diff --git a/dev/saves-ui-test.mjs b/dev/saves-ui-test.mjs
index 2328317..b6057a5 100644
--- a/dev/saves-ui-test.mjs
+++ b/dev/saves-ui-test.mjs
@@ -74,6 +74,29 @@ const wait = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => {
   requestAnimationFrame(poll);
 });
 
+// A real mouse press at CANVAS screen coords (x, y). Phaser 4.2.1 binds
+// mousedown/mouseup/mousemove on the canvas element, so a dispatched
+// MouseEvent drives the full input pipeline (pointer → scene handler →
+// interactive objects). FIT mode scales the canvas, so map canvas →
+// client space with the rendered rect (not 1:1 pixels).
+const press = (x, y) => {
+  const canvas = game.canvas;
+  const r = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+  const zoom = r.width / canvas.width;
+  const mk = (type, buttons) => new MouseEvent(type, {
+    bubbles: true,
+    cancelable: true,
+    view: window,
+    button: 0,
+    buttons,
+    clientX: r.left + x * zoom,
+    clientY: r.top + y * zoom,
+  });
+  canvas.dispatchEvent(mk('mouseover', 0));
+  canvas.dispatchEvent(mk('mousedown', 1));
+  canvas.dispatchEvent(mk('mouseup', 0));
+};
+
 
 const run = async () => {
   const scene = game.scene.getScene('GameScene');
@@ -116,6 +139,33 @@ const run = async () => {
     && [scene.savePanel.cancelBtn, scene.savePanel.downloadBtn].every((b) =>
       Number.isFinite(scene.savePanel.x + b.x) && Number.isFinite(scene.savePanel.y + b.y)));
 
+  // DOWNLOAD ALL SAVED GAMES fits INSIDE the window (right edge ≤ the
+  // plate's inner edge — the label outgrows the fixed 210 px box, so the
+  // button must be pinned by its actual width).
+  check('the DOWNLOAD ALL button fits inside the panel',
+    scene.savePanel.x + scene.savePanel.downloadBtn.x + scene.savePanel.downloadBtn.width / 2
+      <= scene.savePanel.x + scene.savePanel.W / 2 + 1);
+
+  // The header decodes run LONGER than the crack-open (decodeDur > openMs);
+  // once the window settles they must hold the FINAL strings — not the
+  // mid-scramble garbage the frozen drive left on screen.
+  await wait(1200);
+  check('the title decode completes (no mid-scramble garbage)',
+    scene.savePanel.title.text === String(config.get('save.panel.title.save', 'SAVE GAME')).toUpperCase());
+  check('the subtitle decode completes',
+    scene.savePanel.subtitle.text === String(config.get('save.panel.subtitle.save', '')).toUpperCase());
+
+  // A REAL pointer press on an empty slot saves the game — the whole
+  // click path (hit-test → SlotCard.press → onCard → doSave → bank), not
+  // a direct doSave() call.
+  const card2 = scene.savePanel.cards[1];
+  check('slot 2 is empty before the click', scene.saveManager.get(2) === null);
+  press(scene.savePanel.x + card2.x, scene.savePanel.y + card2.y);
+  await wait(250);
+  const rec2 = scene.saveManager.get(2);
+  check('a pointer click on slot 2 saves the game',
+    rec2 !== null && rec2.seed === scene.galaxy.seed && rec2.ship.x === scene.ship.x);
+
   // A direct write to slot 1 (the same path the confirm dialog uses).
   scene.savePanel.doSave(1);
   await wait(120);
@@ -143,7 +193,7 @@ const run = async () => {
   await wait(450);
   check('the panel reopens in LOAD mode', scene.savePanel.isOpen && scene.savePanel.mode === 'load');
   check('empty slots are inert in load mode',
-    scene.savePanel.cards[1].disabled === true && scene.savePanel.cards[0].disabled === false);
+    scene.savePanel.cards[2].disabled === true && scene.savePanel.cards[0].disabled === false);
 
   // ---- load confirm: stage the restore, cut to the menu -----------------
   const shipX = scene.ship.x;
diff --git a/js/ui/SavePanel.js b/js/ui/SavePanel.js
index 80793c4..0e9e06b 100644
--- a/js/ui/SavePanel.js
+++ b/js/ui/SavePanel.js
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ export class SavePanel extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
       card.setRecord(null);
       card.setAlpha(0);
       card._up = false;
-      card._locked = true;
+      card.locked = true; // SlotCard.press() gates on `locked` (no underscore)
       // Hidden panel = inert cards (v4: `input.enabled`; the old
       // `ignorePointer` idiom is a no-op and left these swallowing
       // centre-screen clicks forever).
@@ -227,6 +227,13 @@ export class SavePanel extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     setInteractiveEnabled(this.downloadBtn.panel, false);
     this.add([this.cancelBtn, this.downloadBtn]);
 
+    // The export label outgrows its configured box (MenuButton widens to
+    // max(width, textW + 20)), so pin its RIGHT edge to the plate's inner
+    // edge using the button's actual width — the old fixed offset
+    // (W/2 - pad - 100, assuming a 210 px button) spilled the label past
+    // the window's right edge.
+    this.downloadBtn.setX(this.W / 2 - pad - this.downloadBtn.width / 2);
+
     // ---- the confirm dialog + toast ------------------------------------
     this.confirm = new ConfirmOverlay(
       scene,
@@ -289,7 +296,7 @@ export class SavePanel extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     this.cards.forEach((card, i) => {
       card.setAccent(this.accent);
       card._up = false;
-      card._locked = false;
+      card.locked = false; // unlock SlotCard.press()
       setInteractiveEnabled(card.panel, true);
       card.setRecord(records[i]);
       card.setDisabled(this.mode === 'load' && records[i] === null);
@@ -600,6 +607,15 @@ export class SavePanel extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     this.confirm.update(time);
     this.toast.update(time);
 
+    // Header decodes — the scramble runs LONGER than the crack open
+    // (decodeDur(…) > openMs), so drive them while the panel settles AND
+    // after it lands in 'shown'; stopping the drive at 'shown' froze the
+    // title mid-scramble and left garbage glyphs on screen.
+    if (this.state === 'opening' || this.state === 'shown') {
+      this.driveDecode(this._titleDec, this.title, time, this._titleFinal);
+      this.driveDecode(this._subDec, this.subtitle, time, this._subFinal);
+    }
+
     if (this.state === 'opening') {
       const p = Phaser.Math.Clamp((time - this.t0) / this.openDur, 0, 1);
       const e = 1 - Math.pow(1 - p, 3);
@@ -611,9 +627,6 @@ export class SavePanel extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
       const off = this.ghostStart * (1 - e);
       this.ghostC.setAlpha(0.5 * (1 - e)).setPosition(off * 0.85, -off * 0.35);
       this.ghostM.setAlpha(0.5 * (1 - e)).setPosition(-off, off * 0.45);
-      // Header decodes.
-      this.driveDecode(this._titleDec, this.title, time, this._titleFinal);
-      this.driveDecode(this._subDec, this.subtitle, time, this._subFinal);
       // The slot cards flicker up one by one.
       this.cards.forEach((card, i) => {
         if (card._up) return;