Remember tag cursors and reserve uppercase pane navigation

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/docs/helix-keys.md b/docs/helix-keys.md
index a2b597d2..7675e73b 100644
--- a/docs/helix-keys.md
+++ b/docs/helix-keys.md
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ language-backend queries, and the shell pipe.
 | `Esc` (insert) | back to normal mode, cursor right after the insertion (no vim left-step) | | helix-verified |
 | `Enter` (normal) | acme **look** chord: EXPLICIT selection, else file-ish word under cursor | pardes-specific, keep (helix normal-mode Enter unbound). Covers helix `gf`. Implicit motion residue falls back to the cursor word | pardes-specific |
 | `Tab` (normal) | acme **execute** chord | pardes-specific, keep; explicit-selection rule as Enter | pardes-specific |
-| `:` (normal, body) | focuses the pane's OWN tag as a one-line editor in **normal** mode, parked at the first EDITABLE column: motions (`w` `b` `e` `W` `B` `E`, `0` `$` `^`, arrows, `Home`/`End`) walk the whole rendered tag, `y` yanks the selection, `Enter`/`Tab` look/execute it (else the file-ish word under the cursor), `i`/`a`/`I`/`A` enter insert, `Esc` hands the body back. `h`/`j`/`k`/`l` are NOT motion here — a tagline is a place in the LAYOUT, so they run the same `Left`/`Down`/`Up`/`Right` builtins and land on the neighbouring pane's TAGLINE, still in normal mode (nothing that way = stay put, EXCEPT `k` off the topmost tagline — see the next row); the arrows keep the in-tag motion | helix `:` is command mode (section C); pardes' commands are acme words that live in the tag. `tag_col`/`tag_anchor` are columns of the RENDERED tag (prefix ++ tail) — one coordinate space, so the live mode+path prefix is selectable, yankable and executable, while every edit op (typing, `Backspace`, `i`/`a`/`I`/`A`) measures from the first editable column and is inert inside it | pardes-specific |
-| `k` (tag normal, topmost tagline) | focuses the column tag, then another `k` reaches the workspace tag at row 0 (`Newcol Joincol Find Grep Help Changelog Tutor Dump NextColor Debug Kill`, plus `Restore <path>` once a dump exists). With `ColumnTags` disabled it goes directly to the workspace. `j` walks back down. Header arrows and `h`/`l` move by grapheme; word motions and `0`/`$`/`^` work too. In normal mode `Enter`/`Tab` executes; `i`/`a`/`I`/`A` enter editing, where Enter is Look and Tab is Exec. Left-click, drag selection, typing, and paste edit either header; Esc leaves | Column commands target that column's active pane, or its first pane when coming from elsewhere. Workspace and column text are independently editable and persist in dumps. See [editable tags](tags.md) | pardes-specific |
+| `:` (normal, body) | focuses the pane's tag in normal mode at its remembered cursor position (first entry starts at the commands). `h`/`l`, arrows, word motions and `0`/`$`/`^` move within the tag; `k` stays on its single line; `j` or `Esc` returns to the body. Uppercase `H`/`J`/`K`/`L` run `Left`/`Down`/`Up`/`Right` and enter the neighboring pane's tag. `K` beyond the top pane reaches the headers below. `y` yanks; Enter/Tab Look/Exec; `i`/`a`/`I`/`A` enter insert mode, where letters type normally. Explicit mouse clicks choose a new cursor position. | Each tag keeps its own cursor position during the session. Positions are UTF-8 byte offsets in the rendered prefix plus editable tail; file-name changes are staged as described in [editable tags](tags.md). | pardes-specific |
+| `K` (tag normal, topmost tagline) | focuses the column tag, then another `K` reaches the workspace tag. With `ColumnTags` disabled it goes directly to the workspace. `J` walks back down. Header arrows and `h`/`l` move by grapheme; word motions and `0`/`$`/`^` work too. `j`/`Esc` returns to the panel; lowercase `k` stays put. Enter/Tab executes in normal mode; `i`/`a`/`I`/`A` enter editing, where Enter is Look and Tab is Exec. | Column commands target that column's active pane, or its first pane when coming from elsewhere. Workspace and column text are independently editable and persist in dumps. See [editable tags](tags.md). | pardes-specific |
 | `Ctrl-w` + `h/j/k/l`/arrows | directional pane focus prefix — editor normal mode only | pardes' own window handling (helix window mode skipped, section C). Runs the SAME `Left`/`Down`/`Up`/`Right` builtins `SPC w h/j/k/l` runs; Raw **tty** mode forwards Ctrl-w to the child. Insert mode owns `Ctrl-w` = delete-word-back, so a tag being TYPED into swallows it; from a tag in normal mode (`:`) it moves focus to the neighbour's BODY, while the bare letters `h/j/k/l` there move to its TAGLINE (next row) | pardes-specific |
 | `Alt-n` | new terminal below (outside raw tty) | shadows helix `Alt-n` TS sibling-select — skipped anyway (tree-sitter) | pardes-specific |
 | `Alt-c` | move active terminal to a fresh column (outside raw tty) | helix `Alt-c` is change-noyank; the pardes window op wins (do-not-touch contract). `Alt-d` + `i` covers the behavior | waived (`alt-c-window-op`) |
diff --git a/docs/tags.md b/docs/tags.md
index c159e9cf..1d874448 100644
--- a/docs/tags.md
+++ b/docs/tags.md
@@ -31,11 +31,18 @@ and Look gestures still apply; the workspace tag is no longer an inert
 left-click target. Pasted text goes to the focused tag, not to the file or
 embedded shell beneath it.
 
-Normal tag navigation now visits pane, column, and workspace tags in order:
-from the top pane's `:` tag, `k` reaches the column and another `k` reaches
-the workspace; `j` walks back down. Enter or Tab on a header command in
+Keyboard entry returns to the tag's last cursor position. The first entry into
+a pane tag starts at its commands; clicking always chooses a new position.
+Each pane, column and workspace tag remembers its own position during the
+session. Shortened text clamps the saved cursor to a valid character boundary.
+
+In normal mode, `h` and `l` move within the tag, `k` stays on the single line,
+and `j` returns to the panel like Escape. Uppercase `HJKL` move between pane
+tags. From the top pane's `:` tag, `K` reaches the column and another `K` reaches
+the workspace; `J` walks back down. Enter or Tab on a header command in
 normal mode executes it, as before. `i`/`a`/`I`/`A` switch to editing the
-header. In insert mode, Enter is Look and Tab is Exec, as in pane tags.
+header. In insert mode, letters type normally, Enter is Look and Tab is Exec,
+as in pane tags.
 
 Pane filenames and commands now have a single separator space rather than
 generated right-alignment padding. Intentionally customized spacing is kept.