diff --git a/contributors/people.toml b/contributors/people.toml
index e153870f..79f20c72 100644
--- a/contributors/people.toml
+++ b/contributors/people.toml
@@ -27,8 +27,3 @@ sync_github_name = true
 
 [people.sanyamsingh001]
 display_name = "sanyamsingh001"
-
-[people.switch87]
-real_name = "Gert Pellin"
-display_name = "Gert Pellin"
-sync_github_name = false
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 1a80acf0..8248ee5a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ mod tests_temp_slider;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_titlebar;
 #[cfg(test)]
-mod tests_toast;
-#[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_unsaved;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_wb_selector;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs
index 7a0dfb31..a8d99aed 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ pub fn resizable_side(
 }
 
 /// The HUD toast at the bottom centre of the canvas.
-///
-/// Drawn as widgets rather than a painted galley so the message can be selected and copied: an
-/// error here often carries a path or a command the user wants to paste somewhere else.
 pub fn toast(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     let now = ctx.input(|i| i.time);
     let Some((text, until, label)) = app.ui.toast.clone() else { return };
@@ -82,27 +79,16 @@ pub fn toast(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     let Some(canvas) = app.canvas_rect else { return };
     let t = Tokens::get(ctx);
     let fade = ((until - now) / 0.25).clamp(0.0, 1.0) as f32;
-    let (background, foreground) = label.map(crate::theme::label_toast_colors).unwrap_or((egui::Color32::from_black_alpha(200), t.text));
-    let background = background.gamma_multiply(fade);
-    let foreground = foreground.gamma_multiply(fade);
+    let painter = ctx.layer_painter(egui::LayerId::new(egui::Order::Foreground, egui::Id::new("toast")));
     // long messages (a save warning, the web build's notices) wrap within the canvas
     let wrap = (canvas.width() - 80.0).clamp(200.0, 720.0);
-    egui::Area::new(egui::Id::new("toast"))
-        .order(egui::Order::Foreground)
-        .movable(false)
-        // (the toast fades by its own clock)
-        .fade_in(false)
-        .pivot(Align2::CENTER_CENTER)
-        .fixed_pos(pos2(canvas.center().x, canvas.bottom() - 60.0))
-        .show(ctx, |ui| {
-            ui.set_max_width(wrap);
-            egui::Frame::NONE.fill(background).corner_radius(egui::CornerRadius::same(6)).inner_margin(egui::Margin::symmetric(20, 11)).show(
-                ui,
-                |ui| {
-                    ui.add(egui::Label::new(egui::RichText::new(text).font(t.font(14.0)).color(foreground)).wrap());
-                },
-            );
-        });
+    let (background, foreground) = label.map(crate::theme::label_toast_colors).unwrap_or((egui::Color32::from_black_alpha(200), t.text));
+    let foreground = foreground.gamma_multiply(fade);
+    let galley = painter.layout(text, t.font(14.0), foreground, wrap);
+    let size = vec2(galley.size().x + 40.0, (galley.size().y + 22.0).max(40.0));
+    let r = Rect::from_center_size(pos2(canvas.center().x, canvas.bottom() - 60.0), size);
+    painter.rect_filled(r, 6.0, background.gamma_multiply(fade));
+    painter.galley(r.center() - galley.size() / 2.0, galley, foreground);
     ctx.request_repaint_after(std::time::Duration::from_millis(30));
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_labels.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_labels.rs
index 9869223b..9325ab77 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_labels.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_labels.rs
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ fn label_tints_grid_and_filmstrip_chrome_without_changing_photo_pixels() {
 fn label_toast_has_pale_colour_and_rating_restores_neutral_style() {
     let mut h = app(ViewMode::SquareGrid);
     h.app.run("photo.label", json!({"label": "red"})).unwrap();
-    // (two frames: the toast is an egui Area, sized in its first frame and painted from the second, #1262)
-    h.step();
     h.step();
     let at = egui::pos2(h.app.canvas_rect.unwrap().center().x, h.app.canvas_rect.unwrap().bottom() - 45.0);
     let red = pixel(&h.paint(), at);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_toast.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_toast.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index cf671d24..00000000
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_toast.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-//! The toast is drawn as widgets, not as paint. That is what makes its message selectable: a toast
-//! often carries a path or a command the user wants somewhere else, and painted text cannot be
-//! picked up by the pointer at all.
-
-use std::time::Duration;
-
-use crate::headless::Headless;
-use crate::{LightcraftApp, Services};
-
-const T: Duration = Duration::from_secs(20);
-
-fn demo() -> Headless {
-    let app = LightcraftApp::new(lightcraft_engine::Session::with_demo(), Services { png: None, ..Default::default() });
-    let mut h = Headless::new(app, [1200.0, 800.0], 1.0);
-    // let the first renders finish: a render still running when the test binary exits can crash in the
-    // GPU driver's teardown (the preview pool doesn't join its workers)
-    h.settle(T);
-    h
-}
-
-/// One event per frame: [`LightcraftApp::raw_input_hook`] takes pointer events singly.
-fn send(h: &mut Headless, e: egui::Event) {
-    h.app.synthetic.push(e);
-    h.step();
-}
-
-fn show_toast(h: &mut Headless, msg: &str) -> egui::Rect {
-    h.app.ui.toast = Some((msg.to_owned(), f64::MAX, None));
-    h.step();
-    h.step();
-    h.view.ctx.memory(|m| m.area_rect(egui::Id::new("toast"))).expect("the toast is laid out as a widget, not paint")
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn the_toast_is_a_widget_the_pointer_reaches() {
-    let mut h = demo();
-    let msg = "Exported frame to /tmp/scene-0001.png";
-    let area = show_toast(&mut h, msg);
-
-    assert!(area.is_positive(), "the toast has a rect of its own: {area:?}");
-    assert!(h.painted_text().iter().any(|t| t.contains("Exported frame")), "the message is still painted");
-
-    // The pointer reaches the message: egui offers the text cursor over it. Painted text is never
-    // hit-tested, so this is the difference that makes selection possible at all.
-    send(&mut h, egui::Event::PointerMoved(area.center()));
-    assert_eq!(h.last_cursor, egui::CursorIcon::Text, "the toast text is a text target");
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn the_toast_still_wraps_a_long_message_inside_the_canvas() {
-    let mut h = demo();
-    let msg = "The SAM 3 download failed: the file is 4.1 GB and the connection dropped at 98 %, so nothing was installed and the masks are still unavailable";
-    let area = show_toast(&mut h, msg);
-
-    let canvas = h.app.canvas_rect.expect("the demo has a canvas");
-    assert!(area.width() <= canvas.width() - 80.0, "the toast wraps within the canvas: {area:?}");
-    assert!(h.painted_text().iter().any(|t| t.contains("SAM 3 download failed")), "the whole message is painted");
-}