diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiRoot.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiRoot.cs
index b43201dc..381ceea5 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiRoot.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiRoot.cs
@@ -474,6 +474,42 @@ public sealed class UiRoot : UiElement
     public void SetCapture(UiElement e) => Captured = e;
     public void ReleaseCapture() => Captured = null;
 
+    // ── Window manager (named top-level windows: Show / Hide / Toggle) ───
+
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, UiElement> _windows = new();
+
+    /// <summary>Register a top-level window under a name for Show/Hide/Toggle.
+    /// Does NOT add it to the tree — the caller mounts via AddChild and controls
+    /// initial Visible. Idempotent (re-register replaces). The dict is the source
+    /// of truth — independent of UiElement.Name (init-only, not set here).</summary>
+    public void RegisterWindow(string name, UiElement window) => _windows[name] = window;
+
+    /// <summary>Make the named window visible. No-op (returns false) if unknown.</summary>
+    public bool ShowWindow(string name)
+    {
+        if (!_windows.TryGetValue(name, out var w)) return false;
+        w.Visible = true;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Hide the named window. No-op (returns false) if unknown.</summary>
+    public bool HideWindow(string name)
+    {
+        if (!_windows.TryGetValue(name, out var w)) return false;
+        w.Visible = false;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Flip the named window's visibility (Show if hidden, Hide if shown).
+    /// Returns the new IsVisible state (false for an unknown name).</summary>
+    public bool ToggleWindow(string name)
+    {
+        if (!_windows.TryGetValue(name, out var w)) return false;
+        if (w.Visible) { HideWindow(name); return false; }
+        ShowWindow(name);
+        return true;
+    }
+
     // ── Drag-drop (retail event chain 0x15 → 0x21 → 0x1C → 0x3E) ────────
 
     private void BeginDrag(UiElement source)
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/WindowNames.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/WindowNames.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34cf5c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/WindowNames.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace AcDream.App.UI;
+
+/// <summary>Canonical registry names for top-level retail-UI windows, so the
+/// mount, the window registry, and the toggle keybind all agree on one literal.</summary>
+public static class WindowNames
+{
+    public const string Inventory = "inventory";
+}
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/UiRootInputTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/UiRootInputTests.cs
index 9f326919..55048e6a 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/UiRootInputTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/UiRootInputTests.cs
@@ -257,4 +257,36 @@ public class UiRootInputTests
         Assert.Equal(8f, x); Assert.Equal(24f, y);
         Assert.Equal(200f, w); Assert.Equal(14f, h);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ToggleWindow_FlipsVisible_AndReturnsNewState()
+    {
+        var root = new UiRoot { Width = 800, Height = 600 };
+        var win = new UiPanel { Width = 100, Height = 100, Visible = false };
+        root.AddChild(win);
+        root.RegisterWindow("inventory", win);
+
+        Assert.True(root.ToggleWindow("inventory"));   // hidden -> shown
+        Assert.True(win.Visible);
+        Assert.False(root.ToggleWindow("inventory"));  // shown -> hidden
+        Assert.False(win.Visible);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ShowHideWindow_SetVisibility_UnknownNameIsNoOp()
+    {
+        var root = new UiRoot { Width = 800, Height = 600 };
+        var win = new UiPanel { Width = 100, Height = 100, Visible = false };
+        root.AddChild(win);
+        root.RegisterWindow("inventory", win);
+
+        Assert.True(root.ShowWindow("inventory"));
+        Assert.True(win.Visible);
+        Assert.True(root.HideWindow("inventory"));
+        Assert.False(win.Visible);
+
+        Assert.False(root.ShowWindow("nope"));
+        Assert.False(root.HideWindow("nope"));
+        Assert.False(root.ToggleWindow("nope"));
+    }
 }