diff --git a/src/App.css b/src/App.css
index c7ba580..e020242 100644
--- a/src/App.css
+++ b/src/App.css
@@ -31,8 +31,15 @@ html,body,#root{height:100%}
 body{
   font-family:var(--font);color:var(--txt);background:var(--bg);
   -webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;letter-spacing:.1px;overflow:hidden;
+  /* native-app feel: UI chrome text isn't selectable (this is not a web page) */
+  -webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;cursor:default;
 }
 button{font-family:var(--font)}
+/* …but keep selection where copying/editing text is genuinely useful */
+input,textarea,[contenteditable="true"],
+.code,.code-body,.code-edit,.termout,.termbody,.blame-body,.diff-body,.diff,.logbody,.explain-body{
+  -webkit-user-select:text;user-select:text;cursor:auto;
+}
 
 /* height divided by the zoom factor: CSS `zoom` shrinks the box but `vh` still
    measures the unzoomed viewport, so without this a gap grows below at zoom<1 */
@@ -172,7 +179,7 @@ body.resizing{cursor:col-resize!important;user-select:none}
   background:linear-gradient(145deg,var(--accent-2),var(--accent-deep));display:grid;place-items:center;flex:0 0 auto;box-shadow:0 0 8px rgba(124,110,246,.4)}
 .chk svg{width:10px;height:10px;color:#fff}
 .chk{cursor:pointer}
-.chk.empty{background:transparent;border-color:var(--border);box-shadow:none}
+.chk.off{background:transparent;border-color:var(--border);box-shadow:none}
 .crumb{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:4px;font-family:var(--mono);font-size:12px;flex-wrap:wrap}
 .crumb .seg{color:var(--accent-2);cursor:pointer}.crumb .seg:hover{text-decoration:underline}
 .crumb .sep{color:var(--faint)}
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index fb6dfdc..5e61fa4 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1181,8 +1181,7 @@ function Workbench({ info, session, light, toggleTheme, lang, setLang, zoom, set
                 </div>
               )}
               <div className="chhead">
-                <span className={"chk" + (allChecked ? "" : " empty")} onClick={toggleAll} title={allChecked ? t("Deselect all") : t("Select all")}
-                  style={{ width: 16, height: 16, minWidth: 16, flex: "0 0 16px", boxSizing: "border-box", alignSelf: "center" }}>{allChecked ? I.check : null}</span>
+                <span className={"chk" + (allChecked ? "" : " off")} onClick={toggleAll} title={allChecked ? t("Deselect all") : t("Select all")}>{allChecked ? I.check : null}</span>
                 <span>{t("{a} of {b} selected", { a: checked.size, b: view.length })}</span>
                 <button className={"scanbtn" + ((busy || scanning) ? " spinning" : "")} style={{ marginLeft: "auto" }} onClick={() => refresh()} disabled={busy || scanning} title={t("Re-read open files (p4 opened)")}>
                   {I.sync}<span>{scanning ? t("Scanning…") : t("Refresh")}</span>