diff --git a/shell/ferese-shell/src/activities.rs b/shell/ferese-shell/src/activities.rs
index 16615b6..aa6561c 100644
--- a/shell/ferese-shell/src/activities.rs
+++ b/shell/ferese-shell/src/activities.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Shared Activities item and Morph presentation. Publishers provide data only.
 mod compact;
+mod pomodoro;
 mod ring;
 pub(crate) mod subscription;
 use crate::{FereseShell, Message, status_ui};
@@ -949,60 +950,6 @@ impl FereseShell {
             .width(if intrinsic { Length::Fixed(budget) } else { Length::Fill })
             .into()
     }
-    fn pomodoro_controls(&self, opacity: f32) -> Element<'_, cosmic::Action<Message>> {
-        use ferese_activities::pomodoro::Status;
-        use ferese_ipc::activities::PomodoroAction as Action;
-        let current = self.activities.snapshot.pomodoro.as_ref();
-        let session = current.map(|current| current.id.clone());
-        let control = |label: &'static str, action| {
-            button::text(label).on_press(cosmic::Action::App(Message::Pomodoro(action, session.clone())))
-        };
-        let mut controls = row::with_capacity(4).spacing(6).align_y(Alignment::Center);
-        let description = if let Some(current) = current {
-            let timer = &current.timer;
-            if timer.status == Status::Finished {
-                controls = controls
-                    .push(control("Start again", Action::Start))
-                    .push(control("Dismiss", Action::Stop));
-                format!("Pomodoro finished · {} work intervals", timer.completed_work)
-            } else {
-                controls = controls.push(match timer.status {
-                    Status::Running => control("Pause", Action::Pause),
-                    Status::Paused => control("Resume", Action::Resume),
-                    _ => control("Start phase", Action::Resume),
-                });
-                if timer.status != Status::Ready {
-                    controls = controls.push(control("Skip", Action::Next));
-                }
-                controls = controls
-                    .push(control("Reset", Action::Reset))
-                    .push(control("Stop", Action::Stop));
-                format!(
-                    "Pomodoro · {}{} · {}/{}",
-                    timer.phase.label(),
-                    match timer.status {
-                        Status::Paused => " · Paused",
-                        Status::Ready => " · Ready",
-                        _ => "",
-                    },
-                    timer.completed_work,
-                    timer.settings.intervals
-                )
-            }
-        } else {
-            controls = controls.push(control("Start Pomodoro", Action::Start));
-            "Pomodoro".into()
-        };
-        column![
-            self.render.text(description).size(12).class(theme::Text::Color(
-                self.config.theme.palette().text.scale_alpha(opacity)
-            )),
-            controls
-        ]
-        .spacing(6)
-        .width(Length::Fill)
-        .into()
-    }
     pub fn activity_list(&self, id: window::Id, opacity: f32) -> Element<'_, cosmic::Action<Message>> {
         let palette = self.config.theme.palette();
         let name = self.output_for_bar(id).map(|output| output.name.as_str()).unwrap_or("");
@@ -1021,9 +968,28 @@ impl FereseShell {
             });
         let mut rows = Vec::with_capacity(entries.len());
         if entries.is_empty() {
-            rows.push(self.render.text("No active tasks").size(13).into());
+            rows.push(
+                container(
+                    self.render
+                        .text("No active tasks")
+                        .size(12)
+                        .class(theme::Text::Color(palette.muted.scale_alpha(opacity))),
+                )
+                .padding([8, 10])
+                .into(),
+            );
         }
         for activity in entries {
+            // The timer card already represents this activity and owns its focus ID.
+            if self
+                .activities
+                .snapshot
+                .pomodoro
+                .as_ref()
+                .is_some_and(|timer| timer.id == activity.id)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
             let mut text = column![
                 self.render
                     .text(activity.data.title.clone())
@@ -1129,12 +1095,12 @@ impl FereseShell {
         // Keep unnamed row roots: the toolkit's column does not move directly
         // named child trees when their order changes. Inner button IDs restore
         // focus through the normal named-state reconciliation on each rebuild.
-        column![
-            self.pomodoro_controls(opacity),
-            column::with_children(rows).spacing(4).width(Length::Fill)
-        ]
-        .spacing(8)
-        .width(Length::Fill)
-        .into()
+        let mut body = column![self.pomodoro_controls(id, opacity)]
+            .spacing(8)
+            .width(Length::Fill);
+        if !rows.is_empty() {
+            body = body.push(column::with_children(rows).spacing(4).width(Length::Fill));
+        }
+        body.into()
     }
 }
diff --git a/shell/ferese-shell/src/activities/pomodoro.rs b/shell/ferese-shell/src/activities/pomodoro.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ccca2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/ferese-shell/src/activities/pomodoro.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+//! Pomodoro uses the same type, material, and animated controls as status popups.
+use crate::{FereseShell, Message, color_with_opacity, motion};
+use cosmic::iced::{Alignment, Length, window};
+use cosmic::widget::{button, column, row, tooltip};
+use cosmic::{Element, theme};
+use ferese_activities::pomodoro::{Phase, Status};
+use ferese_ipc::activities::{PomodoroAction as Action, now_ms};
+use ferese_theme::{icons, menus};
+
+impl FereseShell {
+    pub(super) fn pomodoro_controls(&self, bar: window::Id, opacity: f32) -> Element<'_, cosmic::Action<Message>> {
+        let palette = self.config.theme;
+        let primary = color_with_opacity(palette.text_primary, opacity);
+        let muted = color_with_opacity(palette.text_muted, opacity);
+        let accent = color_with_opacity(palette.accent, opacity);
+        let current = self.activities.snapshot.pomodoro.as_ref();
+        let session = current.map(|current| current.id.clone());
+        let settings = current.map_or(&self.config.activities.pomodoro, |current| &current.timer.settings);
+        let (phase, seconds, description, label, action, symbol) = match current {
+            None => (
+                "Focus timer",
+                u64::from(settings.work_minutes) * 60,
+                format!(
+                    "{} interval{} · {} min breaks",
+                    settings.intervals,
+                    if settings.intervals == 1 { "" } else { "s" },
+                    settings.short_break_minutes
+                ),
+                "Start Pomodoro",
+                Action::Start,
+                icons::MEDIA_PLAY,
+            ),
+            Some(current) => {
+                let timer = &current.timer;
+                let phase = match timer.phase {
+                    Phase::Work => "Focus",
+                    Phase::ShortBreak => "Short break",
+                    Phase::LongBreak => "Long break",
+                };
+                let description = if timer.status == Status::Finished {
+                    format!(
+                        "{} focus interval{} complete",
+                        timer.completed_work,
+                        if timer.completed_work == 1 { "" } else { "s" }
+                    )
+                } else {
+                    let interval = if timer.phase == Phase::Work {
+                        format!(
+                            "Interval {} of {}",
+                            timer.completed_work.saturating_add(1).min(settings.intervals),
+                            settings.intervals
+                        )
+                    } else {
+                        format!("{} of {} complete", timer.completed_work, settings.intervals)
+                    };
+                    format!(
+                        "{}{interval}",
+                        match timer.status {
+                            Status::Paused => "Paused · ",
+                            Status::Ready => "Ready · ",
+                            _ => "",
+                        },
+                    )
+                };
+                let (label, action, symbol) = match timer.status {
+                    Status::Running => ("Pause", Action::Pause, icons::MEDIA_PAUSE),
+                    Status::Paused => ("Resume", Action::Resume, icons::MEDIA_PLAY),
+                    Status::Ready => (
+                        if timer.phase == Phase::Work {
+                            "Start focus"
+                        } else {
+                            "Start break"
+                        },
+                        Action::Resume,
+                        icons::MEDIA_PLAY,
+                    ),
+                    Status::Finished => ("Start again", Action::Start, icons::MEDIA_PLAY),
+                };
+                (
+                    if timer.status == Status::Finished {
+                        "Complete"
+                    } else {
+                        phase
+                    },
+                    timer.remaining(now_ms()).div_ceil(1_000),
+                    description,
+                    label,
+                    action,
+                    symbol,
+                )
+            }
+        };
+        let message = |action| cosmic::Action::App(Message::Pomodoro(action, session.clone()));
+        let badge = menus::badge(
+            icons::tinted(
+                if current.is_some_and(|current| current.timer.status == Status::Finished) {
+                    icons::CHECK
+                } else {
+                    icons::ACTIVITY_TIMER
+                },
+                20,
+                accent,
+            )
+            .into(),
+            crate::color(palette.accent),
+            opacity,
+            self.render.radius(18.),
+        );
+        let heading = row![
+            badge,
+            column![
+                self.render.text("Pomodoro").size(13).class(theme::Text::Color(primary)),
+                self.render.text(phase).size(11).class(theme::Text::Color(muted)),
+            ]
+            .spacing(3)
+            .width(Length::Fill),
+            self.render
+                .text(format!("{:02}:{:02}", seconds / 60, seconds % 60))
+                .size(26)
+                .width(96)
+                .align_x(cosmic::iced::alignment::Horizontal::Right)
+                .wrapping(cosmic::iced::widget::text::Wrapping::None)
+                .class(theme::Text::Color(primary)),
+        ]
+        .spacing(8)
+        .align_y(Alignment::Center);
+        let primary_button = button::custom(
+            row![icons::tinted(symbol, 16, accent), self.render.text(label).size(13)]
+                .spacing(6)
+                .align_y(Alignment::Center),
+        )
+        .id(session.as_ref().map_or_else(
+            || cosmic::widget::Id::new(format!("pomodoro-start-{bar:?}")),
+            |id| super::activity_widget_id(bar, id),
+        ))
+        .name(label)
+        .padding([7, 10])
+        .width(Length::Fill)
+        .on_press(message(action));
+        let mut controls = row![motion::button(self.render, primary_button, accent, true, opacity)]
+            .spacing(4)
+            .align_y(Alignment::Center);
+        let secondary = |label: &'static str, symbol, action| {
+            let control = button::custom(icons::tinted(symbol, 16, primary))
+                .name(label)
+                .padding(8)
+                .on_press(message(action));
+            tooltip(
+                motion::button(self.render, control, primary, false, opacity),
+                self.render.text(label).size(12).class(theme::Text::Color(primary)),
+                cosmic::widget::tooltip::Position::Top,
+            )
+        };
+        if let Some(current) = current {
+            if matches!(current.timer.status, Status::Running | Status::Paused) {
+                controls = controls.push(secondary("Skip", icons::MEDIA_NEXT, Action::Next));
+            }
+            if current.timer.status != Status::Finished {
+                controls = controls.push(secondary("Reset", icons::RESTART, Action::Reset));
+            }
+            controls = controls.push(secondary(
+                if current.timer.status == Status::Finished {
+                    "Dismiss"
+                } else {
+                    "Stop"
+                },
+                icons::RECORD_STOP,
+                Action::Stop,
+            ));
+        }
+        menus::section(
+            column![
+                heading,
+                self.render.text(description).size(11).class(theme::Text::Color(muted)),
+                controls,
+            ]
+            .spacing(10)
+            .width(Length::Fill)
+            .into(),
+            crate::color(palette.text_primary),
+            opacity,
+            self.render.radius(22.),
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/shell/ferese-shell/src/panel_hub.rs b/shell/ferese-shell/src/panel_hub.rs
index e3b4659..4c0b067 100644
--- a/shell/ferese-shell/src/panel_hub.rs
+++ b/shell/ferese-shell/src/panel_hub.rs
@@ -1512,12 +1512,18 @@ mod tests {
                 self.0.push((text.into(), bounds));
             }
         }
-        let renderer = cosmic::iced::futures::executor::block_on(cosmic::Renderer::new(
+        let mut renderer = cosmic::iced::futures::executor::block_on(cosmic::Renderer::new(
             cosmic::iced::Font::default(),
             cosmic::iced::Pixels(14.),
             Some("tiny-skia"),
         ))
         .unwrap();
+        let mut app = shell();
+        app.config.font_family = Some("JetBrains Mono".into());
+        app.render = crate::rendering::Rendering::new(&app.config);
+        let bar = app.outputs[0].bar;
+        seed_activities(&mut app, 1);
+        let id = app.activities.snapshot.activities[0].id.clone();
         for status in [
             None,
             Some(Status::Running),
@@ -1525,20 +1531,23 @@ mod tests {
             Some(Status::Ready),
             Some(Status::Finished),
         ] {
-            let mut app = shell();
-            let bar = app.outputs[0].bar;
-            seed_activities(&mut app, 1);
-            let id = app.activities.snapshot.activities[0].id.clone();
             if let Some(status) = status {
                 let mut timer = Session::start(Default::default(), ferese_ipc::activities::now_ms()).unwrap();
                 timer.status = status;
                 if status != Status::Running {
                     timer.deadline = None;
                 }
+                if status == Status::Finished {
+                    timer.remaining_ms = 0;
+                    timer.completed_work = timer.settings.intervals;
+                }
+                std::sync::Arc::make_mut(&mut app.activities.snapshot).activities[0]
+                    .data
+                    .title = "Pomodoro · Focus".into();
                 std::sync::Arc::make_mut(&mut app.activities.snapshot).pomodoro =
                     Some(ferese_ipc::activities::Pomodoro { id: id.clone(), timer });
             }
-            for width in [260., 312.] {
+            for width in [240., 260., 312.] {
                 let mut view = app.activity_list(bar, 1.);
                 let mut tree = widget::Tree::new(&view);
                 let node = view.as_widget_mut().layout(
@@ -1555,41 +1564,90 @@ mod tests {
                         "{status:?} {width} {text}: {bounds:?}"
                     );
                 }
-                let mut tab: Box<dyn widget::Operation> = Box::new(operation::focusable::focus_next());
-                loop {
-                    view.as_widget_mut()
-                        .operate(&mut tree, Layout::new(&node), &renderer, &mut tab);
-                    match tab.finish() {
-                        operation::Outcome::Chain(next) => tab = next,
-                        _ => break,
-                    }
-                }
-                let event = Event::Keyboard(KeyEvent::KeyPressed {
-                    key: Key::Named(key::Named::Enter),
-                    modified_key: Key::Named(key::Named::Enter),
-                    physical_key: key::Physical::Code(key::Code::Enter),
-                    location: Location::Standard,
-                    modifiers: Modifiers::empty(),
-                    text: None,
-                    repeat: false,
-                });
-                let mut messages = Vec::new();
-                view.as_widget_mut().update(
-                    &mut tree,
-                    &event,
-                    Layout::new(&node),
-                    mouse::Cursor::Unavailable,
-                    &renderer,
-                    &mut clipboard::Null,
-                    &mut Shell::new(&mut messages),
-                    &Rectangle::with_size(Size::new(width, 600.)),
+                assert!(
+                    !labels.0.iter().any(|(text, _)| text == "Pomodoro · Focus"),
+                    "the timer must not appear twice"
                 );
-                let expected = match status {
+                if let Some(directory) = std::env::var_os("FERESE_POMODORO_CAPTURE_DIR") {
+                    use cosmic::iced::advanced::renderer::Renderer as _;
+                    let directory = std::path::PathBuf::from(directory);
+                    std::fs::create_dir_all(&directory).unwrap();
+                    let viewport = Rectangle::with_size(node.size());
+                    renderer.reset(viewport);
+                    view.as_widget().draw(
+                        &tree,
+                        &mut renderer,
+                        &app.config.theme.palette().native_theme(),
+                        &cosmic::iced::advanced::renderer::Style {
+                            text_color: crate::color(app.config.theme.text_primary),
+                            icon_color: crate::color(app.config.theme.text_primary),
+                            scale_factor: 1.5,
+                        },
+                        Layout::new(&node),
+                        mouse::Cursor::Unavailable,
+                        &viewport,
+                    );
+                    let physical = Size::new(
+                        (node.size().width * 1.5).ceil() as u32,
+                        (node.size().height * 1.5).ceil() as u32,
+                    );
+                    let pixels = renderer.screenshot(physical, 1.5, crate::color(app.config.theme.surface_popover));
+                    image_codec::save_buffer(
+                        directory.join(format!("{status:?}-{width}.png")),
+                        &pixels,
+                        physical.width,
+                        physical.height,
+                        image_codec::ColorType::Rgba8,
+                    )
+                    .unwrap();
+                }
+                let primary = match status {
                     Some(Status::Running) => PomodoroAction::Pause,
                     Some(Status::Paused | Status::Ready) => PomodoroAction::Resume,
                     _ => PomodoroAction::Start,
                 };
-                assert!(messages.iter().any(|message|matches!(message,cosmic::Action::App(Message::Pomodoro(action,session)) if *action==expected && *session==status.map(|_|id.clone()))),"{status:?}: {messages:?}");
+                let mut expected = vec![primary];
+                if matches!(status, Some(Status::Running | Status::Paused)) {
+                    expected.push(PomodoroAction::Next);
+                }
+                if status.is_some_and(|status| status != Status::Finished) {
+                    expected.push(PomodoroAction::Reset);
+                }
+                if status.is_some() {
+                    expected.push(PomodoroAction::Stop);
+                }
+                for expected in expected {
+                    let mut tab: Box<dyn widget::Operation> = Box::new(operation::focusable::focus_next());
+                    loop {
+                        view.as_widget_mut()
+                            .operate(&mut tree, Layout::new(&node), &renderer, &mut tab);
+                        match tab.finish() {
+                            operation::Outcome::Chain(next) => tab = next,
+                            _ => break,
+                        }
+                    }
+                    let event = Event::Keyboard(KeyEvent::KeyPressed {
+                        key: Key::Named(key::Named::Enter),
+                        modified_key: Key::Named(key::Named::Enter),
+                        physical_key: key::Physical::Code(key::Code::Enter),
+                        location: Location::Standard,
+                        modifiers: Modifiers::empty(),
+                        text: None,
+                        repeat: false,
+                    });
+                    let mut messages = Vec::new();
+                    view.as_widget_mut().update(
+                        &mut tree,
+                        &event,
+                        Layout::new(&node),
+                        mouse::Cursor::Unavailable,
+                        &renderer,
+                        &mut clipboard::Null,
+                        &mut Shell::new(&mut messages),
+                        &Rectangle::with_size(Size::new(width, 600.)),
+                    );
+                    assert!(messages.iter().any(|message|matches!(message,cosmic::Action::App(Message::Pomodoro(action,session)) if *action==expected && *session==status.map(|_|id.clone()))),"{status:?} {expected:?}: {messages:?}");
+                }
             }
         }
     }