README.md

@@ -145,9 +145,11 @@ every frame, and pumps its render — so the two windows never disagree about th
 mode or the span. **A signal badge dragged onto a scope window's plot lands there** — the same
 drop the main plot takes, into that window's own row set, on the cell the pointer is over — and
 the signal page's *Plot on* buttons list **every window**: one group per window (named, `In
-"plot 2"`), one button per plot of it. A right-click on a scope window's plot opens **its own
-menu** — y axis (auto or a fixed range), *Fit X axis*, *Fit all*, remove a trace — acting on that
-window's rows (the x fit resets the **shared** time span, so every view follows); a detached
+"plot 2"`), one button per plot of it. A scope window also **carries its own layout editor**: `L` (or the grid button in its corner,
+revealed like the others) shows the same `+`/`×`/Done controls the main window's editor has, and
+they change *that* window's rows — so a second window can hold several figures as easily as the
+main one. A right-click on a scope window's plot opens **its own menu** — y axis (auto or a fixed
+range), *Fit X axis*, *Fit all*, remove a trace — acting on that window's rows (the x fit resets the **shared** time span, so every view follows); a detached
 window's menu carries **Attach back to the main window** beside them. A window that cannot paint
 says so on stderr and in the status bar after two seconds, naming its **GSK renderer**: a blank
 plot is indistinguishable from a context that failed, and the GTK **Vulkan** renderer is known to

docs/claude/invariants-plot-and-layout.md

@@ -380,3 +380,12 @@ Part of [CLAUDE.md](../../CLAUDE.md). These are rules that cost a defect to lear
   figure row carries **no** toggle (and no menu entry): there is nothing to enlarge *to*, and a
   visible no-op is worse than none. The button reappears while a row *is* maximized, because
   there it is the way back.
+
+- **A view's arrangement is the view's, editor included.** A scope window holds its own figure
+  rows and edits them with its own `+`/`×`/Done set (`set_scope_layout_editing()`,
+  `rebuild_scope_layout_editor()`, `sync_scope_layout_editor()`): the buttons are tagged with the
+  window and the handlers act on *that* window's row set, so the two editors cannot move each
+  other's figures. `L` acts on the window the key arrived in (a `GtkEventControllerKey` per
+  window; every other accelerator reaches the application through `run_app_action()`), and a
+  pinned layout change is **not** written to the main window's session — the windows themselves
+  are not persisted.

docs/claude/probe-readings.md

@@ -1500,6 +1500,10 @@ a defect in the copy. Measured output:
   is the defect this exists for: `pin_event_window()` takes **spans**, and passing it a range's
   signed `min` turned the window inside out, so a scope in Held or Paused mode drew no trace and no
   x labels at all.
+- `layout buttons=3 rows=1->2` is the window's **own layout editor**: the toggle builds
+  `2 × rows + 1` buttons (a `×` per row, a `+` per boundary, Done is not counted) for one figure,
+  and emitting the first boundary `+` adds a row. A wrong count is a button set built for the main
+  window's rows; `rows` unchanged is a handler writing the wrong row set.
 - `rclick=1` is the scope window's **own right-click menu** being wired (one click gesture with
   button 3 on its GL area, beside the drop target): the menu's actions act on that window's row
   set.

src/ui.cpp

@@ -645,16 +645,15 @@ void open_scope_window(App& app, int figure_row, bool detached) {
   if (detached) title += " (detached)";
   gtk_window_set_title(scope->window, title.c_str());
   gtk_window_set_default_size(scope->window, 900, 500);
-  if (detached) {
-    // The attach control, and it is the main window's own reveal mechanism in miniature: an
-    // overlay wrapping the GL area (so a revealed button sits *under* the pointer and the motion
-    // event still travels the ancestor -- a leave on the GL widget would fire the moment the
-    // button appeared and hide it again), and one button in the top-right corner, hidden until
-    // the pointer nears it. Only a detached window carries one: a copy or an empty window has
-    // nothing to put back.
-    scope->attach_overlay = gtk_overlay_new();
-    gtk_overlay_set_child(GTK_OVERLAY(scope->attach_overlay), scope->widget);
-    gtk_window_set_child(scope->window, scope->attach_overlay);
+  // The overlay holds every corner control this window has: the attach button (detached windows
+  // only), the layout toggle, and the layout editor's own buttons. It is **always** created, not
+  // only for detached windows, because a scope is a view with its own arrangement and every one of
+  // them can be rearranged. The motion controller lives on the overlay, so a revealed button sits
+  // *under* the pointer and the event still travels the ancestor -- a leave on the GL widget would
+  // fire the moment the button appeared and hide it again.
+  scope->overlay = gtk_overlay_new();
+  gtk_overlay_set_child(GTK_OVERLAY(scope->overlay), scope->widget);
+  gtk_window_set_child(scope->window, scope->overlay);
   GtkEventController* motion = gtk_event_controller_motion_new();
   g_signal_connect(motion, "motion", G_CALLBACK(+[](GtkEventControllerMotion*, double x,
                                                     double y, gpointer user) {
@@ -668,7 +667,9 @@ void open_scope_window(App& app, int figure_row, bool detached) {
                      static_cast<App::ScopeWindow*>(user)->pointer_valid = false;
                    }),
                    scope.get());
-    gtk_widget_add_controller(scope->attach_overlay, GTK_EVENT_CONTROLLER(motion));
+  gtk_widget_add_controller(scope->overlay, GTK_EVENT_CONTROLLER(motion));
+  if (detached) {
+    // Only a detached window has something to put back.
     GtkWidget* attach = gtk_button_new_from_icon_name("view-restore-symbolic");
     gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(attach, "attach this figure back to the main window");
     gtk_widget_add_css_class(attach, "circular");
@@ -686,11 +687,34 @@ void open_scope_window(App& app, int figure_row, bool detached) {
                        attach_scope_window(a, *scope);
                      }),
                      &app);
-    gtk_overlay_add_overlay(GTK_OVERLAY(scope->attach_overlay), attach);
+    gtk_overlay_add_overlay(GTK_OVERLAY(scope->overlay), attach);
     scope->attach_buttons.push_back(attach);
-  } else {
-    gtk_window_set_child(scope->window, scope->widget);
   }
+  // The layout toggle: the editor's door, the same one the main window's overflow menu carries,
+  // revealed by the same proximity rule.
+  scope->layout_toggle = gtk_button_new_from_icon_name("view-grid-symbolic");
+  gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(scope->layout_toggle,
+                              "layout editor: add and remove figure rows in this window");
+  gtk_widget_add_css_class(scope->layout_toggle, "circular");
+  gtk_widget_add_css_class(scope->layout_toggle, "osd");
+  gtk_widget_set_size_request(scope->layout_toggle, kLayoutButtonPx, kLayoutButtonPx);
+  gtk_widget_set_visible(scope->layout_toggle, FALSE);
+  g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(scope->layout_toggle), "udpscope-scope", scope.get());
+  g_signal_connect(scope->layout_toggle, "clicked", G_CALLBACK(+[](GtkButton* b, gpointer user) {
+                     App& a = *static_cast<App*>(user);
+                     auto* scope =
+                         static_cast<App::ScopeWindow*>(g_object_get_data(G_OBJECT(b),
+                                                                          "udpscope-scope"));
+                     if (scope == nullptr) return;
+                     set_scope_layout_editing(a, *scope, !scope->layout_editing);
+                   }),
+                   &app);
+  gtk_overlay_add_overlay(GTK_OVERLAY(scope->overlay), scope->layout_toggle);
+  // The window's keyboard: the same accelerators the main window's keys carry. `L` acts on *this*
+  // window's layout; every other action reaches the application (see `on_scope_key()`).
+  GtkEventController* keys = gtk_event_controller_key_new();
+  g_signal_connect(keys, "key-pressed", G_CALLBACK(on_scope_key), &app);
+  gtk_widget_add_controller(GTK_WIDGET(scope->window), GTK_EVENT_CONTROLLER(keys));
   if (GtkApplication* application = gtk_window_get_application(GTK_WINDOW(app.window))) {
     gtk_window_set_application(scope->window, application);
   }
@@ -1255,9 +1279,7 @@ void on_detach_clicked(GtkButton* b, gpointer user) {
 /// numbers so they cannot disagree.
 void sync_scope_attach(App& app, App::ScopeWindow& scope) {
   (void)app;
-  if (scope.attach_overlay == nullptr || scope.attach_buttons.empty() || scope.widget == nullptr) {
-    return;
-  }
+  if (scope.overlay == nullptr || scope.widget == nullptr) return;
   const double scale = scope.area != nullptr && scope.area->device_scale() > 0.0f
                            ? static_cast<double>(scope.area->device_scale())
                            : 1.0;
@@ -1280,6 +1302,227 @@ void sync_scope_attach(App& app, App::ScopeWindow& scope) {
         scope.pointer_y <= by + kLayoutButtonPx + kMaximizeRevealPx;
     gtk_widget_set_visible(b, revealed);
   }
+  if (scope.layout_toggle != nullptr) {
+    // The layout toggle sits at the corner, to the left of the attach button when there is one.
+    const double bx = std::clamp(static_cast<double>(width - kLayoutButtonPx - kLayoutButtonPad -
+                                                     (scope.attach_buttons.empty()
+                                                          ? 0
+                                                          : kLayoutButtonPx + kLayoutButtonPad)),
+                                 0.0, std::max(0.0, width - kLayoutButtonPx));
+    const double by = std::clamp(static_cast<double>(kLayoutButtonPad), 0.0,
+                                 std::max(0.0, height - kLayoutButtonPx));
+    gtk_widget_set_halign(scope.layout_toggle, GTK_ALIGN_START);
+    gtk_widget_set_valign(scope.layout_toggle, GTK_ALIGN_START);
+    gtk_widget_set_margin_start(scope.layout_toggle, static_cast<int>(bx));
+    gtk_widget_set_margin_top(scope.layout_toggle, static_cast<int>(by));
+    const bool revealed =
+        !scope.layout_editing && scope.pointer_valid &&
+        scope.pointer_x >= bx - kMaximizeRevealPx &&
+        scope.pointer_x <= bx + kLayoutButtonPx + kMaximizeRevealPx &&
+        scope.pointer_y >= by - kMaximizeRevealPx &&
+        scope.pointer_y <= by + kLayoutButtonPx + kMaximizeRevealPx;
+    gtk_widget_set_visible(scope.layout_toggle, revealed);
+  }
+  // The attach button steps aside while the editor is up: Done is the way out of that mode.
+  for (GtkWidget* b : scope.attach_buttons) {
+    if (scope.layout_editing) gtk_widget_set_visible(b, FALSE);
+  }
+}
+
+// --- the scope windows' own layout editor -----------------------------------------------------
+//
+// A scope window is a view with its own arrangement, and its arrangement is the user's: it holds
+// as many figure rows as it is given and edits them with the same controls the main window's
+// editor carries (`+` on a boundary, `×` on a row, Done to leave). The buttons are the window's
+// own -- the main editor's target is the main window -- so the two editors cannot move each
+// other's rows.
+
+namespace {
+/// Data keys of a scope editor's buttons: the figure row a `×` removes, the boundary a `+` splits.
+constexpr const char* kScopeLayoutRowKey = "udpscope-scope-layout-row";
+constexpr const char* kScopeLayoutBoundaryKey = "udpscope-scope-layout-boundary";
+
+App::ScopeWindow* scope_layout_scope(GtkWidget* w) {
+  return static_cast<App::ScopeWindow*>(g_object_get_data(G_OBJECT(w), "udpscope-scope"));
+}
+}  // namespace
+
+void rebuild_scope_layout_editor(App& app, App::ScopeWindow& scope);
+void set_scope_layout_editing(App& app, App::ScopeWindow& scope, bool on);
+
+void clear_scope_layout_editor(App::ScopeWindow& scope) {
+  if (scope.overlay != nullptr) {
+    for (GtkWidget* b : scope.layout_buttons) {
+      gtk_overlay_remove_overlay(GTK_OVERLAY(scope.overlay), b);
+    }
+    if (scope.layout_done != nullptr) {
+      gtk_overlay_remove_overlay(GTK_OVERLAY(scope.overlay), scope.layout_done);
+    }
+  }
+  scope.layout_buttons.clear();
+  scope.layout_done = nullptr;
+  scope.layout_buttons_rows = -1;
+}
+
+/// One of the scope editor's buttons: the main editor's look (`circular`, `osd`, the button size)
+/// on this window's overlay.
+GtkWidget* scope_layout_button(App::ScopeWindow& scope, const char* icon, const char* tip) {
+  GtkWidget* b = gtk_button_new_from_icon_name(icon);
+  gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(b, tip);
+  gtk_widget_add_css_class(b, "circular");
+  gtk_widget_add_css_class(b, "osd");
+  gtk_widget_set_size_request(b, kLayoutButtonPx, kLayoutButtonPx);
+  g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(b), "udpscope-scope", &scope);
+  gtk_overlay_add_overlay(GTK_OVERLAY(scope.overlay), b);
+  scope.layout_buttons.push_back(b);
+  return b;
+}
+
+void on_scope_layout_row_remove(GtkButton* b, gpointer user) {
+  App& app = *static_cast<App*>(user);
+  App::ScopeWindow* scope = scope_layout_scope(GTK_WIDGET(b));
+  if (scope == nullptr || scope->rows == nullptr) return;
+  const int fr = GPOINTER_TO_INT(g_object_get_data(G_OBJECT(b), kScopeLayoutRowKey)) - 1;
+  outlive_the_rebuild(GTK_WIDGET(b));
+  if (!scope->rows->remove_row(fr)) {
+    set_notice(app, "a window keeps at least one figure", 4);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (scope->area != nullptr) scope->area->set_figure(&scope->rows->figure());
+  rebuild_scope_layout_editor(app, *scope);
+  if (scope->widget != nullptr) gtk_gl_area_queue_render(GTK_GL_AREA(scope->widget));
+}
+
+void on_scope_layout_row_insert(GtkButton* b, gpointer user) {
+  App& app = *static_cast<App*>(user);
+  App::ScopeWindow* scope = scope_layout_scope(GTK_WIDGET(b));
+  if (scope == nullptr || scope->rows == nullptr) return;
+  const int at = GPOINTER_TO_INT(g_object_get_data(G_OBJECT(b), kScopeLayoutBoundaryKey));
+  outlive_the_rebuild(GTK_WIDGET(b));
+  if (!scope->rows->insert_row(at)) {
+    set_notice(app, "this window holds " + std::to_string(RowSet::kMaxRows) + " figures already", 4);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (scope->area != nullptr) scope->area->set_figure(&scope->rows->figure());
+  rebuild_scope_layout_editor(app, *scope);
+  if (scope->widget != nullptr) gtk_gl_area_queue_render(GTK_GL_AREA(scope->widget));
+}
+
+void on_scope_layout_done(GtkButton* b, gpointer user) {
+  App& app = *static_cast<App*>(user);
+  App::ScopeWindow* scope = scope_layout_scope(GTK_WIDGET(b));
+  if (scope == nullptr) return;
+  set_scope_layout_editing(app, *scope, false);
+}
+
+void rebuild_scope_layout_editor(App& app, App::ScopeWindow& scope) {
+  clear_scope_layout_editor(scope);
+  if (!scope.layout_editing || scope.rows == nullptr || scope.overlay == nullptr) return;
+  const int frows = scope.rows->figure_row_count();
+  scope.layout_buttons_rows = frows;
+  for (int fr = 0; fr < frows; ++fr) {
+    GtkWidget* rm = scope_layout_button(scope, "window-close-symbolic", "remove this figure");
+    g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(rm), kScopeLayoutRowKey, GINT_TO_POINTER(fr + 1));
+    g_signal_connect(rm, "clicked", G_CALLBACK(on_scope_layout_row_remove), &app);
+  }
+  for (int at = 0; at <= frows; ++at) {
+    GtkWidget* add = scope_layout_button(scope, "list-add-symbolic", "add a figure here");
+    g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(add), kScopeLayoutBoundaryKey, GINT_TO_POINTER(at));
+    g_signal_connect(add, "clicked", G_CALLBACK(on_scope_layout_row_insert), &app);
+  }
+  scope.layout_done = gtk_button_new_with_label("Done");
+  gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(scope.layout_done, "leave the layout editor");
+  gtk_widget_add_css_class(scope.layout_done, "osd");
+  gtk_widget_set_size_request(scope.layout_done, -1, kLayoutButtonPx);
+  g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(scope.layout_done), "udpscope-scope", &scope);
+  g_signal_connect(scope.layout_done, "clicked", G_CALLBACK(on_scope_layout_done), &app);
+  gtk_overlay_add_overlay(GTK_OVERLAY(scope.overlay), scope.layout_done);
+}
+
+/// Restates where the editor's buttons sit, from the rects the last frame was laid out with: the
+/// `×` inside its row's left edge, the `+` on its boundary, Done in the corner.
+void sync_scope_layout_editor(App& app, App::ScopeWindow& scope) {
+  if (!scope.layout_editing || scope.rows == nullptr || scope.area == nullptr ||
+      scope.widget == nullptr) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const int frows = scope.rows->figure_row_count();
+  if (frows != scope.layout_buttons_rows) rebuild_scope_layout_editor(app, scope);
+  const plot::FigureLayout& fl = scope.rows->figure().layout();
+  if (static_cast<int>(fl.rows.size()) != frows) return;
+  const double scale =
+      scope.area->device_scale() > 0.0f ? static_cast<double>(scope.area->device_scale()) : 1.0;
+  const double height = static_cast<double>(gtk_widget_get_height(scope.widget));
+  const double width = static_cast<double>(gtk_widget_get_width(scope.widget));
+  if (!(height > 0.0) || !(width > 0.0)) return;
+  const double half = kLayoutButtonPx * 0.5;
+  for (GtkWidget* b : scope.layout_buttons) {
+    const int fr = GPOINTER_TO_INT(g_object_get_data(G_OBJECT(b), kScopeLayoutRowKey)) - 1;
+    const int at = GPOINTER_TO_INT(g_object_get_data(G_OBJECT(b), kScopeLayoutBoundaryKey));
+    gtk_widget_set_halign(b, GTK_ALIGN_START);
+    gtk_widget_set_valign(b, GTK_ALIGN_START);
+    if (fr >= 0) {
+      if (fr >= frows) continue;
+      const plot::Rect& row = fl.rows[static_cast<std::size_t>(fr)];
+      gtk_widget_set_margin_top(
+          b, static_cast<int>(std::clamp(static_cast<double>(row.y) / scale + kLayoutButtonPad, 0.0,
+                                         height - kLayoutButtonPx) + 0.5));
+      // Inside the axes, not over the y labels: the row's first cell's plot knows where they end.
+      const plot::Plot* p = scope.rows->row(scope.rows->first_plot_of_row(fr)).plot;
+      const double left =
+          (p != nullptr ? static_cast<double>(p->layout().axes.x) / scale
+                        : static_cast<double>(row.x) / scale) + kLayoutButtonPad;
+      gtk_widget_set_margin_start(b, static_cast<int>(std::clamp(left, 0.0, width - kLayoutButtonPx) + 0.5));
+    } else if (at >= 0) {
+      const double edge = at < frows
+                              ? static_cast<double>(fl.rows[static_cast<std::size_t>(at)].y) / scale
+                              : (static_cast<double>(fl.rows.back().y) +
+                                 static_cast<double>(fl.rows.back().h)) / scale;
+      gtk_widget_set_margin_top(
+          b, static_cast<int>(std::clamp(edge - half, 0.0, height - kLayoutButtonPx) + 0.5));
+      gtk_widget_set_margin_start(b, static_cast<int>(kLayoutButtonPad));
+    }
+  }
+  if (scope.layout_done != nullptr) {
+    gtk_widget_set_halign(scope.layout_done, GTK_ALIGN_END);
+    gtk_widget_set_valign(scope.layout_done, GTK_ALIGN_START);
+    gtk_widget_set_margin_end(scope.layout_done, kLayoutButtonPad);
+    gtk_widget_set_margin_top(scope.layout_done, kLayoutButtonPad);
+  }
+}
+
+void set_scope_layout_editing(App& app, App::ScopeWindow& scope, bool on) {
+  if (scope.layout_editing == on) return;
+  scope.layout_editing = on;
+  if (on) {
+    rebuild_scope_layout_editor(app, scope);
+  } else {
+    clear_scope_layout_editor(scope);
+  }
+  sync_scope_attach(app, scope);
+  if (scope.widget != nullptr) gtk_gl_area_queue_render(GTK_GL_AREA(scope.widget));
+}
+
+gboolean on_scope_key(GtkEventControllerKey* controller, guint keyval, guint, GdkModifierType state,
+                      gpointer user) {
+  App& app = *static_cast<App*>(user);
+  const Accel* accel = find_accel(keyval, static_cast<unsigned>(state));
+  if (accel == nullptr) return FALSE;
+  if (accel->action == AppAction::LayoutEditor) {
+    // The window the key arrived in, not the main one: `L` is the layout editor of the view you
+    // are looking at.
+    GtkWidget* widget = gtk_event_controller_get_widget(GTK_EVENT_CONTROLLER(controller));
+    GtkWidget* window = widget != nullptr ? gtk_widget_get_ancestor(widget, GTK_TYPE_WINDOW) : nullptr;
+    for (const std::unique_ptr<App::ScopeWindow>& scope : app.scopes) {
+      if (GTK_WIDGET(scope->window) != window) continue;
+      set_scope_layout_editing(app, *scope, !scope->layout_editing);
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+  // Everything else is the application's, exactly as the main window's keys take it.
+  run_app_action(app, accel->action);
+  return TRUE;
 }
 
 /// **Detach**: the figure row moves to a window of its own. Copied first (the new window opens
@@ -4650,7 +4893,10 @@ gboolean tick(gpointer user) {
       if (scope->rows->rebuild_if_dirty() && scope->area != nullptr) {
         scope->area->set_figure(&scope->rows->figure());
       }
-      if (scope->detached) sync_scope_attach(*app, *scope);
+      if (scope->detached || scope->layout_toggle != nullptr) sync_scope_attach(*app, *scope);
+      // The window's own editor: buttons restated from the rects this frame was laid out with.
+      // Its own arrangement is its own -- nothing here saves the main window's session.
+      if (scope->layout_editing) sync_scope_layout_editor(*app, *scope);
       // **A window that cannot paint says so.** A blank plot is indistinguishable from a
       // context that failed or an area that never got a frame, and the report ("nothing is
       // drawn, no axes") is exactly what this turns into a sentence: the window's own title

src/ui_app.hpp

@@ -225,10 +225,18 @@ struct App {
     /// carries the attach control and can be put back. A copied or empty window is a plain second
     /// view, and has no attach control.
     bool detached = false;
-    /// The attach control: an overlay wrapping the GL widget, its button in the top-right corner
-    /// (revealed by pointer proximity, the same rule the main window's toggles follow), and the
-    /// pointer state the overlay's own motion controller keeps.
-    GtkWidget* attach_overlay = nullptr;
+    /// The overlay wrapping the GL widget: the corner controls (attach, the layout toggle, the
+    /// layout editor's own buttons) all live on it. Its motion controller keeps the pointer state
+    /// they are revealed by.
+    GtkWidget* overlay = nullptr;
+    /// Layout editing in this window: its own editor and toggle. A scope is a view with its own
+    /// arrangement, so it holds as many figure rows as it is given and edits them with the same
+    /// `+` / `×` / Done controls the main window's editor has -- its own, never the main window's.
+    bool layout_editing = false;
+    GtkWidget* layout_toggle = nullptr;
+    std::vector<GtkWidget*> layout_buttons;
+    GtkWidget* layout_done = nullptr;
+    int layout_buttons_rows = -1;
     std::vector<GtkWidget*> attach_buttons;
     double pointer_x = 0.0;
     double pointer_y = 0.0;
@@ -2077,6 +2085,13 @@ gboolean on_scope_drop_channel(GtkDropTarget*, const GValue* value, double x, do
 /// drop target both end here). False, with a notice, when the signal cannot be acquired or the plot
 /// holds four signals already.
 bool assign_signal_to_scope(App& app, App::ScopeWindow& scope, std::size_t signal, int row);
+/// Runs one keyboard accelerator. Scope windows carry the same shortcuts as the main window: the
+/// view-level ones (`L` -- the layout editor) act on the window the key arrived in; the rest reach
+/// the application through `run_app_action()`.
+gboolean on_scope_key(GtkEventControllerKey* controller, guint keyval, guint keycode,
+                      GdkModifierType state, gpointer user);
+/// Turns a scope window's own layout editor on or off, building or taking down its buttons.
+void set_scope_layout_editing(App& app, App::ScopeWindow& scope, bool on);
 /// The scope window's own right-click menu: the same row menu's actions, aimed at **that
 /// window's** row set.
 void on_scope_right_click(GtkGestureClick* gesture, int n_press, double x, double y,

src/ui_probe.cpp

@@ -1960,6 +1960,20 @@ gboolean scope_probe_step(gpointer user) {
                    scope_pin.max, scope_x.min, scope_x.max);
       std::fflush(stderr);
       a->rows->set_time_window(2.0);  // unpin: leave the window as the run found it
+      // **The scope window's own layout editor**: the toggle builds its buttons and a `+` adds a
+      // figure row -- the arrangement of a view is the view's.
+      set_scope_layout_editing(*a, *a->scopes[1], true);
+      const std::size_t layout_buttons = a->scopes[1]->layout_buttons.size();
+      const int rows_before = a->scopes[1]->rows->row_count();
+      if (layout_buttons > static_cast<std::size_t>(rows_before)) {
+        g_signal_emit_by_name(a->scopes[1]->layout_buttons[static_cast<std::size_t>(rows_before)],
+                              "clicked");
+      }
+      const int rows_after = a->scopes[1]->rows->row_count();
+      set_scope_layout_editing(*a, *a->scopes[1], false);
+      std::fprintf(stderr, "[scope-probe] layout buttons=%zu rows=%d->%d\n", layout_buttons,
+                   rows_before, rows_after);
+      std::fflush(stderr);
       return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
     }
     default: