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

@@ -57,6 +57,28 @@ fun NoteCard(
     val haptics = LocalHapticFeedback.current
     var menuOpen by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
 
+    // NAMED rather than written inline in the chain below, and not for taste: ktlint's
+    // chain-method-continuation wants the next `.` glued to the closing paren of a
+    // multiline element — `).background(…)` — which is worse to read than a modifier
+    // with a name. Every other multiline element in this codebase happens to be last
+    // in its chain, so this is the first place the rule bites.
+    val opening =
+        Modifier.combinedClickable(
+            onClickLabel = stringResource(R.string.board_open_note),
+            onLongClickLabel = stringResource(R.string.board_note_actions),
+            onLongClick = {
+                // Fired HERE rather than when the menu appears. A long press is
+                // confirmed by the system before the popup has laid out, and the whole
+                // point of the buzz is to say "that registered" at the moment your
+                // finger has been still long enough — a menu that arrives with no tick
+                // under it reads as a phone that missed the gesture and then changed
+                // its mind.
+                haptics.performHapticFeedback(HapticFeedbackType.LongPress)
+                menuOpen = true
+            },
+            onClick = onOpen,
+        )
+
     // The Box exists only to anchor the menu. A DropdownMenu is a popup and takes no
     // space, so the card's size is still the Column's.
     Box {
@@ -68,24 +90,11 @@ fun NoteCard(
                     // separate a white card from a #fafafa board, and the web's own
                     // `shadow-sm` is the value it is matching.
                     .shadow(CARD_ELEVATION, RoundedCornerShape(CARD_RADIUS))
-                    // Clipped BEFORE clickable, so the ripple is bounded by the card's
-                    // rounded corners instead of a rectangle overhanging them.
+                    // Clipped BEFORE the click modifier, so the ripple is bounded by the
+                    // card's rounded corners instead of a rectangle overhanging them —
+                    // and BEFORE padding, so the padded edge is still a tap target.
                     .clip(RoundedCornerShape(CARD_RADIUS))
-                    .combinedClickable(
-                        onClickLabel = stringResource(R.string.board_open_note),
-                        onLongClickLabel = stringResource(R.string.board_note_actions),
-                        onLongClick = {
-                            // Fired HERE rather than when the menu appears. A long press
-                            // is confirmed by the system before the popup has laid out,
-                            // and the whole point of the buzz is to say "that registered"
-                            // at the moment your finger has been still long enough — a
-                            // menu that arrives with no tick under it reads as a phone
-                            // that missed the gesture and then changed its mind.
-                            haptics.performHapticFeedback(HapticFeedbackType.LongPress)
-                            menuOpen = true
-                        },
-                        onClick = onOpen,
-                    )
+                    .then(opening)
                     .background(noteCardColor(note, dark))
                     // ONE grey edge on every card, regardless of its colour — the tint is
                     // deliberately not consulted here. See CARD_EDGE_DARK.

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

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import androidx.compose.material3.ExperimentalMaterial3Api
 import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.Scaffold
 import androidx.compose.material3.Surface
-import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
@@ -25,9 +24,7 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
 import androidx.compose.runtime.saveable.rememberSaveable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
-import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
-import com.fabledsword.thoughtsync.R
 import com.fabledsword.thoughtsync.core.Label
 import com.fabledsword.thoughtsync.core.Note
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay