diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/StudioRightPanel.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/StudioRightPanel.tsx
index c8f0bf8282..048df4c0be 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/StudioRightPanel.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/StudioRightPanel.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import {
   type ColorGradingScope,
 } from "./studioColorGradingScope";
 import type { BackgroundRemovalProgress } from "./editor/propertyPanelTypes";
+import { timelineKeysForSelections, type ToggleHiddenHandler } from "../utils/studioHelpers";
 
 const MIN_INSPECTOR_SPLIT_PERCENT = 20;
 const MAX_INSPECTOR_SPLIT_PERCENT = 75;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ export interface StudioRightPanelProps {
     kind: EditHistoryKind;
     files: Record<string, { before: string; after: string }>;
   }) => Promise<void>;
-  onToggleElementHidden?: (elementKey: string, hidden: boolean) => Promise<void> | void;
+  onToggleElementHidden?: ToggleHiddenHandler;
 }
 
 // fallow-ignore-next-line complexity
@@ -343,10 +344,11 @@ export function StudioRightPanel({
     [projectId, refreshFileTree, showToast],
   );
 
-  const handleHideAllSelected = () =>
-    domEditGroupSelections
-      .map((el) => el.id ?? el.selector)
-      .forEach((key) => key && void onToggleElementHidden?.(key, true));
+  const handleHideAllSelected = () => {
+    const { elements } = usePlayerStore.getState();
+    const keys = timelineKeysForSelections(domEditGroupSelections, elements, activeCompPath);
+    if (keys.length > 0) void onToggleElementHidden?.(keys, true);
+  };
   const propertyPanel = (
     <DesignPanelPromoteProvider
       selection={domEditGroupSelections.length > 1 ? null : domEditSelection}
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanel.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanel.tsx
index 4babca2348..9a29d4abe2 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanel.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanel.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   readGsapRuntimeValuesForPanel,
   readGsapBorderRadiusForPanel,
   isSelectedElementHidden,
+  selectionIdentityKey,
 } from "./propertyPanelHelpers";
 import { MetricField, Section } from "./propertyPanelPrimitives";
 import { createTransformCommitHandlers } from "./propertyPanelTransformCommit";
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ export const PropertyPanel = memo(function PropertyPanel(props: PropertyPanelPro
     return (
       <PropertyPanelFlat
         {...props}
-        key={element.id ?? element.selector}
+        key={selectionIdentityKey(element)}
         element={element}
         styles={styles}
         sections={sections}
@@ -372,12 +373,7 @@ export const PropertyPanel = memo(function PropertyPanel(props: PropertyPanelPro
         )}
         {sections.colorGrading && (
           <ColorGradingSection
-            key={[
-              element.id ?? "",
-              element.hfId ?? "",
-              element.selector ?? "",
-              String(element.selectorIndex ?? ""),
-            ].join("|")}
+            key={selectionIdentityKey(element)}
             projectId={projectId}
             element={element}
             assets={assets}
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelEmptyState.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelEmptyState.tsx
index 4a30f867e7..b661b70124 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelEmptyState.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelEmptyState.tsx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function FlatMultiSelectState({
           const { glyph, className } = elementKindGlyph(element);
           return (
             <span
-              key={element.id ?? element.selector}
+              key={`${element.id ?? element.selector ?? ""}:${element.selectorIndex ?? 0}`}
               className="flex items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-panel-border bg-panel-bg px-2.5 py-[7px]"
             >
               <span
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelFlat.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelFlat.tsx
index eee092f007..2b49bb25b4 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelFlat.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelFlat.tsx
@@ -363,10 +363,14 @@ export function PropertyPanelFlat({
     });
   }
   if (showEditableSections) {
+    // Number.isFinite guard (not `|| 1`): opacity 0 is a real value — an
+    // invisible element must summarize as 0%, not 100%.
+    const opacityValue = parseFloat(styles.opacity ?? "1");
+    const opacityPct = Math.round((Number.isFinite(opacityValue) ? opacityValue : 1) * 100);
     groups.push({
       id: "style",
       title: "Style",
-      summary: `fill ${styles["background-image"] && styles["background-image"] !== "none" ? "image/gradient" : styles["background-color"] ? "set" : "none"} · ${Math.round((parseFloat(styles.opacity ?? "1") || 1) * 100)}%`,
+      summary: `fill ${styles["background-image"] && styles["background-image"] !== "none" ? "image/gradient" : styles["background-color"] ? "set" : "none"} · ${opacityPct}%`,
       content: (
         <FlatStyleSection
           projectId={projectId}
@@ -383,7 +387,8 @@ export function PropertyPanelFlat({
   groups.push({
     id: "layout",
     title: "Layout",
-    accessory: <span className="text-[9px] text-panel-text-5">drag values to scrub</span>,
+    // No scrub accessory: FlatRow/CommitField has no pointer-drag scrubbing
+    // (wheel/arrow keys only) — advertising "drag values to scrub" here lies.
     summary: `${formatPxMetricValue(displayX)},${formatPxMetricValue(displayY)} · ${Math.round(displayW)}×${Math.round(displayH)}`,
     content: (
       <FlatLayoutSection
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/gsapLivePreview.ts b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/gsapLivePreview.ts
index b6daaa5bc8..ead64721a1 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/gsapLivePreview.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/gsapLivePreview.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ import type { DomEditSelection } from "./domEditingTypes";
  * Extracted so the identical closure exists once — shared by the legacy
  * PropertyPanel Layout section and the flat Layout group (PropertyPanelFlat).
  */
+// Resolve by id when unique, otherwise by selector + selectorIndex — a bare
+// querySelector(selector) always hits the FIRST match, so dragging on the
+// second of two same-selector siblings would animate the wrong element.
+function resolvePreviewNode(
+  doc: Document | null | undefined,
+  el: DomEditSelection,
+): Element | null {
+  if (!doc) return null;
+  if (el.id) return doc.querySelector(`#${el.id}`);
+  if (!el.selector) return null;
+  return doc.querySelectorAll(el.selector)[el.selectorIndex ?? 0] ?? null;
+}
+
 export function createGsapLivePreview(iframeRef: { readonly current: HTMLIFrameElement | null }) {
   return (el: DomEditSelection, props: Record<string, number>) => {
     const iframe = iframeRef.current;
@@ -15,8 +28,7 @@ export function createGsapLivePreview(iframeRef: { readonly current: HTMLIFrameE
       | { gsap?: { set: (t: Element, v: Record<string, number>) => void } }
       | null
       | undefined;
-    const sel = el.id ? `#${el.id}` : el.selector;
-    const node = sel ? iframe?.contentDocument?.querySelector(sel) : null;
+    const node = resolvePreviewNode(iframe?.contentDocument, el);
     if (win?.gsap && node) win.gsap.set(node, props);
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatMotionSection.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatMotionSection.tsx
index 0eb9147609..83c17cf6b4 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatMotionSection.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatMotionSection.tsx
@@ -21,21 +21,43 @@ export function FlatTimingRow({
   const { start, duration, inferred: derived } = deriveElementTiming(element, animations);
   const end = start + duration;
 
+  // While the range is inferred from animations, editing ONE field must pin the
+  // WHOLE displayed range: writing only data-duration flips inference off and
+  // drops start to data-start-or-0 (the clip silently shifts), and writing only
+  // data-start is ignored while duration is still inferred (the edit looks
+  // dead). Pin both attributes, sequentially, so the display never jumps.
+  const pinRange = async (nextStart: number, nextDuration: number) => {
+    await onSetAttribute("start", nextStart.toFixed(2));
+    await onSetAttribute("duration", nextDuration.toFixed(2));
+  };
+
   const commitStart = (nextValue: string) => {
     const parsed = parseTimingValue(nextValue);
     if (parsed == null) return;
+    if (derived) {
+      void pinRange(parsed, duration);
+      return;
+    }
     void onSetAttribute("start", parsed.toFixed(2));
   };
 
   const commitDuration = (nextValue: string) => {
     const parsed = parseTimingValue(nextValue);
     if (parsed == null || parsed <= 0) return;
+    if (derived) {
+      void pinRange(start, parsed);
+      return;
+    }
     void onSetAttribute("duration", parsed.toFixed(2));
   };
 
   const commitEnd = (nextValue: string) => {
     const parsed = parseTimingValue(nextValue);
     if (parsed == null || parsed <= start) return;
+    if (derived) {
+      void pinRange(start, parsed - start);
+      return;
+    }
     void onSetAttribute("duration", (parsed - start).toFixed(2));
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatPrimitives.test.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatPrimitives.test.tsx
index b06a8135a6..6fb1dad09d 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatPrimitives.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatPrimitives.test.tsx
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ describe("FlatSlider — Grade extensions", () => {
     act(() => rootB.unmount());
   });
 
-  it("renders no reset slot at all when centerTick is omitted, matching existing Style/Media callers", () => {
+  it("renders no reset slot at all when neither centerTick nor onReset is provided", () => {
     const { host, root } = renderInto(
       <FlatSlider
         label="Opacity"
@@ -501,6 +501,136 @@ describe("FlatSlider — Grade extensions", () => {
     expect(host.querySelector('[data-flat-slider-reset="true"]')).toBeNull();
     act(() => root.unmount());
   });
+
+  it("shows a reachable reset button on a non-centerTick slider that passes onReset (Grade Vignette/Effects)", () => {
+    const onReset = vi.fn();
+    const { host, root } = renderInto(
+      <FlatSlider
+        label="Vignette"
+        value={18}
+        min={0}
+        max={100}
+        tier="explicitCustom"
+        displayValue="18%"
+        onReset={onReset}
+        onCommit={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    );
+    const resetButton = host.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-flat-slider-reset="true"]');
+    expect(resetButton).not.toBeNull();
+    act(() => resetButton?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent("click", { bubbles: true })));
+    expect(onReset).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+  });
+
+  it("never commits from a click released on a disabled slider", () => {
+    const onCommit = vi.fn();
+    const { host, root } = renderInto(
+      <FlatSlider
+        label="Opacity"
+        value={100}
+        min={0}
+        max={100}
+        tier="default"
+        displayValue="100%"
+        disabled
+        onCommit={onCommit}
+      />,
+    );
+    const track = host.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-flat-slider-track="true"]');
+    if (!track) throw new Error("expected a track element");
+    Object.defineProperty(track, "getBoundingClientRect", {
+      value: () => ({ left: 0, width: 200, top: 0, height: 20, right: 200, bottom: 20 }),
+    });
+    act(() => {
+      track.dispatchEvent(
+        new PointerEvent("pointerdown", { bubbles: true, clientX: 50, pointerId: 1 }),
+      );
+      track.dispatchEvent(
+        new PointerEvent("pointerup", { bubbles: true, clientX: 50, pointerId: 1 }),
+      );
+    });
+    expect(onCommit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+  });
+
+  it("supports keyboard operation: focusable, arrow keys step, Home/End clamp to range", () => {
+    const onCommit = vi.fn();
+    const { host, root } = renderInto(
+      <FlatSlider
+        label="Volume"
+        value={50}
+        min={0}
+        max={100}
+        tier="default"
+        displayValue="50%"
+        onCommit={onCommit}
+      />,
+    );
+    const track = host.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-flat-slider-track="true"]');
+    if (!track) throw new Error("expected a track element");
+    expect(track.getAttribute("tabindex")).toBe("0");
+    expect(track.getAttribute("aria-valuemin")).toBe("0");
+    expect(track.getAttribute("aria-valuemax")).toBe("100");
+    act(() => {
+      track.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "ArrowRight", bubbles: true }));
+    });
+    expect(onCommit).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(51);
+    act(() => {
+      track.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "Home", bubbles: true }));
+    });
+    expect(onCommit).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(0);
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+  });
+
+  it("ignores the committed prop echoing back mid-drag (no knob snap-back)", () => {
+    const onCommit = vi.fn();
+    function Harness() {
+      const [value, setValue] = React.useState(10);
+      return (
+        <FlatSlider
+          label="Opacity"
+          value={value}
+          min={0}
+          max={100}
+          tier="explicitCustom"
+          displayValue={`${value}%`}
+          onCommit={(next) => {
+            onCommit(next);
+            setValue(next);
+          }}
+        />
+      );
+    }
+    const { host, root } = renderInto(<Harness />);
+    const track = host.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-flat-slider-track="true"]');
+    if (!track) throw new Error("expected a track element");
+    Object.defineProperty(track, "getBoundingClientRect", {
+      value: () => ({ left: 0, width: 100, top: 0, height: 20, right: 100, bottom: 20 }),
+    });
+    act(() => {
+      // Leading-edge commit fires at 30 and echoes back through the parent's
+      // state — mid-drag, that echo must NOT reset the draft.
+      track.dispatchEvent(
+        new PointerEvent("pointerdown", { bubbles: true, clientX: 30, pointerId: 1 }),
+      );
+    });
+    act(() => {
+      track.dispatchEvent(
+        new PointerEvent("pointermove", { bubbles: true, clientX: 80, pointerId: 1 }),
+      );
+    });
+    // Draft tracks the pointer (80), not the stale committed echo (30).
+    expect(track.getAttribute("aria-valuenow")).toBe("80");
+    act(() => {
+      track.dispatchEvent(
+        new PointerEvent("pointerup", { bubbles: true, clientX: 80, pointerId: 1 }),
+      );
+    });
+    expect(onCommit).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(80);
+    expect(track.getAttribute("aria-valuenow")).toBe("80");
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+  });
 });
 
 describe("FlatSelectRow", () => {
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatPrimitives.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatPrimitives.tsx
index 8c119198f0..49faeebaa6 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatPrimitives.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatPrimitives.tsx
@@ -216,6 +216,29 @@ export function FlatGroupHeader({
 /*  FlatSlider — full-width label/track/value row                      */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
+/** Keyboard target for a slider keydown, or null for keys we don't handle. */
+function sliderKeyTarget(
+  key: string,
+  current: number,
+  min: number,
+  max: number,
+  step: number,
+): number | null {
+  if (key === "Home") return min;
+  if (key === "End") return max;
+  const deltas: Record<string, number> = {
+    ArrowLeft: -step,
+    ArrowDown: -step,
+    ArrowRight: step,
+    ArrowUp: step,
+    PageDown: -step * 10,
+    PageUp: step * 10,
+  };
+  const delta = deltas[key];
+  if (delta === undefined) return null;
+  return Math.max(min, Math.min(max, current + delta));
+}
+
 export function FlatSlider({
   label,
   value,
@@ -252,6 +275,11 @@ export function FlatSlider({
   const commitTimerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
   const lastCommitAtRef = useRef(0);
   const pendingRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
+  // True from pointerdown to pointerup/cancel. While dragging, the committed
+  // prop echoing back through the parent must NOT reset `draft` — the echo is
+  // up to 40ms stale (throttled commit), and syncing it mid-drag snaps the
+  // knob backwards under the user's pointer.
+  const draggingRef = useRef(false);
   // Tracks the last value actually sent to onCommit — separate from `value`
   // (the committed prop) because in a single pointerdown+pointerup click the
   // leading-edge commit fires before the parent has re-rendered with the new
@@ -260,6 +288,7 @@ export function FlatSlider({
   const lastCommittedRef = useRef(value);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (draggingRef.current) return;
     setDraft(value);
     lastCommittedRef.current = value;
   }, [value]);
@@ -313,10 +342,14 @@ export function FlatSlider({
         role="slider"
         aria-label={label}
         aria-valuenow={draft}
+        aria-valuemin={min}
+        aria-valuemax={max}
         aria-disabled={disabled}
+        tabIndex={disabled ? -1 : 0}
         className={`relative h-5 flex-1 ${disabled ? "cursor-not-allowed" : "cursor-pointer"}`}
         onPointerDown={(e) => {
           if (disabled) return;
+          draggingRef.current = true;
           e.currentTarget.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
           const stepped = stepFromClientX(e.clientX, e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect());
           setDraft(stepped);
@@ -332,6 +365,9 @@ export function FlatSlider({
           if (e.currentTarget.hasPointerCapture(e.pointerId)) {
             e.currentTarget.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
           }
+          if (disabled) return;
+          if (!draggingRef.current) return;
+          draggingRef.current = false;
           // Recompute from the event itself rather than reading the `draft`
           // closure — if pointerdown+pointerup land in the same React batch
           // (e.g. a very fast click), the onPointerUp handler can still be
@@ -340,6 +376,20 @@ export function FlatSlider({
           setDraft(stepped);
           commitDraft(stepped);
         }}
+        onPointerCancel={(e) => {
+          draggingRef.current = false;
+          if (e.currentTarget.hasPointerCapture(e.pointerId)) {
+            e.currentTarget.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+          }
+        }}
+        onKeyDown={(e) => {
+          if (disabled) return;
+          const next = sliderKeyTarget(e.key, draft, min, max, step);
+          if (next === null) return;
+          e.preventDefault();
+          setDraft(next);
+          commitDraft(next);
+        }}
       >
         <div className="absolute inset-x-0 top-1/2 h-0.5 -translate-y-1/2 rounded-full bg-panel-hover">
           {centerTick && (
@@ -372,7 +422,7 @@ export function FlatSlider({
       >
         {displayValue}
       </span>
-      {centerTick && (
+      {(centerTick || onReset) && (
         <span data-flat-slider-reset-slot="true" className="w-3.5 flex-shrink-0">
           {tier === "explicitCustom" && onReset && (
             <button
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatStyleSections.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatStyleSections.tsx
index 2f689b0f07..6dbc093164 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatStyleSections.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatStyleSections.tsx
@@ -411,11 +411,13 @@ function FlatOverflowMaskRows({
       />
       <FlatSelectRow
         label="Mask"
-        value={clipPathPreset === "custom" ? "none" : clipPathPreset}
-        options={["none", "inset", "circle"]}
+        value={clipPathPreset}
+        // "custom" = authored clip-path; showing "none" invites destroying it.
+        options={[...(clipPathPreset === "custom" ? ["custom"] : []), "none", "inset", "circle"]}
         tier={resolveValueTier(clipPathPreset === "none" ? undefined : clipPathPreset, "none")}
         disabled={disabled}
         onChange={(next) => {
+          if (next === "custom") return;
           void onSetStyle(
             "clip-path",
             buildClipPathValue(next as "none" | "inset" | "circle", radiusValue, clipPathValue),
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatTextSection.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatTextSection.tsx
index 480faf90ff..3d8979f770 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatTextSection.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelFlatTextSection.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { ImportedFontAsset } from "./fontAssets";
 import { normalizeTextMetricValue } from "./propertyPanelHelpers";
 import { ColorField } from "./propertyPanelColor";
 import { FontFamilyField } from "./propertyPanelFont";
+import { PromotableControl } from "./PromotableControl";
 import { FlatRow, FlatSegmentedRow } from "./propertyPanelFlatPrimitives";
 import {
   resolveValueTier,
@@ -65,20 +66,33 @@ function FlatTextFieldEditor({
 
   return (
     <>
-      <TextAreaField
-        flat
-        label="Content"
-        value={field.value}
-        autoFocus={autoFocus}
-        onCommit={(next) => onSetText(next, field.key)}
-      />
-      <FontFamilyField
-        flat
-        value={field.computedStyles["font-family"] || styles["font-family"] || "inherit"}
-        importedFonts={fontAssets}
-        onImportFonts={onImportFonts}
-        onCommit={(next) => onSetTextFieldStyle(field.key, "font-family", next)}
-      />
+      <PromotableControl channel={{ kind: "text" }} enabled={field.source === "self"}>
+        {({ value, onCommit }) => (
+          <TextAreaField
+            flat
+            label="Content"
+            value={value ?? field.value}
+            autoFocus={autoFocus}
+            onCommit={onCommit ?? ((next) => onSetText(next, field.key))}
+          />
+        )}
+      </PromotableControl>
+      <PromotableControl
+        channel={{ kind: "style", prop: "font-family" }}
+        enabled={field.source === "self"}
+      >
+        {({ value, onCommit }) => (
+          <FontFamilyField
+            flat
+            value={
+              value ?? (field.computedStyles["font-family"] || styles["font-family"] || "inherit")
+            }
+            importedFonts={fontAssets}
+            onImportFonts={onImportFonts}
+            onCommit={onCommit ?? ((next) => onSetTextFieldStyle(field.key, "font-family", next))}
+          />
+        )}
+      </PromotableControl>
       <FlatRow
         label="Size"
         value={field.computedStyles["font-size"] || styles["font-size"] || "16px"}
@@ -180,12 +194,19 @@ function FlatTextFieldEditor({
           }
         }}
       />
-      <ColorField
-        flat
-        label="Color"
-        value={getTextFieldColor(field, styles)}
-        onCommit={(next) => onSetTextFieldStyle(field.key, "color", next)}
-      />
+      <PromotableControl
+        channel={{ kind: "style", prop: "color" }}
+        enabled={field.source === "self"}
+      >
+        {({ value, onCommit }) => (
+          <ColorField
+            flat
+            label="Color"
+            value={value ?? getTextFieldColor(field, styles)}
+            onCommit={onCommit ?? ((next) => onSetTextFieldStyle(field.key, "color", next))}
+          />
+        )}
+      </PromotableControl>
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelHelpers.ts b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelHelpers.ts
index 993ea77c05..13500fa1cd 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelHelpers.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@ export function isSelectedElementHidden(
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * 4-part element identity for keying panel remounts on selection change —
+ * id or selector alone collides for id-less same-selector siblings, leaving
+ * mount-initialized state pointed at the previous element.
+ */
+export function selectionIdentityKey(
+  element: Pick<DomEditSelection, "id" | "hfId" | "selector" | "selectorIndex">,
+): string {
+  return [
+    element.id ?? "",
+    element.hfId ?? "",
+    element.selector ?? "",
+    String(element.selectorIndex ?? ""),
+  ].join("|");
+}
+
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 /*  Font types & constants (shared by font and section modules)        */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/useColorGradingController.ts b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/useColorGradingController.ts
index 41a01f4dd2..f26fd3238b 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/useColorGradingController.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/useColorGradingController.ts
@@ -229,7 +229,10 @@ export function useColorGradingController({
         setMediaMetadata(metadata);
       })
       .catch(() => {
-        if (!controller.signal.aborted) MEDIA_METADATA_CACHE.set(cacheKey, null);
+        // Don't cache a transient fetch failure — a cached null would suppress
+        // the HDR banner for this asset for the page's whole lifetime. Leave the
+        // key absent so the next selection retries. (A successful response with
+        // no metadata still caches null above, which IS a stable answer.)
       });
     return () => controller.abort();
   }, [projectId, selectedAssetPath]);
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/hooks/timelineTrackVisibility.test.ts b/packages/studio/src/hooks/timelineTrackVisibility.test.ts
index 7c0fe91c1b..8c44477175 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/hooks/timelineTrackVisibility.test.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/hooks/timelineTrackVisibility.test.ts
@@ -199,4 +199,56 @@ describe("toggleTimelineElementHidden", () => {
       usePlayerStore.getState().elements.find((el) => el.key === "index.html:#track-mate")?.hidden,
     ).toBeUndefined();
   });
+
+  it("hides several elements in ONE atomic write when given an array of keys", async () => {
+    const files = new Map([
+      [
+        "index.html",
+        `<div id="hero" data-start="0" data-duration="2"></div>
+<div id="caption" data-start="1" data-duration="2"></div>
+<div id="badge" data-start="2" data-duration="2"></div>`,
+      ],
+    ]);
+    stubProjectFiles(files);
+
+    const hero = element({ id: "hero", key: "index.html:#hero", domId: "hero", track: 0 });
+    const caption = element({
+      id: "caption",
+      key: "index.html:#caption",
+      domId: "caption",
+      track: 1,
+    });
+    const badge = element({ id: "badge", key: "index.html:#badge", domId: "badge", track: 2 });
+
+    const writes: Array<{ path: string; content: string }> = [];
+    const recordEdit = vi.fn();
+
+    await toggleTimelineElementHidden({
+      projectId: "project-1",
+      activeCompPath: "index.html",
+      timelineElements: [hero, caption, badge],
+      elementKey: ["index.html:#hero", "index.html:#caption"],
+      hidden: true,
+      previewIframe: null,
+      writeProjectFile: async (path, content) => {
+        writes.push({ path, content });
+      },
+      recordEdit,
+      domEditSaveTimestampRef: { current: 0 },
+      pendingTimelineEditPathRef: { current: new Set() },
+    });
+
+    // One write carrying BOTH hides — per-element writes would clobber each
+    // other (each starts from the original file content).
+    expect(writes).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(writes[0]?.content).toContain(
+      'id="hero" data-start="0" data-duration="2" data-hidden=""',
+    );
+    expect(writes[0]?.content).toContain(
+      'id="caption" data-start="1" data-duration="2" data-hidden=""',
+    );
+    expect(writes[0]?.content).toContain('id="badge" data-start="2" data-duration="2"></div>');
+    expect(recordEdit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(recordEdit.mock.calls[0]?.[0]?.label).toBe("Hide 2 elements");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/hooks/timelineTrackVisibility.ts b/packages/studio/src/hooks/timelineTrackVisibility.ts
index db30f55ca9..a60b88a747 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/hooks/timelineTrackVisibility.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/hooks/timelineTrackVisibility.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ interface ToggleTimelineTrackHiddenInput {
 }
 
 interface ToggleTimelineElementHiddenInput extends Omit<ToggleTimelineTrackHiddenInput, "track"> {
-  elementKey: string;
+  /** One timeline key, or several to hide/show in a single atomic file write. */
+  elementKey: string | readonly string[];
 }
 
 interface SetElementsHiddenInput {
@@ -232,13 +233,21 @@ export async function toggleTimelineElementHidden({
   domEditSaveTimestampRef,
   pendingTimelineEditPathRef,
 }: ToggleTimelineElementHiddenInput): Promise<string[]> {
-  const element = timelineElements.find((item) => (item.key ?? item.id) === elementKey);
+  const keys = new Set(typeof elementKey === "string" ? [elementKey] : elementKey);
+  const elements = timelineElements.filter((item) => keys.has(item.key ?? item.id));
   return setElementsHidden({
     projectId,
     activeCompPath,
-    elements: element ? [element] : [],
+    elements,
     hidden,
-    label: hidden ? "Hide element" : "Show element",
+    label:
+      elements.length > 1
+        ? hidden
+          ? `Hide ${elements.length} elements`
+          : `Show ${elements.length} elements`
+        : hidden
+          ? "Hide element"
+          : "Show element",
     previewIframe,
     writeProjectFile,
     recordEdit,
@@ -322,11 +331,11 @@ export function useTimelineElementVisibilityEditing({
   isRecordingRef,
   forceReloadSdkSession,
 }: UseTimelineElementVisibilityEditingInput): (
-  elementKey: string,
+  elementKey: string | readonly string[],
   hidden: boolean,
 ) => Promise<void> {
   return useCallback(
-    async (elementKey: string, hidden: boolean) => {
+    async (elementKey: string | readonly string[], hidden: boolean) => {
       if (isRecordingRef?.current) {
         showToast("Cannot edit timeline while recording", "error");
         return;
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/utils/studioHelpers.ts b/packages/studio/src/utils/studioHelpers.ts
index 0565eea2ca..448e868c15 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/utils/studioHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/utils/studioHelpers.ts
@@ -237,6 +237,28 @@ export function resolveTimelineIdForSelection(
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolve every multi-selected element to its scope-qualified timeline key
+ * (dropping unresolvable ones). Selections carry bare DOM ids/selectors, but
+ * the visibility toggle matches keys like "index.html#hero" — and callers must
+ * hide all keys in ONE call so the file is patched in a single atomic write
+ * (per-element calls would clobber each other's reads).
+ */
+export function timelineKeysForSelections(
+  selections: readonly DomEditSelection[],
+  elements: TimelineElement[],
+  activeCompPath: string | null,
+): string[] {
+  return selections
+    .map((selection) => resolveTimelineIdForSelection(selection, elements, activeCompPath))
+    .filter((key): key is string => key !== null);
+}
+
+export type ToggleHiddenHandler = (
+  elementKey: string | readonly string[],
+  hidden: boolean,
+) => Promise<void> | void;
+
 export function resolveTimelineSelectionSeekTime(
   currentTime: number,
   element: Pick<TimelineElement, "start" | "duration"> | null | undefined,