The tag goes at the top of the card, where it gets looked at

Label chips sat under the body, the checklist, the attachments and the link
previews. On a tall note that puts the one thing saying what a note IS below
the fold of a glance — and a board is scanned, not read. "Which of these is
about the thing I am looking for" should be the first thing the eye lands on.

Above the body rather than beside it: the body's first line is the note's
NAME (M13 steps 3 and 4), and a chip floated next to it would compete with
the thing that identifies the note. A row of its own costs one line, and only
on notes that carry tags.

Both surfaces, same order. Does not depend on tag lifting, which is a much
larger change — see the task.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/thoughtsync/ui/NoteCard.kt

@@ -58,9 +58,23 @@ fun NoteCard(
                 .border(1.dp, if (dark) CARD_EDGE_DARK else CARD_EDGE_LIGHT, RoundedCornerShape(CARD_RADIUS))
                 .padding(12.dp),
     ) {
-        // Body then checklist, in order — a note can carry both (M13 step 2), and
-        // nothing above them: the first line of the body IS the note's name, at the
-        // same weight as the rest of it (M13 steps 3 and 4).
+        // TAGS FIRST. They used to sit under everything else, which on a tall note put
+        // the one thing that says what a note IS below the fold of a glance. A board is
+        // scanned, not read, and the answer to "which of these is about the thing I am
+        // looking for" should be the first thing the eye lands on rather than the last.
+        //
+        // Above the body rather than beside it, because the body's first line is the
+        // note's NAME (M13 steps 3 and 4) and a chip floated next to it would compete
+        // with the thing that identifies the note. A row of its own costs one line and
+        // only on notes that have tags at all.
+        if (note.labels.isNotEmpty()) {
+            LabelChips(labels = note.labels)
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(8.dp))
+        }
+
+        // Body then checklist, in order — a note can carry both (M13 step 2). The
+        // first line of the body IS the note's name, at the same weight as the rest of
+        // it (M13 steps 3 and 4).
         if (note.body.isNotBlank()) {
             NoteBody(note = note, onToggleItem = onToggleItem)
         }
@@ -76,11 +90,6 @@ fun NoteCard(
             )
         }
 
-        if (note.labels.isNotEmpty()) {
-            Spacer(Modifier.height(8.dp))
-            LabelChips(labels = note.labels)
-        }
-
         note.remindAt?.let { at ->
             Spacer(Modifier.height(8.dp))
             ReminderChip(instant = at, recurrence = note.recurrence)