Redesign desktop workspace with compact task views and themes

2026-09-11 10:56:10 +00:00 · 2026-09-09 14:12:23 +03:00
parent 1fa5343baa
commit e5e9ae66e8
27 changed files with 1466 additions and 109 deletions
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ library, 3.11 or newer, and PyQt6.
 *[Türkçe README](README.tr.md)*

 <p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/settings-general.webp" width="820" alt="Dikte settings, General tab">
+  <img src="docs/home.webp" width="620" alt="Dikte, sample transcript">
 </p>

 |  |  |
 |---|---|
+| <img src="docs/settings-general.webp" width="410" alt="General and themes"> | <img src="docs/settings-display.webp" width="410" alt="Nord, Dracula, dark, light"> |
 | <img src="docs/settings-api.webp" width="410" alt="API and models"> | <img src="docs/settings-cleanup.webp" width="410" alt="Cleanup rules"> |
 | <img src="docs/settings-agent.webp" width="410" alt="Agent"> | <img src="docs/settings-meeting.webp" width="410" alt="Meeting"> |
 | <img src="docs/settings-audio-file.webp" width="410" alt="Audio file"> | <img src="docs/settings-shortcuts.webp" width="410" alt="Shortcuts"> |
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ Python standart kütüphanesi (3.11 veya üstü) ve PyQt6.
 *[English README](README.md)*

 <p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/settings-general.webp" width="820" alt="Dikte ayarları, Genel sekmesi">
+  <img src="docs/home.webp" width="620" alt="Dikte, örnek metin">
 </p>

 |  |  |
 |---|---|
+| <img src="docs/settings-general.webp" width="410" alt="Genel ve temalar"> | <img src="docs/settings-display.webp" width="410" alt="Nord, Dracula, dark, light"> |
 | <img src="docs/settings-api.webp" width="410" alt="API ve modeller"> | <img src="docs/settings-cleanup.webp" width="410" alt="Temizleme kuralları"> |
 | <img src="docs/settings-agent.webp" width="410" alt="Ajan"> | <img src="docs/settings-meeting.webp" width="410" alt="Toplantı"> |
 | <img src="docs/settings-audio-file.webp" width="410" alt="Ses dosyası"> | <img src="docs/settings-shortcuts.webp" width="410" alt="Kısayollar"> |
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ from .i18n import t  # noqa: E402
 from .meeting import MeetingPipeline  # noqa: E402
 from .overlay import Overlay  # noqa: E402
 from .settings_ui import SettingsWindow  # noqa: E402
+from .home_ui import HomeWindow  # noqa: E402
 from .worker import Pipeline  # noqa: E402

 SERVER_NAME = ipc.SERVER_NAME
@@ -138,6 +139,8 @@ class Dikte:
        self.meeting_base = ""
        self.meeting_message = ""
        self.settings_window = None
+        self.home_window = None
+        self.home_messages = {}
        # The single-instance server, handed over once run_app has opened it, so
        # that a restart can stop answering before the replacement starts.
        self.server = None
@@ -165,13 +168,15 @@ class Dikte:

        self.overlay = Overlay(self.conf["overlay_corner"],
                               screen_name=self.conf["overlay_screen"],
-                               follow_pointer=self.conf["overlay_follows_pointer"])
+                               follow_pointer=self.conf["overlay_follows_pointer"],
+                               theme_name=self.conf["theme"])
        # The agent's indicator sits on top of the dictation one when both are
        # up, and drops into the corner when it is alone there.
        self.ask_overlay = Overlay(self.conf["overlay_corner"], below=self.overlay,
                                   dismissable=True,
                                   screen_name=self.conf["overlay_screen"],
-                                   follow_pointer=self.conf["overlay_follows_pointer"])
+                                   follow_pointer=self.conf["overlay_follows_pointer"],
+                               theme_name=self.conf["theme"])
        self.recorder = audio.Recorder()
        self.pipeline = Pipeline(self.conf)
        self.ask_pipeline = Pipeline(self.conf)
@@ -195,7 +200,7 @@ class Dikte:
        self.pipeline.stage.connect(self._on_stage)
        self.pipeline.finished.connect(self._on_finished)
        self.pipeline.failed.connect(self._on_pipeline_failed)
-        self.ask_pipeline.stage.connect(self.ask_overlay.show_busy)
+        self.ask_pipeline.stage.connect(self._on_ask_stage)
        self.ask_pipeline.finished.connect(self._on_ask_finished)
        self.ask_pipeline.failed.connect(self._on_ask_error)
        self.ask_pipeline.cancelled.connect(self._on_ask_cancelled)
@@ -294,6 +299,10 @@ class Dikte:
        self.unload_action.triggered.connect(self.unload_models)
        self.menu.addAction(self.unload_action)

+        self.home_action = QAction(t("Open Dikte"), self.menu)
+        self.home_action.triggered.connect(self.open_home)
+        self.menu.addAction(self.home_action)
+
        self.settings_action = QAction(t("Settings…"), self.menu)
        self.settings_action.triggered.connect(self.open_settings)
        self.menu.addAction(self.settings_action)
@@ -524,7 +533,7 @@ class Dikte:
    # than only able to press its buttons.

    def handle(self, request, reply):
-        cmd = str(request.get("cmd") or "settings").strip()
+        cmd = str(request.get("cmd") or "home").strip()
        if cmd in ("toggle", "start", "stop", "record"):
            self._dictation_request(cmd, request, reply)
        elif cmd == "ask":
@@ -541,6 +550,7 @@ class Dikte:
                "ask-reset": self.reset_conversation,
                "meeting-cancel": self.cancel_meeting,
                "settings": self.open_settings,
+                "home": self.open_home,
                "reload": self.reload_settings,
                "restart": self.restart,
                "quit": self.app.quit,
@@ -609,9 +619,28 @@ class Dikte:

    def _settle(self, kind, payload):
        """Tell whoever was waiting on this run how it ended."""
+        self._home_settled(kind, payload)
        for reply in self._waiters.pop(kind, []):
            reply(payload)

+    def _home_settled(self, kind, payload):
+        if not hasattr(self, "home_messages"):
+            self.home_messages = {}
+        self.home_messages.pop(kind + "_stage", None)
+        if payload.get("cancelled"):
+            message = t("Stopped.")
+        elif payload.get("error"):
+            message = t("Failed: {error}", error=payload["error"])
+        elif payload.get("warning"):
+            message = t("Completed with a warning: {error}", error=payload["warning"])
+        else:
+            message = t("Transcript ready") if kind == DICTATION else ""
+        self.home_messages[kind] = message
+        window = getattr(self, "home_window", None)
+        if window is not None:
+            window.refresh_results()
+            window.refresh()
+
    def _auto_stop(self, run):
        """The end of a `record --seconds`, if that recording is still the one."""
        if self._run_id == run and self.state == RECORDING:
@@ -656,6 +685,8 @@ class Dikte:
    def reload_settings(self):
        """Read the config file back after something outside changed it."""
        self.conf.load()
+        if self.settings_window is not None:
+            self.settings_window.refresh_configuration()
        self._apply_settings()

    def _toggle(self):
@@ -706,6 +737,9 @@ class Dikte:
        # recorder's.
        if self.state == RECORDING or self.recording:
            return
+        if isinstance(getattr(self, "home_messages", None), dict):
+            self.home_messages[DICTATION] = ""
+            self.home_messages.pop("dictation_stage", None)
        self.front_before = self._the_front()
        self.overlay.show_recording()
        self._begin_recording(DICTATION)
@@ -720,6 +754,9 @@ class Dikte:
    def start_ask(self):
        if self.ask_state != IDLE or self.recording:
            return
+        if isinstance(getattr(self, "home_messages", None), dict):
+            self.home_messages[ASK] = ""
+            self.home_messages.pop("ask_stage", None)
        self.front_before = self._the_front()
        self.ask_overlay.show_recording(asking=True)
        self._begin_recording(ASK)
@@ -1038,7 +1075,7 @@ class Dikte:
        self.overlay.show_error(t("Meeting failed: {error}", error=first_line))
        self.tray.showMessage(
            t("Dikte: the meeting could not be written up"),
-            t("{error}\n\nThe recording has been kept. Settings → Minutes can "
+            t("{error}\n\nThe recording has been kept. Meeting → Minutes can "
              "try again.", error=error),
            QSystemTrayIcon.MessageIcon.Warning, 12000,
        )
@@ -1080,7 +1117,14 @@ class Dikte:
            self.pipeline.run(wav_path, duration, rms_values,
                              paste=wants_paste, focus=focus)

+    def _on_ask_stage(self, message):
+        if isinstance(getattr(self, "home_messages", None), dict):
+            self.home_messages["ask_stage"] = message
+        self.ask_overlay.show_busy(message)
+
    def _on_stage(self, message):
+        if isinstance(getattr(self, "home_messages", None), dict):
+            self.home_messages["dictation_stage"] = message
        # The corner belongs to the recording when one is on: the previous
        # run's progress must not wipe the waveform mid-sentence.
        if self.state != RECORDING:
@@ -1105,19 +1149,18 @@ class Dikte:
            # a rejected key otherwise looks exactly like working dictation.
            if self.state != RECORDING:
                self.overlay.show_warning(
-                    t("Pasted raw, cleanup failed: {error}",
+                    t("Completed with a warning: {error}",
                      error=warning.splitlines()[0])
                )
            self.tray.showMessage(
-                t("Dikte: cleanup failed"), warning,
+                t("Dikte: completed with a warning"), warning,
                QSystemTrayIcon.MessageIcon.Warning, 10000,
            )
        elif self.state != RECORDING:
            # While a new recording is on, the flash is skipped: the text
            # arriving where the cursor is says everything it would have.
-            action = t("Pasted") if self.conf["auto_paste"] else t("Copied")
            self.overlay.show_done(
-                t("{action}: {preview}", action=action, preview=_preview(text))
+                t("Transcript ready: {preview}", preview=_preview(text))
            )
        self._transcript_settled({"ok": True, "text": text, "raw": _raw,
                                  "warning": warning,
@@ -1264,9 +1307,21 @@ class Dikte:

    # ---- settings ---------------------------------------------------------

+    def open_home(self):
+        if self.settings_window is None:
+            self._make_settings()
+        if getattr(self, "home_window", None) is None:
+            self.home_window = HomeWindow(self, self.settings_window)
+        self.home_window.show()
+        self.home_window.raise_()
+        self.home_window.activateWindow()
+
    def open_settings(self):
        if self.settings_window is None:
            self._make_settings()
+        else:
+            self.settings_window.refresh_configuration()
+            self.settings_window.refresh_sources()
        self.settings_window.show()
        self.settings_window.raise_()
        self.settings_window.activateWindow()
@@ -1281,8 +1336,9 @@ class Dikte:
        self.settings_window.finished.connect(self._settings_closed)

    def _settings_closed(self, *_):
-        # Don't drop the object while its own signal is still being delivered.
-        QTimer.singleShot(0, lambda: setattr(self, "settings_window", None))
+        # Task pages share this controller and may still be processing a file.
+        # Closing the configuration dialog keeps both its edits and jobs alive.
+        pass

    def _reopen_settings(self):
        """Replace the settings window, so a language change reaches it too.
@@ -1295,8 +1351,15 @@ class Dikte:
        old one stood, on the same tab.
        """
        old = self.settings_window
-        if old is None:
+        if old is None or old._work_in_flight():
            return
+        home = getattr(self, "home_window", None)
+        home_visible = home is not None and home.isVisible()
+        home_mode = home.mode if home is not None else "dictation"
+        home_geometry = home.geometry() if home is not None else None
+        if home is not None:
+            home.close()
+            self.home_window = None
        tab = old.tabs.currentIndex()
        geometry = old.geometry()
        # Replaced rather than merely closed: left connected, _settings_closed
@@ -1313,9 +1376,28 @@ class Dikte:
        # window does not come up at the default size and jump.
        self.settings_window.setGeometry(geometry)
        self.settings_window.tabs.setCurrentIndex(tab)
+        self.settings_window.file_path = old.file_path
+        self.settings_window.file_label.setText(old.file_label.text())
+        self.settings_window.file_output.setPlainText(old.file_output.toPlainText())
+        self.settings_window.file_segments = getattr(old, "file_segments", [])
+        self.settings_window.file_save_srt.setEnabled(bool(self.settings_window.file_segments))
+        self.settings_window.file_status.setText(old.file_status.text())
        self.settings_window.show()
        self.settings_window.raise_()
        self.settings_window.activateWindow()
+        for signal, callback in (
+            (self.meetings.progress, old._on_minutes_progress),
+            (self.meetings.finished, old._on_minutes_finished),
+            (self.meetings.failed, old._on_minutes_failed),
+        ):
+            signal.disconnect(callback)
+        if home is not None:
+            self.home_window = HomeWindow(self, self.settings_window)
+            self.home_window.setGeometry(home_geometry)
+            self.home_window.show_mode(home_mode)
+            if home_visible:
+                self.home_window.show()
+            home.deleteLater()

    def _apply_local(self):
        """Pass the local settings on, and hold the models ready if asked to.
@@ -1353,10 +1435,13 @@ class Dikte:

    def _apply_settings(self):
        for indicator in (self.overlay, self.ask_overlay):
+            indicator.set_theme(self.conf["theme"])
            indicator.corner = self.conf["overlay_corner"]
            indicator.screen_name = self.conf["overlay_screen"]
            indicator.follow_pointer = self.conf["overlay_follows_pointer"]
        self._apply_local()
+        if getattr(self, "home_window", None) is not None:
+            self.home_window.refresh()
        self._build_tray()
        self._refresh_tray()
        # Taken once here for _external: the answer cannot change under a
@@ -1532,11 +1617,11 @@ def _hand_over(command):
    """Give the running instance the attention this start was asking for.

    A start carrying a verb forwards only that verb; a bare double start asks
-    for the Settings window as the sign of life the click was looking for.
+    for the daily workspace as the sign of life the click was looking for.
    Retried for a moment, because the copy that won the lock may not be
    listening yet.
    """
-    verb = command or "settings"
+    verb = command or "home"
    deadline = time.monotonic() + 5
    while time.monotonic() < deadline:
        if ipc.send(verb) is not None:
@@ -1563,7 +1648,7 @@ def run_app(args):
        if command:
            ipc.send(command)
        else:
-            ipc.send("settings")
+            ipc.send("home")
        return 0

    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
@@ -1638,13 +1723,12 @@ def run_app(args):
    server.newConnection.connect(on_connection)
    app.aboutToQuit.connect(dikte.shutdown)

-    # No key for the chosen transcription provider means nothing can work yet,
-    # so the settings window is the only useful thing to open.
-    # A transcription provider that cannot run yet, whether that is a missing
-    # API key or a model nobody has downloaded, means nothing can work, so the
-    # settings window is the only useful thing to open.
-    if command == "settings" or not dikte.conf.transcribe_ready():
+    # Explicit home requests and first setup open the daily workspace.
+    # A configured --gui background start stays quiet for login and restart.
+    if command == "settings":
        dikte.open_settings()
+    elif command == "home" or not dikte.conf.transcribe_ready():
+        dikte.open_home()
    elif command == "toggle":
        QTimer.singleShot(0, dikte.toggle)
    elif command == "ask":
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ NOT_RUNNING = 3
 # Verbs that start the application when none is running, which is what a
 # shortcut registered with the desktop has always relied on: press the key on a
 # fresh login and Dikte comes up recording.
-GUI_VERBS = {"", "settings", "toggle", "ask", "meeting"}
+GUI_VERBS = {"", "home", "settings", "toggle", "ask", "meeting"}

 # Asking a process that is not there to stop, cancel or quit is not a failure;
 # it is already in the state that was asked for.
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ def build_parser():
    updates.set_defaults(func=cmd_update)

    leaf(subs, "status", "what it is doing right now").set_defaults(func=cmd_status)
-    for name, help_text in (("settings", "open the settings window"),
+    for name, help_text in (("home", "open Dikte"), ("settings", "open the settings window"),
                            ("restart", "reload the running instance"),
                            ("quit", "shut it down")):
        leaf(subs, name, help_text).set_defaults(func=cmd_plain)
@@ -1306,8 +1306,8 @@ def run(argv):
                pass
    parser = build_parser()
    opts = parser.parse_args(argv)
-    # No verb at all is the plain `dikte`, which means the settings window.
-    opts.verb = opts.verb or ""
+    # No verb opens the daily workspace; settings remains an explicit verb.
+    opts.verb = opts.verb or "home"
    # Every path here either talks over the socket or drives one of the workers,
    # and both want an event loop under them; a window is what none of them want.
    _app = QCoreApplication.instance() or QCoreApplication(sys.argv[:1])
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ da senin soracağın soruya verilecek bir yanıt yok.
  ve varsayımını bir yan cümlede söyle"""

 DEFAULTS = {
+    "theme": "nord",
    "ui_language": "auto",          # auto | tr | en
    "openai_api_key": "",
    "openai_base_url": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
@@ -0,0 +1,539 @@
+"""Task-first native desktop window backed by the application controllers."""
+
+import shutil
+
+from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt, QSize, QTimer
+from PyQt6.QtGui import QColor, QIcon, QPainter, QPen, QPixmap
+from PyQt6.QtWidgets import (
+    QApplication, QButtonGroup, QDialog, QFrame, QHBoxLayout, QLabel,
+    QPlainTextEdit, QPushButton, QScrollArea, QSizePolicy, QStackedWidget, QVBoxLayout, QWidget,
+)
+
+from . import api, assistant, audio, cleanup, config as cfg, ggml
+from .i18n import t
+from . import theme
+
+
+def _label(text="", name="", centered=False):
+    label = QLabel(text)
+    label.setTextFormat(Qt.TextFormat.PlainText)
+    label.setWordWrap(True)
+    label.setObjectName(name)
+    if centered:
+        label.setAlignment(Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignCenter)
+    return label
+
+
+def _button(text, callback, name=""):
+    button = QPushButton(text)
+    button.setObjectName(name)
+    button.setAutoDefault(False)
+    button.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed)
+    button.clicked.connect(callback)
+    return button
+
+
+def microphone_icon(recording=False, color="#172434"):
+    """A scalable microphone outline, independent of the desktop icon theme."""
+    pixmap = QPixmap(80, 80)
+    pixmap.fill(Qt.GlobalColor.transparent)
+    painter = QPainter(pixmap)
+    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter.RenderHint.Antialiasing)
+    painter.setPen(QPen(QColor(color), 4, Qt.PenStyle.SolidLine,
+                        Qt.PenCapStyle.RoundCap))
+    if recording:
+        painter.setBrush(QColor(color))
+        painter.drawRoundedRect(26, 26, 28, 28, 3, 3)
+    else:
+        painter.drawRoundedRect(32, 12, 16, 36, 8, 8)
+        painter.drawArc(22, 28, 36, 30, 180 * 16, 180 * 16)
+        painter.drawLine(40, 58, 40, 68)
+    painter.end()
+    return QIcon(pixmap)
+
+
+def settings_icon(color="#B2C1D1"):
+    pixmap = QPixmap(48, 48)
+    pixmap.fill(Qt.GlobalColor.transparent)
+    painter = QPainter(pixmap)
+    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter.RenderHint.Antialiasing)
+    painter.setPen(QPen(QColor(color), 3, Qt.PenStyle.SolidLine,
+                        Qt.PenCapStyle.RoundCap))
+    painter.translate(24, 24)
+    painter.drawEllipse(-12, -12, 24, 24)
+    painter.drawEllipse(-4, -4, 8, 8)
+    for _ in range(8):
+        painter.drawLine(0, -12, 0, -17)
+        painter.rotate(45)
+    painter.end()
+    return QIcon(pixmap)
+
+
+def _model_location(model, provider, local_state=None):
+    model = model or t("Model not selected")
+    if provider == "local":
+        kind = ggml.accel_kind(local_state or {})
+        location = t("Local GPU") if kind == "gpu" else t("Local CPU") if kind == "cpu" else t("Local")
+    else:
+        location = "CLI" if provider in ("claude", "codex", "agy") else "API"
+    return f"{model} ({location})"
+
+
+def processing_locations(conf, mode="dictation", file_cleanup=None, file_timestamps=None):
+    """Display configured model IDs and observed local acceleration, never keys."""
+    target = conf.transcribe_target()
+    local = ggml.state()
+    sound_model = target.model
+    timestamps = conf["file_timestamps"] if file_timestamps is None else file_timestamps
+    if mode == "meeting" or (mode == "file" and timestamps):
+        sound_model = api.timestamp_model(target.provider, target.model, target.file_model)
+    sound = _model_location(sound_model, target.provider, local.get("whisper"))
+    enabled = conf["cleanup_enabled"]
+    if mode == "file":
+        enabled = conf["file_cleanup"] if file_cleanup is None else file_cleanup
+    elif mode == "meeting":
+        enabled = conf["meeting_cleanup"]
+    elif mode == "ask":
+        enabled = conf["assistant_cleanup"]
+    provider = cleanup.provider(conf)
+    model = cleanup.model(conf)
+    if provider in ("codex", "agy") and not conf[f"cleanup_{provider}_model"].strip():
+        model = t("{name} default model", name="Codex" if provider == "codex" else "Antigravity")
+    text = _model_location(model, provider, local.get("llama")) if enabled else t("Editing off")
+    location = t("Audio: {sound} / Text: {text}", sound=sound, text=text)
+    if mode == "meeting":
+        location += " / " + t("Minutes: {model}", model=_model_location(conf["meeting_model"], "openrouter"))
+    elif mode == "ask":
+        provider = assistant.provider(conf)
+        model = assistant.model(conf)
+        if provider in ("codex", "agy") and not conf[f"assistant_{provider}_model"].strip():
+            model = t("{name} default model", name=assistant.display_name(conf))
+        location += " / " + t("Assistant: {model}", model=_model_location(model, provider))
+    return location
+
+
+class HomeWindow(QWidget):
+    """Own navigation and presentation; recording and processing stay in Dikte."""
+
+    def __init__(self, controller, settings):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.controller = controller
+        self.conf = controller.conf
+        self.settings = settings
+        self.mode = "dictation"
+        self._last_result = None
+        self._last_answer = None
+        font = self.font()
+        font.setPointSizeF(max(10.5, font.pointSizeF()))
+        self.setFont(font)
+        self.setObjectName("home")
+        self.setWindowTitle("Dikte")
+        theme.apply(self, self.conf["theme"])
+        self._theme_name = None
+        root = QVBoxLayout(self)
+        root.setContentsMargins(20, 16, 20, 12)
+        root.setSpacing(12)
+        navigation = QHBoxLayout()
+        navigation.setSpacing(6)
+        self.mode_group = QButtonGroup(self)
+        self.mode_buttons = {}
+        for name, title in (("dictation", "Dictation"), ("file", "File"),
+                            ("meeting", "Meeting"), ("ask", "Assistant")):
+            button = _button(t(title), lambda checked=False, name=name: self.show_mode(name), "mode")
+            button.setCheckable(True)
+            button.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed)
+            self.mode_group.addButton(button)
+            navigation.addWidget(button, 1)
+            self.mode_buttons[name] = button
+        self.settings_button = _button("", controller.open_settings, "settings")
+        self.settings_button.setIcon(settings_icon())
+        self.settings_button.setIconSize(QSize(20, 20))
+        self.settings_button.setFixedSize(34, 34)
+        self.settings_button.setToolTip(t("Settings"))
+        self.settings_button.setAccessibleName(t("Settings"))
+        navigation.addWidget(self.settings_button)
+        root.addLayout(navigation)
+        self.pages = QStackedWidget()
+        root.addWidget(self.pages, 1)
+        self.mode_pages = {}
+        self.mode_pages["dictation"] = self._scrolled(self._capture_page())
+        self.mode_pages["file"] = settings.task_pages["file"]
+        self.mode_pages["meeting"] = self._scrolled(self._meeting_page())
+        self.mode_pages["ask"] = self._scrolled(self._assistant_page())
+        self.mode_pages["history"] = self._history_page()
+        for page in self.mode_pages.values():
+            self.pages.addWidget(page)
+        self.footer = _label("", "footer")
+        root.addWidget(self.footer)
+        self._timer = QTimer(self)
+        self._timer.setInterval(500)
+        self._timer.timeout.connect(self.refresh)
+        self._timer.start()
+        settings.applied.connect(self.refresh)
+        settings.file_cleanup.toggled.connect(self.refresh)
+        settings.file_timestamps.toggled.connect(self.refresh)
+        settings.transcriber.finished.connect(self.refresh_results)
+        settings.history.model().rowsRemoved.connect(self.refresh_results)
+        settings.history.model().modelReset.connect(self.refresh_results)
+        self.resize(620, 560)
+        screen = self.screen()
+        if screen:
+            room = screen.availableGeometry()
+            self.resize(min(620, room.width() - 40), min(560, room.height() - 80))
+        self.setMinimumSize(420, 360)
+        self.show_mode("dictation")
+        self.refresh_results()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _scrolled(page):
+        page.setMaximumWidth(680)
+        area = QScrollArea()
+        area.setWidgetResizable(True)
+        area.setFrameShape(QFrame.Shape.NoFrame)
+        area.setWidget(page)
+        return area
+
+    def _capture_page(self):
+        page = QWidget()
+        layout = QVBoxLayout(page)
+        layout.setContentsMargins(0, 10, 0, 0)
+        layout.setSpacing(8)
+        self.capture_status = _label("", "heading", True)
+        layout.addWidget(self.capture_status)
+        self.capture_button = _button("", self._capture, "capture")
+        self._mic_icon = microphone_icon()
+        self._stop_icon = microphone_icon(recording=True)
+        self.capture_button.setIcon(self._mic_icon)
+        self.capture_button.setIconSize(QSize(44, 44))
+        self.capture_button.setFixedSize(112, 112)
+        layout.addWidget(self.capture_button, 0, Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignHCenter)
+        self.capture_shortcut = _label("", "muted", True)
+        layout.addWidget(self.capture_shortcut)
+        self.capture_models = _label("", "models", True)
+        layout.addWidget(self.capture_models)
+        controls = QHBoxLayout()
+        controls.addStretch()
+        self.pause_button = _button(t("Pause the recording"), self._pause)
+        self.cancel_button = _button(t("Discard the recording"), self._cancel_capture)
+        controls.addWidget(self.pause_button)
+        controls.addWidget(self.cancel_button)
+        controls.addStretch()
+        layout.addLayout(controls)
+        self.capture_error = _label()
+        layout.addWidget(self.capture_error)
+        card = QFrame()
+        card.setObjectName("result")
+        content = QVBoxLayout(card)
+        content.setContentsMargins(18, 12, 18, 12)
+        top = QHBoxLayout()
+        top.addWidget(_label(t("Latest text")))
+        top.addStretch(1)
+        top.addWidget(_button(t("History"), lambda: self.show_mode("history")))
+        content.addLayout(top)
+        self.latest_text = QPlainTextEdit()
+        self.latest_text.setReadOnly(True)
+        self.latest_text.setAccessibleName(t("Latest text"))
+        self.latest_text.setPlaceholderText(t("Your first transcript will appear here."))
+        self.latest_text.setMinimumHeight(84)
+        self.latest_text.setMaximumHeight(100)
+        content.addWidget(self.latest_text)
+        self.latest_warning = _label()
+        content.addWidget(self.latest_warning)
+        actions = QHBoxLayout()
+        self.latest_time = _label("", "muted")
+        actions.addWidget(self.latest_time, 1)
+        self.copy_button = _button(t("Copy"), lambda: QApplication.clipboard().setText(self.latest_text.toPlainText()))
+        self.open_button = _button(t("Open text"), lambda: self._open_text(self.latest_text.toPlainText()))
+        actions.addWidget(self.copy_button)
+        actions.addWidget(self.open_button)
+        content.addLayout(actions)
+        layout.addWidget(card)
+        layout.addStretch(1)
+        return page
+
+    def _meeting_page(self):
+        page = QWidget()
+        layout = QVBoxLayout(page)
+        layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        self.meeting_status = _label("", "heading")
+        layout.addWidget(self.meeting_status)
+        self.meeting_hint = _label("", "muted")
+        layout.addWidget(self.meeting_hint)
+        actions = QVBoxLayout()
+        self.meeting_button = _button(t("Record a meeting"), self._meeting, "primary")
+        self.meeting_cancel = _button(t("Discard the meeting"), self._cancel_meeting)
+        actions.addWidget(self.meeting_button)
+        actions.addWidget(self.meeting_cancel)
+        layout.addLayout(actions)
+        self.meeting_error = _label()
+        layout.addWidget(self.meeting_error)
+        layout.addWidget(_label(t("Minutes")))
+        minutes = self.settings.task_pages["minutes"]
+        minutes.setMinimumHeight(300)
+        layout.addWidget(minutes, 1)
+        minutes.show()
+        return page
+
+    def _assistant_page(self):
+        page = QWidget()
+        layout = QVBoxLayout(page)
+        layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        self.ask_status = _label("", "heading")
+        layout.addWidget(self.ask_status)
+        self.ask_scope = _label("", "muted")
+        layout.addWidget(self.ask_scope)
+        self.ask_button = _button("", self._ask, "primary")
+        layout.addWidget(self.ask_button)
+        self.ask_pause = _button(t("Pause the recording"), self._pause)
+        layout.addWidget(self.ask_pause)
+        self.ask_cancel = _button(t("Stop"), self._cancel_ask)
+        layout.addWidget(self.ask_cancel)
+        layout.addWidget(_button(t("Start a new conversation"), self.controller.reset_conversation))
+        self.ask_error = _label()
+        layout.addWidget(self.ask_error)
+        self.ask_output = QPlainTextEdit()
+        self.ask_output.setReadOnly(True)
+        self.ask_output.setAccessibleName(t("Assistant reply"))
+        self.ask_output.setPlaceholderText(t("The assistant's reply will appear here."))
+        self.ask_output.setMinimumHeight(160)
+        layout.addWidget(self.ask_output, 1)
+        layout.addWidget(_button(t("Copy"), lambda: QApplication.clipboard().setText(self.ask_output.toPlainText())))
+        return page
+
+    def _history_page(self):
+        page = QWidget()
+        layout = QVBoxLayout(page)
+        layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        layout.addWidget(_button(t("Back to dictation"), lambda: self.show_mode("dictation")))
+        layout.addWidget(self.settings.task_pages["history"], 1)
+        self.settings.task_pages["history"].show()
+        layout.addWidget(_button(t("Open selected text"), self._open_selected))
+        self.settings.history.itemDoubleClicked.connect(self._open_selected)
+        return page
+
+    def _open_selected(self, *_):
+        rows = self.settings._selected_rows()
+        if rows:
+            self._open_text("\n\n".join(row.get("text", "") for row in rows))
+
+    def _open_text(self, text):
+        if not text:
+            return
+        document = QDialog(self)
+        document.setWindowTitle(t("Transcript"))
+        document.resize(600, 500)
+        layout = QVBoxLayout(document)
+        editor = QPlainTextEdit()
+        editor.setReadOnly(True)
+        editor.setPlainText(text)
+        layout.addWidget(editor)
+        layout.addWidget(_button(t("Copy"), lambda: QApplication.clipboard().setText(text)))
+        document.setAttribute(Qt.WidgetAttribute.WA_DeleteOnClose)
+        document.show()
+
+    def show_mode(self, mode):
+        if mode not in self.mode_pages:
+            return
+        self.mode = mode
+        self.pages.setCurrentWidget(self.mode_pages[mode])
+        self.mode_buttons["dictation" if mode == "history" else mode].setChecked(True)
+        if mode == "history":
+            self.settings._load_history()
+        elif mode == "meeting":
+            self.settings._load_minutes()
+        self.refresh()
+
+    def showEvent(self, event):
+        super().showEvent(event)
+        self._timer.start()
+        self.refresh_results()
+        self.refresh()
+
+    def hideEvent(self, event):
+        self._timer.stop()
+        super().hideEvent(event)
+
+    def refresh_results(self, *_):
+        rows = cfg.read_history(self.conf["history_limit"])
+        result = next((row for row in reversed(rows) if row.get("mode") != "ask"), {})
+        answer = next((row for row in reversed(rows) if row.get("mode") == "ask"), {})
+        self._set_result(result, answer)
+
+    def _set_result(self, result, answer):
+        if result != self._last_result:
+            self._last_result = dict(result)
+            self.latest_text.setPlainText(result.get("text", ""))
+            self.latest_time.setText(result.get("ts", ""))
+            self.latest_warning.setText(result.get("cleanup_error", ""))
+            self.latest_warning.setVisible(bool(self.latest_warning.text()))
+            self.copy_button.setEnabled(bool(result.get("text")))
+            self.open_button.setEnabled(bool(result.get("text")))
+        if answer != self._last_answer:
+            self._last_answer = dict(answer)
+            self.ask_output.setPlainText(answer.get("text", ""))
+
+    def refresh(self, *_):
+        app, conf = self.controller, self.conf
+        if self._theme_name != conf["theme"]:
+            self._theme_name = conf["theme"]
+            theme.apply(self, self._theme_name)
+            colors = theme.palette(self._theme_name)
+            self._mic_icon = microphone_icon(color=colors["accent_text"])
+            self._stop_icon = microphone_icon(recording=True, color=colors["accent_text"])
+            self.settings_button.setIcon(settings_icon(colors["muted"]))
+        messages = getattr(app, "home_messages", {})
+        ready = conf.transcribe_ready()
+        recording = app.state == "recording"
+        busy = app.state == "busy"
+        title = t("Ready to speak") if ready else t("Set up transcription")
+        if recording:
+            seconds = int(app._recorded_seconds())
+            title = t("Paused") if app.paused else t("Recording")
+            title += f"  {seconds // 60:02d}:{seconds % 60:02d}"
+        elif busy:
+            title = messages.get("dictation_stage") or t("Transcribing…")
+        self.capture_status.setText(title)
+        action = t("Stop and transcribe") if recording else t("Start recording") if ready else t("Set up transcription")
+        self.capture_button.setAccessibleName(action)
+        self.capture_button.setIcon(self._stop_icon if recording else self._mic_icon)
+        self.capture_button.setToolTip(action)
+        self.capture_button.setEnabled(recording or not app.recording)
+        self.capture_shortcut.setText(" + ".join(part.strip() for part in conf["shortcut"].split("+")))
+        self.pause_button.setVisible(recording)
+        self.cancel_button.setVisible(recording)
+        self.pause_button.setText(t("Resume the recording") if app.paused else t("Pause the recording"))
+        warning = ""
+        if conf["cleanup_enabled"] and conf["cleanup_provider"] == "local" and not conf.local_llm_ready():
+            warning = t("The local editing model is missing. Set it up in Settings; the original transcript is kept if editing fails.")
+        self.capture_error.setText(messages.get("dictation", "") or warning)
+        self.capture_error.setVisible(bool(self.capture_error.text()))
+        details = processing_locations(conf, self.mode, self.settings.file_cleanup.isChecked(),
+                                       self.settings.file_timestamps.isChecked())
+        self.capture_models.setText(details if self.mode == "dictation" else "")
+        self.footer.setText(details)
+        self.footer.setVisible(self.mode != "dictation")
+        self._refresh_meeting(messages, ready)
+        self._refresh_ask(messages, ready)
+
+    def _refresh_meeting(self, messages, ready):
+        app = self.controller
+        state = app.meeting_state
+        supported = audio.sound().meetings
+        hint = t("Record your microphone and the other participants. Use headphones.")
+        if not supported:
+            hint = t("Meeting recording is not supported on this system. You can still transcribe a file.")
+        elif audio.sound() is audio.COREAUDIO:
+            hint = t("On macOS, set up BlackHole or Loopback and select the system audio source in Settings first.")
+        title = t("Meeting")
+        if state == "recording":
+            seconds = int(app.meeting_elapsed.elapsed() / 1000)
+            title = t("Recording") + f"  {seconds // 60:02d}:{seconds % 60:02d}"
+        elif state == "working":
+            title = app.meeting_message or t("Writing the meeting up…")
+        if supported and not self.conf.openrouter_key():
+            hint += "\n" + t("Connect OpenRouter in Settings to write minutes. The recording is kept if writing fails.")
+        self.meeting_status.setText(title)
+        self.meeting_hint.setText(hint)
+        self.meeting_button.setText(t("End the meeting and write it up") if state == "recording" else t("Record a meeting") if ready else t("Set up transcription"))
+        self.meeting_button.setEnabled(supported and state != "working")
+        self.meeting_cancel.setVisible(state == "recording")
+        self.meeting_error.setText(messages.get("meeting", ""))
+        self.meeting_error.setVisible(bool(self.meeting_error.text()))
+
+    def _refresh_ask(self, messages, ready):
+        app, conf = self.controller, self.conf
+        name = assistant.display_name(conf)
+        provider = conf["assistant_provider"]
+        directory = assistant.working_dir(conf)
+        if provider == "claude":
+            permission = {"auto": t("Automatic permission decisions"),
+                          "manual": t("Only actions that need no permission"),
+                          "bypassPermissions": t("All permissions allowed")}.get(conf["assistant_permission_mode"], conf["assistant_permission_mode"])
+        elif provider == "codex":
+            permission = {"workspace-write": t("Read files; write in the working directory"),
+                          "read-only": t("Read only"),
+                          "danger-full-access": t("No sandbox at all")}.get(conf["assistant_codex_sandbox"], conf["assistant_codex_sandbox"])
+        elif provider == "agy":
+            permission = t("Uses the CLI's configured permissions")
+        else:
+            permission = t("Chat provider; no local command execution")
+        self.ask_scope.setText(t("{name}\nPermissions: {permission}\nWorking directory: {directory}\nShortcut: {shortcut}\nThis button sends a spoken command to the assistant. Its reply is copied without automatic pasting.", name=name, permission=permission, directory=directory if provider in ("claude", "codex", "agy") else t("Not used"), shortcut=conf["assistant_shortcut"] or t("Not assigned")))
+        state = app.ask_state
+        self.ask_status.setText(t("Paused") if state == "recording" and app.paused else t("Recording") if state == "recording" else messages.get("ask_stage", t("Working…")) if state == "busy" else t("Assistant"))
+        available = self._assistant_available()
+        self.ask_button.setText(t("Stop and send command") if state == "recording" else t("Set up transcription") if not ready else t("Record a command") if available else t("Set up assistant"))
+        self.ask_button.setEnabled(state == "recording" or (state == "idle" and not app.recording))
+        self.ask_pause.setVisible(state == "recording")
+        self.ask_pause.setText(t("Resume the recording") if app.paused else t("Pause the recording"))
+        self.ask_cancel.setVisible(state != "idle")
+        self.ask_error.setText(messages.get("ask", "") or ("" if available else t("Install the selected assistant CLI or configure its connection in Settings.")))
+        self.ask_error.setVisible(bool(self.ask_error.text()))
+
+    def _assistant_available(self):
+        provider = self.conf["assistant_provider"]
+        binary = assistant.executable(provider)
+        if binary:
+            return bool(shutil.which(binary))
+        return bool(self.conf.opencode_key() if provider == "opencode" else self.conf.openrouter_key())
+
+    def _capture(self):
+        app = self.controller
+        if app.state == "recording":
+            # Clicking Stop puts this window in front of the original target.
+            app.paste_override["dictation"] = False
+            app.stop()
+        elif not app.recording:
+            if not self.conf.transcribe_ready():
+                self.settings.tabs.setCurrentIndex(self.settings.api_tab_index)
+                app.open_settings()
+                return
+            app.paste_override["dictation"] = False
+            app.start()
+            if app.state != "recording":
+                app.paste_override.pop("dictation", None)
+        self.refresh()
+
+    def _ask(self):
+        app = self.controller
+        if app.ask_state == "recording":
+            app.paste_override["ask"] = False
+            app.stop_ask()
+        elif app.ask_state == "idle" and not app.recording:
+            if not self.conf.transcribe_ready():
+                app.open_settings()
+                return
+            if not self._assistant_available():
+                self.settings.tabs.setCurrentIndex(4)
+                app.open_settings()
+                return
+            app.paste_override["ask"] = False
+            app.start_ask()
+            if app.ask_state != "recording":
+                app.paste_override.pop("ask", None)
+        self.refresh()
+
+    def _pause(self):
+        self.controller._toggle_pause()
+        self.refresh()
+
+    def _cancel_capture(self):
+        if self.controller.state == "recording":
+            self.controller._cancel()
+        self.refresh()
+
+    def _cancel_ask(self):
+        self.controller.cancel_ask()
+        self.refresh()
+
+    def _meeting(self):
+        if not audio.sound().meetings:
+            return
+        if not self.conf.transcribe_ready() and self.controller.meeting_state == "idle":
+            self.controller.open_settings()
+        else:
+            self.controller._toggle_meeting()
+        self.refresh()
+
+    def _cancel_meeting(self):
+        self.controller.cancel_meeting()
+        self.refresh()
@@ -60,6 +60,75 @@ def name(text, /, case=""):


 TR = {
+    "Theme": "Tema",
+    "Classic dark": "Klasik karanlık",
+    "Classic light": "Klasik beyaz",
+    "Local": "Yerel",
+    "Local GPU": "Yerel GPU",
+    "Local CPU": "Yerel CPU",
+    "Model not selected": "Model seçilmedi",
+    "{name} default model": "{name} varsayılan modeli",
+    "Audio: {sound} / Text: {text}": "Ses: {sound} / Metin: {text}",
+    "Minutes: {model}": "Tutanak: {model}",
+    "Assistant: {model}": "Asistan: {model}",
+    "Completed with a warning: {error}": "Uyarıyla tamamlandı: {error}",
+    "Dikte: completed with a warning": "Dikte: uyarıyla tamamlandı",
+    "Connect OpenRouter in Settings to write minutes. The recording is kept if writing fails.": "Tutanak yazmak için ayarlardan OpenRouter bağlantısını kurun. Tutanak yazılamazsa kayıt korunur.",
+    "Set up assistant": "Asistanı ayarla",
+    "Install the selected assistant CLI or configure its connection in Settings.": "Seçili asistanın CLI uygulamasını kurun veya ayarlardan bağlantısını yapılandırın.",
+    "The local editing model is missing. Set it up in Settings; the original transcript is kept if editing fails.": "Yerel düzenleme modeli eksik. Ayarlardan yapılandırın; düzenleme başarısız olursa ham metin korunur.",
+    # Compact desktop workspace.
+    'Audio: {sound}\nText: {text}': 'Ses: {sound}\nMetin: {text}',
+    'This computer': 'Bu bilgisayar',
+    'Editing off': 'Düzenleme kapalı',
+    'Record your microphone and the other participants. Use headphones.': 'Mikrofonunuzu ve diğer katılımcıları kaydedin. Kulaklık kullanın.',
+    'Minutes: OpenRouter': 'Tutanak: OpenRouter',
+    'Use the shortcut in the app where you want to write.': 'Yazmak istediğiniz uygulamada kısayola basın.',
+    'Button recordings stay here and are copied to the clipboard.': 'Düğmeyle başlattığınız kayıtların metni burada kalır ve panoya kopyalanır.',
+    'Latest text': 'Son metin',
+    'Your first transcript will appear here.': 'İlk kaydınızın metni burada görünecek.',
+    'Open text': 'Metni aç',
+    'Assistant reply': 'Asistan yanıtı',
+    "The assistant's reply will appear here.": 'Asistanın yanıtı burada görünecek.',
+    'Ready to speak': 'Konuşmaya hazır',
+    'Set up transcription': 'Yazıya çevirmeyi ayarla',
+    'Automatic language': 'Dil otomatik',
+    '{mic} / {language}': '{mic} / {language}',
+    'Meeting recording is not supported on this system. You can still transcribe a file.': 'Bu sistemde toplantı kaydı desteklenmiyor. Ses dosyalarını yazıya çevirebilirsiniz.',
+    '{name}\nPermissions: {permission}\nWorking directory: {directory}\nShortcut: {shortcut}\nThis button sends a spoken command to the assistant. Its reply is copied without automatic pasting.': '{name}\nYetkiler: {permission}\nÇalışma dizini: {directory}\nKısayol: {shortcut}\nBu düğme asistana sesli komut gönderir. Yanıtı otomatik yapıştırılmadan kopyalanır.',
+    '{name} CLI (provider connection)': '{name} CLI (sağlayıcı bağlantısı)',
+    'Assistant: {name}': 'Asistan: {name}',
+    'Settings': 'Ayarlar',
+    'Back to dictation': 'Dikteye dön',
+    'Open selected text': 'Seçili metni aç',
+    'Paused': 'Duraklatıldı',
+    'Choose a connection or download a local model in Settings.': 'Ayarlardan bir bağlantı seçin veya yerel model indirin.',
+    'On macOS, set up BlackHole or Loopback and select the system audio source in Settings first.': 'macOS üzerinde önce BlackHole veya Loopback kurun ve ayarlardan sistem sesi kaynağını seçin.',
+    'Stop and send command': 'Bitir ve komutu gönder',
+    "Uses the CLI's configured permissions": 'CLI için yapılandırılmış yetkileri kullanır',
+    'Chat provider; no local command execution': 'Sohbet sağlayıcısı; yerel komut çalıştırmaz',
+    'Record a command': 'Sesli komut kaydet',
+    'Automatic permission decisions': 'İzin kararları otomatik',
+    'Only actions that need no permission': 'Yalnız izin gerektirmeyen işlemler',
+    'All permissions allowed': 'Tüm izinler açık',
+    'Not used': 'Kullanılmıyor',
+    'Not assigned': 'Atanmamış',
+    'Assistant': 'Asistan',
+    'Read files; write in the working directory': 'Dosyaları oku; çalışma dizinine yaz',
+    'Open Dikte': 'Dikteyi aç',
+    '{error}\n\nThe recording has been kept. Meeting → Minutes can try again.': '{error}\n\nKayıt korundu. Toplantı → Tutanaklar bölümünden yeniden deneyebilirsiniz.',
+    'Original text kept, cleanup failed: {error}': 'Ham metin korundu, düzenleme başarısız: {error}',
+    'Transcript ready: {preview}': 'Metin hazır: {preview}',
+    'Editing did not finish. The original text was kept. {error}': 'Düzenleme tamamlanamadı. Ham metin korundu. {error}',
+    'Transcript ready': 'Metin hazır',
+    'Text editing and dictionary': 'Metin düzenleme ve sözlük',
+    'Settings category': 'Ayar kategorisi',
+    'Apply changes': 'Değişiklikleri uygula',
+    'Discard changes': 'Değişikliklerden vazgeç',
+    'Unsaved changes': 'Kaydedilmemiş değişiklikler',
+    'Dictionary': 'Sözlük',
+    'File': 'Dosya',
+
    # --- tray ---------------------------------------------------------
    "Start recording": "Kaydı başlat",
    "Stop and transcribe": "Kaydı bitir ve yaz",
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+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="12" height="12" viewBox="0 0 12 12"><path d="m3 4.5 3 3 3-3" fill="none" stroke="#526174" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></svg>
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="12" height="12" viewBox="0 0 12 12"><path d="m3 4.5 3 3 3-3" fill="none" stroke="#B2C1D1" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></svg>
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="12" height="12" viewBox="0 0 12 12"><path d="m3 7.5 3-3 3 3" fill="none" stroke="#526174" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></svg>
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="12" height="12" viewBox="0 0 12 12"><path d="m3 7.5 3-3 3 3" fill="none" stroke="#B2C1D1" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></svg>
@@ -9,33 +9,18 @@ from PyQt6.QtGui import QColor, QCursor, QFont, QPainter, QPainterPath, QPen, QF
 from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QWidget, QApplication

 from . import mac_window
+from . import theme

 BARS = 22
-HEIGHT = 56
+HEIGHT = 48
 MIN_WIDTH = 210
 MAX_WIDTH = 460
 MARGIN = 28
 GAP = 10        # between two indicators sharing a corner
 FOLLOW_EVERY = 8   # ticks between two looks for the pointer: about four a second

-BG = QColor(22, 24, 29, 238)
-BORDER = QColor(255, 255, 255, 28)
-TEXT = QColor(235, 237, 242)
-MUTED = QColor(150, 156, 168)
-REC = QColor(240, 78, 82)
-BUSY = QColor(120, 170, 255)
-OK = QColor(80, 205, 140)
-ERR = QColor(240, 100, 90)
-WARN = QColor(240, 180, 80)
-THEM = QColor(110, 190, 255)   # the other side of a meeting
-
-ASK = QColor(150, 140, 255)    # recording a command rather than a dictation
-# Recording, but nothing is going in. The same amber a warning gets, and for
-# the same reason: it is the colour that stops you walking away from it.
-HELD = WARN
-
-STATE_COLORS = {"recording": REC, "asking": ASK, "meeting": REC, "busy": BUSY,
-                "done": OK, "warning": WARN, "error": ERR}
+STATE_ROLES = {"recording": "rec", "asking": "ask", "meeting": "rec", "busy": "accent",
+               "done": "ok", "warning": "warn", "error": "err"}
 LIVE = ("recording", "asking", "meeting")


@@ -94,8 +79,9 @@ class Overlay(QWidget):
    under way at the same time and still both be visible."""

    def __init__(self, corner="bottom-left", below=None, dismissable=False,
-                 screen_name="", follow_pointer=False):
+                 screen_name="", follow_pointer=False, theme_name=theme.DEFAULT):
        super().__init__(None)
+        self.set_theme(theme_name)
        self.corner = corner
        self.screen_name = screen_name
        # Whether it goes on following the pointer once it is up, rather than
@@ -388,6 +374,15 @@ class Overlay(QWidget):

    # ---- painting --------------------------------------------------

+    def set_theme(self, name):
+        self.colors = {key: QColor(value) for key, value in theme.palette(name).items()}
+        states = (dict(rec="#D52E3F", ok="#187B4B", err="#BD2735", warn="#946000",
+                       them="#2460A0", ask="#7048B4") if name == "light" else
+                  dict(rec="#F04E52", ok="#50CD8C", err="#F0645A", warn="#F0B450",
+                       them="#6EBEFF", ask="#968CFF"))
+        self.colors.update({key: QColor(value) for key, value in states.items()})
+        self.update()
+
    def paintEvent(self, _event):
        if self.state == "hidden":
            return  # translucent window, nothing drawn means nothing shown
@@ -397,14 +392,14 @@ class Overlay(QWidget):
        rect = QRectF(0.5, 0.5, self.width() - 1, self.height() - 1)

        path = QPainterPath()
-        path.addRoundedRect(rect, 15, 15)
-        painter.fillPath(path, BG)
-        painter.setPen(QPen(BORDER, 1))
+        path.addRoundedRect(rect, 12, 12)
+        painter.fillPath(path, self.colors["base"])
+        painter.setPen(QPen(self.colors["border"], 1))
        painter.drawPath(path)

-        accent = STATE_COLORS.get(self.state, MUTED)
+        accent = self.colors[STATE_ROLES.get(self.state, "muted")]
        if self._held:
-            accent = HELD
+            accent = self.colors["warn"]
        self._draw_indicator(painter, accent)

        if self.state in LIVE:
@@ -480,13 +475,13 @@ class Overlay(QWidget):
        gap = (right - left - BARS * bar_w) / max(1, BARS - 1)
        return left, bar_w, bar_w + gap

-    @staticmethod
-    def _bar_colour(shaped, accent):
-        color = QColor(accent if shaped > 0.04 else MUTED)
+    def _bar_colour(self, shaped, accent):
+        color = QColor(accent if shaped > 0.04 else self.colors["muted"])
        color.setAlphaF(0.35 + 0.65 * min(1.0, shaped * 2.2))
        return color

-    def _draw_waveform(self, painter, accent=REC):
+    def _draw_waveform(self, painter, accent=None):
+        accent = accent if accent is not None else self.colors["rec"]
        if self.state == "meeting":
            self._draw_dual_waveform(painter)
            return
@@ -512,7 +507,7 @@ class Overlay(QWidget):
        painter.setPen(Qt.PenStyle.NoPen)
        for i, (mine, theirs) in enumerate(zip(self.levels, self.levels2)):
            x = left + i * step
-            for level, accent, up in ((mine, REC, True), (theirs, THEM, False)):
+            for level, accent, up in ((mine, self.colors["rec"], True), (theirs, self.colors["them"], False)):
                shaped = min(1.0, level ** 0.55)
                h = 2.0 + shaped * 12.0
                y = mid - 1.5 - h if up else mid + 1.5
@@ -524,7 +519,7 @@ class Overlay(QWidget):
        font.setPointSizeF(10.0)
        font.setFamilies(["monospace"])
        painter.setFont(font)
-        painter.setPen(MUTED)
+        painter.setPen(self.colors["muted"])
        mins, secs = divmod(int(self.seconds), 60)
        hours, mins = divmod(mins, 60)
        text = f"{hours}:{mins:02d}:{secs:02d}" if hours else f"{mins}:{secs:02d}"
@@ -543,7 +538,7 @@ class Overlay(QWidget):
        """A faint cross on the right: without it there is nothing to say the
        box can be clicked away, and a feature nobody can see is not one."""
        cx, cy = self.width() - 18.0, self.height() / 2
-        pen = QPen(QColor(MUTED), 1.6)
+        pen = QPen(QColor(self.colors["muted"]), 1.6)
        pen.setCapStyle(Qt.PenCapStyle.RoundCap)
        painter.setPen(pen)
        painter.setBrush(Qt.BrushStyle.NoBrush)
@@ -552,7 +547,7 @@ class Overlay(QWidget):

    def _draw_message(self, painter):
        painter.setFont(self._label_font())
-        painter.setPen({"error": ERR, "warning": WARN}.get(self.state, TEXT))
+        painter.setPen({"error": self.colors["err"], "warning": self.colors["warn"]}.get(self.state, self.colors["text"]))
        # Leave the cross its corner rather than running the text under it.
        box = QRectF(46, 0, self.width() - 60 - (18 if self._can_dismiss else 0),
                     self.height())
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ import shutil
 import sys
 import threading

-from PyQt6.QtCore import QEvent, QObject, QRect, Qt, QTimer, QUrl, pyqtSignal
+from PyQt6.QtCore import QEvent, QObject, QRect, Qt, QTimer, QUrl, QSignalBlocker, pyqtSignal
 from PyQt6.QtGui import QDesktopServices, QGuiApplication, QKeySequence, QShortcut
 from PyQt6.QtWidgets import (
    QAbstractItemView, QAbstractSpinBox, QCheckBox, QComboBox, QDialog,
    QDialogButtonBox, QFileDialog, QFormLayout, QGroupBox, QHBoxLayout, QLabel,
    QLineEdit, QListWidget, QListWidgetItem, QMenu, QMessageBox, QPlainTextEdit,
-    QPushButton, QScrollArea, QSpinBox, QTabWidget, QVBoxLayout, QWidget,
+    QPushButton, QScrollArea, QSizePolicy, QSpinBox, QTabWidget, QVBoxLayout, QWidget,
 )

 from . import __version__
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from . import paste
 from . import update
 from .filetranscribe import FileTranscriber
 from .i18n import t
+from . import theme

 UI_LANGUAGES = [("Automatic (system)", "auto"), ("Turkish", "tr"), ("English", "en")]
 LANGUAGES = [
@@ -382,6 +383,8 @@ class LocalModelBox(QGroupBox):
        layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
        for index, widget in enumerate(widgets):
            layout.addWidget(widget, 1 if index == 0 else 0)
+        if widgets and all(isinstance(widget, QPushButton) for widget in widgets):
+            layout.addStretch()
        holder = QWidget()
        holder.setLayout(layout)
        return holder
@@ -397,13 +400,17 @@ class LocalModelBox(QGroupBox):
    def load(self, model, repo=""):
        """Show what is stored. What else is on offer is asked for on the way up.

-        Nothing is fetched here: building the settings window is not the same as
-        opening it, and a list nobody is looking at is not worth a request. What
-        is already on this disk is shown straight away either way.
+        Hidden boxes defer fetching until shown. A catalog already fetched for
+        this repository survives Apply; a visible box on a new repository
+        refreshes immediately. Installed files are available in either case.
        """
+        target_repo = repo or (ggml.suggested_llm()[0] if self._repos is not None else "")
+        reuse = self._answered and self._chosen_in == target_repo and self.repository() == target_repo
+        items = self._current_items() if reuse else []
+        self._later.stop()
        self._wanted = model
-        self._pending = True
-        self._answered = False
+        self._pending = not reuse
+        self._answered = reuse
        self._show_program()
        self._chosen_in = ""
        if self._repos is not None:
@@ -413,7 +420,10 @@ class LocalModelBox(QGroupBox):
            self.repo.setCurrentText(self._chosen_in)
            self.repo.blockSignals(False)
            self._fill_repos_box(suggested)
-        self._fill_models([])
+        self._fill_models(items)
+        if self._pending and self.isVisible():
+            self._pending = False
+            self._fetch_models(self.repository())

    def showEvent(self, event):
        super().showEvent(event)
@@ -793,6 +803,10 @@ class LocalModelBox(QGroupBox):

    def _fill_models_from_current(self):
        """Redraw the rows without asking anybody anything again."""
+        self._wanted = self.selected()
+        self._fill_models(self._current_items())
+
+    def _current_items(self):
        # By name, because the recommended model has a row of its own at the
        # top as well as one in its group, and reading the rows back twice
        # would double it in the list every time a download finished.
@@ -802,8 +816,7 @@ class LocalModelBox(QGroupBox):
            if item is not None and item.name not in seen:
                seen.add(item.name)
                items.append(item)
-        self._wanted = self.selected()
-        self._fill_models(items)
+        return items

    def _delete(self):
        name = self.selected()
@@ -920,6 +933,7 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
        self._release_url = update.RELEASES_PAGE
        self.transcriber = FileTranscriber(conf, self)
        self.setWindowTitle(t("Dikte Settings"))
+        theme.apply(self, conf["theme"])

        # One for the whole window, parented to it so it outlives the boxes it
        # watches and goes when they do.
@@ -930,23 +944,46 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
        tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._display_tab()), t("Display"))
        self.api_tab_index = tabs.addTab(
            self._scrolled(self._api_tab()), t("API and models"))
-        tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._prompt_tab()), t("Cleanup rules"))
+        tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._prompt_tab()), t("Text editing and dictionary"))
        tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._assistant_tab()), t("Agent"))
        tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._meeting_tab()), t("Meeting"))
-        tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._minutes_tab()), t("Minutes"))
-        tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._file_tab()), t("Audio file"))
        tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._shortcut_tab()), t("Shortcuts"))
-        tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._history_tab()), t("History"))
+        self.task_pages = {
+            "file": self._scrolled(self._file_tab()),
+            "minutes": self._scrolled(self._minutes_tab()),
+            "history": self._scrolled(self._history_tab()),
+        }
+        for page in self.task_pages.values():
+            page.setParent(self)
+            page.hide()
+        retention = QGroupBox(t("History"))
+        retention_form = QFormLayout(retention)
+        retention_form.addRow(t("Keep at most"), self.history_limit)
+        general_layout = tabs.widget(0).widget().layout()
+        general_layout.addRow(retention)
+        tabs.tabBar().hide()
+        self.categories = QComboBox()
+        self.categories.setAccessibleName(t("Settings category"))
+        for index in range(tabs.count()):
+            self.categories.addItem(tabs.tabText(index))
+        self.categories.currentIndexChanged.connect(tabs.setCurrentIndex)
+        tabs.currentChanged.connect(self.categories.setCurrentIndex)

        # Save keeps the window open, so the window is closed with the titlebar
        # cross (or Escape) instead. A "Cancel" next to it would be a lie: the
        # settings are already on disk by then.
        buttons = QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox.StandardButton.Save)
-        buttons.button(QDialogButtonBox.StandardButton.Save).setText(t("Save"))
+        buttons.button(QDialogButtonBox.StandardButton.Save).setText(t("Apply changes"))
+        discard = buttons.addButton(t("Discard changes"), QDialogButtonBox.ButtonRole.ResetRole)
+        discard.clicked.connect(self._discard_changes)
+        self.dirty_label = QLabel("")
+        self.dirty_label.setObjectName("muted")
        buttons.accepted.connect(self._save)

        layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
+        layout.addWidget(self.categories)
        layout.addWidget(tabs)
+        layout.addWidget(self.dirty_label)
        layout.addWidget(buttons)
        self._size_to_screen(680, 640)

@@ -967,6 +1004,26 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
            self.meetings.finished.connect(self._on_minutes_finished)
            self.meetings.failed.connect(self._on_minutes_failed)
        self._load()
+        for button in self.findChildren(QPushButton):
+            button.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed)
+        compact = self.tabs.findChildren(QSpinBox) + [
+            self.theme_choice,
+            self.ui_language, self.language, self.paste_shortcut, self.corner,
+            self.cleanup_reasoning, self.local_llm_reasoning,
+            self.assistant_reasoning, self.meeting_reasoning,
+        ]
+        for box in compact:
+            box.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed)
+        self._saved_form = self._form_values()
+        for box in self.tabs.findChildren((QLineEdit, QComboBox, QCheckBox, QSpinBox, QPlainTextEdit)):
+            if isinstance(box, (QLineEdit, QPlainTextEdit)):
+                box.textChanged.connect(self._show_dirty)
+            elif isinstance(box, QComboBox):
+                box.currentTextChanged.connect(self._show_dirty)
+            elif isinstance(box, QCheckBox):
+                box.toggled.connect(self._show_dirty)
+            else:
+                box.valueChanged.connect(self._show_dirty)
        self._load_codex_models()
        self._load_agy_models()
        self._load_hosted_models()
@@ -987,6 +1044,64 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
        self._local_state_timer.timeout.connect(self._show_local_state)
        self._show_local_state()

+    def _form_values(self):
+        values = []
+        for box in self.tabs.findChildren((QLineEdit, QComboBox, QCheckBox, QSpinBox, QPlainTextEdit)):
+            if isinstance(box, QPlainTextEdit):
+                if not box.isReadOnly():
+                    values.append(box.toPlainText())
+            elif isinstance(box, QLineEdit):
+                values.append(box.text())
+            elif isinstance(box, QComboBox):
+                value = box.currentData()
+                values.append(box.currentText() if value is None else value)
+            elif isinstance(box, QCheckBox):
+                values.append(box.isChecked())
+            else:
+                values.append(box.value())
+        models = dict(self._models)
+        provider = self.transcribe_provider.currentData()
+        if provider in models:
+            models[provider] = self.transcribe_model.currentText().strip()
+        values.append(models)
+        return values
+
+    def refresh_configuration(self):
+        """Reload clean forms while keeping unsaved edits for a later merge."""
+        if self._form_values() == self._saved_form:
+            self._load()
+            self._saved_form = self._form_values()
+            self._show_dirty()
+
+    def refresh_sources(self):
+        """Discover new devices without replacing an in-progress selection."""
+        self._sources = audio.list_sources()
+        monitors = audio.list_monitors()
+        for box, title, sources in (
+            (self.mic, "Default microphone", self._sources),
+            (self.meeting_mic, "Same as dictation", self._sources),
+            (self.meeting_system, "Current output", monitors),
+        ):
+            selected = box.currentData() or ""
+            with QSignalBlocker(box):
+                box.clear()
+                box.addItem(t(title), "")
+                for name, description in sources:
+                    box.addItem(description, name)
+                if selected and box.findData(selected) < 0:
+                    box.addItem(t("{name} (not connected)", name=selected), selected)
+                self._select_data(box, selected)
+        self._show_dirty()
+
+    def _show_dirty(self, *_):
+        dirty = self._form_values() != getattr(self, "_saved_form", [])
+        self.dirty_label.setText(t("Unsaved changes") if dirty else "")
+
+    def _discard_changes(self):
+        self._load()
+        self._saved_form = self._form_values()
+        self._show_dirty()
+
    def showEvent(self, event):
        super().showEvent(event)
        self._show_local_state()
@@ -1036,6 +1151,7 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
        # that height on as the window's minimum, and a tall one (the API tab
        # is the tallest, and taller still under a large interface font) then
        # pushes Save off the bottom of the screen with no way to shrink back.
+        page.setMaximumWidth(680)
        area = QScrollArea()
        area.setWidgetResizable(True)
        area.setFrameShape(QScrollArea.Shape.NoFrame)
@@ -1161,6 +1277,13 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
        page = QWidget()
        form = QFormLayout(page)

+        self.theme_choice = QComboBox()
+        for name, label in theme.NAMES.items():
+            self.theme_choice.addItem(t(label), name)
+        self.theme_choice.currentIndexChanged.connect(
+            lambda: theme.apply(self, self.theme_choice.currentData()))
+        form.addRow(t("Theme"), self.theme_choice)
+
        self.indicator_screen = QComboBox()
        # The active screen rather than the pointer, for the reason in
        # overlay._compositor_screen: it is what a compositor will answer for,
@@ -1477,6 +1600,7 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
                        "glossary, so it can repair the ones that still come out wrong."))
        hint.setWordWrap(True)
        layout.addWidget(hint)
+        layout.addWidget(QLabel(t("Dictionary")))
        self.transcribe_prompt = QPlainTextEdit()
        self.transcribe_prompt.setMaximumHeight(90)
        layout.addWidget(self.transcribe_prompt)
@@ -1828,7 +1952,7 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):

        self.minutes_list = QListWidget()
        self.minutes_list.setWordWrap(True)
-        self.minutes_list.setMaximumHeight(170)
+        self.minutes_list.setMaximumHeight(110)
        self.minutes_list.currentItemChanged.connect(self._show_minutes)
        layout.addWidget(self.minutes_list)

@@ -1839,6 +1963,7 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
        self.minutes_view = QPlainTextEdit()
        self.minutes_view.setReadOnly(True)
        self.minutes_view.setPlaceholderText(t("Pick a meeting to read it."))
+        self.minutes_view.setMinimumHeight(120)
        layout.addWidget(self.minutes_view, 1)

        copy = QPushButton(t("Copy"))
@@ -1861,11 +1986,14 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
        row = QHBoxLayout()
        row.addWidget(copy)
        row.addWidget(self.minutes_retry)
-        row.addStretch(1)
-        row.addWidget(folder)
-        row.addWidget(delete)
-        row.addWidget(reload_)
+        row.addStretch()
        layout.addLayout(row)
+        more = QHBoxLayout()
+        more.addWidget(folder)
+        more.addWidget(delete)
+        more.addWidget(reload_)
+        more.addStretch()
+        layout.addLayout(more)
        return page

    def _file_tab(self):
@@ -2053,11 +2181,6 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
            "Once the history passes this many entries, the oldest one is dropped "
            "every time a new one arrives. Set it to 0 to keep everything."
        ))
-        limit_row = QHBoxLayout()
-        limit_row.addWidget(QLabel(t("Keep at most")))
-        limit_row.addWidget(self.history_limit)
-        limit_row.addStretch(1)
-        layout.addLayout(limit_row)

        copy = QPushButton(t("Copy selected to clipboard"))
        copy.clicked.connect(self._copy_history)
@@ -2070,10 +2193,13 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
        row = QHBoxLayout()
        row.addWidget(copy)
        row.addWidget(delete)
-        row.addStretch(1)
-        row.addWidget(clear)
-        row.addWidget(reload_)
+        row.addStretch()
        layout.addLayout(row)
+        more = QHBoxLayout()
+        more.addWidget(clear)
+        more.addWidget(reload_)
+        more.addStretch()
+        layout.addLayout(more)
        return page

    @staticmethod
@@ -2167,6 +2293,8 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
        layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
        for index, widget in enumerate(widgets):
            layout.addWidget(widget, 1 if index == 0 else 0)
+        if widgets and all(isinstance(widget, QPushButton) for widget in widgets):
+            layout.addStretch()
        holder = QWidget()
        holder.setLayout(layout)
        return holder
@@ -2176,7 +2304,9 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
    def _load(self):
        conf = self.conf
        self._select_data(self.ui_language, conf["ui_language"])
-        self._select_data(self.mic, conf["mic_target"])
+        self._select_data(self.theme_choice, conf["theme"])
+        theme.apply(self, self.theme_choice.currentData())
+        self._select_source(self.mic, conf["mic_target"])
        self._select_data(self.language, conf["language"])
        self.auto_paste.setChecked(conf["auto_paste"])
        self.paste_shortcut.setCurrentText(conf["paste_shortcut"])
@@ -2269,8 +2399,8 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
            conf["assistant_prompt"] or self._loaded_defaults["assistant"]
        )

-        self._select_data(self.meeting_mic, conf["meeting_mic_target"])
-        self._select_data(self.meeting_system, conf["meeting_system_target"])
+        self._select_source(self.meeting_mic, conf["meeting_mic_target"])
+        self._select_source(self.meeting_system, conf["meeting_system_target"])
        self.meeting_self_name.setText(conf["meeting_self_name"])
        self.meeting_other_name.setText(conf["meeting_other_name"])
        self.meeting_participants.setPlainText(conf["meeting_participants"])
@@ -2285,8 +2415,10 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
            conf["meeting_prompt"] or self._loaded_defaults["meeting"]
        )

+        with QSignalBlocker(self.file_timestamps), QSignalBlocker(self.file_cleanup):
            self.file_timestamps.setChecked(conf["file_timestamps"])
            self.file_cleanup.setChecked(conf["file_cleanup"])
+        if not hasattr(self, "file_path"):
            self.file_path = ""

        for which, (box, _status, _missing) in self._shortcut_rows.items():
@@ -2300,10 +2432,13 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
        self._refresh_assistant_status()
        self._load_history()
        self._load_minutes()
+        self._loaded_config = dict(conf.data)

    def _save(self):
        conf = self.conf
+        before = dict(conf.data)
        conf["ui_language"] = self.ui_language.currentData() or "auto"
+        conf["theme"] = self.theme_choice.currentData() or theme.DEFAULT
        conf["mic_target"] = self.mic.currentData() or ""
        conf["language"] = self.language.currentData() or "auto"
        conf["auto_paste"] = self.auto_paste.isChecked()
@@ -2450,12 +2585,18 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
                                  or hotkey.default_combo(which))
        conf["evdev_hotkey"] = self.evdev_enabled.isChecked()
        conf["history_limit"] = self.history_limit.value()
+        # A retained form may predate a CLI reload. Only its edits take priority;
+        # unchanged fields keep the current runtime value.
+        for key, value in before.items():
+            if conf.data.get(key) == self._loaded_config.get(key):
+                conf.data[key] = value
        try:
            conf.save()
        except OSError as exc:
            # An antivirus or a sync tool holding the file for a beat is a
            # message, not an exit: an exception out of a Qt slot takes the
            # whole application down.
+            conf.data = before
            QMessageBox.warning(self, "Dikte",
                                t("Could not save the settings: {error}",
                                  error=exc))
@@ -2465,7 +2606,9 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
            cfg.trim_history(conf["history_limit"])
        except OSError as exc:
            print(f"dikte: could not trim the history ({exc})")
-        self._load_history()  # the trim may just have dropped rows from the list
+        self._load()
+        self._saved_form = self._form_values()
+        self._show_dirty()
        self.applied.emit()
        # conf.save() has switched the language t() speaks, so the message box
        # already answers in the new one; the labels around it were translated
@@ -2489,6 +2632,12 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
                or self.local_whisper._downloading
                or self.local_llm._downloading)

+    @staticmethod
+    def _select_source(combo, value):
+        if value and combo.findData(value) < 0:
+            combo.addItem(t("{name} (not connected)", name=value), value)
+        SettingsWindow._select_data(combo, value)
+
    @staticmethod
    def _select_data(combo, value):
        index = combo.findData(value)
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+"""Built-in desktop palettes shared by windows and recording indicators."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from PyQt6.QtGui import QColor, QPalette
+
+DEFAULT = "nord"
+NAMES = {"nord": "Nord", "dark": "Classic dark", "light": "Classic light", "dracula": "Dracula"}
+
+# Nord keeps the original blue workspace colors for existing installations.
+PALETTES = {
+    "nord": dict(base="#172434", surface="#213247", border="#3C5168", text="#F1F5FA",
+                 muted="#B2C1D1", accent="#A5C7FA", accent_text="#172434", hover="#2B4059",
+                 disabled_text="#8998A9", disabled_bg="#1C2B3D", capture_disabled="#687B93"),
+    "dark": dict(base="#101010", surface="#202020", border="#474747", text="#F5F5F5",
+                 muted="#BBBBBB", accent="#DDDDDD", accent_text="#101010", hover="#303030",
+                 disabled_text="#888888", disabled_bg="#181818", capture_disabled="#606060"),
+    "light": dict(base="#FFFFFF", surface="#F2F4F7", border="#B6BEC9", text="#1D2633",
+                  muted="#526174", accent="#285DB5", accent_text="#FFFFFF", hover="#E2E7EF",
+                  disabled_text="#687385", disabled_bg="#E9EDF2", capture_disabled="#91A8CD"),
+    "dracula": dict(base="#282A36", surface="#303341", border="#626787", text="#F8F8F2",
+                    muted="#BBC0D9", accent="#BD93F9", accent_text="#282A36", hover="#44475A",
+                    disabled_text="#9096B0", disabled_bg="#282A36", capture_disabled="#706483"),
+}
+
+
+def palette(name=DEFAULT):
+    return PALETTES.get(name, PALETTES[DEFAULT])
+
+
+_STYLE = """
+QWidget { color: @text; }
+QDialog, QWidget#home, QScrollArea, QScrollArea > QWidget > QWidget {
+    background: @base;
+}
+QLabel { background: transparent; }
+QLabel#brand { font-size: 21px; font-weight: 700; }
+QLabel#heading { font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500; }
+QLabel#muted, QLabel#footer { color: @muted; }
+QLabel#footer { padding: 4px 0; }
+QLabel#models { color: @muted; font-size: 12px; }
+QFrame#result { background: @surface; border-radius: 12px; }
+QPushButton {
+    background: @surface; border: 1px solid @border; border-radius: 7px;
+    padding: 6px 10px; min-height: 18px;
+}
+QPushButton:hover { background: @hover; }
+QPushButton:pressed, QPushButton:checked { background: @border; }
+QPushButton:focus, QComboBox:focus, QLineEdit:focus, QPlainTextEdit:focus,
+QListWidget:focus { border: 2px solid @accent; }
+QPushButton:disabled { color: @disabled_text; background: @disabled_bg; }
+QPushButton#primary { background: @accent; color: @accent_text; font-weight: 600; }
+QPushButton#capture {
+    background: @accent; color: @accent_text; border: 6px solid @surface;
+    border-radius: 56px; padding: 0;
+    min-width: 100px; max-width: 100px; min-height: 100px; max-height: 100px;
+}
+QPushButton#capture:focus { border-color: @text; }
+QPushButton#capture:disabled { background: @capture_disabled; }
+QPushButton#mode { border: 1px solid @border; background: @surface; padding: 6px 4px; }
+QPushButton#mode:hover { background: @hover; }
+QPushButton#mode:checked { background: @accent; color: @accent_text; border-color: @accent; }
+QPushButton#mode:focus { border: 2px solid @accent; }
+QPushButton#settings { padding: 0; min-height: 30px; min-width: 32px; }
+QGroupBox { border: 1px solid @border; border-radius: 8px; margin-top: 14px; padding: 8px; }
+QGroupBox::title { subcontrol-origin: margin; left: 12px; padding: 0 5px; }
+QLineEdit, QPlainTextEdit, QListWidget, QComboBox, QSpinBox {
+    background: @surface; border: 1px solid @border; border-radius: 5px;
+    padding: 5px 7px; selection-background-color: @accent; selection-color: @accent_text;
+}
+QComboBox { padding-right: 28px; min-height: 18px; }
+QComboBox::drop-down {
+    subcontrol-origin: border; subcontrol-position: top right;
+    width: 26px; border: none; background: transparent;
+}
+QComboBox::down-arrow { image: url("__ICONS__/chevron-down@arrow_suffix.svg"); width: 12px; height: 12px; }
+QSpinBox { padding-right: 28px; min-height: 18px; }
+QSpinBox::up-button, QSpinBox::down-button {
+    subcontrol-origin: border; width: 26px; border: none; background: transparent;
+}
+QSpinBox::up-button { subcontrol-position: top right; border-top-right-radius: 5px; }
+QSpinBox::down-button { subcontrol-position: bottom right; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; }
+QSpinBox::up-button:hover, QSpinBox::down-button:hover { background: @border; }
+QSpinBox::up-arrow { image: url("__ICONS__/chevron-up@arrow_suffix.svg"); width: 10px; height: 10px; }
+QSpinBox::down-arrow { image: url("__ICONS__/chevron-down@arrow_suffix.svg"); width: 10px; height: 10px; }
+QComboBox QAbstractItemView { background: @surface; color: @text; selection-background-color: @border; }
+QTabWidget::pane { border: none; }
+QTabBar::tab { background: @surface; padding: 10px; }
+QTabBar::tab:selected { background: @border; }
+QMenu { background: @surface; color: @text; border: 1px solid @border; }
+QMenu::item:selected { background: @border; }
+QToolTip { background: @surface; color: @text; border: 1px solid @accent; }
+QScrollBar:vertical { background: @base; width: 12px; }
+QScrollBar::handle:vertical { background: @border; min-height: 24px; border-radius: 6px; }
+QScrollBar::add-line:vertical, QScrollBar::sub-line:vertical { height: 0; }
+"""
+
+
+def stylesheet(name=DEFAULT):
+    colors = palette(name)
+    result = _STYLE.replace("@arrow_suffix", "-light" if name == "light" else "")
+    for role, color in sorted(colors.items(), key=lambda item: -len(item[0])):
+        result = result.replace("@" + role, color)
+    return result.replace("__ICONS__", (Path(__file__).parent / "icons").as_posix())
+
+
+def apply(widget, name=DEFAULT):
+    colors = palette(name)
+    native = QPalette(widget.palette())
+    for role, color in (
+        (QPalette.ColorRole.Window, "base"), (QPalette.ColorRole.Base, "surface"),
+        (QPalette.ColorRole.AlternateBase, "hover"), (QPalette.ColorRole.Button, "surface"),
+        (QPalette.ColorRole.WindowText, "text"), (QPalette.ColorRole.Text, "text"),
+        (QPalette.ColorRole.ButtonText, "text"), (QPalette.ColorRole.PlaceholderText, "muted"),
+        (QPalette.ColorRole.Highlight, "accent"), (QPalette.ColorRole.HighlightedText, "accent_text"),
+    ):
+        native.setColor(role, QColor(colors[color]))
+    widget.setPalette(native)
+    widget.setStyleSheet(stylesheet(name))
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ UNUSED_QT = [
 analysis = Analysis(                            # noqa: F821
    [str(ROOT / "packaging" / "entry.py")],
    pathex=[str(ROOT)],
+    datas=[(str(ROOT / "dikte" / "icons" / "*.svg"), "dikte/icons")],
    hiddenimports=["PyQt6.QtNetwork"],
    # tkinter is the other GUI toolkit CPython ships and would be dead weight;
    # dikte's own tests have no business in a build at all.
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ class Parser(unittest.TestCase):
    def parse(self, *argv):
        return cli.build_parser().parse_args(list(argv))

-    def test_no_verb_at_all_is_the_settings_window(self):
-        # argparse leaves the dest as None; run() is what turns it into "".
+    def test_no_verb_uses_the_plain_gui_command(self):
+        # argparse leaves the dest as None; run() selects home.
        opts = self.parse()
        self.assertIsNone(opts.verb)
        self.assertEqual(opts.func, cli.cmd_plain)
@@ -700,10 +700,14 @@ class WithoutAnInstance(DikteTest):
        launch.assert_called_once_with("toggle")

    def test_every_verb_that_opens_a_window_can_start_it(self):
-        for verb in ("settings", "toggle", "ask", "meeting"):
+        for verb in ("home", "settings", "toggle", "ask", "meeting"):
            with self.subTest(verb=verb):
                self.assertTrue(self.run_verb([verb])[3].called)

+    def test_bare_command_opens_the_daily_workspace(self):
+        _, _, _, launch = self.run_verb([])
+        launch.assert_called_once_with("home")
+
    def test_a_verb_asked_to_wait_starts_nothing(self):
        """There would be no run to wait for; the process would just be replaced."""
        _, _, _, launch = self.run_verb(["toggle", "--wait"])
@@ -0,0 +1,369 @@
+"""Native workspace navigation, capture boundaries and persisted results."""
+
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest import mock
+
+from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt
+from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMessageBox
+
+from dikte import config as cfg, home_ui, i18n
+from dikte.app import Dikte
+from tests import test_ui
+from tests.support import DikteTest
+
+
+class Home(DikteTest):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self.fixture = test_ui.Settings("runTest")
+        self.fixture.setUp()
+        self.addCleanup(self.fixture.doCleanups)
+        self.conf = self.fixture.config(transcribe_provider="openai", openai_api_key="test",
+                                        cleanup_enabled=False)
+        self.settings = self.fixture.window(self.conf)
+        self.controller = SimpleNamespace(
+            conf=self.conf, state="idle", ask_state="idle", meeting_state="idle",
+            meeting_message="", home_messages={}, recording=False, paused=False,
+            paste_override={}, open_settings=mock.Mock(), reset_conversation=mock.Mock(),
+            _recorded_seconds=lambda: 65, meeting_elapsed=SimpleNamespace(elapsed=lambda: 90000),
+        )
+        for name in ("start", "stop", "start_ask", "stop_ask", "_toggle_pause", "_cancel",
+                     "cancel_ask", "_toggle_meeting", "cancel_meeting"):
+            setattr(self.controller, name, mock.Mock())
+        self.window = home_ui.HomeWindow(self.controller, self.settings)
+        self.addCleanup(self.window.deleteLater)
+        self.addCleanup(self.window.close)
+        self.window.show()
+        QApplication.processEvents()
+
+    def test_daily_tasks_are_reachable_outside_configuration(self):
+        for mode in ("dictation", "file", "meeting", "ask", "history"):
+            self.window.show_mode(mode)
+            QApplication.processEvents()
+            self.assertEqual(self.window.pages.currentWidget(), self.window.mode_pages[mode])
+        self.window.show_mode("meeting")
+        self.assertTrue(self.settings.minutes_view.isVisible())
+        self.window.show_mode("history")
+        self.assertTrue(self.settings.history.isVisible())
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.tabs.count(), 7)
+        self.assertFalse(self.settings.tabs.tabBar().isVisible())
+
+    def test_native_chrome_and_capture_geometry(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.window.windowFlags() & Qt.WindowType.FramelessWindowHint)
+        self.assertEqual(self.window.capture_button.width(), self.window.capture_button.height())
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(self.window.capture_button.height(), 100)
+
+    def test_theme_preview_discard_and_save_keep_runtime_separate(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.conf["theme"], "nord")
+        self.settings.theme_choice.setCurrentIndex(self.settings.theme_choice.findData("light"))
+        self.assertEqual(self.conf["theme"], "nord")
+        self.assertIn("#FFFFFF", self.settings.styleSheet())
+        self.assertNotEqual(self.window.styleSheet(), self.settings.styleSheet())
+        self.settings._discard_changes()
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.theme_choice.currentData(), "nord")
+        self.settings.theme_choice.setCurrentIndex(self.settings.theme_choice.findData("dracula"))
+        self.settings._save()
+        self.assertEqual(cfg.Config()["theme"], "dracula")
+        self.assertEqual(self.window._theme_name, "dracula")
+        self.assertIn("#282A36", self.window.styleSheet())
+
+    def test_theme_colors_are_per_overlay_and_unknown_name_falls_back(self):
+        from dikte import overlay, theme
+        dark = overlay.Overlay(theme_name="dark")
+        light = overlay.Overlay(theme_name="light")
+        self.addCleanup(dark.deleteLater)
+        self.addCleanup(light.deleteLater)
+        self.assertEqual(light.colors["base"].name(), "#ffffff")
+        self.assertEqual(dark.colors["base"].name(), "#101010")
+        dark.set_theme("dracula")
+        self.assertEqual(light.colors["base"].name(), "#ffffff")
+        self.assertEqual(theme.stylesheet("unknown"), theme.stylesheet("nord"))
+
+    def test_wide_meeting_page_keeps_actions_compact(self):
+        self.window.resize(900, 700)
+        self.window.show_mode("meeting")
+        QApplication.processEvents()
+        self.assertLess(self.window.meeting_button.width(), 300)
+        self.assertLessEqual(self.settings.minutes_view.width(), 680)
+
+    def test_empty_state_does_not_invent_a_transcript(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.window.latest_text.toPlainText(), "")
+        self.assertFalse(self.window.copy_button.isEnabled())
+        self.assertFalse(self.window.open_button.isEnabled())
+
+    def test_clearing_history_removes_the_latest_preview(self):
+        cfg.append_history({"text": "Remove this preview"})
+        self.window.refresh_results()
+        self.window.show_mode("history")
+        with mock.patch.object(self.settings, "_confirm", return_value=True):
+            self.settings._clear_history()
+        self.window.show_mode("dictation")
+        self.assertEqual(self.window.latest_text.toPlainText(), "")
+        self.assertFalse(self.window.copy_button.isEnabled())
+
+    def test_missing_local_model_opens_setup_without_recording(self):
+        self.conf["transcribe_provider"] = "local"
+        self.window.refresh()
+        self.assertEqual(self.window.capture_status.text(), "Set up transcription")
+        self.window._capture()
+        self.controller.start.assert_not_called()
+        self.controller.open_settings.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.tabs.currentIndex(), self.settings.api_tab_index)
+        self.assertEqual(self.controller.paste_override, {})
+
+    def test_button_capture_never_automatically_pastes(self):
+        def start():
+            self.assertIs(self.controller.paste_override["dictation"], False)
+            self.controller.state = "recording"
+            self.controller.recording = True
+        self.controller.start.side_effect = start
+        self.window._capture()
+        self.controller.start.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertFalse(self.controller.paste_override["dictation"])
+        self.assertIn("01:05", self.window.capture_status.text())
+        self.assertTrue(self.window.pause_button.isVisible())
+        self.window._capture()
+        self.controller.stop.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_failed_capture_does_not_leak_a_paste_override(self):
+        self.window._capture()
+        self.assertEqual(self.controller.paste_override, {})
+
+    def test_busy_capture_can_queue_but_does_not_steal_assistant_microphone(self):
+        self.controller.state = "busy"
+        self.window.refresh()
+        self.assertTrue(self.window.capture_button.isEnabled())
+        self.controller.ask_state = "recording"
+        self.controller.recording = True
+        self.window.refresh()
+        self.assertFalse(self.window.capture_button.isEnabled())
+        self.window._capture()
+        self.controller.start.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_pause_cancel_and_failures_are_visible(self):
+        self.controller.state = "recording"
+        self.controller.recording = True
+        self.controller.paused = True
+        self.window.refresh()
+        self.assertIn("Paused", self.window.capture_status.text())
+        self.window._pause()
+        self.controller._toggle_pause.assert_called_once()
+        self.window._cancel_capture()
+        self.controller._cancel.assert_called_once()
+        self.controller.home_messages["dictation"] = "Microphone permission denied"
+        self.window.refresh()
+        self.assertIn("permission denied", self.window.capture_error.text())
+
+    def test_real_latest_dictation_is_separate_from_assistant_answer(self):
+        cfg.append_history({"ts": "2026-09-09 12:00:00", "text": "Actual transcript"})
+        cfg.append_history({"mode": "ask", "text": "Actual answer"})
+        self.window.refresh_results()
+        self.assertEqual(self.window.latest_text.toPlainText(), "Actual transcript")
+        self.assertEqual(self.window.ask_output.toPlainText(), "Actual answer")
+        cursor = self.window.latest_text.textCursor()
+        cursor.setPosition(3)
+        self.window.latest_text.setTextCursor(cursor)
+        self.window.refresh()
+        self.window.refresh_results()
+        self.assertEqual(self.window.latest_text.textCursor().position(), 3)
+        cfg.clear_history()
+        self.window.refresh_results()
+        self.assertEqual(self.window.latest_text.toPlainText(), "")
+
+    def test_processing_summary_uses_full_models_and_actual_acceleration(self):
+        self.conf["transcribe_provider"] = "local"
+        self.conf["local_model"] = "ggml-large-v3-turbo-q5_0.bin"
+        self.conf["cleanup_enabled"] = True
+        self.conf["cleanup_provider"] = "local"
+        self.conf["local_llm_model"] = "gemma-3-4b-it-Q4_K_M.gguf"
+        self.conf["local_gpu"] = True
+        with mock.patch.object(home_ui.ggml, "state", return_value={
+            "whisper": {"running": True, "backend": "CPU"},
+            "llama": {"running": True, "backend": "Vulkan"},
+        }):
+            text = home_ui.processing_locations(self.conf)
+        self.assertIn("ggml-large-v3-turbo-q5_0.bin (Local CPU)", text)
+        self.assertIn("gemma-3-4b-it-Q4_K_M.gguf (Local GPU)", text)
+        self.assertNotIn("API", text)
+        with mock.patch.object(home_ui.ggml, "state", return_value={}):
+            text = home_ui.processing_locations(self.conf)
+        self.assertNotIn("GPU", text)
+        self.assertIn("(Local)", text)
+        self.assertIn(self.conf["meeting_model"], home_ui.processing_locations(self.conf, "meeting"))
+        self.conf["assistant_cleanup"] = True
+        self.conf["cleanup_provider"] = "gemini"
+        self.conf["assistant_provider"] = "codex"
+        text = home_ui.processing_locations(self.conf, "ask")
+        self.assertIn(self.conf["cleanup_gemini_model"] + " (API)", text)
+        self.assertIn("Codex default model (CLI)", text)
+
+    def test_timestamped_file_summary_uses_the_timestamp_model(self):
+        self.conf["transcribe_provider"] = "openrouter"
+        self.conf["openrouter_transcribe_model"] = "google/gemini-audio"
+        self.conf["openrouter_file_model"] = "openai/whisper-1"
+        text = home_ui.processing_locations(self.conf, "file", file_timestamps=True)
+        self.assertIn("openai/whisper-1 (API)", text)
+        self.assertNotIn("google/gemini-audio", text)
+
+    def test_meeting_summary_uses_segment_model_even_without_file_timestamps(self):
+        self.conf["transcribe_provider"] = "openai"
+        self.conf["transcribe_model"] = "gpt-4o-transcribe"
+        text = home_ui.processing_locations(self.conf, "meeting", file_timestamps=False)
+        self.assertIn("whisper-1 (API)", text)
+        self.assertNotIn("gpt-4o-transcribe", text)
+        self.conf["transcribe_provider"] = "openrouter"
+        self.conf["openrouter_file_model"] = "mistralai/voxtral-small-24b-2507"
+        text = home_ui.processing_locations(self.conf, "meeting", file_timestamps=False)
+        self.assertIn("mistralai/voxtral-small-24b-2507 (API)", text)
+
+    def test_unsupported_meeting_is_disabled(self):
+        self.enterContext(mock.patch.object(home_ui.audio, "sound", return_value=SimpleNamespace(meetings=False)))
+        self.window.show_mode("meeting")
+        self.assertFalse(self.window.meeting_button.isEnabled())
+        self.assertIn("not supported", self.window.meeting_hint.text())
+        self.window._meeting()
+        self.controller._toggle_meeting.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_assistant_scope_uses_actual_shortcut_and_permissions(self):
+        self.conf["assistant_provider"] = "codex"
+        self.conf["assistant_shortcut"] = "Ctrl+Alt+A"
+        self.conf["assistant_dir"] = self.root
+        self.conf["assistant_codex_sandbox"] = "danger-full-access"
+        self.window.show_mode("ask")
+        self.assertIn("Ctrl+Alt+A", self.window.ask_scope.text())
+        self.assertIn(self.root, self.window.ask_scope.text())
+        self.assertIn("No sandbox at all", self.window.ask_scope.text())
+        self.assertEqual(self.window.ask_button.text(), "Set up assistant")
+        self.window._ask()
+        self.controller.start_ask.assert_not_called()
+        self.controller.open_settings.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_failed_settings_save_keeps_runtime_config_and_form_edits(self):
+        before = dict(self.conf.data)
+        self.settings.auto_paste.setChecked(not self.conf["auto_paste"])
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.dirty_label.text(), "Unsaved changes")
+        with mock.patch.object(self.conf, "save", side_effect=OSError("disk full")), mock.patch.object(QMessageBox, "warning"):
+            self.settings._save()
+        self.assertEqual(self.conf.data, before)
+        self.assertNotEqual(self.settings.auto_paste.isChecked(), self.conf["auto_paste"])
+        self.settings.file_path = "/tmp/chosen.wav"
+        self.settings._discard_changes()
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.dirty_label.text(), "")
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.file_path, "/tmp/chosen.wav")
+
+    def test_small_window_keeps_navigation_and_footer_accessible(self):
+        self.window.resize(460, 460)
+        QApplication.processEvents()
+        for mode in ("dictation", "file", "meeting", "ask", "history"):
+            self.window.show_mode(mode)
+            QApplication.processEvents()
+            if self.window.footer.isVisible():
+                self.assertTrue(self.window.rect().contains(self.window.footer.geometry()))
+            self.assertTrue(self.window.rect().contains(self.window.mode_buttons["dictation"].geometry().topLeft()))
+
+    def test_apply_merges_unrelated_cli_changes_and_keeps_user_edits(self):
+        self.settings.auto_paste.setChecked(False)
+        self.conf["shortcut"] = "Ctrl+Shift+F9"
+        self.conf["groq_transcribe_model"] = "external-model"
+        self.settings.refresh_configuration()
+        self.assertFalse(self.settings.auto_paste.isChecked())
+        self.settings._save()
+        self.assertFalse(self.conf["auto_paste"])
+        self.assertEqual(self.conf["shortcut"], "Ctrl+Shift+F9")
+        self.assertEqual(self.conf["groq_transcribe_model"], "external-model")
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings._shortcut_rows["toggle"][0].currentText(), "Ctrl+Shift+F9")
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.dirty_label.text(), "")
+
+    def test_clean_form_refreshes_from_cli_without_changing_file_result(self):
+        self.settings.file_output.setPlainText("Existing file result")
+        self.conf["shortcut"] = "Ctrl+Alt+F9"
+        self.settings.refresh_configuration()
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings._shortcut_rows["toggle"][0].currentText(), "Ctrl+Alt+F9")
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.file_output.toPlainText(), "Existing file result")
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.dirty_label.text(), "")
+
+    def test_cached_provider_model_edits_remain_dirty_after_switching_back(self):
+        self.settings._select_data(self.settings.transcribe_provider, "groq")
+        self.settings.transcribe_model.setCurrentText("my-groq-model")
+        self.settings._select_data(self.settings.transcribe_provider, "openai")
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.dirty_label.text(), "Unsaved changes")
+        self.settings._save()
+        self.assertEqual(self.conf["groq_transcribe_model"], "my-groq-model")
+
+    def test_cli_selected_new_source_is_resolved_when_settings_reopens(self):
+        self.conf["mic_target"] = "new-usb"
+        self.settings.refresh_configuration()
+        with mock.patch.object(home_ui.audio, "list_sources", return_value=[("new-usb", "New USB microphone")]), mock.patch.object(home_ui.audio, "list_monitors", return_value=[]):
+            self.settings.refresh_sources()
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.mic.currentData(), "new-usb")
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.mic.currentText(), "New USB microphone")
+        self.settings._save()
+        self.assertEqual(self.conf["mic_target"], "new-usb")
+
+    def test_language_rebuild_preserves_file_result_and_active_mode(self):
+        from dikte.meeting import MeetingPipeline
+        controller = Dikte.__new__(Dikte)
+        controller.__dict__.update(vars(self.controller))
+        controller.meetings = MeetingPipeline(self.conf)
+        controller._make_settings()
+        old_settings = controller.settings_window
+        old_home = home_ui.HomeWindow(controller, old_settings)
+        controller.home_window = old_home
+        old_home.show_mode("file")
+        old_home.show()
+        old_settings.file_path = "/tmp/chosen.wav"
+        old_settings.file_label.setText("chosen.wav")
+        old_settings.file_output.setPlainText("Retained transcript")
+        old_settings.file_segments = [{"text": "Retained transcript", "start": 0, "end": 2}]
+        i18n.set_language("tr")
+        controller._reopen_settings()
+        self.addCleanup(controller.settings_window.deleteLater)
+        self.addCleanup(controller.settings_window.close)
+        self.addCleanup(controller.home_window.deleteLater)
+        self.addCleanup(controller.home_window.close)
+        self.assertEqual(controller.home_window.mode, "file")
+        self.assertEqual(controller.settings_window.file_path, "/tmp/chosen.wav")
+        self.assertEqual(controller.settings_window.file_output.toPlainText(), "Retained transcript")
+        self.assertTrue(controller.settings_window.file_save_srt.isEnabled())
+        self.assertEqual(controller.home_window.mode_buttons["file"].text(), "Dosya")
+
+    def test_disconnected_configured_source_survives_an_unrelated_apply(self):
+        self.conf["mic_target"] = "disconnected-usb"
+        self.settings.refresh_configuration()
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.mic.currentData(), "disconnected-usb")
+        self.settings.auto_paste.setChecked(False)
+        self.settings._save()
+        self.assertEqual(self.conf["mic_target"], "disconnected-usb")
+
+    def test_source_refresh_keeps_selection_and_discovers_hotplugged_devices(self):
+        self.settings.mic.addItem("Old microphone", "old")
+        self.settings.mic.setCurrentIndex(self.settings.mic.findData("old"))
+        with mock.patch.object(home_ui.audio, "list_sources", return_value=[("usb", "USB microphone")]), mock.patch.object(home_ui.audio, "list_monitors", return_value=[("loop", "Loopback")]):
+            self.settings.refresh_sources()
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.mic.currentData(), "old")
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(self.settings.mic.findData("usb"), 0)
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(self.settings.meeting_mic.findData("usb"), 0)
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(self.settings.meeting_system.findData("loop"), 0)
+
+    def test_missing_assistant_directory_displays_the_actual_fallback(self):
+        self.conf["assistant_provider"] = "codex"
+        self.conf["assistant_dir"] = "/does/not/exist/dikte-test"
+        self.window.show_mode("ask")
+        self.assertNotIn(self.conf["assistant_dir"], self.window.ask_scope.text())
+        self.assertIn(home_ui.assistant.working_dir(self.conf), self.window.ask_scope.text())
+
+    def test_turkish_task_labels_and_runtime_status(self):
+        i18n.set_language("tr")
+        self.window.refresh()
+        self.assertEqual(self.window.capture_status.text(), "Konuşmaya hazır")
+        self.assertIn("Ses:", self.window.capture_models.text())
+
+    def test_completed_run_refreshes_workspace_without_changing_controller_state(self):
+        controller = Dikte.__new__(Dikte)
+        controller.home_messages = {}
+        controller.home_window = self.window
+        controller._waiters = {}
+        cfg.append_history({"text": "Finished"})
+        controller._settle("dictation", {"ok": True, "text": "Finished"})
+        self.assertEqual(self.window.latest_text.toPlainText(), "Finished")
+        self.assertEqual(controller.home_messages["dictation"], "Transcript ready")
@@ -179,10 +179,11 @@ class Settings(DikteTest):
                           Qt.KeyboardModifier.NoModifier,
                           Qt.ScrollPhase.NoScrollPhase, False)

-    def test_the_window_opens_with_every_tab_on_it(self):
+    def test_settings_keeps_configuration_and_exposes_separate_task_pages(self):
        window = self.window(cfg.Config())
        tabs = window.findChildren(settings_ui.QTabWidget)[0]
-        self.assertEqual(tabs.count(), 10)
+        self.assertEqual(tabs.count(), 7)
+        self.assertEqual(set(window.task_pages), {"file", "minutes", "history"})
        self.assertEqual(window.windowTitle(), "Dikte Settings")

    def test_no_tab_can_stretch_the_window_past_a_small_screen(self):
@@ -1198,7 +1199,7 @@ class Overlay(DikteTest):
                mock.patch.object(QApplication, "screenAt") as screen_at:
            widget._reposition()
        screen_at.assert_not_called()
-        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(1948, 995))
+        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(1948, 1003))

    def _screen(self, name, area):
        screen = mock.Mock()
@@ -1224,7 +1225,7 @@ class Overlay(DikteTest):
                mock.patch.object(QApplication, "screenAt") as screen_at:
            widget._reposition()
        screen_at.assert_not_called()
-        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(1948, 995))
+        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(1948, 1003))

    def test_the_pointer_decides_when_the_compositor_will_not_say(self):
        """Every desktop but Plasma, and Plasma while KWin is being replaced."""
@@ -1236,7 +1237,7 @@ class Overlay(DikteTest):
                                  return_value=screens[0]) as screen_at:
            widget._reposition()
        screen_at.assert_called()
-        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(28, 995))
+        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(28, 1003))

    def _two_screens(self):
        return [self._screen("DP-1", settings_ui.QRect(0, 0, 1920, 1080)),
@@ -1258,10 +1259,10 @@ class Overlay(DikteTest):
        with mock.patch.object(overlay_module, "_kwin", kwin), \
                mock.patch.object(QApplication, "screens", return_value=screens):
            widget.show_recording()
-        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(1948, 995))
+        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(1948, 1003))
        kwin.call.return_value.arguments.return_value = ["DP-1"]
        self._ticks_on(widget, screens, kwin)
-        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(28, 995))
+        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(28, 1003))

    def test_it_stays_where_it_appeared_unless_it_was_told_otherwise(self):
        """Left off, because an indicator that jumps desks mid-sentence is one
@@ -1274,7 +1275,7 @@ class Overlay(DikteTest):
            widget.show_recording()
        kwin.call.return_value.arguments.return_value = ["DP-1"]
        self._ticks_on(widget, screens, kwin)
-        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(1948, 995))
+        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(1948, 1003))

    def test_a_named_screen_is_never_left_for_the_pointer(self):
        """Naming one is the whole answer; following it would undo the naming."""
@@ -1285,7 +1286,7 @@ class Overlay(DikteTest):
            widget.show_recording()
        self._ticks_on(widget, screens, kwin)
        kwin.call.assert_not_called()
-        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(28, 995))
+        self.assertEqual(widget.pos(), QPoint(28, 1003))

    def test_the_one_on_top_goes_where_the_one_underneath_is(self):
        """Asking for itself would put the pair on two monitors, with this one
@@ -1299,8 +1300,8 @@ class Overlay(DikteTest):
            kwin.call.return_value.arguments.return_value = ["DP-1"]
            second = self.overlay(below=first)
            second.show_busy("Asking Claude…")
-        self.assertEqual(first.pos(), QPoint(1948, 995))
-        self.assertEqual(second.pos(), QPoint(1948, 929))
+        self.assertEqual(first.pos(), QPoint(1948, 1003))
+        self.assertEqual(second.pos(), QPoint(1948, 945))

    def test_the_compositor_is_asked_only_now_and_then(self):
        """Every tick would be thirty conversations a second about a hand
@@ -1404,6 +1405,7 @@ class LocalModels(DikteTest):

    def setUp(self):
        super().setUp()
+        self.enterContext(mock.patch.object(settings_ui.LocalModelBox, "_fetch_models"))
        # A machine Dikte is actually installed on would otherwise answer the
        # "nothing can transcribe" question from its real binary and model.
        self.patch_attr(ggml, "BIN_DIR", self.path("bin"))
@@ -1687,6 +1689,25 @@ class LocalModels(DikteTest):
            time.sleep(0.05)
            _app.processEvents()
        self.assertEqual(fetch.call_count, 1)
+
+    def test_reloading_settings_keeps_the_fetched_model_choices(self):
+        repo = "ggml-org/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF"
+        box = self.window(self.config(local_llm_repo=repo)).local_llm
+        box._on_listed([("models", [self._item("first.gguf"), self._item("second.gguf")], repo)], "")
+        box.load("first.gguf", repo)
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(box.model.findData("second.gguf"), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(box.selected(), "first.gguf")
+
+    def test_reload_before_repository_debounce_does_not_reuse_previous_catalog(self):
+        first_repo = "ggml-org/SmolLM3-3B-GGUF"
+        second_repo = "ggml-org/gemma-3-4b-it-GGUF"
+        box = self.window(self.config(local_llm_repo=first_repo)).local_llm
+        box._on_listed([("models", [self._item("first.gguf"), self._item("second.gguf")], first_repo)], "")
+        box.repo.setCurrentText(second_repo)
+        box.load("first.gguf", second_repo)
+        self.assertLess(box.model.findData("second.gguf"), 0)
+        self.assertTrue(box._pending)
+        self.assertFalse(box._answered)
    def test_the_models_are_grouped_by_the_model_rather_than_by_size(self):
        # Sorted by size alone, the turbo files land between the two medium
        # ones, half a screen from the model they are a copy of.
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