diff --git a/docs/waves/backlog.md b/docs/waves/backlog.md
index c023927..863d685 100644
--- a/docs/waves/backlog.md
+++ b/docs/waves/backlog.md
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ deliberately deferred.
 - **Suggested wave or follow-up:** wave 9 backlog sweep (`T9.9`), verified with
   the `tests/qa_gate_check.py` sink pattern.
 
-### BL-022 — DECIDED 2026-08-20 (strict 2.0; chrome compressed, closed by the F6 task on feat/wp-suite-r3-housekeeping)
+### BL-022 — CLOSED 2026-08-20 (strict 2.0; the chrome compressed to 1,784px = 1.98 screens; form_structure_check 51/51 for the first time)
 
 - **Found during:** T7.2, re-measured at the wave 7 exit
 - **Where:** `html/wp-creation-index.html` page chrome; `tests/form_structure_check.py`
diff --git a/html/wp-creation-styles.css b/html/wp-creation-styles.css
index a593b06..0d9f35b 100644
--- a/html/wp-creation-styles.css
+++ b/html/wp-creation-styles.css
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
      after .main is what lets it be a sticky column without wrapping the layout. */
   .wp-layout { display: flex; flex-direction: column; width: 100%; margin: 0; }
   .main { min-width: 0; max-width: none; margin: 0;
-    padding: 22px 28px 72px calc(var(--nav-w,288px) + 28px);
+    padding: 14px 28px 72px calc(var(--nav-w,288px) + 28px);  /* F6: top pad only; bottom stays clear of the sticky bar */
     transition: padding-left .18s ease; }
 
   .section { display: none; }
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
   .deliv-text .dt-sub { display: block; font-size: 11px; color: var(--text-muted); margin-top: 1px; }
 
   /* ── NAV ── */
-  .nav-row { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; padding-top: 24px; margin-top: 24px; border-top: 1px solid var(--border); }
+  .nav-row { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; padding-top: 14px; margin-top: 14px; border-top: 1px solid var(--border); }  /* F6 */
   .btn {
     padding: 10px 22px; border-radius: var(--radius); font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600;
     letter-spacing: .08em; cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid; transition: all .15s;
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
     border-radius:var(--radius); padding:7px 10px; font-size:11px; }
 
   /* ── CREATION TOOL ───────────────────────────────────────────────── */
-  .ctx-bar { max-width:none; margin:0; padding:12px 28px 12px calc(var(--nav-w,288px) + 28px); display:flex; align-items:center; gap:20px;
+  .ctx-bar { max-width:none; margin:0; padding:7px 28px 7px calc(var(--nav-w,288px) + 28px); display:flex; align-items:center; gap:20px;  /* F6: denser, still the SOP identity strip */
     border-bottom:1px solid var(--border); background:var(--surface); flex-wrap:wrap; }
   .ctx-empty { color:var(--text-muted); font-size:13px; }
   .ctx-main .ctx-proj { font-weight:700; color:var(--text); font-size:14px; }
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@
   /* ── WORK PACKAGE FORM ───────────────────────────────────────────── */
   .sop-hint { color:var(--accent) !important; }
   .release-banner { max-width:none; margin:0; padding:0 28px 0 calc(var(--nav-w,288px) + 28px); }
-  .release-banner .rb-inner { margin-top:14px; border-radius:var(--radius); padding:11px 16px; font-size:13px; font-weight:600;
+  .release-banner .rb-inner { margin-top:8px; border-radius:var(--radius); padding:8px 16px; font-size:13px; font-weight:600;  /* F6: A2's one warning, denser */
     display:flex; align-items:center; gap:10px; flex-wrap:wrap; }
   .rb-ready { background:var(--accent-green-dim); color:var(--accent-green); border:1px solid var(--wp-status-success-border-b); }
   .rb-notready { background:var(--accent-amber-dim); color:var(--accent-amber); border:1px solid var(--wp-status-warning-border-b); }
@@ -758,7 +758,13 @@
   /* A collapsed section should read as a ROW in a list, not as a box with one line
      in it. Eleven of them at the card's own 28px padding is 660px of nothing -
      which is a third of what F6 was measuring, arriving by a different door. */
-  .card.collapsed { padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; }
+  /* F6 strict 2.0: a collapsed row is 36px on fine pointers - 13 of them at
+     rest is where most of the two-screens overage lived. Coarse pointers keep
+     the taller row below (the 44px tablet target, C1). */
+  .card.collapsed { padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; }
+  @media (pointer: coarse) {
+    .card.collapsed { padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; }
+  }
   .card.collapsed .section-header { margin-bottom: 0; padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom: 0; }
   .card.collapsed .sub-heading { margin-bottom: 0; }