Make sickdays (in kuhyx/utils) text-free (textgat…

Todo: 2d0704cd

sickdays/README.md

@@ -70,22 +70,35 @@ refused (past day, already sick, not sick, a free day, sync unavailable),
 ## The picker window (0.3.0)
 
 `sickdays gui` (or the "Sick days" launcher): the phone's Sick days screen on
-Tk -- calendar, a five-switch panel per day, the days ahead. Past days are
+Tk -- calendar, a six-switch panel per day, the days ahead. Past days are
 inert; a free day is refused; each write starts `sync_quietly()` on a
 non-daemon thread. `WM_CLASS "sickdays", "Sickdays"`; `Escape` closes. Embed
 just the panel (`import sickdays` never imports tkinter):
 
+No words inside the window (textgate): dates are ISO numerals (`2026-11`,
+`2026-11-27`), each locker is a drawn pictogram (dumbbell = workout, `</>` =
+LeetCode, open book, apple = diet, alarm clock, target = focus), switches are
+knob-right-on-accent / knob-left-on-dark, buttons are check (mark / save),
+red bin (clear) and cross (cancel). A refusal is an icon in the status slot:
+padlock (past), no-entry (free day), warning (cannot check, or a refused
+write; the detail goes to the log), hourglass (a sync is still running).
+Icons are Canvas geometry, not font glyphs: the venv's Tk uses core X fonts,
+where non-ASCII glyphs render as nothing. The title bar keeps "Sick days"
+(an app's name, textgate settled decision 4). The guard is
+`tests/test_gui_no_words.py`: no letter on any widget, in any state.
+
 ```python
 from sickdays.gui import KeepPanel   # a plain tk.Frame: no root, grab or wm_* call
 KeepPanel(parent, day, *, on_saved, on_cancel=None, paths=None).pack()
 ```
 
-Normal day: five switches, all off (off = stands down), "Mark sick"; sick
-day: its switches, "Save", "Clear sick day". Past/free/uncheckable days show
-why and offer no write; a refusal (or a click mid-sync) shows in the panel.
+Normal day: six switches, all off (off = stands down), `actions.mark`; sick
+day: its switches, `actions.save`, `actions.clear`. Past/free/uncheckable
+days show their icon and offer no write; a refusal (or a click mid-sync)
+shows in the panel's `status` slot, named by `panel.reason`.
 `on_saved(SickDay | None)` fires after the write and sync start: the entry on
-Mark sick / a changed Save (`is_sick=True`) or Clear (`is_sick=False`), `None`
-on an unchanged Save (nothing written). The panel never destroys itself.
+mark / a changed save (`is_sick=True`) or clear (`is_sick=False`), `None`
+on an unchanged save (nothing written). The panel never destroys itself.
 
 ## API
 

sickdays/pyproject.toml

@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ disable = []
 min-public-methods = 0
 max-module-lines = 1000
 max-attributes = 10
+# A tk.Canvas subclass (gui/_controls.py) has 9 ancestors by construction:
+# Canvas mixes in XView and YView on top of Widget's chain.
+max-parents = 9
 
 [tool.pylint.typecheck]
 generated-members = [

sickdays/sickdays/gui/_calendar.py

@@ -1,29 +1,33 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2026 Krzysztof Rudnicki
-"""The month grid: Monday-first, one button per day, prev/next month arrows.
+"""The month grid: Monday-first, one button per day, prev/next month chevrons.
 
 The phone's ``DayCalendar``/``DayCell``: a sick day is filled ``cat-2``, a
 sick day that keeps a locker carries a dot, Tue-Thu are shaded, and past
 days keep their mark but faded and inert. Today stays clickable -- a sick
 day can be marked or cleared for today. Deciding what a click *means* stays
-with the window; this only reports the date.
+with the window; this only reports the date. No words: the month reads
+``2026-11`` and the weekday row is dots, with rings on Saturday and Sunday.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import tkinter as tk
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final
 
 from sickdays._day import to_iso
-from sickdays.gui import _text
+from sickdays.gui import _dates
 from sickdays.gui import _tokens as tok
 from sickdays.gui import _widgets as ui
+from sickdays.gui._controls import IconButton, IconSlot
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Callable
     from datetime import date
 
-_PREV = "\N{SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK}"
-_NEXT = "\N{SINGLE RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK}"
+#: The weekday marks over the grid, in px.
+_MARK_PX: Final = 10
+#: The keep-a-locker dot inside a sick day's cell, in px.
+_DOT_PX: Final = 8
 
 
 def _cell_colours(*, sick: bool, past: bool, workday: bool) -> tuple[str, str]:
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ class MonthCalendar(tk.Frame):
         self._is_sick = is_sick
         self._has_dot = has_dot
         self._on_day = on_day
-        self._first, self._last = _text.month_bounds(today)
+        self._first, self._last = _dates.month_bounds(today)
         self.month = today.replace(day=1)
         self._header = tk.Frame(self, name="header", bg=self.cget("bg"))
         self._header.pack(fill="x")
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ class MonthCalendar(tk.Frame):
 
     def step(self, months: int) -> None:
         """Move ``months`` months (within the phone's range) and redraw."""
-        target = _text.shift_month(self.month, months)
+        target = _dates.shift_month(self.month, months)
         if self._first <= target <= self._last:
             self.month = target
             self.redraw()
@@ -77,11 +81,12 @@ class MonthCalendar(tk.Frame):
             for child in frame.winfo_children():
                 child.destroy()
         self._draw_header()
-        for column, initial in enumerate(_text.WEEKDAY_INITIALS):
-            ui.label(self._grid, initial, "caption", fg=tok.MUTED_ON_DARK).grid(
-                row=0, column=column
+        for column in range(7):
+            mark = "ring" if _dates.is_weekend_column(column) else "dot"
+            IconSlot(self._grid, size=_MARK_PX).show(mark, tok.MUTED_ON_DARK).grid(
+                row=0, column=column, pady=(0, tok.XS)
             )
-        for row, week in enumerate(_text.month_weeks(self.month), start=1):
+        for row, week in enumerate(_dates.month_weeks(self.month), start=1):
             for column, day in enumerate(week):
                 if day is not None:
                     self._cell(day).grid(
@@ -89,20 +94,20 @@ class MonthCalendar(tk.Frame):
                     )
 
     def _draw_header(self) -> None:
-        back = ui.button(self._header, _PREV, lambda: self.step(-1), name="prev")
-        forward = ui.button(self._header, _NEXT, lambda: self.step(1), name="next")
-        back.configure(state="normal" if self.month > self._first else "disabled")
-        forward.configure(state="normal" if self.month < self._last else "disabled")
+        back = IconButton(self._header, "prev", lambda: self.step(-1), name="prev")
+        forward = IconButton(self._header, "next", lambda: self.step(1), name="next")
+        back.set_enabled(self.month > self._first)
+        forward.set_enabled(self.month < self._last)
         back.pack(side="left")
         forward.pack(side="right")
-        ui.label(self._header, _text.month_title(self.month), "subtitle").pack(
+        ui.label(self._header, _dates.month_title(self.month), "subtitle").pack(
             side="top", pady=tok.XS
         )
 
     def _cell(self, day: date) -> tk.Button:
         sick = self._is_sick(day)
         past = day < self._today
-        fill, text = _cell_colours(sick=sick, past=past, workday=_text.is_workday(day))
+        fill, text = _cell_colours(sick=sick, past=past, workday=_dates.is_workday(day))
         cell = tk.Button(
             self._grid,
             name=f"day-{to_iso(day)}",
@@ -124,7 +129,6 @@ class MonthCalendar(tk.Frame):
             cursor="arrow" if past else "hand2",
         )
         if sick and self._has_dot(day):
-            dot = tk.Label(cell, name="dot", text="●", fg=text, bg=fill)
-            dot.configure(font=tok.font(ui.family(self), "caption"), padx=0, pady=0)
-            dot.place(relx=1.0, x=-2, y=0, anchor="ne")
+            dot = IconSlot(cell, name="dot", size=_DOT_PX).show("dot", text)
+            dot.place(relx=1.0, x=-2, y=2, anchor="ne")
         return cell

sickdays/sickdays/gui/_controls.py

@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Krzysztof Rudnicki
+"""Word-free controls: an icon button, an on/off switch and an icon slot.
+
+Canvases, because a Tk Button or Checkbutton can only show its state as a
+word or a font glyph (see :mod:`sickdays.gui._icons`). Each keeps Tk's own
+``state`` option and offers ``invoke()``, so callers and tests drive them
+like the widgets they replace. Every state has two channels: shape (icon,
+knob position) plus colour.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import tkinter as tk
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final, Literal
+
+from sickdays.gui import _tokens as tok
+from sickdays.gui._icons import TAG, draw
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Callable
+
+ButtonKind = Literal["primary", "danger", "plain"]
+
+#: (fill, icon colour) per button kind; danger keeps its red on a dark fill.
+_BUTTON_COLOURS: Final[dict[ButtonKind, tuple[str, str]]] = {
+    "primary": (tok.ACCENT, tok.ON_FILL),
+    "danger": (tok.INK_RAISED_2, tok.DANGER),
+    "plain": (tok.INK_RAISED_2, tok.TEXT_ON_DARK),
+}
+ICON_PX: Final = 20
+_TRACK_W: Final = 44
+_TRACK_H: Final = 24
+
+
+def _enabled(widget: tk.Canvas) -> bool:
+    return str(widget.cget("state")) != "disabled"
+
+
+class IconButton(tk.Canvas):
+    """A flat button showing ``icon``; ``invoke()`` runs ``command`` unless disabled."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        parent: tk.Misc,
+        icon: str,
+        command: Callable[[], object],
+        *,
+        name: str,
+        kind: ButtonKind = "plain",
+    ) -> None:
+        """Draw the button; a click anywhere on it invokes it."""
+        fill, self._colour = _BUTTON_COLOURS[kind]
+        super().__init__(
+            parent,
+            name=name,
+            width=ICON_PX + 2 * tok.MD,
+            height=ICON_PX + 2 * tok.SM,
+            bg=fill,
+            highlightthickness=0,
+            borderwidth=0,
+            cursor="hand2",
+        )
+        #: Which pictogram this button shows.
+        self.icon = icon
+        self._command = command
+        self.bind("<Button-1>", lambda _event: self.invoke())
+        self._paint()
+
+    def set_enabled(self, enabled: bool) -> None:  # noqa: FBT001
+        """Grey the icon out and ignore clicks while disabled."""
+        self.configure(
+            state="normal" if enabled else "disabled",
+            cursor="hand2" if enabled else "arrow",
+        )
+        self._paint()
+
+    def invoke(self) -> None:
+        """Run the command, as a click would."""
+        if _enabled(self):
+            self._command()
+
+    def _paint(self) -> None:
+        self.delete(TAG)
+        colour = self._colour if _enabled(self) else tok.MUTED_ON_DARK
+        draw(self, self.icon, size=ICON_PX, colour=colour, at=(tok.MD, tok.SM))
+
+
+class Toggle(tk.Canvas):
+    """An on/off switch for ``variable``: knob right on accent, left on dark."""
+
+    def __init__(self, parent: tk.Misc, variable: tk.BooleanVar, *, name: str) -> None:
+        """Draw the switch in ``variable``'s current state."""
+        super().__init__(
+            parent,
+            name=name,
+            width=_TRACK_W,
+            height=_TRACK_H,
+            bg=parent.cget("bg"),
+            highlightthickness=0,
+            borderwidth=0,
+            cursor="hand2",
+        )
+        self._variable = variable
+        self.bind("<Button-1>", lambda _event: self.invoke())
+        self.paint()
+
+    def set_enabled(self, enabled: bool) -> None:  # noqa: FBT001
+        """Fade the switch and ignore clicks while disabled."""
+        self.configure(
+            state="normal" if enabled else "disabled",
+            cursor="hand2" if enabled else "arrow",
+        )
+        self.paint()
+
+    def invoke(self) -> None:
+        """Flip the switch, as a click would."""
+        if _enabled(self):
+            self._variable.set(not self._variable.get())
+            self.paint()
+
+    def is_on(self) -> bool:
+        """Whether the locker this switch stands for still applies."""
+        return bool(self._variable.get())
+
+    def paint(self) -> None:
+        """Redraw the track and knob from the variable."""
+        self.delete(TAG)
+        on = self.is_on()
+        track, knob = (
+            (tok.ACCENT, tok.ON_FILL) if on else (tok.INK_RAISED_2, tok.MUTED_ON_DARK)
+        )
+        if not _enabled(self):
+            track = tok.blend(track, tok.INK, tok.PAST_ALPHA)
+            knob = tok.blend(knob, tok.INK, tok.PAST_ALPHA)
+        h, w = _TRACK_H, _TRACK_W
+        self.create_oval(0, 0, h, h, fill=track, outline=track, tags=TAG)
+        self.create_oval(w - h, 0, w, h, fill=track, outline=track, tags=TAG)
+        self.create_rectangle(
+            h // 2, 0, w - h // 2, h, fill=track, outline=track, tags=TAG
+        )
+        left = w - h + 3 if on else 3
+        self.create_oval(
+            left, 3, left + h - 6, h - 3, fill=knob, outline=knob, tags=TAG
+        )
+
+
+class IconSlot(tk.Canvas):
+    """One icon, or nothing: a status mark, a locker's pictogram, a marker."""
+
+    def __init__(self, parent: tk.Misc, *, name: str = "", size: int = ICON_PX) -> None:
+        """An empty slot ``size`` px square on ``parent``'s background."""
+        super().__init__(
+            parent,
+            name=name,
+            width=size,
+            height=size,
+            bg=parent.cget("bg"),
+            highlightthickness=0,
+            borderwidth=0,
+        )
+        self._size = size
+        #: The pictogram shown, or ``None`` when the slot is empty.
+        self.icon: str | None = None
+
+    def show(self, icon: str | None, colour: str = tok.TEXT_ON_DARK) -> IconSlot:
+        """Show ``icon`` in ``colour`` (``None`` clears the slot)."""
+        self.delete(TAG)
+        self.icon = icon
+        if icon is not None:
+            draw(self, icon, size=self._size, colour=colour)
+        return self

sickdays/sickdays/gui/_dates.py

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Krzysztof Rudnicki
+"""Calendar arithmetic and the free-day check for the picker -- no Tk in here.
+
+The picker shows no words (kuhy's textgate rule): dates are ISO numerals and
+a refusal is a reason *code* the widgets turn into an icon. The library's
+own message for an unavailable check goes to the log, not the screen.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import calendar
+from datetime import date
+import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final, Literal
+
+from sickdays._conflict import free_day_predicate
+from sickdays._constants import LOCKERS
+from sickdays._errors import ConflictCheckUnavailableError
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Iterable
+
+_LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+#: Why a day cannot be marked sick: it is a free day, or that cannot be checked.
+Block = Literal["free", "unavailable"]
+
+#: Tue/Wed/Thu, shaded like the phone's grid (wake-alarm's ``isWorkday``).
+_WORKDAYS: Final = frozenset({1, 2, 3})
+#: Sat/Sun, marked with a ring instead of a dot over the grid.
+_WEEKEND: Final = frozenset({5, 6})
+
+
+def kept_in_order(kept: Iterable[str]) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    """The kept lockers in ``sickdays.LOCKERS`` order, not the set's."""
+    chosen = set(kept)
+    return tuple(locker for locker in LOCKERS if locker in chosen)
+
+
+def free_day_block(day: date) -> Block | None:
+    """Why ``day`` cannot be marked sick for the free-day pool, or None.
+
+    "Could not check" refuses too: it must never count as "not a free day".
+    """
+    try:
+        is_free = free_day_predicate()
+    except ConflictCheckUnavailableError as exc:
+        _LOG.warning("free-day check unavailable: %s", exc)
+        return "unavailable"
+    return "free" if is_free(day) else None
+
+
+def is_workday(day: date) -> bool:
+    """Whether ``day`` is a weekly workday (Tue/Wed/Thu), shaded on the grid."""
+    return day.weekday() in _WORKDAYS
+
+
+def is_weekend_column(column: int) -> bool:
+    """Whether grid ``column`` (0 = Monday) is Saturday or Sunday."""
+    return column in _WEEKEND
+
+
+def month_title(month: date) -> str:
+    """``"2026-10"``: the month as numerals, never a month name."""
+    return f"{month.year}-{month.month:02d}"
+
+
+def month_weeks(month: date) -> list[list[date | None]]:
+    """The month as Monday-first weeks, ``None`` padding either end."""
+    return [
+        [None if not cell else date(month.year, month.month, cell) for cell in week]
+        for week in calendar.Calendar(firstweekday=0).monthdayscalendar(
+            month.year, month.month
+        )
+    ]
+
+
+def shift_month(month: date, step: int) -> date:
+    """The first of the month ``step`` months after ``month``."""
+    index = month.year * 12 + month.month - 1 + step
+    return date(index // 12, index % 12 + 1, 1)
+
+
+def month_bounds(reference: date) -> tuple[date, date]:
+    """January this year to December next year, the phone's range."""
+    return date(reference.year, 1, 1), date(reference.year + 1, 12, 1)

sickdays/sickdays/gui/_icons.py

@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Krzysztof Rudnicki
+"""Pictograms drawn as Canvas geometry, so the picker needs no words.
+
+Drawn rather than typed: the venv's Tk falls back to core X fonts, where
+every non-ASCII glyph (angle quotes, check marks) renders as nothing; the
+old month arrows were blank buttons. Each icon is plotted on a unit square,
+scaled to ``size`` pixels, and tagged ``icon`` so a repaint can drop it.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final
+
+from sickdays._constants import (
+    LOCKER_ALARM,
+    LOCKER_BOOK,
+    LOCKER_DIET,
+    LOCKER_FOCUS,
+    LOCKER_LEETCODE,
+    LOCKER_WORKOUT,
+)
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Callable
+    import tkinter as tk
+
+TAG: Final = "icon"
+
+
+class Pen:
+    """Draws unit-square coordinates onto ``canvas`` at ``(x, y)``, ``size`` wide."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self, canvas: tk.Canvas, *, size: int, colour: str, at: tuple[int, int]
+    ) -> None:
+        """Remember where and how large to draw."""
+        self._canvas = canvas
+        self._size = size
+        self._colour = colour
+        self._x, self._y = at
+        self.width = max(2, round(size / 10))
+
+    def _xy(self, points: tuple[float, ...]) -> list[float]:
+        return [
+            (self._y if i % 2 else self._x) + value * self._size
+            for i, value in enumerate(points)
+        ]
+
+    def line(self, *points: float) -> None:
+        """A stroke through ``points`` (x0, y0, x1, y1, ...)."""
+        self._canvas.create_line(
+            *self._xy(points),
+            fill=self._colour,
+            width=self.width,
+            capstyle="round",
+            joinstyle="round",
+            tags=TAG,
+        )
+
+    def oval(self, *box: float, filled: bool = False) -> None:
+        """An ellipse in ``box`` (x0, y0, x1, y1), outlined or filled."""
+        self._canvas.create_oval(
+            *self._xy(box),
+            outline=self._colour,
+            fill=self._colour if filled else "",
+            width=self.width,
+            tags=TAG,
+        )
+
+    def shape(self, *points: float, filled: bool = False) -> None:
+        """A closed polygon through ``points``, outlined or filled."""
+        self._canvas.create_polygon(
+            *self._xy(points),
+            outline=self._colour,
+            fill=self._colour if filled else "",
+            width=self.width,
+            joinstyle="round",
+            tags=TAG,
+        )
+
+    def arch(self, *box: float) -> None:
+        """The top half of the ellipse in ``box`` (a padlock's shackle)."""
+        self._canvas.create_arc(
+            *self._xy(box),
+            start=0,
+            extent=180,
+            style="arc",
+            outline=self._colour,
+            width=self.width,
+            tags=TAG,
+        )
+
+
+def _check(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.line(0.2, 0.55, 0.42, 0.76, 0.82, 0.28)
+
+
+def _cross(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.line(0.25, 0.25, 0.75, 0.75)
+    pen.line(0.75, 0.25, 0.25, 0.75)
+
+
+def _trash(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.line(0.18, 0.26, 0.82, 0.26)
+    pen.line(0.4, 0.26, 0.42, 0.14, 0.58, 0.14, 0.6, 0.26)
+    pen.shape(0.27, 0.34, 0.73, 0.34, 0.68, 0.88, 0.32, 0.88)
+
+
+def _prev(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.line(0.62, 0.22, 0.36, 0.5, 0.62, 0.78)
+
+
+def _next(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.line(0.38, 0.22, 0.64, 0.5, 0.38, 0.78)
+
+
+def _workout(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.line(0.2, 0.5, 0.8, 0.5)
+    pen.shape(0.17, 0.28, 0.29, 0.28, 0.29, 0.72, 0.17, 0.72, filled=True)
+    pen.shape(0.71, 0.28, 0.83, 0.28, 0.83, 0.72, 0.71, 0.72, filled=True)
+    pen.line(0.08, 0.5, 0.17, 0.5)
+    pen.line(0.83, 0.5, 0.92, 0.5)
+
+
+def _leetcode(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.line(0.36, 0.28, 0.12, 0.5, 0.36, 0.72)
+    pen.line(0.64, 0.28, 0.88, 0.5, 0.64, 0.72)
+    pen.line(0.57, 0.2, 0.43, 0.8)
+
+
+def _book(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.shape(0.5, 0.3, 0.1, 0.2, 0.1, 0.76, 0.5, 0.86)
+    pen.shape(0.5, 0.3, 0.9, 0.2, 0.9, 0.76, 0.5, 0.86)
+
+
+def _diet(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.oval(0.2, 0.34, 0.8, 0.9, filled=True)
+    pen.line(0.5, 0.34, 0.54, 0.14)
+    pen.oval(0.56, 0.12, 0.78, 0.26, filled=True)
+
+
+def _alarm(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.oval(0.18, 0.24, 0.82, 0.88)
+    pen.line(0.5, 0.38, 0.5, 0.56, 0.63, 0.64)
+    pen.oval(0.08, 0.1, 0.3, 0.3, filled=True)
+    pen.oval(0.7, 0.1, 0.92, 0.3, filled=True)
+
+
+def _focus(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.oval(0.1, 0.1, 0.9, 0.9)
+    pen.oval(0.3, 0.3, 0.7, 0.7)
+    pen.oval(0.44, 0.44, 0.56, 0.56, filled=True)
+
+
+def _padlock(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.arch(0.3, 0.12, 0.7, 0.62)
+    pen.shape(0.22, 0.44, 0.78, 0.44, 0.78, 0.88, 0.22, 0.88, filled=True)
+
+
+def _no_entry(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.oval(0.14, 0.14, 0.86, 0.86)
+    pen.line(0.28, 0.28, 0.72, 0.72)
+
+
+def _warning(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.shape(0.5, 0.12, 0.9, 0.86, 0.1, 0.86)
+    pen.line(0.5, 0.38, 0.5, 0.6)
+    pen.oval(0.47, 0.71, 0.53, 0.77, filled=True)
+
+
+def _hourglass(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.line(0.22, 0.12, 0.78, 0.12)
+    pen.line(0.22, 0.88, 0.78, 0.88)
+    pen.shape(0.28, 0.12, 0.72, 0.12, 0.28, 0.88, 0.72, 0.88)
+
+
+def _sick(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.shape(0.15, 0.15, 0.85, 0.15, 0.85, 0.85, 0.15, 0.85, filled=True)
+
+
+def _normal(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.shape(0.15, 0.15, 0.85, 0.15, 0.85, 0.85, 0.15, 0.85)
+
+
+def _dot(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.oval(0.3, 0.3, 0.7, 0.7, filled=True)
+
+
+def _ring(pen: Pen) -> None:
+    pen.oval(0.25, 0.25, 0.75, 0.75)
+
+
+ICONS: Final[dict[str, Callable[[Pen], None]]] = {
+    "check": _check,
+    "cross": _cross,
+    "trash": _trash,
+    "prev": _prev,
+    "next": _next,
+    "workout": _workout,
+    "leetcode": _leetcode,
+    "book": _book,
+    "diet": _diet,
+    "alarm": _alarm,
+    "focus": _focus,
+    "padlock": _padlock,
+    "no_entry": _no_entry,
+    "warning": _warning,
+    "hourglass": _hourglass,
+    "sick": _sick,
+    "normal": _normal,
+    "dot": _dot,
+    "ring": _ring,
+}
+
+#: The pictogram each locker is shown as, in place of its name.
+LOCKER_ICONS: Final = {
+    LOCKER_WORKOUT: "workout",
+    LOCKER_LEETCODE: "leetcode",
+    LOCKER_BOOK: "book",
+    LOCKER_DIET: "diet",
+    LOCKER_ALARM: "alarm",
+    LOCKER_FOCUS: "focus",
+}
+
+
+def draw(
+    canvas: tk.Canvas,
+    icon: str,
+    *,
+    size: int,
+    colour: str,
+    at: tuple[int, int] = (0, 0),
+) -> None:
+    """Draw ``icon`` on ``canvas`` in a ``size`` px square whose corner is ``at``."""
+    ICONS[icon](Pen(canvas, size=size, colour=colour, at=at))

sickdays/sickdays/gui/_panel.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2026 Krzysztof Rudnicki
-"""KeepPanel: the five switches for one day, and the buttons that write them.
+"""KeepPanel: a switch per locker for one day, and the buttons that write them.
 
 The embeddable half of the picker. It is a plain ``tk.Frame``: no root, no
 mainloop, no ``bind_all``, no grab, no focus stealing and no ``wm_*`` call,
@@ -7,29 +7,34 @@ so screen-locker can drop it onto its fullscreen surface in-process, under
 its own X grab (a separate window could not get input there).
 
 On is "this locker still applies", off is "stands down", all off by default
--- the phone's ``SickDaySheet``. A normal day offers "Mark sick"; a sick day
-offers "Save" (a keep-only edit) and "Clear sick day". A past day, a free
-day, or a free-day pool that cannot be checked shows why and offers no
-write. A refused write is shown in the panel, never raised: an exception in a
-Tk callback only reaches stderr, which nobody sees under a lock.
+-- the phone's ``SickDaySheet``. A normal day offers "mark sick" (check); a
+sick day offers "save" (check, a keep-only edit) and "clear" (red bin). A
+past day (padlock), a free day (no-entry sign) or a free-day pool that cannot
+be checked (warning) shows its icon and offers no write. A refused write is
+shown in the panel as an icon, never raised: an exception in a Tk callback
+only reaches stderr, which nobody sees under a lock. The panel shows no
+words (kuhy's textgate rule): a locker is its pictogram, the day its ISO date.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import logging
 import threading
 import tkinter as tk
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final
 
 from sickdays._api import add_sick_day, is_sick_day, remove_sick_day
 from sickdays._constants import LOCKERS
-from sickdays._day import today
+from sickdays._day import to_iso, today
 from sickdays._errors import SickDayError
 from sickdays._keep_api import kept_lockers, set_kept_lockers
 from sickdays._paths import resolve_paths
 from sickdays._sync import sync_quietly
-from sickdays.gui import _text
+from sickdays.gui import _dates
 from sickdays.gui import _tokens as tok
 from sickdays.gui import _widgets as ui
+from sickdays.gui._controls import IconButton, IconSlot, Toggle
+from sickdays.gui._icons import LOCKER_ICONS
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Callable
@@ -39,6 +44,17 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from sickdays._paths import Paths
 
 
+_LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+#: (icon, colour) for each reason the panel shows, keyed by that reason.
+STATUS_ICONS: Final = {
+    "past": ("padlock", tok.MUTED_ON_DARK),
+    "free": ("no_entry", tok.DANGER),
+    "unavailable": ("warning", tok.DANGER),
+    "refused": ("warning", tok.DANGER),
+    "busy": ("hourglass", tok.DANGER),
+}
+
 #: Held by every background sync, and tried by every write. ``sync()`` reads
 #: the pool, waits on the network, then writes its merged copy back, so a
 #: write landing in between would be silently overwritten. A write that finds
@@ -73,16 +89,17 @@ class KeepPanel(tk.Frame):
     ``on_saved`` is called once per successful click, after the write and
     after the background sync has started:
 
-    * "Mark sick" -> the new :class:`~sickdays.SickDay` (``is_sick=True``);
-    * "Save" with a changed set -> the stored entry (``is_sick=True``);
-    * "Save" with nothing changed -> ``None``: nothing written, no sync;
-    * "Clear sick day" -> the cleared entry (``is_sick=False``).
+    * ``actions.mark`` -> the new :class:`~sickdays.SickDay` (``is_sick=True``);
+    * ``actions.save`` with a changed set -> the stored entry (``is_sick=True``);
+    * ``actions.save`` with nothing changed -> ``None``: nothing written, no sync;
+    * ``actions.clear`` -> the cleared entry (``is_sick=False``).
 
     A refused write (:class:`~sickdays.SickDayError`, or a click while the
-    previous write's sync is still running) is shown in the panel and
-    ``on_saved`` is not called. ``on_cancel``, when given, adds a
-    "Cancel" button that calls it. The panel never destroys itself; the
-    callbacks decide what happens to it.
+    previous write's sync is still running) is shown in the panel's
+    ``status`` slot and ``on_saved`` is not called; :attr:`reason` names it
+    (a :data:`STATUS_ICONS` key). ``on_cancel``, when given, adds an
+    ``actions.cancel`` cross that calls it. The panel never destroys itself;
+    the callbacks decide what happens to it.
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -107,12 +124,15 @@ class KeepPanel(tk.Frame):
         }
         #: The last background sync, for callers (and tests) that wait on it.
         self.sync_thread: threading.Thread | None = None
+        #: Why the panel refuses, a :data:`STATUS_ICONS` key, or ``None``.
+        self.reason: str | None = None
         blocked = self._blocked_reason()
         self._draw_switches(editable=blocked is None)
-        self._status = ui.label(
-            self, blocked or "", "label", fg=tok.DANGER, name="status"
+        self._status = IconSlot(self, name="status")
+        self._status.grid(
+            row=len(LOCKERS) + 1, column=0, columnspan=2, sticky="w", pady=(tok.SM, 0)
         )
-        self._status.grid(row=len(LOCKERS) + 2, column=0, columnspan=2, sticky="w")
+        self._show(blocked)
         self._draw_actions(writable=blocked is None, on_cancel=on_cancel)
 
     def kept(self) -> frozenset[str]:
@@ -121,49 +141,54 @@ class KeepPanel(tk.Frame):
 
     def _blocked_reason(self) -> str | None:
         if self._day < today():
-            return _text.PAST_NOTE
-        return None if self._sick else _text.free_day_refusal(self._day)
+            return "past"
+        return None if self._sick else _dates.free_day_block(self._day)
+
+    def _show(self, reason: str | None) -> None:
+        self.reason = reason
+        if reason is None:
+            self._status.show(None)
+            return
+        icon, colour = STATUS_ICONS[reason]
+        self._status.show(icon, colour)
 
     def _draw_switches(self, *, editable: bool) -> None:
-        title = _text.panel_title(self._day, sick=self._sick)
-        ui.label(self, title, "subtitle", name="title").grid(
-            row=0, column=0, columnspan=2, sticky="w"
-        )
-        ui.label(self, _text.SHEET_HELP, "caption", fg=tok.MUTED_ON_DARK).grid(
-            row=1, column=0, columnspan=2, sticky="w", pady=(tok.XS, tok.SM)
-        )
-        for row, locker in enumerate(LOCKERS, start=2):
-            ui.label(self, _text.LOCKER_LABELS[locker], "body").grid(
+        head = tk.Frame(self, name="head", bg=self.cget("bg"))
+        head.grid(row=0, column=0, columnspan=2, sticky="w", pady=(0, tok.SM))
+        IconSlot(head, name="state").show(
+            "sick" if self._sick else "normal", tok.SICK
+        ).pack(side="left", padx=(0, tok.SM))
+        ui.label(head, to_iso(self._day), "subtitle", name="title").pack(side="left")
+        for row, locker in enumerate(LOCKERS, start=1):
+            IconSlot(self, name=f"icon-{locker}").show(LOCKER_ICONS[locker]).grid(
                 row=row, column=0, sticky="w", pady=tok.XS
             )
-            switch = ui.toggle(self, self._vars[locker], name=f"keep-{locker}")
+            switch = Toggle(self, self._vars[locker], name=f"keep-{locker}")
             switch.grid(row=row, column=1, sticky="e", padx=(tok.LG, 0), pady=tok.XS)
             if not editable:
-                switch.configure(state="disabled")
+                switch.set_enabled(False)
 
     def _draw_actions(
         self, *, writable: bool, on_cancel: Callable[[], None] | None
     ) -> None:
         actions = tk.Frame(self, name="actions", bg=self.cget("bg"))
         actions.grid(
-            row=len(LOCKERS) + 3, column=0, columnspan=2, sticky="we", pady=(tok.MD, 0)
+            row=len(LOCKERS) + 2, column=0, columnspan=2, sticky="we", pady=(tok.MD, 0)
         )
-        buttons: list[tk.Button] = []
+        buttons: list[IconButton] = []
         if writable and self._sick:
             buttons.append(
-                ui.button(actions, "Save", self._save, kind="primary", name="save")
+                IconButton(actions, "check", self._save, kind="primary", name="save")
             )
             buttons.append(
-                ui.button(
-                    actions, "Clear sick day", self._clear, kind="danger", name="clear"
-                )
+                IconButton(actions, "trash", self._clear, kind="danger", name="clear")
             )
         elif writable:
             buttons.append(
-                ui.button(actions, "Mark sick", self._mark, kind="primary", name="mark")
+                IconButton(actions, "check", self._mark, kind="primary", name="mark")
             )
         if on_cancel is not None:
-            buttons.append(ui.button(actions, "Cancel", on_cancel, name="cancel"))
+            buttons.append(IconButton(actions, "cross", on_cancel, name="cancel"))
         for button in buttons:
             button.pack(side="left", padx=(0, tok.SM))
 
@@ -187,12 +212,13 @@ class KeepPanel(tk.Frame):
         # Non-blocking on purpose (no ``with``): waiting would freeze Tk for
         # the whole network round trip.
         if not _SYNC_LOCK.acquire(blocking=False):  # pylint: disable=consider-using-with
-            self._status.configure(text=_text.BUSY_NOTE, fg=tok.DANGER)
+            self._show("busy")
             return
         try:
             entry = action()
         except SickDayError as exc:
-            self._status.configure(text=str(exc), fg=tok.DANGER)
+            _LOG.warning("sick-day write refused: %s", exc)
+            self._show("refused")
             return
         finally:
             _SYNC_LOCK.release()

sickdays/sickdays/gui/_text.py

@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2026 Krzysztof Rudnicki
-"""Wording and calendar arithmetic for the picker -- no Tk in here.
-
-Every string is the phone's (``wake-alarm/phone_app/lib/screens/
-sick_day_sheet.dart`` and ``sick_days_body.dart``), so the two pickers read
-the same. Kept here, apart from the widgets, so it is testable without a
-display.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import calendar
-from datetime import date
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final
-
-from sickdays._conflict import free_day_predicate
-from sickdays._constants import (
-    LOCKER_ALARM,
-    LOCKER_BOOK,
-    LOCKER_DIET,
-    LOCKER_FOCUS,
-    LOCKER_LEETCODE,
-    LOCKER_WORKOUT,
-)
-from sickdays._day import to_iso
-from sickdays._errors import ConflictCheckUnavailableError
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Iterable
-
-#: What each locker is called on screen, in ``sickdays.LOCKERS`` order.
-LOCKER_LABELS: Final = {
-    LOCKER_WORKOUT: "Workout lock",
-    LOCKER_LEETCODE: "LeetCode",
-    LOCKER_BOOK: "Book",
-    LOCKER_DIET: "Diet",
-    LOCKER_ALARM: "Wake alarm",
-    LOCKER_FOCUS: "Focus",
-}
-
-SHEET_HELP: Final = (
-    "Off = stands down for the day. Switch on any locker that should still "
-    "apply; it then behaves exactly as on a normal day."
-)
-INTRO: Final = (
-    "Click a day to mark it sick and choose which lockers still apply; click "
-    "a sick day to change them or clear it. Today or later only. No limit and "
-    "no reason needed."
-)
-INTRO_DETAIL: Final = (
-    "On a sick day every locker left off stands down: no alarm, no lock, and "
-    "work left undone is dropped rather than carried forward. A locker "
-    "switched on behaves as on a normal day; a dot marks a sick day that "
-    "keeps one."
-)
-PAST_NOTE: Final = "This day has passed; it can no longer be changed."
-NONE_AHEAD: Final = "None ahead."
-BUSY_NOTE: Final = "Syncing \u2014 try again in a moment."
-WEEKDAY_INITIALS: Final = ("M", "T", "W", "T", "F", "S", "S")
-
-_WEEKDAYS: Final = ("Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", "Sun")
-#: Tue/Wed/Thu, shaded like the phone's grid (wake-alarm's ``isWorkday``).
-_WORKDAYS: Final = frozenset({1, 2, 3})
-
-
-def day_label(day: date) -> str:
-    """``"Tue 2026-10-20"``."""
-    return f"{_WEEKDAYS[day.weekday()]} {to_iso(day)}"
-
-
-def kept_label(kept: Iterable[str]) -> str:
-    """The kept lockers as one line, in :data:`LOCKER_LABELS` order."""
-    chosen = set(kept)
-    return ", ".join(label for key, label in LOCKER_LABELS.items() if key in chosen)
-
-
-def panel_title(day: date, *, sick: bool) -> str:
-    """``"Mark sick: Tue 2026-10-20"``, or ``"Sick day: ..."`` when editing."""
-    return f"{'Sick day' if sick else 'Mark sick'}: {day_label(day)}"
-
-
-def free_day_refusal(day: date) -> str | None:
-    """Why ``day`` cannot be marked sick for the free-day pool, or None.
-
-    "Could not check" refuses too, with the library's own message: it must
-    never count as "not a free day".
-    """
-    try:
-        is_free = free_day_predicate()
-    except ConflictCheckUnavailableError as exc:
-        return str(exc)
-    if not is_free(day):
-        return None
-    return f"{to_iso(day)} is a free day — release it in Free days first."
-
-
-def is_workday(day: date) -> bool:
-    """Whether ``day`` is a weekly workday (Tue/Wed/Thu), shaded on the grid."""
-    return day.weekday() in _WORKDAYS
-
-
-def month_title(month: date) -> str:
-    """``"October 2026"``."""
-    return f"{calendar.month_name[month.month]} {month.year}"
-
-
-def month_weeks(month: date) -> list[list[date | None]]:
-    """The month as Monday-first weeks, ``None`` padding either end."""
-    return [
-        [None if not cell else date(month.year, month.month, cell) for cell in week]
-        for week in calendar.Calendar(firstweekday=0).monthdayscalendar(
-            month.year, month.month
-        )
-    ]
-
-
-def shift_month(month: date, step: int) -> date:
-    """The first of the month ``step`` months after ``month``."""
-    index = month.year * 12 + month.month - 1 + step
-    return date(index // 12, index % 12 + 1, 1)
-
-
-def month_bounds(reference: date) -> tuple[date, date]:
-    """January this year to December next year, the phone's range."""
-    return date(reference.year, 1, 1), date(reference.year + 1, 12, 1)

sickdays/sickdays/gui/_widgets.py

@@ -1,33 +1,20 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2026 Krzysztof Rudnicki
-"""Token-styled Tk building blocks shared by the panel and the window.
+"""Token-styled Tk labels for the numerals the picker shows (dates, months).
 
-Every colour comes from :mod:`sickdays.gui._tokens`, and the text colour of a
-filled control is picked from its fill (``on-fill`` on the accent, never the
-near-white body text), the bug the design system's README warns about.
+Every colour comes from :mod:`sickdays.gui._tokens`. Buttons, switches and
+icons are word-free Canvases in :mod:`sickdays.gui._controls`.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import tkinter as tk
 from tkinter import font as tkfont
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final, Literal
+from typing import Final
 
 from sickdays.gui import _tokens as tok
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Callable
-
-ButtonKind = Literal["primary", "danger", "plain"]
 _BOLD_ROLES: Final = frozenset({"title", "subtitle"})
 
-#: (background, foreground) per button kind. Danger is a text button, as on
-#: the phone, so its red sits on the dark surface rather than under ink.
-_BUTTON_COLOURS: Final[dict[ButtonKind, tuple[str, str]]] = {
-    "primary": (tok.ACCENT, tok.ON_FILL),
-    "danger": (tok.INK_RAISED_2, tok.DANGER),
-    "plain": (tok.INK_RAISED_2, tok.TEXT_ON_DARK),
-}
-
 
 def family(widget: tk.Misc) -> str:
     """The family Tk's default font actually resolves to on this display."""
@@ -42,10 +29,7 @@ def label(
     fg: str = tok.TEXT_ON_DARK,
     name: str = "",
 ) -> tk.Label:
-    """A label on ``parent``'s own background; prose wraps at :data:`tok.WRAP`.
-
-    Titles and subtitles are bold, everything else regular.
-    """
+    """A label on ``parent``'s own background; titles and subtitles are bold."""
     return tk.Label(
         parent,
         name=name,
@@ -55,71 +39,4 @@ def label(
         font=tok.font(family(parent), role, bold=role in _BOLD_ROLES),
         justify="left",
         anchor="w",
-        wraplength=tok.WRAP,
     )
-
-
-def button(
-    parent: tk.Misc,
-    text: str,
-    command: Callable[[], object],
-    *,
-    kind: ButtonKind = "plain",
-    name: str = "",
-) -> tk.Button:
-    """A flat button whose text colour follows its fill."""
-    bg, fg = _BUTTON_COLOURS[kind]
-    return tk.Button(
-        parent,
-        name=name,
-        text=text,
-        command=command,
-        bg=bg,
-        fg=fg,
-        activebackground=bg,
-        activeforeground=fg,
-        font=tok.font(family(parent), "body", bold=kind == "primary"),
-        relief="flat",
-        borderwidth=0,
-        highlightthickness=0,
-        padx=tok.MD,
-        pady=tok.SM,
-        cursor="hand2",
-    )
-
-
-def paint_toggle(switch: tk.Checkbutton, *, on: bool) -> None:
-    """Draw ``switch`` as a toggle: accent fill reading "On", or a dark "Off"."""
-    bg, fg = (tok.ACCENT, tok.ON_FILL) if on else (tok.INK_RAISED_2, tok.TEXT_ON_DARK)
-    switch.configure(
-        text="On" if on else "Off",
-        bg=bg,
-        selectcolor=bg,
-        activebackground=bg,
-        fg=fg,
-        activeforeground=fg,
-    )
-
-
-def toggle(parent: tk.Misc, variable: tk.BooleanVar, *, name: str) -> tk.Checkbutton:
-    """A Checkbutton drawn as an On/Off switch, repainted on every change."""
-    switch = tk.Checkbutton(
-        parent,
-        name=name,
-        variable=variable,
-        onvalue=True,
-        offvalue=False,
-        indicatoron=False,
-        width=4,
-        font=tok.font(family(parent), "label", bold=True),
-        relief="flat",
-        borderwidth=0,
-        highlightthickness=0,
-        padx=tok.SM,
-        pady=tok.XS,
-        disabledforeground=tok.MUTED_ON_DARK,
-        cursor="hand2",
-    )
-    switch.configure(command=lambda: paint_toggle(switch, on=variable.get()))
-    paint_toggle(switch, on=variable.get())
-    return switch

sickdays/sickdays/gui/_window.py

@@ -2,26 +2,33 @@
 """``sickdays gui``: the desktop picker, the phone's Sick days screen on Tk.
 
 The calendar on the left, :class:`~sickdays.gui.KeepPanel` on the right for
-the clicked day, the sick days still ahead underneath. The window class is
-``sickdays`` (Tk reports ``WM_CLASS "sickdays", "Sickdays"``) so an i3
-``for_window`` rule can float it; ``Escape`` closes it.
+the clicked day, the sick days still ahead underneath (each an ISO date and
+the pictograms of the lockers it keeps). The window class is ``sickdays``
+(Tk reports ``WM_CLASS "sickdays", "Sickdays"``) so an i3 ``for_window``
+rule can float it; ``Escape`` closes it.
+
+No words inside the window (kuhy's textgate rule). The title bar keeps the
+app's name: an OS-level app name is a proper noun (textgate settled
+decision 4), the same as ``sickdays.desktop``'s ``Name=``.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import tkinter as tk
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final
 
 from sickdays._api import is_sick_day, load
-from sickdays._day import today
+from sickdays._day import to_iso, today
 from sickdays._keep_api import kept_lockers
 from sickdays._model import sick_entries
 from sickdays._paths import resolve_paths
-from sickdays.gui import _text
+from sickdays.gui import _dates
 from sickdays.gui import _tokens as tok
 from sickdays.gui import _widgets as ui
 from sickdays.gui._calendar import MonthCalendar
-from sickdays.gui._panel import KeepPanel
+from sickdays.gui._controls import IconSlot
+from sickdays.gui._icons import LOCKER_ICONS
+from sickdays.gui._panel import STATUS_ICONS, KeepPanel
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from datetime import date
@@ -30,19 +37,18 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from sickdays._paths import Paths
 
 WINDOW_CLASS = "sickdays"
+WINDOW_TITLE = "Sick days"
+#: A kept locker's pictogram in the list of days ahead, in px.
+_KEPT_PX: Final = 16
 
 
-def saved_message(entry: SickDay | None, day: date) -> str:
-    """The status line after the panel closed with ``entry``."""
-    label = _text.day_label(day)
-    if entry is None:
-        return f"{label}: nothing changed"
-    if not entry.is_sick:
-        return f"{label} is a normal day again"
-    kept = _text.kept_label(entry.keep)
-    return f"{label} is a sick day — " + (
-        f"kept: {kept}" if kept else "every locker stands down"
-    )
+def saved_icon(entry: SickDay | None) -> str | None:
+    """The status mark after the panel closed with ``entry``.
+
+    A check for any write (the grid and the list show what it was); nothing
+    when the panel was saved unchanged.
+    """
+    return None if entry is None else "check"
 
 
 class SickDaysApp:
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@ class SickDaysApp:
         """Style ``root`` and draw the current pool."""
         self._root = root
         self._paths = resolve_paths(paths)
-        root.title("Sick days")
+        root.title(WINDOW_TITLE)
         root.configure(bg=tok.INK, padx=tok.LG, pady=tok.LG)
         root.bind("<Escape>", self.close)
         left = tk.Frame(root, bg=tok.INK)
@@ -60,13 +66,9 @@ class SickDaysApp:
         #: Where the clicked day's panel goes.
         self.host = tk.Frame(root, name="host", bg=tok.INK)
         self.host.grid(row=0, column=1, sticky="n", padx=(tok.LG, 0))
-        ui.label(left, "Sick days", "title").pack(anchor="w")
-        ui.label(left, _text.INTRO, "body").pack(anchor="w", pady=(tok.SM, 0))
-        ui.label(left, _text.INTRO_DETAIL, "caption", fg=tok.MUTED_ON_DARK).pack(
-            anchor="w", pady=(tok.SM, 0)
-        )
-        self.status = ui.label(left, "", "label", name="status")
-        self.status.pack(anchor="w", pady=(tok.SM, 0))
+        #: The last outcome's mark: a check, or the panel's refusal icons.
+        self.status = IconSlot(left, name="status")
+        self.status.pack(anchor="w")
         log = self._paths.log
         self.calendar = MonthCalendar(
             left,
@@ -75,8 +77,8 @@ class SickDaysApp:
             has_dot=lambda day: bool(kept_lockers(day, log_path=log)),
             on_day=self.select,
         )
-        self.calendar.pack(anchor="w", pady=(tok.MD, 0))
-        ui.label(left, "Marked sick", "subtitle").pack(
+        self.calendar.pack(anchor="w", pady=(tok.SM, 0))
+        IconSlot(left, name="ahead").show("sick", tok.SICK).pack(
             anchor="w", pady=(tok.LG, tok.SM)
         )
         self._list = tk.Frame(left, name="upcoming", bg=tok.INK)
@@ -88,25 +90,25 @@ class SickDaysApp:
         self._root.destroy()
 
     def select(self, day: date) -> None:
-        """Open the panel for ``day``, or refuse a free day in the status line."""
+        """Open the panel for ``day``, or refuse a free day in the status mark."""
         self._close_panel()
         if not is_sick_day(day, log_path=self._paths.log):
-            refusal = _text.free_day_refusal(day)
-            if refusal is not None:
-                self._set_status(refusal, failed=True)
+            block = _dates.free_day_block(day)
+            if block is not None:
+                self.status.show(*STATUS_ICONS[block])
                 return
-        self._set_status("", failed=False)
+        self.status.show(None)
         KeepPanel(
             self.host,
             day,
-            on_saved=lambda entry: self._saved(entry, day),
+            on_saved=self._saved,
             on_cancel=self._close_panel,
             paths=self._paths,
         ).pack(anchor="n")
 
-    def _saved(self, entry: SickDay | None, day: date) -> None:
+    def _saved(self, entry: SickDay | None) -> None:
         self._close_panel()
-        self._set_status(saved_message(entry, day), failed=False)
+        self.status.show(saved_icon(entry), tok.SUCCESS)
         self.calendar.redraw()
         self._draw_upcoming()
 
@@ -114,29 +116,20 @@ class SickDaysApp:
         for child in self.host.winfo_children():
             child.destroy()
 
-    def _set_status(self, text: str, *, failed: bool) -> None:
-        self.status.configure(text=text, fg=tok.DANGER if failed else tok.SUCCESS)
-
     def _draw_upcoming(self) -> None:
         for child in self._list.winfo_children():
             child.destroy()
         reference = today()
-        upcoming = [
-            entry
-            for entry in sick_entries(load(self._paths.log))
-            if entry.day >= reference
-        ]
-        if not upcoming:
-            ui.label(self._list, _text.NONE_AHEAD, "body", fg=tok.MUTED_ON_DARK).pack(
-                anchor="w"
-            )
-        for entry in upcoming:
-            ui.label(self._list, _text.day_label(entry.day), "body").pack(anchor="w")
-            kept = _text.kept_label(entry.keep)
-            if kept:
-                ui.label(
-                    self._list, f"Kept: {kept}", "label", fg=tok.MUTED_ON_DARK
-                ).pack(anchor="w", pady=(0, tok.XS))
+        for entry in sick_entries(load(self._paths.log)):
+            if entry.day < reference:
+                continue
+            row = tk.Frame(self._list, name=f"day-{to_iso(entry.day)}", bg=tok.INK)
+            row.pack(anchor="w", pady=(0, tok.XS))
+            ui.label(row, to_iso(entry.day), "body").pack(side="left")
+            for locker in _dates.kept_in_order(entry.keep):
+                IconSlot(row, name=f"kept-{locker}", size=_KEPT_PX).show(
+                    LOCKER_ICONS[locker], tok.MUTED_ON_DARK
+                ).pack(side="left", padx=(tok.SM, 0))
 
 
 def run(*, paths: Paths | None = None) -> int:

sickdays/sickdays/tests/conftest.py

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def _redirect_state(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     for module in _MODULES:
         monkeypatch.setattr(f"{module}.resolve_paths", _resolve)
     monkeypatch.setattr("sickdays._api.free_day_predicate", lambda: _never_free)
-    monkeypatch.setattr("sickdays.gui._text.free_day_predicate", lambda: _never_free)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("sickdays.gui._dates.free_day_predicate", lambda: _never_free)
     monkeypatch.setattr("sickdays.gui._panel.sync_quietly", _no_sync)
 
 

sickdays/sickdays/tests/test_gui_controls.py

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Krzysztof Rudnicki
+"""The word-free controls and the drawn icons, against a real Tk."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import tkinter as tk
+
+import pytest
+
+from sickdays._constants import LOCKERS
+from sickdays.gui import _tokens as tok
+from sickdays.gui._controls import IconButton, IconSlot, Toggle
+from sickdays.gui._icons import ICONS, LOCKER_ICONS, TAG
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def shown(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> tk.Tk:
+    """The root mapped, so real clicks reach the canvases."""
+    tk_root.deiconify()
+    tk_root.update()
+    return tk_root
+
+
+def _click(widget: tk.Canvas) -> None:
+    widget.pack()
+    widget.update()
+    widget.event_generate("<Button-1>", x=2, y=2)
+    widget.update()
+
+
+def test_every_icon_draws_something(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
+    for icon in ICONS:
+        slot = IconSlot(tk_root, size=32).show(icon, tok.DANGER)
+        assert slot.icon == icon
+        assert slot.find_withtag(TAG), icon
+    assert slot.show(None).icon is None
+    assert slot.find_withtag(TAG) == ()
+
+
+def test_every_locker_has_an_icon() -> None:
+    assert set(LOCKER_ICONS) == set(LOCKERS)
+    assert set(LOCKER_ICONS.values()) <= set(ICONS)
+
+
+def test_a_click_invokes_the_button_unless_disabled(shown: tk.Tk) -> None:
+    calls: list[int] = []
+    button = IconButton(shown, "check", lambda: calls.append(1), name="ok")
+    button.set_enabled(False)
+    assert str(button.cget("cursor")) == "arrow"
+    _click(button)
+    button.invoke()
+    assert calls == []
+    button.set_enabled(True)
+    _click(button)
+    assert calls == [1]
+
+
+def test_a_click_flips_the_switch_unless_disabled(shown: tk.Tk) -> None:
+    on = tk.BooleanVar(shown, value=False)
+    switch = Toggle(shown, on, name="switch")
+    _click(switch)
+    assert switch.is_on()
+    assert on.get()
+    switch.set_enabled(False)
+    _click(switch)
+    switch.invoke()
+    assert switch.is_on()
+    switch.set_enabled(True)
+    switch.invoke()
+    assert not switch.is_on()

sickdays/sickdays/tests/test_gui_dates.py

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Krzysztof Rudnicki
+"""The picker's calendar arithmetic, free-day check and tokens -- no display."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from datetime import date
+import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from sickdays._errors import ConflictCheckUnavailableError
+from sickdays.gui import _dates
+from sickdays.gui import _tokens as tok
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pytest
+
+DAY = date(2026, 10, 20)
+
+
+def test_kept_lockers_follow_locker_order_not_the_alphabet() -> None:
+    assert _dates.kept_in_order({"alarm", "book", "workout"}) == (
+        "workout",
+        "book",
+        "alarm",
+    )
+    assert _dates.kept_in_order(frozenset()) == ()
+
+
+def test_free_day_block(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture
+) -> None:
+    assert _dates.free_day_block(DAY) is None
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "sickdays.gui._dates.free_day_predicate", lambda: lambda _d: True
+    )
+    assert _dates.free_day_block(DAY) == "free"
+
+    def unavailable() -> None:
+        msg = "freedays is not installed"
+        raise ConflictCheckUnavailableError(msg)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("sickdays.gui._dates.free_day_predicate", unavailable)
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING):
+        assert _dates.free_day_block(DAY) == "unavailable"
+    assert "freedays is not installed" in caplog.text
+
+
+def test_month_grid_is_monday_first() -> None:
+    weeks = _dates.month_weeks(date(2026, 10, 1))
+    assert weeks[0] == [None, None, None, *(date(2026, 10, d) for d in (1, 2, 3, 4))]
+    assert weeks[-1][-1] is None
+    assert _dates.month_title(date(2026, 10, 1)) == "2026-10"
+    assert _dates.month_title(date(2027, 3, 1)) == "2027-03"
+    assert [_dates.is_weekend_column(c) for c in range(7)] == [
+        False,
+        False,
+        False,
+        False,
+        False,
+        True,
+        True,
+    ]
+
+
+def test_month_arithmetic_and_range() -> None:
+    assert _dates.shift_month(date(2026, 12, 1), 1) == date(2027, 1, 1)
+    assert _dates.shift_month(date(2026, 1, 1), -1) == date(2025, 12, 1)
+    assert _dates.month_bounds(DAY) == (date(2026, 1, 1), date(2027, 12, 1))
+
+
+def test_workdays_are_tuesday_to_thursday() -> None:
+    assert [_dates.is_workday(date(2026, 10, d)) for d in range(19, 26)] == [
+        False,
+        True,
+        True,
+        True,
+        False,
+        False,
+        False,
+    ]
+
+
+def test_tokens() -> None:
+    assert tok.font("Fake Sans", "body") == ("Fake Sans", -16, "normal")
+    assert tok.font("Fake Sans", "title", bold=True) == ("Fake Sans", -24, "bold")
+    assert tok.blend("#FFFFFF", "#000000", 0.5) == "#808080"
+    assert tok.blend(tok.SICK, tok.INK, 1.0) == tok.SICK

sickdays/sickdays/tests/test_gui_no_words.py

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Krzysztof Rudnicki
+"""The textgate guard: no letter on any widget of the picker, in any state.
+
+Everything this window shows is chrome except numerals and ISO dates (day
+numbers, ``2026-11``, ``2026-11-13``), so the guard bans every letter, not
+just words. The window title is the app's proper noun (textgate settled
+decision 4) and is checked on its own.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from datetime import timedelta
+import re
+import tkinter as tk
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from sickdays._api import add_sick_day
+from sickdays._day import today
+from sickdays._errors import ConflictCheckUnavailableError
+from sickdays.gui import KeepPanel, SickDaysApp, _panel
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pytest
+
+FUTURE = today() + timedelta(days=3)
+LETTER = re.compile(r"[^\W\d_]")
+
+
+def _shown(widget: tk.Misc) -> list[str]:
+    """Every string ``widget`` and its descendants paint."""
+    found: list[str] = []
+    for child in widget.winfo_children():
+        if isinstance(child, tk.Canvas):
+            # Raw Tcl: typeshed types Canvas.type()/itemcget() too loosely.
+            path = str(child)
+            found.extend(
+                str(child.tk.call(path, "itemcget", item, "-text"))
+                for item in child.find_all()
+                if str(child.tk.call(path, "type", item)) == "text"
+            )
+        elif isinstance(child, (tk.Label, tk.Button, tk.Checkbutton)):
+            found.append(str(child.cget("text")))
+        found.extend(_shown(child))
+    return found
+
+
+def _assert_no_letters(widget: tk.Misc) -> None:
+    shown = _shown(widget)
+    assert shown, "the guard walked no widget"
+    worded = [text for text in shown if LETTER.search(text)]
+    assert worded == []
+
+
+def test_the_window_title_is_the_app_name(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
+    SickDaysApp(tk_root)
+    assert tk_root.title() == "Sick days"
+
+
+def test_the_window_shows_no_letters(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
+    add_sick_day(FUTURE, keep=["alarm", "workout"])
+    app = SickDaysApp(tk_root)
+    _assert_no_letters(tk_root)
+    app.select(FUTURE + timedelta(days=1))
+    _assert_no_letters(tk_root)
+
+
+def test_the_window_after_a_refusal_shows_no_letters(
+    tk_root: tk.Tk, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "sickdays.gui._dates.free_day_predicate", lambda: lambda _d: True
+    )
+    SickDaysApp(tk_root).select(FUTURE)
+    _assert_no_letters(tk_root)
+
+
+def test_the_window_after_a_save_shows_no_letters(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
+    app = SickDaysApp(tk_root)
+    app.select(FUTURE)
+    (panel,) = app.host.winfo_children()
+    panel.nametowidget("actions.mark").invoke()
+    assert isinstance(panel, KeepPanel)
+    assert panel.sync_thread is not None
+    panel.sync_thread.join(timeout=5)
+    _assert_no_letters(tk_root)
+
+
+def test_every_panel_state_shows_no_letters(
+    tk_root: tk.Tk, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    add_sick_day(FUTURE, keep=["book"])
+    for day in (FUTURE, FUTURE + timedelta(days=1), today() - timedelta(days=1)):
+        _assert_no_letters(
+            KeepPanel(tk_root, day, on_saved=lambda _e: None, on_cancel=lambda: None)
+        )
+
+    def unavailable() -> None:
+        msg = "cannot check the free-day pool"
+        raise ConflictCheckUnavailableError(msg)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("sickdays.gui._dates.free_day_predicate", unavailable)
+    _assert_no_letters(KeepPanel(tk_root, FUTURE + timedelta(days=2), on_saved=print))
+
+
+def test_a_refused_or_busy_write_shows_no_letters(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
+    refused = KeepPanel(tk_root, FUTURE + timedelta(days=4), on_saved=print)
+    add_sick_day(FUTURE + timedelta(days=4))
+    refused.nametowidget("actions.mark").invoke()
+    _assert_no_letters(refused)
+    busy = KeepPanel(tk_root, FUTURE + timedelta(days=5), on_saved=print)
+    with _panel._SYNC_LOCK:
+        busy.nametowidget("actions.mark").invoke()
+    _assert_no_letters(busy)

sickdays/sickdays/tests/test_gui_panel.py

@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2026 Krzysztof Rudnicki
-"""KeepPanel: the five switches for one day, against a real (unmapped) Tk."""
+"""KeepPanel: the six switches for one day, against a real (unmapped) Tk."""
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from datetime import timedelta
+import logging
 import threading
-import tkinter as tk
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import pytest
 
 from sickdays._api import add_sick_day, is_sick_day, load
-from sickdays._day import today
+from sickdays._day import to_iso, today
 from sickdays._errors import ConflictCheckUnavailableError
 from sickdays._keep_api import kept_lockers
 from sickdays._paths import Paths
 from sickdays._store import write_pool
-from sickdays.gui import KeepPanel, _text
-from sickdays.gui import _tokens as tok
+from sickdays.gui import KeepPanel
+from sickdays.gui._controls import IconButton, IconSlot, Toggle
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from pathlib import Path
+    import tkinter as tk
 
     from sickdays._model import SickDay
 
@@ -40,20 +41,22 @@ def synced(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> list[Paths | None]:
     return calls
 
 
-def _button(panel: KeepPanel, name: str) -> tk.Button:
+def _button(panel: KeepPanel, name: str) -> IconButton:
     widget = panel.nametowidget(f"actions.{name}")
-    assert isinstance(widget, tk.Button)
+    assert isinstance(widget, IconButton)
     return widget
 
 
-def _toggle(panel: KeepPanel, locker: str) -> tk.Checkbutton:
+def _toggle(panel: KeepPanel, locker: str) -> Toggle:
     widget = panel.nametowidget(f"keep-{locker}")
-    assert isinstance(widget, tk.Checkbutton)
+    assert isinstance(widget, Toggle)
     return widget
 
 
-def _status(panel: KeepPanel) -> str:
-    return str(panel.nametowidget("status").cget("text"))
+def _status(panel: KeepPanel) -> str | None:
+    slot = panel.nametowidget("status")
+    assert isinstance(slot, IconSlot)
+    return slot.icon
 
 
 def _actions(panel: KeepPanel) -> set[str]:
@@ -72,11 +75,11 @@ def test_mark_sick_keeping_leetcode(tk_root: tk.Tk, synced: list[Paths | None])
     assert panel.kept() == frozenset()
     assert _actions(panel) == {"mark"}
     toggle = _toggle(panel, "leetcode")
-    assert toggle.cget("text") == "Off"
+    assert not toggle.is_on()
     toggle.invoke()
-    assert toggle.cget("text") == "On"
-    assert str(toggle.cget("bg")).upper() == tok.ACCENT
-    assert str(toggle.cget("fg")).upper() == tok.ON_FILL
+    assert toggle.is_on()
+    assert _button(panel, "mark").icon == "check"
+    assert _status(panel) is None
     _button(panel, "mark").invoke()
     _join(panel)
     assert is_sick_day(FUTURE)
@@ -93,8 +96,14 @@ def test_an_existing_sick_day_opens_with_its_switches(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
     panel = KeepPanel(tk_root, FUTURE, on_saved=lambda _entry: None)
     assert panel.kept() == frozenset({"workout"})
     assert _actions(panel) == {"save", "clear"}
-    title = panel.nametowidget("title").cget("text")
-    assert title == f"Sick day: {_text.day_label(FUTURE)}"
+    assert panel.nametowidget("head.title").cget("text") == to_iso(FUTURE)
+    state = panel.nametowidget("head.state")
+    assert isinstance(state, IconSlot)
+    assert state.icon == "sick"
+    assert _button(panel, "clear").icon == "trash"
+    icon = panel.nametowidget("icon-workout")
+    assert isinstance(icon, IconSlot)
+    assert icon.icon == "workout"
 
 
 def test_save_replaces_the_kept_set(tk_root: tk.Tk, synced: list[Paths | None]) -> None:
@@ -139,20 +148,27 @@ def test_clear_makes_the_day_normal(tk_root: tk.Tk, synced: list[Paths | None])
 
 def test_a_past_day_is_shown_but_not_editable(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
     panel = KeepPanel(tk_root, today() - timedelta(days=1), on_saved=lambda _e: None)
-    assert _status(panel) == _text.PAST_NOTE
+    assert panel.reason == "past"
+    assert _status(panel) == "padlock"
     assert _actions(panel) == set()
-    assert str(_toggle(panel, "diet").cget("state")) == "disabled"
+    diet = _toggle(panel, "diet")
+    assert str(diet.cget("state")) == "disabled"
+    diet.invoke()
+    assert not diet.is_on()
 
 
 def test_a_free_day_is_refused_with_the_phones_message(
     tk_root: tk.Tk, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
 ) -> None:
     monkeypatch.setattr(
-        "sickdays.gui._text.free_day_predicate", lambda: lambda _d: True
+        "sickdays.gui._dates.free_day_predicate", lambda: lambda _d: True
     )
     panel = KeepPanel(tk_root, FUTURE, on_saved=lambda _e: None)
-    expected = "is a free day — release it in Free days first."
-    assert _status(panel).endswith(expected)
+    assert panel.reason == "free"
+    assert _status(panel) == "no_entry"
+    state = panel.nametowidget("head.state")
+    assert isinstance(state, IconSlot)
+    assert state.icon == "normal"
     assert _actions(panel) == set()
 
 
@@ -163,20 +179,24 @@ def test_an_uncheckable_free_pool_refuses(
         msg = "cannot check the free-day pool"
         raise ConflictCheckUnavailableError(msg)
 
-    monkeypatch.setattr("sickdays.gui._text.free_day_predicate", unavailable)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("sickdays.gui._dates.free_day_predicate", unavailable)
     panel = KeepPanel(tk_root, FUTURE, on_saved=lambda _e: None)
-    assert _status(panel) == "cannot check the free-day pool"
+    assert panel.reason == "unavailable"
+    assert _status(panel) == "warning"
     assert _actions(panel) == set()
 
 
 def test_a_refused_write_is_shown_not_raised(
-    tk_root: tk.Tk, synced: list[Paths | None]
+    tk_root: tk.Tk, synced: list[Paths | None], caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture
 ) -> None:
     saved: list[SickDay | None] = []
     panel = KeepPanel(tk_root, FUTURE, on_saved=saved.append)
     add_sick_day(FUTURE)  # marked elsewhere while the panel was open
-    _button(panel, "mark").invoke()
-    assert "already a sick day" in _status(panel)
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING):
+        _button(panel, "mark").invoke()
+    assert panel.reason == "refused"
+    assert _status(panel) == "warning"
+    assert "already a sick day" in caplog.text
     assert saved == []
     assert synced == []
 
@@ -189,7 +209,9 @@ def test_cancel_calls_back(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
         on_saved=lambda _e: None,
         on_cancel=lambda: cancelled.append(True),
     )
-    _button(panel, "cancel").invoke()
+    cancel = _button(panel, "cancel")
+    assert cancel.icon == "cross"
+    cancel.invoke()
     assert cancelled == [True]
 
 
@@ -242,4 +264,5 @@ def test_a_write_during_a_sync_is_refused_not_lost(
     for entry in saved:
         assert entry is not None
         assert is_sick_day(entry.day), f"{entry.day} was written, then lost"
-    assert _status(second) == _text.BUSY_NOTE
+    assert second.reason == "busy"
+    assert _status(second) == "hourglass"

sickdays/sickdays/tests/test_gui_text.py

@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2026 Krzysztof Rudnicki
-"""The picker's wording, calendar arithmetic and tokens -- no display needed."""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from datetime import date
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-
-from sickdays._errors import ConflictCheckUnavailableError
-from sickdays.gui import _text
-from sickdays.gui import _tokens as tok
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    import pytest
-
-DAY = date(2026, 10, 20)
-
-
-def test_labels_match_the_phone() -> None:
-    assert _text.day_label(DAY) == "Tue 2026-10-20"
-    assert _text.panel_title(DAY, sick=False) == "Mark sick: Tue 2026-10-20"
-    assert _text.panel_title(DAY, sick=True) == "Sick day: Tue 2026-10-20"
-    assert list(_text.LOCKER_LABELS.values()) == [
-        "Workout lock",
-        "LeetCode",
-        "Book",
-        "Diet",
-        "Wake alarm",
-        "Focus",
-    ]
-
-
-def test_kept_label_follows_locker_order_not_the_alphabet() -> None:
-    assert _text.kept_label({"alarm", "book", "workout"}) == (
-        "Workout lock, Book, Wake alarm"
-    )
-    assert _text.kept_label(frozenset()) == ""
-
-
-def test_free_day_refusal(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
-    assert _text.free_day_refusal(DAY) is None
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        "sickdays.gui._text.free_day_predicate", lambda: lambda _d: True
-    )
-    assert _text.free_day_refusal(DAY) == (
-        "2026-10-20 is a free day — release it in Free days first."
-    )
-
-    def unavailable() -> None:
-        msg = "freedays is not installed"
-        raise ConflictCheckUnavailableError(msg)
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr("sickdays.gui._text.free_day_predicate", unavailable)
-    assert _text.free_day_refusal(DAY) == "freedays is not installed"
-
-
-def test_month_grid_is_monday_first() -> None:
-    weeks = _text.month_weeks(date(2026, 10, 1))
-    assert weeks[0] == [None, None, None, *(date(2026, 10, d) for d in (1, 2, 3, 4))]
-    assert weeks[-1][-1] is None
-    assert _text.month_title(date(2026, 10, 1)) == "October 2026"
-
-
-def test_month_arithmetic_and_range() -> None:
-    assert _text.shift_month(date(2026, 12, 1), 1) == date(2027, 1, 1)
-    assert _text.shift_month(date(2026, 1, 1), -1) == date(2025, 12, 1)
-    assert _text.month_bounds(DAY) == (date(2026, 1, 1), date(2027, 12, 1))
-
-
-def test_workdays_are_tuesday_to_thursday() -> None:
-    assert [_text.is_workday(date(2026, 10, d)) for d in range(19, 26)] == [
-        False,
-        True,
-        True,
-        True,
-        False,
-        False,
-        False,
-    ]
-
-
-def test_tokens() -> None:
-    assert tok.font("Fake Sans", "body") == ("Fake Sans", -16, "normal")
-    assert tok.font("Fake Sans", "title", bold=True) == ("Fake Sans", -24, "bold")
-    assert tok.blend("#FFFFFF", "#000000", 0.5) == "#808080"
-    assert tok.blend(tok.SICK, tok.INK, 1.0) == tok.SICK

sickdays/sickdays/tests/test_gui_window.py

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from sickdays._api import add_sick_day
 from sickdays._day import to_iso, today
 from sickdays._model import SickDay
-from sickdays.gui import KeepPanel, SickDaysApp, _text, _window
+from sickdays.gui import KeepPanel, SickDaysApp, _dates, _window
 from sickdays.gui import _tokens as tok
+from sickdays.gui._controls import IconButton, IconSlot
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import pytest
@@ -19,13 +20,19 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 FUTURE = today() + timedelta(days=3)
 
 
-def _texts(widget: tk.Misc) -> list[str]:
-    found: list[str] = []
-    for child in widget.winfo_children():
-        if isinstance(child, tk.Label):
-            found.append(str(child.cget("text")))
-        found.extend(_texts(child))
-    return found
+def _upcoming(app: SickDaysApp) -> dict[str, list[str]]:
+    """Each listed day's ISO date -> the locker icons it keeps."""
+    rows = app.calendar.master.nametowidget("upcoming").winfo_children()
+    listed: dict[str, list[str]] = {}
+    for row in rows:
+        icons = [
+            str(slot.icon)
+            for slot in row.winfo_children()
+            if isinstance(slot, IconSlot)
+        ]
+        (date_label,) = [c for c in row.winfo_children() if isinstance(c, tk.Label)]
+        listed[str(date_label.cget("text"))] = icons
+    return listed
 
 
 def _cell(app: SickDaysApp, day: date) -> tk.Button:
@@ -40,14 +47,17 @@ def _panel(app: SickDaysApp) -> KeepPanel:
     return panel
 
 
-def test_an_empty_pool_says_none_ahead(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
+def test_an_empty_pool_lists_nothing_ahead(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
     app = SickDaysApp(tk_root)
     assert tk_root.title() == "Sick days"
-    assert _text.NONE_AHEAD in _texts(tk_root)
+    assert _upcoming(app) == {}
+    assert app.status.icon is None
     assert app.host.winfo_children() == []
 
 
 def test_mark_a_day_from_the_calendar(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
+    later = FUTURE + timedelta(days=1)
+    add_sick_day(later)
     app = SickDaysApp(tk_root)
     app.calendar.month = FUTURE.replace(day=1)
     app.calendar.redraw()
@@ -58,10 +68,8 @@ def test_mark_a_day_from_the_calendar(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
     assert panel.sync_thread is not None
     panel.sync_thread.join(timeout=5)
     assert app.host.winfo_children() == []
-    assert app.status.cget("text") == _window.saved_message(
-        SickDay(FUTURE, is_sick=True, keep=frozenset({"leetcode"})), FUTURE
-    )
-    assert "Kept: LeetCode" in _texts(tk_root)
+    assert app.status.icon == "check"
+    assert _upcoming(app) == {to_iso(FUTURE): ["leetcode"], to_iso(later): []}
     cell = _cell(app, FUTURE)
     assert str(cell.cget("bg")).upper() == tok.SICK
     assert cell.nametowidget("dot").winfo_exists()
@@ -78,13 +86,12 @@ def test_a_free_day_is_refused_before_the_panel_opens(
     tk_root: tk.Tk, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
 ) -> None:
     monkeypatch.setattr(
-        "sickdays.gui._text.free_day_predicate", lambda: lambda _d: True
+        "sickdays.gui._dates.free_day_predicate", lambda: lambda _d: True
     )
     app = SickDaysApp(tk_root)
     app.select(FUTURE)
     assert app.host.winfo_children() == []
-    assert str(app.status.cget("text")).endswith("release it in Free days first.")
-    assert str(app.status.cget("fg")).upper() == tok.DANGER
+    assert app.status.icon == "no_entry"
 
 
 def test_a_sick_day_on_a_free_day_still_opens(
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ def test_a_sick_day_on_a_free_day_still_opens(
 ) -> None:
     add_sick_day(FUTURE)
     monkeypatch.setattr(
-        "sickdays.gui._text.free_day_predicate", lambda: lambda _d: True
+        "sickdays.gui._dates.free_day_predicate", lambda: lambda _d: True
     )
     app = SickDaysApp(tk_root)
     app.select(FUTURE)
@@ -102,19 +109,31 @@ def test_a_sick_day_on_a_free_day_still_opens(
 def test_the_list_shows_upcoming_days_with_kept_lockers(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
     add_sick_day(FUTURE, keep=["alarm", "workout"])
     add_sick_day(FUTURE + timedelta(days=1))
-    texts = _texts(SickDaysApp(tk_root).calendar.master)
-    assert _text.day_label(FUTURE) in texts
-    assert "Kept: Workout lock, Wake alarm" in texts
-    assert _text.NONE_AHEAD not in texts
+    past = today() - timedelta(days=1)
+    add_sick_day(past, now=past)
+    assert _upcoming(SickDaysApp(tk_root)) == {
+        to_iso(FUTURE): ["workout", "alarm"],
+        to_iso(FUTURE + timedelta(days=1)): [],
+    }
 
 
-def test_saved_message_wording() -> None:
-    sick = SickDay(FUTURE, is_sick=True)
-    label = _text.day_label(FUTURE)
-    assert _window.saved_message(None, FUTURE) == f"{label}: nothing changed"
-    assert _window.saved_message(sick, FUTURE).endswith("every locker stands down")
-    cleared = SickDay(FUTURE, is_sick=False)
-    assert _window.saved_message(cleared, FUTURE) == f"{label} is a normal day again"
+def test_saved_icon() -> None:
+    assert _window.saved_icon(None) is None
+    assert _window.saved_icon(SickDay(FUTURE, is_sick=True)) == "check"
+    assert _window.saved_icon(SickDay(FUTURE, is_sick=False)) == "check"
+
+
+def test_the_month_reads_as_numerals_with_weekday_marks(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
+    app = SickDaysApp(tk_root)
+    title = app.calendar.nametowidget("header").winfo_children()[-1]
+    assert isinstance(title, tk.Label)
+    assert title.cget("text") == _dates.month_title(today().replace(day=1))
+    marks = [
+        child.icon
+        for child in app.calendar.nametowidget("days").winfo_children()
+        if isinstance(child, IconSlot)
+    ]
+    assert marks == ["dot"] * 5 + ["ring"] * 2
 
 
 def test_past_days_are_inert_and_faded(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
@@ -128,7 +147,7 @@ def test_past_days_are_inert_and_faded(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
 
 def test_month_arrows_stop_at_the_phones_range(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
     app = SickDaysApp(tk_root)
-    first, last = _text.month_bounds(today())
+    first, last = _dates.month_bounds(today())
     for _ in range(30):
         app.calendar.step(1)
     assert app.calendar.month == last
@@ -136,6 +155,8 @@ def test_month_arrows_stop_at_the_phones_range(tk_root: tk.Tk) -> None:
         app.calendar.step(-1)
     assert app.calendar.month == first
     back = app.calendar.nametowidget("header.prev")
+    assert isinstance(back, IconButton)
+    assert back.icon == "prev"
     assert str(back.cget("state")) == "disabled"