diff --git a/src/aare/gui/panels/raster_data_collection.py b/src/aare/gui/panels/raster_data_collection.py
index bbbe74b4..9aee838a 100644
--- a/src/aare/gui/panels/raster_data_collection.py
+++ b/src/aare/gui/panels/raster_data_collection.py
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ class RasterDataCollectionPanel(ScanSettingsPanel):
             diffraction=diffraction,
             default_dtz=raster_mgr.active_grid.dtz,
             default_transmission=raster_mgr.active_grid.transmission,
+            # Plain "Transmission": the tab IS the gridscan, and the longer
+            # "Gridscan transmission" clips in the label column.
+            transmission_label="Transmission",
             parent=parent,
         )
 
diff --git a/src/aare/gui/panels/rotation_data_collection.py b/src/aare/gui/panels/rotation_data_collection.py
index 2b4783a7..114c4fab 100644
--- a/src/aare/gui/panels/rotation_data_collection.py
+++ b/src/aare/gui/panels/rotation_data_collection.py
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ class RotationDataCollectionPanel(ScanSettingsPanel):
                 "daq.data_collection_settings.default_rotation_settings.transmission",
                 default_transmission,
             ),
+            # Row 11 = first row under the "Rotation" header: the rotation
+            # transmission belongs next to the rotation fields, not at the
+            # top of the tab where it read as applying to screening too.
+            transmission_row=11,
+            transmission_label="Rotation transmission",
         )
 
         self._filename = ""
@@ -151,13 +156,13 @@ class RotationDataCollectionPanel(ScanSettingsPanel):
         self.total_angle = NumberLineEdit(
             0, 9999.0, self._default_total_angle, decimals=3, parent=self, track_pending=True
         )
-        self._add_row(11, "Total angle", self.total_angle, "°")
+        self._add_row(12, "Total angle", self.total_angle, "°")
         self._add_database_field(self.total_angle, self._on_total_angle_committed)
 
         self.image_angle = NumberLineEdit(
             0, 10.0, self._default_image_angle, decimals=3, parent=self, track_pending=True
         )
-        self._add_row(12, "Image angle", self.image_angle, "°")
+        self._add_row(13, "Image angle", self.image_angle, "°")
         self._add_database_field(self.image_angle, self._on_image_angle_committed)
 
         self.image_time_enter = NumberLineEdit(
@@ -168,27 +173,27 @@ class RotationDataCollectionPanel(ScanSettingsPanel):
             parent=self,
             track_pending=True,
         )
-        self._add_row(13, "Image time", self.image_time_enter, "s")
+        self._add_row(14, "Image time", self.image_time_enter, "s")
         self._add_database_field(self.image_time_enter, self._on_exp_time_committed)
 
         self.omega_speed = QLabel("-")
-        self._add_row(14, "Rotation speed", self.omega_speed, "°/s")
+        self._add_row(15, "Rotation speed", self.omega_speed, "°/s")
 
         self.total_time = QLabel(f"{self._total_time} min 0 s")
-        self._add_row(15, "Total measurement time", self.total_time)
+        self._add_row(16, "Total measurement time", self.total_time)
 
         self.dose = QLabel(f"{self._dose_mgy}")
-        self._add_row(16, "Dose", self.dose, "MGy")
+        self._add_row(17, "Dose", self.dose, "MGy")
 
         self.measurement_button = QPushButton("Run rotation")
         self.measurement_button.setStyleSheet(f"color: {GO_TEXT};")
         self.measurement_button.clicked.connect(self.run_measurement)
-        self._layout.addWidget(self.measurement_button, 17, 0, 1, 6)
+        self._layout.addWidget(self.measurement_button, 18, 0, 1, 6)
 
         # Per-tab Abort (DataCollectionSettings wires it to the DAQ cancel).
         self.abort_button = QPushButton("Abort measurement")
         self.abort_button.setStyleSheet(f"color: {ABORT_TEXT};")
-        self._layout.addWidget(self.abort_button, 18, 0, 1, 6)
+        self._layout.addWidget(self.abort_button, 19, 0, 1, 6)
 
         # every field exists now: fill in the speed and measurement time
         self._values_changed()
diff --git a/src/aare/gui/panels/scan_settings_panel.py b/src/aare/gui/panels/scan_settings_panel.py
index 17d369c0..a60c3fc4 100644
--- a/src/aare/gui/panels/scan_settings_panel.py
+++ b/src/aare/gui/panels/scan_settings_panel.py
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ class ScanSettingsPanel(QWidget):
         diffraction: DiffractionGeometry,
         default_dtz: float = 200.0,
         default_transmission: float = 1.0,
+        transmission_row: int = 2,
+        transmission_label: str = "Transmission",
         parent=None,
     ):
         super().__init__(parent)
@@ -186,10 +188,13 @@ class ScanSettingsPanel(QWidget):
         self._add_row(1, "Detector distance", self.dtz_enter, "mm")
         self._add_database_field(self.dtz_enter, self._on_dtz_committed)
 
+        # Placed where the subclass says: transmission is a per-mode setting
+        # (user request), so each tab puts its own row next to its section
+        # instead of a shared top-level "Rotation transmission" for all tabs.
         self.transmission_enter = NumberLineEdit(
             0, 1.0, default=default_transmission, decimals=4, parent=self, track_pending=True
         )
-        self._add_row(2, "Rotation transmission", self.transmission_enter)
+        self._add_row(transmission_row, transmission_label, self.transmission_enter)
         self._add_database_field(self.transmission_enter, self._on_transmission_committed)
 
     # -- grid rows ----------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/unit/gui/test_data_collection_settings.py b/tests/unit/gui/test_data_collection_settings.py
index d821e942..1d2ca541 100644
--- a/tests/unit/gui/test_data_collection_settings.py
+++ b/tests/unit/gui/test_data_collection_settings.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from aarecommon.models.models import (
     SampleShortInfo,
 )
 from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import QLabel
 
 from aare.gui.panels.data_collection_settings import DataCollectionSettings
 from aare.gui.panels.raster_data_collection import RasterDataCollectionPanel
@@ -448,3 +449,39 @@ def test_energy_spin_motor_move_semantics(settings_panel, daq_status_factory):
 
     settings_panel._energy_state.update_actual(12.3995)
     assert box.property("movestate") == ""
+
+
+def _grid_widget(grid, row: int, col: int):
+    item = grid.itemAtPosition(row, col)
+    assert item is not None
+    widget = item.widget()
+    assert widget is not None
+    return widget
+
+
+def test_transmission_rows_are_per_mode(panel, qapp, diffraction):
+    # Rotation tab: the rotation transmission moved out of the shared top
+    # rows into the Rotation section (row 11, right under the header), below
+    # the Screening block and its Run button (row 9).
+    grid = panel._layout
+    label = _grid_widget(grid, 11, 0)
+    assert isinstance(label, QLabel)
+    assert label.text() == "Rotation transmission"
+    assert _grid_widget(grid, 11, 1) is panel.transmission_enter
+    assert _grid_widget(grid, 9, 0) is panel.screening_button
+
+    # Gridscan tab keeps its own transmission in the top rows, without the
+    # misleading "Rotation" prefix.
+    geom = SampleGeometryModel(
+        beam_location_pxl=Coordinate(x=500, y=500),
+        pixel_in_mm=0.001,
+        aerotech=Coordinate(),
+        aerotech_meas=Coordinate(),
+        smargon=SmargonCoordinate(sh_mm=Coordinate(), phi_deg=0.0, chi_deg=0.0),
+        omega_deg=0.0,
+        beam_size_mm=Coordinate(x=0.01, y=0.01),
+    )
+    raster = RasterDataCollectionPanel(RasterGridManager(geom), diffraction)
+    raster_label = _grid_widget(raster._layout, 2, 0)
+    assert isinstance(raster_label, QLabel)
+    assert raster_label.text() == "Transmission"