# UX second pass — batched council review

A running parking lot of small UX / interaction decisions deferred for a **batched
[`/council`](../.claude/skills/council/SKILL.md) review**, rather than gating each one the
moment it surfaces. Append quirks here as they come up; resolve them together in one pass,
record the resolution into the contract (`docs/architecture/09`+`10` and the relevant
`docs/spec/`), then delete the row.

## Open

- **Chart theme picker placement & header crowding** (`LivePreview.tsx` — ChartThemeControl).
  The picker sits in the preview header because nesting a SelectControl inside the
  PreviewSettings popover is impossible today (one-open-popover registry: the select would
  close/unmount its own parent). Header now holds Fit + theme + export + gear; at narrow
  pane widths the long trigger labels ("FiveThirtyEight", "Urban Institute") may crowd it.
  Council questions: does the picker deserve header prominence (the "transform your chart"
  showcase) or settings-cluster placement (a persistent global pref); should the popover
  registry learn nesting; 16 flat options — group presets under a heading?

## Deferred (not design debts, revisit on demand)

- **Drag-and-drop field assignment** — chips are click/keyboard-first by design; drag would
  be a progressive enhancement on top of the chooser model, not a replacement. Revisit if
  real usage asks for it (likely alongside Phase 4 faceting, where drag-to-shelf reads most
  naturally).