diff --git a/src/lib/components/CanvasView.svelte b/src/lib/components/CanvasView.svelte
index f0ad3cb..add6cb6 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/CanvasView.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/CanvasView.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import { onMount, untrack } from 'svelte';
+	import CirclePlusIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/circle-plus';
 	import DownloadIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/download';
 	import EllipsisIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/ellipsis';
 	import ArrowUpIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/arrow-up';
@@ -117,15 +118,18 @@
 		return rectBeside(a, slot.dir, s);
 	}
 
-	/** Hit area of the add-page bar: a strip hugging the anchor's free edge. */
-	function barRect(slot: Slot): Rect | null {
+	/** The add-page button: a 24 px circle centred on the anchor's free edge, 6 px out. */
+	function plusRect(slot: Slot): Rect | null {
 		const a = doc.rectOf(slot.anchor);
 		if (!a) return null;
-		const t = 20 / viewport.scale;
-		if (slot.dir === 'right') return { x: a.x + a.width, y: a.y, width: t, height: a.height };
-		if (slot.dir === 'left') return { x: a.x - t, y: a.y, width: t, height: a.height };
-		if (slot.dir === 'down') return { x: a.x, y: a.y + a.height, width: a.width, height: t };
-		return { x: a.x, y: a.y - t, width: a.width, height: t };
+		const d = 24 / viewport.scale;
+		const gap = 6 / viewport.scale;
+		const cx = a.x + (a.width - d) / 2;
+		const cy = a.y + (a.height - d) / 2;
+		if (slot.dir === 'right') return { x: a.x + a.width + gap, y: cy, width: d, height: d };
+		if (slot.dir === 'left') return { x: a.x - gap - d, y: cy, width: d, height: d };
+		if (slot.dir === 'down') return { x: cx, y: a.y + a.height + gap, width: d, height: d };
+		return { x: cx, y: a.y - gap - d, width: d, height: d };
 	}
 
 	/** Run a tree change without the anchor page jumping on screen. */
@@ -291,10 +295,10 @@
 
 		// Fingers ink only when enabled and no pen has been used; otherwise they pan/zoom.
 		const fingerInks = tools.inking && settings.data.fingerDraw && !palm.penSeen;
-		// Taps on an add-page bar get the same palm policy as writing.
-		const bar = target.closest<HTMLElement>('.ghost');
+		// Taps on an add-page button get the same palm policy as writing.
+		const plus = target.closest<HTMLElement>('.ghost');
 		if (e.pointerType === 'touch') {
-			const decision = palm.evaluate(e, fingerInks || bar ? 'draw' : 'navigate');
+			const decision = palm.evaluate(e, fingerInks || plus ? 'draw' : 'navigate');
 			if (!decision.accept) return; // palm: ignore entirely
 			touches.set(e.pointerId, p);
 			if (touches.size >= 2) {
@@ -305,9 +309,9 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (bar && e.button === 0) {
+		if (plus && e.button === 0) {
 			e.preventDefault();
-			const slot = { anchor: bar.dataset.anchor!, dir: bar.dataset.dir as Dir };
+			const slot = { anchor: plus.dataset.anchor!, dir: plus.dataset.dir as Dir };
 			gesture = { kind: 'add', pointerId: e.pointerId, pointerType: e.pointerType, startX: p.x, startY: p.y, slot };
 			capture(e.pointerId);
 			return;
@@ -397,7 +401,7 @@
 		}
 
 		if (gesture.kind === 'add') {
-			// Dragging off the bar is not a tap.
+			// Dragging off the button is not a tap.
 			if (Math.hypot(p.x - gesture.startX, p.y - gesture.startY) > 12) gesture = null;
 			return;
 		}
@@ -593,7 +597,7 @@
 			{/each}
 
 			{#each ghostSlots as slot (slot.anchor + slot.dir)}
-				{@const r = barRect(slot)}
+				{@const r = plusRect(slot)}
 				{#if r}
 					<!-- Pointer taps go through the palm-checked gesture; onclick only serves the keyboard. -->
 					<button
@@ -603,7 +607,9 @@
 						style="left:{r.x}px; top:{r.y}px; width:{r.width}px; height:{r.height}px"
 						title="Add page ({slot.dir})"
 						onclick={(e) => e.detail === 0 && addPage(slot.anchor, slot.dir)}
-					></button>
+					>
+						<CirclePlusIcon size="100%" strokeWidth={1.5} />
+					</button>
 				{/if}
 			{/each}
 
@@ -726,46 +732,18 @@
 	}
 	.ghost {
 		position: absolute;
-		background: none;
+		display: grid;
+		background: var(--bg-canvas);
 		border: 0;
+		border-radius: 50%;
 		padding: 0;
+		color: var(--faint);
 		cursor: pointer;
+		transition: color 0.12s;
 	}
-	/* The visible bar: 4 screen px thick, 6 px off the page edge. */
-	.ghost::before {
-		content: '';
-		position: absolute;
-		background: var(--ghost-border);
-		border-radius: calc(2px / var(--s));
-		transition: background 0.12s;
-	}
-	.ghost[data-dir='left']::before,
-	.ghost[data-dir='right']::before {
-		top: 0;
-		bottom: 0;
-		width: calc(4px / var(--s));
-	}
-	.ghost[data-dir='up']::before,
-	.ghost[data-dir='down']::before {
-		left: 0;
-		right: 0;
-		height: calc(4px / var(--s));
-	}
-	.ghost[data-dir='right']::before {
-		left: calc(6px / var(--s));
-	}
-	.ghost[data-dir='left']::before {
-		right: calc(6px / var(--s));
-	}
-	.ghost[data-dir='down']::before {
-		top: calc(6px / var(--s));
-	}
-	.ghost[data-dir='up']::before {
-		bottom: calc(6px / var(--s));
-	}
-	.ghost:hover::before,
-	.ghost:focus-visible::before {
-		background: var(--accent);
+	.ghost:hover,
+	.ghost:focus-visible {
+		color: var(--accent);
 	}
 	.slot {
 		position: absolute;