frontend/dashboard.css

@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
 .mobile-task-action { min-width:0; min-height:44px; padding:6px 2px; border:0; border-radius:8px; background:transparent; display:grid; place-items:center; gap:2px; font-size:12px; }
 .mobile-task-action[hidden] { display:none; }
 .mobile-task-action[aria-current="page"] { color:#bfdbfe; background:#17365a; outline:1px solid #31577f; }
-.mobile-task-count { min-width:18px; min-height:18px; padding:1px 5px; border-radius:999px; background:#31577f; font-size:11px; line-height:16px; }
+.mobile-task-count { min-width:18px; min-height:18px; max-width:100%; padding:1px 5px; border-radius:999px; background:#31577f; font-size:10px; line-height:16px; white-space:nowrap; }
 .mobile-task-deadline { padding:1px 5px; border-radius:999px; color:#fef3c7; background:#92400e; font-size:10px; line-height:14px; }
 .attention-interruption:not([hidden]) { max-width:100%; display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:space-between; gap:10px; margin:0 0 12px; padding:10px 12px; border:1px solid #31577f; border-radius:10px; background:#102641; }
 .attention-interruption button { min-height:44px; flex:0 0 auto; }

frontend/index.html

@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@
   <button class="mobile-task-action" data-mobile-task="find" type="button">Find</button>
   <button class="mobile-task-action" data-mobile-task="new" type="button">New</button>
   <button class="mobile-task-action" data-mobile-task="search" type="button">Search</button>
-  <button class="mobile-task-action" data-mobile-task="queues" type="button" aria-label="Queues, 0 items"><span>Queues <span class="mobile-task-count" id="mobile-queue-count" hidden>0</span></span><span class="mobile-task-deadline" id="mobile-deadline-count" hidden>0 due</span></button>
+  <button class="mobile-task-action" data-mobile-task="queues" type="button" aria-label="Queues: no active queues; no upcoming deadlines"><span>Queues <span class="mobile-task-count" id="mobile-queue-count" hidden>0 active</span></span><span class="mobile-task-deadline" id="mobile-deadline-count" hidden>0 due</span></button>
 </nav>
 
 <div class="footer">Creative AI-imbued UI • stackchain-dashboard</div>

frontend/mobile-task-dock.js

@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@
   function updateQueues(counts) {
     const names = 'today agenda attention update later draft'.split(' ');
     const normalized = Object.fromEntries(names.map(name => [name, Math.max(0, Number(counts?.[name]) || 0)]));
-    const total = ['today', 'attention', 'later', 'draft'].reduce((sum, name) => sum + normalized[name], 0);
+    const actionableNames = ['today', 'attention', 'update', 'later', 'draft'];
+    const active = actionableNames.reduce((total, name) => total + (normalized[name] > 0 ? 1 : 0), 0);
     Object.entries(options.queueCounts || {}).forEach(([name, element]) => {
       element.textContent = String(normalized[name] || 0);
     });
@@ -105,8 +106,8 @@
       'aria-label', 'Updates, ' + normalized.update + ' unread conversations'
     );
     if (options.queueBadge) {
-      options.queueBadge.textContent = String(total);
+      options.queueBadge.textContent = active + ' active';
-      options.queueBadge.hidden = total === 0;
+      options.queueBadge.hidden = active === 0;
     }
     if (options.deadlineBadge) {
       options.deadlineBadge.textContent = normalized.agenda + ' due';
@@ -116,10 +117,16 @@
       if (normalized.agenda > 0) options.queueRows.agenda.setAttribute('data-deadlines', 'true');
       else options.queueRows.agenda.removeAttribute('data-deadlines');
     }
-    const deadlineLabel = normalized.agenda > 0
+    const label = active === 0 && normalized.agenda === 0
-      ? ', ' + normalized.agenda + ' upcoming deadlines'
+      ? 'Queues: no active queues; no upcoming deadlines'
-      : '';
+      : 'Queues: Today ' + normalized.today
-    buttons.queues?.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Queues, ' + total + ' items' + deadlineLabel);
+        + ', Agenda ' + normalized.agenda + ' due'
+        + ', Attention ' + normalized.attention
+        + ', Updates ' + normalized.update
+        + ', Later ' + normalized.later
+        + ', Drafts ' + normalized.draft
+        + '; ' + active + ' active ' + (active === 1 ? 'queue' : 'queues');
+    buttons.queues?.setAttribute('aria-label', label);
   }
 
   return {start, select, refreshVisibility, updateAttention, updateQueues, updateWork};

tests/test_mobile_task_dock.py

@@ -314,14 +314,22 @@ queues.click(); rows.recaps.click();
 const closedAfterUtility = !sheet.open;
 queues.click(); close.click();
 const populated = {{
+  badge:badge.textContent, badgeHidden:badge.hidden,
   deadline:deadline.textContent, deadlineHidden:deadline.hidden,
   agendaDue:rows.agenda.attributes['data-deadlines'] || null,
   badgeLabel:queues.attributes['aria-label'],
 }};
+dock.updateQueues({{today:0, agenda:0, attention:0, update:7, later:0, draft:0}});
+const updatesOnly = {{
+  badge:badge.textContent, badgeHidden:badge.hidden,
+  deadlineHidden:deadline.hidden,
+  badgeLabel:queues.attributes['aria-label'],
+}};
 dock.updateQueues({{today:0, agenda:0, attention:0, update:0, later:0, draft:0}});
 process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{
   opened, closedAfterSelect, closedAfterUtility, selected, utilities,
-  badge:badge.textContent, populated,
+  badge:badge.textContent, populated, updatesOnly,
+  clearedBadgeHidden:badge.hidden,
   clearedDeadlineHidden:deadline.hidden,
   clearedAgendaDue:rows.agenda.attributes['data-deadlines'] || null,
   clearedBadgeLabel:queues.attributes['aria-label'],
@@ -340,12 +348,25 @@ process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{
         "closedAfterUtility": True,
         "selected": ["update"],
         "utilities": ["recaps:trigger"],
-        # Updates are a drill-down within Attention and must not inflate the aggregate badge.
+        "badge": "0 active",
-        "badge": "0",
+        "populated": {
-        "populated": {"badgeLabel": "Queues, 10 items, 5 upcoming deadlines", "deadline": "5 due", "deadlineHidden": False, "agendaDue": "true"},
+            "badge": "5 active",
+            "badgeHidden": False,
+            "badgeLabel": "Queues: Today 2, Agenda 5 due, Attention 1, Updates 5, Later 3, Drafts 4; 5 active queues",
+            "deadline": "5 due",
+            "deadlineHidden": False,
+            "agendaDue": "true",
+        },
+        "updatesOnly": {
+            "badge": "1 active",
+            "badgeHidden": False,
+            "deadlineHidden": True,
+            "badgeLabel": "Queues: Today 0, Agenda 0 due, Attention 0, Updates 7, Later 0, Drafts 0; 1 active queue",
+        },
+        "clearedBadgeHidden": True,
         "clearedDeadlineHidden": True,
         "clearedAgendaDue": None,
-        "clearedBadgeLabel": "Queues, 0 items",
+        "clearedBadgeLabel": "Queues: no active queues; no upcoming deadlines",
         "counts": {"today": "0", "agenda": "0", "attention": "0", "update": "0", "later": "0", "draft": "0", "recaps": "0"},
         "updateLabel": "Updates, 0 unread conversations",
         "queueFocuses": 3,