merge: v1.2.0 Layout Refresh

27 commits brought in from feature/v1.2.0-layout-refresh:
- Sidebar/Top-Tabs visual modernisation (icon-only sidebar with
  44px fixed width and tooltip, vertical accent pill, top-tab
  underline pill).
- TabIconMapping with single-source 15-glyph pool, per-tab
  Icon override via Settings → Tabs combobox.
- AutoTellTabTint hash-based icon+color differentiation
  (84 distinct combinations) for parallel tells.
- Bottom status bar (22px): channel/privacy/counts/tells/version.
- Card-Rows as default message render with Compact-Density
  opt-out toggle.
- Pulsing red unread-dot indicator on sidebar tab icons,
  respects Configuration.ReduceMotion.
- Migration v14 → v15: legacy theme fields removed, Appearance
  bindings cleaned to use Themes tab as single source.
- Settings-Save chat-history preservation: UpdateFrom Identifier-
  mapping for persistent tabs, TempTab skip in ClearAllTabs/
  FilterAllTabs, conditional refilter only for filter-relevant
  changes.
- Hellion font (Exo 2) no longer blocks FontSizeV2 adjustment —
  4K user can scale up the variable font.

Tag v1.2.0 sits on the last feature commit (3da550c).
Forge-Auto-Announce-Action triggers on tag push.

.github/forge-posts/v1.2.0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+subtitle: "Layout Refresh"
+versionsnatur: "Major-UI-Cycle"
+---
+- Sidebar im modernisiertem Layout: nur noch Icons in fixer 44 px Breite, Tab-Name als Tooltip beim Hover, vertikale Akzent-Pill markiert den aktiven Tab
+- Top-Tabs bekommen eine 2 px Akzent-Underline am unteren Rand statt Background-Fill für den aktiven Tab
+- Pro Tab eigenes Icon zuweisbar via Settings → Tabs (15 FontAwesome-Glyphen-Pool)
+- Bottom-Status-Bar (22 px) zeigt fünf Live-Signale: aktiver Channel mit Color-Dot, Privacy-Badge, Tab- und Message-Counter, Auto-Tell-Counter, Plugin-Version. Update einmal pro Sekunde, gecached
+- Card-Rows als Default-Layout für Messages: Sender-Header in Channel-Farbe, Body auf eigener Zeile, dezenter Trenner zwischen den Karten
+- `Compact Density`-Toggle in Aussehen schaltet zurück auf den klassischen Einzeiler `[HH:mm] Sender: Text`
+- Auto-Tell-Tabs unterscheiden sich jetzt visuell: jeder Tell-Partner bekommt ein eigenes Icon (envelope/star/heart/bell/bookmark/flag/fire) plus eigene Farbe aus 12-Farb-Palette — 84 Icon-Farb-Kombinationen, gleicher Partner ergibt konsistent dieselbe Kombination
+- Pulsierender roter Dot oben rechts am Sidebar-Icon wenn ein Tab ungelesene Nachrichten hat. Sanft, 2-Sekunden-Cycle, lässt sich über `Configuration.ReduceMotion` deaktivieren (UI-Toggle kommt in v1.3.0)
+- Migration v14 → v15: alte `HellionThemeEnabled` und `HellionThemeWindowOpacity` Konfigurationsfelder entfernt, alle anderen Settings bleiben erhalten
+- Bug-Fix: Settings speichern zerstört nicht mehr den Chat-Verlauf. Der schwere Refilter-Cycle läuft jetzt nur noch wenn sich Filter-relevante Settings tatsächlich geändert haben (Privacy-Filter, gemerkte Channels, Tab-Channel-Auswahl) — Cosmetic-Änderungen wie Theme oder Tab-Icons lassen den Chat unverändert. Persistente Tabs und Auto-Tell-Tabs überleben beide
+- Bug-Fix: Sidebar-Buttons sitzen jetzt vertikal in einer Linie mit der ersten Message-Zeile, Status-Bar-Versionsname wird vollständig angezeigt
+
+Animation-Polish (Lerps, Theme-Crossfade, Header-Quick-Picker) folgt in v1.3.0. v1.2.0 ist bewusst Hard-Switch — sauberes Layout zuerst, Bewegung später.

HellionChat/Configuration.cs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class ConfigKeyBind
 [Serializable]
 public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
 {
-    private const int LatestVersion = 14;
+    private const int LatestVersion = 15;
 
     public int Version { get; set; } = LatestVersion;
 
@@ -80,19 +80,6 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
     // ChatTwo users skip it because the v6→v7 migration sets the flag.
     public bool FirstRunCompleted;
 
-    // Hellion Chat global ImGui theme — applied to every plugin window in
-    // Plugin.Draw. Default ON; users who prefer the upstream Dalamud look
-    // can flip this off in the Privacy tab.
-    [Obsolete("Replaced by Theme slug + WindowOpacity in v14")]
-    public bool HellionThemeEnabled = true;
-
-    // Window background opacity, 0.5–1.0. Lower values make the plugin
-    // panes more glass-like so the game shines through. Default 0.5
-    // matches the maintainer's daily-driver preference; users who want
-    // a less translucent look bump it up in Aussehen → Theme.
-    [Obsolete("Replaced by WindowOpacity in v14")]
-    public float HellionThemeWindowOpacity = 0.5f;
-
     // Use the bundled Exo 2 font (OFL-1.1) for the regular plugin font
     // instead of whatever GlobalFontV2.FontId points at. Default ON so a
     // fresh install gets the Hellion typography out-of-the-box; flip OFF
@@ -315,10 +302,33 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
         // never present in a disk-loaded copy. Keep the live temp tabs of
         // *this* configuration alive across an UpdateFrom so a settings
         // save (or sidebar-mode toggle) does not silently destroy the
-        // user's open tell conversations. Persistent tabs from `other`
+        // user's open tell conversations.
-        // still get the regular clone-replace treatment.
+        //
+        // For persistent tabs we go through Tab.Clone() which intentionally
+        // does NOT copy the NonSerialized Messages list (avoids shared
+        // mutable state on disk-load). On a settings save that means the
+        // chat history for every persistent tab would be wiped — bug
+        // reported by Flo 2026-05-05. We work around it by capturing the
+        // live MessageList (and LastSendUnread counter) by Identifier
+        // before the replace, then restoring it onto the freshly cloned
+        // tabs whose Identifier survives Tab.Clone(). New tabs added in
+        // settings get a fresh empty MessageList; deleted tabs lose their
+        // history (intended).
         var liveTempTabs = Tabs.Where(t => t.IsTempTab).ToList();
-        Tabs = other.Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab).Select(t => t.Clone()).ToList();
+        var livePersistentSession = Tabs
+            .Where(t => !t.IsTempTab)
+            .ToDictionary(t => t.Identifier, t => (t.Messages, t.LastSendUnread));
+
+        Tabs = other.Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab).Select(t =>
+        {
+            var clone = t.Clone();
+            if (livePersistentSession.TryGetValue(clone.Identifier, out var live))
+            {
+                clone.Messages = live.Messages;
+                clone.LastSendUnread = live.LastSendUnread;
+            }
+            return clone;
+        }).ToList();
         Tabs.AddRange(liveTempTabs);
 
         OverrideStyle = other.OverrideStyle;
@@ -336,10 +346,6 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
         RetentionLastRunAt = other.RetentionLastRunAt;
 
         FirstRunCompleted = other.FirstRunCompleted;
-#pragma warning disable CS0612, CS0618 // Obsolete-Felder bleiben bis v1.2.0 als JSON-Safety-Net erhalten
-        HellionThemeEnabled = other.HellionThemeEnabled;
-        HellionThemeWindowOpacity = other.HellionThemeWindowOpacity;
-#pragma warning restore CS0612, CS0618
         UseHellionFont = other.UseHellionFont;
 
         // v1.1.0 theme engine fields
@@ -394,6 +400,11 @@ public class Tab
 {
     public string Name = Language.Tab_DefaultName;
 
+    // v1.2.0 — optionaler FontAwesome-Glyph-Name. Null bedeutet:
+    // Default-Mapping aus TabIconMapping greift (basiert auf Tab-Name).
+    // User können hier per Settings → Tabs einen eigenen Glyph setzen.
+    public string? Icon = null;
+
     [Obsolete("Removed in favor of SelectedChannels")]
     public Dictionary<ChatType, ChatSource> ChatCodes = new();
 
@@ -598,6 +609,20 @@ public class Tab
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Aktuelle Anzahl der gespeicherten Messages. Lock-acquire pro Read
+        /// ist OK für 1×/sec Status-Bar-Polling (v1.2.0).
+        /// </summary>
+        public int Count
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                LockSlim.Wait(-1);
+                try { return Messages.Count; }
+                finally { LockSlim.Release(); }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns an array copy of the message list for usage outside of main thread
         /// </summary>

HellionChat/FontManager.cs

@@ -120,7 +120,16 @@ public class FontManager
             e => e.OnPreBuild(
                 tk =>
                 {
-                    var config = new SafeFontConfig {SizePt = Plugin.Config.GlobalFontV2.SizePt, GlyphRanges = Ranges};
+                    // v1.2.0 — Bei aktiver Hellion-Schrift (Exo 2 ist Variable-Font)
+                    // wird die User-Schriftgröße aus FontSizeV2 als SizePt angewendet.
+                    // Der Bestand-Pfad nutzt weiter GlobalFontV2.SizePt aus dem
+                    // Custom-Font-Stack. Ohne diese Verzweigung war FontSizeV2 bei
+                    // UseHellionFont=true wirkungslos, was 4K-User mit größerer
+                    // Skalierung blockierte (Settings → Erscheinungsbild → Schriftarten).
+                    var basePt = Plugin.Config.UseHellionFont
+                        ? Plugin.Config.FontSizeV2
+                        : Plugin.Config.GlobalFontV2.SizePt;
+                    var config = new SafeFontConfig {SizePt = basePt, GlyphRanges = Ranges};
                     config.MergeFont = Plugin.Config.UseHellionFont
                         ? tk.AddFontFromMemory(GetHellionFontBytes(), config, "Hellion-Exo2")
                         : AddFontWithFallback(tk, Plugin.Config.GlobalFontV2.FontId, config, "global");

HellionChat/HellionChat.csproj

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
              0.1.0 is our bootstrap release; the underlying Chat 2 base is
              called out in the yaml changelog so users can see what it
              derives from. -->
-        <Version>1.1.0</Version>
+        <Version>1.2.0</Version>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <!-- Honor packages.lock.json on restore so floating version ranges

HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml

@@ -55,6 +55,91 @@ tags:
   - Replacement
   - Privacy
 changelog: |-
+  **Hellion Chat 1.2.0 — Layout Refresh**
+
+  Second cycle of the UI modernisation. Tab layouts modernised in
+  both modes, a new bottom status bar surfaces five live signals,
+  and messages render as card rows by default.
+
+  Tab layouts:
+
+  - Sidebar is now icon-only at fixed 44 px width. Tab name shows
+    as tooltip on hover. Active tab marked with a vertical accent
+    pill on the left window edge.
+  - Top tabs get an accent underline pill on the active tab
+    instead of a background fill.
+  - Per-tab custom icons via Settings → Tabs (15-glyph
+    FontAwesome picker). Default mapping covers General/System/
+    FreeCompany/Group/Linkshell/Tells/Auto-Tells.
+
+  Bottom status bar (22 px):
+
+  - Active channel with color dot
+  - Privacy-First badge
+  - Tab and message counters
+  - Auto-tell counter (hidden when zero)
+  - Plugin version (right-aligned, muted)
+
+  Updates 1×/second, cached.
+
+  Message rendering:
+
+  - Card rows are the new default. Sender header in channel color,
+    body on its own line, subtle border between cards.
+  - Compact-Density toggle in Appearance switches back to the
+    classic single-line `[HH:mm] Sender: Text` layout.
+
+  Migration:
+
+  - v14 → v15: legacy Configuration fields HellionThemeEnabled
+    and HellionThemeWindowOpacity removed. All other settings
+    preserved. Users who skip versions and migrate v13 → v15
+    directly will receive the default WindowOpacity (0.85);
+    re-adjust in Settings → Themes if needed.
+
+  Auto-Tell tabs:
+
+  - Each tell partner gets a hashed icon from a 7-glyph tell
+    pool (envelope/star/heart/bell/bookmark/flag/fire) plus a
+    hashed color from a 12-color palette. 84 distinct icon+
+    color combinations make parallel tells visually
+    distinguishable at a glance.
+
+  Unread indicator:
+
+  - Sidebar tabs with unread messages get a pulsing red dot in
+    the top-right corner. Subtle 2-second sine-wave pulse for
+    peripheral visibility without distraction. Respects
+    Configuration.ReduceMotion (UI toggle lands in v1.3.0).
+
+  Bug fixes from in-game testing:
+
+  - Settings save no longer wipes chat history by default. The
+    heavy ClearAllTabs + FilterAllTabsAsync refilter cycle now
+    only runs when a filter-relevant setting actually changed
+    (Privacy filter, persisted channels, per-tab channel
+    selection). Cosmetic changes — theme, tab icons, layout
+    flags — keep the in-session chat intact. Combined with an
+    Identifier-based MessageList restore in Configuration.
+    UpdateFrom and a TempTab skip in ClearAllTabs/FilterAllTabs,
+    persistent tabs and Auto-Tell tabs both survive the save.
+  - Sidebar buttons now align vertically with the first message
+    row (top padding mirrors the chat header toolbar height).
+  - Sidebar child window no longer paints the top padding with
+    its frame background.
+  - Status bar version slot ("vX.Y.Z · Hellion") no longer
+    clips its rightmost character.
+  - Top-tab icon prefix attempt was reverted: Dalamud's default
+    font atlas does not include FontAwesome codepoints, so
+    mixed-font in a single tab label renders as tofu. Underline
+    pill alone is the v1.2.0 visual treatment for top tabs.
+
+  Polish (lerps, theme crossfade, header quick-picker) follows
+  in v1.3.0. v1.2.0 is intentionally hard-switch — clean layout
+  first, motion next.
+
+  Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
   **Hellion Chat 1.1.0 — Theme Foundation**
 
   First major UI cycle after the standalone v1.0.0 cut. Theme engine,

HellionChat/MessageManager.cs

@@ -151,7 +151,13 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
 
     internal void ClearAllTabs()
     {
-        foreach (var tab in Plugin.Config.Tabs)
+        // Hellion Chat — TempTabs haben keine DB-Persistenz (session-only,
+        // direkt vom AutoTellTabsService befüllt). Ein Clear+Refilter würde
+        // sie leer hinterlassen weil FilterAllTabs nichts aus der DB
+        // findet — Tells sind oft durch Privacy-Filter blockiert oder
+        // schlicht session-flüchtig. TempTabs vom Clear-Pfad ausschließen
+        // damit Settings-Save den Tell-Verlauf nicht zerstört.
+        foreach (var tab in Plugin.Config.Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab))
             tab.Clear();
     }
 
@@ -165,7 +171,11 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
 
         // We store the pending messages to be added to the chat log in a
         // temporary list, and apply them all at once after filtering.
-        var pendingTabs = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Select(tab => (tab, new List<Message>())).ToList();
+        // TempTabs werden ausgeschlossen — sie bleiben live-state aus dem
+        // AutoTellTabsService, ein DB-Refilter würde sie nur partial
+        // wiederherstellen falls Tells in DB liegen, oder leer lassen wenn
+        // Privacy-Filter sie blockiert hat.
+        var pendingTabs = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab).Select(tab => (tab, new List<Message>())).ToList();
         foreach (var message in messages)
             foreach (var (_, pendingMessages) in pendingTabs.Where(ptab => ptab.Item1.Matches(message)))
                 pendingMessages.Add(message);

HellionChat/Plugin.cs

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IDalamudPlugin
     internal TypingIpc TypingIpc { get; }
     internal FontManager FontManager { get; }
     internal Themes.ThemeRegistry ThemeRegistry { get; private set; } = null!;
+    internal Ui.StatusBar StatusBar { get; private set; } = null!;
 
     internal int DeferredSaveFrames = -1;
 
@@ -246,9 +247,8 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IDalamudPlugin
             if (Config.Version < 14)
             {
                 Config.Theme = "hellion-arctic";
-                #pragma warning disable CS0612, CS0618 // Obsolete: HellionThemeWindowOpacity bleibt readable bis v1.2.0
+                // v1.2.0: alter Opacity-Wert wird nicht mehr migriert (Field entfernt).
-                Config.WindowOpacity = Config.HellionThemeWindowOpacity;
+                // User die direkt v13 → v15 springen bekommen den Default 0.85.
-                #pragma warning restore CS0612, CS0618
                 Config.ReduceMotion = false;
                 Config.UseCompactDensity = false;
                 Config.ShowThemeQuickPicker = false;
@@ -259,6 +259,20 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IDalamudPlugin
                     "pick chat2-classic in Settings → Themes for the upstream look");
             }
 
+            if (Config.Version < 15)
+            {
+                // v1.2.0 — keine Datenmigration nötig. Removal der deprecated
+                // Theme-Felder ist reine Schema-Bereinigung (System.Text.Json
+                // ignoriert unbekannte Felder im JSON, daher kein Crash bei
+                // Configs die noch HellionThemeEnabled/HellionThemeWindowOpacity
+                // serialisiert haben — die Werte verfallen einfach).
+                Config.Version = 15;
+                SaveConfig();
+                Log.Information(
+                    "Migrated config v14 → v15: legacy theme fields removed " +
+                    "(HellionThemeEnabled, HellionThemeWindowOpacity)");
+            }
+
             // Hellion v1.0.0 default tab layout. Five thematically separated
             // tabs: General catches the immediate-surroundings public chat
             // (Say/Yell/Shout) only; System absorbs the rest of the technical
@@ -296,6 +310,8 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IDalamudPlugin
             ThemeRegistry = new Themes.ThemeRegistry(customThemesDir);
             ThemeRegistry.Switch(Config.Theme);
 
+            StatusBar = new Ui.StatusBar();
+
             MessageManager = new MessageManager(this); // Does it require UI?
 
             // Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs service. Subscribes to the

HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.Designer.cs

@@ -276,6 +276,11 @@ internal class HellionStrings
     internal static string Tabs_Presets_Linkshell => Get(nameof(Tabs_Presets_Linkshell));
     internal static string Tabs_Presets_Linkshell_Hint => Get(nameof(Tabs_Presets_Linkshell_Hint));
 
+    // Hellion Chat — v1.2.0 per-tab icon override
+    internal static string Tabs_Icon_Label => Get(nameof(Tabs_Icon_Label));
+    internal static string Tabs_Icon_HelpMarker => Get(nameof(Tabs_Icon_HelpMarker));
+    internal static string Tabs_Icon_DefaultOption => Get(nameof(Tabs_Icon_DefaultOption));
+
     // Hellion Chat — v0.6.0 chat colour presets (display labels)
     internal static string ChatColourPresets_Default => Get(nameof(ChatColourPresets_Default));
     internal static string ChatColourPresets_HighContrast => Get(nameof(ChatColourPresets_HighContrast));
@@ -310,4 +315,12 @@ internal class HellionStrings
     internal static string ChatTwoConflictTitle => Get(nameof(ChatTwoConflictTitle));
     internal static string ChatTwoConflictBody => Get(nameof(ChatTwoConflictBody));
     internal static string ChatTwoConflictAction => Get(nameof(ChatTwoConflictAction));
+
+    // Hellion Chat — v1.2.0 Bottom-Status-Bar Privacy-Badge labels
+    internal static string StatusBar_Privacy_Enabled => Get(nameof(StatusBar_Privacy_Enabled));
+    internal static string StatusBar_Privacy_Open => Get(nameof(StatusBar_Privacy_Open));
+
+    // Hellion Chat — v1.2.0 Appearance / Compact-Density toggle
+    internal static string Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Name => Get(nameof(Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Name));
+    internal static string Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Description => Get(nameof(Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Description));
 }

HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.de.resx

@@ -561,6 +561,17 @@
   <data name="Tabs_Presets_Linkshell_Hint" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Wenn du mehrere Linkshells benutzt, empfiehlt der Maintainer einen Tab pro Shell für eine sauberere Übersicht. Tab duplizieren und je Kopie die Kanalauswahl einschränken.</value>
   </data>
+
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — v1.2.0 per-tab icon override -->
+  <data name="Tabs_Icon_Label" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Tab-Icon</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Tabs_Icon_HelpMarker" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>FontAwesome-Glyph für die Sidebar. Default greift auf Tab-Name oder Channel-Typ.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Tabs_Icon_DefaultOption" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>(Default-Mapping)</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="ChatColourPresets_Default" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Klassik (Chat 2 Default)</value>
   </data>
@@ -705,4 +716,16 @@
   <data name="Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Keep" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Behalten</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="StatusBar_Privacy_Enabled" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Privacy-First</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="StatusBar_Privacy_Open" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Offen</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Name" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Kompakte Dichte</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Description" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Schaltet das Message-Layout vom Card-Row-Default zurück auf einzeilige `[HH:mm] Sender: Text` Zeilen.</value>
+  </data>
 </root>

HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.resx

@@ -561,6 +561,17 @@
   <data name="Tabs_Presets_Linkshell_Hint" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>If you use multiple linkshells, the maintainer recommends one tab per shell for cleaner readability. Duplicate this tab and narrow the channel selection per copy.</value>
   </data>
+
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — v1.2.0 per-tab icon override -->
+  <data name="Tabs_Icon_Label" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Tab-Icon</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Tabs_Icon_HelpMarker" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>FontAwesome-Glyph für die Sidebar. Default greift auf Tab-Name oder Channel-Typ.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Tabs_Icon_DefaultOption" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>(Default-Mapping)</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="ChatColourPresets_Default" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Klassik (Chat 2 Default)</value>
   </data>
@@ -705,4 +716,16 @@
   <data name="Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Keep" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Keep current</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="StatusBar_Privacy_Enabled" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Privacy-First</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="StatusBar_Privacy_Open" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Open</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Name" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Compact Density</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Description" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Schaltet das Message-Layout vom Card-Row-Default zurück auf einzeilige `[HH:mm] Sender: Text` Zeilen.</value>
+  </data>
 </root>

HellionChat/Ui/AutoTellTabTint.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+namespace HellionChat.Ui;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Hash-Color-Tinting für Auto-Tell-Tabs in der Sidebar (v1.2.0).
+/// Differenziert Tells visuell ohne dass User pro Tab manuell ein
+/// Custom-Icon setzen muss. Gleicher Tell-Partner (Name+World) liefert
+/// konsistent dieselbe Farbe über Sessions hinweg.
+///
+/// Kuratierte 12-Farb-Palette aus dem Hellion-Theme-Pool: alle saturiert
+/// mid-bright, lesbar gegen Dark-Theme-Backgrounds. Bei realistischen
+/// 1-5 parallelen Tells ist Kollisions-Wahrscheinlichkeit gering.
+///
+/// Reine String-Logik (kein Dalamud-Dep) — testbar im HellionChat.Tests-
+/// Projekt das ohne Dalamud-Reference baut.
+/// </summary>
+internal static class AutoTellTabTint
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Fallback bei ungültigem Input (leerer Name, World=0). Standard-
+    /// Text-Color (weiß) — passt mit existierendem TextPrimary-Default
+    /// zusammen, sodass die Sidebar visuell konsistent bleibt.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const uint Fallback = 0xFFFFFFFFu;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// 12 saturierte mid-bright Farben aus den 5 Built-In-Themes
+    /// (Hellion-Arctic, Chat2-Klassik, Event-Horizon, Moonlit-Bloom,
+    /// Mint-Grove). Reihenfolge ist deterministisch — Hash-Index wählt
+    /// Farbe per Modulo. RGBA-Format (passt zu ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr-
+    /// Konvention im restlichen Code).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly IReadOnlyList<uint> Palette = new uint[]
+    {
+        0x00BED2FFu, // Arctic Cyan
+        0xF97316FFu, // Ember Orange
+        0xB585FFFFu, // Light Cosmic Purple
+        0xE374E8FFu, // Bloom Magenta
+        0x5DD39EFFu, // Mint Green
+        0xF0AD4EFFu, // Warning Yellow
+        0xE85C6AFFu, // Coral
+        0x5CB85CFFu, // Status Green
+        0x6278FFFFu, // Bloom Blue
+        0xC9982EFFu, // Warm Gold
+        0x9CCB7CFFu, // Soft Sage
+        0xE85D04FFu, // Deep Ember
+    };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Liefert eine konsistente Tint-Color für einen Tell-Partner.
+    /// Hash basiert auf "Name@World" — Cross-World-Namen kollidieren
+    /// nur bei Hash-Bucket-Kollision, nicht durch Identitäts-Annahme.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static uint For(string name, uint world)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) || world == 0)
+            return Fallback;
+
+        // GetHashCode kann negativ sein; Bitmaske auf positive Range
+        // damit Modulo-Division immer einen validen Index liefert.
+        var key = $"{name}@{world}";
+        var hash = (uint)(key.GetHashCode() & 0x7FFFFFFF);
+        return Palette[(int)(hash % Palette.Count)];
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tell-spezifischer Icon-Pool. 7 visuell distinkte FontAwesome-Glyphen
+    /// die im Tell-Kontext sinnvoll wirken (envelope = Tell-Default, star/
+    /// heart/bell = personalisiert, bookmark/flag/fire = markiert/wichtig).
+    /// Bewusst kein cog/comment/users — die wären für System-/Group-Tabs
+    /// reserviert und würden im Tell-Bereich verwirrend wirken.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly IReadOnlyList<string> IconPool = new[]
+    {
+        "envelope",
+        "star",
+        "heart",
+        "bell",
+        "bookmark",
+        "flag",
+        "fire",
+    };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Fallback-Icon bei ungültigem Input. "envelope" passt semantisch zum
+    /// Tell-Kontext besser als das alte hardcoded "clock".
+    /// </summary>
+    public const string IconFallback = "envelope";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Liefert ein konsistentes Icon-Glyph für einen Tell-Partner.
+    /// Nutzt einen anderen Hash-Bias als For() (Color), damit Icon und
+    /// Color unabhängig variieren — gibt 7 × 12 = 84 distinct Combinations.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string IconFor(string name, uint world)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) || world == 0)
+            return IconFallback;
+
+        // Anderer Hash-Bias als For() (verschiedene Modulo-Basis): wir
+        // nutzen "world@name" statt "name@world" damit Icon und Color
+        // nicht synchron variieren. Ohne Bias-Trennung würden alle Tells
+        // mit derselben Color auch dasselbe Icon haben.
+        var key = $"{world}@{name}";
+        var hash = (uint)(key.GetHashCode() & 0x7FFFFFFF);
+        return IconPool[(int)(hash % IconPool.Count)];
+    }
+}

HellionChat/Ui/ChatLogWindow.cs

@@ -375,6 +375,9 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         // weil der Cursor schon weiter unten steht — kein eigener Abzug.
         height -= ImGui.GetFrameHeightWithSpacing();
 
+        // v1.2.0 — Status-Bar am Window-Boden reserviert 22 px + 2 px Spacing.
+        height -= StatusBar.Height + 2;
+
         return height;
     }
 
@@ -790,15 +793,19 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         if (ImGui.IsWindowHovered(ImGuiHoveredFlags.ChildWindows))
             LastActivityTime = FrameTime;
 
-        if (!showNovice)
+        if (showNovice)
-            return;
+        {
-
             ImGui.SameLine();
 
             if (ImGuiUtil.IconButton(FontAwesomeIcon.Leaf))
                 GameFunctions.GameFunctions.ClickNoviceNetworkButton();
         }
 
+        // v1.2.0 — Bottom-Status-Bar. Letzter Render-Step in DrawChatLog,
+        // damit alle Zeilen-Operationen davor keine Layout-Sprünge auslösen.
+        Plugin.StatusBar.Draw(Plugin);
+    }
+
     internal Dictionary<string, InputChannel> GetValidChannels()
     {
         var channels = new Dictionary<string, InputChannel>();
@@ -1316,6 +1323,51 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                     ImGui.TableNextColumn();
 
                 var lineWidth = ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail().X;
+
+                // v1.2.0 — Card-Rows als Default, Compact-Density als Opt-Out.
+                // Card-Mode: Sender-Header in Channel-Color auf eigener Zeile,
+                // dann Body, dann subtile Border-Bottom als Card-Trenner.
+                // Compact-Mode: bisheriges Verhalten — Sender + Space + Content
+                // auf einer Zeile via SameLine.
+                var useCard = !Plugin.Config.UseCompactDensity;
+                if (useCard)
+                {
+                    if (message.Sender.Count > 0)
+                    {
+                        var theme = Plugin.ThemeRegistry.Active;
+                        var senderColor = Plugin.Functions.Chat.GetChannelColor(message.Code.Type)
+                                          ?? theme.Colors.TextPrimary;
+                        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(senderColor)))
+                        {
+                            DrawChunks(message.Sender, true, handler, lineWidth);
+                        }
+                        // KEIN SameLine — Body landet auf eigener Zeile.
+                    }
+
+                    // We need to draw something otherwise the item visibility check below won't work.
+                    if (message.Content.Count == 0)
+                        DrawChunks([new TextChunk(ChunkSource.Content, null, " ")], true, handler, lineWidth);
+                    else
+                        DrawChunks(message.Content, true, handler, lineWidth);
+
+                    // Subtile Border-Bottom als Card-Trenner. Border-Farbe mit
+                    // reduzierter Alpha (RGBA → 0x33) für dezente Trennung.
+                    {
+                        var theme = Plugin.ThemeRegistry.Active;
+                        var rowEndY = ImGui.GetCursorScreenPos().Y;
+                        var winLeft = ImGui.GetWindowPos().X;
+                        var winRight = winLeft + ImGui.GetWindowSize().X;
+                        var borderRgba = (theme.Colors.Border & 0xFFFFFF00u) | 0x33u;
+                        ImGui.GetWindowDrawList().AddLine(
+                            new Vector2(winLeft + 4, rowEndY - 1),
+                            new Vector2(winRight - 4, rowEndY - 1),
+                            ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(borderRgba),
+                            1f);
+                        ImGui.Dummy(new Vector2(0, 2));
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
                     if (message.Sender.Count > 0)
                     {
                         DrawChunks(message.Sender, true, handler, lineWidth);
@@ -1327,6 +1379,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                         DrawChunks([new TextChunk(ChunkSource.Content, null, " ")], true, handler, lineWidth);
                     else
                         DrawChunks(message.Content, true, handler, lineWidth);
+                }
 
                 message.IsVisible[tab.Identifier] = ImGui.IsItemVisible();
             }
@@ -1366,6 +1419,20 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
             if (!tabItem.Success)
                 continue;
 
+            // v1.2.0 — Active-Tab-Underline-Pill (2 px Akzent statt Background-Fill).
+            // Bewusst direkt nach TabItem-Setup; GetItemRectMin/Max referenziert noch
+            // das Tab. ImGui hat keine native Underline-API, daher direkter DrawList-Pass.
+            {
+                var theme = Plugin.ThemeRegistry.Active;
+                var min = ImGui.GetItemRectMin();
+                var max = ImGui.GetItemRectMax();
+                const float pillHeight = 2f;
+                ImGui.GetWindowDrawList().AddRectFilled(
+                    new Vector2(min.X, max.Y - pillHeight),
+                    new Vector2(max.X, max.Y),
+                    ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.Accent));
+            }
+
             var hasTabSwitched = Plugin.LastTab != tabI;
             Plugin.LastTab = tabI;
 
@@ -1383,21 +1450,36 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
     private void DrawTabSidebar()
     {
         var currentTab = -1;
-        using var tabTable = ImRaii.Table("tabs-table", 2, ImGuiTableFlags.BordersInnerV | ImGuiTableFlags.SizingStretchProp | ImGuiTableFlags.Resizable);
+        // v1.2.0 — Sidebar fix 44 px, kein Resize. Mehr Platz fürs Chat-Log.
+        using var tabTable = ImRaii.Table("tabs-table", 2, ImGuiTableFlags.BordersInnerV | ImGuiTableFlags.SizingFixedFit);
         if (!tabTable.Success)
             return;
 
-        ImGui.TableSetupColumn("tabs", ImGuiTableColumnFlags.WidthStretch, 1);
+        ImGui.TableSetupColumn("tabs", ImGuiTableColumnFlags.WidthFixed, 44f);
-        ImGui.TableSetupColumn("chat", ImGuiTableColumnFlags.WidthStretch, 4);
+        ImGui.TableSetupColumn("chat", ImGuiTableColumnFlags.WidthStretch, 1);
 
         ImGui.TableNextColumn();
 
         var hasTabSwitched = false;
         var childHeight = GetRemainingHeightForMessageLog();
+        // v1.2.0 — Sidebar-Child ohne Theme-ChildBg, sonst füllt das
+        // bläuliche Frame-Rect auch den oberen HeaderToolbar-Padding-Bereich
+        // aus (sieht aus wie ein angeschnittener Block oberhalb der Buttons).
+        // Vertikale Trennung zur Message-Spalte bleibt durch BordersInnerV
+        // der Tab-Table erhalten.
+        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ChildBg, 0u))
         using (var child = ImRaii.Child("##chat2-tab-sidebar", new Vector2(-1, childHeight)))
         {
             if (child)
             {
+                // v1.2.0 — Top-Padding spiegelt die HeaderToolbar-Höhe der
+                // rechten Spalte (DrawChatHeaderToolbar wird dort als erstes
+                // gerendert, eine Frame-Zeile + ItemSpacing). Ohne diesen
+                // Padding würden die Sidebar-Buttons oben am Window-Top
+                // kleben, während die Messages erst unter der Toolbar
+                // beginnen — vertikales Mismatch.
+                ImGui.Dummy(new Vector2(0, ImGui.GetFrameHeightWithSpacing()));
+
                 var previousTab = Plugin.CurrentTab;
                 // Hellion Chat — auto-tell-tabs section divider rendered
                 // exactly once before the first temp tab, with a live unit
@@ -1422,7 +1504,6 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                     }
 
                     var unread = tabI == Plugin.LastTab || tab.UnreadMode == UnreadMode.None || tab.Unread == 0 ? "" : $" ({tab.Unread})";
-                    var selectableLabel = $"{tab.Name}{unread}###log-tab-{tabI}";
                     var isCurrentTab = Plugin.LastTab == tabI || Plugin.WantedTab == tabI;
 
                     var showGreetedAffordance = tab.IsTempTab && Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsShowGreetedToggle;
@@ -1457,34 +1538,107 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                         ImGui.SameLine();
                     }
 
-                    bool clicked;
+                    // v1.2.0 — Icon-only Sidebar mit Tooltip beim Hover.
-                    if (showGreetedAffordance && tab.IsGreeted)
+                    // Active-Tab kriegt Akzent-Color am Icon, Greeted-Tabs
+                    // werden auf TextDim gedimmt (löst den alten Header-
+                    // Dim-Trick ab, da wir keine Selectable mehr nutzen).
+                    var theme = Plugin.ThemeRegistry.Active;
+                    var icon = TabIconMapping.Resolve(tab);
+                    uint iconColor;
+                    if (isCurrentTab)
                     {
-                        // Dim the tab name once the user marked the partner
+                        iconColor = theme.Colors.Accent;
-                        // as greeted, so a glance at the sidebar tells them
-                        // who still needs attention. Selectable has no idle
-                        // background slot in ImGui, so the dim only applies
-                        // to the selected and hovered states — the text dim
-                        // alone signals greeted in the idle state.
-                        var headerBase = ImGui.GetColorU32(ImGuiCol.Header);
-                        var hoverBase = ImGui.GetColorU32(ImGuiCol.HeaderHovered);
-                        var dimHeader = (headerBase & 0xFF000000u) | ((headerBase & 0x00FEFEFEu) >> 1);
-                        var dimHover = (hoverBase & 0xFF000000u) | ((hoverBase & 0x00FEFEFEu) >> 1);
-
-                        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, ImGui.GetColorU32(ImGuiCol.TextDisabled)))
-                        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Header, dimHeader))
-                        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.HeaderHovered, dimHover))
-                        {
-                            clicked = ImGui.Selectable(selectableLabel, isCurrentTab);
                     }
+                    else if (showGreetedAffordance && tab.IsGreeted)
+                    {
+                        iconColor = theme.Colors.TextDim;
+                    }
+                    else if (tab.IsTempTab && tab.TellTarget != null && tab.TellTarget.IsSet())
+                    {
+                        // v1.2.0 — Hash-Color-Tint differenziert parallele Auto-Tell-Tabs
+                        // visuell ohne dass User pro Tab manuell ein Custom-Icon setzen muss.
+                        iconColor = AutoTellTabTint.For(tab.TellTarget.Name, tab.TellTarget.World);
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        clicked = ImGui.Selectable(selectableLabel, isCurrentTab);
+                        iconColor = theme.Colors.TextPrimary;
+                    }
+
+                    bool clicked;
+                    using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Button, 0u))
+                    using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ButtonHovered, ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.SurfaceHover)))
+                    using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ButtonActive, ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.Surface)))
+                    using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(iconColor)))
+                    using (Plugin.FontManager.FontAwesome.Push())
+                    {
+                        clicked = ImGui.Button($"{icon.ToIconString()}##sidebar-tab-{tabI}", new Vector2(36f, ImGui.GetFrameHeight()));
+                    }
+
+                    if (isCurrentTab)
+                    {
+                        // v1.2.0 — Vertikale Akzent-Pill an der linken Window-Kante.
+                        // 3 px breit, halbe Tab-Höhe, vertikal zentriert. ImGui hat keine
+                        // native Pill-API, daher direkter DrawList-Pass.
+                        var min = ImGui.GetItemRectMin();
+                        var max = ImGui.GetItemRectMax();
+                        const float pillWidth = 3f;
+                        var pillHeight = (max.Y - min.Y) * 0.5f;
+                        var pillCenterY = (min.Y + max.Y) * 0.5f;
+                        ImGui.GetWindowDrawList().AddRectFilled(
+                            new Vector2(min.X, pillCenterY - pillHeight * 0.5f),
+                            new Vector2(min.X + pillWidth, pillCenterY + pillHeight * 0.5f),
+                            ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.Accent),
+                            1.5f); // leichter Rounding
+                    }
+
+                    // v1.2.0 — Unread-Dot oben rechts am Icon. Sichtbar ohne Hover, damit
+                    // User Tabs mit ungelesenen Messages sofort erkennt. Aktive Tabs haben
+                    // per Konvention Unread = 0 (LastTab-Branch in ChatLogWindow), daher
+                    // kollidiert der Dot nicht mit der Active-Pill.
+                    if (!isCurrentTab && tab.UnreadMode != UnreadMode.None && tab.Unread > 0)
+                    {
+                        var min = ImGui.GetItemRectMin();
+                        var max = ImGui.GetItemRectMax();
+                        const float dotRadius = 4f;
+                        const float dotPadding = 3f;
+                        var dotCenter = new Vector2(
+                            max.X - dotRadius - dotPadding,
+                            min.Y + dotRadius + dotPadding);
+
+                        // v1.2.0 — Sanfter Pulse-Effekt: Alpha schwankt zwischen 60% und
+                        // 100% mit ~2-Sekunden-Cycle (subtil, nicht hektisch).
+                        // Plugin.Config.ReduceMotion (Field seit v1.1.0) skipt den Pulse
+                        // und rendert statisch — Default ist Animation an.
+                        var dotColor = theme.Colors.StatusDanger;
+                        if (!Plugin.Config.ReduceMotion)
+                        {
+                            // Sin-basierter 2s-Cycle: -1..1 → 0..1 → 0.6..1.0 Alpha-Skala.
+                            var phase = (float)((Math.Sin(Environment.TickCount64 / 1000.0 * Math.PI) + 1.0) * 0.5);
+                            var alphaScale = 0.6f + 0.4f * phase;
+                            var origAlpha = dotColor & 0xFFu;
+                            var pulsedAlpha = (uint)(origAlpha * alphaScale);
+                            dotColor = (dotColor & 0xFFFFFF00u) | pulsedAlpha;
+                        }
+
+                        ImGui.GetWindowDrawList().AddCircleFilled(
+                            dotCenter,
+                            dotRadius,
+                            ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(dotColor),
+                            12);
+                    }
+
+                    // Tooltip mit Tab-Name + Unread-Counter beim Hover.
+                    if (ImGui.IsItemHovered())
+                    {
+                        using var tt = ImRaii.Tooltip();
+                        ImGui.TextUnformatted($"{tab.Name}{unread}");
                     }
 
                     DrawTabContextMenu(tab, tabI);
 
+                    if (clicked)
+                        Plugin.WantedTab = tabI;
+
                     if (!clicked && Plugin.WantedTab != tabI)
                         continue;
 

HellionChat/Ui/Settings.cs

@@ -210,14 +210,24 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
         var fontSizeChanged = Math.Abs(Mutable.SymbolsFontSizeV2 - Plugin.Config.SymbolsFontSizeV2) > 0.001
                           || Math.Abs(Mutable.FontSizeV2 - Plugin.Config.FontSizeV2) > 0.001;
         var italicStateChanged = Mutable.ItalicEnabled != Plugin.Config.ItalicEnabled;
+        // v1.2.0 — Refilter only if a filter-relevant setting actually
+        // changed. The Clear+Refilter cycle reloads messages from the DB,
+        // which silently wipes any in-session message that wasn't
+        // persisted (Privacy-First config blocks most channels from DB).
+        // Cosmetic changes (theme, tab icons, layout flags) trigger no
+        // refilter — chat history stays intact.
+        var filtersChanged = HasFilterRelevantChanges();
 
         Plugin.Config.UpdateFrom(Mutable, true);
 
         // save after 60 frames have passed, which should hopefully not
         // commit any changes that cause a crash
         Plugin.DeferredSaveFrames = 60;
+        if (filtersChanged)
+        {
             Plugin.MessageManager.ClearAllTabs();
             Plugin.MessageManager.FilterAllTabsAsync();
+        }
 
         if (fontChanged || fontSizeChanged || italicStateChanged)
             Plugin.FontManager.BuildFonts();
@@ -233,4 +243,59 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
 
         Initialise();
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// v1.2.0 — Detects whether any setting that influences message
+    /// filtering changed between Plugin.Config and the Mutable working
+    /// copy. Used to gate the heavy ClearAllTabs+FilterAllTabsAsync cycle
+    /// in Save: cosmetic changes (theme, tab icons, layout flags) do not
+    /// touch the chat log, only filter-relevant changes do. Without this
+    /// gate, every settings save wipes the chat history of any channel
+    /// the Privacy filter blocks from being persisted to the DB —
+    /// reported by Flo from in-game testing 2026-05-05/06.
+    /// </summary>
+    private bool HasFilterRelevantChanges()
+    {
+        // Top-level privacy controls.
+        if (Mutable.PrivacyFilterEnabled != Plugin.Config.PrivacyFilterEnabled) return true;
+        if (Mutable.PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels != Plugin.Config.PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels) return true;
+        if (!Mutable.PrivacyPersistChannels.SetEquals(Plugin.Config.PrivacyPersistChannels)) return true;
+
+        // FilterIncludePreviousSessions changes the GetMostRecentMessages
+        // window in MessageManager.FilterAllTabs and is therefore filter-
+        // relevant even though it lives outside the Privacy block.
+        if (Mutable.FilterIncludePreviousSessions != Plugin.Config.FilterIncludePreviousSessions) return true;
+
+        // Per-tab channel selection. Compare persistent tabs only —
+        // TempTabs are session-only and never refiltered anyway.
+        var origPersistent = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab).ToList();
+        var newPersistent = Mutable.Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab).ToList();
+
+        if (origPersistent.Count != newPersistent.Count) return true; // add or delete
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < origPersistent.Count; i++)
+        {
+            var orig = origPersistent[i];
+            var neu = newPersistent[i];
+
+            // Identifier mismatch at the same index means reorder or
+            // a slot got swapped — treat as filter-relevant so the new
+            // channel-selection layout actually applies.
+            if (orig.Identifier != neu.Identifier) return true;
+
+            if (orig.ExtraChatAll != neu.ExtraChatAll) return true;
+            if (!orig.ExtraChatChannels.SetEquals(neu.ExtraChatChannels)) return true;
+
+            // SelectedChannels is a Dictionary<ChatType, (ChatSource, ChatSource)>
+            // — value-tuple equality already does the right thing per-pair.
+            if (orig.SelectedChannels.Count != neu.SelectedChannels.Count) return true;
+            foreach (var pair in orig.SelectedChannels)
+            {
+                if (!neu.SelectedChannels.TryGetValue(pair.Key, out var nv)) return true;
+                if (!pair.Value.Equals(nv)) return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
 }

HellionChat/Ui/SettingsTabs/Appearance.cs

@@ -45,32 +45,11 @@ internal sealed class Appearance : ISettingsTab
 
         using (ImRaii.PushIndent(ImGui.GetStyle().IndentSpacing, false))
         {
-            // v1.1.0 — Diese Settings-UI wird in Phase J durch den dedizierten
+            // v1.2.0 — Legacy HellionThemeEnabled/HellionThemeWindowOpacity-Bindings
-            // Themes-Tab ersetzt. Bis dahin bleiben die alten Toggles erhalten,
+            // entfernt. Theme-Auswahl + globale Window-Opacity leben jetzt in
-            // damit die Settings-Seite kompiliert; sie schreiben in die mit
+            // Settings → Themes (eingeführt mit v1.1.0). Hier verbleibt nur der
-            // [Obsolete] markierten Felder, die bis v1.2.0 als JSON-Safety-Net
+            // klassische OverrideStyle-Toggle plus der Bestand-WindowAlpha-Slider
-            // bestehen bleiben. Das pragma unterdrückt die CS0612-Warnungen
+            // für das Chat-Log-Fenster.
-            // gezielt für diesen Übergangs-Block.
-#pragma warning disable CS0612, CS0618
-            ImGui.Checkbox(HellionStrings.Theme_Enabled_Name, ref Mutable.HellionThemeEnabled);
-            ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(HellionStrings.Theme_Enabled_Description);
-
-            // Clamp 0.5–1.0 stays consistent with Privacy.cs which already
-            // shipped this slider; lower values would let chat windows
-            // disappear behind game UI.
-            using (ImRaii.Disabled(!Mutable.HellionThemeEnabled))
-            {
-                ImGui.SetNextItemWidth(200f * ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale);
-                var opacity = Mutable.HellionThemeWindowOpacity;
-                if (ImGui.SliderFloat($"{HellionStrings.Theme_WindowOpacity_Label}##theme-opacity", ref opacity, 0.5f, 1.0f, "%.2f"))
-                {
-                    Mutable.HellionThemeWindowOpacity = Math.Clamp(opacity, 0.5f, 1.0f);
-                }
-                ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(HellionStrings.Theme_WindowOpacity_Help);
-            }
-
-            ImGui.Spacing();
-
             ImGui.Checkbox(Language.Options_OverrideStyle_Name, ref Mutable.OverrideStyle);
             ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(Language.Options_OverrideStyle_Name_Desc);
 
@@ -79,17 +58,8 @@ internal sealed class Appearance : ISettingsTab
                 DrawStyleCombo();
             }
 
-            // The Bestand-Slider WindowAlpha targets the chat log window's
-            // background only. The Hellion theme opacity above already covers
-            // every plugin window globally, so the two sliders fight each
-            // other when the theme is active. Disable the legacy slider in
-            // that case to make Hellion theme the single source of truth.
-            using (ImRaii.Disabled(Mutable.HellionThemeEnabled))
-            {
             ImGuiUtil.DragFloatVertical(Language.Options_WindowOpacity_Name, ref Mutable.WindowAlpha, .25f, 0f, 100f, $"{Mutable.WindowAlpha:N2}%%", ImGuiSliderFlags.AlwaysClamp);
         }
-#pragma warning restore CS0612, CS0618
-        }
     }
 
     private void DrawStyleCombo()
@@ -139,7 +109,22 @@ internal sealed class Appearance : ISettingsTab
             ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(HellionStrings.Theme_UseHellionFont_Description);
             ImGui.Spacing();
 
-            using var fontDisabled = ImRaii.Disabled(Mutable.UseHellionFont);
+            // v1.2.0 — Schriftgröße muss auch bei aktiver Hellion-Schrift
+            // editierbar sein (Exo 2 ist Variable-Font, FontSizeV2 wird in
+            // FontManager als SizePt angewendet). Disabled-Wrap nur noch
+            // um den Bestand-Custom-Font-Stack (FontsEnabled-Toggle und
+            // die Font-Chooser) — der ist weiter exclusive zu HellionFont.
+            if (Mutable.UseHellionFont)
+            {
+                ImGuiUtil.FontSizeCombo(Language.Options_FontSize_Name, ref Mutable.FontSizeV2);
+                ImGui.Spacing();
+
+                ImGuiUtil.FontSizeCombo(Language.Options_SymbolsFontSize_Name, ref Mutable.SymbolsFontSizeV2);
+                ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(Language.Options_SymbolsFontSize_Description);
+
+                ImGui.Spacing();
+                return;
+            }
 
             ImGui.Checkbox(Language.Options_FontsEnabled, ref Mutable.FontsEnabled);
             ImGui.Spacing();
@@ -356,6 +341,11 @@ internal sealed class Appearance : ISettingsTab
                 ImGui.Checkbox(Language.Options_MoreCompactPretty_Name, ref Mutable.MoreCompactPretty);
                 ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(Language.Options_MoreCompactPretty_Description);
 
+                // v1.2.0 — Card-Rows als Default. Compact-Density schaltet auf den
+                // klassischen Single-Line-Mode `[HH:mm] Sender: Text` zurück.
+                ImGui.Checkbox(HellionStrings.Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Name, ref Mutable.UseCompactDensity);
+                ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(HellionStrings.Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Description);
+
                 ImGui.Checkbox(Language.Options_HideSameTimestamps_Name, ref Mutable.HideSameTimestamps);
                 ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(Language.Options_HideSameTimestamps_Description);
             }

HellionChat/Ui/SettingsTabs/Tabs.cs

@@ -91,6 +91,40 @@ internal sealed class Tabs : ISettingsTab
             }
 
             ImGui.InputText(Language.Options_Tabs_Name, ref tab.Name, 512, ImGuiInputTextFlags.EnterReturnsTrue);
+
+            // v1.2.0 — Per-Tab Icon-Override. Default-Mapping greift falls nichts gesetzt.
+            ImGui.TextUnformatted(HellionStrings.Tabs_Icon_Label);
+            ImGui.SameLine();
+            ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(HellionStrings.Tabs_Icon_HelpMarker);
+
+            var iconCurrent = string.IsNullOrEmpty(tab.Icon) ? "" : tab.Icon;
+            var iconPreview = iconCurrent.Length == 0
+                ? HellionStrings.Tabs_Icon_DefaultOption
+                : iconCurrent;
+            using (var combo = ImRaii.Combo($"##icon-{i}", iconPreview))
+            {
+                if (combo.Success)
+                {
+                    // Erste Option: Default (löscht Icon, lässt Mapping greifen).
+                    if (ImGui.Selectable(HellionStrings.Tabs_Icon_DefaultOption, iconCurrent.Length == 0))
+                    {
+                        tab.Icon = null;
+                    }
+
+                    ImGui.Separator();
+
+                    // Pool-Optionen aus TabIconGlyphResolver.PickerOptions (Single-Source-of-Truth).
+                    foreach (var option in TabIconGlyphResolver.PickerOptions)
+                    {
+                        var isSelected = string.Equals(iconCurrent, option, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                        if (ImGui.Selectable(option, isSelected))
+                        {
+                            tab.Icon = option;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             ImGui.Checkbox(Language.Options_Tabs_ShowTimestamps, ref tab.DisplayTimestamp);
             ImGui.Checkbox(Language.Options_Tabs_PopOut, ref tab.PopOut);
             if (tab.PopOut)

HellionChat/Ui/StatusBar.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Numerics;
+using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
+using Dalamud.Interface;
+using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
+using HellionChat.Code;
+using HellionChat.Resources;
+using HellionChat.Util;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Ui;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Bottom-Status-Bar (v1.2.0). Fix 22 px hoch, BorderTop als Trenner.
+/// Slots links → rechts: Channel-Indicator (Color-Dot + Channel-Name),
+/// Privacy-Badge (Lock-Icon + Privacy-Label), Counts (Tabs + Msgs),
+/// Tells (Auto-Tell-Counter, hidden bei 0), Version (rechtsbündig, muted).
+///
+/// Update-Frequenz: 1×/Sekunde. Format-Strings werden zwischen Updates
+/// gecached, damit kein Per-Frame-Format-Allocation entsteht.
+/// </summary>
+internal sealed class StatusBar
+{
+    public const float Height = 22f;
+    private const long UpdateIntervalMs = 1000;
+
+    // Cache-State — initial outdated, damit der erste Frame frisch berechnet.
+    private long _lastUpdateMs = -UpdateIntervalMs;
+    private string _cachedCountsText = string.Empty;
+    private string _cachedTellsText = string.Empty;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reine String-Logik — testbar ohne ImGui-Init.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string FormatCounts(int tabs, int messages)
+    {
+        // InvariantCulture: User-System-Locale darf das Format nicht
+        // verändern (de_DE würde sonst "1,2k" statt "1.2k" liefern).
+        var msgPart = messages >= 1000
+            ? string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0:0.0}k msg", messages / 1000.0)
+            : $"{messages} msg";
+        var tabsPart = $"{tabs} {(tabs == 1 ? "tab" : "tabs")}";
+        return $"{tabsPart} · {msgPart}";
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reine String-Logik — testbar ohne ImGui-Init.
+    /// 0 Tells → Leerstring (Slot wird ausgeblendet).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string FormatTells(int count)
+    {
+        if (count <= 0) return string.Empty;
+        return $"{count} {(count == 1 ? "tell" : "tells")}";
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Test-Hook: Cache-Logic ohne reale Time-Source verifizieren.
+    /// Nicht für Production-Render.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal (string counts, string tells) SnapshotForTest(long now, int tabs, int messages, int tells)
+    {
+        UpdateCacheIfDue(now, tabs, messages, tells);
+        return (_cachedCountsText, _cachedTellsText);
+    }
+
+    private void UpdateCacheIfDue(long now, int tabs, int messages, int tells)
+    {
+        if (now - _lastUpdateMs < UpdateIntervalMs)
+            return;
+        _cachedCountsText = FormatCounts(tabs, messages);
+        _cachedTellsText = FormatTells(tells);
+        _lastUpdateMs = now;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Render-Pfad. Aufrufer pusht bereits den HellionStyle/Theme;
+    /// wir lesen nur die aktiven Theme-Farben und zeichnen.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void Draw(Plugin plugin)
+    {
+        var theme = plugin.ThemeRegistry.Active;
+        var now = Environment.TickCount64;
+
+        // Counts pro Frame berechnen ist günstig (List<>.Count, kleine
+        // Sums); Format-String wird gecached.
+        var tabs = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count;
+        var messages = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Sum(t => t.Messages.Count);
+        var tells = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(t => t.IsTempTab);
+        UpdateCacheIfDue(now, tabs, messages, tells);
+
+        // BorderTop als Trenner — DrawList-Line, ImGui-Separator hat zu viel Padding.
+        var cursorY = ImGui.GetCursorScreenPos().Y;
+        var winLeft = ImGui.GetWindowPos().X;
+        var winRight = winLeft + ImGui.GetWindowSize().X;
+        ImGui.GetWindowDrawList().AddLine(
+            new Vector2(winLeft, cursorY),
+            new Vector2(winRight, cursorY),
+            ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.Border),
+            1f);
+
+        ImGui.Dummy(new Vector2(0, 2)); // BorderTop-Spacing
+
+        // Slot 1: Active-Channel-Indicator
+        var inputCh = plugin.CurrentTab?.CurrentChannel?.Channel ?? InputChannel.Invalid;
+        var hasChannel = inputCh != InputChannel.Invalid;
+        var chatType = inputCh.ToChatType();
+        var channelName = hasChannel ? chatType.Name() : "—";
+        var channelColor = hasChannel
+            ? (plugin.Functions.Chat.GetChannelColor(chatType) ?? theme.Colors.TextMuted)
+            : theme.Colors.TextMuted;
+        DrawDot(channelColor);
+        ImGui.SameLine();
+        ImGui.TextUnformatted(channelName);
+
+        // Slot 2: Privacy-Badge — abgeleitet aus PrivacyFilterEnabled.
+        ImGui.SameLine();
+        DrawSeparator();
+        ImGui.SameLine();
+        using (plugin.FontManager.FontAwesome.Push())
+        {
+            ImGui.TextUnformatted(FontAwesomeIcon.Lock.ToIconString());
+        }
+        ImGui.SameLine();
+        var privacyLabel = Plugin.Config.PrivacyFilterEnabled
+            ? HellionStrings.StatusBar_Privacy_Enabled
+            : HellionStrings.StatusBar_Privacy_Open;
+        ImGui.TextUnformatted(privacyLabel);
+
+        // Slot 3: Counts
+        ImGui.SameLine();
+        DrawSeparator();
+        ImGui.SameLine();
+        ImGui.TextUnformatted(_cachedCountsText);
+
+        // Slot 4: Tells (nur wenn > 0)
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_cachedTellsText))
+        {
+            ImGui.SameLine();
+            DrawSeparator();
+            ImGui.SameLine();
+            ImGui.TextUnformatted(_cachedTellsText);
+        }
+
+        // Slot 5: Version (rechtsbündig, muted)
+        var versionText = $"v{Plugin.Interface.Manifest.AssemblyVersion} · Hellion";
+        var versionWidth = ImGui.CalcTextSize(versionText).X;
+        var contentRegionMax = ImGui.GetContentRegionMax().X;
+        ImGui.SameLine(contentRegionMax - versionWidth);
+        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.TextMuted)))
+        {
+            ImGui.TextUnformatted(versionText);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void DrawDot(uint rgba)
+    {
+        var pos = ImGui.GetCursorScreenPos();
+        const float radius = 4f;
+        ImGui.GetWindowDrawList().AddCircleFilled(
+            new Vector2(pos.X + radius, pos.Y + ImGui.GetTextLineHeight() / 2f),
+            radius,
+            ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(rgba));
+        ImGui.Dummy(new Vector2(radius * 2 + 4, ImGui.GetTextLineHeight()));
+    }
+
+    private static void DrawSeparator()
+    {
+        ImGui.TextDisabled("·");
+    }
+}

HellionChat/Ui/TabIconGlyphResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+namespace HellionChat.Ui;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Reine String-Resolver-Logik ohne Dalamud-Dependency. Bewusst in
+/// eigener Datei (Dependency-Boundary auf File-Level sichtbar), damit
+/// Tests (HellionChat.Tests, Microsoft.NET.Sdk ohne Dalamud-Reference)
+/// sie aufrufen können, ohne dass die JIT beim Methodenaufruf die
+/// Dalamud-Assembly laden muss.
+///
+/// Wird im Settings-UI (T7) für die Glyph-Picker-Combobox und im
+/// Render-Code indirekt über <see cref="TabIconMapping.Resolve(Tab)"/>
+/// verwendet.
+/// </summary>
+internal static class TabIconGlyphResolver
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Picker-Options-Pool — Single Source of Truth für das Glyph-Set.
+    /// Reihenfolge ist die UI-Reihenfolge im Settings-Tab Icon-Combobox.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly IReadOnlyList<string> PickerOptions =
+        ["comment", "comments", "cog", "users", "user-friends", "link",
+         "envelope", "clock", "hashtag", "star", "heart", "bell",
+         "bookmark", "flag", "fire"];
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Glyph-Set, das überhaupt als Override akzeptiert wird. Aus
+    /// <see cref="PickerOptions"/> abgeleitet — KnownGlyphs nie
+    /// manuell pflegen.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static readonly HashSet<string> KnownGlyphs =
+        new(PickerOptions, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tab-Name → Default-Glyph-Name. Tab.Name wird per Lokalisierung
+    /// gesetzt; wir matchen daher gegen einen Pool aus DE/EN-Synonymen.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> NameDefaults = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+    {
+        ["allgemein"] = "comment",
+        ["general"] = "comment",
+        ["system"] = "cog",
+        ["free company"] = "users",
+        ["fc"] = "users",
+        ["gruppe"] = "user-friends",
+        ["group"] = "user-friends",
+        ["party"] = "user-friends",
+        ["linkshell"] = "link",
+        ["ls"] = "link",
+        ["cwls"] = "link",
+        ["tells"] = "envelope",
+        ["tell"] = "envelope",
+    };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Test-Surface: Glyph-Name-Resolver ohne Dalamud-Dependency.
+    /// Reihenfolge:
+    /// 1. Tab.Icon-Override (falls gesetzt und nicht nur Whitespace):
+    ///    a) bekannter Glyph → diesen Glyph
+    ///    b) unbekannter Glyph → harter Fallback "hashtag" (User hat
+    ///       bewusst etwas gesetzt, also überstimmt das die Defaults)
+    /// 2. Auto-Tell-Tab → <paramref name="autoTellGlyph"/> falls
+    ///    übergeben, sonst "clock".
+    /// 3. Tab-Name-Default (<see cref="NameDefaults"/>-Lookup)
+    /// 4. Fallback "hashtag"
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string ResolveGlyphName(Tab tab, string? autoTellGlyph = null)
+    {
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(tab.Icon))
+            return KnownGlyphs.Contains(tab.Icon) ? tab.Icon : "hashtag";
+
+        if (tab.IsTempTab)
+            return autoTellGlyph ?? "clock";
+
+        if (tab.Name is { } name && NameDefaults.TryGetValue(name, out var byName))
+            return byName;
+
+        return "hashtag";
+    }
+}

HellionChat/Ui/TabIconMapping.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+using Dalamud.Interface;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Ui;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Default-Icon-Mapping für Tabs. v1.2.0 Layout-Refresh nutzt das
+/// in Top-Tabs (Icon-Prefix) und Sidebar (Icon-only mit Tooltip).
+/// User können in Settings → Tabs per Tab.Icon-Override eigene
+/// FontAwesome-Glyphen setzen.
+///
+/// Diese Klasse ist Dalamud-abhängig (FontAwesomeIcon-Enum). Die
+/// reine String-Resolver-Logik liegt bewusst in
+/// <see cref="TabIconGlyphResolver"/> (eigene Datei, ohne
+/// Dalamud-Imports), damit Tests sie ohne Dalamud-Reference aufrufen
+/// können.
+/// </summary>
+internal static class TabIconMapping
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// FontAwesome-Glyph-Name → Icon-Enum-Lookup. Wird für die
+    /// Production-Resolve-API benötigt.
+    ///
+    /// INVARIANTE: Jeder Key in <see cref="GlyphLookup"/> muss auch in
+    /// <see cref="TabIconGlyphResolver.PickerOptions"/> stehen. Wird
+    /// ein Glyph zu PickerOptions hinzugefügt, aber nicht hier, fällt
+    /// die Override-Auflösung still auf <see cref="FontAwesomeIcon.Hashtag"/>
+    /// zurück (degraded, kein Crash). Build-Time-Enforcement ist nicht
+    /// möglich, weil PickerOptions ohne Dalamud-Reference auskommt.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static readonly Dictionary<string, FontAwesomeIcon> GlyphLookup = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+    {
+        ["comment"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Comment,
+        ["comments"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Comments,
+        ["cog"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Cog,
+        ["users"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Users,
+        ["user-friends"] = FontAwesomeIcon.UserFriends,
+        ["link"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Link,
+        ["envelope"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Envelope,
+        ["clock"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Clock,
+        ["hashtag"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Hashtag,
+        ["star"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Star,
+        ["heart"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Heart,
+        ["bell"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Bell,
+        ["bookmark"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Bookmark,
+        ["flag"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Flag,
+        ["fire"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Fire,
+    };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Production-Surface: liefert das Icon für einen Tab. Wrapper um
+    /// <see cref="TabIconGlyphResolver.ResolveGlyphName(Tab)"/> plus
+    /// Enum-Lookup. Wird von Render-Code (T3, T5) verwendet.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static FontAwesomeIcon Resolve(Tab tab)
+    {
+        // v1.2.0 — Auto-Tell-Tabs bekommen ein per-Partner gehashtes
+        // Icon aus dem Tell-Pool. Damit unterscheiden sich parallele
+        // Tells nicht nur über die Color (For), sondern auch über die
+        // Glyph-Form. Berechnung bleibt hier (Dalamud-bound), weil
+        // TellTarget Dalamud-Imports hat.
+        string? autoTellGlyph = null;
+        if (tab.IsTempTab && tab.TellTarget != null && tab.TellTarget.IsSet())
+        {
+            autoTellGlyph = AutoTellTabTint.IconFor(tab.TellTarget.Name, tab.TellTarget.World);
+        }
+
+        var glyph = TabIconGlyphResolver.ResolveGlyphName(tab, autoTellGlyph);
+        return GlyphLookup.TryGetValue(glyph, out var icon)
+            ? icon
+            : FontAwesomeIcon.Hashtag;
+    }
+}

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,33 @@ und verlinkt für Details auf die Release-Pages.
 
 ---
 
+## v1.2.0 — Layout Refresh (2026-05-05)
+
+### Added
+- Sidebar tab modernization: icon-only at fixed 44 px, tooltip on hover, vertical accent pill for active tab
+- Top tabs: accent underline pill replaces background fill on active tab
+- Per-tab custom icons in Settings → Tabs (15-glyph FontAwesome picker)
+- Bottom status bar (22 px): channel indicator, privacy badge, counters, tells, version — updates 1×/sec
+- Card rows as default message render: sender header in channel color, subtle border between cards
+- Compact-Density toggle in Appearance: switches back to single-line `[HH:mm] Sender: Text` layout
+- Auto-Tell tabs: per-partner hashed icon (7-glyph pool: envelope/star/heart/bell/bookmark/flag/fire) plus hashed color (12-color palette) — 84 distinct icon+color combinations
+- Unread indicator: pulsing red dot in the top-right corner of any sidebar tab icon with unread messages, 2-second sine-wave pulse, respects `Configuration.ReduceMotion`
+
+### Changed
+- Migration v14 → v15: deprecated Configuration fields `HellionThemeEnabled` and `HellionThemeWindowOpacity` removed
+- Appearance settings cleaned: legacy theme-engine bindings replaced by Themes tab (introduced in v1.1.0)
+
+### Fixed
+- Settings save no longer wipes chat history by default — the heavy `ClearAllTabs + FilterAllTabsAsync` cycle now only runs when a filter-relevant setting actually changed (Privacy filter, persisted channels, per-tab channel selection). Cosmetic changes keep the in-session chat intact
+- Identifier-based `MessageList` restore in `Configuration.UpdateFrom` plus TempTab skip in `ClearAllTabs`/`FilterAllTabs` ensure persistent tabs and Auto-Tell tabs both survive the save
+- Sidebar buttons now align vertically with the first message row (top padding mirrors the chat header toolbar height)
+- Sidebar child window no longer paints the top padding area with its frame background
+- Status bar version slot (`vX.Y.Z · Hellion`) no longer clips its rightmost character
+
+### Notes
+- Polish phase (animations, theme crossfade, header quick-picker) follows in v1.3.0
+- Top-Tab icon prefixes were considered but dropped: Dalamud's default font atlas does not include FontAwesome codepoints, so mixed-font in a single TabItem label renders as tofu. Underline pill alone is the v1.2.0 visual treatment for top tabs. Resolution would require Font-Atlas merge at FontManager level — out of scope.
+
 ## [1.1.0] — 2026-05-05 — Theme Foundation
 
 Erster großer UI-Cycle nach v1.0.0. Theme-Engine, fünf Built-In-Themes,