diff --git a/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/CodePanel.test.tsx b/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/CodePanel.test.tsx
index f31a0d203..2c8d8cac5 100644
--- a/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/CodePanel.test.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/CodePanel.test.tsx
@@ -170,3 +170,62 @@ describe("CodePanel @matrix line", () => {
     expect(useLabStore.getState().matrix).toEqual({ width: 64, height: 64 });
   });
 });
+
+// Paste falls back to a box when the browser won't hand over the clipboard,
+// and the Make guide sends people to that box. Until 24 October 2026 it asked
+// in Korean on an English page.
+describe("CodePanel paste", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("asks in English when the clipboard can't be read, and pastes what goes in the box", async () => {
+    setClipboard({
+      readText: () => Promise.reject(new DOMException("Read permission denied.", "NotAllowedError")),
+    });
+    const prompt = vi.spyOn(window, "prompt").mockReturnValue("export function draw(display) { /* boxed */ }\n");
+    render(<CodePanel />);
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText("Paste"));
+    await act(async () => {});
+
+    expect(prompt).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Paste the pattern code here and press OK.");
+    const state = useLabStore.getState();
+    const active = state.layers.find((layer) => layer.id === state.activeLayerId);
+    expect(active?.type === "code" && active.code).toContain("/* boxed */");
+    expect(screen.getByText("Pasted ✓")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("leaves the layer alone when the box is cancelled", async () => {
+    setClipboard({ readText: () => Promise.reject(new Error("no clipboard")) });
+    vi.spyOn(window, "prompt").mockReturnValue(null);
+    const before = useLabStore.getState().layers;
+    render(<CodePanel />);
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText("Paste"));
+    await act(async () => {});
+
+    expect(useLabStore.getState().layers).toBe(before);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Paste")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
+
+// The hint named every other layer pixel art, written before text layers
+// came in (#184). A selected text layer was told to use the Pixel panel.
+describe("CodePanel on another layer", () => {
+  it("names a text layer and sends it to the Text panel", () => {
+    useLabStore.getState().addTextLayer();
+    render(<CodePanel />);
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText("The selected layer is text. Edit it in the Text panel, or select a code layer."),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("names a pixel layer and sends it to the Pixel panel", () => {
+    useLabStore.getState().addPixelLayer();
+    render(<CodePanel />);
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText("The selected layer is pixel art. Edit it in the Pixel panel, or select a code layer."),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/CodePanel.tsx b/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/CodePanel.tsx
index dea2441f9..8f5b915aa 100644
--- a/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/CodePanel.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/CodePanel.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { buildVariantCopyPrompt } from "@/lib/ai/variantPrompt";
 import { useResettingState } from "@/lib/hooks/useResettingState";
 import { hasStackAnnotation, importCodeIntoLab } from "@/lib/lab/stackShare";
 import { useActiveLayer, useLabStore } from "@/lib/lab/store";
-import { isCodeLayer } from "@/lib/lab/types";
+import { isCodeLayer, type Layer } from "@/lib/lab/types";
 import styles from "../PatternLab.module.css";
 import local from "./CodePanel.module.css";
 import dock from "../LabPanels.module.css";
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ import CodeGuideModal from "./CodeGuideModal";
 
 const labPresets = livePresets.filter((preset) => preset.labOnly);
 
+// What the panel says when another kind of layer is selected. Keyed by type,
+// so a new layer type has to say where it is edited.
+const OTHER_LAYER_HINT: Record<Exclude<Layer["type"], "code">, string> = {
+  pixel: "The selected layer is pixel art. Edit it in the Pixel panel, or select a code layer.",
+  text: "The selected layer is text. Edit it in the Text panel, or select a code layer.",
+};
+
 export default function CodePanel() {
   const layer = useActiveLayer();
   const matrix = useLabStore((state) => state.matrix);
@@ -67,9 +74,7 @@ export default function CodePanel() {
     return (
       <div className={dock.panel}>
         <div className={dock.panelHint}>
-          {layer
-            ? "The selected layer is pixel art — use the Pixel panel to edit it, or select a code layer."
-            : "Select a layer to edit."}
+          {layer ? OTHER_LAYER_HINT[layer.type] : "Select a layer to edit."}
           <button type="button" onClick={addCodeLayer}>
             + Add code layer
           </button>
@@ -133,7 +138,7 @@ export default function CodePanel() {
     } catch {
       // Permission blocked or unsupported in WebView — fall back to window.prompt
     }
-    const fallbackText = window.prompt("붙여넣을 패턴 코드를 아래 상자에 입력하거나 붙여넣어 주세요:");
+    const fallbackText = window.prompt("Paste the pattern code here and press OK.");
     if (fallbackText !== null) {
       applyPastedCode(fallbackText);
     }
diff --git a/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/PixelPanel.test.tsx b/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/PixelPanel.test.tsx
index af3e06369..e6514806a 100644
--- a/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/PixelPanel.test.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/PixelPanel.test.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,24 @@ describe("PixelPanel", () => {
     expect(useLabStore.getState().layers.filter((entry) => entry.type === "pixel")).toHaveLength(2);
   });
 
+  // The hint called every other layer a code pattern, written before text
+  // layers came in (#184).
+  it("names the selected layer's kind and the panel that edits it", () => {
+    const state = useLabStore.getState();
+    state.selectLayer(state.layers.find((entry) => entry.type === "code")!.id);
+    const { unmount } = render(<PixelPanel />);
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText("The selected layer is a code pattern. Edit it in the Code panel, or select a pixel layer to draw."),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+    unmount();
+
+    useLabStore.getState().addTextLayer();
+    render(<PixelPanel />);
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText("The selected layer is text. Edit it in the Text panel, or select a pixel layer to draw."),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
   it("pen: a press paints a dot, a drag paints a line, release commits", () => {
     const { overlay } = mount();
     const before = pixelLayer().rev;
diff --git a/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/PixelPanel.tsx b/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/PixelPanel.tsx
index 0d2636449..ec6f8708b 100644
--- a/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/PixelPanel.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/pattern-lab/panels/PixelPanel.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { clearSurface, stampOver, type PixelSurface } from "@/lib/lab/pixelTools
 import { prunePixelHistories, redoPixels, snapshotPixels, undoPixels } from "@/lib/lab/pixelHistory";
 import { buildPixelPatternCode } from "@/lib/lab/pixelToCode";
 import { useActiveLayer, useLabStore } from "@/lib/lab/store";
-import { isPixelLayer } from "@/lib/lab/types";
+import { isPixelLayer, type Layer } from "@/lib/lab/types";
 import ImportImageModal from "./ImportImageModal";
 import { PixelActionBar, PixelToolBar, type CodeCopyState } from "./pixel/PixelToolbars";
 import { idleStroke, type Tool } from "./pixel/tools";
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ import { usePixelToolState } from "./pixel/usePixelToolState";
 import { usePixelViewport, ZOOM_MIN } from "./pixel/usePixelViewport";
 import dock from "../LabPanels.module.css";
 
+// What the panel says when another kind of layer is selected. A text layer is
+// pixels too, but the Text panel redraws them from its words.
+const OTHER_LAYER_HINT: Record<Exclude<Layer["type"], "pixel">, string> = {
+  code: "The selected layer is a code pattern. Edit it in the Code panel, or select a pixel layer to draw.",
+  text: "The selected layer is text. Edit it in the Text panel, or select a pixel layer to draw.",
+};
+
 export default function PixelPanel() {
   const layer = useActiveLayer();
   const bumpPixelLayer = useLabStore((state) => state.bumpPixelLayer);
@@ -126,9 +133,7 @@ export default function PixelPanel() {
     return (
       <div className={dock.panel}>
         <div className={dock.panelHint}>
-          {layer
-            ? "The selected layer is a code pattern — select a pixel layer to draw, or add one."
-            : "Select a pixel layer to draw."}
+          {layer && !isPixelLayer(layer) ? OTHER_LAYER_HINT[layer.type] : "Select a pixel layer to draw."}
           <button type="button" onClick={addPixelLayer}>
             + Add pixel layer
           </button>