diff --git a/web/src/Canvas.tsx b/web/src/Canvas.tsx
index 375bb9d..47933cd 100644
--- a/web/src/Canvas.tsx
+++ b/web/src/Canvas.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { h } from 'preact';
+import { h, Fragment } from 'preact';
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'preact/hooks';
 import { initLocalState } from './lib/localstate';
 import { logicEngine } from './lib/logic';
+import { getWidgetCmdStore, type WidgetCmd } from './lib/widgetCommands';
 import type { Interface, Widget, SignalRef } from './lib/types';
 import TextView from './widgets/TextView';
 import TextLabel from './widgets/TextLabel';
@@ -42,6 +43,32 @@ interface CtxState {
   signal: SignalRef | null;
 }
 
+// Wraps a single view-mode widget so panel logic (action.widget) can drive it:
+// `hidden` removes it from the view, `disabled` dims it and blocks interaction
+// via a transparent overlay (which still surfaces the right-click menu). Plot
+// pause/clear are handled inside PlotWidget itself.
+function WidgetView({ widget, children, onContextMenu }: {
+  widget: Widget;
+  children: any;
+  onContextMenu: (e: MouseEvent) => void;
+  key?: string;
+}) {
+  const [cmd, setCmd] = useState<WidgetCmd>(() => getWidgetCmdStore(widget.id).get());
+  useEffect(() => getWidgetCmdStore(widget.id).subscribe(setCmd), [widget.id]);
+  if (cmd.hidden) return null;
+  if (!cmd.disabled) return children;
+  return (
+    <Fragment>
+      {children}
+      <div
+        class="widget-disable-overlay"
+        style={`left:${widget.x}px;top:${widget.y}px;width:${widget.w}px;height:${widget.h}px;`}
+        onContextMenu={onContextMenu}
+      />
+    </Fragment>
+  );
+}
+
 interface Props {
   iface: Interface | null;
   onNavigate?: (interfaceId: string) => void;
@@ -131,9 +158,8 @@ export default function Canvas({ iface, onNavigate, timeRange }: Props) {
       <div class="canvas-area" style={`width:${iface.w}px;height:${iface.h}px;`}>
         {iface.widgets.map(widget => {
           const Comp = COMPONENTS[widget.type];
-          return Comp
+          const inner = Comp
             ? <Comp
-                key={widget.id}
                 widget={widget}
                 onContextMenu={(e: MouseEvent) => onCtxMenu(e, widget)}
                 onNavigate={onNavigate}
@@ -141,7 +167,6 @@ export default function Canvas({ iface, onNavigate, timeRange }: Props) {
               />
             : (
               <div
-                key={widget.id}
                 class="unknown-widget"
                 style={`left:${widget.x}px;top:${widget.y}px;width:${widget.w}px;height:${widget.h}px;`}
                 title={`Unknown widget type: ${widget.type}`}
@@ -150,6 +175,15 @@ export default function Canvas({ iface, onNavigate, timeRange }: Props) {
                 <span class="unknown-label">{widget.type}</span>
               </div>
             );
+          return (
+            <WidgetView
+              key={widget.id}
+              widget={widget}
+              onContextMenu={(e: MouseEvent) => onCtxMenu(e, widget)}
+            >
+              {inner}
+            </WidgetView>
+          );
         })}
       </div>
 
diff --git a/web/src/EditMode.tsx b/web/src/EditMode.tsx
index 992ea73..4f9fc82 100644
--- a/web/src/EditMode.tsx
+++ b/web/src/EditMode.tsx
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ export default function EditMode({ initial, onDone }: Props) {
             <LogicEditor
               graph={iface.logic ?? { nodes: [], wires: [] }}
               onChange={handleLogicChange}
+              widgets={iface.widgets}
               statevars={iface.statevars}
               onStateVarsChange={handleStateVarsChange}
             />
diff --git a/web/src/LogicDialogs.tsx b/web/src/LogicDialogs.tsx
index f902b95..0392c1f 100644
--- a/web/src/LogicDialogs.tsx
+++ b/web/src/LogicDialogs.tsx
@@ -13,10 +13,18 @@ export default function LogicDialogs() {
 }
 
 function DialogModal({ req }: { req: DialogRequest; key?: string }) {
-  const [val, setVal] = useState(req.defaultValue ?? '');
   const isSetpoint = req.kind === 'setpoint';
+  const inputIdx = req.fields
+    .map((f, i) => (f.type === 'input' ? i : -1))
+    .filter(i => i >= 0);
+  // Per-input editable values, keyed by field index, seeded from the prefill.
+  const [vals, setVals] = useState<Record<number, string>>(
+    () => Object.fromEntries(inputIdx.map(i => [i, req.fields[i].value]))
+  );
 
-  function ok() { req.resolve(isSetpoint ? val : ''); }
+  function ok() {
+    req.resolve(inputIdx.map(i => vals[i] ?? ''));
+  }
   function cancel() { req.resolve(null); }
 
   function onKey(e: KeyboardEvent) {
@@ -29,12 +37,20 @@ function DialogModal({ req }: { req: DialogRequest; key?: string }) {
       <div class={`logic-dialog logic-dialog-${req.kind}`} role="dialog">
         <div class="logic-dialog-header">{req.title || (req.kind === 'error' ? 'Error' : isSetpoint ? 'Set value' : 'Info')}</div>
         {req.message && <div class="logic-dialog-message">{req.message}</div>}
-        {isSetpoint && (
-          <input class="prop-input logic-dialog-input" type="number" autoFocus
-            value={val}
-            onInput={(e) => setVal((e.target as HTMLInputElement).value)}
-            onKeyDown={onKey} />
-        )}
+        {req.fields.map((f, i) => (
+          <div class="logic-dialog-field" key={i}>
+            {f.label && <label class="logic-dialog-label">{f.label}</label>}
+            {f.type === 'input' ? (
+              <input class="prop-input logic-dialog-input" type="number"
+                autoFocus={i === inputIdx[0]}
+                value={vals[i] ?? ''}
+                onInput={(e) => setVals(v => ({ ...v, [i]: (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value }))}
+                onKeyDown={onKey} />
+            ) : (
+              <span class="logic-dialog-value">{f.value}</span>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        ))}
         <div class="logic-dialog-actions">
           {isSetpoint && <button class="panel-btn" onClick={cancel}>Cancel</button>}
           <button class="panel-btn panel-btn-primary" onClick={ok}>OK</button>
diff --git a/web/src/LogicEditor.tsx b/web/src/LogicEditor.tsx
index 4671cae..9f5643a 100644
--- a/web/src/LogicEditor.tsx
+++ b/web/src/LogicEditor.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { h, Fragment } from 'preact';
 import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'preact/hooks';
 import SearchableSelect from './SearchableSelect';
 import { checkExpr } from './lib/expr';
-import type { LogicGraph, LogicNode, LogicNodeKind, LogicWire, StateVar } from './lib/types';
+import type { LogicGraph, LogicNode, LogicNodeKind, LogicWire, StateVar, Widget } from './lib/types';
 
 interface DataSource { name: string; }
 interface SignalInfo { name: string; }
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ function splitRef(ref: string): { ds: string; name: string } {
 interface Props {
   graph: LogicGraph;
   onChange: (graph: LogicGraph) => void;
+  // The panel's widgets, offered as targets for the Widget-control action.
+  widgets?: Widget[];
   // Panel-local state variables, offered as quick write targets / signals.
   statevars?: StateVar[];
   // Edit local state variables directly from the logic editor (the layout-side
@@ -56,12 +58,13 @@ const PALETTE: PaletteEntry[] = [
   { kind: 'action.write',      label: 'Write',      params: { target: '', expr: '' } },
   { kind: 'action.delay',      label: 'Delay',      params: { ms: '500' } },
   { kind: 'action.accumulate', label: 'Accumulate', params: { array: 'data', expr: '' } },
-  { kind: 'action.export',     label: 'Export CSV', params: { array: 'data', filename: '' } },
+  { kind: 'action.export',     label: 'Export CSV', params: { columns: '[{"array":"data","label":""}]', align: 'common', filename: '' } },
   { kind: 'action.clear',      label: 'Clear array', params: { array: 'data' } },
   { kind: 'action.log',        label: 'Log',        params: { expr: '', label: '' } },
+  { kind: 'action.widget',     label: 'Widget control', params: { widget: '', op: 'disable' } },
   { kind: 'action.dialog.info',     label: 'Info dialog',      params: { title: 'Info', message: '' } },
   { kind: 'action.dialog.error',    label: 'Error dialog',     params: { title: 'Error', message: '' } },
-  { kind: 'action.dialog.setpoint', label: 'Set-point dialog', params: { target: '', title: 'Set value', message: '', default: '' } },
+  { kind: 'action.dialog.setpoint', label: 'Set-point dialog', params: { title: 'Set value', message: '', fields: '[{"type":"input","label":"","target":"","default":""}]' } },
 ];
 
 const KIND_LABEL: Record<LogicNodeKind, string> = {
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ const KIND_LABEL: Record<LogicNodeKind, string> = {
   'action.export': 'Export CSV',
   'action.clear': 'Clear array',
   'action.log': 'Log',
+  'action.widget': 'Widget control',
   'action.dialog.info': 'Info dialog',
   'action.dialog.error': 'Error dialog',
   'action.dialog.setpoint': 'Set-point dialog',
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ function wirePathStr(x1: number, y1: number, x2: number, y2: number): string {
   return `M ${x1} ${y1} C ${x1 + dx} ${y1}, ${x2 - dx} ${y2}, ${x2} ${y2}`;
 }
 
-export default function LogicEditor({ graph, onChange, statevars, onStateVarsChange }: Props) {
+export default function LogicEditor({ graph, onChange, widgets = [], statevars, onStateVarsChange }: Props) {
   const nodes = graph.nodes;
   const wires = graph.wires;
 
@@ -182,9 +186,14 @@ export default function LogicEditor({ graph, onChange, statevars, onStateVarsCha
     if (selected?.kind === 'trigger.threshold' || selected?.kind === 'trigger.change') {
       loadSignals(splitRef(selected.params.signal ?? '').ds);
     }
-    if (selected?.kind === 'action.write' || selected?.kind === 'action.dialog.setpoint') {
+    if (selected?.kind === 'action.write') {
       loadSignals(splitRef(selected.params.target ?? '').ds);
     }
+    if (selected && selected.kind.startsWith('action.dialog.')) {
+      for (const f of parseDialogFields(selected)) {
+        if (f.type === 'input') loadSignals(splitRef(f.target ?? '').ds);
+      }
+    }
   }, [selectedNode, selected?.kind]);
 
   // ── History ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -644,21 +653,13 @@ export default function LogicEditor({ graph, onChange, statevars, onStateVarsCha
             )}
 
             {selected.kind === 'action.export' && (
-              <Fragment>
-                <div class="wizard-field">
-                  <label>Array name</label>
-                  <input class="prop-input" value={selected.params.array ?? ''} list="flow-array-names"
-                    placeholder="e.g. data"
-                    onInput={(e) => patchParams(selected.id, { array: (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value })} />
-                </div>
-                <div class="wizard-field">
-                  <label>File name</label>
-                  <input class="prop-input" value={selected.params.filename ?? ''}
-                    placeholder="defaults to the array name"
-                    onInput={(e) => patchParams(selected.id, { filename: (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value })} />
-                  <p class="hint">Downloads the array as CSV (timestamp_ms, iso, value).</p>
-                </div>
-              </Fragment>
+              <ExportEditor
+                columns={parseExportColumns(selected)}
+                align={selected.params.align ?? 'common'}
+                filename={selected.params.filename ?? ''}
+                onColumns={(cols) => patchParams(selected.id, { columns: JSON.stringify(cols) })}
+                onAlign={(a) => patchParams(selected.id, { align: a })}
+                onFilename={(f) => patchParams(selected.id, { filename: f })} />
             )}
 
             {selected.kind === 'action.clear' && (
@@ -687,6 +688,40 @@ export default function LogicEditor({ graph, onChange, statevars, onStateVarsCha
               </Fragment>
             )}
 
+            {selected.kind === 'action.widget' && (() => {
+              const op = selected.params.op ?? 'disable';
+              const plotOnly = op === 'clearplot' || op === 'pauseplot' || op === 'resumeplot';
+              const choices = plotOnly ? widgets.filter(w => w.type === 'plot') : widgets;
+              return (
+                <Fragment>
+                  <div class="wizard-field">
+                    <label>Action</label>
+                    <select class="prop-input" value={op}
+                      onChange={(e) => patchParams(selected.id, { op: (e.target as HTMLSelectElement).value })}>
+                      <option value="enable">Enable</option>
+                      <option value="disable">Disable</option>
+                      <option value="show">Show</option>
+                      <option value="hide">Hide</option>
+                      <option value="clearplot">Clear plot</option>
+                      <option value="pauseplot">Pause plot</option>
+                      <option value="resumeplot">Resume plot</option>
+                    </select>
+                  </div>
+                  <div class="wizard-field">
+                    <label>Widget</label>
+                    <select class="prop-input" value={selected.params.widget ?? ''}
+                      onChange={(e) => patchParams(selected.id, { widget: (e.target as HTMLSelectElement).value })}>
+                      <option value="">— select a widget —</option>
+                      {choices.map(w => (
+                        <option value={w.id}>{widgetLabel(w)}</option>
+                      ))}
+                    </select>
+                    {plotOnly && <p class="hint">Only plot widgets are listed for this action.</p>}
+                  </div>
+                </Fragment>
+              );
+            })()}
+
             {(selected.kind === 'trigger.start' || selected.kind === 'trigger.stop') && (
               <p class="hint">{selected.kind === 'trigger.start'
                 ? 'Fires once when the panel is opened — use it to initialise state or greet the operator.'
@@ -709,44 +744,35 @@ export default function LogicEditor({ graph, onChange, statevars, onStateVarsCha
                   <p class="hint">Waits for the operator to dismiss the dialog before continuing.
                     Embed live values with <code>{'{ds:name}'}</code> (e.g. Level is {'{stub:level}'}).</p>
                 </div>
+                <DialogFieldsEditor allowInput={false}
+                  fields={parseDialogFields(selected)}
+                  onChange={(f) => patchParams(selected.id, { fields: JSON.stringify(f) })}
+                  dsOptions={dsOptions} signalOptions={signalOptions} loadSignals={loadSignals} />
               </Fragment>
             )}
 
-            {selected.kind === 'action.dialog.setpoint' && (() => {
-              const { ds, name } = splitRef(selected.params.target ?? '');
-              return (
-                <Fragment>
-                  <div class="wizard-field">
-                    <label>Target data source</label>
-                    <SearchableSelect value={ds} options={dsOptions}
-                      onSelect={(newDs) => { loadSignals(newDs); patchParams(selected.id, { target: `${newDs}:` }); }} />
-                  </div>
-                  <div class="wizard-field">
-                    <label>Target signal</label>
-                    <SearchableSelect value={name} options={signalOptions(ds)}
-                      onSelect={(sig) => patchParams(selected.id, { target: `${ds}:${sig}` })}
-                      placeholder={ds ? 'Search signals…' : 'Select data source first'} />
-                  </div>
-                  <div class="wizard-field">
-                    <label>Title</label>
-                    <input class="prop-input" value={selected.params.title ?? ''}
-                      placeholder="Set value"
-                      onInput={(e) => patchParams(selected.id, { title: (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value })} />
-                  </div>
-                  <div class="wizard-field">
-                    <label>Message</label>
-                    <textarea class="prop-input" rows={3} value={selected.params.message ?? ''}
-                      placeholder="Prompt shown above the input. Embed values as {ds:name}."
-                      onInput={(e) => patchParams(selected.id, { message: (e.target as HTMLTextAreaElement).value })} />
-                  </div>
-                  <ExprField label="Default value (expression)" value={selected.params.default ?? ''}
-                    onChange={(v) => patchParams(selected.id, { default: v })}
-                    onInsert={(ds2, sig) => insertRef(selected.id, 'default', ds2, sig)}
-                    dsOptions={dsOptions} signalOptions={signalOptions} loadSignals={loadSignals}
-                    hint="Pre-fills the input (e.g. the current set-point {local:sp}). The operator can edit it; OK writes the entered number to the target, Cancel aborts the flow." />
-                </Fragment>
-              );
-            })()}
+            {selected.kind === 'action.dialog.setpoint' && (
+              <Fragment>
+                <div class="wizard-field">
+                  <label>Title</label>
+                  <input class="prop-input" value={selected.params.title ?? ''}
+                    placeholder="Set value"
+                    onInput={(e) => patchParams(selected.id, { title: (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value })} />
+                </div>
+                <div class="wizard-field">
+                  <label>Message</label>
+                  <textarea class="prop-input" rows={3} value={selected.params.message ?? ''}
+                    placeholder="Prompt shown above the fields. Embed values as {ds:name}."
+                    onInput={(e) => patchParams(selected.id, { message: (e.target as HTMLTextAreaElement).value })} />
+                </div>
+                <DialogFieldsEditor allowInput={true}
+                  fields={parseDialogFields(selected)}
+                  onChange={(f) => patchParams(selected.id, { fields: JSON.stringify(f) })}
+                  dsOptions={dsOptions} signalOptions={signalOptions} loadSignals={loadSignals} />
+                <p class="hint">Each <b>input</b> prompts the operator and writes the entered number to its
+                  target on OK; each <b>display</b> shows a live value. Cancel aborts the flow.</p>
+              </Fragment>
+            )}
 
             <button class="panel-btn" style="margin-top:1rem;" onClick={() => deleteNode(selected.id)}>Delete node</button>
           </Fragment>
@@ -801,6 +827,184 @@ function ExprField({ label, value, onChange, onInsert, dsOptions, signalOptions,
   );
 }
 
+// ── Export CSV: multi-column editor ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+interface ExportColumn { array: string; label: string; }
+
+// The columns configured on an action.export node. Reads the JSON `columns`
+// param; falls back to the legacy single `array` param (so old panels migrate
+// transparently the first time the node is edited).
+function parseExportColumns(n: LogicNode): ExportColumn[] {
+  const raw = (n.params.columns ?? '').trim();
+  if (raw) {
+    try {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+      if (Array.isArray(parsed)) {
+        return parsed.map((c: any) => ({ array: String(c?.array ?? ''), label: String(c?.label ?? '') }));
+      }
+    } catch {}
+  }
+  const a = (n.params.array ?? '').trim();
+  return [{ array: a, label: '' }];
+}
+
+const ALIGN_OPTS: Array<{ value: string; label: string; hint: string }> = [
+  { value: 'common', label: 'Common rows', hint: 'Only timestamps present in every array (intersection).' },
+  { value: 'any', label: 'All rows', hint: 'Union of all timestamps; missing cells are left blank.' },
+  { value: 'interpolate', label: 'Interpolate', hint: 'Union of all timestamps; missing cells linearly interpolated.' },
+];
+
+function ExportEditor({ columns, align, filename, onColumns, onAlign, onFilename }: {
+  columns: ExportColumn[];
+  align: string;
+  filename: string;
+  onColumns: (cols: ExportColumn[]) => void;
+  onAlign: (a: string) => void;
+  onFilename: (f: string) => void;
+}) {
+  function patch(i: number, patch: Partial<ExportColumn>) {
+    onColumns(columns.map((c, j) => (j === i ? { ...c, ...patch } : c)));
+  }
+  const alignHint = ALIGN_OPTS.find(o => o.value === align)?.hint ?? '';
+  return (
+    <Fragment>
+      <div class="wizard-field">
+        <label>Columns (arrays)</label>
+        {columns.map((c, i) => (
+          <div key={i} class="flow-row-edit">
+            <input class="prop-input" value={c.array} list="flow-array-names"
+              placeholder="array name"
+              onInput={(e) => patch(i, { array: (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value })} />
+            <input class="prop-input" value={c.label}
+              placeholder="column label (optional)"
+              onInput={(e) => patch(i, { label: (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value })} />
+            <button class="flow-node-del" title="Remove column"
+              disabled={columns.length <= 1}
+              onClick={() => onColumns(columns.filter((_, j) => j !== i))}>✕</button>
+          </div>
+        ))}
+        <button class="panel-btn flow-row-add" onClick={() => onColumns([...columns, { array: '', label: '' }])}>+ Add column</button>
+      </div>
+      {columns.length > 1 && (
+        <div class="wizard-field">
+          <label>Alignment</label>
+          <select class="prop-select" value={align} onChange={(e) => onAlign((e.target as HTMLSelectElement).value)}>
+            {ALIGN_OPTS.map(o => <option key={o.value} value={o.value}>{o.label}</option>)}
+          </select>
+          <p class="hint">{alignHint}</p>
+        </div>
+      )}
+      <div class="wizard-field">
+        <label>File name</label>
+        <input class="prop-input" value={filename}
+          placeholder="defaults to the column labels"
+          onInput={(e) => onFilename((e.target as HTMLInputElement).value)} />
+        <p class="hint">Downloads a CSV with columns: timestamp_ms, iso, then one column per array.</p>
+      </div>
+    </Fragment>
+  );
+}
+
+// ── Dialogs: multi-field editor ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+interface DialogFieldSpec { type: 'input' | 'display'; label: string; target?: string; default?: string; expr?: string; }
+
+// The fields configured on an action.dialog.* node. Reads the JSON `fields`
+// param; for a legacy set-point node it synthesises a single input from the old
+// target/default params so existing panels migrate transparently.
+function parseDialogFields(n: LogicNode): DialogFieldSpec[] {
+  const raw = (n.params.fields ?? '').trim();
+  if (raw) {
+    try {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+      if (Array.isArray(parsed)) {
+        return parsed.map((f: any) => ({
+          type: f?.type === 'display' ? 'display' : 'input',
+          label: String(f?.label ?? ''),
+          target: String(f?.target ?? ''),
+          default: String(f?.default ?? ''),
+          expr: String(f?.expr ?? ''),
+        }));
+      }
+    } catch {}
+  }
+  if (n.kind === 'action.dialog.setpoint') {
+    return [{ type: 'input', label: '', target: n.params.target ?? '', default: n.params.default ?? '', expr: '' }];
+  }
+  return [];
+}
+
+function DialogFieldsEditor({ allowInput, fields, onChange, dsOptions, signalOptions, loadSignals }: {
+  allowInput: boolean;
+  fields: DialogFieldSpec[];
+  onChange: (fields: DialogFieldSpec[]) => void;
+  dsOptions: string[];
+  signalOptions: (ds: string) => string[];
+  loadSignals: (ds: string) => void;
+}) {
+  function patch(i: number, patch: Partial<DialogFieldSpec>) {
+    onChange(fields.map((f, j) => (j === i ? { ...f, ...patch } : f)));
+  }
+  function add(type: 'input' | 'display') {
+    onChange([...fields, { type, label: '', target: '', default: '', expr: '' }]);
+  }
+  return (
+    <div class="wizard-field">
+      <label>{allowInput ? 'Fields' : 'Displayed values'}</label>
+      {fields.length === 0 && <p class="hint">None yet.</p>}
+      {fields.map((f, i) => {
+        const { ds, name } = splitRef(f.target ?? '');
+        return (
+          <div key={i} class="flow-field-edit">
+            <div class="flow-field-head">
+              {allowInput ? (
+                <select class="prop-select" value={f.type}
+                  onChange={(e) => patch(i, { type: (e.target as HTMLSelectElement).value as 'input' | 'display' })}>
+                  <option value="input">Input</option>
+                  <option value="display">Display</option>
+                </select>
+              ) : <span class="flow-field-kind">Display</span>}
+              <input class="prop-input" value={f.label} placeholder="label"
+                onInput={(e) => patch(i, { label: (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value })} />
+              <button class="flow-node-del" title="Remove field"
+                onClick={() => onChange(fields.filter((_, j) => j !== i))}>✕</button>
+            </div>
+            {f.type === 'input' ? (
+              <Fragment>
+                <div class="flow-row-edit">
+                  <SearchableSelect value={ds} options={dsOptions}
+                    onSelect={(newDs) => { loadSignals(newDs); patch(i, { target: `${newDs}:` }); }} placeholder="ds…" />
+                  <SearchableSelect value={name} options={signalOptions(ds)}
+                    onSelect={(sig) => patch(i, { target: `${ds}:${sig}` })}
+                    placeholder={ds ? 'signal…' : 'pick ds'} />
+                </div>
+                <input class={`prop-input${checkExpr(f.default ?? '') ? ' prop-input-error' : ''}`}
+                  value={f.default ?? ''} placeholder="default value (expression, optional)"
+                  onInput={(e) => patch(i, { default: (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value })} />
+              </Fragment>
+            ) : (
+              <input class={`prop-input${checkExpr(f.expr ?? '') ? ' prop-input-error' : ''}`}
+                value={f.expr ?? ''} placeholder="value to show (expression, e.g. {stub:level})"
+                onInput={(e) => patch(i, { expr: (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value })} />
+            )}
+          </div>
+        );
+      })}
+      <div class="flow-field-add">
+        {allowInput && <button class="panel-btn flow-row-add" onClick={() => add('input')}>+ Add input</button>}
+        <button class="panel-btn flow-row-add" onClick={() => add('display')}>+ Add value to show</button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+// A human-friendly label for a widget in the Widget-control picker: its type
+// plus its first signal (or id) so panels with many widgets stay legible.
+function widgetLabel(w: Widget): string {
+  const sig = w.signals[0] ? `${w.signals[0].ds}:${w.signals[0].name}` : '';
+  return `${w.type}${sig ? ' · ' + sig : ''} (${w.id})`;
+}
+
 // One-line summary shown in a node block's body.
 function nodeSummary(n: LogicNode): string {
   switch (n.kind) {
@@ -819,12 +1023,25 @@ function nodeSummary(n: LogicNode): string {
     case 'action.write':      return `${n.params.target || '?'} = ${n.params.expr || ''}`;
     case 'action.delay':      return `wait ${n.params.ms || '0'} ms`;
     case 'action.accumulate': return `${n.params.array || '?'} ← ${n.params.expr || ''}`;
-    case 'action.export':     return `export ${n.params.array || '?'} → csv`;
+    case 'action.export': {
+      const cols = parseExportColumns(n).filter(c => c.array);
+      const names = cols.map(c => c.label || c.array).join(', ');
+      return `export ${names || '?'} → csv`;
+    }
     case 'action.clear':      return `clear ${n.params.array || '?'}`;
     case 'action.log':        return `log ${n.params.label ? n.params.label + ': ' : ''}${n.params.expr || ''}`;
+    case 'action.widget':     return `${n.params.op || 'disable'} ${n.params.widget || '?'}`;
     case 'action.dialog.info':     return `info: ${n.params.title || n.params.message || '…'}`;
     case 'action.dialog.error':    return `error: ${n.params.title || n.params.message || '…'}`;
-    case 'action.dialog.setpoint': return `set ${n.params.target || '?'} (ask)`;
+    case 'action.dialog.setpoint': {
+      const fs = parseDialogFields(n);
+      const ins = fs.filter(f => f.type === 'input').length;
+      const shows = fs.filter(f => f.type === 'display').length;
+      const parts: string[] = [];
+      if (ins) parts.push(`ask ${ins}`);
+      if (shows) parts.push(`show ${shows}`);
+      return parts.length ? parts.join(', ') : 'ask…';
+    }
     default:                  return '';
   }
 }
diff --git a/web/src/lib/logic.ts b/web/src/lib/logic.ts
index 63e522d..7242f81 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/logic.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/logic.ts
@@ -27,20 +27,32 @@
 import { wsClient } from './ws';
 import { getSignalStore } from './stores';
 import { writable } from './store';
+import { setWidgetDisabled, setWidgetHidden, setPlotPaused, clearPlot, resetWidgetCmds } from './widgetCommands';
 import type { SignalRef, SignalValue, LogicGraph, LogicNode } from './types';
 import { evalExpr, evalBool, collectRefs, type Resolver } from './expr';
 
+// A single row in a dialog: either an `input` (prompts the operator for a value
+// that is later written to its target) or a `display` (a read-only live value
+// shown to the operator). A dialog may carry any number of both.
+export interface DialogField {
+  type: 'input' | 'display';
+  label: string;
+  // input: the pre-filled default text; display: the resolved value to show.
+  value: string;
+}
+
 // A pending user-interaction dialog requested by an action.dialog.* node. The
 // engine pushes one to `logicDialogs` and awaits the user's response; the
-// LogicDialogs component renders it and calls `resolve` (the entered value for
-// a set-point dialog, '' for info/error OK, or null for Cancel).
+// LogicDialogs component renders it and calls `resolve` with the entered values
+// for the input fields (in field order), or null for Cancel. Info/error
+// dialogs have no inputs and resolve with an empty array on OK.
 export interface DialogRequest {
   id: string;
   kind: 'info' | 'error' | 'setpoint';
   title: string;
   message: string;
-  defaultValue?: string;
-  resolve: (result: string | null) => void;
+  fields: DialogField[];
+  resolve: (entered: string[] | null) => void;
 }
 
 // Active dialogs, rendered by <LogicDialogs/>. Cleared when the panel unmounts.
@@ -74,6 +86,36 @@ function refKey(ds: string, name: string): string {
   return `${ds}\0${name}`;
 }
 
+// A dialog field as configured on a node (before its value is resolved).
+interface DialogFieldSpec {
+  type: 'input' | 'display';
+  label: string;
+  target?: string; // input: "ds:name" (or bare local var) to write on OK
+  default?: string; // input: expression pre-filling the input
+  expr?: string;    // display: expression evaluated and shown
+}
+
+// Linearly interpolate a value at time `t` from timestamp-sorted samples. Returns
+// null when `t` falls outside the samples' own time range (no extrapolation).
+function interpAt(samples: Array<{ t: number; v: number }>, t: number): number | null {
+  const n = samples.length;
+  if (n === 0 || t < samples[0].t || t > samples[n - 1].t) return null;
+  for (let i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
+    const a = samples[i], b = samples[i + 1];
+    if (t >= a.t && t <= b.t) {
+      if (b.t === a.t) return a.v;
+      return a.v + (b.v - a.v) * (t - a.t) / (b.t - a.t);
+    }
+  }
+  return samples[n - 1].v;
+}
+
+// Escape a CSV cell: quote and double inner quotes when it contains a comma,
+// quote, or newline.
+function csvEsc(s: string): string {
+  return /[",\n]/.test(s) ? '"' + s.replace(/"/g, '""') + '"' : s;
+}
+
 interface WireOut { to: string; port: string }
 // One flow run, started by an activating trigger. `dt` is the seconds elapsed
 // since that trigger last fired (0 on its first fire); `resolve` is an
@@ -182,6 +224,9 @@ class LogicEngine {
     this.watchers = new Map();
     this.arrays = new Map();
     this.lastFire = new Map();
+    // Restore every widget to its default state so reopening a panel (whose
+    // widget ids are stable) does not inherit disabled/hidden/paused flags.
+    resetWidgetCmds();
   }
 
   /** Fire every button-trigger node whose `name` param matches. */
@@ -223,12 +268,15 @@ class LogicEngine {
         case 'action.log':      collectRefs(node.params.expr ?? '').forEach(want); break;
         case 'action.dialog.info':
         case 'action.dialog.error':
-          this.messageRefs(node.params.message ?? '').forEach(want); break;
-        case 'action.dialog.setpoint':
+        case 'action.dialog.setpoint': {
           this.messageRefs(node.params.message ?? '').forEach(want);
           this.messageRefs(node.params.title ?? '').forEach(want);
-          collectRefs(node.params.default ?? '').forEach(want);
+          for (const f of this.dialogFieldSpecs(node)) {
+            if (f.type === 'display') collectRefs(f.expr ?? '').forEach(want);
+            else collectRefs(f.default ?? '').forEach(want);
+          }
           break;
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -359,7 +407,7 @@ class LogicEngine {
       }
 
       case 'action.export': {
-        this.exportArray((node.params.array ?? '').trim(), node.params.filename ?? '');
+        this.exportArrays(this.exportColumns(node), node.params.align ?? 'common', node.params.filename ?? '');
         await this.follow(node.id, 'out', ctx);
         return;
       }
@@ -379,32 +427,53 @@ class LogicEngine {
         return;
       }
 
+      case 'action.widget': {
+        const wid = (node.params.widget ?? '').trim();
+        if (wid) {
+          switch (node.params.op ?? '') {
+            case 'enable':     setWidgetDisabled(wid, false); break;
+            case 'disable':    setWidgetDisabled(wid, true); break;
+            case 'show':       setWidgetHidden(wid, false); break;
+            case 'hide':       setWidgetHidden(wid, true); break;
+            case 'pauseplot':  setPlotPaused(wid, true); break;
+            case 'resumeplot': setPlotPaused(wid, false); break;
+            case 'clearplot':  clearPlot(wid); break;
+          }
+        }
+        await this.follow(node.id, 'out', ctx);
+        return;
+      }
+
       case 'action.dialog.info':
       case 'action.dialog.error': {
+        const specs = this.dialogFieldSpecs(node);
         await this.showDialog({
           kind: node.kind === 'action.dialog.error' ? 'error' : 'info',
           title: this.interpolate(node.params.title ?? '', ctx.resolve),
           message: this.interpolate(node.params.message ?? '', ctx.resolve),
+          fields: this.dialogFieldViews(specs, ctx),
         });
         await this.follow(node.id, 'out', ctx);
         return;
       }
 
       case 'action.dialog.setpoint': {
-        const ref = parseRef(node.params.target ?? '');
-        const def = (node.params.default ?? '').trim()
-          ? String(evalExpr(node.params.default ?? '', ctx.resolve))
-          : '';
+        const specs = this.dialogFieldSpecs(node);
         const result = await this.showDialog({
           kind: 'setpoint',
           title: this.interpolate(node.params.title ?? '', ctx.resolve),
           message: this.interpolate(node.params.message ?? '', ctx.resolve),
-          defaultValue: def,
+          fields: this.dialogFieldViews(specs, ctx),
         });
-        // Cancel (null) aborts the flow; OK writes the value and continues.
+        // Cancel (null) aborts the flow; OK writes every input value and continues.
         if (result === null) return;
-        const num = parseFloat(result);
-        if (ref && !isNaN(num)) wsClient.write(ref, num);
+        let i = 0;
+        for (const spec of specs) {
+          if (spec.type !== 'input') continue;
+          const ref = parseRef(spec.target ?? '');
+          const num = parseFloat(result[i++] ?? '');
+          if (ref && !isNaN(num)) wsClient.write(ref, num);
+        }
         await this.follow(node.id, 'out', ctx);
         return;
       }
@@ -415,13 +484,62 @@ class LogicEngine {
     }
   }
 
-  // Dump a named array to a CSV file the browser downloads (timestamp + value).
-  private exportArray(name: string, filename: string): void {
-    if (!name) return;
-    const arr = this.arrays.get(name) ?? [];
-    const rows = arr.map(p => `${p.t},${new Date(p.t).toISOString()},${p.v}`);
-    const csv = 'timestamp_ms,iso,value\n' + rows.join('\n') + '\n';
-    const safe = (filename || name).replace(/[^a-z0-9_.-]/gi, '_');
+  // The columns an action.export node should emit. Reads the JSON `columns`
+  // param (a list of { array, label }); falls back to the legacy single `array`.
+  private exportColumns(node: LogicNode): Array<{ array: string; label: string }> {
+    const raw = (node.params.columns ?? '').trim();
+    if (raw) {
+      try {
+        const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+        if (Array.isArray(parsed)) {
+          return parsed
+            .map((c: any) => ({ array: String(c?.array ?? '').trim(), label: String(c?.label ?? '').trim() }))
+            .filter(c => c.array);
+        }
+      } catch {}
+    }
+    const a = (node.params.array ?? '').trim();
+    return a ? [{ array: a, label: a }] : [];
+  }
+
+  // Dump one or more named arrays to a CSV the browser downloads. Each column is
+  // a captured array; rows are keyed by sample timestamp. `align` controls how
+  // arrays with differing timestamps are combined:
+  //   common      — only timestamps present in every array (intersection).
+  //   any         — the union of all timestamps; cells with no sample are blank.
+  //   interpolate — the union of all timestamps; a missing cell is linearly
+  //                 interpolated between the array's surrounding samples (blank
+  //                 outside the array's own time range).
+  private exportArrays(cols: Array<{ array: string; label: string }>, align: string, filename: string): void {
+    if (cols.length === 0) return;
+    const series = cols.map((c, i) => ({
+      label: c.label || c.array || `col${i + 1}`,
+      samples: (this.arrays.get(c.array) ?? []).slice().sort((a, b) => a.t - b.t),
+      map: new Map<number, number>(),
+    }));
+    for (const s of series) for (const p of s.samples) s.map.set(p.t, p.v);
+
+    const tsSet = new Set<number>();
+    for (const s of series) for (const p of s.samples) tsSet.add(p.t);
+    let times = Array.from(tsSet).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+    if (align === 'common') times = times.filter(t => series.every(s => s.map.has(t)));
+
+    const cell = (s: typeof series[number], t: number): string => {
+      const exact = s.map.get(t);
+      if (exact !== undefined) return String(exact);
+      if (align === 'interpolate') {
+        const v = interpAt(s.samples, t);
+        return v === null ? '' : String(v);
+      }
+      return ''; // 'any' (and 'common' never reaches here)
+    };
+
+    const header = ['timestamp_ms', 'iso', ...series.map(s => s.label)];
+    const rows = times.map(t => [String(t), new Date(t).toISOString(), ...series.map(s => cell(s, t))]);
+    const csv = [header, ...rows].map(r => r.map(csvEsc).join(',')).join('\n') + '\n';
+
+    const base = filename || series.map(s => s.label).join('_') || 'export';
+    const safe = base.replace(/[^a-z0-9_.-]/gi, '_');
     const fname = safe.toLowerCase().endsWith('.csv') ? safe : `${safe}.csv`;
     const blob = new Blob([csv], { type: 'text/csv' });
     const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
@@ -434,9 +552,48 @@ class LogicEngine {
 
   // ── Dialogs (user interaction) ───────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+  // The field specs of a dialog node. Reads the JSON `fields` param (a list of
+  // { type:'input'|'display', label, target?, default?, expr? }); for a legacy
+  // set-point node with no `fields` it falls back to the single target/default.
+  private dialogFieldSpecs(node: LogicNode): DialogFieldSpec[] {
+    const raw = (node.params.fields ?? '').trim();
+    if (raw) {
+      try {
+        const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+        if (Array.isArray(parsed)) {
+          return parsed.map((f: any) => ({
+            type: f?.type === 'display' ? 'display' : 'input',
+            label: String(f?.label ?? ''),
+            target: String(f?.target ?? ''),
+            default: String(f?.default ?? ''),
+            expr: String(f?.expr ?? ''),
+          }));
+        }
+      } catch {}
+    }
+    if (node.kind === 'action.dialog.setpoint') {
+      return [{ type: 'input', label: '', target: node.params.target ?? '', default: node.params.default ?? '', expr: '' }];
+    }
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  // Resolve a node's field specs into displayable views: display fields get their
+  // expression evaluated to text; input fields get their default expression
+  // evaluated to a pre-fill string ('' when no default is set).
+  private dialogFieldViews(specs: DialogFieldSpec[], ctx: RunCtx): DialogField[] {
+    return specs.map(s => {
+      if (s.type === 'display') {
+        const v = evalExpr(s.expr ?? '', ctx.resolve);
+        return { type: 'display' as const, label: s.label, value: isNaN(v) ? '?' : String(v) };
+      }
+      const def = (s.default ?? '').trim() ? String(evalExpr(s.default ?? '', ctx.resolve)) : '';
+      return { type: 'input' as const, label: s.label, value: def };
+    });
+  }
+
   // Push a dialog request to the shared store and resolve when the user responds
-  // ('' on info/error OK, the entered text on a set-point OK, null on Cancel).
-  private showDialog(req: Omit<DialogRequest, 'id' | 'resolve'>): Promise<string | null> {
+  // (the entered input values on OK, null on Cancel).
+  private showDialog(req: Omit<DialogRequest, 'id' | 'resolve'>): Promise<string[] | null> {
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
       const id = 'dlg_' + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 9);
       const full: DialogRequest = {
diff --git a/web/src/lib/types.ts b/web/src/lib/types.ts
index 90738d4..730bc7a 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -103,18 +103,28 @@ export interface StateVar {
 //   action.delay      — pause `ms` before continuing downstream (params: ms).
 //   action.accumulate — evaluate `expr` and append the value (with a timestamp)
 //                       to the named in-memory data array (params: array, expr).
-//   action.export     — download the named array as a CSV file (params: array,
-//                       filename).
+//   action.export     — download one or more named arrays as a CSV file, one
+//                       column per array (params: columns = JSON list of
+//                       {array,label}, align 'common'|'any'|'interpolate',
+//                       filename). Legacy single-array nodes use `array`.
 //   action.clear      — empty the named array (params: array).
 //   action.log        — evaluate `expr` and log it to the browser console for
 //                       debugging a flow (params: expr, label).
+//   action.widget     — drive a panel widget by id (params: widget, op). `op` is
+//                       one of enable/disable (interaction), show/hide
+//                       (visibility), or for plot widgets clearplot (one-shot
+//                       buffer clear) / pauseplot / resumeplot (live stream).
 //   action.dialog.info  — show an info dialog and wait for the user to dismiss
-//                       it before continuing (params: title, message).
+//                       it before continuing (params: title, message, fields).
 //   action.dialog.error — like dialog.info but styled as an error (params:
-//                       title, message).
-//   action.dialog.setpoint — prompt the user for a value; on OK write it to
-//                       `target` and continue, on Cancel abort the flow
-//                       (params: target, title, message, default).
+//                       title, message, fields).
+//   action.dialog.setpoint — prompt the user for one or more values; on OK write
+//                       each input to its target and continue, on Cancel abort
+//                       the flow (params: title, message, fields).
+//   All dialogs may carry a `fields` param: a JSON list of
+//   {type:'input'|'display', label, target, default, expr}. `input` fields
+//   prompt for a value written to `target`; `display` fields show the resolved
+//   `expr`. Legacy set-point nodes use `target`/`default` for a single input.
 //   Dialog `message`/`title` text may embed signal values as {ds:name} tokens.
 //
 // Expressions (cond/expr) may reference signals inline as {ds:name} and panel-
@@ -136,6 +146,7 @@ export type LogicNodeKind =
   | 'action.export'
   | 'action.clear'
   | 'action.log'
+  | 'action.widget'
   | 'action.dialog.info'
   | 'action.dialog.error'
   | 'action.dialog.setpoint';
diff --git a/web/src/lib/widgetCommands.ts b/web/src/lib/widgetCommands.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83a887f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/lib/widgetCommands.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Per-widget command bus.
+//
+// Panel logic (logic.ts) runs in view mode and can drive individual widgets via
+// the `action.widget` node: enable/disable, show/hide, and — for plot widgets —
+// clear or pause/resume the live stream. Each widget id gets a small reactive
+// store; widget components subscribe to their own store (Canvas wraps every
+// widget in a <WidgetView> that honours disabled/hidden, and PlotWidget reacts
+// to paused/clear). The engine writes commands through the setters below.
+
+import { writable, type Writable } from './store';
+
+export interface WidgetCmd {
+  disabled: boolean;   // interaction blocked + dimmed
+  hidden: boolean;     // removed from the view
+  paused: boolean;     // plot: stop ingesting live samples
+  clearNonce: number;  // plot: bumped to request a one-shot buffer clear
+}
+
+const DEFAULT: WidgetCmd = { disabled: false, hidden: false, paused: false, clearNonce: 0 };
+
+const stores = new Map<string, Writable<WidgetCmd>>();
+
+export function getWidgetCmdStore(id: string): Writable<WidgetCmd> {
+  let s = stores.get(id);
+  if (!s) { s = writable({ ...DEFAULT }); stores.set(id, s); }
+  return s;
+}
+
+export function setWidgetDisabled(id: string, v: boolean): void {
+  getWidgetCmdStore(id).update(c => ({ ...c, disabled: v }));
+}
+export function setWidgetHidden(id: string, v: boolean): void {
+  getWidgetCmdStore(id).update(c => ({ ...c, hidden: v }));
+}
+export function setPlotPaused(id: string, v: boolean): void {
+  getWidgetCmdStore(id).update(c => ({ ...c, paused: v }));
+}
+export function clearPlot(id: string): void {
+  getWidgetCmdStore(id).update(c => ({ ...c, clearNonce: c.clearNonce + 1 }));
+}
+
+// Reset every widget back to its default state. Called when a panel unmounts so
+// that re-opening the same panel (whose widget ids are stable) starts fresh
+// rather than inheriting disabled/hidden/paused flags from the previous view.
+export function resetWidgetCmds(): void {
+  for (const s of stores.values()) s.set({ ...DEFAULT });
+}
diff --git a/web/src/styles.css b/web/src/styles.css
index 44d7bee..3d0ea13 100644
--- a/web/src/styles.css
+++ b/web/src/styles.css
@@ -399,6 +399,16 @@ body {
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
+/* Overlay shown over a widget disabled via action.widget logic: dims it and
+   blocks interaction while still surfacing the right-click context menu. */
+.widget-disable-overlay {
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: 10;
+  background: rgba(20, 25, 35, 0.45);
+  cursor: not-allowed;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+
 /* ── Unknown widget ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 .unknown-widget {
@@ -1361,6 +1371,44 @@ body {
 }
 .flow-localvar-actions .panel-btn { flex: 1; }
 
+/* Repeated rows in inspector editors (export columns, dialog fields). */
+.flow-row-edit {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0.35rem;
+}
+.flow-row-edit .prop-input { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
+.flow-row-add {
+  width: 100%;
+  margin-top: 0.15rem;
+}
+
+.flow-field-edit {
+  border: 1px solid #2a3548;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  padding: 0.4rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0.4rem;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+}
+.flow-field-head {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+}
+.flow-field-head .prop-input { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
+.flow-field-kind {
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  color: #94a3b8;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+}
+.flow-field-add {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+}
+
 /* ── History pane ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 .history-pane {
@@ -3570,7 +3618,25 @@ kbd {
 
 .logic-dialog-input {
   width: 100%;
-  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
+
+/* A single field row (input or display) in a multi-value dialog. */
+.logic-dialog-field {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.2rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0.6rem;
+}
+.logic-dialog-label {
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  color: #94a3b8;
+}
+.logic-dialog-value {
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  color: #e2e8f0;
+  padding: 0.2rem 0;
 }
 
 .logic-dialog-actions {
diff --git a/web/src/widgets/PlotWidget.tsx b/web/src/widgets/PlotWidget.tsx
index 97089b9..2811011 100644
--- a/web/src/widgets/PlotWidget.tsx
+++ b/web/src/widgets/PlotWidget.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'preact/hooks';
 import uPlot from 'uplot';
 import * as echarts from 'echarts';
 import { getSignalStore } from '../lib/stores';
+import { getWidgetCmdStore } from '../lib/widgetCommands';
 import { wsClient } from '../lib/ws';
 import { formatValue } from '../lib/format';
 import { fftMag, resampleUniform } from '../lib/fft';
@@ -374,8 +375,24 @@ export default function PlotWidget({ widget, onContextMenu, timeRange }: Props)
     // ── Live streaming mode ────────────────────────────────────────────────
     setHistStatus('idle');
 
+    // Honour action.widget logic commands: `paused` suspends live ingestion and
+    // a bumped `clearNonce` empties the buffers + redraws once.
+    const cmdStore = getWidgetCmdStore(widget.id);
+    let paused = cmdStore.get().paused;
+    let lastClear = cmdStore.get().clearNonce;
+    unsubs.push(cmdStore.subscribe(cmd => {
+      paused = cmd.paused;
+      if (cmd.clearNonce !== lastClear) {
+        lastClear = cmd.clearNonce;
+        buffers.forEach(b => { b.timestamps.length = 0; b.values.length = 0; });
+        if (uplot) uplot.setData(uplotData(timeWindow));
+        if (echart) echart.setOption(echartsOption(), { notMerge: true });
+      }
+    }));
+
     signals.forEach((sig: SignalRef & { color?: string }, i) => {
       const unsub = getSignalStore(sig).subscribe(sv => {
+        if (paused) return;
         if (sv.value === null || sv.value === undefined || sv.ts === null) return;
         const ts = new Date(sv.ts).getTime() / 1000;