diff --git a/internal/check-batch-selection-export.mjs b/internal/check-batch-selection-export.mjs
index 55e549b08..a32cd67e4 100644
--- a/internal/check-batch-selection-export.mjs
+++ b/internal/check-batch-selection-export.mjs
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ const wired = {
       && actions.every((b) => b && !/flashStatus\(/.test(b))
       && /class="upg-hud-flash" role="status" aria-live="polite">\{\{ copyFlash \|\| hudProgress \}\}/.test(vue)
       && /hudProgress\.value = printStatus;/.test(vue)
+      // …and it sits ABOVE the action rows: on a phone the PinHint toast covers the HUD's bottom edge
+      && vue.indexOf('class="upg-hud-flash"') > 0 && vue.indexOf('class="upg-hud-flash"') < vue.indexOf('class="upg-hud-actions"')
       && !/\.upg-hud-flash\{[^}]*display:\s*none/.test(vue) && !/@media[^{]*\{[^}]*\.upg-hud-flash\{[^}]*display:\s*none/.test(vue)
   })(),
   'the regroup warning on Copy': /const warn = regroupable\(sel\) \? '' : t\('upgMap\.copyNotRegroupable'\)/.test(vue),
diff --git a/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/upg-100-list.vue b/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/upg-100-list.vue
index c64d9ba64..2c3a6035d 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/upg-100-list.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/upg-100-list.vue
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ useShadowStyles(
   // only renders while batch mode is ON (progressive disclosure).
   '.upg-hud-btn.clear{background:rgba(148,163,184,.12);border-color:rgba(148,163,184,.4);' +
   'color:#cbd5e1}' +
-  '.upg-hud-flash{margin-top:5px;font-size:9px;color:#6ee7b7;min-height:11px}' +
+  '.upg-hud-flash{margin:4px 0 2px;font-size:11px;line-height:1.3;color:#6ee7b7;min-height:14px}' +
   '.upg-hud-hint{margin-top:4px;font-size:9px;color:#64748b}' +
   // R1.1 (g): the color-picker row — 8 preset swatches + a custom hex input.
   // (Still no backticks anywhere in this string — the burned-3x rule.)
@@ -3360,6 +3360,11 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
       <div class="upg-hud-hint">
         {{ t('messages.tapTerritoriesHint') }}
       </div>
+      <!-- ★ THE HUD'S MESSAGE LINE SITS AT THE TOP, not under the buttons: on a phone the first-visit PinHint toast
+           sits over the HUD's bottom edge, and a line down there was covered ("This needs a desktop or laptop
+           computer." read as "This needs a"). Copy's flash, the phone ceiling's notice, failures and the print's
+           progress all appear here (hudSay / hudProgress). -->
+      <div v-if="selCount" class="upg-hud-flash" role="status" aria-live="polite">{{ copyFlash || hudProgress }}</div>
       <div v-if="selCount" class="upg-hud-head">
         <!-- ★ A LABEL FORM ("Territories: {count}"), NOT A PLURAL KEY. This was
              `territor{{ selCount === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies' }}` — English pluralisation welded
@@ -3419,7 +3424,6 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
           @click="exportSelectionCsv">{{ busyAction === 'csv' ? t('buttons.working') : t('upgMap.exportCsv') }}</button>
         <button class="upg-hud-btn clear" @click="clearSelection">{{ t('buttons.clearSelection') }}</button>
       </div>
-      <div v-if="selCount" class="upg-hud-flash" role="status" aria-live="polite">{{ copyFlash || hudProgress }}</div>
     </div>
     <div class="upg-status">{{ status }}</div>
   </div>