diff --git a/src/ui.cpp b/src/ui.cpp
index 90147c1..f2a2b0f 100644
--- a/src/ui.cpp
+++ b/src/ui.cpp
@@ -1826,7 +1826,13 @@ void rebuild_cursors_pane(App& app) {
     for (int r = 0; r < app.rows->row_count(); ++r) {
       if (!rulers) break;
       char who[64];
-      std::snprintf(who, sizeof(who), "row %d", r);
+      // A row split into cells names its plots the way the rest of the UI does ("plot 2a"); an
+      // unsplit row keeps the wording it always had.
+      if (app.rows->cells_in_row(app.rows->figure_row_of(r)) > 1) {
+        std::snprintf(who, sizeof(who), "plot %s", app.rows->plot_label(r).c_str());
+      } else {
+        std::snprintf(who, sizeof(who), "row %d", r);
+      }
       app.cursors_lines.push_back(cursors_line(app, who, plot::Color::hex(0), false));
       app.cursors_lines.back().row = r;
       app.cursors_lines.back().slot = -1;
@@ -7011,6 +7017,10 @@ int run_ui(int argc, char** argv, const Config& cfg, ScopeModel& model, Acquisit
       }
       std::printf("]");
     }
+    // The split, appended so every field before it keeps its place: cells per figure row, and the
+    // cell weights per figure row (`|` between rows, empty for an unsplit one). RowSet only.
+    std::printf(" cells=[%s] colweights=[%s]", layout_cells_text(rows).c_str(),
+                layout_colweights_text(rows).c_str());
     std::printf("\n");
     for (int r = 0; r < rows.row_count() && r < RowSet::kMaxRows; ++r) {
       for (int s = 0; s < RowSet::kSlotsPerRow; ++s) {
diff --git a/src/ui_app.hpp b/src/ui_app.hpp
index ab49297..172d9f6 100644
--- a/src/ui_app.hpp
+++ b/src/ui_app.hpp
@@ -2112,6 +2112,11 @@ GtkWidget* layout_cell_button(App& a, int fr, int pos);
 GtkWidget* layout_col_handle(App& a, int plot);
 void layout_col_apply(App& app, int plot, double offset_px);
 void layout_probe_report(App& a, const char* what);
+/// The split in the report lines, from the `RowSet` alone (no widget is asked, so the exit dump can
+/// use them): cells per figure row (`1,2,1`) and each figure row's cell weights, rows divided by `|`
+/// and empty for an unsplit row (`|0.3,0.7|`).
+std::string layout_cells_text(const RowSet& rs);
+std::string layout_colweights_text(const RowSet& rs);
 void layout_click(GtkWidget* b);
 void layout_probe_next(App& a, int step, guint delay_ms);
 gboolean layout_probe_step(gpointer user);
diff --git a/src/ui_probe.cpp b/src/ui_probe.cpp
index 81de1a7..342b268 100644
--- a/src/ui_probe.cpp
+++ b/src/ui_probe.cpp
@@ -3384,6 +3384,28 @@ gboolean window_probe(gpointer user) {
   return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
 }
 
+std::string layout_cells_text(const RowSet& rs) {
+  std::string out;
+  for (int fr = 0; fr < rs.figure_row_count(); ++fr) {
+    out += (fr == 0 ? "" : ",") + std::to_string(rs.cells_in_row(fr));
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+std::string layout_colweights_text(const RowSet& rs) {
+  std::string out;
+  for (int fr = 0; fr < rs.figure_row_count(); ++fr) {
+    if (fr != 0) out += "|";
+    const std::vector<float>& w = rs.cell_weights(fr);
+    for (std::size_t k = 0; k < w.size(); ++k) {
+      char buf[32];
+      std::snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s%g", k == 0 ? "" : ",", static_cast<double>(w[k]));
+      out += buf;
+    }
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
 void layout_probe_report(App& a, const char* what) {
   const int rows = a.rows->row_count();
   const double scale = (a.area != nullptr && a.area->device_scale() > 0.0f)
@@ -3459,7 +3481,8 @@ void layout_probe_report(App& a, const char* what) {
     }
   }
   std::fprintf(stderr, "[layout-probe] %-12s rows=%d buttons=%zu done=%d done_box=[%s] "
-                       "rows_y=[%s] close=[%s] add=[%s] resize=[%s] traces=[%s] side_w=%d\n",
+                       "rows_y=[%s] close=[%s] add=[%s] resize=[%s] traces=[%s] side_w=%d cells=[%s] "
+                       "colweights=[%s]\n",
                what, rows, a.layout_buttons.size(), a.layout_done_button != nullptr ? 1 : 0,
                done_box.c_str(), geom.c_str(), close_tops.c_str(), add_tops.c_str(),
                resize_tops.c_str(),
@@ -3467,7 +3490,8 @@ void layout_probe_report(App& a, const char* what) {
                // The sidebar, which is the pane a divider position can silently take away: `side_w`
                // must be its own request (320) rather than 0, and `divider` the position the window's
                // width less the sidebar's column left it at.
-               a.side_box != nullptr ? gtk_widget_get_width(a.side_box) : -1);
+               a.side_box != nullptr ? gtk_widget_get_width(a.side_box) : -1,
+               layout_cells_text(*a.rows).c_str(), layout_colweights_text(*a.rows).c_str());
   std::fflush(stderr);
 }
 
@@ -4323,9 +4347,32 @@ gboolean split_probe_step(gpointer user) {
       split_probe_next(*a);
       break;
     }
-    case 18:
+    case 18: {
       split_probe_report(*a, "after-assign");
+      // The cursors pane's ruler labels (`rebuild_cursors_pane()`, ruler modes): a plot of a split row is
+      // "plot <label>", a plot of an unsplit row keeps "row <index>". Both arrangements are read off the
+      // pane's own label widgets, the all-split one first and a mixed one second.
+      const RowSet::CursorMode was_mode = rs.cursor_mode();
+      rs.set_cursor_mode(RowSet::CursorMode::Both);
+      const auto ruler_labels = [&]() {
+        rebuild_cursors_pane(*a);
+        std::string out;
+        for (const App::CursorLine& line : a->cursors_lines) {
+          if (line.slot != -1 || line.label == nullptr) continue;
+          out += (out.empty() ? "" : ",") + std::string(gtk_label_get_text(GTK_LABEL(line.label)));
+        }
+        return out;
+      };
+      const std::string split_labels = ruler_labels();
+      rs.set_cells_per_row({1, 2});
+      split_probe_restructured(*a);
+      const std::string mixed_labels = ruler_labels();
+      std::fprintf(stderr, "[split-probe] ruler-labels    split=[%s] mixed=[%s]\n", split_labels.c_str(),
+                   mixed_labels.c_str());
+      rs.set_cursor_mode(was_mode);
+      rebuild_cursors_pane(*a);
       break;
+    }
     default:
       break;
   }