Ψ-W1-T2: disjoint per-mode solo surfaces and a playback-gated mode switch

Solo is cached, cleared and replayed per mode on a real switch only; the switch is refused visibly while the transport runs. The footer segment now routes through the activate actions, so a panel switch finally persists.

src/core/ui/CLAUDE.md

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ L7 sub-pass, 2026-07-27):
 - `theme` — pure palette module: role→color mapping, REAPER-grey neutral ladder + the pastel accent system, the keyboard strip's spectral ramp, WCAG contrast-floor helpers + `compositeOver` (the effective color of a translucent fill, so alpha overlays are testable). Only the ramp's MID stop is its own constant; lo/hi are still aliases of `accent/primary`/`accent/tertiary`, so a categorical accent move CAN still reorder the ramp — `testSpectralRampLuminanceIsMonotonic` is the build-time catch, not the structure.
 - `component_geometry` — pure button/slider/list-row geometry + hover hit-test helpers.
 - `action_bar` — pure task-grouped action-bar layout/hit-test: clusters (Capture / Placement / Maintenance / Tagging / Switching).
-- `footer_bar` — pure footer layout/hit-test: `[Arrange|Design]` mode-toggle geometry, Tail button, and Prune placement.
+- `footer_bar` — pure footer layout/hit-test: `[Arrange|Design]` mode-toggle geometry, Tail button, and Prune placement, plus `modeSegmentEnabled` — the mode segment's live/dead predicate under the playback gate (the transport bool is passed IN, so this stays REAPER-free).
 - `overflow_menu` — pure overflow-menu-button geometry/reserve/hit-test for the top-toolbar More (⋯) button.
 - `mode_enable` — pure opposite-mode enablement predicate: given the active mode, computes per-button live/disabled state for the four Item/Track × Arrange/Design tag buttons.
 - `tooltip` — pure tooltip placement + prefix-strip: strips the `ReaSampler:` display prefix from the registered action phrase; width clamped to the client rect.

src/core/ui/footer_bar.cpp

@@ -64,4 +64,8 @@ FooterHit hitTestFooterBar(int px, int py, const FooterBarLayout& layout) {
     return FooterHit::None;
 }
 
+bool modeSegmentEnabled(bool isActiveSegment, bool transportRunning) {
+    return isActiveSegment || !transportRunning;
+}
+
 } // namespace reasampler::ui

src/core/ui/footer_bar.h

@@ -61,4 +61,11 @@ FooterBarLayout computeFooterBar(const FooterRect& footer, const FooterBarSpec&
 // a passive readout, never a control). Half-open bounds match computeFooterBar.
 FooterHit hitTestFooterBar(int px, int py, const FooterBarLayout& layout);
 
+// Whether one [Arrange|Design] segment is live. A mode switch is refused while the project
+// plays or records (shell/view::transportBlocksModeSwitch), so an unreachable segment must READ
+// dead before the click, not merely refuse on it. The ACTIVE segment stays live regardless: it
+// fires a reapply, which is never gated, and dimming the mode you are already in would read as
+// "this mode is unavailable" rather than "you cannot leave it right now".
+bool modeSegmentEnabled(bool isActiveSegment, bool transportRunning);
+
 } // namespace reasampler::ui

src/core/view/CLAUDE.md

@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 ## Scope
 
 Pure, REAPER-free Design View model: mode/track membership, folder-derived
-visibility, snapshot-based park/restore planning, new-content (GUID) detection,
-and the managed/manual lane-identity convention that underlies per-item mode
-separation (fixed lanes). Does **not** include: the actual DAW-side flag
-application (hide, CPU-park, per-FX offline, restore via `B_SHOWINTCP` /
-`B_SHOWINMIXER` / `B_MAINSEND` / `I_FXEN`) or the never-touch-master/mute/solo
-enforcement — those live in `shell/view`.
+visibility, snapshot-based park/restore planning, the per-mode solo cache and its
+replay plan, new-content (GUID) detection, and the managed/manual lane-identity
+convention that underlies per-item mode separation (fixed lanes). Does **not**
+include: the actual DAW-side flag application (hide, CPU-park, per-FX offline,
+restore via `B_SHOWINTCP` / `B_SHOWINMIXER` / `B_MAINSEND` / `I_FXEN`, solo
+cache/clear/replay via `I_SOLO`) or the never-touch-master/mute enforcement —
+those live in `shell/view`.
 
 ## Invariants
 
@@ -33,6 +34,12 @@ settled 2026-07-23):
   from the snapshot, never to a hardcoded default. Round-trip (snapshot → park →
   restore) returns every driven flag to its captured value — this is the
   phase's trust anchor, the analog of the capture null test.
+- **Disjoint solo surfaces, cached not destroyed.** Solo is per mode: a real
+  switch banks the outgoing mode's raw `I_SOLO` values, clears them, and replays
+  the incoming mode's verbatim. Same snapshot sense of non-destructive as the
+  bullet above — the tool never *loses* the user's solo, it parks it with the mode
+  it belongs to. `B_MUTE` and the master track stay untouched absolutely. A
+  reapply touches solo not at all.
 - **GUID-keyed, reorder-safe.** Membership keys on track GUID (`GetTrackGUID`),
   never track index; tolerates unknown/stale GUIDs (pruned on reconcile via
   `ViewModeModel::reconcile(liveGuids)`).
@@ -84,7 +91,8 @@ settled 2026-07-23):
 
 ## Modules
 
-- `view_mode_model` — Design View mode system: mode registry, GUID-keyed membership, folder-tree-aware visibility derivation, snapshot-based park/restore planner, JSON round-trip.
+- `view_mode_model` — Design View mode system: mode registry, GUID-keyed membership, folder-tree-aware visibility derivation, snapshot-based park/restore planner, the per-mode `SoloCache` it owns, JSON round-trip.
+- `solo_cache` — the per-mode solo surface: `SoloCache` (mode id → GUID → raw `I_SOLO`), the soloed-subset filter, and `planSoloRestore`, whose two drop rules (dead GUID, track parked in the incoming mode) and their reasoning live in its header.
 - `view_tree` — pure `I_FOLDERDEPTH`→FolderTree helper for the Design View shell.
 - `mode_switch` — REAPER-free segment layout + hit-test for the bank_panel's Design View mode switch.
 - `guid_diff` — the pure, REAPER-free core of the D2 Wave-2 new-content detection: `newGuids(previous, current)` computes the GUIDs present in `current` but absent from `previous` (empty GUIDs ignored); `GuidBaseline` tracks the live GUID set across polls for one project, implementing the first-poll-after-open guard (the first `observe()` after construction/`reset()` records a baseline and reports nothing new, so pre-existing content is never mass-tagged) and re-arms via `reset()` on a detected project switch so detection never diffs across two unrelated projects.

src/core/view/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 reasampler_pure_library(lane_keys SOURCES lane_keys.cpp)
 reasampler_test(lane_keys LINK lane_keys)
 
-# lane_keys is PUBLIC: the lane-minting plan names managed lanes through the one durable-key
-# convention, so every consumer has to resolve that symbol too.
+reasampler_pure_library(solo_cache SOURCES solo_cache.cpp)
+reasampler_test(solo_cache LINK solo_cache)
+
+# lane_keys and solo_cache are PUBLIC: the lane-minting plan names managed lanes through the
+# one durable-key convention, and ViewModeModel exposes the SoloCache by reference, so every
+# consumer has to resolve those symbols too.
 reasampler_pure_library(view_mode_model
     SOURCES view_mode_model.cpp
-    LINK PRIVATE json PUBLIC lane_keys)
+    LINK PRIVATE json PUBLIC lane_keys solo_cache)
 reasampler_test(view_mode_model LINK view_mode_model)
 
 reasampler_pure_library(view_tree SOURCES view_tree.cpp LINK PUBLIC view_mode_model)

src/core/view/solo_cache.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// solo_cache — pure implementation. See solo_cache.h.
+
+#include "core/view/solo_cache.h"
+
+namespace reasampler::view {
+
+std::map<std::string, int> soloedTracks(const std::vector<TrackSolo>& live) {
+    std::map<std::string, int> soloed;
+    for (const TrackSolo& t : live) {
+        if (t.guid.empty() || t.solo == 0) continue;
+        soloed.emplace(t.guid, t.solo);  // first reading wins if a GUID repeats
+    }
+    return soloed;
+}
+
+bool SoloCache::store(const std::string& modeId, const std::map<std::string, int>& soloed) {
+    if (modeId.empty()) return false;
+    if (soloed.empty()) {
+        byMode_.erase(modeId);
+        return true;
+    }
+    byMode_[modeId] = soloed;
+    return true;
+}
+
+const std::map<std::string, int>* SoloCache::query(const std::string& modeId) const {
+    auto it = byMode_.find(modeId);
+    return it == byMode_.end() ? nullptr : &it->second;
+}
+
+bool SoloCache::clear(const std::string& modeId) {
+    return byMode_.erase(modeId) > 0;
+}
+
+std::size_t SoloCache::reconcile(const std::set<std::string>& liveGuids) {
+    std::size_t removed = 0;
+    for (auto mode = byMode_.begin(); mode != byMode_.end();) {
+        for (auto entry = mode->second.begin(); entry != mode->second.end();) {
+            if (liveGuids.count(entry->first) == 0) {
+                entry = mode->second.erase(entry);
+                ++removed;
+            } else {
+                ++entry;
+            }
+        }
+        // A mode emptied by pruning must not survive as an empty record — same
+        // reason store() drops one (see header).
+        if (mode->second.empty()) mode = byMode_.erase(mode);
+        else                      ++mode;
+    }
+    return removed;
+}
+
+std::vector<SoloOp> planSoloRestore(const std::map<std::string, int>& cached,
+                                    const std::set<std::string>& liveGuids,
+                                    const std::set<std::string>& parkedGuids) {
+    std::vector<SoloOp> ops;
+    for (const auto& [guid, value] : cached) {
+        if (liveGuids.count(guid) == 0) continue;
+        if (parkedGuids.count(guid) != 0) continue;
+        ops.push_back(SoloOp{guid, value});
+    }
+    return ops;
+}
+
+} // namespace reasampler::view

src/core/view/solo_cache.h

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#pragma once
+// Per-mode solo surface: the cache of raw I_SOLO values a real mode switch banks on
+// the way out and replays on the way back, plus the two decisions over it. Pure —
+// the GetMediaTrackInfo_Value/SetMediaTrackInfo_Value pair is shell/view/view_solo.
+// Values are the RAW I_SOLO int, never collapsed to a bool: the SDK's domain is
+// 0=off, 1=solo, 2=solo-in-place, 5=safe solo, 6=safe solo-in-place, and all four
+// non-zero variants must survive the round trip.
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <map>
+#include <set>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace reasampler::view {
+
+// One live (track GUID, I_SOLO) reading from the shell's enumeration.
+struct TrackSolo {
+    std::string guid;
+    int         solo = 0;
+};
+
+// One I_SOLO write the shell must apply.
+struct SoloOp {
+    std::string guid;
+    int         value = 0;
+
+    bool operator==(const SoloOp& o) const { return guid == o.guid && value == o.value; }
+};
+
+// The soloed subset of a live enumeration. Zero is the resting value — a track at
+// zero is neither cached (nothing to replay) nor cleared (nothing to undo), so a
+// project with no solo anywhere produces no cache entry and no project write at
+// all. Empty GUIDs are dropped: they can never resolve back to a track.
+std::map<std::string, int> soloedTracks(const std::vector<TrackSolo>& live);
+
+// mode id -> (track GUID -> raw I_SOLO). Lifecycle mirrors the park/restore
+// snapshots: stored on the way out of a mode, consumed on the way back in, pruned
+// when a GUID stops existing.
+class SoloCache {
+public:
+    // Replaces `modeId`'s entry. An EMPTY set removes it rather than storing an
+    // empty record — otherwise a serialized cache would parse back to a model that
+    // differs from its source, breaking the model's round-trip contract.
+    bool store(const std::string& modeId, const std::map<std::string, int>& soloed);
+
+    const std::map<std::string, int>* query(const std::string& modeId) const;
+
+    bool clear(const std::string& modeId);
+
+    const std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, int>>& all() const { return byMode_; }
+
+    bool empty() const { return byMode_.empty(); }
+
+    // Drops every cached GUID absent from `liveGuids`, and any mode left empty.
+    // Returns the number of GUID entries removed.
+    //
+    // Pruned like the snapshots and unlike membership: a cached solo is a captured
+    // prior value awaiting replay onto one specific track, so a stale entry
+    // surviving a delete would replay onto whatever track later reuses that GUID —
+    // soloing a track the user never soloed and silencing the rest of the mix.
+    // The cost is the mirror case: undoing a track delete restores the GUID but not
+    // its cached solo. One lost solo the user can see and re-click beats an
+    // inexplicable mix-wide mute.
+    std::size_t reconcile(const std::set<std::string>& liveGuids);
+
+    bool operator==(const SoloCache& o) const { return byMode_ == o.byMode_; }
+
+private:
+    std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, int>> byMode_;
+};
+
+// The incoming mode's restore writes, in GUID order. Two kinds of entry are dropped
+// rather than written:
+//   * a GUID absent from `liveGuids` — the track is gone (same prune rule as above);
+//   * a GUID parked in the incoming mode — a parked track is hidden and carries
+//     B_MAINSEND=0, so soloing it would silence the whole mix while contributing
+//     nothing audible, and the user would have no visible control to undo it.
+// The caller consumes the whole mode entry regardless (clear-on-restore), so a
+// dropped entry does not linger as zombie state waiting on a track that may never
+// come back unparked.
+std::vector<SoloOp> planSoloRestore(const std::map<std::string, int>& cached,
+                                    const std::set<std::string>& liveGuids,
+                                    const std::set<std::string>& parkedGuids);
+
+} // namespace reasampler::view

src/core/view/view_mode_model.cpp

@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ const TrackSnapshot* ViewModeModel::snapshot(const std::string& guid) const {
 
 std::size_t ViewModeModel::reconcile(const std::set<std::string>& liveGuids) {
     // See header: snapshots are pruned, membership is not (undo-delete rationale).
+    soloCache_.reconcile(liveGuids);
+
     std::size_t removed = 0;
     for (auto it = snapshots_.begin(); it != snapshots_.end();) {
         if (liveGuids.count(it->first) == 0) {
@@ -347,7 +349,8 @@ std::set<LaneRef> ViewModeModel::lanesTouchedByToggle() const {
 
 bool ViewModeModel::operator==(const ViewModeModel& o) const {
     return modes_ == o.modes_ && membership_ == o.membership_ && lanes_ == o.lanes_ &&
-           activeModeId_ == o.activeModeId_ && snapshots_ == o.snapshots_;
+           activeModeId_ == o.activeModeId_ && snapshots_ == o.snapshots_ &&
+           soloCache_ == o.soloCache_;
 }
 
 namespace {
@@ -443,6 +446,31 @@ std::string ViewModeModel::serialize() const {
             }
         }
         out += ']';
+
+        // soloCache: array of { mode, tracks: [ { guid, solo } ] }
+        root.keyBegin("soloCache");
+        out += '[';
+        {
+            bool firstMode = true;
+            for (const auto& [modeId, byGuid] : soloCache_.all()) {
+                if (!firstMode) out += ',';
+                firstMode = false;
+                ObjWriter m(out);
+                m.keyStr("mode", modeId);
+                m.keyBegin("tracks");
+                out += '[';
+                bool firstTrack = true;
+                for (const auto& [guid, solo] : byGuid) {
+                    if (!firstTrack) out += ',';
+                    firstTrack = false;
+                    ObjWriter e(out);
+                    e.keyStr("guid", guid);
+                    e.keyRaw("solo", intToStr(solo));
+                }
+                out += ']';
+            }
+        }
+        out += ']';
     }  // root closes here (NRVO + deferred close, mirrors bank_model)
     return out;
 }
@@ -569,6 +597,59 @@ bool parseLanes(json::Reader& r, LaneOwnershipIndex& idx) {
     return r.consume(']');
 }
 
+// One mode's cached solo set. Strict like parseLanes: every key the writer emits is
+// mandatory and non-empty. An empty tracks array is rejected — serialize never emits
+// one (store drops an empty set), so accepting it would let a hand-edited blob parse
+// into a model that re-serializes differently.
+bool parseSoloTracks(json::Reader& r, std::map<std::string, int>& byGuid) {
+    if (!r.consume('[')) return false;
+    r.skipWs();
+    if (r.consume(']')) return true;
+    do {
+        if (!r.consume('{')) return false;
+        std::string guid;
+        int solo = 0;
+        bool haveGuid = false, haveSolo = false;
+        do {
+            std::string k;
+            if (!r.parseKey(k)) return false;
+            if (k == "guid") { if (!r.parseString(guid)) return false; haveGuid = true; }
+            else if (k == "solo") { if (!r.parseInt(solo)) return false; haveSolo = true; }
+            else if (!r.skipValue()) return false;
+        } while (r.consume(','));
+        if (!r.consume('}')) return false;
+        if (!haveGuid || !haveSolo || guid.empty()) return false;
+        byGuid[guid] = solo;
+    } while (r.consume(','));
+    return r.consume(']');
+}
+
+bool parseSoloCache(json::Reader& r, view::SoloCache& cache) {
+    if (!r.consume('[')) return false;
+    r.skipWs();
+    if (r.consume(']')) return true;
+    do {
+        if (!r.consume('{')) return false;
+        std::string modeId;
+        std::map<std::string, int> byGuid;
+        bool haveMode = false, haveTracks = false;
+        do {
+            std::string k;
+            if (!r.parseKey(k)) return false;
+            if (k == "mode") { if (!r.parseString(modeId)) return false; haveMode = true; }
+            else if (k == "tracks") {
+                if (!parseSoloTracks(r, byGuid)) return false;
+                haveTracks = true;
+            }
+            else if (!r.skipValue()) return false;
+        } while (r.consume(','));
+        if (!r.consume('}')) return false;
+        if (!haveMode || modeId.empty() || !haveTracks || byGuid.empty()) return false;
+        if (!cache.store(modeId, byGuid)) return false;
+    } while (r.consume(','));
+    return r.consume(']');
+}
+
 bool parseModel(json::Reader& r, ViewModeModel& out) {
     if (!r.consume('{')) return false;
     r.skipWs();
@@ -581,6 +662,7 @@ bool parseModel(json::Reader& r, ViewModeModel& out) {
     MembershipIndex membership;
     LaneOwnershipIndex lanes;
     std::map<std::string, TrackSnapshot> snaps;
+    view::SoloCache soloCache;
 
     do {
         std::string key;
@@ -599,6 +681,8 @@ bool parseModel(json::Reader& r, ViewModeModel& out) {
             if (!parseSnapshots(r, snaps)) return false;
         } else if (key == "lanes") {
             if (!parseLanes(r, lanes)) return false;
+        } else if (key == "soloCache") {
+            if (!parseSoloCache(r, soloCache)) return false;
         } else {
             if (!r.skipValue()) return false;  // unknown keys / "version" placeholder
         }
@@ -611,6 +695,7 @@ bool parseModel(json::Reader& r, ViewModeModel& out) {
     if (haveModes) out.modes() = reg;
     out.membership() = membership;
     out.lanes() = lanes;
+    out.soloCache() = soloCache;
     for (const auto& [guid, snap] : snaps) out.storeSnapshot(guid, snap);
     if (haveActive) {
         if (!out.setActiveMode(activeMode)) return false;  // active mode must exist

src/core/view/view_mode_model.h

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "core/view/solo_cache.h"
+
 namespace reasampler {
 
 // Stable seed-mode ids. Arrange is the default home for untagged leaves.
@@ -291,6 +293,8 @@ public:
     const MembershipIndex&  membership() const { return membership_; }
     LaneOwnershipIndex&        lanes()       { return lanes_; }
     const LaneOwnershipIndex&  lanes() const { return lanes_; }
+    view::SoloCache&           soloCache()       { return soloCache_; }
+    const view::SoloCache&     soloCache() const { return soloCache_; }
 
     const std::string& activeModeId() const { return activeModeId_; }
     // Returns false (no change) if the id is not registered.
@@ -302,8 +306,9 @@ public:
     const TrackSnapshot* snapshot(const std::string& guid) const;
     const std::map<std::string, TrackSnapshot>& snapshots() const { return snapshots_; }
 
-    // Drops every snapshot whose GUID is NOT in `liveGuids`. Returns the count
-    // removed.
+    // Drops every snapshot whose GUID is NOT in `liveGuids`, and prunes the solo
+    // cache the same way (see SoloCache::reconcile). Returns the count of
+    // SNAPSHOTS removed — the solo cache's own count is available from it directly.
     //
     // Snapshots are pruned, membership is not: a parked track's snapshot is
     // dead weight once the track is deleted (can never restore; a reused GUID
@@ -355,6 +360,7 @@ private:
     LaneOwnershipIndex lanes_;                            // (guid, laneKey) -> ownership
     std::string     activeModeId_;                       // always a registered id
     std::map<std::string, TrackSnapshot> snapshots_;     // guid -> pre-park snapshot
+    view::SoloCache soloCache_;                          // modeId -> guid -> raw I_SOLO
 };
 
 // Fixed-zero park plan for one leaf, offlining `fxCount` slots.