fix(ui): select and examine favorite spells like retail

docs/plans/2026-04-11-roadmap.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # acdream — strategic roadmap
 
-**Status:** Living document. Updated 2026-07-23. **M3 landed; M4 is active.** M3's retail casting/UI, R6 locomotion/collision/projectile/teleport/radar rebaseline, deterministic fresh-login/portal world lifecycle, and final two-client portal observer flow are user-gated. All eight slices of the behavior-preserving ownership campaign in [`docs/architecture/code-structure.md`](../architecture/code-structure.md), their automated closeout, and the user's connected visual matrix are complete. Issue #225's lifestone/particle alpha comparison remains a separate rendering visual gate.
+**Status:** Living document. Updated 2026-07-24. **M3 landed; M4 is active.** M3's retail casting/UI, R6 locomotion/collision/projectile/teleport/radar rebaseline, deterministic fresh-login/portal world lifecycle, and final two-client portal observer flow are user-gated. All eight slices of the behavior-preserving ownership campaign in [`docs/architecture/code-structure.md`](../architecture/code-structure.md), their automated closeout, and the user's connected visual matrix are complete. Issue #225's lifestone/particle alpha comparison remains a separate rendering visual gate.
 **Purpose:** One source of truth for where the project is and where it's going. Every observed defect or missing feature has a named phase that owns it; when something looks wrong in-game, look here to find the phase that'll address it. Implementation details live in per-phase specs under `docs/superpowers/specs/`, not in this file.
 
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@@ -38,7 +38,14 @@ selects and appraises occupied inventory, external-container, paperdoll, and
 physical-shortcut cells through the same request owner. Its shared physical
 left-click contract now also matches retail's press-time selection: the
 selection frame updates on MouseDown before drag promotion, while completed
-click/double-click remains the activation boundary. Slice 3's first connected gate exposed
+click/double-click remains the activation boundary. The same timing is now
+ported for favorite spells through a distinct catalog contract: left press
+selects without waiting for release; right-click opens the examination
+floaty's authored SpellPanel locally; and spell IDs never enter global object
+selection or the status-bar magnifier path. The view projects retail's
+name/school/mana/duration/range/description and authored appropriate-formula
+component cells, including live missing-component state. Its connected visual
+gate is pending. Slice 3's first connected gate exposed
 three deeper defects, now corrected: the response enum mislabeled ACE's
 creature bit `0x0100` and dropped monster packets while retaining the busy
 cursor; the imported 310 x 400 examination layout was incorrectly hosted as

docs/plans/2026-05-12-milestones.md

@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ The same shared ItemList contract now ports retail's left-button-down
 selection timing across inventory, loot, paperdoll, and physical shortcuts:
 selection is visible before release or drag promotion, while use/open/equip
 remains release-completed.
+Favorite spells now use the parallel retail catalog contract: MouseDown
+selects immediately, right-click opens the examination floaty's authored
+SpellPanel locally, and no spell ID enters global object selection or the
+status-bar magnifier command. Exact spell fields and the current appropriate
+formula's authored component cells are automated; the connected visual gate
+is pending.
 Slice 3's first connected gate found and corrected the real remaining defects:
 ACE creature flag `0x0100` was mislabeled as a weapon profile and left the
 appraisal busy reference held, retail's examination UI had been mounted as a

docs/plans/2026-07-23-world-interaction-completion.md

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ shared-panel mount, and its missing inscription transaction. All three are
 corrected and live-confirmed. The creature-page follow-up now has retail's
 ordered stat rows and animated private preview. The follow-up item report and
 authored 310 x 400 layout correction are implemented; their connected visual
-gate is pending.
+gate is pending. Favorite-spell press-time selection and right-click local
+SpellPanel examination are implemented and await their connected visual gate.
 **Milestone:** M4 prerequisite/preamble.
 **Architecture:** retained gameplay UI over shared selection, object, and
 interaction state. `GameWindow` remains a composition/callback shell.
@@ -249,6 +250,16 @@ and the retained green frame update during left-button down, before the
 three-pixel drag threshold. Target mode is offered first. Opening, using,
 equipping, looting, and shortcut activation remain completed-click or
 double-click actions and are suppressed when target mode consumed the press.
+Favorite spells now use the parallel non-weenie path:
+`gmSpellcastingUI::ListenToElementMessage @ 0x004C7AB0` selects the favorite
+on left press, while the spell branch of
+`UIElement_ItemList::ListenToElementMessage @ 0x004E4D50` opens the authored
+SpellPanel locally on right-click. Spell IDs never enter `SelectionState` or
+the status-bar magnifier path, and no Appraise/busy transaction is invented.
+The view projects exact spell fields and the current appropriate formula
+through authored component template `0x1000032E`; its connected visual gate is
+pending. The 61-test focused App gate, Release solution build, 3,553 App tests
+/ 3 skips, and 7,984 complete-solution tests / 5 skips pass.
 
 ## Slice 1 — spell-bar overflow arrows
 
@@ -371,6 +382,11 @@ Named retail references and executable pseudocode are recorded in
   refresh; closing the examination window must stop refreshes.
 - Keep Examination open while opening/moving Inventory or Skills and confirm
   both windows coexist with independent rectangles.
+- On the combat spell bar, press and hold a different favorite: its selection
+  and name should update before release. Right-click a favorite: the same
+  examination floaty should show the SpellPanel with name, school, mana,
+  duration, range, description, and component formula. The toolbar magnifier
+  must not treat the selected spell as an object.
 - Assess an owned inscribable weapon. Edit and clear its inscription by
   clicking elsewhere, then reassess it. An item authored by another player is
   read-only and reports the exact retail permission line when clicked.