fix(r3): fold heid's code review — equal stage widths, the axis guard, players, and tests that read the observable

The one drift: the separator was a border on B, making B's stage 1px
narrower than A's; it is now a 1px column gap, so the stages are the same
size to the pixel. Tests now read what the contract promises instead of a
proxy: the strip's ring order, the full bakeoff sequence, 1:1 and Fit by
geometry, the 900px break from both sides, A wrapping, each form naming its
own item, a sibling-prefix symlink, both reveals, the strip's flag, the back
arrow unlinked, a one-axis picture, a focused player, two videos with no
toggle. The contract names .cmp-cap, a press on a stage, INV-4's URL-driven
picker and the redirect branch's isinstance check. r3.toml gains ten rows.

booth/templates/base.html

@@ -860,10 +860,13 @@
   /* The sides share ONE set of rows (subgrid): a caption under A takes its
      height from both stages alike, never from A's alone — two stages of
      different sizes would draw the same picture at two scales in Fit. */
-  .cmp-body{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) minmax(0,1fr);
-    grid-template-rows:auto minmax(0,1fr) auto;min-height:0}
-  .cmp-side{display:grid;grid-row:1 / -1;grid-template-rows:subgrid;min-width:0;min-height:0}
-  .cmp-side+.cmp-side{border-left:1px solid var(--border-subtle)}
+  /* The separator is a 1px column GAP showing the body's background, never a
+     border on B: a border comes out of one side's width alone, and the two
+     stages must be the same size to the pixel (heid code-review, hulda). */
+  .cmp-body{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) minmax(0,1fr);column-gap:1px;
+    background:var(--border-subtle);grid-template-rows:auto minmax(0,1fr) auto;min-height:0}
+  .cmp-side{display:grid;grid-row:1 / -1;grid-template-rows:subgrid;min-width:0;min-height:0;
+    background:var(--surface-sunken)}
   .cmp-head{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;min-width:0;padding:8px 12px;
     border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-subtle);background:var(--surface-base)}
   .cmp-label{flex:1;min-width:0;font-family:var(--font-mono);font-size:var(--size-caption);color:var(--text-body);
@@ -909,7 +912,7 @@
     .viewer.review.compare{display:block}
     .cmp-body{grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr);grid-template-rows:none}
     .cmp-side{grid-row:auto;grid-template-rows:auto auto auto}
-    .cmp-side+.cmp-side{border-left:0;border-top:1px solid var(--border-subtle)}
+    .cmp-side+.cmp-side{border-top:1px solid var(--border-subtle)}
     .review.compare .vstage{height:45vh}
     .cmp-keys{display:none}
   }

docs/contracts/r3_compare.contract.md

@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ assumptions:
 - **A missing or empty param is a 404, not FastAPI's 422.** The review
   declares `f: str` and so answers 422 when `f` is absent. Compare declares
   `a: str = ""` and `b: str = ""`, 404s an empty one, and checks each with the
-  same `isinstance(str)` the view branch gives `f`.
+  same `isinstance(str)` that `_mark_redirect`'s `back=view` branch gives `f`
+  (the view route itself declares `f: str` and checks nothing more).
 - **Route order:** the compare route is registered BEFORE the catch-all
   `/b/{name}/{filepath:path}`, as view is. Accepted, and written down: a booth
   FILE literally named `compare` is unreachable at `/b/<name>/compare`. This
@@ -71,8 +72,9 @@ assumptions:
   - Each frame is marked `A`, `B`, or nothing (both marks when `a == b`).
   - With JS, a click on a frame sets the ACTIVE side to that item and stays on
     the compare page. The active side defaults to B.
-  - The active side wears the SVOS reticle (the one selection device). A click
-    on either stage, or the key `X`, makes that side (or the other) active.
+  - The active side wears the SVOS reticle (the one selection device). A press
+    on either stage (pointerdown, so starting a 1:1 pan there also makes it
+    active), or the key `X`, makes that side (or the other) active.
   - **The active side lives on a NON-region element**, the side's wrapper
     around its stage, and in the URL's `side` (C2), rewritten in place when it
     changes. An in-place save swaps regions (strip, labels, flags), and
@@ -131,8 +133,9 @@ assumptions:
   review's.
 - **The two stages are always the same size.** The sides share one set of rows
   (subgrid), so a caption under one side takes its height from both stages,
-  never from that side's alone. Two stages of different sizes would draw the
-  same picture at two scales in Fit.
+  never from that side's alone, and the separator between them is a column
+  gap, never a border that comes out of one side's width. Two stages of
+  different sizes would draw the same picture at two scales in Fit.
 - **At phone width (600px and below) a top bar that cannot hold its controls
   WRAPS** instead of scrolling the page sideways or crushing a control. This
   applies to the review's bar too, which gains the Compare control (only its
@@ -245,8 +248,9 @@ assumptions:
   - compare.html carries `{% block html_attrs %} data-booth="{{ name }}"`,
     because without it Reveal all's script and the head script's reveal
     restore both bail (S6, r2b's mutation row for the review).
-- **Each side's caption** shows under its stage, clamped to 20vh with its own
-  scroll, the same element style as the review's `.vcap`.
+- **Each side's caption** shows under its stage in `.cmp-cap`: the review's
+  `.vcap` type (size, leading, colour, pre-wrap), clamped to 20vh rather than
+  the review's 30vh, with its own scroll. Two sides share the height.
 
 ## Invariants
 
@@ -261,7 +265,8 @@ assumptions:
   would apply a stored 1:1, which is itself a script): two Fit stages. Both
   sides' flag forms are present, so choosing which side to flag needs no
   picker; per-side and linked step
-  links; filmstrip links that set B; flag forms that land back on the same pair.
+  links; filmstrip links that replace the URL's active side (B by default,
+  C2); flag forms that land back on the same pair.
   Nothing judgment-bearing hides behind a script.
 - **INV-5 — one record of the stage mode**, shared with the review:
   `stage-one` on `<html>`. Storage never raises.

tests/mutations/r3.toml

@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ label = "C4 a caption takes its height from one stage only (Fit draws the two at
 file = "booth/templates/base.html"
 test = "tests/test_compare_browser.py::test_two_stages_side_by_side_wide_and_stacked_narrow"
 old = '''
-  .cmp-side{display:grid;grid-row:1 / -1;grid-template-rows:subgrid;min-width:0;min-height:0}'''
+  .cmp-side{display:grid;grid-row:1 / -1;grid-template-rows:subgrid;'''
 new = '''
-  .cmp-side{display:grid;grid-row:1 / -1;grid-template-rows:auto minmax(0,1fr) auto;min-width:0;min-height:0}'''
+  .cmp-side{display:grid;grid-row:1 / -1;grid-template-rows:auto minmax(0,1fr) auto;'''
 
 [[mutation]]
 label = "C4 stacked, a stage keeps the review's 60vh"
@@ -418,6 +418,99 @@ old = '''
 new = '''
 '''
 
+# ---- the heid code-review fold (01M3AJXX8RH4QZPY5D1DQWQQGQ)
+
+[[mutation]]
+label = "C4 the separator is a border on B (B's stage 1px narrower than A's)"
+file = "booth/templates/base.html"
+test = "tests/test_compare_browser.py::test_two_stages_side_by_side_wide_and_stacked_narrow"
+old = '''
+    background:var(--surface-sunken)}'''
+new = '''
+    background:var(--surface-sunken)}
+  .cmp-side+.cmp-side{border-left:1px solid var(--border-subtle)}'''
+
+[[mutation]]
+label = "C4 the stack break drifts to 1000px"
+file = "booth/templates/base.html"
+test = "tests/test_compare_browser.py::test_two_stages_side_by_side_wide_and_stacked_narrow"
+old = '''
+  @media (max-width:900px){
+    .viewer.review.compare{display:block}'''
+new = '''
+  @media (max-width:1000px){
+    .viewer.review.compare{display:block}'''
+
+[[mutation]]
+label = "C4 a side with nothing to scroll on an axis does not ignore it (0/0 resets the other)"
+file = "booth/templates/compare.html"
+test = "tests/test_compare_browser.py::test_an_axis_with_nothing_to_scroll_is_ignored"
+old = '''
+      if (fy > 0 && ty > 0) t = from.scrollTop / fy * ty;'''
+new = '''
+      if (ty > 0) t = from.scrollTop / fy * ty;'''
+
+[[mutation]]
+label = "C4 two videos get a Fit | 1:1 toggle"
+file = "booth/app.py"
+test = "tests/test_compare.py::test_a_video_or_track_plays_in_its_own_stage_and_two_get_no_toggle"
+old = '''
+                "any_image": any(by_rel[r].kind == "image" for r in (a, b)),'''
+new = '''
+                "any_image": True,'''
+
+[[mutation]]
+label = "C3 Space on a focused player steps the pair"
+file = "booth/templates/compare.html"
+test = "tests/test_compare_browser.py::test_the_keys_keep_the_reviews_guards_and_c_toggles_the_view"
+old = '''e.target.closest('button, a, summary, video, audio')'''
+new = '''e.target.closest('button, a, summary')'''
+
+[[mutation]]
+label = "C3 there is no back arrow"
+file = "booth/templates/compare.html"
+test = "tests/test_compare_browser.py::test_unlinked_moves_only_the_active_side_and_the_strip_picks_it"
+old = '''
+      else if (k === 'ArrowLeft') step(-1);'''
+new = '''
+'''
+
+[[mutation]]
+label = "C1 containment is a bare prefix (a sibling booth sharing the name opens)"
+file = "booth/app.py"
+test = "tests/test_compare.py::test_an_outside_symlink_in_the_ring_is_404"
+old = '''
+        if not str(target).startswith(str(booth) + os.sep) or not target.is_file():
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="no such item")'''
+new = '''
+        if not str(target).startswith(str(booth)) or not target.is_file():
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="no such item")'''
+
+[[mutation]]
+label = "C1 the strip is not in ring order"
+file = "booth/app.py"
+test = "tests/test_compare.py::test_compare_renders_the_pair"
+old = '''
+                 "pick_a": url(r, b), "pick_b": url(a, r)} for r in ring]'''
+new = '''
+                 "pick_a": url(r, b), "pick_b": url(a, r)} for r in ring[::-1]]'''
+
+[[mutation]]
+label = "C6 each reveal lifts B's blur whichever side it sits on"
+file = "booth/templates/compare.html"
+test = "tests/test_compare_browser.py::test_blur_is_honest_on_both_sides"
+old = '''
+      var stage = sides[btn.getAttribute('data-side')].querySelector('.vstage');'''
+new = '''
+      var stage = sides.b.querySelector('.vstage');'''
+
+[[mutation]]
+label = "C5 the strip does not show a flag made in place"
+file = "booth/templates/compare.html"
+test = "tests/test_compare_browser.py::test_a_flags_A_in_place_and_the_stages_survive"
+old = '''<a class="film-f{% if x.flagged %} is-flagged{% endif %}'''
+new = '''<a class="film-f'''
+
 # Accepted, not rowed: the mode's `onChange: settleAll` (re-deciding which stage
 # can pan) is redundant with compare's ResizeObserver — 1:1 drops the stage's
 # padding, so every mode change resizes the stage's content box and the

tests/test_compare.py

@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ def test_compare_renders_the_pair(tmp_path):
     assert "p.png" in label_a and "#1" in label_a, label_a
     assert "r.png" in label_b and "#3" in label_b, label_b
     assert _frames(body) == {"p.png": "A", "q.png": "", "r.png": "B", "s.png": ""}
+    assert list(_frames(body)) == ["p.png", "q.png", "r.png", "s.png"], "the strip is in RING order"
+    # each side's flag form names its OWN item
+    for key, rel in (("a", "p.png"), ("b", "r.png")):
+        form = re.search(r'data-region="flag-%s".*?</form>' % key, body, re.S).group(0)
+        assert f'name="target" value="{rel}"' in form, (key, form)
 
 
 def _four(root: pathlib.Path) -> pathlib.Path:
@@ -103,9 +108,16 @@ def test_an_outside_symlink_in_the_ring_is_404(tmp_path):
     outside.write_bytes(PNG)
     (b / "zz-link.png").symlink_to(outside)
     assert "zz-link.png" in review_chain(booth_items(b)), "the fixture must put it in the ring"
+    # a SIBLING whose name shares the booth's prefix is outside too (the
+    # containment check compares with the separator, never a bare prefix)
+    sib = tmp_path / "g-extra"
+    sib.mkdir()
+    (sib / "x.png").write_bytes(PNG)
+    (b / "zz-sib.png").symlink_to(sib / "x.png")
     c = _client(tmp_path)
-    assert c.get("/b/g/compare?a=zz-link.png&b=p.png").status_code == 404
-    assert c.get("/b/g/compare?a=p.png&b=zz-link.png").status_code == 404
+    for rel in ("zz-link.png", "zz-sib.png"):
+        assert c.get(f"/b/g/compare?a={rel}&b=p.png").status_code == 404, rel
+        assert c.get(f"/b/g/compare?a=p.png&b={rel}").status_code == 404, rel
 
 
 def test_a_look_records_both_seen(tmp_path):
@@ -144,6 +156,18 @@ def test_no_data_region_repeats(tmp_path):
     assert _frames(body)["q.png"] == "AB", "a == b marks the one frame both ways"
 
 
+def test_a_video_or_track_plays_in_its_own_stage_and_two_get_no_toggle(tmp_path):
+    """C4: video and audio play in their own stage; the Fit | 1:1 toggle is
+    bound only when a side is a picture, so two videos get none."""
+    _booth(tmp_path, "g", {"a.webm": b"\x1aE\xdf\xa3", "b.mp3": b"ID3", "c.png": PNG})
+    c = _client(tmp_path)
+    body = c.get("/b/g/compare?a=a.webm&b=b.mp3").text
+    assert re.search(r'<video class="cmp-media"[^>]*src="a.webm"', body)
+    assert re.search(r'<audio class="cmp-media"[^>]*src="b.mp3"', body)
+    assert 'id="vtoggle"' not in body
+    assert 'id="vtoggle"' in c.get("/b/g/compare?a=a.webm&b=c.png").text
+
+
 # ---- C3: stepping --------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def _ring6(root: pathlib.Path) -> pathlib.Path:
@@ -170,6 +194,8 @@ def test_linked_steps_keep_the_distance_and_wrap(tmp_path):
     assert _step(body, "both-next") == ("04.png", "07.png")
     body = c.get("/b/g/compare?a=04.png&b=07.png").text
     assert _step(body, "both-next") == ("05.png", "01.png")
+    body = c.get("/b/g/compare?a=07.png&b=02.png").text
+    assert _step(body, "both-next") == ("01.png", "04.png"), "A wraps as B does"
     body = c.get("/b/g/compare?a=01.png&b=05.png").text
     assert _step(body, "both-prev") == ("07.png", "04.png")
     # each side on its own moves only itself, and wraps the same way
@@ -214,6 +240,8 @@ def test_view_state_rides_the_links(tmp_path):
     frame = re.search(r'<a class="film-f[^"]*"\s+href="([^"]+)" data-rel="q.png"', body).group(1)
     assert parse_qs(urlsplit(frame.replace("&amp;", "&")).query) == {
         "a": ["q.png"], "b": ["r.png"], "side": ["a"], "link": ["0"]}
+    links = _compare_links(c.get("/b/g/compare?a=p.png&b=r.png&link=0").text)
+    assert links and all(h.endswith("&link=0") and "side=" not in h for h in links), links
     for odd in ("side=z&link=maybe", "side=A&link=00", "side=&link="):
         r = c.get(f"/b/g/compare?a=p.png&b=r.png&{odd}")
         assert r.status_code == 200, odd
@@ -227,7 +255,9 @@ def test_view_state_rides_the_links(tmp_path):
 
 def _flag(c: TestClient, form: dict, accept: str | None = None):
     headers = {"accept": accept} if accept else {}
-    return c.post("/b/g/flag", data={"target": "q.png", "on": "1", **form}, headers=headers)
+    r = c.post("/b/g/flag", data={"target": "q.png", "on": "1", **form}, headers=headers)
+    assert r.status_code == (204 if accept else 303), (form, r.status_code)
+    return r
 
 
 def test_a_flag_without_js_lands_on_the_same_pair(tmp_path):

tests/test_compare_browser.py

@@ -39,15 +39,17 @@ _BOXES = """() => [...document.querySelectorAll('.cmp-side .vstage')].map(s => {
 
 
 def test_two_stages_side_by_side_wide_and_stacked_narrow(browser, live):
-    """The tracer. At 1440 A and B share one row, A on the left, each about
-    half the body. At 390 they stack, A above B, each at most 45vh tall."""
+    """The tracer. Above 900px A and B share one row, A on the left, each
+    exactly half the body — the SAME width, so equal pictures have equal
+    ranges. At 900px and below (the review's break) they stack, A above B,
+    each at most 45vh tall."""
     base, root = live
     from booth.app import set_blurred
     b = _pics(root, {"a.png": (800, 600), "b.png": (800, 600)})
     (b / "a.png.txt").write_text("a caption on A only, " * 8)
     set_blurred(b, "b.png", True)             # the bar carries Reveal all too: its fullest
     got = {}
-    for w, h in ((1440, 900), (390, 844)):
+    for w, h in ((1440, 900), (901, 800), (900, 800), (390, 844)):
         page = browser.new_page(viewport={"width": w, "height": h})
         _open(page, f"{base}/b/g/compare?a=a.png&b=b.png")
         got[w] = (page.evaluate(_BOXES), h,
@@ -67,7 +69,13 @@ def test_two_stages_side_by_side_wide_and_stacked_narrow(browser, live):
     # the SAME stage for both, or Fit draws one smaller: A's caption must not
     # take its height from A's stage alone
     assert abs(a["h"] - b["h"]) <= 1 and abs(a["b"] - b["b"]) <= 1, (a, b)
+    # ...and the same width: a separator must not come out of one side alone
+    assert abs((a["r"] - a["l"]) - (b["r"] - b["l"])) <= 0.5, (a, b)
     assert over <= 0 and tallest[0] <= 40 and tallest[1] <= 1, (over, tallest)
+    (a, b), _, _, _ = got[901]
+    assert abs(a["t"] - b["t"]) <= 1 and a["r"] <= b["l"], ("side by side at 901", a, b)
+    (a, b), _, _, _ = got[900]
+    assert a["b"] <= b["t"], ("stacked at 900", a, b)
     (a, b), vh, over, tallest = got[390]
     assert a["b"] <= b["t"], ("A above B", a, b)
     assert a["h"] <= 0.45 * vh + 1 and b["h"] <= 0.45 * vh + 1, (a, b)
@@ -101,7 +109,10 @@ def test_one_mode_for_both_and_for_the_review(browser, live):
     stored = page.evaluate("localStorage.getItem('booth.fit')")
     pressed = page.locator("#btn-one").get_attribute("aria-pressed")
     page.goto(f"{base}/b/g/view?f=a.png", wait_until="networkidle")
-    review_one = page.evaluate("document.documentElement.classList.contains('stage-one')")
+    page.wait_for_function("document.getElementById('vimg').complete && document.getElementById('vimg').naturalWidth > 0")
+    review_one = page.evaluate("""() => { const i = document.getElementById('vimg'), b = i.getBoundingClientRect();
+        return document.documentElement.classList.contains('stage-one') &&
+               Math.round(b.width) === i.naturalWidth && Math.round(b.height) === i.naturalHeight; }""")
     page.goto(f"{base}/b/g/compare?a=a.png&b=b.png", wait_until="networkidle")
     page.keyboard.press("Z")
     back = page.evaluate("[document.documentElement.classList.contains('stage-one'), localStorage.getItem('booth.fit')]")
@@ -202,6 +213,28 @@ def test_synced_pan_by_fraction_for_different_sizes(browser, live):
     assert quarter[1] == [x, y] and idle == quarter, (x, y, quarter, idle)
 
 
+def test_an_axis_with_nothing_to_scroll_is_ignored(browser, live):
+    """A side with nothing to scroll on an axis ignores that axis, each axis
+    on its own. A is wide and short (it scrolls across only), B is large. B
+    scrolled down stays down when A pans across: B's x follows, B's y is B's."""
+    base, root = live
+    _pics(root, {"a.png": (3000, 200), "b.png": (3000, 3000)})
+    page = browser.new_page(viewport={"width": 1440, "height": 900})
+    _one_to_one(page, f"{base}/b/g/compare?a=a.png&b=b.png")
+    (rax, ray), (rbx, rby) = page.evaluate(_RANGES)
+    page.evaluate("document.querySelector('.cmp-side[data-side=\"b\"] .vstage').scrollTo(0, 500)")
+    page.wait_for_timeout(250)
+    down = page.evaluate(_SCROLLS)
+    page.evaluate("document.querySelector('.cmp-side[data-side=\"a\"] .vstage').scrollTo(800, 0)")
+    page.wait_for_timeout(250)
+    across = page.evaluate(_SCROLLS)
+    page.close()
+    assert ray == 0 and rax > 0 and rby > 0, (rax, ray, rbx, rby)
+    assert down == [[0, 0], [0, 500]], down
+    assert across[0] == [800, 0], across
+    assert abs(across[1][0] - 800 / rax * rbx) <= 1 and across[1][1] == 500, across
+
+
 def test_a_flags_A_in_place_and_the_stages_survive(browser, live):
     """`A` flags A in place: no navigation, A's control and label show the
     flag, B's do not, and both stages are the SAME nodes — a save swaps the
@@ -221,6 +254,7 @@ def test_a_flags_A_in_place_and_the_stages_survive(browser, live):
         a: document.querySelector('[data-region="label-a"]').textContent,
         b: document.querySelector('[data-region="label-b"]').textContent,
         bflag: document.getElementById('cmp-flag-b').classList.contains('is-flagged'),
+        strip: [...document.querySelectorAll('.film-f.is-flagged')].map(f => f.dataset.rel),
     })""")
     flagged = [m.target for m in marks_for(b) if m.shape == "flag"]
     # the save REPLACED the buttons: each key must find the fresh one
@@ -233,6 +267,7 @@ def test_a_flags_A_in_place_and_the_stages_survive(browser, live):
     page.close()
     assert not got["reload"] and got["same"], got
     assert "flagged" in got["a"] and "flagged" not in got["b"] and not got["bflag"], got
+    assert got["strip"] == ["a.png"], got
     assert flagged == ["a.png"] and after == ["b.png"] and not reloaded, (flagged, after, reloaded)
 
 
@@ -267,9 +302,9 @@ def test_linked_arrow_walks_a_bakeoff(browser, live):
         _press_and_wait(page, "ArrowRight")
         pairs.append(_pair(page))
     page.close()
-    assert [(a[2:], b[2:]) for a, b in pairs] == [(a[2:], a[2:]) for a, _ in pairs], pairs
-    assert [a[0] + b[0] for a, b in pairs] == ["mr"] * 4, pairs
-    assert pairs[-1] == ("m-4-tower-s42.png", "r-4-tower-s42.png"), pairs
+    # every pair, in order: no pair skipped and none repeated
+    scenes = ("dock-s11", "forge-s23", "marsh-s37", "tower-s42")
+    assert pairs == [(f"m-{i}-{sc}.png", f"r-{i}-{sc}.png") for i, sc in enumerate(scenes, 1)], pairs
 
 
 def test_unlinked_moves_only_the_active_side_and_the_strip_picks_it(browser, live):
@@ -286,6 +321,9 @@ def test_unlinked_moves_only_the_active_side_and_the_strip_picks_it(browser, liv
     one = _pair(page)
     _press_and_wait(page, "ArrowRight")
     two = _pair(page)
+    _press_and_wait(page, "ArrowLeft")
+    left = _pair(page)
+    _press_and_wait(page, "ArrowRight")
     with page.expect_navigation(wait_until="networkidle"):
         page.locator('.film-f[data-rel="m-3-marsh-s37.png"]').click()
     picked = _pair(page)
@@ -301,6 +339,7 @@ def test_unlinked_moves_only_the_active_side_and_the_strip_picks_it(browser, liv
     assert linked == "false", linked
     assert one == ("m-1-dock-s11.png", "r-2-forge-s23.png"), one
     assert two == ("m-1-dock-s11.png", "r-3-marsh-s37.png"), two
+    assert left == one, ("← moves only the active side back", left)
     assert picked == ("m-1-dock-s11.png", "m-3-marsh-s37.png"), picked
     assert active == ["a", ["m-1-dock-s11.png"]], active
     assert stepped == ("m-2-forge-s23.png", "m-3-marsh-s37.png"), stepped
@@ -328,6 +367,10 @@ def test_blur_is_honest_on_both_sides(browser, live):
     page.wait_for_timeout(400)                     # the filter transition
     own = page.evaluate(_FILTERS)
     page.locator('.cmp-reveal[data-side="b"]').click()
+    page.locator('.cmp-reveal[data-side="a"]').click()
+    page.wait_for_timeout(400)
+    own_a = page.evaluate(_FILTERS)
+    page.locator('.cmp-reveal[data-side="a"]').click()
     page.locator("[data-reveal-all]").click()
     page.wait_for_timeout(400)
     everything = page.evaluate(_FILTERS)
@@ -336,6 +379,7 @@ def test_blur_is_honest_on_both_sides(browser, live):
     assert all("blur(" in f for f in before), before
     assert shown == [True, True], shown
     assert "blur(" in own[0] and "blur(" not in own[1], own
+    assert "blur(" not in own_a[0] and "blur(" in own_a[1], own_a
     assert all("blur(" not in f for f in everything), everything
     assert stood_down == [False, False], stood_down
 
@@ -385,7 +429,9 @@ def test_without_js_every_judgment_and_step_still_works(browser, live):
     ctx = browser.new_context(java_script_enabled=False, viewport={"width": 1440, "height": 900})
     page = ctx.new_page()
     page.goto(f"{base}/b/g/compare?a=m-1-dock-s11.png&b=r-1-dock-s11.png", wait_until="networkidle")
-    fit = page.evaluate("document.documentElement.classList.contains('stage-one')")
+    fit = page.evaluate("""() => document.documentElement.classList.contains('stage-one') ||
+        [...document.querySelectorAll('.cmp-side .vstage img')].some(i =>
+            Math.round(i.getBoundingClientRect().width) === i.naturalWidth)""")
     hidden = [page.locator(s).is_visible() for s in ("#cmp-link", "#vtoggle")]
     forms = page.locator(".cmp-flag form").count()
     page.locator('a[data-step="both-next"]').click()
@@ -417,6 +463,8 @@ def test_the_keys_keep_the_reviews_guards_and_c_toggles_the_view(browser, live):
     item; `Esc` (or `C`) in compare returns to the review of A."""
     base, root = live
     _bakeoff(root)
+    v = _pics(root, {"a.png": (400, 300)}, name="v")
+    (v / "b.webm").write_bytes(b"\x1aE\xdf\xa3")
     page = browser.new_page(viewport={"width": 1440, "height": 900})
     _open(page, f"{base}/b/g/compare?a=m-2-forge-s23.png&b=r-2-forge-s23.png")
     start = page.url
@@ -432,6 +480,13 @@ def test_the_keys_keep_the_reviews_guards_and_c_toggles_the_view(browser, live):
     pressed = (page.url.split("?")[1], page.locator("#cmp-link").get_attribute("aria-pressed"))
     page.locator("#cmp-link").press(" ")          # linked again
     page.evaluate("document.activeElement.blur()")
+    # ...and never from a player on either stage: Space is the player's
+    page.goto(f"{base}/b/v/compare?a=a.png&b=b.webm", wait_until="networkidle")
+    page.locator(".cmp-media").focus()
+    page.keyboard.press(" ")
+    page.wait_for_timeout(300)
+    player = page.url.endswith("/b/v/compare?a=a.png&b=b.webm")
+    page.goto(start, wait_until="networkidle")
     _press_and_wait(page, " ")
     fwd = _pair(page)
     _press_and_wait(page, "Shift+ ")
@@ -444,6 +499,7 @@ def test_the_keys_keep_the_reviews_guards_and_c_toggles_the_view(browser, live):
     c_back = page.url
     page.close()
     assert inert == (True, "b", "true"), inert
+    assert player, "Space on a focused player stepped the pair"
     assert pressed == ("a=m-2-forge-s23.png&b=r-2-forge-s23.png&link=0", "false"), pressed
     assert fwd == ("m-3-marsh-s37.png", "r-3-marsh-s37.png") and back == ("m-2-forge-s23.png", "r-2-forge-s23.png"), (fwd, back)
     assert esc.endswith("/b/g/view?f=m-2-forge-s23.png"), esc