diff --git a/js/ui/BuildWindow.js b/js/ui/BuildWindow.js
index 7609809..1ebf4ec 100644
--- a/js/ui/BuildWindow.js
+++ b/js/ui/BuildWindow.js
@@ -298,12 +298,15 @@ export class BuildWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     const cy = rect.y + titleH / 2 - 2;
     this.closeBtn = { x: cx, y: cy, w: cw, h: cw, hover: false };
     this.closeG = G(2);
-    this.closeTxt = T(cx, cy - 5, '✕', {
+    this.closeTxt = T(cx, cy + 1, '✕', {
       fontFamily: BODY,
       fontSize: '15px',
       color: toCss(C.neon2),
       align: 'center',
     }, 2);
+    // Text's default origin is (0,0) — without this the ✕ anchors its
+    // top-left at the plate centre and sits right-of-centre.
+    this.closeTxt.setOrigin(0.5, 0.5);
     const closeRect = new Phaser.Geom.Rectangle(cx - cw / 2, cy - cw / 2, cw, cw);
     this.closeG.setInteractive({
       useHandCursor: true,
@@ -915,7 +918,9 @@ export class BuildWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
       })
       .setScrollFactor(0);
     cont.add(this.dCost);
-    const btnW = 152;
+    // 190: the widest label is "IN PROGRESS 88%" (~166 px at 13px/ls-3) —
+    // 152 let it bleed past the plate edges.
+    const btnW = 190;
     const wrapW = Math.max(120, rightX + rightW - 12 - btnW - 18 - tx);
     this.dDesc = s
       .text(tx, detailY + 80, '', {
@@ -944,6 +949,7 @@ export class BuildWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
         letterSpacing: 3,
         align: 'center',
       })
+      .setOrigin(0.5, 0) // centre on the plate — text's default origin is (0,0)
       .setScrollFactor(0);
     const bar = s.graphics().setScrollFactor(0);
     cont.add([g, label, bar]);
@@ -1250,8 +1256,12 @@ export class BuildWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     });
   }
 
+  // 'closing' counts as open: the close button flips openState in the
+  // SAME input pass, before the scene's pointerdown guard runs — while
+  // the window is still on screen (fading out) it must keep owning the
+  // click, or the close tap leaks through as a world click.
   get isOpen() {
-    return this.openState === 'open' || this.openState === 'opening';
+    return this.openState === 'open' || this.openState === 'opening' || this.openState === 'closing';
   }
 
   /** Repaint everything from state (after a build starts / completes). */
diff --git a/js/ui/ResearchWindow.js b/js/ui/ResearchWindow.js
index 3a55786..b7431f3 100644
--- a/js/ui/ResearchWindow.js
+++ b/js/ui/ResearchWindow.js
@@ -271,12 +271,15 @@ export class ResearchWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     const cy = rect.y + titleH / 2 - 2;
     this.closeBtn = { x: cx, y: cy, w: cw, h: cw, hover: false };
     this.closeG = G(2);
-    this.closeTxt = T(cx, cy - 5, '✕', {
+    this.closeTxt = T(cx, cy + 1, '✕', {
       fontFamily: BODY,
       fontSize: '15px',
       color: toCss(C.neon2),
       align: 'center',
     }, 2);
+    // Text's default origin is (0,0) — without this the ✕ anchors its
+    // top-left at the plate centre and sits right-of-centre.
+    this.closeTxt.setOrigin(0.5, 0.5);
     // v4: setInteractive takes a config object — a bare shape (or the
     // 4-arg Phaser-3 form) leaves input.hitAreaCallback unset and
     // pointWithinHitArea throws on the first pointer move over it.
@@ -835,7 +838,9 @@ export class ResearchWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
       })
       .setScrollFactor(0);
     cont.add(this.dUnlocks);
-    const btnW = 152;
+    // 190: the widest label is "IN PROGRESS 88%" (~166 px at 13px/ls-3) —
+    // 152 let it bleed past the plate edges.
+    const btnW = 190;
     const wrapW = Math.max(120, rightX + rightW - 12 - btnW - 18 - tx);
     this.dDesc = s
       .text(tx, detailY + 76, '', {
@@ -864,6 +869,7 @@ export class ResearchWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
         letterSpacing: 3,
         align: 'center',
       })
+      .setOrigin(0.5, 0) // centre on the plate — text's default origin is (0,0)
       .setScrollFactor(0);
     const bar = s.graphics().setScrollFactor(0);
     // v4 Container.add(child, index) — multi-add is the ARRAY form.
@@ -1264,8 +1270,13 @@ export class ResearchWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     });
   }
 
+  // 'closing' counts as open: the close button flips openState in the
+  // SAME input pass, before the scene's pointerdown guard runs — while
+  // the window is still on screen (fading out) it must keep owning the
+  // click, or the close tap leaks through as a world click (the ship
+  // flies at the ✕).
   get isOpen() {
-    return this.openState === 'open' || this.openState === 'opening';
+    return this.openState === 'open' || this.openState === 'opening' || this.openState === 'closing';
   }
 
   /** Repaint everything from state (after research starts / completes). */