astrolabe/docs/ux-second-pass.md

UX second pass — batched council review

A running parking lot of small UX / interaction decisions deferred for a batched /council 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

(none — the 2026-06-12 batch resolved all parked items: type-cycle chip → direct-pick SelectControl; field-assignment flow → explicit channel chooser + visible armed state, drag still deferred; "or constant" → "Use a constant" ghost button; chart-level controls → properties strip under the preview. Resolutions recorded in architecture/10 §5 and spec/06.)

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).