diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c709ee7..682642a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ The release version **is** the plugin contract version (`HOST_API_VERSION`), so
 contract break: a plugin's `apiVersion` must match the host's `major.minor` or discovery refuses it
 at boot. Entries start at 0.3.0.
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### One horizontal inset across the content pane
+
+The topbar, filter bar, pager, form page and empty-table message inset their content by `--pad-x`
+(12px), as table cells do, instead of 16px. A plugin that overrides `--pad-x` now moves all of them
+together.
+
 ## 0.4.0
 
 **Breaking.** Set `apiVersion: "0.4.0"`. The app shell no longer bounds the content column, so a page
diff --git a/public/css/styles.css b/public/css/styles.css
index 341a100..3250bc4 100644
--- a/public/css/styles.css
+++ b/public/css/styles.css
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   --radius: 5px;
   --nav-w: 264px;
   --row-h: 34px;
-  --pad-x: 12px;
+  --pad-x: 12px;   /* side padding of the content pane's bars and form page, and of every table cell, so their text lines up */
   --fz: 13px;
   --fz-sm: 12px;
   --fz-xs: 11px;
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ span.nav-self { cursor: default; }                 /* static / non-clickable */
 .topbar {
   flex: 0 0 auto; height: 48px;
   display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;
-  padding: 0 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
+  padding: 0 var(--pad-x); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
   background: var(--surface);
 }
 .hamburger { display: none; }   /* shown only on narrow */
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ span.nav-self { cursor: default; }                 /* static / non-clickable */
 .filters {
   flex: 0 0 auto; background: var(--surface);
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
-  padding: 10px 16px;
+  padding: 10px var(--pad-x);
   display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 9px;
 }
 .filter-row {
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ table.table {
 .col-num { text-align: right; }
 .cell-strong { font-weight: 550; }
 .cell-muted { color: var(--text-muted); }
-.table-empty { text-align: center; color: var(--text-muted); padding: 28px 12px; }
+.table-empty { text-align: center; color: var(--text-muted); padding: 28px var(--pad-x); }
 .cell-mono { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
   font-family: ui-monospace, "SF Mono", Menlo, monospace; font-size: var(--fz-sm); }
 
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ th[aria-sort="descending"] .sort-ico { transform: rotate(180deg); }
 .pager {
   flex: 0 0 auto;
   display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;
-  padding: 8px 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
+  padding: 8px var(--pad-x); border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
   background: var(--surface); font-size: var(--fz-sm); color: var(--text-muted);
 }
 .pager .spacer { flex: 1 1 auto; }
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ th[aria-sort="descending"] .sort-ico { transform: rotate(180deg); }
 #nav-toggle { position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none; }
 
 /* admin forms: create/edit user, account actions */
-.form-page { padding: 16px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 14px; max-width: 560px; }
+.form-page { padding: 16px var(--pad-x); display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 14px; max-width: 560px; }
 .form-card {
   display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 14px;
   padding: 18px; background: var(--surface);
diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
index 025755f..b536222 100644
--- a/todo.md
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 `Bar = 1`
 
-`Next ID = 27`
+`Next ID = 28`
 
 ## Items
 
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 | 24 | 0.4.21 |  |  | **Retire `src/ui/shell-context.ts` and render the dashboard from `ctx.chrome`.** | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | code health by 3 | 9.0 |
 | 17 | 0.4.21 |  |  | **Remove the icons no caller uses from `ICON_NAMES` and the sprite.** | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 by 1, code health by 1 | 8.8 |
 | 21 | 0.4.21 |  |  | **Fail the gate on a function that exceeds a size or complexity limit.** | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | code health by 4 | 7.2 |
+| 27 | 0.4.21 |  |  | **Inset the scheduling example's lead text, shift count, alerts and call-to-action by `--pad-x`, like the bars around them.** | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 by 2, 2 by 1 | 4.8 |
 | 25 | 0.4.21 |  |  | **Point the views' references to `docs/plugin-contract.md` at the README.** | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 by 3 | 4.6 |
 | 20 | 0.4.21 |  |  | **Redirect an anonymous hit on a session-needing flow page to sign-in, instead of a 500.** | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 by 4 | 4.2 |
 | 4 | 0.4.21 |  |  | **Refuse a permission save whose baseline no longer matches Keto, so concurrent edits are not silently lost.** | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 by 4 | 2.8 |
@@ -91,6 +92,11 @@ AGENTS.md → "`ICON_NAMES` is a host-owned registry" already makes this routine
 
 Only `tsc --strict` runs today. A new tool is a new dependency, so justify it.
 
+### 27. Inset the scheduling example's lead text, shift count, alerts and call-to-action by `--pad-x`, like the bars around them.
+
+They sit flush against the content pane's edge while the filter bar, table and pager sit 12px in.
+The fix belongs in `examples/plugins/scheduling/public/scheduling.css`; check each page in a browser.
+
 ### 25. Point the views' references to `docs/plugin-contract.md` at the README.
 
 `examples/plugins/scheduling/views/shifts.ejs` still cites it.