diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index d0a96d23e6..7d5ac68c94 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -3989,6 +3989,9 @@ fn draw_drag_preview(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, painter: &egui::Painter, xf: &View
             if let Some(lasso) = &d.lasso {
                 pts.push(xf.to_screen(lasso.cursor[0] as f32, lasso.cursor[1] as f32));
             }
+            // On pixel centres like the marquee's ants, so a 1 pt line stays crisp wherever the
+            // canvas sits (a pixel edge would blur it to grey).
+            let pts: Vec<Pos2> = pts.into_iter().map(|p| p.round() + vec2(0.5, 0.5)).collect();
             crate::tool_feedback::draw_ants(painter, &pts, false);
         }
         Tool::Gradient => {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/chrome_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/chrome_ui.rs
index 4d2cdf5b7f..caa3b82203 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/chrome_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/chrome_ui.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ pub fn status_bar_pro(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
         &app.session.prefs().units_and_rulers,
     );
     let mut pct = app.ui.views[i].zoom * 100.0;
-    if widgets::value_field(ui, &mut pct, crate::zoom_levels::percent_range(&app.ui.views[i]), "%", 64.0).changed() {
+    let control_h = crate::panels::status_bar_heights(&t).1;
+    if widgets::compact_value_field(ui, &mut pct, crate::zoom_levels::percent_range(&app.ui.views[i]), "%", 64.0, control_h).changed() {
         app.ui.views[i].zoom = crate::zoom_levels::clamp(pct / 100.0, app.ui.views[i].doc_size);
         app.ui.views[i].fit_pending = false;
     }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 0b84ada001..378b4d7687 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -2177,6 +2177,8 @@ mod stamp_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod alt_click_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
+mod status_bar_tests;
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod stroke_timing_tests;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
index 1b3d9353ed..87a1d58e97 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
@@ -1479,12 +1479,19 @@ fn hint(ui: &mut egui::Ui, s: &str) {
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- status bar
 
+/// The status bar's height and the height of the controls in it (zoom field, Fit), which leaves
+/// them an even margin above and below inside the bar (#2823).
+pub fn status_bar_heights(t: &Tokens) -> (f32, f32) {
+    if t.pro { (24.0, 18.0) } else { (30.0, 22.0) }
+}
+
 pub fn status_bar(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
     egui::Panel::bottom("status_bar")
-        .exact_size(if t.pro { 24.0 } else { 30.0 })
+        .exact_size(status_bar_heights(&t).0)
         .frame(egui::Frame::NONE.fill(t.chrome).inner_margin(egui::Margin::symmetric(10, 0)))
         .show(ui, |ui| {
+            let control_h = status_bar_heights(&t).1;
             ui.horizontal_centered(|ui| {
                 if t.pro {
                     crate::chrome_ui::status_bar_pro(app, ui);
@@ -1496,7 +1503,7 @@ pub fn status_bar(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                     let (w, h, mode, bits, layers) =
                         (st.doc.size.width, st.doc.size.height, crate::canvas::mode_label(&st.doc), st.doc.depth.bits(), st.doc.layer_count());
                     let mut pct = app.ui.views[i].zoom * 100.0;
-                    if widgets::value_field(ui, &mut pct, crate::zoom_levels::percent_range(&app.ui.views[i]), "%", 78.0).changed() {
+                    if widgets::compact_value_field(ui, &mut pct, crate::zoom_levels::percent_range(&app.ui.views[i]), "%", 78.0, control_h).changed() {
                         app.ui.views[i].zoom = crate::zoom_levels::clamp(pct / 100.0, app.ui.views[i].doc_size);
                         app.ui.views[i].fit_pending = false;
                     }
@@ -1517,7 +1524,7 @@ pub fn status_bar(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                 ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
                     if app.session.active().is_some()
                         && !t.pro
-                        && widgets::secondary_button(ui, tl!("Fit"), 0.0).clicked()
+                        && widgets::compact_button(ui, tl!("Fit"), control_h).clicked()
                         && let Some(i) = app.session.active_index()
                     {
                         app.ui.views[i].fit_pending = true;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/status_bar_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/status_bar_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e4f4a0db5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/status_bar_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+//! The status bar's zoom field and Fit button sit inside the bar with an even margin above and
+//! below, in every theme (#2823).
+
+use egui::{Rect, pos2, vec2};
+use egui_kittest::{Harness, kittest::Queryable};
+use serde_json::json;
+
+use crate::PhotocraftApp;
+use crate::theme::{ThemeKind, Tokens};
+
+const SIZE: egui::Vec2 = vec2(900.0, 200.0);
+
+fn bottom_id() -> egui::Id {
+    egui::Id::new("status-bar-test-bottom")
+}
+
+fn harness(kind: ThemeKind) -> Harness<'static, PhotocraftApp> {
+    let mut app = PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+    app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 1080, "height": 1080, "resolution": 72, "background": "white"})).unwrap();
+    app.sync_views();
+    let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(SIZE).build_ui_state(
+        |ui, app: &mut PhotocraftApp| {
+            // The first frame runs before `setup_context` installs the theme's fonts.
+            if ui.ctx().fonts(|f| f.families().contains(&egui::FontFamily::Name("medium".into()))) {
+                // Where the bar goes: the bottom of the harness's (margined) root Ui.
+                let bottom = ui.max_rect().bottom();
+                ui.ctx().data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(bottom_id(), bottom));
+                crate::panels::status_bar(app, ui);
+            }
+        },
+        app,
+    );
+    PhotocraftApp::setup_context(&h.ctx, kind);
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    h
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn status_bar_controls_sit_inside_the_bar_with_even_margins() {
+    for kind in ThemeKind::ALL {
+        let h = harness(kind);
+        let t = Tokens::for_kind(kind);
+        let (bar_h, control_h) = crate::panels::status_bar_heights(&t);
+        let margin = (bar_h - control_h) / 2.0;
+        assert!(margin >= 3.0, "{kind:?}: margin {margin}");
+        let bottom = h.ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp::<f32>(bottom_id())).unwrap();
+        let bar = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(0.0, bottom - bar_h), pos2(SIZE.x, bottom));
+        // Half a point of slack for egui's pixel rounding of the centred row.
+        let inner = bar.shrink2(vec2(margin, margin - 0.5));
+        // The zoom number (its box is painted around it, `control_h` tall and centred).
+        let number = h.get_by_role(egui::accesskit::Role::SpinButton).rect();
+        assert!(inner.contains_rect(number), "{kind:?}: bar {bar:?}, number {number:?}");
+        // Pro (Photoshop) has no Fit button in the status bar.
+        if t.pro {
+            assert!(h.query_by_label("Fit").is_none(), "{kind:?}");
+            continue;
+        }
+        let fit = h.get_by_label("Fit").rect();
+        assert!(inner.contains_rect(fit), "{kind:?}: bar {bar:?}, Fit {fit:?}");
+        assert!((fit.center().y - bar.center().y).abs() < 0.51, "{kind:?}: bar {bar:?}, Fit {fit:?}");
+        assert!((fit.height() - control_h).abs() < 0.01, "{kind:?}: Fit {fit:?}");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
index a25140accf..500ff3526e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
@@ -240,6 +240,15 @@ pub fn value_field(ui: &mut Ui, value: &mut f32, range: std::ops::RangeInclusive
     value_field_in(ui, value, range, suffix, width, 0.0, None).0
 }
 
+/// Height of a [`value_field`]'s box.
+pub const VALUE_FIELD_H: f32 = 24.0;
+
+/// A [`value_field`] `height` points tall instead of [`VALUE_FIELD_H`], for slim bars such as
+/// the status bar (#2823).
+pub fn compact_value_field(ui: &mut Ui, value: &mut f32, range: std::ops::RangeInclusive<f32>, suffix: &str, width: f32, height: f32) -> Response {
+    value_field_box(ui, value, range, suffix, vec2(width, height), 0.0, None).0
+}
+
 /// Decimal places for a size dialog's unit key (`px`, `in`, `cm`, `mm`, `pt`, `pica`, `percent`).
 /// The places themselves live on [`photocraft_engine::prefs::Unit`], so the dialogs, the Info
 /// panel and the rulers agree (#2434).
@@ -273,16 +282,34 @@ fn value_field_in(
     width: f32,
     trailing: f32,
     decimals: Option<u32>,
+) -> (Response, Rect) {
+    value_field_box(ui, value, range, suffix, vec2(width, VALUE_FIELD_H), trailing, decimals)
+}
+
+/// [`value_field_in`] with a box of any `size`.
+fn value_field_box(
+    ui: &mut Ui,
+    value: &mut f32,
+    range: std::ops::RangeInclusive<f32>,
+    suffix: &str,
+    size: Vec2,
+    trailing: f32,
+    decimals: Option<u32>,
 ) -> (Response, Rect) {
     let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
-    let (rect, slot) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(width, 24.0), Sense::hover());
+    let (rect, slot) = ui.allocate_exact_size(size, Sense::hover());
     surface(ui, rect, t.field, false);
     if !t.bevel {
         ui.painter().rect_stroke(rect, t.radius_sm, Stroke::new(1.0, t.field_border), StrokeKind::Inside);
     }
     let suffix_w = if suffix.is_empty() { 0.0 } else { 16.0 };
-    // 1 pt higher than centred: digits have no descenders, so centred text looks low.
-    let field = Rect::from_min_max(rect.min + vec2(4.0, 1.0), rect.max - vec2(4.0 + suffix_w + trailing, 3.0));
+    // 1 pt higher than centred: digits have no descenders, so centred text looks low. The slot
+    // is at least one text row tall, so a slim box's number isn't pushed out of it (#2823).
+    let font = theme::mono(12.0);
+    let row_h = ui.painter().layout_no_wrap("0".into(), font.clone(), t.text).size().y;
+    let slot_h = (rect.height() - 4.0).max(row_h).min(rect.height() - 2.0);
+    let cy = rect.center().y - 1.0;
+    let field = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(rect.left() + 4.0, cy - slot_h / 2.0), pos2(rect.right() - 4.0 - suffix_w - trailing, cy + slot_h / 2.0));
     // Small ranges (gamma 0.01–9.99, 0–1 centres) need two decimals and a finer drag, like Photoshop.
     let fine = range.end() - range.start() <= 10.0;
     let (lo, hi) = (*range.start(), *range.end());
@@ -297,7 +324,12 @@ fn value_field_in(
             ui.style_mut().visuals.widgets.inactive.bg_stroke = Stroke::NONE;
             ui.style_mut().visuals.widgets.hovered.bg_stroke = Stroke::NONE;
             ui.style_mut().visuals.widgets.hovered.weak_bg_fill = Color32::TRANSPARENT;
-            ui.style_mut().override_font_id = Some(theme::mono(12.0));
+            ui.style_mut().override_font_id = Some(font);
+            // The theme's interact height (24) is taller than the number's slot: the DragValue
+            // would grow past the slot's bottom and sit low, or spill out of a slim box (#2823).
+            // Its horizontal padding would push a long number out of the box's left edge.
+            ui.spacing_mut().interact_size.y = field.height();
+            ui.spacing_mut().button_padding = Vec2::ZERO;
             ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
                 let layout = egui::Layout::centered_and_justified(ui.layout().main_dir());
                 ui.allocate_ui_with_layout(field.size(), layout, |ui| number_edit(ui, value, range, fine, decimals)).inner
@@ -745,6 +777,12 @@ pub fn secondary_button(ui: &mut Ui, label: &str, min_width: f32) -> Response {
     button_impl(ui, label, min_width, t.field, t.text, false)
 }
 
+/// A [`secondary_button`] `height` points tall, for slim bars such as the status bar (#2823).
+pub fn compact_button(ui: &mut Ui, label: &str, height: f32) -> Response {
+    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
+    button_impl_h(ui, label, 0.0, Some(height), t.field, t.text, false)
+}
+
 /// What a dialog button does, which decides where the platform's button order puts it.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum ButtonRole {
@@ -823,19 +861,24 @@ pub fn dialog_buttons(ui: &mut Ui, buttons: &[DialogButton]) -> Option<ButtonRol
 
 /// The size of a primary or secondary button: its label plus padding, at least `min_width` wide.
 fn button_size(ui: &Ui, label: &str, min_width: f32) -> Vec2 {
-    button_layout(ui, label, min_width, Tokens::get(ui.ctx()).text).1
+    button_layout(ui, label, min_width, None, Tokens::get(ui.ctx()).text).1
 }
 
-fn button_layout(ui: &Ui, label: &str, min_width: f32, fg: Color32) -> (std::sync::Arc<egui::Galley>, Vec2) {
+fn button_layout(ui: &Ui, label: &str, min_width: f32, height: Option<f32>, fg: Color32) -> (std::sync::Arc<egui::Galley>, Vec2) {
     let galley = ui.painter().layout_no_wrap(tl!(label).to_owned(), theme::medium(13.0), fg);
-    let h = if Tokens::get(ui.ctx()).pro { 28.0 } else { 30.0 };
+    let h = height.unwrap_or(if Tokens::get(ui.ctx()).pro { 28.0 } else { 30.0 });
     let size = vec2((galley.size().x + 28.0).max(min_width), h);
     (galley, size)
 }
 
 fn button_impl(ui: &mut Ui, label: &str, min_width: f32, bg: Color32, fg: Color32, primary: bool) -> Response {
+    button_impl_h(ui, label, min_width, None, bg, fg, primary)
+}
+
+/// [`button_impl`] with an explicit `height` (`None`: the theme's button height).
+fn button_impl_h(ui: &mut Ui, label: &str, min_width: f32, height: Option<f32>, bg: Color32, fg: Color32, primary: bool) -> Response {
     let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
-    let (galley, size) = button_layout(ui, label, min_width, fg);
+    let (galley, size) = button_layout(ui, label, min_width, height, fg);
     let h = size.y;
     let (rect, resp) = ui.allocate_exact_size(size, Sense::click());
     // Painted text: name the button for accessibility (and so tests and agents can find it).
@@ -1322,6 +1365,32 @@ mod tests {
         assert!((field.center().y - number.center().y - 1.0).abs() < 0.01, "field {field:?}, number {number:?}");
     }
 
+    /// With the app's theme (its 24 pt interact height and 4 pt button padding), in a full-size
+    /// box and a slim status-bar box alike, the number stays inside the box, 1 pt above its centre,
+    /// and a long number doesn't spill out of the box's left edge (#2823).
+    #[test]
+    fn themed_value_field_number_sits_inside_its_box_in_every_size() {
+        for kind in crate::theme::ThemeKind::ALL {
+            for (w, h, v) in [(80.0, super::VALUE_FIELD_H, 50.0), (64.0, 18.0, 1600.5), (78.0, 22.0, 100.6)] {
+                let mut harness = Harness::new_ui_state(
+                    move |ui, s: &mut (f32, egui::Rect)| {
+                        let before = ui.cursor().min;
+                        super::compact_value_field(ui, &mut s.0, 0.0..=3200.0, "%", w, h);
+                        s.1 = egui::Rect::from_min_size(before, egui::vec2(w, h));
+                    },
+                    (v, egui::Rect::NOTHING),
+                );
+                crate::PhotocraftApp::setup_context(&harness.ctx, kind);
+                harness.run();
+                let number = harness.get_by_role(egui::accesskit::Role::SpinButton).rect();
+                let field = harness.state().1;
+                let what = format!("{kind:?} {w}x{h}: field {field:?}, number {number:?}");
+                assert!(field.contains_rect(number), "{what}");
+                assert!((field.center().y - number.center().y - 1.0).abs() < 0.51, "{what}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn arrow_keys_step_a_focused_field_by_one_and_shift_by_ten() {
         let mut h = focused(100.0, 0.0..=1000.0);