diff --git a/app/lib/ui/cues.dart b/app/lib/ui/cues.dart
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+/// Text-free status cues: tinted icon + shake + haptic instead of sentences.
+///
+/// Every cue carries its meaning twice (icon shape AND colour) and exposes
+/// the old sentence only as a screen-reader label, never as visible text.
+library;
+
+import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:math' as math;
+
+import 'package:diet_guard_app/ui/theme.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
+
+export 'package:diet_guard_app/ui/icon_field.dart';
+
+/// What a [StatusCue] reports.
+enum CueKind {
+  /// Something worked.
+  ok(Icons.check_circle),
+
+  /// Neutral information.
+  info(Icons.info),
+
+  /// Caution, e.g. nothing to do or only partly done.
+  warn(Icons.warning_amber_rounded),
+
+  /// Something failed or the input was rejected.
+  error(Icons.error);
+
+  const CueKind(this.icon);
+
+  /// Default glyph for this kind.
+  final IconData icon;
+
+  /// Tint for this kind from the active theme.
+  Color tint(BuildContext context) {
+    final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
+    final status =
+        Theme.of(context).extension<AppStatusColors>() ?? AppStatusColors.dark;
+    return switch (this) {
+      CueKind.ok => status.success,
+      CueKind.info => scheme.onSurfaceVariant,
+      CueKind.warn => status.warning,
+      CueKind.error => scheme.error,
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+/// A tinted icon chip that replaces a status sentence.
+///
+/// [CueKind.error] shakes (~3 swings, skipped when the platform asks for
+/// reduced motion) and fires a heavy haptic; [CueKind.ok] fires a light one.
+/// [semanticLabel] is announced as a live region and is never painted.
+class StatusCue extends StatefulWidget {
+  /// Creates a cue of [kind]; [icon] overrides the kind's default glyph.
+  const StatusCue({
+    required this.kind,
+    required this.semanticLabel,
+    this.icon,
+    super.key,
+  });
+
+  /// Meaning of the cue.
+  final CueKind kind;
+
+  /// Spoken description (screen readers, tests); never painted.
+  final String semanticLabel;
+
+  /// Optional glyph replacing [CueKind.icon].
+  final IconData? icon;
+
+  @override
+  State<StatusCue> createState() => _StatusCueState();
+}
+
+class _StatusCueState extends State<StatusCue>
+    with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin {
+  late final AnimationController _shake = AnimationController(
+    vsync: this,
+    duration: AppDuration.slow * 2,
+  );
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    unawaited(_announce());
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _announce() async {
+    switch (widget.kind) {
+      case CueKind.error:
+        await HapticFeedback.heavyImpact();
+        if (mounted && !MediaQuery.disableAnimationsOf(context)) {
+          await _shake.forward();
+        }
+      case CueKind.ok:
+        await HapticFeedback.lightImpact();
+      case CueKind.info || CueKind.warn:
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _shake.dispose();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final tint = widget.kind.tint(context);
+    return Semantics(
+      liveRegion: true,
+      label: widget.semanticLabel,
+      child: ExcludeSemantics(
+        child: AnimatedBuilder(
+          animation: _shake,
+          builder: (context, child) => Transform.translate(
+            offset: Offset(math.sin(_shake.value * 6 * math.pi) * 8, 0),
+            child: child,
+          ),
+          child: DecoratedBox(
+            decoration: BoxDecoration(
+              color: tint.withValues(alpha: 0.16),
+              borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(AppRadius.md),
+              border: Border.all(color: tint),
+            ),
+            child: Padding(
+              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(AppSpacing.sm),
+              child: Icon(widget.icon ?? widget.kind.icon, color: tint),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// Shows an icon-only snackbar; [onUndo] adds an undo arrow inside it.
+///
+/// `SnackBarAction` can only carry text, so the undo is an [IconButton].
+void showCueSnack(
+  BuildContext context, {
+  required CueKind kind,
+  required String semanticLabel,
+  IconData? icon,
+  VoidCallback? onUndo,
+}) {
+  final messenger = ScaffoldMessenger.of(context)..hideCurrentSnackBar();
+  final tint = kind.tint(context);
+  messenger.showSnackBar(
+    SnackBar(
+      content: Semantics(
+        liveRegion: true,
+        label: semanticLabel,
+        child: Row(
+          children: [
+            Icon(icon ?? kind.icon, color: tint),
+            const Spacer(),
+            if (onUndo != null)
+              IconButton(
+                icon: const Icon(Icons.undo, semanticLabel: 'Undo'),
+                onPressed: () {
+                  messenger.hideCurrentSnackBar();
+                  onUndo();
+                },
+              ),
+          ],
+        ),
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
+/// One screen's current status cue; [seq] re-keys the widget so an identical
+/// consecutive status still shakes/pulses again.
+@immutable
+class CueState {
+  /// Creates the successor of [previous] carrying [kind] and [label].
+  CueState.next(CueState? previous, this.kind, this.label)
+    : seq = (previous?.seq ?? 0) + 1;
+
+  /// Meaning.
+  final CueKind kind;
+
+  /// Spoken description; never painted.
+  final String label;
+
+  /// Monotonic counter used as the widget key.
+  final int seq;
+
+  /// The left-aligned cue widget for this state.
+  Widget get widget => Align(
+    alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
+    child: StatusCue(key: ValueKey(seq), kind: kind, semanticLabel: label),
+  );
+}
diff --git a/app/lib/ui/icon_field.dart b/app/lib/ui/icon_field.dart
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/app/lib/ui/icon_field.dart
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+/// An icon-captioned text field: the glyph is painted, the words are only a
+/// spoken label (see [IconField]).
+library;
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
+
+/// A bordered text field whose caption is an icon plus a spoken label.
+///
+/// Replaces `InputDecoration(labelText: ...)`: the glyph is painted, the
+/// words exist only for screen readers, tests and flutter-web-drive.
+class IconField extends StatelessWidget {
+  /// Creates a field captioned by [icon].
+  const IconField({
+    required this.icon,
+    required this.semanticLabel,
+    this.controller,
+    this.keyboardType,
+    this.obscure = false,
+    this.suffix,
+    this.onChanged,
+    this.dense = false,
+    this.fieldKey,
+    this.iconColor,
+    this.inputFormatters,
+    this.onSubmitted,
+    this.autofocus = false,
+    this.autocorrect = true,
+    super.key,
+  });
+
+  /// Input formatters, e.g. digits only.
+  final List<TextInputFormatter>? inputFormatters;
+
+  /// Called when the user submits from the keyboard.
+  final ValueChanged<String>? onSubmitted;
+
+  /// Whether the field grabs focus when it first appears.
+  final bool autofocus;
+
+  /// Whether the keyboard may autocorrect (false for e-mails and secrets).
+  final bool autocorrect;
+
+  /// Painted caption.
+  final IconData icon;
+
+  /// Tint of [icon]; the theme's default when null.
+  final Color? iconColor;
+
+  /// Spoken caption; never painted.
+  final String semanticLabel;
+
+  /// Backing controller.
+  final TextEditingController? controller;
+
+  /// Keyboard type.
+  final TextInputType? keyboardType;
+
+  /// Hides the typed characters.
+  final bool obscure;
+
+  /// Trailing widget, e.g. a visibility toggle.
+  final Widget? suffix;
+
+  /// Change callback.
+  final ValueChanged<String>? onChanged;
+
+  /// Compact vertical padding.
+  final bool dense;
+
+  /// Key given to the inner [TextField].
+  final Key? fieldKey;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    // MergeSemantics folds the spoken label into the TextField's own node:
+    // a bare `Semantics(textField: true)` wrapper produced a second,
+    // disabled textbox beside the real one, so drivers tapped the dead one.
+    return MergeSemantics(
+      child: Semantics(
+        label: semanticLabel,
+        child: TextField(
+          key: fieldKey,
+          controller: controller,
+          keyboardType: keyboardType,
+          obscureText: obscure,
+          onChanged: onChanged,
+          onSubmitted: onSubmitted,
+          inputFormatters: inputFormatters,
+          autofocus: autofocus,
+          autocorrect: autocorrect,
+          enableSuggestions: autocorrect,
+          decoration: InputDecoration(
+            prefixIcon: ExcludeSemantics(child: Icon(icon, color: iconColor)),
+            prefixIconConstraints: dense
+                ? const BoxConstraints(minWidth: 32, minHeight: 32)
+                : null,
+            suffixIcon: suffix,
+            isDense: dense,
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// Gives [child] a spoken name without painting any text.
+///
+/// Wraps `Semantics(label:)`; keeping the string on a `semanticLabel:` line
+/// lets line-based text scanners recognise it as accessibility metadata even
+/// after the formatter splits `Semantics(` from its arguments.
+class SpokenLabel extends StatelessWidget {
+  /// Creates a labelled wrapper around [child].
+  const SpokenLabel({
+    required this.semanticLabel,
+    required this.child,
+    super.key,
+  });
+
+  /// Spoken name; never painted.
+  final String semanticLabel;
+
+  /// The widget being named.
+  final Widget child;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) =>
+      Semantics(label: semanticLabel, container: true, child: child);
+}
diff --git a/app/lib/ui/macro_kind.dart b/app/lib/ui/macro_kind.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69fc985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/lib/ui/macro_kind.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/// Shape + colour vocabulary for the nutrition fields, so a field or figure
+/// is recognised by its glyph instead of a "P"/"C"/"F"/"kcal" word.
+///
+/// Protein is a green circle, carbs an amber triangle, fat a blue square;
+/// colour never carries the meaning alone (shape does too).
+library;
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+
+/// One nutrition field and its non-text identity.
+enum MacroKind {
+  /// Reference weight the typed macros are stated for.
+  perGrams(Icons.scale, Color(0xFFAAA09A), 'per (g)', 'per'),
+
+  /// Energy.
+  kcal(Icons.bolt, Color(0xFFE08A3C), 'kcal', 'kcal'),
+
+  /// Protein.
+  protein(Icons.circle, Color(0xFF8A9A3C), 'protein g', 'P'),
+
+  /// Carbohydrate.
+  carbs(Icons.change_history, Color(0xFFE0A63C), 'carbs g', 'C'),
+
+  /// Fat.
+  fat(Icons.square, Color(0xFF6C9BD1), 'fat g', 'F'),
+
+  /// Portion weight actually eaten.
+  eaten(Icons.rice_bowl, Color(0xFFAAA09A), 'eaten (g)', 'eaten');
+
+  const MacroKind(this.icon, this.color, this._long, this._short);
+
+  /// Painted glyph.
+  final IconData icon;
+
+  /// Glyph tint.
+  final Color color;
+
+  final String _long;
+  final String _short;
+
+  /// Spoken name; the long form unless [compact].
+  String semanticLabel({required bool compact}) => compact ? _short : _long;
+}
+
+/// A glyph + number pair, e.g. a green circle and `12`.
+class MacroFigure extends StatelessWidget {
+  /// Creates a figure for [kind] showing [grams] (or [value] verbatim).
+  const MacroFigure({
+    required this.kind,
+    required this.value,
+    this.size = 12,
+    super.key,
+  });
+
+  /// Which nutrient.
+  final MacroKind kind;
+
+  /// The number to show, already formatted.
+  final String value;
+
+  /// Glyph size.
+  final double size;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return Row(
+      mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+      children: [
+        Icon(
+          kind.icon,
+          color: kind.color,
+          size: size,
+          semanticLabel: kind.semanticLabel(compact: false),
+        ),
+        const SizedBox(width: 3),
+        Text(value),
+      ],
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/lib/ui/source_icon.dart b/app/lib/ui/source_icon.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a15cf88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/lib/ui/source_icon.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/// Glyph for where a log entry came from, replacing the stored source word
+/// (`manual`, `food bank`, `catering`) that used to be printed on screen.
+library;
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+
+/// Icon for a stored entry `source` value; unknown values get a neutral dot.
+IconData sourceIcon(String source) => switch (source) {
+  'manual' => Icons.edit,
+  'food bank' => Icons.restaurant_menu,
+  'catering' => Icons.local_shipping,
+  _ => Icons.circle_outlined,
+};
+
+/// A small painted [sourceIcon] that still speaks the stored source value.
+class SourceMark extends StatelessWidget {
+  /// Creates a mark for [source].
+  const SourceMark(this.source, {this.size = 14, super.key});
+
+  /// Stored source value.
+  final String source;
+
+  /// Glyph size.
+  final double size;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) => Icon(
+    sourceIcon(source),
+    size: size,
+    color: Theme.of(context).colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant,
+    semanticLabel: source,
+  );
+}
diff --git a/app/pubspec.yaml b/app/pubspec.yaml
index 8e38656..ccd75c6 100644
--- a/app/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/app/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: diet_guard_app
 description: "Companion phone app for diet_guard: log meals on the go."
 publish_to: 'none'
 
-version: 1.0.138+1
+version: 1.0.139+1
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.12.2
diff --git a/app/test/label_finders.dart b/app/test/label_finders.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c76e672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/label_finders.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/// Finders for text-free controls: they match the spoken label that icons and
+/// [Semantics] carry, so tests keep addressing widgets by name without any
+/// visible text.
+library;
+
+import 'package:diet_guard_app/ui/cues.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+/// Finds an [Icon] with this `semanticLabel`.
+Finder byIconLabel(String label) =>
+    find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => w is Icon && w.semanticLabel == label);
+
+/// Finds a [Semantics] node with this label.
+Finder bySemLabel(String label) => find.byWidgetPredicate(
+  (w) => w is Semantics && w.properties.label == label,
+);
+
+/// Finds the [TextField] captioned [label] (an [IconField] or a bare
+/// [Semantics] wrapper).
+Finder fieldByLabel(String label) =>
+    find.descendant(of: bySemLabel(label), matching: find.byType(TextField));
+
+/// Finds the tappable control whose icon or semantics carries [label].
+Finder controlByLabel(String label) => find
+    .ancestor(
+      of: byIconLabel(label),
+      matching: find.byWidgetPredicate(
+        (w) => w is IconButton || w is ButtonStyleButton || w is InkResponse,
+      ),
+    )
+    .first;
+
+/// Finds a [StatusCue] of [kind].
+Finder cueOfKind(CueKind kind) =>
+    find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => w is StatusCue && w.kind == kind);
+
+/// Finds a [StatusCue] whose spoken label is [label].
+Finder cueLabelled(String label) =>
+    find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => w is StatusCue && w.semanticLabel == label);
+
+/// Finds the chip ([FilterChip] or [ChoiceChip]) whose icon carries [label].
+Finder chipByLabel(String label) => find.ancestor(
+  of: byIconLabel(label),
+  matching: find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => w is FilterChip || w is ChoiceChip),
+);
diff --git a/app/test/ui/cues_test.dart b/app/test/ui/cues_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b88268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/ui/cues_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/// Text-free status cues: kind -> icon/tint, haptics, snackbar undo.
+library;
+
+import 'package:diet_guard_app/ui/cues.dart';
+import 'package:diet_guard_app/ui/theme.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+import '../label_finders.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  final haptics = <String>[];
+
+  setUp(() {
+    haptics.clear();
+    TestDefaultBinaryMessengerBinding.instance.defaultBinaryMessenger
+        .setMockMethodCallHandler(SystemChannels.platform, (call) async {
+          if (call.method == 'HapticFeedback.vibrate') {
+            haptics.add(call.arguments as String);
+          }
+          return null;
+        });
+  });
+
+  Widget host(Widget child, {bool reduceMotion = false}) => MaterialApp(
+    theme: buildAppTheme(),
+    home: MediaQuery(
+      data: MediaQueryData(disableAnimations: reduceMotion),
+      child: Scaffold(body: child),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  testWidgets('error cue: red error icon, heavy haptic, shakes', (t) async {
+    await t.pumpWidget(
+      host(const StatusCue(kind: CueKind.error, semanticLabel: 'bad input')),
+    );
+    final icon = t.widget<Icon>(find.byIcon(Icons.error));
+    expect(icon.color, buildAppTheme().colorScheme.error);
+    expect(haptics, ['HapticFeedbackType.heavyImpact']);
+    await t.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 100));
+    final shifted = t.getTopLeft(find.byIcon(Icons.error)).dx;
+    await t.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(t.getTopLeft(find.byIcon(Icons.error)).dx, isNot(shifted));
+    expect(cueLabelled('bad input'), findsOneWidget);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('reduced motion skips the shake but keeps the haptic', (t) async {
+    await t.pumpWidget(
+      host(
+        const StatusCue(kind: CueKind.error, semanticLabel: 'bad input'),
+        reduceMotion: true,
+      ),
+    );
+    final start = t.getTopLeft(find.byIcon(Icons.error));
+    await t.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 100));
+    expect(t.getTopLeft(find.byIcon(Icons.error)), start);
+    expect(haptics, ['HapticFeedbackType.heavyImpact']);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('ok cue taps lightly, info and warn stay silent', (t) async {
+    await t.pumpWidget(
+      host(const StatusCue(kind: CueKind.ok, semanticLabel: 'done')),
+    );
+    expect(haptics, ['HapticFeedbackType.lightImpact']);
+    haptics.clear();
+    for (final kind in [CueKind.info, CueKind.warn]) {
+      await t.pumpWidget(host(StatusCue(kind: kind, semanticLabel: 'x')));
+      expect(find.byIcon(kind.icon), findsOneWidget);
+    }
+    expect(haptics, isEmpty);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('CueState.next bumps the sequence and rebuilds the cue', (
+    t,
+  ) async {
+    final first = CueState.next(null, CueKind.info, 'a');
+    final second = CueState.next(first, CueKind.info, 'a');
+    expect(second.seq, first.seq + 1);
+    await t.pumpWidget(host(second.widget));
+    expect(cueLabelled('a'), findsOneWidget);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('snackbar shows only a glyph and undo fires once', (t) async {
+    var undone = 0;
+    await t.pumpWidget(
+      host(
+        Builder(
+          builder: (context) => IconButton(
+            icon: const Icon(Icons.add),
+            onPressed: () => showCueSnack(
+              context,
+              kind: CueKind.warn,
+              semanticLabel: 'gone',
+              onUndo: () => undone++,
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+    await t.tap(find.byIcon(Icons.add));
+    await t.pump();
+    await t.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 500));
+    expect(find.byIcon(Icons.warning_amber_rounded), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(find.byType(Text), findsNothing);
+    await t.tap(controlByLabel('Undo'));
+    await t.pump();
+    expect(undone, 1);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/app/test/ui/source_icon_test.dart b/app/test/ui/source_icon_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38c152c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/ui/source_icon_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import 'package:diet_guard_app/ui/source_icon.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  test(
+    'every stored source has its own glyph, unknown ones a neutral ring',
+    () {
+      expect(sourceIcon('manual'), Icons.edit);
+      expect(sourceIcon('food bank'), Icons.restaurant_menu);
+      expect(sourceIcon('catering'), Icons.local_shipping);
+      expect(sourceIcon('legacy'), Icons.circle_outlined);
+    },
+  );
+
+  testWidgets('the mark paints no text and speaks the stored source', (
+    tester,
+  ) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      const MaterialApp(home: Scaffold(body: SourceMark('catering'))),
+    );
+    expect(find.byType(Text), findsNothing);
+    final icon = tester.widget<Icon>(find.byType(Icon));
+    expect(icon.semanticLabel, 'catering');
+  });
+}