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Take the air out of the tools strip - #676

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The strip stood 56dp tall, and most of that was space between a tool's icon and the bar that says which colour it applies - the slot was 17dp deep for a 4dp bar. A tool with no bar to show read as empty for it.

  • the slot is 12dp, which is what the size tool's caption needs and no more
  • a tool is 40dp tall rather than 48dp
  • pro's badge follows the tools' height, which is what made it look stretched
  • the row's own padding is 3dp a side rather than 4dp

The strip measures 46dp where it measured 56dp.

Checked on a Pixel 9 Pro, in both strips: a pdf's marking tools, and a document's formatting with a selection, where the size tool's "12 pt" still reads in full.

The slot under a tool's icon was 17dp deep for a 4dp bar, so the bar sat far
under the icon and a tool carrying no bar read as empty. It is 12dp now, deep
enough for the size tool's caption and no more, and a tool is 40dp rather
than 48dp tall. Pro's badge follows the tools' height, which is what made it
look stretched.

The strip is 46dp where it was 56dp.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FJJdfqpnVCKBNHXjAVxSou
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