diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/AdaptiveRootView.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/AdaptiveRootView.swift
index a4c68b3..a2240d4 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/AdaptiveRootView.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/AdaptiveRootView.swift
@@ -120,12 +120,27 @@ struct CompactRootView: View {
 }
 
 /// A preference carrying the floating bar's measured height up to `CompactRootView`, which feeds it
-/// back into the bottom safe-area inset so content sits exactly above the bar.
+/// back into each tab's bottom inset so content sits exactly above the bar.
 private struct BarHeightKey: PreferenceKey {
     static var defaultValue: CGFloat = 72
     static func reduce(value: inout CGFloat, nextValue: () -> CGFloat) { value = nextValue() }
 }
 
+/// Per-tab chrome for the compact shell: suppress the system tab bar (we draw our own) and reserve
+/// `height` at the bottom of this tab's content so its scroll view lays out above the floating bar.
+/// Applied to each tab rather than the `TabView`, whose container-level inset doesn't reach the tab
+/// pages' scroll content.
+private struct TabBarInset: ViewModifier {
+    let height: CGFloat
+    func body(content: Content) -> some View {
+        content
+            .toolbar(.hidden, for: .tabBar)
+            .safeAreaInset(edge: .bottom, spacing: 0) {
+                Color.clear.frame(height: height)
+            }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Our own bottom tab bar for the compact shell — a floating Liquid Glass capsule of four items
 /// (Home, Sessions, Projects, Settings), standing in for the system tab bar so `CompactRootView`
 /// can animate its visibility itself (see that view for why) while keeping the iOS 26 floating-glass