diff --git a/visor/src/style.rs b/visor/src/style.rs
index 820aeffc..76ae771d 100644
--- a/visor/src/style.rs
+++ b/visor/src/style.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub(crate) const CSS: &str = r#"
   display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;
   padding: 0 12px;
   background: #18181b;
-  border-top: 1px solid #3f3f46;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #3f3f46;
 }
 
 /* Content-sized, capped, and scrolling past the cap: growth is bounded so
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub(crate) const CSS: &str = r#"
   max-height: 60vh; overflow-y: auto;
   padding: 12px;
   background: #27272a;
-  border-top: 1px solid #3f3f46;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #3f3f46;
 }
 
 #visor-identity { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; }
diff --git a/visor/src/ui.rs b/visor/src/ui.rs
index 5f197c41..8754cfa2 100644
--- a/visor/src/ui.rs
+++ b/visor/src/ui.rs
@@ -469,40 +469,10 @@ pub(crate) fn Visor() -> Element {
         // visor ships its own stylesheet as part of its own tree.
         style { "{CSS}" }
 
-        div { id: "visor-strip", class: "{strip_class}",
-            Identity { ident }
-            div { id: "visor-context",
-                match (&live, &*notice.read()) {
-                    (Some((_, app)), _) => rsx! {
-                        span { class: "{Voice::Framework.class()}", "showing " }
-                        AppVoice { text: app.title.clone() }
-                    },
-                    (None, Some(Notice::Ended { app, reason })) => rsx! {
-                        AppVoice { text: app.clone() }
-                        span { class: "{Voice::Framework.class()}", " ended: {reason}" }
-                    },
-                    (None, Some(Notice::Plain(message))) => rsx! {
-                        span { class: "{Voice::Framework.class()}", "{message}" }
-                    },
-                    (None, None) => rsx! {
-                        span { class: "{Voice::Framework.class()}", "nothing is running" }
-                    },
-                }
-            }
-            div { id: "visor-actions",
-                // Both tenants need a kernel that answers, so neither is
-                // offered before the seal opens; the ceremony the boot
-                // raised is what the user has to act on instead.
-                TenantButton { label: "Apps", tenant: Tenant::Apps, open: tenant == Some(Tenant::Apps), disabled: !claimed,
-                    onpress: toggle_apps }
-                TenantButton { label: "Settings", tenant: Tenant::Settings, open: tenant == Some(Tenant::Settings), disabled: !claimed,
-                    onpress: show_settings }
-                if let Some((id, _)) = live {
-                    button { onclick: move |_| async move { close_session(id).await }, "Close" }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
+        // Drawer above strip: the strip is the line between trusted pixels
+        // and the app zone, so whatever the visor opens goes on its own side
+        // of that line and pushes the strip down rather than sitting between
+        // it and the app.
         if let Some(tenant) = tenant {
             div { id: "visor-drawer",
                 match tenant {
@@ -635,6 +605,40 @@ pub(crate) fn Visor() -> Element {
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        div { id: "visor-strip", class: "{strip_class}",
+            Identity { ident }
+            div { id: "visor-context",
+                match (&live, &*notice.read()) {
+                    (Some((_, app)), _) => rsx! {
+                        span { class: "{Voice::Framework.class()}", "showing " }
+                        AppVoice { text: app.title.clone() }
+                    },
+                    (None, Some(Notice::Ended { app, reason })) => rsx! {
+                        AppVoice { text: app.clone() }
+                        span { class: "{Voice::Framework.class()}", " ended: {reason}" }
+                    },
+                    (None, Some(Notice::Plain(message))) => rsx! {
+                        span { class: "{Voice::Framework.class()}", "{message}" }
+                    },
+                    (None, None) => rsx! {
+                        span { class: "{Voice::Framework.class()}", "nothing is running" }
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+            div { id: "visor-actions",
+                // Both tenants need a kernel that answers, so neither is
+                // offered before the seal opens; the ceremony the boot
+                // raised is what the user has to act on instead.
+                TenantButton { label: "Apps", tenant: Tenant::Apps, open: tenant == Some(Tenant::Apps), disabled: !claimed,
+                    onpress: toggle_apps }
+                TenantButton { label: "Settings", tenant: Tenant::Settings, open: tenant == Some(Tenant::Settings), disabled: !claimed,
+                    onpress: show_settings }
+                if let Some((id, _)) = live {
+                    button { onclick: move |_| async move { close_session(id).await }, "Close" }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/web/index.html b/web/index.html
index d1efff98..2bed5eb7 100644
--- a/web/index.html
+++ b/web/index.html
@@ -21,7 +21,15 @@
       flex-direction: column;
       font: 16px/1.4 system-ui, sans-serif;
     }
-    /* The app zone fills everything above the visor. Frames are the only
+    /* The visor sits at the top, where browsers put their own trusted UI,
+       and out of thumb range on a handheld — app interactions are the
+       common case. Its geometry must not move when an app mounts
+       (docs/design.md "M1": "strip geometry immobile with the app
+       mounted"). */
+    #visor {
+      flex: 0 0 auto;
+    }
+    /* The app zone fills everything below the visor. Frames are the only
        thing that ever goes in it. */
     #app-zone {
       flex: 1 1 auto;
@@ -34,17 +42,11 @@
       height: 100%;
       display: block;
     }
-    /* The visor is fixed to the bottom: its geometry must not move when an
-       app mounts (docs/design.md "M1": "strip geometry immobile with the
-       app mounted"). */
-    #visor {
-      flex: 0 0 auto;
-    }
     </style>
   </head>
   <body>
-    <div id="app-zone"></div>
     <div id="visor"></div>
+    <div id="app-zone"></div>
     <script type="module" src="./boot.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>