fix: declutter the Local Contact view

- drop the redundant Local Contact banner (the window title carries it)
- remove the three parent=self config spinboxes that painted themselves
  over the top-left corner; parentless placeholders are replaced in
  _build_config_tab
- remove all rounded corners (status card, value badges, group boxes,
  transfer-error frame, recovery panels)
- tighten status rows to 2px spacing with a per-row minimum height so
  word-wrapped value labels can never compress rows until text clips
  (previously visible on the Hardware tab)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/aare/gui/panels/beamline_recovery_panel.py

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class RecoveryPanel(QWidget):
             "  background: #fff3cd;"
             "  color: #7a4b00;"
             "  border: 1px solid #f0c36d;"
-            "  border-radius: 8px;"
             "  padding: 10px;"
             "  font-weight: 600;"
             "}"
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ class RecoveryPanel(QWidget):
             "  background: #fdeaea;"
             "  color: #8b1e1e;"
             "  border: 1px solid #e6a8a8;"
-            "  border-radius: 8px;"
             "  padding: 10px;"
             "  font-weight: 600;"
             "}"
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ class RecoveryPanel(QWidget):
             "  background: #eef6ff;"
             "  color: #12406a;"
             "  border: 1px solid #a8c7e6;"
-            "  border-radius: 8px;"
             "  padding: 10px;"
             "  font-weight: 600;"
             "}"
@@ -83,7 +80,6 @@ class RecoveryPanel(QWidget):
             "QPushButton {"
             "  background: #fff7db;"
             "  border: 1px solid #e7cb73;"
-            "  border-radius: 8px;"
             "  padding: 10px;"
             "  font-weight: 600;"
             "}"
@@ -96,7 +92,6 @@ class RecoveryPanel(QWidget):
             "QPushButton {"
             "  background: #fff7db;"
             "  border: 1px solid #e7cb73;"
-            "  border-radius: 8px;"
             "  padding: 10px;"
             "  font-weight: 600;"
             "}"
@@ -110,7 +105,6 @@ class RecoveryPanel(QWidget):
             "  background: #fdeaea;"
             "  color: #8b1e1e;"
             "  border: 1px solid #e6a8a8;"
-            "  border-radius: 8px;"
             "  padding: 10px;"
             "  font-weight: 700;"
             "}"
@@ -124,7 +118,6 @@ class RecoveryPanel(QWidget):
             "  background: #fdeaea;"
             "  color: #8b1e1e;"
             "  border: 1px solid #e6a8a8;"
-            "  border-radius: 8px;"
             "  padding: 10px;"
             "  font-weight: 700;"
             "}"
@@ -138,7 +131,6 @@ class RecoveryPanel(QWidget):
             "  background: #eef6ff;"
             "  color: #12406a;"
             "  border: 1px solid #a8c7e6;"
-            "  border-radius: 8px;"
             "  padding: 10px;"
             "  font-weight: 600;"
             "}"

src/aare/gui/panels/local_contact_panel.py

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ from aare.gui.panels.beamline_recovery_panel import RecoveryPanel
 from aare.gui.threads.daq_worker import DAQWorker
 from aare.gui.widgets.local_contact_status_widget import LocalContactStatusWidget
 from aare.gui.widgets.text_list_dialog import TextListDialog
-from aare.gui.widgets.title_label import TitleLabel
 
 logger = setup_logger(LOGGER_NAME)
 
@@ -65,9 +64,12 @@ class LocalContactPanel(QFrame):
         self._bec_macros_dialog: TextListDialog | None = None
         self._bec_devices_dialog: TextListDialog | None = None
         self._local_contact_config_payload: dict = {}
-        self._mount_to_center_sleep_s = QDoubleSpinBox(self)
-        self._line_scan_loop_face_y_padding_fraction_each_side = QDoubleSpinBox(self)
-        self._line_scan_loop_all_y_padding_fraction_each_side = QDoubleSpinBox(self)
+        # Recreated with proper parents in _build_config_tab; parentless here
+        # so no orphan widget floats over the panel (the old parent=self
+        # copies painted themselves over the top-left corner).
+        self._mount_to_center_sleep_s = QDoubleSpinBox()
+        self._line_scan_loop_face_y_padding_fraction_each_side = QDoubleSpinBox()
+        self._line_scan_loop_all_y_padding_fraction_each_side = QDoubleSpinBox()
 
         self.setFrameShape(QFrame.Shape.StyledPanel)
         self.setFrameShadow(QFrame.Shadow.Raised)
@@ -76,7 +78,6 @@ class LocalContactPanel(QFrame):
             QGroupBox {
               background-color: white;
               border: 1px solid #c7d4e5;
-              border-radius: 5px;
               margin-top: 15px;
               padding-top: 15px;
               font-weight: 700;
@@ -96,8 +97,7 @@ class LocalContactPanel(QFrame):
         layout.setContentsMargins(8, 8, 8, 8)
         layout.setSpacing(8)
 
-        layout.addWidget(TitleLabel("Local Contact", parent=self))
-
+        # No TitleLabel banner: the dialog window title already says it.
         self._info_label = QLabel(
             "Staff tools for beamline recovery and local-contact operations.", self
         )
@@ -107,12 +107,7 @@ class LocalContactPanel(QFrame):
         self._transfer_error_frame = QFrame(self)
         self._transfer_error_frame.setVisible(False)
         self._transfer_error_frame.setStyleSheet(
-            "QFrame {"
-            "  background: #fdeaea;"
-            "  color: #8b1e1e;"
-            "  border: 1px solid #e6a8a8;"
-            "  border-radius: 8px;"
-            "}"
+            "QFrame {  background: #fdeaea;  color: #8b1e1e;  border: 1px solid #e6a8a8;}"
         )
         transfer_error_layout = QVBoxLayout(self._transfer_error_frame)
         transfer_error_layout.setContentsMargins(10, 10, 10, 10)

src/aare/gui/widgets/local_contact_status_widget.py

@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ class LocalContactStatusWidget(QFrame):
             QFrame#localContactStatusCard {
               background: #f8fbff;
               border: 1px solid #c7d4e5;
-              border-radius: 10px;
             }
             """
         )
@@ -103,7 +102,8 @@ class LocalContactStatusWidget(QFrame):
         self._grid = QGridLayout()
         self._grid.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
         self._grid.setHorizontalSpacing(14)
-        self._grid.setVerticalSpacing(5)
+        # Tight rows; the badge keeps 2px vertical padding so text never clips.
+        self._grid.setVerticalSpacing(2)
         layout.addLayout(self._grid)
 
         self._rebuild_rows()
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ class LocalContactStatusWidget(QFrame):
             self._row_widgets[key] = (title, value)
             self._grid.addWidget(title, row, 0, alignment=Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignTop)
             self._grid.addWidget(value, row, 1)
+            # Word-wrapped value labels report a near-zero minimum height, so
+            # cramped tabs (e.g. Hardware) could compress rows until the text
+            # clipped; guarantee one full text line + badge padding per row.
+            self._grid.setRowMinimumHeight(row, self.fontMetrics().height() + 6)
 
     def _badge(self, text: str, *, tone: str = "neutral") -> str:
         palette = {
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ class LocalContactStatusWidget(QFrame):
         background, foreground = palette.get(tone, palette["neutral"])
         return (
             f"<span style='background:{background};color:{foreground};"
-            f"padding:2px 6px;border-radius:8px;'><b>{text}</b></span>"
+            f"padding:2px 6px;'><b>{text}</b></span>"
         )
 
     def _format_bool(