The board gets a zoom dial, and its size is never left to chance

Players wanted to magnify crowded squares; the board now lives in a
scrolling viewport with +/− controls (1x fit to 4x), zoom centered on
the view. The svg's width is always set explicitly — fit × zoom,
remeasured by a ResizeObserver — which also cures the stale small
board left behind when the first-person pane closed: auto-sizing
against shifting CSS constraints is gone entirely.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015RCWSTnb1KYTPyL4GmhGnF

packages/web/src/App.svelte

@@ -100,6 +100,45 @@
     if (!prefs.cautions || reasons.length === 0) go();
     else caution = { reasons, go };
   }
+  /** Board zoom: 1 = fitted to the viewport; higher magnifies for crowded
+   * squares, with the viewport scrolling. The svg's width is always set
+   * explicitly (fit × zoom) from measurement — auto-sizing left stale
+   * dimensions behind when the first-person pane closed. */
+  let boardViewportEl = $state<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  let boardZoom = $state(1);
+  function zoomBoard(dir: number) {
+    const el = boardViewportEl;
+    const prev = boardZoom;
+    const next = dir > 0 ? prev * 1.4 : prev / 1.4;
+    boardZoom = next < 1.05 ? 1 : Math.min(4, Math.round(next * 100) / 100);
+    if (el && boardZoom !== prev) {
+      const f = boardZoom / prev;
+      requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+        el.scrollLeft = (el.scrollLeft + el.clientWidth / 2) * f - el.clientWidth / 2;
+        el.scrollTop = (el.scrollTop + el.clientHeight / 2) * f - el.clientHeight / 2;
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  function fitBoard(el: HTMLDivElement) {
+    const svg = el.querySelector("svg.board") as SVGSVGElement | null;
+    const vb = svg?.viewBox.baseVal;
+    if (!vb || !vb.width || !vb.height) return;
+    const fitW = Math.min(el.clientWidth, (el.clientHeight * vb.width) / vb.height);
+    el.style.setProperty("--fit-w", `${Math.max(0, fitW)}px`);
+  }
+  $effect(() => {
+    const el = boardViewportEl;
+    if (!el) return;
+    const ro = new ResizeObserver(() => fitBoard(el));
+    ro.observe(el);
+    return () => ro.disconnect();
+  });
+  $effect(() => {
+    void view; // the board's viewBox grows with ghost slots and relocations
+    const el = boardViewportEl;
+    if (el) requestAnimationFrame(() => fitBoard(el));
+  });
+
   /** A move with its regret checks: stepping off your home still laden,
    * or stepping onto ground that bites. */
   function tryMove(direction: Side, over?: boolean) {
@@ -1965,6 +2004,8 @@
               : { type: "warpStep" })}
             edgeSelect={edgeSelectMode && yourMoment} />
         {/if}
+        <div class="board-frame">
+        <div class="board-viewport" bind:this={boardViewportEl} style:--zoom={boardZoom}>
         <Board
           {view}
           edgeSelectMode={edgeSelectMode && yourMoment}
@@ -1989,6 +2030,12 @@
           povCreatureId={prefs.liveFp && !net.spectating ? fpvBody : null}
         />
         </div>
+        <div class="zoom-controls" role="group" aria-label="board zoom">
+          <button class="zoom-btn" title="zoom in" onclick={() => zoomBoard(1)} disabled={boardZoom >= 4}>+</button>
+          <button class="zoom-btn" title="zoom out" onclick={() => zoomBoard(-1)} disabled={boardZoom <= 1}>−</button>
+        </div>
+        </div>
+        </div>
       </section>
 
       <aside class="paper-rail">
@@ -2994,9 +3041,10 @@
    * keeps the pane out of the intrinsic sizing so the BOARD alone
    * decides how wide the column is. */
   .table-stack {
-    display: inline-flex;
+    display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
     align-items: stretch;
+    width: 100%;
     max-width: 100%;
     min-width: 0;
   }
@@ -3005,19 +3053,46 @@
   /* FPV play: the 3D view is the primary window into the game; the
    * top-down board shrinks to a keymap beneath it. */
   .table-stack.fpv-primary {
-    display: flex;
-    width: 100%;
     max-width: 64rem;
   }
-  .board-zone .table-stack.fpv-primary :global(svg.board) {
-    max-height: 30dvh;
-    align-self: center;
+  .board-frame { position: relative; min-width: 0; }
+  /* The board's window: it owns the fitted size, the svg wears an
+   * explicit width (fit × zoom), and anything past 1× scrolls. */
+  .board-viewport {
+    height: calc(100dvh - 21.5rem);
+    width: 100%;
+    overflow: auto;
+    display: flex;
   }
-  .board-zone :global(svg.board) {
-    max-height: calc(100dvh - 21.5rem);
-    width: auto;
-    max-width: 100%;
+  .fpv-primary .board-viewport { height: 30dvh; }
+  .board-viewport :global(svg.board) {
+    width: calc(var(--fit-w, 100%) * var(--zoom, 1));
+    flex: none;
+    max-width: none;
+    max-height: none;
+    height: auto;
+    margin: auto;
   }
+  .zoom-controls {
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 0.4rem;
+    bottom: 0.4rem;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 0.25rem;
+  }
+  .zoom-btn {
+    width: 1.7rem;
+    height: 1.7rem;
+    border: 1px solid #8a7a5c;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    background: rgba(233, 225, 203, 0.9);
+    color: #43331f;
+    font-size: 1.05rem;
+    line-height: 1;
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
+  .zoom-btn:disabled { opacity: 0.35; cursor: default; }
   .paper-rail { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.75rem; min-width: 0; }
 
   .slip {
@@ -3501,8 +3576,8 @@
     .board-zone { order: 1; }
     .table-edge { order: 2; margin-top: 0.6rem; }
     .paper-rail { order: 3; margin-top: 0.9rem; }
-    .board-zone :global(svg.board) {
-      max-height: 56dvh;
+    .board-viewport {
+      height: 56dvh;
     }
     .chronicle { max-height: 30dvh; flex: initial; }
     .masthead { gap: 0.45rem; padding-top: 0.5rem; }