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

@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Close
 import androidx.compose.material3.Checkbox
 import androidx.compose.material3.Icon
 import androidx.compose.material3.IconButton
+import androidx.compose.material3.LocalMinimumInteractiveComponentSize
 import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionLocalProvider
 import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
@@ -136,6 +138,10 @@ private fun TaskBlock(
     onEnter: () -> Unit,
     onDelete: () -> Unit,
 ) {
+    // Material sizes every interactive component to a 48dp touch target, and on a
+    // checklist that IS the row height — which is why six items filled a phone screen
+    // even after the field's own padding came off.
+    CompositionLocalProvider(LocalMinimumInteractiveComponentSize provides ROW_TOUCH) {
         Row(verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically) {
             Checkbox(
                 checked = block.checked == true,
@@ -167,6 +173,18 @@ private fun TaskBlock(
             }
         }
     }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The touch target for a checklist row's controls.
+ *
+ * Material's floor is 48dp and this is deliberately under it. That floor is sized for
+ * a control somebody has to find; a checklist box sits in a predictable column with an
+ * identical box directly above and below, and the cost of a near miss is ticking the
+ * neighbouring item — visible, and undone by tapping again. Trading twelve of those
+ * dp for a list that fits on a screen is what was asked for, twice.
+ */
+private val ROW_TOUCH = 36.dp
 
 /**
  * The field a block is typed into.