web/src/editor/GardenCanvas.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { PlopLayer } from './PlopLayer'
 import { PlopOverlay } from './PlopOverlay'
 import { SelectionOverlay } from './SelectionOverlay'
 import { kindDef } from './kinds'
+import { DIMMED_OPACITY, objectTransform } from './shared'
 import { useEditorStore } from './store'
 import { useViewport } from './useViewport'
 import type { EditorGarden, EditorObject } from './types'
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import type { EditorGarden, EditorObject } from './types'
 const GRID_CM = 100 // 1 m grid
 const GRID_MIN_CELL_PX = 6
 const GRID_MAX_OPACITY = 0.18
-const DIMMED_OPACITY = 0.35
 
 /** The world-space bounds rect of an object (center + size → top-left rect). */
 function objectRect(o: EditorObject): Rect {
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ export function GardenCanvas({
   garden,
   objects,
   plantings,
-  plants,
+  plantsById,
 }: {
   garden: EditorGarden
   objects: EditorObject[]
   plantings: EditorPlanting[]
-  plants: Plant[]
+  plantsById: Map<number, Plant>
 }) {
   const svgRef = useRef<SVGSVGElement>(null)
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ export function GardenCanvas({
     [garden.widthCm, garden.heightCm],
   )
 
-  const plantsById = useMemo(() => new Map(plants.map((p) => [p.id, p])), [plants])
-
   useEffect(() => {
     const el = containerRef.current
     if (!el) return
@@ -136,7 +134,7 @@ export function GardenCanvas({
   // armed for repeat-placement until Escape / Done).
   function onPlace(e: ReactPointerEvent) {
     e.stopPropagation()
-    if (!focusedObject || !armedPlant) return
+    if (!focusedObject || !armedPlant || !focusedObject.plantable) return
     const rect = svgRef.current?.getBoundingClientRect()
     if (!rect) return
     const world = screenToWorld({ x: e.clientX - rect.left, y: e.clientY - rect.top }, viewport)
@@ -197,8 +195,8 @@ export function GardenCanvas({
 
           {/* Placement capture: a transparent sheet over the focused object while a
               plant is armed, so taps drop plops instead of selecting the object. */}
-          {focusedObject && armedPlant && (
-            <g transform={`translate(${focusedObject.xCm} ${focusedObject.yCm}) rotate(${focusedObject.rotationDeg})`}>
+          {focusedObject && armedPlant && focusedObject.plantable && (
+            <g transform={objectTransform(focusedObject)}>
               <rect
                 x={-halfFW}
                 y={-halfFH}

web/src/editor/ObjectShape.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { memo, type PointerEvent } from 'react'
+import { objectTransform } from './shared'
 import type { EditorObject } from './types'
 
 const DEFAULT_FILL = '#8a8a8a'
@@ -60,11 +61,7 @@ export const ObjectShape = memo(function ObjectShape({
   const strokeWidth = selected ? 2 : 1
 
   return (
-    <g
-      transform={`translate(${object.xCm} ${object.yCm}) rotate(${object.rotationDeg})`}
-      onPointerDown={handleDown}
-      style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}
-    >
+    <g transform={objectTransform(object)} onPointerDown={handleDown} style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}>
       {object.shape === 'circle' ? (
         <ellipse
           cx={0}

web/src/editor/PlopInspector.tsx

@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/Button'
 import { TextField } from '@/components/ui/TextField'
+import { PlantIcon } from '@/components/plants/PlantIcon'
 import { useRemovePlanting, useUpdatePlanting } from '@/lib/objects'
 import type { Plant } from '@/lib/plants'
 import { computeDerivedCount, type EditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
 import { cmFromSpacing, spacingFromCm, spacingUnitLabel, type UnitPref } from '@/lib/units'
-import { PlantIcon } from '@/components/plants/PlantIcon'
-
-const MIN_RADIUS_CM = 1
+import { MIN_RADIUS_CM } from './shared'
+import { useEditorStore } from './store'
 
 /**
  * Property panel for the selected plop. Radius/label/date/count commit a PATCH on
  * blur (carrying the version); the count field shows the live derived value as a
  * placeholder and takes an override when typed. "Remove" soft-removes (keeps the
- * row with removed_at); "Change plant" opens the picker via onChangePlant.
+ * row with removed_at); "Change plant" opens the picker via onChangePlant. While
+ * the plop is dragged/resized on the canvas, it reads livePlanting for live
+ * feedback (subscribed here, not at the page level, so a drag only re-renders
+ * this panel).
  */
 export function PlopInspector({
   plop,
@@ -32,44 +35,59 @@ export function PlopInspector({
 }) {
   const update = useUpdatePlanting(gardenId)
   const remove = useRemovePlanting(gardenId)
+  const livePlanting = useEditorStore((s) => s.livePlanting)
   const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
 
-  const [radius, setRadius] = useState(String(spacingFromCm(plop.radiusCm, unit)))
-  const [count, setCount] = useState(plop.count != null ? String(plop.count) : '')
-  const [label, setLabel] = useState(plop.label ?? '')
-  const [planted, setPlanted] = useState(plop.plantedAt ?? '')
+  // The plop with any in-flight drag/resize geometry applied.
+  const p = livePlanting && livePlanting.id === plop.id ? livePlanting : plop
+
+  const [radius, setRadius] = useState(String(spacingFromCm(p.radiusCm, unit)))
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(p.count != null ? String(p.count) : '')
+  const [label, setLabel] = useState(p.label ?? '')
+  const [planted, setPlanted] = useState(p.plantedAt ?? '')
 
   // Re-sync when the plop changes underneath us (a drag/resize or a server row),
   // unless the user is editing a field here.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (rootRef.current?.contains(document.activeElement)) return
-    setRadius(String(spacingFromCm(plop.radiusCm, unit)))
-    setCount(plop.count != null ? String(plop.count) : '')
-    setLabel(plop.label ?? '')
-    setPlanted(plop.plantedAt ?? '')
-  }, [plop.version, plop.radiusCm, plop.count, plop.label, plop.plantedAt, unit])
+    setRadius(String(spacingFromCm(p.radiusCm, unit)))
+    setCount(p.count != null ? String(p.count) : '')
+    setLabel(p.label ?? '')
+    setPlanted(p.plantedAt ?? '')
+  }, [p.version, p.radiusCm, p.count, p.label, p.plantedAt, unit])
 
   const patch = (fields: Omit<Parameters<typeof update.mutate>[0], 'id' | 'version'>) =>
     update.mutate({ id: plop.id, version: plop.version, ...fields })
 
   const u = spacingUnitLabel(unit)
-  const derived = plant ? computeDerivedCount(plop.radiusCm, plant.spacingCm) : plop.derivedCount
+  const derived = plant ? computeDerivedCount(p.radiusCm, plant.spacingCm) : p.derivedCount
 
   function commitRadius() {
-    const v = parseFloat(radius)
-    if (!Number.isFinite(v)) return
+    const v = Number(radius)
+    if (radius.trim() === '' || !Number.isFinite(v)) {
+      setRadius(String(spacingFromCm(p.radiusCm, unit))) // reset stale/invalid text
+      return
+    }
     const cm = Math.max(MIN_RADIUS_CM, cmFromSpacing(v, unit))
-    if (cm !== plop.radiusCm) patch({ radiusCm: cm })
+    if (cm !== p.radiusCm) patch({ radiusCm: cm })
   }
 
   function commitCount() {
     if (count.trim() === '') {
-      if (plop.count != null) patch({ count: null }) // restore derived
+      if (p.count != null) patch({ count: null }) // restore derived
       return
     }
     const n = Number(count)
-    if (!Number.isInteger(n) || n < 1) return
-    if (n !== plop.count) patch({ count: n })
+    if (!Number.isInteger(n) || n < 1) {
+      setCount(p.count != null ? String(p.count) : '') // reject invalid, restore
+      return
+    }
+    if (n !== p.count) patch({ count: n })
+  }
+
+  function commitPlanted() {
+    const next = planted === '' ? null : planted
+    if (next !== (p.plantedAt ?? null)) patch({ plantedAt: next })
   }
 
   return (
@@ -121,7 +139,7 @@ export function PlopInspector({
           value={count}
           onChange={(e) => setCount(e.target.value)}
           onBlur={commitCount}
-          hint={plop.count != null ? 'Override — clear for auto' : 'Auto from area ÷ spacing²'}
+          hint={p.count != null ? 'Override — clear for auto' : 'Auto from area ÷ spacing²'}
         />
       </div>
 
@@ -130,7 +148,7 @@ export function PlopInspector({
         name="label"
         value={label}
         onChange={(e) => setLabel(e.target.value)}
-        onBlur={() => label !== (plop.label ?? '') && patch({ label: label.trim() || null })}
+        onBlur={() => label !== (p.label ?? '') && patch({ label: label.trim() || null })}
       />
 
       <TextField
@@ -139,7 +157,7 @@ export function PlopInspector({
         type="date"
         value={planted}
         onChange={(e) => setPlanted(e.target.value)}
-        onBlur={() => planted !== (plop.plantedAt ?? '') && planted !== '' && patch({ plantedAt: planted })}
+        onBlur={commitPlanted}
       />
 
       <Button

web/src/editor/PlopLayer.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { memo } from 'react'
+import { memo, useMemo } from 'react'
 import type { Plant } from '@/lib/plants'
 import type { EditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
 import { PlopMarker, SEMANTIC_FAR } from './PlopMarker'
+import { DIMMED_OPACITY, objectTransform } from './shared'
 import type { EditorObject } from './types'
 
 /** The most common plant color among an object's plops (for the far-zoom tint). */
@@ -45,12 +46,16 @@ export const PlopLayer = memo(function PlopLayer({
   selectedPlantingId: number | null
   onSelectPlop: (id: number) => void
 }) {
-  const byObject = new Map<number, EditorPlanting[]>()
-  for (const p of plantings) {
-    const arr = byObject.get(p.objectId)
-    if (arr) arr.push(p)
-    else byObject.set(p.objectId, [p])
-  }
+  // Group plops by object once per plops change (not on every pan/zoom frame).
+  const byObject = useMemo(() => {
+    const m = new Map<number, EditorPlanting[]>()
+    for (const p of plantings) {
+      const arr = m.get(p.objectId)
+      if (arr) arr.push(p)
+      else m.set(p.objectId, [p])
+    }
+    return m
+  }, [plantings])
   const far = scale < SEMANTIC_FAR
 
   return (
@@ -63,11 +68,7 @@ export const PlopLayer = memo(function PlopLayer({
         const halfH = o.heightCm / 2
         const tint = far ? dominantColor(plops, plantsById) : null
         return (
-          <g
-            key={o.id}
-            transform={`translate(${o.xCm} ${o.yCm}) rotate(${o.rotationDeg})`}
-            opacity={dimmed ? 0.4 : 1}
-          >
+          <g key={o.id} transform={objectTransform(o)} opacity={dimmed ? DIMMED_OPACITY : 1}>
             {tint &&
               (o.shape === 'circle' ? (
                 <ellipse cx={0} cy={0} rx={halfW} ry={halfH} fill={tint} fillOpacity={0.5} pointerEvents="none" />
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@ export const PlopLayer = memo(function PlopLayer({
                 plant={plantsById.get(p.plantId)}
                 scale={scale}
                 selected={p.id === selectedPlantingId}
-                dimmed={false}
                 onSelect={onSelectPlop}
               />
             ))}

web/src/editor/PlopMarker.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { memo, type PointerEvent } from 'react'
 import type { Plant } from '@/lib/plants'
-import { effectiveCount, type EditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
+import { computeDerivedCount, type EditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
+import { SELECT_COLOR } from './shared'
 
 // Semantic-zoom thresholds in px/cm (DESIGN § Editor / rendering), tuned by feel:
 //   < FAR      — flat color patch, no text ("what's planted where" at a glance)
@@ -9,34 +10,33 @@ import { effectiveCount, type EditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
 export const SEMANTIC_FAR = 0.75
 export const SEMANTIC_NEAR = 3
 
-const SELECT_COLOR = '#2f7a3e'
 const DEFAULT_COLOR = '#6aa84f'
 
 /**
  * One plop, rendered in its parent object's local frame (the caller wraps it in
  * the object's translate+rotate group, so the plop tracks the bed). A circle in
- * the plant's color; emoji and name/count fade in with zoom. memo'd so a pan/zoom
- * that only changes the world transform doesn't re-render every plop.
+ * the plant's color; emoji and name/count fade in with zoom. The count is
+ * computed live from the current radius so it updates while resizing. memo'd so a
+ * pan/zoom that only changes the world transform doesn't re-render every plop.
  */
 export const PlopMarker = memo(function PlopMarker({
   plop,
   plant,
   scale,
   selected,
-  dimmed,
   onSelect,
 }: {
   plop: EditorPlanting
   plant?: Plant
   scale: number
   selected: boolean
-  dimmed: boolean
   onSelect: (id: number) => void
 }) {
   const color = plant?.color ?? DEFAULT_COLOR
   const r = Math.max(0, plop.radiusCm)
   const showIcon = scale >= SEMANTIC_FAR && !!plant?.icon
   const showText = scale >= SEMANTIC_NEAR && !!plant
+  const count = plop.count ?? (plant ? computeDerivedCount(plop.radiusCm, plant.spacingCm) : plop.derivedCount)
 
   function down(e: PointerEvent) {
     e.stopPropagation()
@@ -44,12 +44,7 @@ export const PlopMarker = memo(function PlopMarker({
   }
 
   return (
-    <g
-      transform={`translate(${plop.xCm} ${plop.yCm})`}
-      opacity={dimmed ? 0.3 : 1}
-      onPointerDown={down}
-      style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}
-    >
+    <g transform={`translate(${plop.xCm} ${plop.yCm})`} onPointerDown={down} style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}>
       <circle
         cx={0}
         cy={0}
@@ -85,7 +80,7 @@ export const PlopMarker = memo(function PlopMarker({
           paintOrder="stroke"
           style={{ pointerEvents: 'none', userSelect: 'none' }}
         >
-          {plant!.name} · {effectiveCount(plop)}
+          {plant!.name} · {count}
         </text>
       )}
     </g>

web/src/editor/PlopOverlay.tsx

@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ import { useEffect, useRef, type PointerEvent as ReactPointerEvent, type RefObje
 import { screenToWorld, worldToLocal, type Point } from '@/lib/geometry'
 import { useUpdatePlanting } from '@/lib/objects'
 import type { EditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
+import { HANDLE_PX, MIN_RADIUS_CM, SELECT_COLOR, objectTransform } from './shared'
 import { useEditorStore } from './store'
 import type { EditorObject } from './types'
 
-const HANDLE_PX = 12
-const MIN_RADIUS_CM = 1
 const MAX_RADIUS_CM = 10_000
-const SELECT_COLOR = '#2f7a3e'
 
 /**
  * Move/resize handles for the selected plop, rendered inside its parent object's
@@ -127,7 +125,7 @@ export function PlopOverlay({
 
   const r = plop.radiusCm
   return (
-    <g transform={`translate(${object.xCm} ${object.yCm}) rotate(${object.rotationDeg})`}>
+    <g transform={objectTransform(object)}>
       {/* Transparent body: drag to move (at least handle-sized so tiny plops stay grabbable). */}
       <circle
         cx={plop.xCm}

web/src/editor/SelectionOverlay.tsx

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef, type PointerEvent as ReactPointerEvent, type RefObject } from 'react'
 import { localToWorld, screenToWorld, worldToLocal, type Point } from '@/lib/geometry'
 import { useUpdateObject } from '@/lib/objects'
+import { HANDLE_PX, SELECT_COLOR, objectTransform } from './shared'
 import { useEditorStore } from './store'
 import type { EditorObject } from './types'
 
-const HANDLE_PX = 12 // on-screen size of the resize handles
 const ROTATE_OFFSET_PX = 28 // distance of the rotate knob above the object
 const MIN_OBJ_CM = 1 // smallest allowed dimension
 const ROTATE_SNAP_DEG = 15
-const SELECT_COLOR = '#2f7a3e'
 
 const corners: [number, number][] = [
   [-1, -1],
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ export function SelectionOverlay({
   }
 
   return (
-    <g transform={`translate(${object.xCm} ${object.yCm}) rotate(${object.rotationDeg})`}>
+    <g transform={objectTransform(object)}>
       {/* Transparent body: drag to move. */}
       {object.shape === 'circle' ? (
         <ellipse cx={0} cy={0} rx={halfW} ry={halfH} fill="transparent" pointerEvents="all" style={{ cursor: 'move' }} onPointerDown={startMove} />

web/src/editor/shared.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Shared editor UI constants + tiny helpers used across the object/plop markers
+// and overlays, so colors, handle sizes, and the object-local transform stay in
+// one place instead of drifting between files.
+
+export const SELECT_COLOR = '#2f7a3e' // selection stroke/handles
+export const HANDLE_PX = 12 // on-screen size of a drag/resize handle
+export const MIN_RADIUS_CM = 1 // smallest plop radius
+export const DIMMED_OPACITY = 0.4 // non-focused objects/plops in focus mode
+
+/** SVG transform placing content in an object's local frame: its center point
+ *  then its clockwise rotation. Plops and overlays render inside this. */
+export function objectTransform(o: { xCm: number; yCm: number; rotationDeg: number }): string {
+  return `translate(${o.xCm} ${o.yCm}) rotate(${o.rotationDeg})`
+}

web/src/lib/objects.ts

@@ -280,7 +280,18 @@ export function useRemovePlanting(gardenId: number) {
     },
     onError: (err, _vars, ctx) => {
       if (ctx?.prev) qc.setQueryData(fullKey(gardenId), ctx.prev)
-      toast.error(objectErrorMessage(err, 'Could not remove that plant.'))
+      // On a 409, adopt the server's current row so the plop reappears with a
+      // fresh version — otherwise a retry keeps 409-ing on the stale version.
+      const current = conflictPlanting(err)
+      if (current) {
+        patchFullCache(qc, gardenId, (full) => ({
+          ...full,
+          plantings: full.plantings.map((p) => (p.id === current.id ? current : p)),
+        }))
+        toast.error('That plant was updated elsewhere — try removing it again.')
+      } else {
+        toast.error(objectErrorMessage(err, 'Could not remove that plant.'))
+      }
     },
   })
 }
@@ -307,6 +318,7 @@ function applyPlantingPatch(p: ServerPlanting, patch: PlantingPatch): ServerPlan
     ...(patch.count !== undefined ? { count: patch.count } : {}),
     ...(patch.label !== undefined ? { label: patch.label } : {}),
     ...(patch.plantedAt !== undefined ? { plantedAt: patch.plantedAt } : {}),
+    ...(patch.removedAt !== undefined ? { removedAt: patch.removedAt } : {}),
   }
 }
 

web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
   const setArmedPlant = useEditorStore((s) => s.setArmedPlant)
   const setArmedKind = useEditorStore((s) => s.setArmedKind)
   const setLiveObject = useEditorStore((s) => s.setLiveObject)
-  const livePlanting = useEditorStore((s) => s.livePlanting)
   const setLivePlanting = useEditorStore((s) => s.setLivePlanting)
 
   const updatePlanting = useUpdatePlanting(gid)
@@ -75,6 +74,14 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
     navigate({ search: (prev) => ({ ...prev, focus: focusedObjectId ?? undefined }), replace: true })
   }, [focusedObjectId, navigate])
 
+  // If the focused object vanished — deleted, or a stale ?focus id on load — leave
+  // focus mode so the canvas isn't stuck dimmed with no way out.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (focusedObjectId != null && full.data && !objects.some((o) => o.id === focusedObjectId)) {
+      setFocusedObject(null)
+    }
+  }, [focusedObjectId, objects, full.data, setFocusedObject])
+
   const exitFocus = () => {
     setFocusedObject(null)
     setArmedPlant(null)
@@ -116,9 +123,8 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
 
   const selectedObject = objects.find((o) => o.id === selectedId) ?? null
   const focusedObject = focusedObjectId != null ? objects.find((o) => o.id === focusedObjectId) ?? null : null
-  const rawSelectedPlop = plantings.find((p) => p.id === selectedPlantingId) ?? null
-  const selectedPlop =
-    rawSelectedPlop && livePlanting?.id === rawSelectedPlop.id ? livePlanting : rawSelectedPlop
+  // Committed selected plop; PlopInspector applies live drag geometry itself.
+  const selectedPlop = plantings.find((p) => p.id === selectedPlantingId) ?? null
 
   function onPickPlant(plantId: number) {
     const plant = plantsById.get(plantId)
@@ -149,7 +155,9 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
             <span className="max-w-[8rem] truncate text-muted">
               {focusedObject.name || kindDef(focusedObject.kind)?.label || 'Object'}
             </span>
-            {armedPlant ? (
+            {!focusedObject.plantable ? (
+              <span className="text-xs text-muted">Not plantable</span>
+            ) : armedPlant ? (
               <Button variant="ghost" className="px-2 py-1 text-xs" onClick={() => setArmedPlant(null)}>
                 Placing {armedPlant.icon} — Done
               </Button>
@@ -160,7 +168,7 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
             )}
           </div>
         )}
-        <GardenCanvas garden={garden} objects={objects} plantings={plantings} plants={plants} />
+        <GardenCanvas garden={garden} objects={objects} plantings={plantings} plantsById={plantsById} />
       </div>
 
       {(selectedObject || selectedPlop) && (