85372b41a99caf09ee398ab8ea7fc6707e3b6a0c
max
  Fri Sep 18 09:20:10 2026 -0700
hgSession: privacy wording, wider description box, info bubbles, backup button

#Preview2 week - bugs introduced now will need a build patch to fix
Save-card privacy checkbox now reads "Private: Session can only be loaded by
myself"; the Share dialog's gallery checkbox is normal-size text instead of a
small form label. The description box is 50% wider. Info bubbles next to the
Session name and Description labels explain the auto-generated name and where
the description shows up. "Back up custom tracks" is a button again, at the
top of the Advanced panel, and named first in that panel's summary line.

refs #38311

diff --git src/hg/htdocs/style/hgSession.css src/hg/htdocs/style/hgSession.css
index db677fea984..bcf46879fc6 100644
--- src/hg/htdocs/style/hgSession.css
+++ src/hg/htdocs/style/hgSession.css
@@ -17,48 +17,43 @@
 #sessionApp .sessSaveHead { display:flex; align-items:baseline; gap:12px; flex-wrap:wrap; }
 /* Title and the current-view summary share one font size (title is just bold). */
 #sessionApp .sessSaveTitle { font-size:14px; font-weight:700; color:var(--accent); }
 #sessionApp .sessSaveWhat { font-size:14px; }
 #sessionApp .sessSaveRow { display:flex; align-items:center; gap:12px; flex-wrap:wrap; }
 /* Name/description each get a label above the box (like .sessAdvItem) instead of a wordy
  * placeholder, and a box sized for what people actually type rather than the full card width. */
 #sessionApp .sessSaveField { display:flex; flex-direction:column; gap:5px; }
 #sessionApp .sessSaveField > .lab { font-weight:700; color:var(--ink); font-size:13px; }
 /* Width, not flex-basis: .sessSaveField is a column flex container, so a flex-basis here would
  * set the item's height (the column's main axis), not its width - that bug once made these boxes
  * hundreds of pixels tall. */
 #sessionApp .sessSaveInput { width:260px; max-width:100%; height:34px; box-sizing:border-box;
     padding:0 11px; font-size:14px; border:1px solid var(--btnLine); border-radius:0; background:#fff;
     font-family:inherit; }
-#sessionApp #sessSaveDesc { width:420px; }
+#sessionApp #sessSaveDesc { width:650px; }
 
 #sessionApp .sessSaveCheck { display:flex; align-items:center; gap:7px; font-size:13px;
     color:var(--ink); white-space:nowrap; }
 
 /* One-click "overwrite the most recently saved session" - a compact thin bar above the save card. */
 #sessionApp .sessRecent { display:flex; align-items:center; gap:8px; flex-wrap:wrap;
     border:0; background:#f6f8fa; padding:6px 12px; font-size:14px; margin:0 0 12px; }
 #sessionApp .sessRecent .gbPill { padding:2px 10px; }
 #sessionApp .sessRecentTime { color:var(--muted); }
 /* Info bubble (navy circled i) used for the recent-update hint and session descriptions. */
 #sessionApp .sessInfo { color:var(--accent); cursor:help; font-size:15px; line-height:1; }
 
-/* Back up custom tracks - one plain link sitting just above the Advanced dropdown. */
-#sessionApp .sessBackupLink { font-size:14px; margin:0 0 10px; }
-#sessionApp .sessBackupLink a { color:var(--accent); }
-#sessionApp .sessBackupLink a:hover { color:var(--accentHover); }
-
 /* Section heading ("Your saved sessions") separating the save card from the table. */
 #sessionApp .gbSection { margin-top:4px; }
 
 /* Note at the end of the table toolbar, pointing at our other servers: they keep their own
  * sessions, so a session saved there is not in this list. */
 #sessionApp .sessMirrorNote { margin:0; }
 #sessionApp .sessMirrorNote a { color:var(--accent); }
 #sessionApp .sessMirrorNote a:hover { color:var(--accentHover); }
 
 /* Toolbar above the table: DataTables search box, page-length menu and the Select button. */
 #sessionApp .sessToolbar { display:flex; align-items:center; gap:14px; flex-wrap:wrap; margin:0 0 10px; }
 #sessionApp #sessionAppTable_length { margin:0; font-size:14px; color:var(--ink); }
 #sessionApp #sessionAppTable_length select { border:1px solid var(--btnLine); border-radius:0;
     padding:4px 6px; font-size:14px; background:#fff; margin:0 4px; }
 #sessionApp #sessionAppTable_filter { margin:0; }
@@ -90,30 +85,34 @@
 
 /* Advanced collapsible - the rarer load/backup/reset options.  Collapsed it is a thin bar; sits
  * between the save card and the sessions table. */
 #sessionApp .sessAdv { border:0; margin:0 0 20px; }
 #sessionApp .sessAdvHead { display:flex; align-items:center; gap:9px; padding:11px 14px;
     background:#f6f8fa; cursor:pointer; font-size:14px; font-weight:700; color:var(--accent);
     user-select:none; }
 #sessionApp .sessAdvHead .caret { width:12px; display:inline-block; }
 #sessionApp .sessAdvBody { padding:16px 16px; display:grid; grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;
     gap:18px 28px; background:#f6f8fa; font-size:14px; }
 @media (max-width:820px) { #sessionApp .sessAdvBody { grid-template-columns:1fr; } }
 /* Load column and save column, so the panel reads as two purposes instead of one flat list. */
 #sessionApp .sessAdvCol { display:flex; flex-direction:column; gap:18px; }
 #sessionApp .sessAdvColHead { font-weight:700; color:var(--ink); font-size:12px;
     text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.03em; opacity:.7; }
+/* Back up custom tracks - a button across the top of the panel, above the two columns. */
+#sessionApp .sessAdvTop { grid-column:1 / -1; border-bottom:1px solid var(--btnLine);
+    padding-bottom:14px; margin-bottom:4px; }
+#sessionApp .sessAdvTop form { margin:0; }
 /* "Other" (reset) belongs to neither column, so it spans both, below them. */
 #sessionApp .sessAdvOther { grid-column:1 / -1; border-top:1px solid var(--btnLine);
     padding-top:14px; margin-top:4px; }
 #sessionApp .sessAdvItem { display:flex; flex-direction:column; gap:7px; }
 #sessionApp .sessAdvItem > .lab { font-weight:700; color:var(--ink); }
 #sessionApp .sessAdvRow { display:flex; gap:8px; flex-wrap:wrap; align-items:center; }
 #sessionApp .sessAdvInput { flex:1 1 140px; min-width:110px; height:32px; box-sizing:border-box;
     border:1px solid var(--btnLine); border-radius:0; padding:0 9px; font-size:14px; background:#fff;
     font-family:inherit; }
 #sessionApp .sessAdvLinks { display:flex; gap:16px; flex-wrap:wrap; }
 #sessionApp .sessAdvLinks a { color:var(--accent); }
 #sessionApp .sessAdvLinks a:hover { color:var(--accentHover); }
 
 /* Small inline status line for AJAX feedback (errors in maroon). */
 #sessionApp .sessMsg { font-size:13px; margin:0 0 12px; }