diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/dialog/dialog.css b/src/uix/eidos/components/dialog/dialog.css
index b0b0a779d..c7436f6ca 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/components/dialog/dialog.css
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/dialog/dialog.css
@@ -13,45 +13,12 @@
  */
 
 /* ── Trigger ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- * Air's dialog relied on the Button recipe (`.air-button` class on the
- * trigger). Eidos has no class composition — the trigger needs its own
- * envelope here. Consumes Capa 2 tokens (color/space/radius/control-height)
- * directly because the trigger is not a separate component with its own
- * Capa 3, just a part of Dialog using the system surface.
+ * The trigger composes the framework `<Button>` (eidos `dialog-trigger.svelte`
+ * renders `<Button {...props}>` via soma's `child`), so ALL its chrome —
+ * layout, bg, hover, focus-ring, disabled — comes from the Button recipe. No
+ * bespoke `[data-dialog-trigger]` envelope here: it would paint the SAME
+ * element as `[data-button]` and fight it (the Close recipe is the model).
  */
-[data-dialog-trigger] {
-	display: inline-flex;
-	align-items: center;
-	justify-content: center;
-	height: var(--control-height-md);
-	padding-inline: var(--space-3);
-	border: var(--border-width) solid var(--color-border-default);
-	border-radius: var(--radius-md);
-	background: var(--color-surface-raised);
-	color: var(--color-content-primary);
-	font: inherit;
-	font-size: var(--dialog-trigger-font-size);
-	cursor: pointer;
-	transition:
-		background var(--duration-fast) var(--ease-default),
-		border-color var(--duration-fast) var(--ease-default);
-}
-
-[data-dialog-trigger]:hover:not([disabled]):not([data-disabled]) {
-	background: var(--color-surface-overlay);
-	border-color: var(--color-border-strong);
-}
-
-[data-dialog-trigger][data-state='open'] {
-	background: var(--color-surface-overlay);
-	border-color: var(--color-border-strong);
-}
-
-[data-dialog-trigger]:disabled,
-[data-dialog-trigger][data-disabled] {
-	cursor: default;
-	opacity: var(--opacity-disabled);
-}
 
 /* ── Overlay ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/generated/base.css b/src/uix/eidos/generated/base.css
index a5cd11cf5..451e2c232 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/generated/base.css
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/generated/base.css
@@ -984,7 +984,6 @@
 	--collapsible-transition-duration: var(--duration-normal);
 	--collapsible-transition-ease: var(--ease-default);
 	--collapsible-disabled-opacity: var(--opacity-disabled);
-	--dialog-trigger-font-size: var(--font-size-sm);
 	--dialog-overlay-bg: var(--color-overlay);
 	--dialog-overlay-opacity: 62%;
 	--dialog-overlay-blur: var(--blur-lg);
diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/lib/recipes/base.ts b/src/uix/eidos/lib/recipes/base.ts
index 6c3f08f99..f810c0ee2 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/lib/recipes/base.ts
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/lib/recipes/base.ts
@@ -724,7 +724,6 @@ export const THEME_BASE_RECIPE_TOKENS = {
 		'disabled-opacity': 'var(--opacity-disabled)'
 	},
 	dialog: {
-		'trigger-font-size': 'var(--font-size-sm)',
 		'overlay-bg': 'var(--color-overlay)',
 		'overlay-opacity': '62%',
 		'overlay-blur': 'var(--blur-lg)',
diff --git a/src/uix/morfo/components/alert-dialog.ts b/src/uix/morfo/components/alert-dialog.ts
index c6c7dd61c..7e83abb2f 100644
--- a/src/uix/morfo/components/alert-dialog.ts
+++ b/src/uix/morfo/components/alert-dialog.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Morfo } from '../types';
 import { v } from '../types';
 
-export const alertDialogMorfo: Morfo = {
+export const alertDialogMorfo = {
 	name: 'AlertDialog',
 	kebab: 'alert-dialog',
 	// Eidos wrapper added 2026-05-22 (`src/uix/eidos/components/alert-dialog/`).
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ export const alertDialogMorfo: Morfo = {
 			]
 		}
 	]
-};
+} as const satisfies Morfo;
diff --git a/src/uix/morfo/components/breadcrumb.ts b/src/uix/morfo/components/breadcrumb.ts
index b9670151e..179aa8ea4 100644
--- a/src/uix/morfo/components/breadcrumb.ts
+++ b/src/uix/morfo/components/breadcrumb.ts
@@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ export const breadcrumbMorfo = {
 			aria: []
 		},
 		{
+			// No `archetype: 'item'` — that archetype ships interactive row CSS
+			// (cursor:pointer, user-select:none, hover) via archetypes.css; a
+			// breadcrumb Item is a display `<li>` container (the Link inside it is
+			// the interactive part). Same reasoning as Timeline's Item.
 			name: 'Item',
 			kebab: 'item',
-			archetype: 'item',
 			kind: 'public',
 			defaultElement: 'li',
 			optional: false,
diff --git a/src/uix/soma/components/navigation-menu/navigation-menu-provider.svelte.ts b/src/uix/soma/components/navigation-menu/navigation-menu-provider.svelte.ts
index c80f574b8..2ed9bc833 100644
--- a/src/uix/soma/components/navigation-menu/navigation-menu-provider.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/uix/soma/components/navigation-menu/navigation-menu-provider.svelte.ts
@@ -501,6 +501,13 @@ export class NavigationMenuTriggerProvider {
 			}
 		});
 		this.item.triggerId.current = opts.id.current;
+
+		// Stamp the last `isOpen → true` time (see `lastOpenedAt`). A bare
+		// `$effect` in the constructor auto-disposes with the component scope —
+		// this was previously a leaked, never-disposed `$effect.root` (A6).
+		$effect(() => {
+			if (this.isOpen) this.lastOpenedAt = Date.now();
+		});
 	}
 
 	readonly isOpen = $derived.by(() => this.item.isOpen);
@@ -513,19 +520,12 @@ export class NavigationMenuTriggerProvider {
 	 * If a click arrives within ~250ms of the open we treat it as the
 	 * same intent (commit the open) and ignore the close-toggle.
 	 *
-	 * `$effect` watches `isOpen` and stamps the time whenever it flips
-	 * from false → true, regardless of whether the open came from hover
-	 * scheduling, click, or keyboard. Tracked per-trigger because each
+	 * The stamping `$effect` lives in the constructor (a bare, auto-disposed
+	 * effect) — see there. Tracked per-trigger because each
 	 * NavigationMenuTriggerProvider is an independent instance.
 	 */
 	private lastOpenedAt = 0;
 
-	openedAtEffect = $effect.root(() => {
-		$effect(() => {
-			if (this.isOpen) this.lastOpenedAt = Date.now();
-		});
-	});
-
 	readonly onpointerenter = () => {
 		if (this.opts.disabled.current) return;
 		if (!this.provider.opts.hoverEnabled.current) return;
diff --git a/src/uix/soma/components/select/select-provider.svelte.ts b/src/uix/soma/components/select/select-provider.svelte.ts
index 74fea13c2..8b2183385 100644
--- a/src/uix/soma/components/select/select-provider.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/uix/soma/components/select/select-provider.svelte.ts
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ export class SelectProvider {
 		const selectedValue = this.opts.value.current[0];
 		if (!selectedValue) return;
 
-		const selectedEl = container.querySelector<HTMLElement>(
-			`[${attrs.item}][data-value="${selectedValue}"]`
-		);
+		// Reuse the shared resolver (it `CSS.escape`s the consumer value) instead
+		// of an inline querySelector — `selectedValue` is consumer-supplied (C).
+		const selectedEl = this.resolveItemEl(selectedValue);
 		if (!selectedEl) return;
 
 		this.soma.dom.scrollIntoView(selectedEl, { block: this.opts.scrollAlignment.current });