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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using AcDream.App.UI;
+using AcDream.App.UI.Layout;
+using AcDream.Content;
+using DatReaderWriter;
+using DatReaderWriter.Options;
+
+namespace AcDream.App.Tests.UI.Layout;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The Journal panel's buttons must be clickable when built from the REAL
+/// authored layout.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para>
+/// Every button on this panel authors property <c>0x0D</c>, which was read as
+/// "starts disabled" — so all of them built visible and dead. The hermetic
+/// UiButton tests could not catch it because they construct their own
+/// ElementInfo; only the installed layout carries the property.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// This asserts the two things the player actually experiences: the button is
+/// enabled, and a click at its centre reaches IT rather than falling through to
+/// whatever is behind.
+/// </para>
+/// </remarks>
+[Trait("Lane", "InstalledDat")]
+public sealed class JournalPanelButtonsAreClickableTests
+{
+    private static readonly (uint Id, string Name)[] Buttons =
+    [
+        (0x100005DCu, "Abandon (contracts)"),
+        (0x10000567u, "New"),
+        (0x1000056Fu, "First"),
+        (0x10000571u, "Last"),
+        (0x10000565u, "Previous"),
+        (0x10000566u, "Next"),
+        (0x10000574u, "Record"),
+        (0x1000057Du, "Start"),
+        (0x10000585u, "Delete (page list)"),
+        (0x10000588u, "Reset (page list)"),
+    ];
+
+    private static ImportedLayout BuildPanel()
+    {
+        string? datDir = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ACDREAM_DAT_DIR");
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(datDir) || !Directory.Exists(datDir))
+        {
+            datDir = Path.Combine(
+                Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile),
+                "Documents", "Asheron's Call");
+        }
+
+        if (!Directory.Exists(datDir))
+        {
+            Assert.Fail(
+                "Lane=InstalledDat requires an installed retail DAT directory; "
+                + "see docs/release-gate.md.");
+        }
+
+        using var dats = new DatCollection(datDir, DatAccessType.Read);
+        using var adapter = new DatCollectionAdapter(dats);
+
+        ElementInfo? root = LayoutImporter.ImportInfos(
+            adapter,
+            JournalPanelController.HostLayoutId,
+            JournalPanelController.SlotElementId);
+        Assert.NotNull(root);
+
+        var strings = new DatStringResolver(adapter);
+        return LayoutImporter.Build(root!, _ => (0u, 0, 0), null, _ => null, strings.Resolve);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void EveryJournalPanelButtonBuildsEnabled()
+    {
+        ImportedLayout layout = BuildPanel();
+
+        var dead = new List<string>();
+        foreach ((uint id, string name) in Buttons)
+        {
+            if (layout.FindElement(id) is not UiButton button)
+            {
+                dead.Add($"{name} (0x{id:X8}) did not build as a UiButton");
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (!button.Enabled)
+                dead.Add($"{name} (0x{id:X8}) built DISABLED");
+        }
+
+        Assert.Empty(dead);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void EveryJournalPanelButtonIsReachableByAClickAtItsCentre()
+    {
+        // Enabled alone is not enough — the click has to actually land on it
+        // rather than pass through to something behind.
+        ImportedLayout layout = BuildPanel();
+
+        var unreachable = new List<string>();
+        foreach ((uint id, string name) in Buttons)
+        {
+            if (layout.FindElement(id) is not UiButton button)
+                continue;
+
+            UiElement? hit = HitTestSelf(button);
+            if (!ReferenceEquals(hit, button))
+                unreachable.Add($"{name} (0x{id:X8}) hit-tested to {hit?.GetType().Name ?? "nothing"}");
+        }
+
+        Assert.Empty(unreachable);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Hit-tests a button at its own centre, in its own local space.</summary>
+    private static UiElement? HitTestSelf(UiButton button)
+    {
+        var hitTest = typeof(UiElement).GetMethod(
+            "HitTest",
+            System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance)!;
+        return hitTest.Invoke(
+            button,
+            [button.Width / 2f, button.Height / 2f]) as UiElement;
+    }
+}