diff --git a/template/src/lib/components/Preferences.svelte b/template/src/lib/components/Preferences.svelte
index bdd2d3f..0f770c3 100644
--- a/template/src/lib/components/Preferences.svelte
+++ b/template/src/lib/components/Preferences.svelte
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 		z-index: 20;
 		background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
 		display: grid;
+		/* One row the window's height, so the dialog's max-height: 100% is a real limit and it scrolls within. */
+		grid-template-rows: minmax(0, 1fr);
 		place-items: center;
 		padding: 16px;
 	}
diff --git a/template/src/lib/components/ReportSlip.svelte b/template/src/lib/components/ReportSlip.svelte
index 863ed79..e0374af 100644
--- a/template/src/lib/components/ReportSlip.svelte
+++ b/template/src/lib/components/ReportSlip.svelte
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 	}
 </script>
 
+<svelte:window onkeydown={(e) => open && e.key === 'Escape' && close()} />
+
 {#if open}
 	<div class="scrim" role="presentation" onclick={(ev) => ev.target === ev.currentTarget && close()}>
 		<form class="slip" aria-labelledby="report-heading" onsubmit={send}>
@@ -92,6 +94,8 @@
 		z-index: 20;
 		background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
 		display: grid;
+		/* One row the window's height, so the dialog's max-height: 100% is a real limit and it scrolls within. */
+		grid-template-rows: minmax(0, 1fr);
 		place-items: center;
 		padding: 16px;
 	}
diff --git a/template/src/lib/components/TabbedDialog.svelte b/template/src/lib/components/TabbedDialog.svelte
index 81ab642..d46a058 100644
--- a/template/src/lib/components/TabbedDialog.svelte
+++ b/template/src/lib/components/TabbedDialog.svelte
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 
 	let current = $state('');
 
-	// The router holds the address, and the dialog is open exactly while the address names it.
-	// Every change goes through the router too, so it never loses track of where the page is.
+	// The dialog is open exactly while the router's address names it. Opening, choosing a tab and
+	// closing all navigate, so the address and the dialog cannot disagree.
 	const [named, tab] = $derived.by(() => {
 		const [name, t] = page.url.hash.slice(1).split('/');
 		return [name === address, t] as const;
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
 	});
 	// The address follows the chosen tab, so what is being read can be linked to.
 	$effect(() => {
-		if (named && current && current !== untrack(() => tab)) show(current);
+		if (named && current) untrack(() => current !== tab && show(current));
 	});
 
-	const bare = () => `${location.pathname}${location.search}`;
+	const bare = () => `${page.url.pathname}${page.url.search}`;
 	const quietly = { replaceState: true, noScroll: true, keepFocus: true };
 	function show(id: string) {
 		goto(`${bare()}#${address}/${id}`, quietly);
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 <svelte:window onkeydown={onKey} />
 
 {#if named}
-	<div class="scrim" role="presentation" onclick={(ev) => ev.target === ev.currentTarget && close()}>
+	<div class="scrim anchored" role="presentation" onclick={(ev) => ev.target === ev.currentTarget && close()}>
 		<div class="panel" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="{address}-title">
 			<header>
 				<h2 id="{address}-title">{title}</h2>
@@ -76,10 +76,17 @@
 		z-index: 20;
 		background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
 		display: grid;
+		/* One row the window's height, so the dialog's max-height: 100% is a real limit and it scrolls within. */
+		grid-template-rows: minmax(0, 1fr);
 		place-items: center;
 		padding: 16px;
 	}
-	/* min-width 0 all the way down, so wide content (the notation's table) scrolls in place instead of widening the dialog past a phone's screen. */
+	/* Held near the top, not centered: a tab of another length must not move the tabs under the pointer. */
+	.anchored {
+		place-items: start center;
+		padding-top: max(16px, 6vh);
+	}
+	/* min-width 0 all the way down, so wide content scrolls in place instead of widening the dialog past a phone's screen. */
 	.panel {
 		width: min(100%, 44rem);
 		min-width: 0;