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diff --git a/web/static/app.css b/web/static/app.css
index 27d20d4..0a3b0c7 100644
--- a/web/static/app.css
+++ b/web/static/app.css
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   --bg: #241B30; --surface: #2D2340; --surface-2: #3A2D52;
   --muted: #7A6A9E; --muted-fg: #C0B2DE; --fg: #F2EDF8;
   --accent: #C4A8F0; --border: #42355C;
-  --radius: 20px;
+  --radius-lg: 20px; --radius: 10px; --radius-sm: 999px;
   --font-body: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif;
   --font-mono: ui-monospace, "JetBrains Mono", "Fira Code", monospace;
 }
@@ -31,15 +31,18 @@ body {
 .logo { font-weight: 700; font-size: 27.6px; letter-spacing: -0.02em; text-decoration: none; color: var(--fg); }
 .logo em { font-style: normal; color: var(--muted-fg); font-weight: 400; }
 .topbar nav { display: flex; gap: 4px; }
-.topbar nav a { color: var(--muted-fg); text-decoration: none; padding: 6px 12px; border-radius: 8px; font-size: 23.2px; }
+.topbar nav a { color: var(--muted-fg); text-decoration: none; padding: 6px 12px; border-radius: var(--radius); font-size: 23.2px; }
 .topbar nav a:hover { background: var(--surface-2); color: var(--fg); }
 .topbar nav a.on { background: var(--accent); color: var(--bg); }
 .topbar .spacer { flex: 1; }
-.kbd { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 18.9px; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 5px; padding: 2px 6px; color: var(--muted-fg); }
+.kbd { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 18.9px; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 2px 6px; color: var(--muted-fg); }
 
 .float {
-  background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius);
-  box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(20,14,32,.25), 0 12px 32px rgba(20,14,32,.3);
+  background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
+  box-shadow:
+    0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .10),
+    0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, .08),
+    0 8px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, .07);
   overflow: hidden;
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ body {
 }
 .editor-head select {
   border: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--surface-2); color: var(--muted-fg);
-  border-radius: 7px; padding: 4px 10px; font: inherit; font-size: 21.6px; cursor: pointer;
+  border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 4px 10px; font: inherit; font-size: 21.6px; cursor: pointer;
 }
 .editor-wrap { flex: 1; display: flex; min-height: 0; }
 .gutter {
@@ -83,21 +86,21 @@ body {
 .actionbar .btn { padding: 10px 26px; }
 .btn {
   background: var(--accent); color: var(--bg); border: none; cursor: pointer;
-  padding: 8px 18px; border-radius: 8px; font: inherit; font-size: 22.4px; font-weight: 600;
+  padding: 8px 18px; border-radius: var(--radius); font: inherit; font-size: 22.4px; font-weight: 600;
 }
 .btn:hover { filter: brightness(1.08); }
 .hint { font-size: 20.7px; color: var(--muted-fg); }
 .hint b { color: var(--fg); font-weight: 550; }
 .seg { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 2px; }
-.seg label { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; padding: 5px 8px; border-radius: 7px; cursor: pointer; font-size: 22.4px; }
+.seg label { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; padding: 5px 8px; border-radius: var(--radius); cursor: pointer; font-size: 22.4px; }
 .seg label:hover { background: var(--surface-2); }
 .seg input { accent-color: var(--accent); }
-.toggle { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; font-size: 22.4px; cursor: pointer; padding: 5px 8px; border-radius: 7px; }
+.toggle { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; font-size: 22.4px; cursor: pointer; padding: 5px 8px; border-radius: var(--radius); }
 .toggle:hover { background: var(--surface-2); }
 .toggle input { accent-color: var(--accent); }
 .deck .row { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; font-size: 22.4px; padding: 4px 0; }
 .row input[type="text"] {
-  border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 8px; background: var(--bg);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 5px 8px; background: var(--bg);
   color: var(--fg); font: inherit; font-size: 21.6px; width: 130px;
 }
 .created-banner {
@@ -109,10 +112,10 @@ body {
 /* paste view */
 .meta-bar { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; padding: 12px 18px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
 .meta-bar h1 { font-size: 29.2px; font-weight: 600; }
-.slug { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 21.6px; color: var(--muted-fg); background: var(--surface-2); padding: 3px 9px; border-radius: 7px; }
-.tag { font-size: 19.8px; color: var(--muted-fg); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 999px; padding: 2px 9px; }
+.slug { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 21.6px; color: var(--muted-fg); background: var(--surface-2); padding: 3px 9px; border-radius: var(--radius); }
+.tag { font-size: 19.8px; color: var(--muted-fg); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius-sm); padding: 2px 9px; }
 .meta-bar .spacer { flex: 1; }
-.iconbtn { border: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--surface-2); color: var(--muted-fg); border-radius: 8px; padding: 5px 12px; font: inherit; font-size: 21.6px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; }
+.iconbtn { border: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--surface-2); color: var(--muted-fg); border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 5px 12px; font: inherit; font-size: 21.6px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; }
 .iconbtn:hover { color: var(--fg); border-color: var(--muted); }
 .iconbtn.danger:hover { color: #ff8fa3; border-color: #ff8fa3; }
 .code-head {
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ body {
 .head-row h1 { font-size: 34.5px; font-weight: 600; }
 .search {
   display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; background: var(--surface);
-  border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 10px; padding: 8px 14px; width: 260px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 8px 14px; width: 260px;
 }
 .search input { border: none; outline: none; background: transparent; color: var(--fg); font: inherit; font-size: 22.4px; width: 100%; }
 table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 22.4px; table-layout: fixed; }
@@ -149,12 +152,12 @@ tr.row:hover td { background: var(--surface-2); }
 tr.row:hover td a.slug { color: var(--accent); }
 td a.slug { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 21.6px; color: var(--fg); text-decoration: none; }
 td a.slug:hover { color: var(--accent); }
-.badge { font-size: 18.9px; border: 1px solid var(--border); color: var(--muted-fg); border-radius: 999px; padding: 1px 8px; }
+.badge { font-size: 18.9px; border: 1px solid var(--border); color: var(--muted-fg); border-radius: var(--radius-sm); padding: 1px 8px; }
 .badge.lock { color: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); }
 .dim { color: var(--muted-fg); white-space: nowrap; }
 .pager { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; padding: 12px 16px; font-size: 21.6px; color: var(--muted-fg); }
 .pager .pg { display: flex; gap: 6px; }
-.pager button { border: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--surface-2); color: var(--muted-fg); border-radius: 7px; padding: 4px 11px; font: inherit; font-size: 21.6px; cursor: pointer; }
+.pager button { border: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--surface-2); color: var(--muted-fg); border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 4px 11px; font: inherit; font-size: 21.6px; cursor: pointer; }
 .pager button:hover:not(:disabled) { color: var(--fg); border-color: var(--muted); }
 .pager button.on { background: var(--accent); color: var(--bg); border-color: var(--accent); }
 .pager button:disabled { opacity: .4; cursor: default; }
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ td a.slug:hover { color: var(--accent); }
 .inner h1 { font-size: 29.2px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 6px; }
 .inner .sub { font-size: 22.4px; color: var(--muted-fg); margin-bottom: 20px; }
 .pwinput {
-  width: 100%; padding: 10px 14px; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 9px;
+  width: 100%; padding: 10px 14px; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius);
   background: var(--bg); color: var(--fg); font: inherit; font-size: 23.2px; outline: none; text-align: center;
   letter-spacing: .12em;
 }
@@ -180,4 +183,31 @@ td a.slug:hover { color: var(--accent); }
 .err { display: none; margin-top: 12px; font-size: 21.6px; color: #ff8fa3; }
 .center .foot { font-size: 20.7px; color: var(--muted-fg); padding: 14px; border-top: 1px solid var(--border); }
 
-.btn-icon { padding: 6px 10px; font-size: 24.2px; line-height: 1; }
+.btn-icon {
+  padding: 4px 8px; font-size: 24.2px; line-height: 1;
+  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
+  min-width: 40px; height: 36px;
+}
+
+/* selection controls: pill-style selected states (#14) */
+.seg label, .toggle {
+  border: 1px solid transparent;
+  transition: background .12s ease, border-color .12s ease, color .12s ease;
+}
+.seg label:hover, .toggle:hover {
+  background: var(--surface-2);
+  color: var(--fg);
+}
+.seg label:has(input:checked),
+.toggle:has(input:checked) {
+  background: var(--surface-2);
+  border-color: var(--accent);
+  color: var(--fg);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+}
+.seg label:has(input:focus-visible),
+.toggle:has(input:focus-visible) {
+  outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
+  outline-offset: 1px;
+}
+.seg input, .toggle input { accent-color: var(--accent); width: 16px; height: 16px; margin: 0; }
diff --git a/web/templates/history.html b/web/templates/history.html
index 1e42cb6..c0aaf33 100644
--- a/web/templates/history.html
+++ b/web/templates/history.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ let page = 1, total = 0;
 const $ = id => document.getElementById(id);
 
 function esc(s) { const d = document.createElement('div'); d.textContent = s == null ? '' : s; return d.innerHTML; }
-function fmtSize(n) { if (n == null) return '—'; if (n < 1024) return n + ' B'; if (n < 1048576) return (n/1024).toFixed(1) + ' KB'; return (n/1048576).toFixed(1) + ' MB'; }
+function fmtSize(n) { if (n == null) return 'none'; if (n < 1024) return n + ' B'; if (n < 1048576) return (n/1024).toFixed(1) + ' KB'; return (n/1048576).toFixed(1) + ' MB'; }
 function ago(ts) {
   const s = Math.floor(Date.now()/1000) - ts;
   if (s < 60) return s + 's ago';
@@ -34,45 +34,67 @@ function ago(ts) {
   return Math.floor(s/86400) + 'd ago';
 }
 
+let filter = '';
+
+function matchesFilter(it) {
+  if (!filter) return true;
+  const f = filter.toLowerCase();
+  return (it.title || '').toLowerCase().includes(f) || (it.id || '').toLowerCase().includes(f);
+}
+
 async function load() {
+  const filtered = filter.length > 0;
   const off = (page - 1) * PER;
-  const res = await fetch('/api/public?limit=' + PER + '&offset=' + off);
+  const url = filtered
+    ? '/api/public?limit=200&offset=0'
+    : '/api/public?limit=' + PER + '&offset=' + off;
+  const res = await fetch(url);
   const data = await res.json();
   total = data.total;
 
-  $('count').textContent = total.toLocaleString() + ' total';
+  const items = filtered ? data.items.filter(matchesFilter) : data.items;
+
+  $('count').textContent = filtered
+    ? items.length.toLocaleString() + ' matches (of ' + total.toLocaleString() + ' total)'
+    : total.toLocaleString() + ' total';
   const rows = $('rows');
-  if (data.items.length === 0) {
+  if (items.length === 0) {
     rows.innerHTML = '';
     $('empty').style.display = 'block';
+    $('empty').textContent = filtered ? 'No pastes match your search.' : 'No pastes yet. Create the first one.';
   } else {
     $('empty').style.display = 'none';
-    rows.innerHTML = data.items.map(it =>
+    rows.innerHTML = items.map(it =>
       `<tr class="row" data-href="/${esc(it.id)}"><td><a class="slug" href="/${esc(it.id)}">${esc(it.id)}</a></td>` +
-      `<td class="title-cell">${it.title ? esc(it.title) : '<span class=dim>—</span>'}</td>` +
+      `<td class="title-cell">${it.title ? esc(it.title) : '<span class=dim>none</span>'}</td>` +
       `<td><span class="badge">${esc(it.language || 'text')}</span></td>` +
       `<td class="dim">${fmtSize(it.size)}</td><td class="dim">${it.view_count}</td><td class="dim">${ago(it.created_at)}</td></tr>`
     ).join('');
   }
 
   const pages = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(total / PER));
-  $('showing').textContent = total === 0 ? 'Nothing here yet' :
-    `Showing ${off+1}–${Math.min(off+PER, total)} of ${total.toLocaleString()} · page ${page} of ${pages}`;
+  if (filtered) {
+    $('showing').textContent = 'Showing ' + items.length.toLocaleString() + ' matches for "' + filter + '"';
+    $('pg').innerHTML = '';
+  } else {
+    $('showing').textContent = total === 0 ? 'Nothing here yet' :
+      `Showing ${off+1}–${Math.min(off+PER, total)} of ${total.toLocaleString()} · page ${page} of ${pages}`;
 
-  const btns = [];
-  const add = (label, target, opts={}) => btns.push(`<button ${opts.on?'class="on"':''} ${opts.dis?'disabled':''} data-p="${target}">${label}</button>`);
-  add('‹', page-1, {dis: page===1});
-  const win = new Set([1, 2, page-1, page, page+1, pages]);
-  let last = 0;
-  for (let i = 1; i <= pages; i++) {
-    if (win.has(i)) {
-      if (last && i - last > 1) btns.push('<span class="dim">…</span>');
-      add(String(i), i, {on: i===page});
-      last = i;
+    const btns = [];
+    const add = (label, target, opts={}) => btns.push(`<button ${opts.on?'class="on"':''} ${opts.dis?'disabled':''} data-p="${target}">${label}</button>`);
+    add('‹', page-1, {dis: page===1});
+    const win = new Set([1, 2, page-1, page, page+1, pages]);
+    let last = 0;
+    for (let i = 1; i <= pages; i++) {
+      if (win.has(i)) {
+        if (last && i - last > 1) btns.push('<span class="dim">…</span>');
+        add(String(i), i, {on: i===page});
+        last = i;
+      }
     }
+    add('›', page+1, {dis: page===pages});
+    $('pg').innerHTML = btns.join('');
   }
-  add('›', page+1, {dis: page===pages});
-  $('pg').innerHTML = btns.join('');
 }
 
 $('pg').addEventListener('click', e => {
@@ -87,7 +109,15 @@ $('rows').addEventListener('click', e => {
   if (!tr || e.target.closest('a')) return; // let real links (e.g. middle-click) work
   window.location.href = tr.dataset.href;
 });
-$('filter').addEventListener('input', () => { page = 1; load(); });
+let filterTimer = null;
+$('filter').addEventListener('input', e => {
+  clearTimeout(filterTimer);
+  filterTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+    filter = e.target.value.trim();
+    page = 1;
+    load();
+  }, 200);
+});
 load();
 setInterval(load, 30000); // auto-refresh history every 30s
 </script>
diff --git a/web/templates/new.html b/web/templates/new.html
index e9a5325..ab9e9f5 100644
--- a/web/templates/new.html
+++ b/web/templates/new.html
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
     </div>
     <div class="float side-section">
       <h3>Custom URL</h3>
-      <div class="row"><span>/</span><input type="text" id="custom" placeholder="my-snippet"></div>
+      <div class="row" style="justify-content:flex-start; gap:6px; align-items:center;"><span>/</span><input type="text" id="custom" placeholder="my-snippet" style="text-align:left; flex:1; min-width:0;"></div>
     </div>
-    <div class="float side-section">
+    <div class="float side-section" id="result-card" style="display:none">
       <h3>Result</h3>
-      <div class="hint" id="result" style="word-break:break-all">—</div>
+      <div class="hint" id="result" style="word-break:break-all">empty</div>
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
@@ -72,6 +72,29 @@ $('haspw').addEventListener('change', e => { $('password').style.display = e.tar
 
 let guessed = ''; // last auto-detected language, '' = user override
 
+function showResult(html, isError) {
+  $('result').innerHTML = html;
+  $('result').dataset.token = isError ? '' : ($('result').dataset.token || '');
+  $('result-card').style.display = 'block';
+}
+function defaultFilename(lang) {
+  const names = {
+    python: 'Python.py', go: 'main.go', javascript: 'script.js', rust: 'main.rs',
+    c: 'main.c', cpp: 'main.cpp', java: 'Main.java', bash: 'script.sh',
+    sql: 'query.sql', yaml: 'config.yaml', json: 'data.json',
+    markdown: 'notes.md', text: 'Text.txt',
+  };
+  return names[lang] || '';
+}
+// fill default filename when title is still blank
+function maybeSetDefaultTitle(lang) {
+  const title = $('title');
+  if (lang && !title.value.trim()) {
+    const fn = defaultFilename(lang);
+    if (fn) title.value = fn;
+  }
+}
+
 async function guessLang() {
   if (!content.value.trim()) return;
   try {
@@ -84,6 +107,7 @@ async function guessLang() {
     if (res.ok && data.language) {
       guessed = data.language;
       $('language').value = data.language;
+      maybeSetDefaultTitle(data.language);
     }
   } catch(e) {}
 }
@@ -113,11 +137,11 @@ async function create() {
   });
   const data = await res.json();
   if (!res.ok) {
-    $('result').textContent = 'Error: ' + (data.error || res.status);
+    showResult('Error: ' + (data.error || res.status), true);
     return;
   }
   const url = location.origin + '/' + (data.custom_slug || data.id);
-  $('result').innerHTML = '<a href="' + url + '">' + url + '</a>';
+  showResult('<a href="' + url + '">' + url + '</a>', false);
   $('result').dataset.token = data.deletion_token || '';
   try { navigator.clipboard.writeText(url); } catch(e) {}
   // show the paste