual ? "100%" : isAdvanced ? undefined : "100%"}
      w={isManual ? "100%" : isAdvanced ? undefined : "100%"}
      className={combineClasses(
-        classes.itemCard,
-        `${item.kind}-wrapper`,
-        "board-grid-item-content",
        isPreview && advancedFocusClasses.surface,
        activeFocus?.phase === "closing" && isPreview && advancedFocusClasses.surfaceClosing,
-        item.advancedOptions.customCssClasses.join(" "),
      )}
-      styles={{
-        root: {
-          "--opacity": isAdvanced ? 0.98 : board.opacity / 100,
-          containerType: "size",
-          ...getOverflowFromKind(item.kind, item.advancedOptions.customCssClasses.length > 0),
-          "--border-color": item.advancedOptions.borderColor !== "" ? item.advancedOptions.borderColor : undefined,
-        },
-      }}
      style={previewStyle}
    >
      <Box ref={contentRef} w="100%" h="100%" mih={0}>
@@ -345,15 +342,21 @@ const LoadedBoardItemContent = ({
          />
        </ErrorBoundary>
      </Box>
-    </Card>
+      {isWidgetRefreshing && (
+        <Box className={itemContentClasses.refreshIndicator} data-widget-refreshing aria-hidden>
+          <Loader size="xs" />
+        </Box>
+      )}
+    </WidgetCardShell>
  );

  return (
    <>
-      {isEditMode && <BoardItemMenu item={menuItem} definition={definition} />}
+      {isEditMode && <BoardItemMenu item={menuItem} definition={definition} previewDimensions={previewDimensions} />}
      <WidgetContextMenu
        item={item}
        definition={definition}
+        previewDimensions={previewDimensions}
        widgetStateRef={widgetStateRef}
        widgetRuntimeRef={widgetRuntimeRef}
        sourceRef={sourceRef}
@@ -418,25 +421,12 @@ const LoadedBoardItemContent = ({
          )}
        </Box>
      </WidgetContextMenu>
-      {!isAdvanced && item.advancedOptions.title?.trim() && (
-        <Badge
-          pos="absolute"
-          style={{ zIndex: "var(--mantine-z-index-app)" }}
-          top={2}
-          left={16}
-          size="xs"
+      {!isAdvanced && (
+        <WidgetTitleBadge
+          advancedOptions={item.advancedOptions}
+          opacity={board.opacity / 100}
          radius={board.itemRadius}
-          styles={{
-            root: {
-              "--border-color": item.advancedOptions.borderColor !== "" ? item.advancedOptions.borderColor : undefined,
-              "--opacity": board.opacity / 100,
-            },
-          }}
-          className={itemContentClasses.badge}
-          c="var(--mantine-color-text)"
-        >
-          {item.advancedOptions.title}
-        </Badge>
+        />
      )}
    </>
  );
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { LazyWidgetEditModal, preloadWidgetEditModal } from "./lazy-widget-edit-
 interface BoardItemMenuProps {
  item: SectionItem;
  definition: WidgetDefinition;
+  previewDimensions: { width: number; height: number; scale?: number };
  resetErrorBoundary?: () => void;
 }

@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export const BoardItemMenu = (props: BoardItemMenuProps) => {

  return <BoardItemMenuInner {...props} />;
 };
-const BoardItemMenuInner = ({ item, definition, resetErrorBoundary }: BoardItemMenuProps) => {
+const BoardItemMenuInner = ({ item, definition, previewDimensions, resetErrorBoundary }: BoardItemMenuProps) => {
  const { data: session } = useSession();
  const canDuplicate = item.kind !== "customApi" || (session?.user.permissions.includes("admin") ?? false);
  const refResetErrorBoundaryOnNextRender = useRef(false);
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ const BoardItemMenuInner = ({ item, definition, resetErrorBoundary }: BoardItemM
        integrationSupport: "supportedIntegrations" in definition,
        settings,
        itemId: item.id,
+        previewDimensions,
        appId: item.kind === "app" ? (item.options.appId as string | undefined) : undefined,
      },
      {
@@ -106,10 +108,6 @@ const BoardItemMenuInner = ({ item, definition, resetErrorBoundary }: BoardItemM
          variant="default"
          size={24}
          radius="sm"
-          pos="absolute"
-          top={4}
-          right={4}
-          style={{ zIndex: 30 }}
          className={itemContentClasses.settingsButton}
          data-menu-open={isMenuOpen || undefined}
          data-board-widget-settings
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { useI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";
 import type { Board, ContainerSectionItem, SectionItem } from "~/app/[locale]/boards/_types";
 import { getLayoutRowCount } from "../layout";
 import { resolvePinnedGridCollisions } from "../sections/grid/dnd";
+import { useRegisteredGridEditors } from "../sections/grid/grid-editor-registry";
 import { getSectionGridColumnCount, getSectionGridPlacements } from "../sections/grid/section-grid-placements";
 import type { CommitSectionGridInput, SectionGridPlacement } from "../sections/grid/use-grid-layout-actions";
 import { useGridLayoutActions } from "../sections/grid/use-grid-layout-actions";
@@ -57,26 +58,29 @@ export const ItemMoveModal = createModal<InnerProps>(({ actions, innerProps }) =
  const tContainer = useI18n("section.container");
  const tMoveResize = useI18n("item.moveResize");
  const { board, commitSectionGrids, currentLayoutId, entry, sourceSectionId } = innerProps;
+  const registeredGridEditors = useRegisteredGridEditors();
  const minimumSize = useMemo(
    () => getEntryMinimumSize(board, currentLayoutId, entry),
    [board, currentLayoutId, entry],
  );
-  const targets = useMemo(
-    () =>
-      getMoveTargets(board, currentLayoutId, entry, {
-        canvas: tLandmark("canvas"),
-        container: tContainer("action.create"),
-        leftRail: tLandmark("leftRail"),
-        rightRail: tLandmark("rightRail"),
-        numbered: (name, index) => tMoveResize("target.numbered", { name, index: String(index) }),
-        located: (name, location, index) =>
-          tMoveResize("target.located", {
-            name,
-            location,
-            index: String(index),
-          }),
-      }),
-    [board, currentLayoutId, entry, tContainer, tLandmark, tMoveResize],
+  const targets = getMoveTargets(
+    board,
+    currentLayoutId,
+    entry,
+    {
+      canvas: tLandmark("canvas"),
+      container: tContainer("action.create"),
+      leftRail: tLandmark("leftRail"),
+      rightRail: tLandmark("rightRail"),
+      numbered: (name, index) => tMoveResize("target.numbered", { name, index: String(index) }),
+      located: (name, location, index) =>
+        tMoveResize("target.located", {
+          name,
+          location,
+          index: String(index),
+        }),
+    },
+    registeredGridEditors,
  );
  const targetById = useMemo(() => new Map(targets.map((target) => [target.id, target])), [targets]);
  const initialTarget = targetById.get(sourceSectionId) ?? targets[0];
@@ -252,6 +256,7 @@ export const getMoveTargets = (
  layoutId: string,
  entry: MovableEntry,
  labels: MoveTargetLabels,
+  registeredGridEditors?: ReadonlyMap<string, { placementMaxRowCount: number | null }>,
 ): MoveTarget[] => {
  const minimum = getEntryMinimumSize(board, layoutId, entry);

@@ -260,13 +265,15 @@ export const getMoveTargets = (
      const columnCount = getSectionColumnCount(board, layoutId, section.id);
      const lane = getRootSectionLane(section.xOffset);
      if (columnCount === 0) return [];
+      const registeredEditor = registeredGridEditors?.get(section.id);
+      if (lane !== "main" && registeredGridEditors && !registeredEditor) return [];
      return minimum.width <= columnCount
        ? [
            {
              id: section.id,
              name: lane === "left" ? labels.leftRail : lane === "right" ? labels.rightRail : labels.canvas,
              columnCount,
-              maxRowCount: getSectionMaxRowCount(board, layoutId, section.id),
+              maxRowCount: registeredEditor?.placementMaxRowCount ?? getSectionMaxRowCount(board, layoutId, section.id),
            },
          ]
        : [];
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
  getIntegrationName,
  getWidgetName,
  getRootSectionLane,
+  widgetDefaultSizes,
  widgetIntegrationSupport,
  widgetKinds,
  widgetKindsWithOptionalIntegrations,
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ import { loadWidgetDefinition, reduceWidgetOptionsWithDefinition } from "@homarr
 import type { EmptySection } from "~/app/[locale]/boards/_types";
 import { useSetupAnalytics } from "~/components/create/setup-analytics";
 import { IntegrationSelectModal } from "~/components/integration/integration-select-modal";
+import { getSectionGridColumnCount } from "../sections/grid/section-grid-placements";
 import { useItemActions } from "./item-actions";
 import type { WidgetConnectionStatus } from "./item-select-data";
 import {
@@ -76,6 +78,8 @@ export interface WidgetItemData {
 }

 const selectGridCols = { base: 1, xs: 2, sm: 2, md: 3, lg: 4 };
+const defaultWidgetSize = { width: 1, height: 1 };
+const maximumWidgetHeight = 64;

 const ItemSelectModalContent = ({
  actions,
@@ -124,6 +128,13 @@ const ItemSelectModalContent = ({
  const effectiveSectionId = placementOptions.some(({ value }) => value === targetSectionId)
    ? targetSectionId
    : (placementOptions[0]?.value ?? null);
+  const maximumWidgetSize = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!effectiveSectionId) return defaultWidgetSize;
+    return {
+      width: Math.max(1, getSectionGridColumnCount(board, currentLayoutId, effectiveSectionId) ?? 1),
+      height: maximumWidgetHeight,
+    };
+  }, [board, currentLayoutId, effectiveSectionId]);

  const [loadingSelection, setLoadingSelection] = useState<string | null>(null);
  const selectionLock = useRef(false);
@@ -246,6 +257,7 @@ const ItemSelectModalContent = ({
    try {
      const definition = await loadWidgetDefinition("customApi");
      const itemId = createId();
+      const initialSize = widgetDefaultSizes.customApi ?? defaultWidgetSize;
      const defaultOptions = reduceWidgetOptionsWithDefinition(definition, settings);
      const options = {
        ...defaultOptions,
@@ -263,7 +275,7 @@ const ItemSelectModalContent = ({
            options,
            integrationIds: [],
          },
-          onSuccessfulEdit: ({ options: configuredOptions, advancedOptions }) => {
+          onSuccessfulEdit: ({ options: configuredOptions, advancedOptions }, selectedSize) => {
            const updatedBoard = createItem({
              id: itemId,
              kind: "customApi",
@@ -271,12 +283,14 @@ const ItemSelectModalContent = ({
              options: configuredOptions,
              targetSectionId: effectiveSectionId ?? undefined,
              advancedOptions,
+              size: selectedSize ?? initialSize,
            });
            notifyCreated(updatedBoard, itemId, customWidgetDefinition.name);
          },
          integrationData: [],
          integrationSupport: false,
          settings,
+          previewResize: { initialSize, maximumSize: maximumWidgetSize },
        },
        {
          title: (titleT) => `${titleT("item.edit.title")} - ${customWidgetDefinition.name}`,
@@ -311,6 +325,7 @@ const ItemSelectModalContent = ({
      const matchingIntegrationCount = Math.min(matchingIntegrations.length, maxIntegrations);
      const itemId = createId();
      const defaultOptions = reduceWidgetOptionsWithDefinition(definition, settings);
+      const initialSize = widgetDefaultSizes[kind] ?? defaultWidgetSize;
      const openEditor = (
        availableIntegrations: { id: string; name: string; url: string; kind: IntegrationKind }[],
      ) => {
@@ -326,7 +341,7 @@ const ItemSelectModalContent = ({
              options: defaultOptions,
              integrationIds: selectedIntegrationIds,
            },
-            onSuccessfulEdit: ({ options, integrationIds: newIntegrationIds, advancedOptions }) => {
+            onSuccessfulEdit: ({ options, integrationIds: newIntegrationIds, advancedOptions }, selectedSize) => {
              const updatedBoard = createItem({
                id: itemId,
                kind,
@@ -334,6 +349,7 @@ const ItemSelectModalContent = ({
                integrationIds: newIntegrationIds,
                targetSectionId: effectiveSectionId ?? undefined,
                advancedOptions,
+                size: selectedSize ?? initialSize,
              });
              if (!notifyCreated(updatedBoard, itemId, getWidgetName(kind, t))) return;
              trackSetup("widget-completed", {
@@ -346,6 +362,7 @@ const ItemSelectModalContent = ({
            integrationData: availableIntegrations,
            integrationSupport: hasIntegrationSupport,
            settings,
+            previewResize: { initialSize, maximumSize: maximumWidgetSize },
          },
          {
            title: (titleT) => `${titleT("item.edit.title")} - ${getWidgetName(kind, titleT)}`,
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";

+import type { PropsWithChildren } from "react";
 import { Suspense, use, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { Center, Loader } from "@mantine/core";
 import { ErrorBoundary } from "react-error-boundary";
@@ -7,16 +8,49 @@ import type { FallbackProps } from "react-error-boundary";

 import { clientApi } from "@homarr/api/client";
 import type { WidgetKind } from "@homarr/definitions";
-import { createModal, modalSizeForm, useModalAction } from "@homarr/modals";
+import { widgetDefaultSizes } from "@homarr/definitions";
+import { createModal, useModalAction } from "@homarr/modals";
 import { WidgetError } from "@homarr/widgets/errors";
 import type * as WidgetModalsModule from "@homarr/widgets/modals";
-import type { WidgetEditModalProps } from "@homarr/widgets/modals";
+import type { WidgetEditModalProps, WidgetEditModalSize } from "@homarr/widgets/modals";
+import { loadWidgetComponent } from "@homarr/widgets/manifest";
 import type { IntegrationSelectOption } from "@homarr/widgets/widget-integration-select";

+import { AssistantContext, useOptionalHomarrAssistant } from "~/components/assistant/assistant-context";
+import { getLogicalTrackSize } from "~/components/board/layout";
 import { IntegrationSelectModal } from "~/components/integration/integration-select-modal";
 import type * as IntegrationEditFormModule from "~/components/integration/embedded-integration-edit-form";
 import type { EmbeddedIntegrationEditFormProps } from "~/components/integration/embedded-integration-edit-form";

+const defaultWidgetSize = { width: 1, height: 1 };
+const ignoreAssistantAction = () => undefined;
+const ignoreAssistantPrompt = () => false;
+const ignoreAssistantRefresh = () => Promise.resolve();
+const getPreviewDimensions = (size: WidgetEditModalSize) => ({
+  width: getLogicalTrackSize(size.width),
+  height: getLogicalTrackSize(size.height),
+});
+
+const PreviewRuntimeWrapper = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {
+  const assistant = useOptionalHomarrAssistant();
+  const previewAssistant = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!assistant) return null;
+    return {
+      ...assistant,
+      open: ignoreAssistantAction,
+      close: ignoreAssistantAction,
+      toggle: ignoreAssistantAction,
+      sendPrompt: ignoreAssistantPrompt,
+      refreshCurrentView: ignoreAssistantRefresh,
+      setWidgetVisible: ignoreAssistantAction,
+      activateWidget: ignoreAssistantAction,
+    };
+  }, [assistant]);
+
+  if (!previewAssistant) return children;
+  return <AssistantContext.Provider value={previewAssistant}>{children}</AssistantContext.Provider>;
+};
+
 let widgetEditModalPromise: Promise<typeof WidgetModalsModule> | undefined;

 export const loadWidgetEditModal = () => {
@@ -83,6 +117,7 @@ interface LazyWidgetEditModalContentProps {

 const LazyWidgetEditModalContent = (props: LazyWidgetEditModalContentProps) => {
  const { WidgetEditModal } = use(loadWidgetEditModal());
+  const { default: PreviewComponent } = use(loadWidgetComponent(props.innerProps.kind));
  const { openModal: openIntegrationModal } = useModalAction(IntegrationSelectModal);
  const Component = WidgetEditModal.component;
  const utils = clientApi.useUtils();
@@ -114,6 +149,18 @@ const LazyWidgetEditModalContent = (props: LazyWidgetEditModalContentProps) => {
    const additional = createdIntegrations.filter((c) => !existing.some((e) => e.id === c.id));
    return [...existing, ...additional];
  }, [props.innerProps.integrationData, createdIntegrations]);
+  const previewDimensions = useMemo(() => {
+    if (props.innerProps.previewDimensions) return props.innerProps.previewDimensions;
+    const size = widgetDefaultSizes[props.innerProps.kind] ?? defaultWidgetSize;
+    return {
+      width: getLogicalTrackSize(size.width),
+      height: getLogicalTrackSize(size.height),
+    };
+  }, [props.innerProps.kind, props.innerProps.previewDimensions]);
+  let previewResize = props.innerProps.previewResize;
+  if (previewResize) {
+    previewResize = { ...previewResize, getDimensions: getPreviewDimensions };
+  }

  return (
    <Component
@@ -122,6 +169,10 @@ const LazyWidgetEditModalContent = (props: LazyWidgetEditModalContentProps) => {
        ...props.innerProps,
        integrationData: combinedIntegrationData,
        integrationEditForm: LazyIntegrationEditForm,
+        previewComponent: PreviewComponent,
+        previewDimensions,
+        previewResize,
+        previewWrapper: PreviewRuntimeWrapper,
        onOpenNewIntegration: supportedKinds.length > 0 ? handleOpenNewIntegration : undefined,
      }}
    />
@@ -157,6 +208,10 @@ export const LazyWidgetEditModal = createModal<WidgetEditModalProps<WidgetKind>>
  defaultTitle(t) {
    return t("item.edit.title");
  },
-  size: modalSizeForm,
+  size: "100rem",
+  transitionProps: {
+    transition: "pop",
+    duration: 180,
+  },
  closeOnClickOutside: false,
 });
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { matchesWidgetItemQuery } from "./widget-query-scope";
 interface WidgetContextMenuProps {
  item: SectionItem;
  definition: WidgetDefinition;
+  previewDimensions: { width: number; height: number; scale?: number };
  widgetStateRef: MutableRefObject<Record<string, unknown> | null>;
  widgetRuntimeRef: WidgetRuntimeRef;
  sourceRef: RefObject<HTMLElement | null>;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ interface WidgetContextMenuProps {
 export const WidgetContextMenu = ({
  item,
  definition,
+  previewDimensions,
  widgetRuntimeRef,
  sourceRef,
  children,
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ export const WidgetContextMenu = ({
        definition,
        value: {
          advancedOptions: item.advancedOptions,
-          options: item.options,
+          options,
          integrationIds: item.integrationIds,
        },
        onSuccessfulEdit: (editResult) => {
@@ -189,6 +191,9 @@ export const WidgetContextMenu = ({
        ),
        integrationSupport: definition.supportedIntegrations !== undefined,
        settings,
+        itemId: item.id,
+        boardId: board.id,
+        previewDimensions,
        appId: item.kind === "app" ? (item.options.appId as string | undefined) : undefined,
      },
      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -197,12 +202,15 @@ export const WidgetContextMenu = ({
      },
    );
  }, [
+    board.id,
    definition,
    integrationData,
    item,
    handleRefetch,
    openModal,
+    options,
    persistBoard,
+    previewDimensions,
    settings,
    updateItemAdvancedOptions,
    updateItemIntegrations,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
  min-height: 28px;
-  padding: 4px 8px;
+  padding: 4px 40px 4px 8px;
  border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
  border-radius: var(--mantine-radius-md);
  background-color: var(--background-color);
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@

 The board uses fixed logical units:

- one `1 × 1` item is exactly `200 × 200` logical pixels;
- the gap is always `24` logical pixels, giving a `224` pixel track pitch;
- multi-cell items include the gaps between their cells (`2 × 1` is `424 × 200`);
+- one grid track has a `212 × 212` logical-pixel footprint;
+- cards are inset by `10` visual pixels on every side, matching the legacy GridStack gutter;
+- multi-cell items occupy complete track footprints (`2 × 1` is `424 × 212` before the card inset);
 - the canvas is zoomed once with one uniform scale derived from its available width.

-Items keep the same logical dimensions at every viewport. The viewport reserves
-the painted size while the inner canvas remains at its logical dimensions, so a
-widget's `clientWidth`, `clientHeight`, and `ResizeObserver` measurements stay
-stable. The visual canvas always fits the available width, every root lane
-keeps at least one viewport of height, and edit-mode previews extend it downward
-as needed.
+Grid footprints keep the same logical dimensions at every viewport. Widget cards
+use a scale-compensated inset so their painted size and content measurements
+match the legacy responsive grid. The visual canvas always fits the available
+width, every root lane keeps at least one viewport of height, and edit-mode
+previews extend it downward as needed.

 The read-only renderer should:

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { BoardLane } from "@homarr/definitions";
 import { getBoardLaneColumnCount, getRootSectionLane } from "@homarr/definitions";

 import type { Board, EmptySection } from "~/app/[locale]/boards/_types";
-import { getLogicalTrackSize, getLayoutRowCount, normalizeGridPlacement } from "./geometry";
+import { getLogicalGridSize, getLayoutRowCount, normalizeGridPlacement } from "./geometry";
 import { getCollapsedDisplayLayout } from "./reflow";
 import type { GridPlacement } from "./types";

@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@ export const getInitialBoardLogicalHeight = (board: Board, layoutId: string) =>
    return [getLayoutRowCount(displayPlacements)];
  });

-  return getLogicalTrackSize(Math.max(0, ...rowCounts));
+  return getLogicalGridSize(Math.max(0, ...rowCounts));
 };
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 * individual cards never change their internal layout at different viewports.
 */
 export const LOGICAL_GRID_CELL_SIZE = 200;
-export const LOGICAL_GRID_GAP = 24;
+export const LOGICAL_GRID_GAP = 12;
 export const LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH = LOGICAL_GRID_CELL_SIZE + LOGICAL_GRID_GAP;

 export const COLLAPSED_SECTION_ROW_COUNT = 0.5;
@@ -10,12 +10,23 @@ export const getLogicalTrackSize = (trackCount: number) => {
  return normalizedTrackCount * LOGICAL_GRID_CELL_SIZE + (normalizedTrackCount - 1) * LOGICAL_GRID_GAP;
 };

+/**
+ * Returns the complete footprint occupied by grid tracks. Cards are inset
+ * inside this footprint so their visual gutters stay fixed while the canvas
+ * is scaled.
+ */
+export const getLogicalGridSize = (trackCount: number) => {
+  const normalizedTrackCount = Math.max(0, toFiniteNumber(trackCount, "trackCount"));
+
+  return normalizedTrackCount * LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH;
+};
+
 export const getLogicalItemStyle = ({ x, y, w, h }: GridCoordinates): CSSProperties => ({
  position: "absolute",
  left: x * LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH,
  top: y * LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH,
-  width: getLogicalTrackSize(w),
-  height: getLogicalTrackSize(h),
+  width: getLogicalGridSize(w),
+  height: getLogicalGridSize(h),
 });

 export const getLayoutRowCount = (placements: readonly GridCoordinates[]) =>
@@ -25,7 +36,7 @@ export const getGridRowCountForVisualHeight = (visualHeight: number, visualScale
  if (!Number.isFinite(visualHeight) || visualHeight <= 0) return 1;
  if (!Number.isFinite(visualScale) || visualScale <= 0) return 1;

-  return Math.max(1, Math.ceil((visualHeight / visualScale + LOGICAL_GRID_GAP) / LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH));
+  return Math.max(1, Math.ceil(visualHeight / visualScale / LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH));
 };

 export const normalizeGridPlacement = <TPlacement extends GridPlacement>(
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
   * zoom and enlarges everything together.
   */
  --mantine-scale: var(--board-canvas-ui-scale, 1);
+  /* Keep a subtle boundary inset without widening the visual gap too much. */
+  --board-grid-item-inset: calc(var(--mantine-spacing-xs) / 2);
  --mantine-spacing-xs: calc(0.625rem * var(--board-canvas-ui-scale, 1));
  --mantine-spacing-sm: calc(0.75rem * var(--board-canvas-ui-scale, 1));
  --mantine-spacing-md: calc(1rem * var(--board-canvas-ui-scale, 1));
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ import { BoardMockBuilder } from "~/components/board/items/actions/test/mocks/bo
 import { ContainerSectionMockBuilder } from "~/components/board/items/actions/test/mocks/container-section-mock";
 import { EmptySectionMockBuilder } from "~/components/board/items/actions/test/mocks/empty-section-mock";
 import { ItemMockBuilder } from "~/components/board/items/actions/test/mocks/item-mock";
-import { getBoardLaneColumnCount, getInitialBoardLogicalHeight, getRootSectionForLane } from "../index";
+import {
+  getBoardLaneColumnCount,
+  getInitialBoardLogicalHeight,
+  getLogicalGridSize,
+  getRootSectionForLane,
+} from "../index";

 describe("board lanes", () => {
  test("gutters consume columns from the main canvas", () => {
@@ -126,6 +131,6 @@ describe("board lanes", () => {
      },
    ];

-    expect(getInitialBoardLogicalHeight(board, layoutId)).toBe(872);
+    expect(getInitialBoardLogicalHeight(board, layoutId)).toBe(getLogicalGridSize(4));
  });
 });
@@ -3,24 +3,28 @@ import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 import {
  getGridRowCountForVisualHeight,
  getLayoutRowCount,
+  getLogicalGridSize,
  getLogicalItemStyle,
  getLogicalTrackSize,
  normalizeGridPlacement,
 } from "../index";

 describe("fixed dashboard geometry", () => {
-  test("keeps a 1x1 item exactly 200px with a fixed 24px gap", () => {
+  test("separates content track sizes from complete grid footprints", () => {
    expect(getLogicalTrackSize(1)).toBe(200);
-    expect(getLogicalTrackSize(0.5)).toBe(88);
-    expect(getLogicalTrackSize(2)).toBe(424);
-    expect(getLogicalTrackSize(3)).toBe(648);
+    expect(getLogicalTrackSize(0.5)).toBe(94);
+    expect(getLogicalTrackSize(2)).toBe(412);
+    expect(getLogicalTrackSize(3)).toBe(624);
+    expect(getLogicalGridSize(1)).toBe(212);
+    expect(getLogicalGridSize(2)).toBe(424);
+    expect(getLogicalGridSize(3)).toBe(636);

    expect(getLogicalItemStyle({ x: 1, y: 2, w: 2, h: 3 })).toEqual({
      position: "absolute",
-      left: 224,
-      top: 448,
+      left: 212,
+      top: 424,
      width: 424,
-      height: 648,
+      height: 636,
    });
  });

@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ describe("fixed dashboard geometry", () => {
    expect(getGridRowCountForVisualHeight(1200, 1)).toBe(6);
    expect(getLogicalTrackSize(getGridRowCountForVisualHeight(1200, 1))).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1200);

-    expect(getGridRowCountForVisualHeight(1200, 0.5)).toBe(11);
+    expect(getGridRowCountForVisualHeight(1200, 0.5)).toBe(12);
    expect(getLogicalTrackSize(getGridRowCountForVisualHeight(1200, 0.5)) * 0.5).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1200);
  });
 });
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export const BoardContainerSection = ({ section }: Props) => {
      <Card
        className={combineClasses(
          classes.itemCard,
+          classes.containerCard,
          options.customCssClasses.join(" "),
          isVisuallyCollapsed && classes.collapsedContainerCard,
        )}
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ export const BoardContainerSection = ({ section }: Props) => {
          root: {
            overflow: "visible",
            "--opacity": board.opacity / 100,
-            "--border-color": options.borderColor || undefined,
+            "--container-border-color": options.borderColor || undefined,
          },
        }}
        radius={board.itemRadius}
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ export const BoardContainerSection = ({ section }: Props) => {
          <Button
            className={classes.containerToggle}
            pos="absolute"
-            top={isVisuallyCollapsed ? 0 : -24}
+            top={isVisuallyCollapsed ? 0 : "calc(var(--mantine-spacing-xs) * -1)"}
            left={0}
            w="100%"
            h={isVisuallyCollapsed ? "100%" : 24}
@@ -103,8 +104,9 @@ export const BoardContainerSection = ({ section }: Props) => {
        )}
        {!isVisuallyCollapsed && !options.collapsible && options.showLabel && options.title && (
          <Badge
+            className={classes.containerLabel}
            pos="absolute"
-            top={-24}
+            top="calc(var(--mantine-spacing-xs) * -1)"
            left={labelLeft}
            maw={`calc(100% - ${labelLeft + labelRight}px)`}
            size="md"
@@ -113,12 +115,7 @@ export const BoardContainerSection = ({ section }: Props) => {
            c="var(--mantine-color-text)"
            style={{
              zIndex: 9,
-              overflow: "hidden",
              pointerEvents: "none",
-              textOverflow: "ellipsis",
-              whiteSpace: "nowrap",
-              backgroundColor: "var(--background-color)",
-              borderColor: "var(--border-color)",
            }}
            title={options.title}
            data-board-container-label
@@ -128,8 +125,9 @@ export const BoardContainerSection = ({ section }: Props) => {
        )}
        {options.showOpenAll && !isEditMode && (
          <ActionIcon
+            className={classes.containerAction}
            pos="absolute"
-            top={isVisuallyCollapsed ? "50%" : -24}
+            top={isVisuallyCollapsed ? "50%" : "calc(var(--mantine-spacing-xs) * -1)"}
            right={8}
            style={{ zIndex: 10, transform: isVisuallyCollapsed ? "translateY(-50%)" : undefined }}
            variant={options.collapsible ? "subtle" : "default"}
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
 import { useEditMode } from "@homarr/boards/edit-mode";

 import { getLoadedGridEditorModule, loadGridEditorAsync } from "./grid-editor-loader";
-import { GridEditorRegistryProvider, useRegisteredGridEditors } from "./grid-editor-registry";
+import { useRegisteredGridEditors } from "./grid-editor-registry";
 import { GridEditorRuntimeProvider } from "./grid-editor-runtime";

 type BoardGridEditorProviderComponent = ComponentType<PropsWithChildren>;
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ export const BoardGridEditorBoundary = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {
  const GridEditor = resolvedEditorModule?.default ?? null;

  return (
-    <GridEditorRegistryProvider>
+    <>
      <GridEditorRuntimeProvider status={runtimeStatus}>{children}</GridEditorRuntimeProvider>
      {isEditMode && Provider && GridEditor && (
        <Provider>
          <RegisteredGridEditors GridEditor={GridEditor} />
        </Provider>
      )}
-    </GridEditorRegistryProvider>
+    </>
  );
 };

@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ describe("dnd grid coordinates", () => {
  test("uses the dragged shape origin so a non-center grab retains its pointer offset", () => {
    const scale = 0.75;
    const target = { left: -280, top: 390, width: getLogicalTrackSize(5) * scale };
-    const initialShape = { left: target.left, top: target.top, width: 424 * scale, height: 200 * scale };
+    const initialShape = {
+      left: target.left,
+      top: target.top,
+      width: getLogicalTrackSize(2) * scale,
+      height: 200 * scale,
+    };
    const pointerDelta = { x: LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH * scale * 2, y: LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH * scale * 3 };

    expect(
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getLogicalTrackSize, LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH } from "~/components/board/layout";
+import { getLogicalGridSize, LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH } from "~/components/board/layout";
 import type { GridPlacement } from "~/components/board/layout";
 import type { GridResizeDirection } from "./types";

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const getSnappedGridCoordinates = ({
  target: RectangleLike;
  columnCount: number;
 }) => {
-  const logicalWidth = getLogicalTrackSize(columnCount);
+  const logicalWidth = getLogicalGridSize(columnCount);
  const visualScale = logicalWidth > 0 ? target.width / logicalWidth : 0;
  if (!Number.isFinite(visualScale) || visualScale <= 0) return null;

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export interface GridEditorRenderProps {
 }

 export interface RegisteredGridEditor extends GridEditorRenderProps {
+  placementMaxRowCount: number | null;
  host: HTMLElement;
  disabled: boolean;
 }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@

 .board-grid-entry[data-board-item-selected="true"]::after {
  position: absolute;
-  inset: 0;
+  inset: var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px);
  z-index: 100;
  content: "";
  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--mantine-primary-color-filled) 12%, transparent);
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ body[data-board-grid-interacting="resize"] .board-grid-entry[data-dnd-active="tr

 .board-grid-placeholder {
  z-index: 0;
+  clip-path: inset(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px));
  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--mantine-primary-color-filled) 16%, transparent);
  border: 2px dashed var(--mantine-primary-color-filled);
  border-radius: var(--mantine-radius-md);
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ body[data-board-grid-interacting="resize"] .board-grid-entry[data-dnd-active="tr

 .board-grid-resize-outline {
  z-index: 1002;
+  clip-path: inset(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px));
  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--mantine-primary-color-filled) 6%, transparent);
  border: 2px solid var(--mantine-primary-color-filled);
  border-radius: var(--mantine-radius-md);
@@ -153,17 +155,6 @@ body[data-board-grid-interacting="resize"] .board-grid-entry[data-dnd-active="tr
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px var(--mantine-color-red-filled);
 }

-[data-section-kind="empty"][data-rail-placement="main"] > .board-grid-editor[data-dnd-drop-target="true"] {
-  outline: 2px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--mantine-primary-color-filled) 60%, transparent);
-  outline-offset: 4px;
-  box-shadow: none;
-}
-
-[data-section-kind="empty"][data-rail-placement="main"]
-  > .board-grid-editor[data-dnd-drop-target="true"][data-dnd-drop-valid="false"] {
-  outline-color: var(--mantine-color-red-filled);
-}
-
 [data-board-container-collapsed]
  > [data-board-container-body]
  > [data-section-id]
@@ -240,11 +231,11 @@ body[data-board-grid-interacting="resize"] .board-grid-entry[data-dnd-active="tr
 }

 .board-grid-resize-handle[data-grid-resize-handle="n"] {
-  top: -0.25rem;
+  top: calc(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px) - 0.25rem);
 }

 .board-grid-resize-handle[data-grid-resize-handle="s"] {
-  bottom: -0.25rem;
+  bottom: calc(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px) - 0.25rem);
 }

 .board-grid-resize-handle[data-grid-resize-handle="e"],
@@ -258,11 +249,11 @@ body[data-board-grid-interacting="resize"] .board-grid-entry[data-dnd-active="tr
 }

 .board-grid-resize-handle[data-grid-resize-handle="e"] {
-  right: -0.25rem;
+  right: calc(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px) - 0.25rem);
 }

 .board-grid-resize-handle[data-grid-resize-handle="w"] {
-  left: -0.25rem;
+  left: calc(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px) - 0.25rem);
 }

 .board-grid-resize-handle[data-grid-resize-handle="ne"],
@@ -275,42 +266,30 @@ body[data-board-grid-interacting="resize"] .board-grid-entry[data-dnd-active="tr
 }

 .board-grid-resize-handle[data-grid-resize-handle="ne"] {
-  top: -0.625rem;
-  right: -0.625rem;
+  top: calc(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px) - 0.625rem);
+  right: calc(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px) - 0.625rem);
  cursor: nesw-resize;
 }

 .board-grid-resize-handle[data-grid-resize-handle="se"] {
-  right: -0.625rem;
-  bottom: -0.625rem;
+  right: calc(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px) - 0.625rem);
+  bottom: calc(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px) - 0.625rem);
  cursor: nwse-resize;
 }

 .board-grid-resize-handle[data-grid-resize-handle="sw"] {
-  bottom: -0.625rem;
-  left: -0.625rem;
+  bottom: calc(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px) - 0.625rem);
+  left: calc(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px) - 0.625rem);
  cursor: nesw-resize;
 }

 .board-grid-resize-handle[data-grid-resize-handle="nw"] {
-  top: -0.625rem;
-  left: -0.625rem;
+  top: calc(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px) - 0.625rem);
+  left: calc(var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px) - 0.625rem);
  cursor: nwse-resize;
  /* Leaves a thin draggable border around the corner instead of a solid 44x44 hit area,
     so it doesn't sit on top of the container menu button anchored in this same corner. */
-  clip-path: polygon(
-    evenodd,
-    0 0,
-    100% 0,
-    100% 100%,
-    0 100%,
-    0 0,
-    4px 4px,
-    4px 40px,
-    40px 40px,
-    40px 4px,
-    4px 4px
-  );
+  clip-path: polygon(evenodd, 0 0, 100% 0, 100% 100%, 0 100%, 0 0, 4px 4px, 4px 40px, 40px 40px, 40px 4px, 4px 4px);
 }

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import { useCurrentLayout, useRequiredBoard } from "@homarr/boards/context";
 import { getWidgetName } from "@homarr/definitions";
 import { useI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";

-import { getLogicalTrackSize, LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH } from "~/components/board/layout";
+import { getLogicalGridSize, LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH } from "~/components/board/layout";
 import {
  beginGridTransaction,
  cancelGridTransaction,
@@ -792,8 +792,8 @@ export default function GridEditor({
      data-grid-depth={depth}
      style={
        {
-          width: getLogicalTrackSize(columnCount),
-          height: getLogicalTrackSize(rowCount),
+          width: getLogicalGridSize(columnCount),
+          height: getLogicalGridSize(rowCount),
          "--board-grid-pitch": `${LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH}px`,
        } as CSSProperties
      }
@@ -1234,8 +1234,8 @@ const getEntryVisualScale = (element: HTMLElement | null, placement: SectionGrid
  if (!element) return null;
  const rectangle = element.getBoundingClientRect();
  const scale = {
-    x: rectangle.width / getLogicalTrackSize(placement.w),
-    y: rectangle.height / getLogicalTrackSize(placement.h),
+    x: rectangle.width / getLogicalGridSize(placement.w),
+    y: rectangle.height / getLogicalGridSize(placement.h),
  };
  return Number.isFinite(scale.x) && scale.x > 0 && Number.isFinite(scale.y) && scale.y > 0 ? scale : null;
 };
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getLogicalTrackSize, LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH } from "~/components/board/layout";
+import { getLogicalGridSize, LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH } from "~/components/board/layout";
 import type { GridPlacement } from "~/components/board/layout";

 export interface GridPreviewDomState {
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ export const clearGridPreviewGeometry = (
 const applyPreviewGeometry = (element: HTMLElement, controlled: GridPlacement, preview: GridPlacement) => {
  element.style.setProperty("--board-grid-preview-x", `${(preview.x - controlled.x) * LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH}px`);
  element.style.setProperty("--board-grid-preview-y", `${(preview.y - controlled.y) * LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH}px`);
-  element.style.setProperty("--board-grid-preview-width", `${getLogicalTrackSize(preview.w)}px`);
-  element.style.setProperty("--board-grid-preview-height", `${getLogicalTrackSize(preview.h)}px`);
+  element.style.setProperty("--board-grid-preview-width", `${getLogicalGridSize(preview.w)}px`);
+  element.style.setProperty("--board-grid-preview-height", `${getLogicalGridSize(preview.h)}px`);
  element.setAttribute("data-grid-preview", "true");
  setPlacementAttributes(element, preview);
 };
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import type { RefObject } from "react";
 import { useCallback, useLayoutEffect, useRef, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";

-import { getLayoutRowCount, getLogicalItemStyle, getLogicalTrackSize } from "~/components/board/layout";
+import { getLayoutRowCount, getLogicalItemStyle, getLogicalGridSize } from "~/components/board/layout";
 import type { TransactionalGridState } from "./dnd";
 import type { GridInteractionStore } from "./grid-interaction-store";
 import { clearGridPreviewGeometry, createGridPreviewDomState, syncGridPreviewGeometry } from "./grid-preview-geometry";
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export const GridPreviewLayer = ({
    } else {
      delete grid.dataset.dndPreviewRevision;
    }
-    grid.style.height = `${getLogicalTrackSize(renderedRowCount)}px`;
+    grid.style.height = `${getLogicalGridSize(renderedRowCount)}px`;

    const viewport = grid.parentElement;
    if (viewport?.hasAttribute("data-section-id")) {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export const GridPreviewLayer = ({
      // stray value would silently blow the cap open for the rest of the session, well after any
      // drag ended, since nothing else would ever clear it back out.
      if (maxRowCount === null) {
-        viewport.style.setProperty("--board-grid-drag-height", `${getLogicalTrackSize(renderedRowCount)}px`);
+        viewport.style.setProperty("--board-grid-drag-height", `${getLogicalGridSize(renderedRowCount)}px`);
      } else {
        viewport.style.removeProperty("--board-grid-drag-height");
      }
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getLogicalTrackSize, LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH } from "~/components/board/layout";
+import { getLogicalGridSize, LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH } from "~/components/board/layout";
 import type { GridPlacement } from "~/components/board/layout";

 interface ResizeOutlinePreview {
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ export const createGridResizeOutlineController = (
    outline.style.position = "absolute";
    outline.style.left = `${(preview.placement.x - visualX) * LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH}px`;
    outline.style.top = `${(preview.placement.y - visualY) * LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH}px`;
-    outline.style.width = `${getLogicalTrackSize(preview.placement.w)}px`;
-    outline.style.height = `${getLogicalTrackSize(preview.placement.h)}px`;
+    outline.style.width = `${getLogicalGridSize(preview.placement.w)}px`;
+    outline.style.height = `${getLogicalGridSize(preview.placement.h)}px`;
    outline.dataset.gridResizeValid = String(preview.valid);
  };

@@ -46,12 +46,18 @@

 .contentMount {
  position: absolute;
-  inset: 0;
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 100%;
+  inset: var(--board-grid-item-inset, 0px);
  overflow: visible;
 }

+.staticItem[data-type="item"] > .contentMount {
+  inset: calc(10px * var(--board-canvas-inverse-scale, 1));
+}
+
+.staticItem:has([data-board-container-label]) {
+  z-index: 2;
+}
+
 .editorEntry {
  overflow: visible;
  cursor: grab;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
  getEditableCanvasAttributes,
  getGridRowCountForVisualHeight,
  getLayoutRowCount,
-  getLogicalTrackSize,
+  getLogicalGridSize,
  getReadonlyCanvasAttributes,
  normalizeGridPlacement,
 } from "~/components/board/layout";
@@ -130,13 +130,17 @@ export const SectionGrid = ({
  const contentRowCount = Math.max(1, getLayoutRowCount(displayPlacements));
  const rowCount = Math.max(contentRowCount, requestedRowCount, minimumViewportRowCount);
  const maxRowCount = section.kind === "container" || railPlacement !== "main" ? rowCount : null;
+  let placementMaxRowCount = maxRowCount;
+  if (railPlacement !== "main") {
+    placementMaxRowCount = minimumViewportRowCount;
+  }
  // A scrollable container isn't forced to grow with its content - it scrolls internally instead
  // of expanding to fit every widget, so its viewport height is capped independently of rowCount.
  const isScrollableContainer = section.kind === "container" && section.options.scrollable;
  const viewportRowCount = isScrollableContainer ? Math.max(requestedRowCount, 1) : rowCount;
-  const logicalWidth = getLogicalTrackSize(columnCount);
-  const logicalHeight = getLogicalTrackSize(rowCount);
-  const viewportHeight = getLogicalTrackSize(viewportRowCount);
+  const logicalWidth = getLogicalGridSize(columnCount);
+  const logicalHeight = getLogicalGridSize(rowCount);
+  const viewportHeight = getLogicalGridSize(viewportRowCount);
  // A collapsed container's compact coordinates are display-only. Its own
  // nested grid stays inactive until an explicit edit interaction expands it.
  const isInteractionDisabled = section.kind === "container" && collapsedSectionIds.has(section.id);
@@ -175,6 +179,7 @@ export const SectionGrid = ({
      columnCount,
      rowCount,
      maxRowCount,
+      placementMaxRowCount,
      placements: displayPlacements,
      transactionPlacements: placements,
      className: editorClassName,
@@ -190,6 +195,7 @@ export const SectionGrid = ({
    entryElementStore,
    isInteractionDisabled,
    maxRowCount,
+    placementMaxRowCount,
    placements,
    rowCount,
    section,
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
 import type { Root } from "react-dom/client";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";

-import { getCollapsedDisplayLayout, LOGICAL_GRID_CELL_SIZE } from "../../../layout";
+import { getCollapsedDisplayLayout, getLogicalGridSize } from "../../../layout";
 import { FixedGridItem } from "../fixed-grid-item";

 const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
@@ -250,14 +250,14 @@ describe("fixed grid item behavior", () => {
    expect(container.querySelector('[data-testid="board-grid-drag-affordance"]')).toBeNull();
  });

-  test("renders a view-only 1x1 card at the fixed 200px logical size", () => {
+  test("renders a view-only 1x1 card at the complete grid footprint", () => {
    mocks.editMode = false;
    renderWeather(root);

    const item = container.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-grid-id="weather"]');
    expect(item).not.toBeNull();
-    expect(item?.style.width).toBe(`${LOGICAL_GRID_CELL_SIZE}px`);
-    expect(item?.style.height).toBe(`${LOGICAL_GRID_CELL_SIZE}px`);
+    expect(item?.style.width).toBe(`${getLogicalGridSize(1)}px`);
+    expect(item?.style.height).toBe(`${getLogicalGridSize(1)}px`);
    expect(item?.getAttribute("role")).toBeNull();

    act(() => item?.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "ArrowRight", bubbles: true })));
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test } from "vitest";

+import { getLogicalGridSize, LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH } from "~/components/board/layout";
+
 import { createGridPreviewDomState, syncGridPreviewGeometry } from "../grid-preview-geometry";

 describe("grid preview geometry", () => {
@@ -25,8 +27,12 @@ describe("grid preview geometry", () => {

    expect(elements.get("active")?.hasAttribute("data-grid-preview")).toBe(false);
    expect(elements.get("active")?.getAttribute("data-dnd-active")).toBe("true");
-    expect(elements.get("displaced")?.style.getPropertyValue("--board-grid-preview-x")).toBe("-448px");
-    expect(elements.get("displaced")?.style.getPropertyValue("--board-grid-preview-y")).toBe("448px");
+    expect(elements.get("displaced")?.style.getPropertyValue("--board-grid-preview-x")).toBe(
+      `${-2 * LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH}px`,
+    );
+    expect(elements.get("displaced")?.style.getPropertyValue("--board-grid-preview-y")).toBe(
+      `${2 * LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH}px`,
+    );
    expect(elements.get("displaced")?.dataset.gridX).toBe("0");
    expect(elements.get("displaced")?.dataset.gridY).toBe("2");

@@ -57,10 +63,10 @@ describe("grid preview geometry", () => {

    const active = elements.get("active");
    expect(active?.getAttribute("data-grid-preview")).toBe("true");
-    expect(active?.style.getPropertyValue("--board-grid-preview-x")).toBe("224px");
-    expect(active?.style.getPropertyValue("--board-grid-preview-y")).toBe("224px");
-    expect(active?.style.getPropertyValue("--board-grid-preview-width")).toBe("648px");
-    expect(active?.style.getPropertyValue("--board-grid-preview-height")).toBe("872px");
+    expect(active?.style.getPropertyValue("--board-grid-preview-x")).toBe(`${LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH}px`);
+    expect(active?.style.getPropertyValue("--board-grid-preview-y")).toBe(`${LOGICAL_GRID_PITCH}px`);
+    expect(active?.style.getPropertyValue("--board-grid-preview-width")).toBe(`${getLogicalGridSize(3)}px`);
+    expect(active?.style.getPropertyValue("--board-grid-preview-height")).toBe(`${getLogicalGridSize(4)}px`);
    expect(active?.dataset.gridW).toBe("3");
    expect(active?.dataset.gridH).toBe("4");
  });
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";

+import { getLogicalGridSize } from "~/components/board/layout";
+
 import { createGridResizeOutlineController } from "../grid-resize-outline";

 describe("grid resize outline", () => {
@@ -28,8 +30,8 @@ describe("grid resize outline", () => {
    const outline = shell.querySelector<HTMLElement>("[data-grid-resize-outline]");
    expect(outline?.style.left).toBe("0px");
    expect(outline?.style.top).toBe("0px");
-    expect(outline?.style.width).toBe("200px");
-    expect(outline?.style.height).toBe("424px");
+    expect(outline?.style.width).toBe(`${getLogicalGridSize(1)}px`);
+    expect(outline?.style.height).toBe(`${getLogicalGridSize(2)}px`);
    expect(outline?.dataset.gridResizeValid).toBe("false");

    controller.schedule(null);
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@
  border-color: var(--border-color) !important;
 }

+.containerCard {
+  @mixin dark {
+    --container-default-border-color: var(--mantine-color-dark-4);
+  }
+  @mixin light {
+    --container-default-border-color: var(--mantine-color-gray-3);
+  }
+  --border-color: rgb(
+    from var(--container-border-color, var(--container-default-border-color)) r g b / var(--opacity, 1)
+  );
+}
+
 .itemCard:global(.iframe-wrapper) {
  background-color: transparent !important;
  border-color: transparent !important;
@@ -26,8 +38,8 @@
  z-index: 9;
  overflow: hidden;
  color: var(--mantine-color-text);
-  background-color: var(--background-color);
-  border-color: var(--border-color);
+  background-color: var(--background-color) !important;
+  border-color: var(--border-color) !important;
 }

 .containerToggle :global(.mantine-Button-inner) {
@@ -42,6 +54,24 @@
  white-space: nowrap;
 }

+.containerLabel,
+.containerAction {
+  background-color: var(--background-color) !important;
+  border-color: var(--border-color) !important;
+}
+
+.containerLabel {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.containerLabel :global(.mantine-Badge-label) {
+  min-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
+
 .containerBody {
  visibility: visible;
  opacity: 1;
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ interface BoardSelectionContextValue {
  copySelectedItems: () => Promise<void>;
  pasteItems: () => Promise<void>;
  removeSelectedItems: () => void;
-  moveSelectedItemsToSection: (sectionId: string) => void;
+  moveSelectedItemsToSection: (sectionId: string, maxRowCount?: number | null) => void;
 }

 const BoardSelectionContext = createContext<BoardSelectionContextValue | null>(null);
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ export const BoardSelectionProvider = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {
  }, [board.items, clearSelection, persistBoard, selectedItemIds, tCommon, tSelection]);

  const moveSelectedItemsToSection = useCallback(
-    (targetSectionId: string) => {
+    (targetSectionId: string, maxRowCount?: number | null) => {
      if (selectedItemIds.size === 0) return;

      const idsToMove = new Set(selectedItemIds);
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ export const BoardSelectionProvider = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {
          targetSection.kind === "container"
            ? (containerLayout?.width ?? 0)
            : getBoardLaneColumnCount(boardLayout, getRootSectionLane(targetSection.xOffset));
-        const rowCount = containerLayout?.height ?? 9999;
+        const rowCount = containerLayout?.height ?? maxRowCount ?? 9999;
        if (columnCount === 0 || rowCount === 0) return previous;

        const existingContainers = previous.sections
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { useI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";
 import { widgetCatalogIcons } from "@homarr/widgets/catalog";

 import type { EmptySection } from "~/app/[locale]/boards/_types";
+import { useRegisteredGridEditors } from "~/components/board/sections/grid/grid-editor-registry";
 import { useBoardSelection } from "./board-selection-context";

 const MAX_AVATARS_DISPLAYED = 5;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export const BoardSelectionToolbar = () => {
    moveSelectedItemsToSection,
  } = useBoardSelection();
  const board = useRequiredBoard();
+  const registeredGridEditors = useRegisteredGridEditors();
  const currentLayoutId = useCurrentLayout();
  const currentLayout = board.layouts.find((layout) => layout.id === currentLayoutId);
  const t = useI18n();
@@ -96,7 +98,15 @@ export const BoardSelectionToolbar = () => {
    .at(0);

  const placementOptions = [
-    ...(mainCanvasSection ? [{ value: mainCanvasSection.id, label: t("item.create.destination.mainCanvas") }] : []),
+    ...(mainCanvasSection
+      ? [
+          {
+            value: mainCanvasSection.id,
+            label: t("item.create.destination.mainCanvas"),
+            maxRowCount: null,
+          },
+        ]
+      : []),
    ...board.sections.flatMap((section) => {
      if (section.kind !== "empty") return [];
      const lane = getRootSectionLane(section.xOffset);
@@ -105,6 +115,7 @@ export const BoardSelectionToolbar = () => {
        {
          value: section.id,
          label: t(`item.create.destination.${lane === "left" ? "leftRail" : "rightRail"}`),
+          maxRowCount: registeredGridEditors.get(section.id)?.placementMaxRowCount,
        },
      ];
    }),
@@ -113,6 +124,7 @@ export const BoardSelectionToolbar = () => {
      .map((section) => ({
        value: section.id,
        label: section.options.title.trim() || t("section.container.untitled"),
+        maxRowCount: section.layouts.find((layout) => layout.layoutId === currentLayoutId)?.height,
      })),
  ];

@@ -244,7 +256,11 @@ export const BoardSelectionToolbar = () => {
              <Menu.Dropdown>
                <Menu.Label>{tSelection("moveTo")}</Menu.Label>
                {placementOptions.map((opt) => (
-                  <Menu.Item key={opt.value} onClick={() => moveSelectedItemsToSection(opt.value)}>
+                  <Menu.Item
+                    key={opt.value}
+                    disabled={opt.maxRowCount === undefined}
+                    onClick={() => moveSelectedItemsToSection(opt.value, opt.maxRowCount)}
+                  >
                    {opt.label}
                  </Menu.Item>
                ))}
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@

 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import dynamic from "next/dynamic";
+import type { HotkeyItem } from "@mantine/hooks";
 import { useHotkeys } from "@mantine/hooks";

 import { hotkeys } from "@homarr/definitions";
@@ -13,23 +14,18 @@ const Spotlight = dynamic(() => loadSpotlight().then(({ Spotlight: Component })
  loading: () => null,
 });

+const spotlightHotkeys: HotkeyItem[] = [
+  [hotkeys.openSpotlight, () => openSpotlight(), { preventDefault: true }],
+  [hotkeys.openSpotlightApps, () => openSpotlight({ mode: "apps" }), { preventDefault: true }],
+  [hotkeys.openSpotlightAssistant, () => openSpotlight({ mode: "assistant" }), { preventDefault: true }],
+  [hotkeys.openSpotlightPreferences, () => openSpotlight({ mode: "preferences" }), { preventDefault: true }],
+];
+
 export const LazySpotlight = () => {
  const [isMounted, setIsMounted] = useState(false);
  const [isPreloaded, setIsPreloaded] = useState(false);

-  useHotkeys(
-    isMounted
-      ? []
-      : [
-          [
-            hotkeys.openSpotlight,
-            () => {
-              setIsMounted(true);
-              openSpotlight();
-            },
-          ],
-        ],
-  );
+  useHotkeys(spotlightHotkeys, [], true);

  useEffect(() => {
    let isActive = true;
@@ -61,12 +57,8 @@ export const LazySpotlight = () => {
  return isMounted || isPreloaded ? (
    <>
      {isPreloaded && <span hidden data-homarr-dev-benchmark-spotlight-preloaded />}
-      {isMounted && (
-        <>
-          <span hidden data-homarr-dev-benchmark-spotlight-mounted />
-          <Spotlight />
-        </>
-      )}
+      {isMounted && <span hidden data-homarr-dev-benchmark-spotlight-mounted />}
+      <Spotlight />
    </>
  ) : null;
 };
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const DesktopSearchInput = () => {
      w={400}
      size="sm"
      leftSection={<IconSearch size={20} stroke={1.5} />}
-      onClick={openSpotlight}
+      onClick={() => openSpotlight()}
      radius="xl"
    >
      {`${t("search.placeholder")}...`}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const MobileSearchButton = () => {
  return (
    <HeaderButton
      data-homarr-dev-benchmark-interaction="search"
-      onClick={openSpotlight}
+      onClick={() => openSpotlight()}
      className={classes.mobileSearch}
    >
      <IconSearch size={20} stroke={1.5} />
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { createId } from "@paralleldrive/cuid2";
 import { chromium, expect } from "@playwright/test";
+import type { Route } from "@playwright/test";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { stringify } from "superjson";
 import { describe, test } from "vitest";
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ describe("lazy widget application graph", () => {
    const boardId = createId();
    const layoutId = createId();
    const sectionId = createId();
-    const itemId = createId();
+    const clockItemId = createId();
+    const downloadsItemId = createId();
+    const mockIntegrationId = createId();

    await db.insert(sqliteSchema.boards).values({
      id: boardId,
@@ -41,26 +44,56 @@ describe("lazy widget application graph", () => {
      xOffset: 0,
      yOffset: 0,
    });
-    await db.insert(sqliteSchema.items).values({
-      id: itemId,
-      boardId,
-      kind: "clock",
-      options: stringify({ showSeconds: true }),
+    await db.insert(sqliteSchema.integrations).values({
+      id: mockIntegrationId,
+      name: "Mock downloads",
+      url: "http://mock.local",
+      kind: "mock",
    });
-    await db.insert(sqliteSchema.itemLayouts).values({
-      itemId,
-      sectionId,
-      layoutId,
-      xOffset: 0,
-      yOffset: 0,
-      width: 4,
-      height: 2,
+    await db.insert(sqliteSchema.items).values([
+      {
+        id: clockItemId,
+        boardId,
+        kind: "clock",
+        options: stringify({ showSeconds: true }),
+      },
+      {
+        id: downloadsItemId,
+        boardId,
+        kind: "downloads",
+        options: stringify({}),
+      },
+    ]);
+    await db.insert(sqliteSchema.itemLayouts).values([
+      {
+        itemId: clockItemId,
+        sectionId,
+        layoutId,
+        xOffset: 0,
+        yOffset: 0,
+        width: 4,
+        height: 2,
+      },
+      {
+        itemId: downloadsItemId,
+        sectionId,
+        layoutId,
+        xOffset: 0,
+        yOffset: 2,
+        width: 8,
+        height: 5,
+      },
+    ]);
+    await db.insert(sqliteSchema.integrationItems).values({
+      itemId: downloadsItemId,
+      integrationId: mockIntegrationId,
    });
    await db.update(sqliteSchema.users).set({ homeBoardId: boardId }).where(eq(sqliteSchema.users.id, userId));

    const homarrContainer = await createHomarrContainer({
      environment: {
        AUTH_PROVIDERS: "credentials",
+        UNSAFE_ENABLE_MOCK_INTEGRATION: "true",
      },
      mounts: {
        "/appdata": localMountPath,
@@ -69,10 +102,18 @@ describe("lazy widget application graph", () => {

    const baseUrl = `http://${homarrContainer.getHost()}:${homarrContainer.getMappedPort(7575)}`;
    const browser = await chromium.launch();
-    const context = await browser.newContext();
+    const context = await browser.newContext({ serviceWorkers: "block" });
    const page = await context.newPage();
    const pageErrors: Error[] = [];
+    const hydrationErrors: string[] = [];
    page.on("pageerror", (error) => pageErrors.push(error));
+    const hydrationErrorPattern = /hydrat|did not match|react\.dev\/errors\/4(18|2[1235])|react error #4(18|2[1235])/i;
+    page.on("console", (message) => {
+      if (message.type() === "error" && hydrationErrorPattern.test(message.text())) {
+        hydrationErrors.push(message.text());
+      }
+    });
+    let releaseRefresh: (() => void) | undefined;

    try {
      await page.goto(`${baseUrl}/auth/login`);
@@ -88,9 +129,18 @@ describe("lazy widget application graph", () => {
      const visibleBoard = page.locator("[data-homarr-dev-benchmark-board]").filter({ visible: true }).first();
      await expect(visibleBoard).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
      const clockWidget = page.locator(
-        `[data-id="${itemId}"] .clock-widget-container, [data-grid-item-id="${itemId}"] .clock-widget-container`,
+        `[data-id="${clockItemId}"] .clock-widget-container, [data-grid-item-id="${clockItemId}"] .clock-widget-container`,
      );
      await expect(clockWidget.filter({ visible: true }).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expect(clockWidget.locator("time").filter({ visible: true }).first()).not.toHaveText("--:--", {
+        timeout: 30_000,
+      });
+      const downloadsWidget = page
+        .locator(`[data-id="${downloadsItemId}"], [data-grid-item-id="${downloadsItemId}"]`)
+        .filter({ visible: true })
+        .first();
+      const cachedDownload = downloadsWidget.getByText("Big.Buck.Bunny.2008.1080p.BluRay.x264");
+      await expect(cachedDownload).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });

      await expect(page.locator("[data-homarr-dev-benchmark-spotlight-preloaded]")).toHaveCount(1, {
        timeout: 15_000,
@@ -101,23 +151,59 @@ describe("lazy widget application graph", () => {
      await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
      await expect(page.locator("[data-homarr-dev-benchmark-spotlight]")).not.toBeVisible();

-      await expect
-        .poll(
-          async () =>
-            await page.evaluate(async () => {
-              const registrations = await navigator.serviceWorker.getRegistrations();
-              return registrations[0]?.scope ?? null;
-            }),
-          { timeout: 15_000 },
-        )
-        .toBe(`${baseUrl}/`);
+      let refreshRequestStarted = false;
+      const refreshGate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        releaseRefresh = resolve;
+      });
+      const downloadsRequestPattern = "**/*widget.downloads.getJobsAndStatuses*";
+      const delayDownloadsRefresh = async (route: Route) => {
+        refreshRequestStarted = true;
+        await refreshGate;
+        await route.continue();
+      };
+      await page.route(downloadsRequestPattern, delayDownloadsRefresh);

-      await page.reload();
+      await page.reload({ waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
      await expect(clockWidget.filter({ visible: true }).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+      await expect(clockWidget.locator("time").filter({ visible: true }).first()).not.toHaveText("--:--", {
+        timeout: 30_000,
+      });
+      await expect.poll(() => refreshRequestStarted, { timeout: 10_000 }).toBe(true);
+      await expect(cachedDownload).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5_000 });
+      await expect(downloadsWidget.locator("[data-widget-refreshing]")).toBeVisible();
+
+      const refreshedDownloadsResponse = page.waitForResponse(
+        (response) => response.url().includes("widget.downloads.getJobsAndStatuses") && response.ok(),
+      );
+      releaseRefresh();
+      releaseRefresh = undefined;
+      await refreshedDownloadsResponse;
+      await expect(downloadsWidget.locator("[data-widget-refreshing]")).toHaveCount(0);
+      await page.unroute(downloadsRequestPattern, delayDownloadsRefresh);
      expect(pageErrors).toEqual([]);
+      expect(hydrationErrors).toEqual([]);
+
+      const serviceWorkerContext = await browser.newContext();
+      const serviceWorkerPage = await serviceWorkerContext.newPage();
+      try {
+        await serviceWorkerPage.goto(`${baseUrl}/auth/login`);
+        await expect
+          .poll(
+            async () =>
+              await serviceWorkerPage.evaluate(async () => {
+                const registrations = await navigator.serviceWorker.getRegistrations();
+                return registrations[0]?.scope ?? null;
+              }),
+            { timeout: 15_000 },
+          )
+          .toBe(`${baseUrl}/`);
+      } finally {
+        await serviceWorkerContext.close();
+      }
    } finally {
+      releaseRefresh?.();
      await browser.close();
      await homarrContainer.stop();
    }
-  }, 120_000);
+  }, 180_000);
 });
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ export const queryCacheDefaultGcTimeMs = 1000 * 60 * 5;
 export const queryCacheMetadataStaleTimeMs = 1000 * 60 * 5;

 const widgetDataQueryPaths = new Set(["app.byId", "app.byIds", "docker.getContainers", "integration.byIds"]);
+// Beszel system stats are large time-series payloads and were deliberately kept out of
+// the persisted cache in #6289; live stats come from an SSE subscription instead.
 const excludedWidgetPaths = new Set(["widget.app.ping", "widget.beszel.getSystemStats"]);

 export const isWidgetDataTrpcPath = (path: string) => {
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { TRPCError } from "@trpc/server";
 import superjson from "superjson";
 import { z } from "zod/v4";

+import type { Session } from "@homarr/auth";
 import { constructBoardPermissions } from "@homarr/auth/shared";
 import { createId, generateResponsiveGridFor } from "@homarr/common";
 import type { GridAlgorithmItem } from "@homarr/common";
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ interface BoardItemPlacementRectangle {

 const boardItemPlacementTails = new Map<string, Promise<void>>();
 const maxManageOverviewPreviewRows = 12;
+const manageOverviewInputSchema = z.object({ fullPreview: z.boolean().default(false) }).optional();

 const serializeBoardItemPlacementAsync = async <T>(boardId: string, operation: () => Promise<T>) => {
  const previous = boardItemPlacementTails.get(boardId) ?? Promise.resolve();
@@ -122,6 +124,78 @@ const findFirstAvailableBoardItemPosition = (
  return null;
 };

+const searchAccessibleBoardsAsync = async (
+  ctx: { db: Database; session: Session | null },
+  query: string,
+  limit?: number,
+) => {
+  const userId = ctx.session?.user.id;
+  const permissionsOfCurrentUserWhenPresent = await ctx.db.query.boardUserPermissions.findMany({
+    where: eq(boardUserPermissions.userId, userId ?? ""),
+  });
+
+  const permissionsOfCurrentUserGroupsWhenPresent = await ctx.db.query.groupMembers.findMany({
+    where: eq(groupMembers.userId, userId ?? ""),
+    with: {
+      group: {
+        with: {
+          boardPermissions: {},
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  const boardIds = permissionsOfCurrentUserWhenPresent
+    .map((permission) => permission.boardId)
+    .concat(
+      permissionsOfCurrentUserGroupsWhenPresent
+        .map((groupMember) => groupMember.group.boardPermissions.map((permission) => permission.boardId))
+        .flat(),
+    );
+
+  const currentUserWhenPresent = await ctx.db.query.users.findFirst({
+    where: eq(users.id, userId ?? ""),
+  });
+
+  const foundBoards = await ctx.db.query.boards.findMany({
+    where: and(
+      like(boards.name, `%${query}%`),
+      ctx.session?.user.permissions.includes("board-view-all")
+        ? undefined
+        : or(
+            eq(boards.isPublic, true),
+            eq(boards.creatorId, ctx.session?.user.id ?? ""),
+            inArray(boards.id, boardIds),
+          ),
+    ),
+    limit,
+    orderBy: asc(boards.name),
+    columns: {
+      id: true,
+      name: true,
+      creatorId: true,
+      isPublic: true,
+      logoImageUrl: true,
+    },
+    with: {
+      userPermissions: {
+        where: eq(boardUserPermissions.userId, ctx.session?.user.id ?? ""),
+      },
+      groupPermissions: {
+        where: getBoardGroupPermissionWhere(permissionsOfCurrentUserGroupsWhenPresent),
+      },
+    },
+  });
+
+  return foundBoards.map((board) => ({
+    id: board.id,
+    name: board.name,
+    logoImageUrl: board.logoImageUrl,
+    permissions: constructBoardPermissions(board, ctx.session),
+    isHome: currentUserWhenPresent?.homeBoardId === board.id,
+    isMobileHome: currentUserWhenPresent?.mobileHomeBoardId === board.id,
+  }));
+};
+
 export const boardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
  exists: permissionRequiredProcedure
    .requiresPermission("board-create")
@@ -225,7 +299,7 @@ export const boardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
        isMobileHome: currentUser?.mobileHomeBoardId === board.id,
      }));
    }),
-  getManageOverview: publicProcedure.query(async ({ ctx }) => {
+  getManageOverview: publicProcedure.input(manageOverviewInputSchema).query(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
    const userId = ctx.session?.user.id;
    const { boardIds, currentUser, groupMemberships } = await getBoardAccessContextAsync(ctx.db, userId);
    const groupPermissionWhere = getBoardGroupPermissionWhere(groupMemberships);
@@ -306,7 +380,7 @@ export const boardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
                inArray(itemLayouts.sectionId, rootSectionIds),
                gte(itemLayouts.xOffset, 0),
                gte(itemLayouts.yOffset, 0),
-                lt(itemLayouts.yOffset, maxManageOverviewPreviewRows),
+                input?.fullPreview ? undefined : lt(itemLayouts.yOffset, maxManageOverviewPreviewRows),
                gt(itemLayouts.width, 0),
                gt(itemLayouts.height, 0),
              ),
@@ -331,7 +405,7 @@ export const boardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
                inArray(sectionLayouts.parentSectionId, rootSectionIds),
                gte(sectionLayouts.xOffset, 0),
                gte(sectionLayouts.yOffset, 0),
-                lt(sectionLayouts.yOffset, maxManageOverviewPreviewRows),
+                input?.fullPreview ? undefined : lt(sectionLayouts.yOffset, maxManageOverviewPreviewRows),
                gt(sectionLayouts.width, 0),
                gt(sectionLayouts.height, 0),
              ),
@@ -366,7 +440,7 @@ export const boardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
              inArray(itemLayouts.sectionId, previewContainerSectionIds),
              gte(itemLayouts.xOffset, 0),
              gte(itemLayouts.yOffset, 0),
-              lt(itemLayouts.yOffset, maxManageOverviewPreviewRows),
+              input?.fullPreview ? undefined : lt(itemLayouts.yOffset, maxManageOverviewPreviewRows),
              gt(itemLayouts.width, 0),
              gt(itemLayouts.height, 0),
            ),
@@ -481,80 +555,18 @@ export const boardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
      };
    });
  }),
+  catalog: publicProcedure
+    .meta({ mcp: { enabled: true, description: "List every board the current user can access." } })
+    .query(async ({ ctx }) => searchAccessibleBoardsAsync(ctx, "")),
  search: publicProcedure
+    .meta({
+      mcp: {
+        enabled: true,
+        description: "Search accessible boards by name. REQUIRED: query (string). OPTIONAL: limit (number).",
+      },
+    })
    .input(z.object({ query: z.string(), limit: z.number().min(1).max(100).default(10) }))
-    .query(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
-      const userId = ctx.session?.user.id;
-      const permissionsOfCurrentUserWhenPresent = await ctx.db.query.boardUserPermissions.findMany({
-        where: eq(boardUserPermissions.userId, userId ?? ""),
-      });
-
-      const permissionsOfCurrentUserGroupsWhenPresent = await ctx.db.query.groupMembers.findMany({
-        where: eq(groupMembers.userId, userId ?? ""),
-        with: {
-          group: {
-            with: {
-              boardPermissions: {},
-            },
-          },
-        },
-      });
-      const boardIds = permissionsOfCurrentUserWhenPresent
-        .map((permission) => permission.boardId)
-        .concat(
-          permissionsOfCurrentUserGroupsWhenPresent
-            .map((groupMember) => groupMember.group.boardPermissions.map((permission) => permission.boardId))
-            .flat(),
-        );
-
-      const currentUserWhenPresent = await ctx.db.query.users.findFirst({
-        where: eq(users.id, userId ?? ""),
-      });
-
-      const foundBoards = await ctx.db.query.boards.findMany({
-        where: and(
-          like(boards.name, `%${input.query}%`),
-          ctx.session?.user.permissions.includes("board-view-all")
-            ? undefined
-            : or(
-                eq(boards.isPublic, true),
-                eq(boards.creatorId, ctx.session?.user.id ?? ""),
-                inArray(boards.id, boardIds),
-              ),
-        ),
-        limit: input.limit,
-        columns: {
-          id: true,
-          name: true,
-          creatorId: true,
-          isPublic: true,
-          logoImageUrl: true,
-        },
-        with: {
-          userPermissions: {
-            where: eq(boardUserPermissions.userId, ctx.session?.user.id ?? ""),
-          },
-          groupPermissions: {
-            where:
-              permissionsOfCurrentUserGroupsWhenPresent.length >= 1
-                ? inArray(
-                    boardGroupPermissions.groupId,
-                    permissionsOfCurrentUserGroupsWhenPresent.map((groupMember) => groupMember.groupId),
-                  )
-                : undefined,
-          },
-        },
-      });
-
-      return foundBoards.map((board) => ({
-        id: board.id,
-        name: board.name,
-        logoImageUrl: board.logoImageUrl,
-        permissions: constructBoardPermissions(board, ctx.session),
-        isHome: currentUserWhenPresent?.homeBoardId === board.id,
-        isMobileHome: currentUserWhenPresent?.mobileHomeBoardId === board.id,
-      }));
-    }),
+    .query(async ({ ctx, input }) => searchAccessibleBoardsAsync(ctx, input.query, input.limit)),
  createBoard: permissionRequiredProcedure
    .requiresPermission("board-create")
    .meta({
@@ -130,6 +130,28 @@ export const searchEngineRouter = createTRPCRouter({

    return null;
  }),
+  catalog: publicProcedure
+    .meta({
+      mcp: {
+        enabled: true,
+        description: "List search engines available to the current user.",
+      },
+    })
+    .query(async ({ ctx }) => {
+      return await ctx.db.query.searchEngines.findMany({
+        where: ctx.session?.user ? undefined : eq(searchEngines.type, "generic"),
+        orderBy: asc(searchEngines.name),
+        with: {
+          integration: {
+            columns: {
+              kind: true,
+              url: true,
+              id: true,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      });
+    }),
  search: publicProcedure.input(searchSchema).query(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
    return await ctx.db.query.searchEngines.findMany({
      // Public dashboards have no session: restrict anonymous users to generic
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ describe("getManageOverview", () => {
    expect(overview.map((board) => board.id)).not.toContain(hiddenBoardId);
  });

-  test("returns one compact base-layout preview for each accessible board", async () => {
+  test("returns compact previews by default and full previews on request", async () => {
    const db = createDb();
    const caller = boardRouter.createCaller({ db, deviceType: undefined, session: defaultSession });
    const boardId = createId();
@@ -487,6 +487,10 @@ describe("getManageOverview", () => {
    expect(result[0]?.preview?.layouts).toHaveLength(1);
    expect(result[0]?.preview?.items.map((item) => item.id)).toEqual([itemId, nestedItemId]);
    expect(result[0]?.preview?.sections).toHaveLength(2);
+
+    const fullResult = await caller.getManageOverview({ fullPreview: true });
+
+    expect(fullResult[0]?.preview?.items.map((item) => item.id)).toEqual([itemId, offscreenItemId, nestedItemId]);
  });

  test("includes app and widget icons in compact previews", async () => {
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ const MCP_TOOL_ALLOWLIST = {
    "beszel_getAlerts",
    "beszel_getSystems",
    "beszel_getSystemStats",
+    "board_catalog",
    "board_getAllBoards",
    "board_getBoardSettings",
+    "board_search",
    "calendar_findAllEvents",
    "customWidget_get",
    "customWidget_getAuthoringPrompt",
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ import { clientApi } from "@homarr/api/client";
 import { boardViewportWidthCookieName, getLayoutIdForViewportWidth } from "./layout-selection";
 import { updateBoardName } from "./updater";

-const BoardContext = createContext<{
-  board: RouterOutputs["board"]["getBoardByName"];
+type Board = RouterOutputs["board"]["getBoardByName"];
+
+interface BoardContextValue {
+  board: Board;
  layoutOverrideId: string | null;
  currentLayout: string;
  initialViewportWidth: number;
-} | null>(null);
+}
+
+const BoardContext = createContext<BoardContextValue | null>(null);

 const subscribeToViewport = (onStoreChange: () => void) => {
  if (typeof window === "undefined") return () => undefined;
@@ -37,6 +41,23 @@ const subscribeToViewport = (onStoreChange: () => void) => {
  };
 };

+export const BoardPreviewProvider = ({ children, board }: PropsWithChildren<{ board: Board }>) => {
+  const currentLayout = board.layouts[0]?.id ?? "";
+
+  return (
+    <BoardContext.Provider
+      value={{
+        board,
+        layoutOverrideId: null,
+        currentLayout,
+        initialViewportWidth: 0,
+      }}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </BoardContext.Provider>
+  );
+};
+
 export const BoardProvider = ({
  children,
  initialBoard,
@@ -514,6 +514,9 @@ const seedDefaultBoardAsync = async (db: Database) => {

 interface DemoWidget {
  kind: WidgetKind;
+  section?: "right";
+  xOffset: number;
+  yOffset: number;
  width: number;
  height: number;
  needsIntegration: boolean;
@@ -562,9 +565,9 @@ const demoApps = [
    href: "https://portainer.io",
  },
  {
-    name: "Home Assistant",
-    iconUrl: "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/homarr-labs/dashboard-icons/svg/home-assistant.svg",
-    href: "https://home-assistant.io",
+    name: "Uptime Kuma",
+    iconUrl: "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/homarr-labs/dashboard-icons/svg/uptime-kuma.svg",
+    href: "https://uptime.kuma.pet",
  },
  {
    name: "Nextcloud",
@@ -583,69 +586,163 @@ const demoApps = [
  },
 ] as const;

-const buildDemoWidgets = (appIds: string[]): DemoWidget[] => [
-  // Row 1: calendar + downloads + clock = 12
-  { kind: "calendar", width: 5, height: 3, needsIntegration: true },
-  { kind: "downloads", width: 5, height: 3, needsIntegration: true },
-  { kind: "clock", width: 2, height: 1, needsIntegration: false },
-  // Row 2: healthMonitoring + bookmarks = 12
-  { kind: "healthMonitoring", width: 6, height: 3, needsIntegration: true },
+const buildDemoWidgets = (appIds: string[], customWidgetDefinitionId: string): DemoWidget[] => [
+  // Daily focus
+  { kind: "calendar", xOffset: 0, yOffset: 0, width: 2, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
  {
-    kind: "bookmarks",
-    width: 6,
+    kind: "weather",
+    xOffset: 2,
+    yOffset: 0,
+    width: 2,
+    height: 2,
+    needsIntegration: false,
+    options: {
+      location: { name: "Paris", latitude: 48.85341, longitude: 2.3488 },
+      hasForecast: false,
+      showHumidity: false,
+      showCurrentWindSpeed: false,
+      showCity: true,
+      animateIcons: false,
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    kind: "clock",
+    xOffset: 4,
+    yOffset: 0,
+    width: 1,
+    height: 2,
+    needsIntegration: false,
+    options: { customTitleToggle: false, showDate: false, customTimeFormat: "HH:mm" },
+  },
+  {
+    kind: "timer",
+    xOffset: 5,
+    yOffset: 0,
+    width: 2,
+    height: 1,
+    needsIntegration: false,
+    options: {
+      mode: "pomodoro",
+      focusMinutes: 25,
+      shortBreakMinutes: 5,
+      longBreakMinutes: 15,
+      sessionsBeforeLongBreak: 4,
+      autoStartBreaks: false,
+      autoStartFocus: false,
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    kind: "airQuality",
+    xOffset: 5,
+    yOffset: 1,
+    width: 2,
+    height: 1,
+    needsIntegration: false,
+    options: {
+      location: { name: "Paris", latitude: 48.85341, longitude: 2.3488 },
+      aqiStandard: "european",
+      showUv: false,
+      showPollutants: false,
+      showPollen: false,
+    },
+  },
+  { kind: "downloads", xOffset: 7, yOffset: 0, width: 5, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
+
+  // Homarr workspace
+  {
+    kind: "notebook",
+    xOffset: 0,
+    yOffset: 2,
+    width: 5,
    height: 3,
    needsIntegration: false,
-    options: { title: "Homelab", items: appIds, layout: "grid", openNewTab: true },
+    options: {
+      showToolbar: false,
+      allowReadOnlyCheck: true,
+      content: `<p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/homarr-labs/dashboard-icons/svg/homarr-wordmark-light.svg" width="28%"></p><h2 style="text-align: center">Quick runbook</h2><p style="text-align: center">Keep today close: signals first, controls beside them, distractions out.</p><ul data-type="taskList"><li data-checked="true" data-type="taskItem"><label><input type="checkbox" checked="checked"><span></span></label><div><p>Backups verified</p></div></li><li data-checked="false" data-type="taskItem"><label><input type="checkbox"><span></span></label><div><p>Review active alerts</p></div></li><li data-checked="false" data-type="taskItem"><label><input type="checkbox"><span></span></label><div><p>Connect your everyday services</p></div></li><li data-checked="false" data-type="taskItem"><label><input type="checkbox"><span></span></label><div><p>Tune this board to your routine</p></div></li></ul><p style="text-align: center"><em>Make it yours. Keep it useful.</em></p>`,
+    },
  },
-  // Row 3: mediaServer + mediaTranscoding + dnsHoleSummary = 12
-  { kind: "mediaServer", width: 3, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
-  { kind: "mediaTranscoding", width: 3, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
-  { kind: "dnsHoleSummary", width: 6, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
-  // Row 4: dnsHoleControls + mediaReleases + notifications = 12
-  { kind: "dnsHoleControls", width: 2, height: 1, needsIntegration: true },
-  { kind: "mediaReleases", width: 4, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
-  { kind: "notifications", width: 6, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
-  // Row 5: requestList + requestStats + indexerManager = 12
-  { kind: "mediaRequests-requestList", width: 4, height: 3, needsIntegration: true },
-  { kind: "mediaRequests-requestStats", width: 4, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
-  { kind: "indexerManager", width: 4, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
-  // Row 6: networkControllerSummary + networkControllerStatus + rssFeed = 12
-  { kind: "networkControllerSummary", width: 3, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
-  { kind: "networkControllerStatus", width: 3, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
+  { kind: "beszelSystemGrid", xOffset: 5, yOffset: 2, width: 4, height: 3, needsIntegration: true },
+  { kind: "assistant", xOffset: 9, yOffset: 2, width: 3, height: 3, needsIntegration: false },
+
+  // Operations center
+  { kind: "mediaRequests-requestList", xOffset: 0, yOffset: 5, width: 3, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
+  { kind: "mediaMissing", xOffset: 9, yOffset: 5, width: 3, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
+  { kind: "mediaServer", xOffset: 0, yOffset: 7, width: 3, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
+  { kind: "mediaRequests-requestStats", xOffset: 9, yOffset: 7, width: 3, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
  {
    kind: "rssFeed",
-    width: 6,
+    xOffset: 0,
+    yOffset: 9,
+    width: 3,
    height: 2,
    needsIntegration: false,
    options: {
      feedUrls: ["https://selfh.st/rss/", "https://hnrss.org/newest?q=self-hosted"],
-      maximumAmountPosts: 20,
+      maximumAmountPosts: 12,
      textLinesClamp: 2,
-      hideDescription: false,
+      hideDescription: true,
    },
  },
-  // Row 7-8: app widgets (2x1 each, 6 per row = 12)
+  { kind: "indexerManager", xOffset: 9, yOffset: 9, width: 3, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
+
+  // Infrastructure and activity
+  { kind: "dockerContainers", xOffset: 0, yOffset: 11, width: 4, height: 3, needsIntegration: false },
+  { kind: "mediaReleases", xOffset: 4, yOffset: 11, width: 4, height: 3, needsIntegration: true },
+
+  // Community Workshop
+  {
+    kind: "customApi",
+    xOffset: 8,
+    yOffset: 11,
+    width: 4,
+    height: 3,
+    needsIntegration: false,
+    options: { definitionId: customWidgetDefinitionId, refreshInterval: 300 },
+  },
+
+  // Network and health
+  {
+    kind: "healthMonitoring",
+    xOffset: 3,
+    yOffset: 5,
+    width: 6,
+    height: 2,
+    needsIntegration: true,
+  },
+  {
+    kind: "dnsHoleSummary",
+    xOffset: 3,
+    yOffset: 7,
+    width: 3,
+    height: 2,
+    needsIntegration: true,
+    options: { layout: "grid", usePiHoleColors: false },
+  },
+  {
+    kind: "beszelSystemStats",
+    xOffset: 6,
+    yOffset: 7,
+    width: 3,
+    height: 2,
+    needsIntegration: true,
+  },
+  { kind: "notifications", xOffset: 3, yOffset: 9, width: 2, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
+  { kind: "beszelAlerts", xOffset: 5, yOffset: 9, width: 4, height: 2, needsIntegration: true },
+
+  // Right app rail
  ...appIds.map(
-    (appId): DemoWidget => ({
+    (appId, index): DemoWidget => ({
      kind: "app",
-      width: 2,
+      section: "right",
+      xOffset: 0,
+      yOffset: index,
+      width: 1,
      height: 1,
      needsIntegration: false,
      options: { appId, openInNewTab: true, showTitle: true, pingEnabled: false },
    }),
  ),
-  // Row 9: beszelSystemGrid + beszelAlerts = 12
-  { kind: "beszelSystemGrid", width: 8, height: 3, needsIntegration: true },
-  { kind: "beszelAlerts", width: 4, height: 3, needsIntegration: true },
-  // Row 10: beszelSystemTable + beszelSystemStats = 12
-  { kind: "beszelSystemTable", width: 6, height: 3, needsIntegration: true },
-  { kind: "beszelSystemStats", width: 6, height: 4, needsIntegration: true },
-  // Row 11: notebook + dockerContainers + weather = 12
-  { kind: "notebook", width: 4, height: 4, needsIntegration: false },
-  { kind: "dockerContainers", width: 6, height: 2, needsIntegration: false },
-  { kind: "weather", width: 2, height: 1, needsIntegration: false },
-  // Row 12: assistant
-  { kind: "assistant", width: 3, height: 3, needsIntegration: false },
 ];

 const seedDemoUserAsync = async (db: Database) => {
@@ -710,44 +807,100 @@ const seedDemoUserAsync = async (db: Database) => {
    });
  }

+  const customWidgetDefinitionId = createId();
+  const customWidgetDefinition = customWidgetDefinitionSchema.parse({
+    $schema: "homarr-custom-widget-v2",
+    name: "Community Workshop",
+    description: "Live Custom Widget and Custom CSS submissions shared by the Homarr community.",
+    sources: {
+      default: {
+        name: "Homarr Workshop",
+        baseUrl: "https://v2.preview.homarr.dev",
+        networkScope: "public",
+        auth: "none",
+      },
+    },
+    requests: {
+      workshop: {
+        path: "/api/collections/workshop_listings/records",
+        query: { perPage: 50 },
+        cacheSeconds: 300,
+      },
+    },
+    options: {},
+    template: `<Stack p="md" gap="xs" h="100%">
+  <Group justify="space-between" wrap="nowrap">
+    <Stack gap={0}><Text size="xs" c="indigo" fw={700}>COMMUNITY WORKSHOP</Text><Title order={3}>Made by Homarr users</Title></Stack>
+    <Badge color="indigo" variant="light">{data.workshop?.totalItems ?? "—"} shared</Badge>
+  </Group>
+  <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">Build Custom Widgets or dashboard CSS, then share it with the community.</Text>
+  {status.workshop?.loading ? <Stack gap="xs"><Skeleton height={26} radius="sm" /><Skeleton height={26} radius="sm" /><Skeleton height={26} radius="sm" /></Stack> : status.workshop?.error ? <Stack gap="xs"><Alert color="red" title="The Workshop could not be loaded">{status.workshop.error}</Alert><RefreshButton /></Stack> : (data.workshop?.items ?? []).length === 0 ? <Stack gap="xs"><Alert color="gray" title="Nothing shared yet">The first community submission could be yours.</Alert><RefreshButton /></Stack> : <Stack gap={4} style={{ flex: 1 }}>{(data.workshop?.items ?? []).slice(0, 4).map(submission => <Group key={submission.id} justify="space-between" wrap="nowrap"><Text size="sm" fw={600} lineClamp={1}>{submission.title}</Text><Group gap="xs" wrap="nowrap"><Text size="xs" c="dimmed">@{submission.authorName ?? "community"}</Text><Badge size="xs" color="gray" variant="light">{submission.upvotes ?? 0} ↑</Badge></Group></Group>)}{data.workshop?.totalItems > 4 ? <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">and {data.workshop.totalItems - 4} more in the Workshop</Text> : null}</Stack>}
+  <Anchor href="https://homarr.dev/docs/getting-started" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" bg="indigo" c="white" fw={700} px="md" py="xs" radius="md" underline="never">Install Homarr now →</Anchor>
+</Stack>`,
+  });
+  await db.insert(customWidgetDefinitions).values({
+    id: customWidgetDefinitionId,
+    name: customWidgetDefinition.name,
+    description: customWidgetDefinition.description ?? null,
+    iconUrl: null,
+    sources: SuperJSON.stringify(customWidgetDefinition.sources),
+    requests: SuperJSON.stringify(customWidgetDefinition.requests),
+    options: SuperJSON.stringify(customWidgetDefinition.options),
+    template: customWidgetDefinition.template,
+    enabled: true,
+    creatorId: userId,
+  });
+
  const boardId = createId();
  await db.insert(boards).values({
    id: boardId,
    name: "default",
    isPublic: false,
    creatorId: userId,
+    pageTitle: "Homarr demo",
+    backgroundImageUrl: "/images/demo-dashboard-background.svg",
+    primaryColor: "#748FFC",
+    secondaryColor: "#3BC9DB",
+    opacity: 90,
+    itemRadius: "xl",
  });

-  const sectionId = createId();
+  const mainSectionId = createId();
  await db.insert(sections).values({
-    id: sectionId,
+    id: mainSectionId,
    kind: "empty",
    xOffset: 0,
    yOffset: 0,
    boardId,
  });

+  const rightSectionId = createId();
+  await db.insert(sections).values({
+    id: rightSectionId,
+    kind: "empty",
+    xOffset: 1,
+    yOffset: 0,
+    boardId,
+  });
+
  const layoutId = createId();
  await db.insert(layouts).values({
    id: layoutId,
    name: "Base",
-    columnCount: 12,
+    columnCount: 13,
+    rightGutterColumnCount: 1,
    breakpoint: 768,
    role: "base",
    boardId,
  });

-  const demoWidgets = buildDemoWidgets(appIds);
-  let xOffset = 0;
-  let yOffset = 0;
-  let rowMaxHeight = 0;
+  const demoWidgets = buildDemoWidgets(appIds, customWidgetDefinitionId);
  for (const widget of demoWidgets) {
-    if (xOffset + widget.width > 12) {
-      xOffset = 0;
-      yOffset += rowMaxHeight;
-      rowMaxHeight = 0;
+    let sectionId = mainSectionId;
+    if (widget.section === "right") {
+      sectionId = rightSectionId;
    }
-    rowMaxHeight = Math.max(rowMaxHeight, widget.height);
+
    const itemId = createId();
    await db.insert(items).values({
      id: itemId,
@@ -759,8 +912,8 @@ const seedDemoUserAsync = async (db: Database) => {
      itemId,
      sectionId,
      layoutId,
-      xOffset,
-      yOffset,
+      xOffset: widget.xOffset,
+      yOffset: widget.yOffset,
      width: widget.width,
      height: widget.height,
    });
@@ -770,7 +923,6 @@ const seedDemoUserAsync = async (db: Database) => {
        integrationId,
      });
    }
-    xOffset += widget.width;
  }

  await db.update(users).set({ homeBoardId: boardId }).where(eq(users.id, userId));
@@ -45,6 +45,169 @@ test("SQLite migrations seed the five disabled bundled custom widgets", async ()
  connection.close();
 });

+test("SQLite migrations seed the redesigned demo dashboard", async () => {
+  const previousDemoMode = process.env.DEMO_MODE;
+  process.env.DEMO_MODE = "true";
+  const connection = new BetterSqlite3(":memory:");
+  const database = drizzle(connection, { schema: sqliteSchema, casing: DB_CASING });
+
+  try {
+    migrate(database, { migrationsFolder: path.join(__dirname, "..", "migrations", "sqlite") });
+    await seedDataAsync(database as unknown as Database);
+
+    const demoUser = await database.query.users.findFirst({
+      where: (table, { eq }) => eq(table.name, "demo"),
+    });
+    if (!demoUser?.homeBoardId) throw new Error("Demo user or home board was not seeded");
+
+    const board = await database.query.boards.findFirst({
+      where: (table, { eq }) => eq(table.id, demoUser.homeBoardId ?? ""),
+      with: {
+        layouts: true,
+        sections: { with: { collapseStates: true, layouts: true } },
+        items: { with: { layouts: true } },
+      },
+    });
+    if (!board) throw new Error("Demo board was not seeded");
+
+    expect(board).toMatchObject({
+      pageTitle: "Homarr demo",
+      backgroundImageUrl: "/images/demo-dashboard-background.svg",
+    });
+    expect(board.layouts).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(board.layouts).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({ columnCount: 13, rightGutterColumnCount: 1, role: "base" }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ columnCount: 3, rightGutterColumnCount: 0, role: "mobile" }),
+      ]),
+    );
+    const baseLayout = board.layouts.find((layout) => layout.role === "base");
+    if (!baseLayout) throw new Error("Demo base layout was not seeded");
+
+    const mainSection = board.sections.find((section) => section.kind === "empty" && section.xOffset === 0);
+    const rightSection = board.sections.find((section) => section.kind === "empty" && section.xOffset === 1);
+    if (!mainSection || !rightSection) throw new Error("Demo board sections were not seeded");
+    expect(board.sections.some((section) => section.kind === "container")).toBe(false);
+
+    const itemByKind = (kind: string) => board.items.find((item) => item.kind === kind);
+    const expectItemLayout = (
+      kind: string,
+      xOffset: number,
+      yOffset: number,
+      width: number,
+      height: number,
+      sectionId = mainSection.id,
+    ) => {
+      const layout = itemByKind(kind)?.layouts.find((candidate) => candidate.layoutId === baseLayout.id);
+      expect(layout).toMatchObject({ sectionId, xOffset, yOffset, width, height });
+    };
+    expectItemLayout("calendar", 0, 0, 2, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("weather", 2, 0, 2, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("clock", 4, 0, 1, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("timer", 5, 0, 2, 1);
+    expectItemLayout("airQuality", 5, 1, 2, 1);
+    expectItemLayout("downloads", 7, 0, 5, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("notebook", 0, 2, 5, 3);
+    expectItemLayout("beszelSystemGrid", 5, 2, 4, 3);
+    expectItemLayout("assistant", 9, 2, 3, 3);
+    expectItemLayout("mediaRequests-requestList", 0, 5, 3, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("mediaMissing", 9, 5, 3, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("mediaServer", 0, 7, 3, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("mediaRequests-requestStats", 9, 7, 3, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("rssFeed", 0, 9, 3, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("indexerManager", 9, 9, 3, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("dockerContainers", 0, 11, 4, 3);
+    expectItemLayout("mediaReleases", 4, 11, 4, 3);
+    expectItemLayout("customApi", 8, 11, 4, 3);
+
+    expectItemLayout("healthMonitoring", 3, 5, 6, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("dnsHoleSummary", 3, 7, 3, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("beszelSystemStats", 6, 7, 3, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("notifications", 3, 9, 2, 2);
+    expectItemLayout("beszelAlerts", 5, 9, 4, 2);
+
+    for (const kind of ["weather", "airQuality"]) {
+      const item = itemByKind(kind);
+      if (!item?.options) throw new Error(`Demo ${kind} options were not seeded`);
+      expect(SuperJSON.parse<{ location: { name: string } }>(item.options).location.name).toBe("Paris");
+    }
+
+    const expectFilledGrid = (
+      placements: { xOffset: number; yOffset: number; width: number; height: number }[],
+      columnCount: number,
+    ) => {
+      const rowCount = Math.max(...placements.map((placement) => placement.yOffset + placement.height));
+      const cells = Array.from({ length: rowCount }, () => Array<number>(columnCount).fill(0));
+      for (const placement of placements) {
+        for (let y = placement.yOffset; y < placement.yOffset + placement.height; y += 1) {
+          for (let x = placement.xOffset; x < placement.xOffset + placement.width; x += 1) {
+            const row = cells[y];
+            if (!row) throw new Error("Demo placement exceeds the grid height");
+            row[x] = (row[x] ?? 0) + 1;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      expect(cells.every((row) => row.length === columnCount && row.every((cell) => cell === 1))).toBe(true);
+    };
+
+    const mainItemLayouts = board.items.flatMap((item) =>
+      item.layouts.filter((layout) => layout.layoutId === baseLayout.id && layout.sectionId === mainSection.id),
+    );
+    expectFilledGrid(mainItemLayouts, 12);
+
+    const rightRailItems = board.items.filter((item) =>
+      item.layouts.some((layout) => layout.layoutId === baseLayout.id && layout.sectionId === rightSection.id),
+    );
+    expect(rightRailItems).toHaveLength(12);
+    const rightRailLayouts = rightRailItems.flatMap((item) =>
+      item.layouts.filter((layout) => layout.layoutId === baseLayout.id && layout.sectionId === rightSection.id),
+    );
+    expect(
+      rightRailItems.every((item) => {
+        const layout = item.layouts.find((candidate) => candidate.layoutId === baseLayout.id);
+        return item.kind === "app" && layout?.width === 1 && layout.height === 1;
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      rightRailLayouts
+        .toSorted((first, second) => first.yOffset - second.yOffset)
+        .map(({ sectionId, xOffset, yOffset, width, height }) => ({
+          sectionId,
+          xOffset,
+          yOffset,
+          width,
+          height,
+        })),
+    ).toEqual(
+      Array.from({ length: 12 }, (_, yOffset) => ({
+        sectionId: rightSection.id,
+        xOffset: 0,
+        yOffset,
+        width: 1,
+        height: 1,
+      })),
+    );
+    expectFilledGrid(rightRailLayouts, 1);
+
+    const workshopDefinition = await database.query.customWidgetDefinitions.findFirst({
+      where: (table, { eq }) => eq(table.creatorId, demoUser.id),
+    });
+    if (!workshopDefinition) throw new Error("Demo Workshop definition was not seeded");
+    expect(workshopDefinition.name).toBe("Community Workshop");
+    expect(SuperJSON.parse<Record<string, { baseUrl: string }>>(workshopDefinition.sources).default?.baseUrl).toBe(
+      "https://v2.preview.homarr.dev",
+    );
+
+    const workshopItem = itemByKind("customApi");
+    if (!workshopItem) throw new Error("Demo Workshop item was not seeded");
+    expect(SuperJSON.parse<{ definitionId: string }>(workshopItem.options).definitionId).toBe(workshopDefinition.id);
+  } finally {
+    connection.close();
+    if (previousDemoMode === undefined) delete process.env.DEMO_MODE;
+    else process.env.DEMO_MODE = previousDemoMode;
+  }
+});
+
 test("Custom Widget v2 migration preserves v1 data and board references", () => {
  const connection = new BetterSqlite3(":memory:");
  const legacyPlacementOptions = SuperJSON.stringify({ definitionId: "legacy-weather", refreshInterval: 30 });
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@ export const hotkeys = {
  toggleColorScheme: "mod+j",
  saveNotebook: "mod+s",
  openSpotlight: "mod+k",
+  openSpotlightApps: "mod+p",
+  openSpotlightAssistant: "mod+/",
+  openSpotlightPreferences: "mod+shift+?",
  openAssistant: "shift+a",
 };
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export interface DefaultWidgetConfig {

 export const defaultWidgetConfigs: DefaultWidgetConfig[] = [
  { kind: "clock", width: 2, height: 1 },
-  { kind: "weather", width: 2, height: 1, options: { showCity: true, hasForecast: true, forecastDayCount: 3 } },
+  { kind: "weather", width: 2, height: 1, options: { showHumidity: false, showCity: false, hasForecast: false } },
  { kind: "bookmarks", width: 2, height: 2, options: { title: "Useful Links", layout: "grid", openNewTab: true } },
 ];

@@ -1,22 +1,32 @@
-import { Center, Loader } from "@mantine/core";
-import { useWindowEvent } from "@mantine/hooks";
+import { Center } from "@mantine/core";

-import type { TranslationObject } from "@homarr/translation";
 import { useI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";

 import type { SearchGroup } from "../../lib/group";
 import type { inferSearchInteractionOptions } from "../../lib/interaction";
-import { SpotlightNoResults } from "../no-results";
+import type { SpotlightMode } from "../../open";
 import { SpotlightGroupActionItem } from "./items/group-action-item";

 interface GroupActionsProps<TOption extends Record<string, unknown>> {
  group: SearchGroup<TOption>;
  query: string;
  setQuery: (query: string) => void;
-  setMode: (mode: keyof TranslationObject["search"]["mode"]) => void;
+  setMode: (mode: SpotlightMode) => void;
  setChildrenOptions: (options: inferSearchInteractionOptions<"children">) => void;
 }

+const getUniqueOptions = <TOption extends Record<string, unknown>>(options: TOption[], keyPath: keyof TOption) => {
+  const optionKeys = new Set<unknown>();
+
+  return options.filter((option) => {
+    const optionKey = option[keyPath];
+    if (optionKeys.has(optionKey)) return false;
+
+    optionKeys.add(optionKey);
+    return true;
+  });
+};
+
 export const SpotlightGroupActions = <TOption extends Record<string, unknown>>({
  group,
  query,
@@ -30,28 +40,26 @@ export const SpotlightGroupActions = <TOption extends Record<string, unknown>>({
  const options = useOptions(query);
  const t = useI18n();

-  useWindowEvent("keydown", (event) => {
-    const optionsArray = Array.isArray(options) ? options : (options.data ?? []);
-    group.onKeyDown?.(event, optionsArray, query, { setChildrenOptions });
-  });
-
  if (Array.isArray(options)) {
    if (options.length === 0) {
      return null;
    }

-    const filteredOptions = options
-      .filter((option) => ("filter" in group ? group.filter(query, option) : false))
-      .sort((optionA, optionB) => {
-        if ("sort" in group) {
-          return group.sort?.(query, [optionA, optionB]) ?? 0;
-        }
+    const filteredOptions = getUniqueOptions(
+      options
+        .filter((option) => ("filter" in group ? group.filter(query, option) : false))
+        .sort((optionA, optionB) => {
+          if ("sort" in group) {
+            return group.sort?.(query, [optionA, optionB]) ?? 0;
+          }

-        return 0;
-      });
+          return 0;
+        }),
+      group.keyPath,
+    );

    if (filteredOptions.length === 0) {
-      return <SpotlightNoResults />;
+      return null;
    }

    return filteredOptions.map((option) => (
@@ -68,15 +76,15 @@ export const SpotlightGroupActions = <TOption extends Record<string, unknown>>({
  }

  if (options.isLoading) {
-    return (
-      <Center w="100%" py="sm">
-        <Loader size="sm" />
-      </Center>
-    );
+    return <span hidden data-search-pending />;
  }

  if (options.isError) {
-    return <Center py="sm">{t("search.error.fetch")}</Center>;
+    return (
+      <Center py="sm" data-search-status>
+        {t("search.error.fetch")}
+      </Center>
+    );
  }

  if (!options.data) {
@@ -84,10 +92,10 @@ export const SpotlightGroupActions = <TOption extends Record<string, unknown>>({
  }

  if (options.data.length === 0) {
-    return <SpotlightNoResults />;
+    return null;
  }

-  return options.data.map((option) => (
+  return getUniqueOptions(options.data, group.keyPath).map((option) => (
    <SpotlightGroupActionItem
      key={option[group.keyPath] as never}
      option={option}
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import { Spotlight } from "@mantine/spotlight";

-import type { TranslationObject } from "@homarr/translation";
 import { translateIfNecessary } from "@homarr/translation";
 import { useI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";

 import type { SearchGroup } from "../../../lib/group";
 import type { inferSearchInteractionOptions } from "../../../lib/interaction";
+import type { SpotlightMode } from "../../../open";
 import { SpotlightGroupActions } from "../group-actions";

 interface SpotlightActionGroupsProps {
  groups: SearchGroup[];
  query: string;
  setQuery: (query: string) => void;
-  setMode: (mode: keyof TranslationObject["search"]["mode"]) => void;
+  setMode: (mode: SpotlightMode) => void;
  setChildrenOptions: (options: inferSearchInteractionOptions<"children">) => void;
 }

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export const SpotlightActionGroups = ({ groups, ...others }: SpotlightActionGrou
    <Spotlight.ActionsGroup
      key={`${translateIfNecessary(t, group.title)}::${String(group.keyPath)}`}
      label={translateIfNecessary(t, group.title)}
+      data-search-source={group.source?.kind ?? "local"}
+      data-remote-source={group.source?.kind === "remote" ? group.source.source : undefined}
    >
      {/*eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */}
      <SpotlightGroupActions<any> group={group} {...others} />
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { Spotlight } from "@mantine/spotlight";

 import { getSafeAppHref, SAFE_NEW_TAB_REL } from "@homarr/common";
-import type { TranslationObject } from "@homarr/translation";
 import { Link } from "@homarr/ui";

 import type { SearchGroup } from "../../../lib/group";
 import type { inferSearchInteractionOptions } from "../../../lib/interaction";
+import type { SpotlightMode } from "../../../open";
 import { selectAction, spotlightStore } from "../../../spotlight-store";
 import classes from "./action-item.module.css";

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ interface SpotlightGroupActionItemProps<TOption extends Record<string, unknown>>
  option: TOption;
  query: string;
  setQuery: (query: string) => void;
-  setMode: (mode: keyof TranslationObject["search"]["mode"]) => void;
+  setMode: (mode: SpotlightMode) => void;
  setChildrenOptions: (options: inferSearchInteractionOptions<"children">) => void;
  group: SearchGroup<TOption>;
 }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const SpotlightGroupActionItem = <TOption extends Record<string, unknown>

  const safeHref = interaction.type === "link" ? getSafeAppHref(interaction.href) : undefined;
  const renderRoot =
-    interaction.type === "link" && safeHref
+    interaction.type === "link" && safeHref && !unavailable
      ? (props: Record<string, unknown>) => {
          return (
            <Link
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ export const SpotlightGroupActionItem = <TOption extends Record<string, unknown>
      : undefined;

  const handleClickAsync = async () => {
+    if (unavailable) return;
+
    if (interaction.type === "javaScript") {
      await interaction.onSelect();
    } else if (interaction.type === "setQuery") {
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ export const SpotlightGroupActionItem = <TOption extends Record<string, unknown>
      }
      className={classes.spotlightAction}
      aria-disabled={unavailable || undefined}
+      disabled={unavailable}
    >
      <group.Component {...(optionProps as TOption)} />
    </Spotlight.Action>
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { Group, Kbd, ScrollArea, Text, UnstyledButton } from "@mantine/core";
+import {
+  IconApps,
+  IconCommand,
+  IconMovie,
+  IconRobot,
+  IconSearch,
+  IconSettings,
+  IconUsers,
+  IconWorldSearch,
+} from "@tabler/icons-react";
+
+import { useSession } from "@homarr/auth/client";
+
+import type { SpotlightMode } from "../open";
+import classes from "./spotlight.module.css";
+
+interface ModeRailEntry {
+  ariaLabel: string;
+  character?: string;
+  label: string;
+  mode: SpotlightMode;
+}
+
+interface SpotlightModeRailProps {
+  activeMode: SpotlightMode;
+  entries: ModeRailEntry[];
+  navigationLabel: string;
+  onModeChange: (mode: SpotlightMode) => void;
+}
+
+const modeIcons: Record<SpotlightMode, typeof IconSearch> = {
+  search: IconSearch,
+  apps: IconApps,
+  command: IconCommand,
+  preferences: IconSettings,
+  assistant: IconRobot,
+  external: IconWorldSearch,
+  media: IconMovie,
+  userGroup: IconUsers,
+};
+
+export const SpotlightModeRail = ({ activeMode, entries, navigationLabel, onModeChange }: SpotlightModeRailProps) => {
+  const { data: session } = useSession();
+  const canManageUsers = session?.user.permissions.includes("admin") ?? false;
+
+  return (
+    <ScrollArea type="never" scrollbarSize={0} className={classes.modeRailViewport}>
+      <Group component="nav" aria-label={navigationLabel} wrap="nowrap" gap={4} className={classes.modeRail}>
+        {entries.map((entry) => {
+          if (entry.mode === "userGroup" && !canManageUsers) return null;
+          const Icon = modeIcons[entry.mode];
+          const active = entry.mode === activeMode;
+
+          return (
+            <UnstyledButton
+              type="button"
+              key={entry.mode}
+              className={classes.modeButton}
+              data-active={active || undefined}
+              aria-pressed={active}
+              aria-label={entry.ariaLabel}
+              onClick={() => onModeChange(entry.mode)}
+            >
+              <Icon size={15} stroke={1.7} />
+              <Text component="span" size="xs" fw={600} className={classes.modeLabel}>
+                {entry.label}
+              </Text>
+              {entry.character ? (
+                <Kbd size="xs" className={classes.modeKey}>
+                  {entry.character}
+                </Kbd>
+              ) : null}
+            </UnstyledButton>
+          );
+        })}
+      </Group>
+    </ScrollArea>
+  );
+};
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import { Spotlight } from "@mantine/spotlight";

 import { useI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";

-export const SpotlightNoResults = () => {
+export const SpotlightNoResults = ({ className }: { className?: string }) => {
  const t = useI18n();

-  return <Spotlight.Empty>{t("search.nothingFound")}</Spotlight.Empty>;
+  return <Spotlight.Empty className={className}>{t("search.nothingFound")}</Spotlight.Empty>;
 };
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+.content {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  border: 1px solid light-dark(var(--mantine-color-gray-3), var(--mantine-color-dark-4));
+  box-shadow: var(--mantine-shadow-xl);
+}
+
+.search {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid light-dark(var(--mantine-color-gray-2), var(--mantine-color-dark-5));
+}
+
+.modeRailViewport {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid light-dark(var(--mantine-color-gray-2), var(--mantine-color-dark-5));
+}
+
+.modeRail {
+  min-width: max-content;
+  padding: var(--mantine-spacing-xs);
+}
+
+.modeButton {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 4px;
+  min-height: 30px;
+  padding-inline: 6px;
+  border-radius: var(--mantine-radius-sm);
+  color: var(--mantine-color-dimmed);
+  transition:
+    color 100ms ease,
+    background-color 100ms ease;
+}
+
+.modeKey {
+  min-width: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  border: 0;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: inherit;
+  font-size: 10px;
+}
+
+.modeButton:hover {
+  color: var(--mantine-color-text);
+  background: light-dark(var(--mantine-color-gray-1), var(--mantine-color-dark-6));
+}
+
+.modeButton[data-active] {
+  color: var(--mantine-primary-color-filled);
+  background: var(--mantine-primary-color-light);
+}
+
+.modeButton:focus-visible {
+  outline: 2px solid var(--mantine-primary-color-filled);
+  outline-offset: -2px;
+}
+
+.actionsList {
+  padding-block: 4px;
+}
+
+.actionsList [data-search-source="fallback"] {
+  margin-top: var(--mantine-spacing-xs);
+  padding-top: var(--mantine-spacing-xs);
+  border-top: 1px dashed light-dark(var(--mantine-color-gray-3), var(--mantine-color-dark-4));
+}
+
+.actionsList > [data-search-source="fallback"]:first-child {
+  margin-top: 0;
+  padding-top: 0;
+  border-top: 0;
+}
+
+.actionsList:has([data-action]) .emptyState,
+.actionsList:has([data-search-pending]) .emptyState,
+.actionsList:has([data-search-status]) .emptyState {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+.actionsList [data-search-source]:has([data-search-pending]) {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+.footer {
+  min-height: 42px;
+  border-top: 1px solid light-dark(var(--mantine-color-gray-2), var(--mantine-color-dark-5));
+}
+
+.footerHint {
+  color: light-dark(var(--mantine-color-gray-7), var(--mantine-color-gray-4));
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 48em) {
+  .modeLabel {
+    display: none;
+  }
+
+  .footerSecondary {
+    display: none;
+  }
+}
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .modeButton {
+    transition: none;
+  }
+}
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@

 import type { Dispatch, SetStateAction } from "react";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { ActionIcon, Center, Group, Kbd } from "@mantine/core";
+import { ActionIcon, Center, Group, Kbd, Text } from "@mantine/core";
 import { Spotlight as MantineSpotlight } from "@mantine/spotlight";
-import { IconArrowLeft, IconSearch, IconX } from "@tabler/icons-react";
+import { IconArrowDown, IconArrowLeft, IconArrowUp, IconCornerDownLeft, IconSearch, IconX } from "@tabler/icons-react";
 import { useSetAtom } from "jotai";

-import { hotkeys } from "@homarr/definitions";
-import type { TranslationObject } from "@homarr/translation";
+import { translateIfNecessary } from "@homarr/translation";
 import { useI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";

 import {
@@ -17,74 +16,142 @@ import {
  mediaRequestSearchEvent,
  spotlightOpenEvent,
 } from "../open";
-import type { OpenMediaRequestSearchOptions } from "../open";
+import type { OpenMediaRequestSearchOptions, SpotlightMode, SpotlightOpenIntent } from "../open";
 import type { inferSearchInteractionOptions } from "../lib/interaction";
 import type { SearchMode } from "../lib/mode";
+import { useSpotlightCatalogs } from "../lib/catalog";
 import { searchModes } from "../modes";
-import { useHomeEmptyGroupsWithPreferences } from "../modes/help/home-empty-groups";
-import { contextSpecificSearchGroups } from "../modes/home/context-specific-group";
 import { mediaRequestSearchScopeAtom, selectAction, spotlightActions, spotlightStore } from "../spotlight-store";
 import { SpotlightChildrenActions } from "./actions/children-actions";
 import { SpotlightActionGroups } from "./actions/groups/action-group";
+import { SpotlightModeRail } from "./mode-rail";
+import { SpotlightNoResults } from "./no-results";
+import classes from "./spotlight.module.css";

-type SearchModeKey = keyof TranslationObject["search"]["mode"];
 type ChildrenOptions = inferSearchInteractionOptions<"children">;

-const defaultMode = "home";
-export const Spotlight = () => {
-  const searchModeState = useState<SearchModeKey>(defaultMode);
-  const queryState = useState("");
-  const mode = searchModeState[0];
-  const activeMode = useMemo(() => searchModes.find((searchMode) => searchMode.modeKey === mode), [mode]);
+const defaultMode: SpotlightMode = "search";

-  if (!activeMode) {
-    return null;
-  }
+const resetSelection = () => {
+  requestAnimationFrame(() => selectAction(0, spotlightStore));
+};
+
+export const Spotlight = () => {
+  useSpotlightCatalogs();
+
+  const [mode, setMode] = useState<SpotlightMode>(defaultMode);
+  const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
+  const setMediaRequestSearchScope = useSetAtom(mediaRequestSearchScopeAtom);
+  const activeMode = useMemo(() => searchModes.find((searchMode) => searchMode.mode === mode), [mode]);
+
+  const applyOpenOptions = useCallback(
+    (options: SpotlightOpenIntent) => {
+      setMode(options.mode);
+      setQuery(options.query ?? "");
+      if (options.mode !== "media") setMediaRequestSearchScope({});
+      spotlightActions.open();
+      resetSelection();
+    },
+    [setMediaRequestSearchScope],
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleOpen = (event: Event) => {
+      const pendingOptions = consumePendingSpotlightOpen();
+      const eventOptions = (event as CustomEvent<SpotlightOpenIntent>).detail;
+      applyOpenOptions(eventOptions ?? pendingOptions ?? { mode: defaultMode });
+    };
+
+    window.addEventListener(spotlightOpenEvent, handleOpen);
+    const pendingOptions = consumePendingSpotlightOpen();
+    if (pendingOptions) applyOpenOptions(pendingOptions);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener(spotlightOpenEvent, handleOpen);
+  }, [applyOpenOptions]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const applyMediaRequestSearch = ({ integrationIds, query: mediaQuery }: OpenMediaRequestSearchOptions) => {
+      setMediaRequestSearchScope({ integrationIds });
+      applyOpenOptions({ mode: "media", query: mediaQuery });
+    };
+
+    const handleMediaRequestSearch = (event: Event) => {
+      const pendingOptions = consumePendingMediaRequestSearch();
+      const eventOptions = (event as CustomEvent<OpenMediaRequestSearchOptions>).detail;
+      applyMediaRequestSearch(eventOptions ?? pendingOptions ?? {});
+    };
+
+    window.addEventListener(mediaRequestSearchEvent, handleMediaRequestSearch);
+    const pendingOptions = consumePendingMediaRequestSearch();
+    if (pendingOptions) applyMediaRequestSearch(pendingOptions);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener(mediaRequestSearchEvent, handleMediaRequestSearch);
+  }, [applyOpenOptions, setMediaRequestSearchScope]);
+
+  if (!activeMode) return null;

  return (
-    <SpotlightWithActiveMode key={mode} modeState={searchModeState} queryState={queryState} activeMode={activeMode} />
+    <SpotlightWithActiveMode
+      key={mode}
+      mode={mode}
+      setMode={setMode}
+      query={query}
+      setQuery={setQuery}
+      activeMode={activeMode}
+    />
  );
 };

 interface SpotlightWithActiveModeProps {
-  modeState: [SearchModeKey, Dispatch<SetStateAction<SearchModeKey>>];
-  queryState: [string, Dispatch<SetStateAction<string>>];
+  mode: SpotlightMode;
+  setMode: Dispatch<SetStateAction<SpotlightMode>>;
+  query: string;
+  setQuery: Dispatch<SetStateAction<string>>;
  activeMode: SearchMode;
 }

-const SpotlightWithActiveMode = ({ modeState, queryState, activeMode }: SpotlightWithActiveModeProps) => {
-  const [query, setQuery] = queryState;
-  const [mode, setMode] = modeState;
+const SpotlightWithActiveMode = ({ mode, setMode, query, setQuery, activeMode }: SpotlightWithActiveModeProps) => {
  const [childrenStack, setChildrenStack] = useState<ChildrenOptions[]>([]);
  const childrenOptions = childrenStack.at(-1) ?? null;
  const t = useI18n();
  const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
-  const setMediaRequestSearchScope = useSetAtom(mediaRequestSearchScopeAtom);
  const useGroups = "groups" in activeMode ? () => activeMode.groups : activeMode.useGroups;
  const groups = useGroups();
-  const homeEmptyGroups = useHomeEmptyGroupsWithPreferences();
-  const hasModeCharacter = activeMode.modeKey !== defaultMode && activeMode.character !== undefined;
+  const hasModeCharacter = activeMode.character !== undefined;
+  const activeModeLabel = translateIfNecessary(t, activeMode.label) ?? activeMode.mode;
+  const placeholder = translateIfNecessary(t, activeMode.placeholder) ?? t("search.placeholder");
+  const modeRailEntries = searchModes.map((searchMode) => {
+    const label = translateIfNecessary(t, searchMode.label) ?? searchMode.mode;
+    return {
+      mode: searchMode.mode,
+      character: searchMode.character,
+      label,
+      ariaLabel: t("search.modePicker.modeAriaLabel", { mode: label }),
+    };
+  });

  useEffect(() => {
-    const handleOpen = () => {
-      consumePendingSpotlightOpen();
-      spotlightActions.open();
-    };
-
-    window.addEventListener(spotlightOpenEvent, handleOpen);
-    if (consumePendingSpotlightOpen()) spotlightActions.open();
-    return () => window.removeEventListener(spotlightOpenEvent, handleOpen);
+    requestAnimationFrame(() => inputRef.current?.focus());
  }, []);

  const clearChildrenStack = useCallback(() => {
    setChildrenStack([]);
  }, []);

+  const changeMode = useCallback(
+    (nextMode: SpotlightMode, preserveQuery = true) => {
+      setMode(nextMode);
+      clearChildrenStack();
+      if (!preserveQuery) setQuery("");
+      resetSelection();
+      requestAnimationFrame(() => inputRef.current?.focus());
+    },
+    [clearChildrenStack, setMode, setQuery],
+  );
+
  const pushChildrenOptions = useCallback(
    (options: ChildrenOptions) => {
      setChildrenStack((currentStack) => [...currentStack, options]);
      setQuery("");
-      setTimeout(() => selectAction(0, spotlightStore));
+      resetSelection();
    },
    [setQuery],
  );
@@ -92,44 +159,19 @@ const SpotlightWithActiveMode = ({ modeState, queryState, activeMode }: Spotligh
  const popChildrenOptions = useCallback(() => {
    setChildrenStack((currentStack) => currentStack.slice(0, -1));
    setQuery("");
-    setTimeout(() => selectAction(0, spotlightStore));
+    resetSelection();
  }, [setQuery]);

-  useEffect(() => {
-    const applyMediaRequestSearch = ({ integrationIds, query: searchQuery }: OpenMediaRequestSearchOptions) => {
-      setMediaRequestSearchScope({ integrationIds });
-      setMode("media");
-      clearChildrenStack();
-      setQuery(searchQuery ?? "");
-      spotlightActions.open();
-      setTimeout(() => selectAction(0, spotlightStore));
-    };
-
-    const handleMediaRequestSearch = (event: Event) => {
-      consumePendingMediaRequestSearch();
-      const { integrationIds, query: searchQuery } = (event as CustomEvent<OpenMediaRequestSearchOptions>).detail ?? {};
-      applyMediaRequestSearch({ integrationIds, query: searchQuery });
-    };
-
-    window.addEventListener(mediaRequestSearchEvent, handleMediaRequestSearch);
-    const pendingSearch = consumePendingMediaRequestSearch();
-    if (pendingSearch) applyMediaRequestSearch(pendingSearch);
-    return () => {
-      window.removeEventListener(mediaRequestSearchEvent, handleMediaRequestSearch);
-    };
-  }, [setMediaRequestSearchScope, setMode, setQuery, clearChildrenStack]);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (mode !== "media") {
-      setMediaRequestSearchScope({});
-    }
-  }, [mode, setMediaRequestSearchScope]);
-
  return (
    <MantineSpotlight.Root
-      shortcut={hotkeys.openSpotlight}
-      yOffset={8}
-      overlayProps={{ blur: 2, backgroundOpacity: 0.2 }}
+      shortcut={null}
+      size={760}
+      yOffset={64}
+      scrollable
+      maxHeight="min(62vh, 560px)"
+      overlayProps={{ blur: 3, backgroundOpacity: 0.24 }}
+      attributes={{ content: { "aria-label": t("search.modePicker.dialogAriaLabel", { mode: activeModeLabel }) } }}
+      classNames={{ content: classes.content }}
      onSpotlightOpen={() => {
        requestAnimationFrame(() => inputRef.current?.focus());
      }}
@@ -143,22 +185,24 @@ const SpotlightWithActiveMode = ({ modeState, queryState, activeMode }: Spotligh
        const sanitizedQuery = mode === "external" && nextQuery.startsWith("!") ? nextQuery.slice(1) : nextQuery;
        setQuery(sanitizedQuery);

-        if (sanitizedQuery.length !== 1) return;
+        if (sanitizedQuery.length === 1) {
+          const modeToActivate = searchModes.find((searchMode) => searchMode.character === sanitizedQuery);
+          if (modeToActivate) {
+            changeMode(modeToActivate.mode, false);
+            return;
+          }
+        }

-        const modeToActivate = searchModes.find((searchMode) => searchMode.character === sanitizedQuery);
-        if (!modeToActivate) return;
-
-        setMode(modeToActivate.modeKey);
-        clearChildrenStack();
-        setQuery("");
-        setTimeout(() => selectAction(0, spotlightStore));
+        resetSelection();
      }}
      store={spotlightStore}
    >
      <MantineSpotlight.Search
        data-homarr-dev-benchmark-spotlight
-        placeholder={`${t("search.placeholder")}...`}
+        aria-label={placeholder}
+        placeholder={placeholder}
        ref={inputRef}
+        className={classes.search}
        leftSectionWidth={hasModeCharacter ? 80 : 48}
        leftSection={
          <Group align="center" wrap="nowrap" gap="xs" w="100%" h="100%">
@@ -168,11 +212,7 @@ const SpotlightWithActiveMode = ({ modeState, queryState, activeMode }: Spotligh
            {hasModeCharacter ? <Kbd size="sm">{activeMode.character}</Kbd> : null}
          </Group>
        }
-        styles={{
-          section: {
-            pointerEvents: "all",
-          },
-        }}
+        styles={{ section: { pointerEvents: "all" } }}
        rightSection={
          mode === defaultMode && childrenStack.length === 0 ? null : (
            <ActionIcon
@@ -188,9 +228,7 @@ const SpotlightWithActiveMode = ({ modeState, queryState, activeMode }: Spotligh
                  return;
                }

-                setMode(defaultMode);
-                clearChildrenStack();
-                inputRef.current?.focus();
+                changeMode(defaultMode, true);
              }}
              variant="subtle"
              aria-label={
@@ -212,20 +250,28 @@ const SpotlightWithActiveMode = ({ modeState, queryState, activeMode }: Spotligh
            return;
          }

-          if (mode !== defaultMode) {
-            setMode(defaultMode);
-            clearChildrenStack();
-          }
+          if (mode !== defaultMode) changeMode(defaultMode, true);
        }}
      />

+      <SpotlightModeRail
+        activeMode={mode}
+        entries={modeRailEntries}
+        navigationLabel={t("search.modePicker.navigationLabel")}
+        onModeChange={changeMode}
+      />
+
      {childrenOptions ? (
        <Group key={childrenStack.length}>
          <childrenOptions.DetailComponent options={childrenOptions.option as never} />
        </Group>
      ) : null}

-      <MantineSpotlight.ActionsList>
+      <MantineSpotlight.ActionsList
+        component="section"
+        className={classes.actionsList}
+        aria-label={t("search.modePicker.resultsAriaLabel", { mode: activeModeLabel })}
+      >
        {childrenOptions ? (
          <SpotlightChildrenActions
            key={childrenStack.length}
@@ -236,21 +282,46 @@ const SpotlightWithActiveMode = ({ modeState, queryState, activeMode }: Spotligh
        ) : (
          <SpotlightActionGroups
            setQuery={setQuery}
-            setMode={(nextMode) => {
-              setMode(nextMode);
-              clearChildrenStack();
-              setTimeout(() => selectAction(0, spotlightStore));
-            }}
-            setChildrenOptions={(options) => {
-              pushChildrenOptions(options);
-            }}
+            setMode={(nextMode) => changeMode(nextMode, true)}
+            setChildrenOptions={pushChildrenOptions}
            query={query}
-            groups={
-              mode === defaultMode && query.length === 0 ? [...homeEmptyGroups, contextSpecificSearchGroups] : groups
-            }
+            groups={groups}
          />
        )}
+        <SpotlightNoResults className={classes.emptyState} />
      </MantineSpotlight.ActionsList>
+
+      <MantineSpotlight.Footer className={classes.footer} px="md" py="xs">
+        <Group justify="space-between" wrap="nowrap">
+          <Group gap="xs" wrap="nowrap">
+            <Group gap={4} wrap="nowrap">
+              <Kbd size="xs">
+                <IconArrowUp size={11} />
+              </Kbd>
+              <Kbd size="xs">
+                <IconArrowDown size={11} />
+              </Kbd>
+              <Text size="xs" className={classes.footerHint}>
+                {t("search.modePicker.footer.navigate")}
+              </Text>
+            </Group>
+            <Group gap={4} wrap="nowrap">
+              <Kbd size="xs">
+                <IconCornerDownLeft size={11} />
+              </Kbd>
+              <Text size="xs" className={classes.footerHint}>
+                {t("search.modePicker.footer.open")}
+              </Text>
+            </Group>
+          </Group>
+          <Group gap={4} wrap="nowrap" className={classes.footerSecondary}>
+            <Kbd size="xs">esc</Kbd>
+            <Text size="xs" className={classes.footerHint}>
+              {t("search.modePicker.footer.close")}
+            </Text>
+          </Group>
+        </Group>
+      </MantineSpotlight.Footer>
    </MantineSpotlight.Root>
  );
 };
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ export {
  useRegisterSpotlightContextResults,
  useRegisterSpotlightContextActions,
 } from "./modes/home/context";
+export type { ContextSpecificItem } from "./modes/home/context";
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+
+import { clientApi } from "@homarr/api/client";
+import { queryCacheDefaultStaleTimeMs } from "@homarr/api/query-cache";
+import { useSession } from "@homarr/auth/client";
+
+import { spotlightOpenEvent } from "../open";
+
+const catalogQueryOptions = (enabled = true) => ({
+  enabled,
+  refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
+  staleTime: queryCacheDefaultStaleTimeMs,
+});
+
+export const useAppsCatalogQuery = (enabled = true) => {
+  const { status } = useSession();
+  return clientApi.app.selectable.useQuery(undefined, catalogQueryOptions(enabled && status === "authenticated"));
+};
+
+export const useBoardsCatalogQuery = () => {
+  const { status } = useSession();
+  return clientApi.board.catalog.useQuery(undefined, catalogQueryOptions(status !== "loading"));
+};
+
+export const useIntegrationsCatalogQuery = (enabled = true) => {
+  const { status } = useSession();
+  return clientApi.integration.all.useQuery(undefined, catalogQueryOptions(enabled && status === "authenticated"));
+};
+
+export const useSearchEnginesCatalogQuery = () => {
+  const { status } = useSession();
+  return clientApi.searchEngine.catalog.useQuery(undefined, catalogQueryOptions(status !== "loading"));
+};
+
+export const useSpotlightCatalogs = () => {
+  const { data: session, status } = useSession();
+  const isAuthenticated = status === "authenticated";
+  const isSessionResolved = status !== "loading";
+  const canBrowseApps =
+    session?.user.permissions.includes("board-modify-all") === true ||
+    session?.user.permissions.includes("app-modify-all") === true;
+
+  const appsQuery = useAppsCatalogQuery(isAuthenticated && canBrowseApps);
+  const boardsQuery = useBoardsCatalogQuery();
+  const integrationsQuery = useIntegrationsCatalogQuery(isAuthenticated);
+  const searchEnginesQuery = useSearchEnginesCatalogQuery();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const refreshCatalogs = () => {
+      if (canBrowseApps) void appsQuery.refetch();
+      if (isSessionResolved) void boardsQuery.refetch();
+      if (isAuthenticated) void integrationsQuery.refetch();
+      if (isSessionResolved) void searchEnginesQuery.refetch();
+    };
+
+    window.addEventListener(spotlightOpenEvent, refreshCatalogs);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener(spotlightOpenEvent, refreshCatalogs);
+  }, [
+    appsQuery,
+    boardsQuery,
+    canBrowseApps,
+    integrationsQuery,
+    isAuthenticated,
+    isSessionResolved,
+    searchEnginesQuery,
+  ]);
+};
+
+export const filterCatalog = <TOption>(
+  options: TOption[],
+  query: string,
+  getSearchableValues: (option: TOption) => string[],
+  limit = 8,
+) => {
+  const normalizedQuery = query.trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (normalizedQuery.length === 0) return options.slice(0, limit);
+
+  return options
+    .map((option, index) => {
+      const values = getSearchableValues(option).map((value) => value.toLowerCase());
+      const score = values.reduce((currentScore, value) => {
+        if (value === normalizedQuery) return Math.min(currentScore, 0);
+        if (value.startsWith(normalizedQuery)) return Math.min(currentScore, 1);
+        if (value.includes(normalizedQuery)) return Math.min(currentScore, 2);
+        return currentScore;
+      }, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
+
+      return { option, index, score };
+    })
+    .filter(({ score }) => Number.isFinite(score))
+    .toSorted((first, second) => first.score - second.score || first.index - second.index)
+    .slice(0, limit)
+    .map(({ option }) => option);
+};
@@ -2,26 +2,34 @@ import type { JSX } from "react";

 import type { stringOrTranslation } from "@homarr/translation";

-import type { inferSearchInteractionDefinition, inferSearchInteractionOptions, SearchInteraction } from "./interaction";
+import type { inferSearchInteractionDefinition, SearchInteraction } from "./interaction";

-type CommonSearchGroup<TOption extends Record<string, unknown>, TOptionProps extends Record<string, unknown>> = {
+export type RemoteSearchSource =
+  | "apps"
+  | "boards"
+  | "integrations"
+  | "users"
+  | "groups"
+  | "search-engines"
+  | "integration-search"
+  | "media";
+
+export type SearchGroupSource =
+  | { kind: "local" }
+  | { kind: "remote"; source: RemoteSearchSource }
+  | { kind: "fallback" };
+
+type CommonSearchGroup<TOption extends object, TOptionProps extends object> = {
  // key path is used to define the path to a unique key in the option object
  keyPath: keyof TOption;
  title: stringOrTranslation;
+  source?: SearchGroupSource;
  Component: (option: TOption) => JSX.Element;
  useInteraction: (option: TOption, query: string) => inferSearchInteractionDefinition<SearchInteraction>;
-  onKeyDown?: (
-    event: KeyboardEvent,
-    options: TOption[],
-    query: string,
-    actions: {
-      setChildrenOptions: (options: inferSearchInteractionOptions<"children">) => void;
-    },
-  ) => void;
 } & TOptionProps;

 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-export type SearchGroup<TOption extends Record<string, unknown> = any> =
+export type SearchGroup<TOption extends object = any> =
  | CommonSearchGroup<TOption, { filter: (query: string, option: TOption) => boolean; options: TOption[] }>
  | CommonSearchGroup<
      TOption,
@@ -36,4 +44,4 @@ export type SearchGroup<TOption extends Record<string, unknown> = any> =
      { useQueryOptions: (query: string) => { data: TOption[] | undefined; isLoading: boolean; isError: boolean } }
    >;

-export const createGroup = <TOption extends Record<string, unknown>>(group: SearchGroup<TOption>) => group;
+export const createGroup = <TOption extends object>(group: SearchGroup<TOption>) => group;
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { MaybePromise } from "@homarr/common/types";
-import type { TranslationObject } from "@homarr/translation";

 import type { CreateChildrenOptionsProps } from "./children";
+import type { SpotlightMode } from "../open";

 const createSearchInteraction = <TType extends string>(type: TType) => ({
  optionsType: <TOption extends Record<string, unknown> | undefined>() => ({ type, _inferOptions: {} as TOption }),
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const searchInteractions = [
    closeSpotlightOnTrigger?: boolean;
  }>(),
  createSearchInteraction("setQuery").optionsType<{ query: string }>(),
-  createSearchInteraction("mode").optionsType<{ mode: keyof TranslationObject["search"]["mode"]; query?: string }>(),
+  createSearchInteraction("mode").optionsType<{ mode: SpotlightMode; query?: string }>(),
  createSearchInteraction("children").optionsType<{
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
    useActions: CreateChildrenOptionsProps<any>["useActions"];
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-import type { TranslationObject } from "@homarr/translation";
+import type { stringOrTranslation } from "@homarr/translation";

 import type { SearchGroup } from "./group";
+import type { SpotlightMode } from "../open";

 export type SearchMode = {
-  modeKey: keyof TranslationObject["search"]["mode"];
+  mode: SpotlightMode;
  character: string | undefined;
+  label: stringOrTranslation;
+  placeholder: stringOrTranslation;
 } & (
  | {
      groups: SearchGroup[];
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useDebouncedValue } from "@mantine/hooks";
+
+import type { RemoteSearchSource } from "./group";
+
+const remoteSearchPolicy: Record<RemoteSearchSource, { delay: number; minimumLength: number }> = {
+  apps: { delay: 140, minimumLength: 1 },
+  boards: { delay: 140, minimumLength: 1 },
+  integrations: { delay: 160, minimumLength: 1 },
+  users: { delay: 180, minimumLength: 1 },
+  groups: { delay: 180, minimumLength: 1 },
+  "search-engines": { delay: 160, minimumLength: 1 },
+  "integration-search": { delay: 220, minimumLength: 1 },
+  media: { delay: 220, minimumLength: 1 },
+};
+
+interface RemoteQueryOptions {
+  minimumLength?: number;
+  trim?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface RemoteQuery {
+  enabled: boolean;
+  query: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Keeps every network-backed spotlight provider on the same query cadence. Local providers still
+ * receive the immediate query and therefore render before remote results can replace the selection.
+ */
+export const useRemoteQuery = (
+  query: string,
+  source: RemoteSearchSource,
+  options: RemoteQueryOptions = {},
+): RemoteQuery => {
+  const policy = remoteSearchPolicy[source];
+  const minimumLength = options.minimumLength ?? policy.minimumLength;
+  const normalizedQuery = options.trim === false ? query : query.trim();
+  const [debouncedQuery] = useDebouncedValue(normalizedQuery, policy.delay);
+
+  return {
+    enabled: debouncedQuery.length >= minimumLength,
+    query: debouncedQuery,
+  };
+};
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import { Avatar, Group, Stack, Text } from "@mantine/core";
 import { IconExternalLink, IconEye } from "@tabler/icons-react";

-import { clientApi } from "@homarr/api/client";
 import { useI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";

 import { createChildrenOptions } from "../../lib/children";
+import { filterCatalog, useAppsCatalogQuery } from "../../lib/catalog";
 import { createGroup } from "../../lib/group";
 import { interaction } from "../../lib/interaction";
+import { useSpotlightContextResults } from "../home/context";

 // This has to be type so it can be interpreted as Record<string, unknown>.
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-definitions
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ const appChildrenOptions = createChildrenOptions<App>({
          <Avatar
            size="sm"
            src={options.iconUrl}
+            alt=""
            radius={0}
            styles={{
              image: {
@@ -75,11 +77,13 @@ const appChildrenOptions = createChildrenOptions<App>({
 export const appsSearchGroup = createGroup<App>({
  keyPath: "id",
  title: (t) => t("common.entity.apps"),
+  source: { kind: "remote", source: "apps" },
  Component: (app) => (
    <Group px="md" py="sm">
      <Avatar
        size="sm"
        src={app.iconUrl}
+        alt=""
        radius={0}
        styles={{
          image: {
@@ -92,6 +96,16 @@ export const appsSearchGroup = createGroup<App>({
  ),
  useInteraction: interaction.children(appChildrenOptions),
  useQueryOptions(query) {
-    return clientApi.app.search.useQuery({ query, limit: 5 });
+    const catalogQuery = useAppsCatalogQuery();
+    const localAppKeys = new Set(
+      useSpotlightContextResults().flatMap((item) => (item.dedupeKey ? [item.dedupeKey] : [])),
+    );
+    const apps = (catalogQuery.data ?? []).filter((app) => !localAppKeys.has(`app:${app.id}`));
+
+    return {
+      data: filterCatalog(apps, query, (app) => [app.name]),
+      isLoading: catalogQuery.isLoading,
+      isError: catalogQuery.isError,
+    };
  },
 });
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import { Group, Stack, Text } from "@mantine/core";
 import { IconDeviceMobile, IconHome, IconLayoutDashboard, IconLink, IconSettings } from "@tabler/icons-react";

-import { clientApi } from "@homarr/api/client";
 import { useI18n } from "@homarr/translation/client";

 import type { ChildrenAction } from "../../lib/children";
+import { filterCatalog, useBoardsCatalogQuery } from "../../lib/catalog";
 import { createChildrenOptions } from "../../lib/children";
 import { createGroup } from "../../lib/group";
 import { interaction } from "../../lib/interaction";
+import { clientApi } from "@homarr/api/client";

 // This has to be type so it can be interpreted as Record<string, unknown>.
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-definitions
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ const boardChildrenOptions = createChildrenOptions<Board>({
 export const boardsSearchGroup = createGroup<Board>({
  keyPath: "id",
  title: (t) => t("common.entity.boards"),
+  source: { kind: "remote", source: "boards" },
  Component: (board) => (
    <Group px="md" py="sm">
      {board.logoImageUrl ? (
@@ -139,6 +141,11 @@ export const boardsSearchGroup = createGroup<Board>({
  ),
  useInteraction: interaction.children(boardChildrenOptions),
  useQueryOptions(query) {
-    return clientApi.board.search.useQuery({ query, limit: 5 });
+    const catalogQuery = useBoardsCatalogQuery();
+    return {
+      data: filterCatalog(catalogQuery.data ?? [], query, (board) => [board.name]),
+      isLoading: catalogQuery.isLoading,
+      isError: catalogQuery.isError,
+    };
  },
 });
@@ -2,19 +2,22 @@ import { useSession } from "@homarr/auth/client";

 import type { SearchGroup } from "../../lib/group";
 import type { SearchMode } from "../../lib/mode";
+import { contextSpecificAppsSearchGroup } from "../home/context-specific-group";
 import { appsSearchGroup } from "./apps-search-group";
 import { boardsSearchGroup } from "./boards-search-group";
 import { integrationsSearchGroup } from "./integrations-search-group";

 export const appIntegrationBoardMode = {
-  modeKey: "appIntegrationBoard",
+  mode: "apps",
  character: "#",
+  label: (t) => t("search.modePicker.apps.label"),
+  placeholder: (t) => t("search.modePicker.apps.placeholder"),
  useGroups() {
    const { data: session } = useSession();
-    const groups: SearchGroup[] = [boardsSearchGroup];
+    const groups: SearchGroup[] = [contextSpecificAppsSearchGroup];

    if (!session?.user) {
-      return groups;
+      return groups.concat(boardsSearchGroup);
    }

    // Mirrors the gate on app.search: either permission may browse the app catalogue, so an app
@@ -22,6 +25,10 @@ export const appIntegrationBoardMode = {
    const canSearchApps =
      session.user.permissions.includes("board-modify-all") || session.user.permissions.includes("app-modify-all");

-    return groups.concat(canSearchApps ? [appsSearchGroup, integrationsSearchGroup] : [integrationsSearchGroup]);
+    if (canSearchApps) {
+      return groups.concat(appsSearchGroup, boardsSearchGroup, integrationsSearchGroup);
+    }
+
+    return groups.concat(boardsSearchGroup, integrationsSearchGroup);
  },
 } satisfies SearchMode;
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 import { Group, Text } from "@mantine/core";

-import { clientApi } from "@homarr/api/client";
 import type { IntegrationKind } from "@homarr/definitions";
 import { IntegrationAvatar } from "@homarr/ui";

+import { filterCatalog, useIntegrationsCatalogQuery } from "../../lib/catalog";
 import { createGroup } from "../../lib/group";
 import { interaction } from "../../lib/interaction";

 export const integrationsSearchGroup = createGroup<{ id: string; kind: IntegrationKind; name: string }>({
  keyPath: "id",
  title: (t) => t("common.entity.integrations"),
+  source: { kind: "remote", source: "integrations" },
  Component: (integration) => (
    <Group px="md" py="sm">
      <IntegrationAvatar size="sm" kind={integration.kind} />
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ export const integrationsSearchGroup = createGroup<{ id: string; kind: Integrati
  ),
  useInteraction: interaction.link(({ id }) => ({ href: `/manage/integrations/edit/${id}` })),
  useQueryOptions(query) {
-    return clientApi.integration.search.useQuery({ query, limit: 5 });
+    const catalogQuery = useIntegrationsCatalogQuery();
+    return {
+      data: filterCatalog(catalogQuery.data ?? [], query, (integration) => [integration.name, integration.kind]),
+      isLoading: catalogQuery.isLoading,
+      isError: catalogQuery.isError,
+    };
  },
 });
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import type { SearchMode } from "../../lib/mode";
+import { contextSpecificFallbackSearchGroup } from "../home/context-specific-group";
+
+export const assistantMode = {
+  mode: "assistant",
+  character: undefined,
+  label: (t) => t("search.modePicker.assistant.label"),
+  placeholder: (t) => t("search.modePicker.assistant.placeholder"),
+  groups: [contextSpecificFallbackSearchGroup],
+} satisfies SearchMode;
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@

 import { Group, Stack, Switch, Text } from "@mantine/core";
 import type { DayOfWeek } from "@mantine/dates";
+import { IconChevronRight } from "@tabler/icons-react";
 import dayjs from "dayjs";
 import localeData from "dayjs/plugin/localeData";

-import { clientApi } from "@homarr/api/client";
 import { useSession } from "@homarr/auth/client";
 import type { ColorScheme } from "@homarr/definitions";
 import { visiblePreferenceDefinitions } from "@homarr/settings";
@@ -47,15 +47,19 @@ const BooleanRow = ({
  </Group>
 );

-const SelectRow = ({ label, Icon, valueLabel }: { label: string; Icon: TablerIcon; valueLabel: string }) => (
+const SelectRow = ({ label, Icon, valueLabel }: { label: string; Icon: TablerIcon; valueLabel?: string }) => (
  <Group mx="md" my="sm" wrap="nowrap" justify="space-between" w="100%">
    <Group wrap="nowrap" gap="sm">
      <Icon stroke={1.5} size={20} />
      <Text>{label}</Text>
    </Group>
-    <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
-      {valueLabel}
-    </Text>
+    {valueLabel ? (
+      <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
+        {valueLabel}
+      </Text>
+    ) : (
+      <IconChevronRight aria-hidden size={16} />
+    )}
  </Group>
 );

@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ const LinkRow = ({ label, Icon }: { label: string; Icon: TablerIcon }) => (

 const SELECT_KINDS = new Set(["select", "searchEngine", "board"]);

-const useSettingsActions = (_: Record<string, unknown>, query: string): SettingsAction[] => {
+export const useSettingsActions = (_: Record<string, unknown>, query: string): SettingsAction[] => {
  const t = useI18n("search.mode.command.group.preferences.option");
  const tUserField = useI18n("user.field");
  const tColorScheme = useI18n("common.colorScheme.options");
@@ -77,25 +81,13 @@ const useSettingsActions = (_: Record<string, unknown>, query: string): Settings
  const normalizedQuery = query.trim().toLowerCase();
  const preferences = useUserPreferences();

-  const boardsQuery = clientApi.board.getAllBoards.useQuery(undefined, { enabled: isAuthenticated });
-  const searchEnginesQuery = clientApi.searchEngine.getSelectable.useQuery(undefined, { enabled: isAuthenticated });
-
  const valueLabelResolvers: Record<string, () => string> = {
    colorScheme: () => tColorScheme(preferences.getPreference("colorScheme").value as ColorScheme),
    locale: () => {
      const val = preferences.getPreference("locale").value;
      return localeConfigurations[val as keyof typeof localeConfigurations]?.name ?? String(val);
    },
-    defaultSearchEngineId: () =>
-      searchEnginesQuery.data?.find((e) => e.value === preferences.getPreference("defaultSearchEngineId").value)
-        ?.label ?? t("searchEngine.none" as never),
    firstDayOfWeek: () => dayjs.weekdays(false)[preferences.getPreference("firstDayOfWeek").value as DayOfWeek] ?? "",
-    homeBoardId: () =>
-      boardsQuery.data?.find((b) => b.id === preferences.getPreference("homeBoardId").value)?.name ??
-      t("board.none" as never),
-    mobileHomeBoardId: () =>
-      boardsQuery.data?.find((b) => b.id === preferences.getPreference("mobileHomeBoardId").value)?.name ??
-      t("board.none" as never),
  };

  return visiblePreferenceDefinitions(isAuthenticated)
@@ -134,9 +126,7 @@ const useSettingsActions = (_: Record<string, unknown>, query: string): Settings
        if (!children) return null;
        return {
          key: definition.key,
-          Component: () => (
-            <SelectRow label={label} Icon={Icon} valueLabel={valueLabelResolvers[definition.key]?.() ?? ""} />
-          ),
+          Component: () => <SelectRow label={label} Icon={Icon} valueLabel={valueLabelResolvers[definition.key]?.()} />,
          useInteraction: interaction.children(children),
        };
      }
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { useSpotlightContextActions } from "../home/context";
 export const contextSpecificActionsSearchGroups = createGroup<ContextSpecificItem>({
  title: (t) => t("search.mode.command.group.localCommand.title"),
  keyPath: "id",
+  source: { kind: "local" },
  Component(option) {
    const icon =
      typeof option.icon !== "string" ? (
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
ajnart	65f0881504	fix(spotlight): rank results before dedupe	2026-08-24 13:01:53 +02:00
ajnart	2b9aa0fdf1	fix(spotlight): deduplicate registered results	2026-08-24 12:54:59 +02:00
ajnart	45368e11fc	fix(spotlight): prevent pending layout shifts	2026-08-24 11:55:26 +02:00
ajnart	3f9b024020	test(api): approve spotlight MCP tools	2026-08-24 09:38:11 +02:00
ajnart	6197c8e505	style(api): order catalog metadata	2026-08-24 09:27:32 +02:00
ajnart	6316fa5407	fix(api): secure spotlight catalogs	2026-08-24 09:23:23 +02:00
ajnart	7acff56abb	fix(spotlight): stabilize catalog search	2026-08-24 09:15:50 +02:00
ajnart	389a99a203	fix: guard command search queries	2026-08-24 02:48:04 +02:00
ajnart	91b916f015	fix: address command menu review	2026-08-24 02:36:55 +02:00
ajnart	769204ca3b	feat: rebuild command menu	2026-08-24 02:23:12 +02:00
Thomas	ec295fe26e	Merge pull request #6684 from homarr-labs/feat/integration-card-header fix(ui): prevent integration card title wrapping	2026-08-23 14:14:57 +02:00
ajnart	e56112cfd7	fix(ui): prevent integration card title wrapping	2026-08-23 09:21:48 +02:00
Thomas	449adc5b12	Merge pull request #6669 from homarr-labs/feat/instant-widget-reloads perf: persist widget data across reloads	2026-08-23 09:06:00 +02:00
Thomas Camlong	240397e7ac	refactor: drop server-seeded widget clock The WidgetTimeProvider plumbed a server timestamp and the container's timezone down to useWidgetNow so clock widgets would paint a real time in the SSR HTML instead of "--:--". That traded a cosmetic first-paint win for a wrong clock: the seeded timezone is the server's, so anyone whose timezone differs from the container's saw an incorrect time for the whole hydration window. Fixing that properly needs a client-set timezone cookie read during RSC render, which is far more plumbing than the problem warrants. Revert the clock to release/v2 behaviour ("--:--" until hydration) and drop the provider, the @homarr/widgets/time export and their tests. The e2e clock assertions now wait on hydration explicitly instead of the seeded paint. Also restore the widget.beszel.getSystemStats persistence exclusion. #6289 added it deliberately to keep those large time-series payloads out of the persisted cache, and this branch had removed it with no stated rationale. Query-cache persistence and the background-refresh indicator are unchanged.	2026-08-23 09:00:34 +02:00
Thomas Camlong	3efb719eee	refactor: simplify widget import boundary	2026-08-23 09:00:34 +02:00
Thomas Camlong	382cffc015	test: use configured DOM environment	2026-08-23 09:00:34 +02:00
Thomas Camlong	0073dfe044	refactor: trim widget reload plumbing	2026-08-23 09:00:33 +02:00
Thomas Camlong	a22fb60647	fix: harden widget query persistence and refresh indicator Review follow-ups on the session query cache: - Cache the per-payload size verdict and reuse a single TextEncoder. The persist subscription re-dehydrates the whole cache on every cache event, so every widget payload was being superjson-serialized several times per refresh cycle just to measure it. - Skip the size measurement on the restore path. It runs before any query is allowed to fetch and the payload was already budgeted when it was written. - Reject stored queries whose dataUpdatedAt is not a positive finite number; `undefined <= 0` is false, so those were hydrating with a NaN timestamp. - Add `stop()` and tear the persister down before `queryClient.clear()`, so the clear cannot overwrite the saved snapshot with an empty cache. - Remove every other scope's cache when a persister is created: signing out navigates away before the scope guard can react, which left the previous account's dashboard data in the tab. - Remove the entry instead of storing an empty cache. Refresh indicator: - Make it decorative instead of an aria-live region; every widget refreshes on a timer, so it made assistive technology repeat "loading" forever. Also broadens the e2e hydration-error matcher to production React's minified error codes, hoists the single WidgetTimeProvider in ClientBoard, memoizes the resolved local time zone, and drops the exports this branch made dead.	2026-08-23 09:00:33 +02:00
Thomas Camlong	89e4cb843d	refactor: simplify widget reload persistence	2026-08-23 09:00:33 +02:00
Thomas Camlong	65a96b6b14	fix: address widget reload review findings	2026-08-23 09:00:33 +02:00
Thomas Camlong	357355283c	fix: harden widget query persistence	2026-08-23 09:00:33 +02:00
Thomas Camlong	a2a408410a	Persist widget data across reloads	2026-08-23 09:00:33 +02:00
Thomas	0d9eeb5752	Merge pull request #6678 from homarr-labs/feat/fix-responsive-layout-order fix: keep responsive layout editors stable	2026-08-23 08:58:48 +02:00
Thomas	bf0878c68b	Merge pull request #6680 from homarr-labs/feat/fix-widget-edit-layout-shifts fix: stabilize widgets in board edit mode	2026-08-23 08:56:07 +02:00
Thomas	eb6d337dfb	fix: unify widget scroll areas (#6679 ) * fix: unify widget scroll areas * fix: cover all widget scroll areas * fix: align data table scrollbars	2026-08-23 01:58:06 +02:00
ajnart	978b3c7f33	fix: stabilize widgets in board edit mode	2026-08-23 01:56:31 +02:00
Thomas	07547320f1	Merge pull request #6667 from homarr-labs/feat/widget-settings-modal feat: rework widget settings modal	2026-08-23 01:47:14 +02:00
ajnart	02870fc392	test: align grid footprint expectations	2026-08-23 01:42:16 +02:00
ajnart	b6fc27e44d	fix: preserve layout validation errors	2026-08-23 01:24:36 +02:00
ajnart	d5cf1b82f2	fix: address widget editor review feedback	2026-08-23 01:20:39 +02:00
ajnart	e022c3f735	fix: match legacy widget grid dimensions	2026-08-23 01:20:39 +02:00
ajnart	14cc3e8a44	fix: make widget toggle cards clickable	2026-08-23 01:19:09 +02:00
ajnart	93d160aebd	chore: remove PR artifacts	2026-08-23 01:19:09 +02:00
ajnart	493e93ea42	feat: size widgets before adding	2026-08-23 01:19:08 +02:00
ajnart	85c20702cd	docs: add widget settings demo evidence	2026-08-23 01:19:08 +02:00
ajnart	91b248d395	fix: harden widget editor previews	2026-08-23 01:19:08 +02:00
ajnart	b7eadc7867	fix: load resolved widget settings	2026-08-23 01:19:08 +02:00
ajnart	1861d8415c	fix: isolate widget editor forms	2026-08-23 01:19:08 +02:00
ajnart	7fe5f8f81c	fix: tighten widget preview stage	2026-08-23 01:19:08 +02:00
ajnart	b3a30e0cf6	fix: constrain widget editor previews	2026-08-23 01:19:08 +02:00
ajnart	763e1324e8	fix: preserve widget preview dimensions	2026-08-23 01:19:08 +02:00
ajnart	5188ed89d6	feat: rework widget settings modal	2026-08-23 01:19:08 +02:00
ajnart	9eafd4f7a7	fix: preserve custom layout role type	2026-08-23 01:13:00 +02:00
ajnart	71ffa5d1be	fix: keep responsive layout editors stable	2026-08-23 00:59:02 +02:00
Thomas	1b843817a4	feat: polish board switcher (#6670 )	2026-08-22 17:21:10 +02:00
Thomas Camlong	8ae9630b3e	Revert "fix: position calendar error indicator top-left (#6668 )" This reverts commit `63f5c43b69`.	2026-08-22 17:03:15 +02:00
Thomas	63f5c43b69	fix: position calendar error indicator top-left (#6668 )	2026-08-22 16:57:34 +02:00
Thomas	e97fe7861d	feat: rework bookmarks widget (#6666 )	2026-08-22 16:55:31 +02:00
Thomas	19760e5722	fix: restore translucent dashboard styling (#6664 ) * fix: restore translucent dashboard styling * fix: restore dashboard widget transparency * fix: address dashboard review feedback * fix: apply board opacity to containers * fix: flatten demo board container * fix: default board roundness to sm * fix: restore assistant widget transparency * Revert "fix: default board roundness to sm" This reverts commit `c235cbdf2b`. * fix: address remaining dashboard review comments * test: align grid geometry expectations	2026-08-22 15:51:43 +02:00
Thomas	2570de25a6	fix: hide default weather details (#6665 )	2026-08-22 15:48:02 +02:00
Thomas	f46ccadbe4	feat: redesign demo dashboard (#6663 )	2026-08-22 13:08:27 +02:00
Thomas	6297ca4b16	fix: keep media stream status at table edge (#6661 )	2026-08-22 11:48:33 +02:00
Thomas	2accdc2fad	feat: rework board switcher (#6660 ) * feat: rework board switcher * fix: address board switcher review	2026-08-22 11:15:40 +02:00
Thomas	8a08293016	fix: restore bookmark grid fill (#6659 ) * fix: restore bookmark grid fill * fix: use scroll area viewport class	2026-08-22 11:14:41 +02:00