diff --git a/beefy_player/app.py b/beefy_player/app.py
index 5886f2a..80290d0 100644
--- a/beefy_player/app.py
+++ b/beefy_player/app.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class BeefyPlayerApp(App[None]):
         Binding("down,j", "cursor_down", "down", show=False),
         Binding("g", "cursor_top", "top", show=False),
         Binding("shift+g", "cursor_bottom", "bottom", show=False),
+        Binding("pageup", "page_up", "page up", show=False),
+        Binding("pagedown", "page_down", "page down", show=False),
         Binding("enter", "tune", "tune in"),
         Binding("space", "toggle_play", "play/pause"),
         Binding("s", "stop", "stop", show=False),
@@ -824,6 +826,19 @@ class BeefyPlayerApp(App[None]):
         self.index = min(len(self.view) - 1, self.index + 1)
         self.query_one(StationList).refresh()
 
+    def _page(self, delta: int) -> None:
+        if not self.view:
+            return
+        page = max(1, self.query_one(StationList).size.height - 1)
+        self.index = max(0, min(len(self.view) - 1, self.index + delta * page))
+        self.query_one(StationList).refresh()
+
+    def action_page_up(self) -> None:
+        self._page(-1)
+
+    def action_page_down(self) -> None:
+        self._page(1)
+
     def action_cursor_top(self) -> None:
         if not self.view:
             return
diff --git a/beefy_player/theme.tcss b/beefy_player/theme.tcss
index 7fe3d21..cafdf81 100644
--- a/beefy_player/theme.tcss
+++ b/beefy_player/theme.tcss
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ StationList {
     color: ansi_default;
     width: 1fr;
     height: 1fr;
-    border: round ansi_bright_black;
-    border-title-color: ansi_default;
-    padding: 0 1;
     background: ansi_default;
 }
 
@@ -87,9 +84,6 @@ SchedulePanel {
     width: 1fr;
     height: 1fr;
     display: none;
-    border: round ansi_bright_black;
-    border-title-color: ansi_default;
-    padding: 0 1;
     background: ansi_default;
 }
 
@@ -97,8 +91,30 @@ StagePanel {
     color: ansi_default;
     layout: vertical;
     width: 1fr;
-    border: round ansi_bright_black;
-    border-title-color: ansi_default;
+    background: ansi_default;
+}
+
+#stage_frame_top,
+#stage_frame_bottom {
+    height: 1;
+    background: ansi_default;
+}
+
+#stage_middle {
+    height: 1fr;
+    background: ansi_default;
+}
+
+#stage_frame_left,
+#stage_frame_right {
+    width: 1;
+    height: 1fr;
+    background: ansi_default;
+}
+
+#stage_body {
+    width: 1fr;
+    height: 1fr;
     padding: 0 1;
     background: ansi_default;
 }
@@ -143,9 +159,6 @@ SpectrumPanel {
     color: ansi_default;
     height: 2fr;
     min-height: 6;
-    border: round ansi_bright_black;
-    border-title-color: ansi_default;
-    padding: 0 1;
     background: ansi_default;
 }
 
diff --git a/beefy_player/widgets/frame.py b/beefy_player/widgets/frame.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61e16d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beefy_player/widgets/frame.py
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+"""Pane frames: one grey box, with two corners fading out of it.
+
+The panes draw their own frames instead of using Textual's ``border`` so the
+corners can be coloured individually.  Two of them — the top right and the
+bottom left — run white → light grey → bright cyan → cyan along both arms;
+everything else, including the other two corners, is the border grey.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from rich.cells import cell_len
+from rich.console import Group, RenderableType
+from rich.text import Text
+from textual.widget import Widget
+
+#: The frame itself: one grey, the same grey as the scrollbar thumb.
+EDGE = "bright_black"
+
+#: A faded corner runs white → light grey → bright cyan → cyan, then settles
+#: back into the border grey.
+CORNER_GRADIENT = ("bright_white", "white", "bright_cyan", "cyan")
+
+
+def fade(distance: int) -> str:
+    """Colour ``distance`` cells away from a corner (0 is the corner itself)."""
+    if 0 <= distance < len(CORNER_GRADIENT):
+        return CORNER_GRADIENT[distance]
+    return EDGE
+
+
+def side_style(row: int, rows: int, side: str = "left") -> str:
+    """Colour of a side cell: only two corners fade, so only one end glows."""
+    if side == "right":
+        return fade(row + 1)  # fades down from the top-right corner
+    return fade(rows - row)  # fades up from the bottom-left corner
+
+
+def inner_size(width: int, height: int) -> tuple[int, int]:
+    """The content box inside the frame."""
+    return max(1, width - 2), max(1, height - 2)
+
+
+def _edge_cells(width: int, faded_end: str = "right") -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
+    """Inner cells of an edge; only one end of it fades into a corner."""
+    inner = max(0, width - 2)
+    if faded_end == "left":
+        return [("─", fade(column + 1)) for column in range(inner)]
+    return [("─", fade(inner - column)) for column in range(inner)]
+
+
+def _paint(line: Text, cells: list[tuple[str, str]]) -> None:
+    """Append cells, grouping neighbours that share a style into one span."""
+    style: str | None = None
+    run: list[str] = []
+    for char, cell_style in cells:
+        if cell_style != style:
+            if run:
+                line.append("".join(run), style=style)
+            run, style = [], cell_style
+        run.append(char)
+    if run:
+        line.append("".join(run), style=style)
+
+
+def top(width: int, title: str = "") -> Text:
+    width = max(2, width)
+    cells = _edge_cells(width, "right")  # only the top-right corner fades
+    if title:
+        label = f" {title} "
+        start = 1
+        if start + cell_len(label) <= len(cells):
+            for offset, char in enumerate(label):
+                cells[start + offset] = (char, "bold")
+
+    line = Text(no_wrap=True)
+    line.append("╭", style=EDGE)
+    _paint(line, cells)
+    line.append("╮", style=f"bold {fade(0)}")
+    return line
+
+
+def bottom(width: int) -> Text:
+    width = max(2, width)
+    line = Text(no_wrap=True)
+    line.append("╰", style=f"bold {fade(0)}")
+    _paint(line, _edge_cells(width, "left"))  # only the bottom-left fades
+    line.append("╯", style=EDGE)
+    return line
+
+
+def side() -> Text:
+    return Text("│", style=EDGE)
+
+
+def side_row(row: int, rows: int, side: str = "left") -> Text:
+    return Text("│", style=side_style(row, rows, side))
+
+
+def wrap(
+    lines: list[Text], width: int, height: int, title: str = ""
+) -> RenderableType:
+    """Frame ``lines`` (already sized for the content box) in a pane."""
+    width = max(4, width)
+    height = max(2, height)
+    inner_width, inner_height = inner_size(width, height)
+    rows = len(lines[:inner_height])
+
+    framed: list[Text] = [top(width, title)]
+    for index, line in enumerate(lines[:inner_height]):
+        row = Text(no_wrap=True)
+        row.append_text(side_row(index, rows, "left"))
+        row.append_text(line)
+        pad = inner_width - cell_len(line.plain)
+        if pad > 0:
+            row.append(" " * pad)
+        row.append_text(side_row(index, rows, "right"))
+        framed.append(row)
+    while len(framed) < height - 1:
+        index = len(framed) - 1
+        row = Text(no_wrap=True)
+        row.append_text(side_row(index, inner_height, "left"))
+        row.append(" " * inner_width)
+        row.append_text(side_row(index, inner_height, "right"))
+        framed.append(row)
+    framed.append(bottom(width))
+    return Group(*framed[:height])
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# frame pieces, for containers that cannot draw their own content
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+
+class FrameTop(Widget):
+    can_focus = False
+
+    def __init__(self, title: str = "", *, id: str | None = None) -> None:
+        super().__init__(id=id)
+        self.title = title
+
+    def render(self) -> RenderableType:
+        return top(max(2, self.size.width), self.title)
+
+
+class FrameBottom(Widget):
+    can_focus = False
+
+    def render(self) -> RenderableType:
+        return bottom(max(2, self.size.width))
+
+
+class FrameSide(Widget):
+    can_focus = False
+
+    def __init__(self, side: str = "left", *, id: str | None = None) -> None:
+        super().__init__(id=id)
+        self.side = side
+
+    def render(self) -> RenderableType:
+        rows = max(1, self.size.height)
+        return Group(
+            *[side_row(row, rows, self.side) for row in range(rows)]
+        )
diff --git a/beefy_player/widgets/header.py b/beefy_player/widgets/header.py
index 66c7b80..c0b0800 100644
--- a/beefy_player/widgets/header.py
+++ b/beefy_player/widgets/header.py
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ class HeaderBar(Widget):
         lines: list[Text] = []
         for index, row in enumerate(hero):
             line = _hero_line(row, index, hero_width, gradient_fill)
+            # Art rows are right-trimmed, so a row ending in a blank cell is a
+            # column short; pad it back or the caption and clock drift left.
+            short = hero_width - cell_len(line.plain)
+            if short > 0:
+                line.append(" " * short)
             if show_middle and text_offset <= index < text_offset + len(hero_lines):
                 middle = hero_lines[index - text_offset]
                 line.append(" " * 4)
diff --git a/beefy_player/widgets/help.py b/beefy_player/widgets/help.py
index fa2d642..94a7ae0 100644
--- a/beefy_player/widgets/help.py
+++ b/beefy_player/widgets/help.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 HELP_ROWS: tuple[tuple[str, str], ...] = (
     ("↑ / ↓  j / k", "move through the station list"),
+    ("pgup / pgdn", "page through the station list"),
     ("enter", "tune in to the selected station"),
     ("space", "play / pause the current station"),
     ("s", "stop playback"),
diff --git a/beefy_player/widgets/providers.py b/beefy_player/widgets/providers.py
index 385db73..9ca29df 100644
--- a/beefy_player/widgets/providers.py
+++ b/beefy_player/widgets/providers.py
@@ -30,24 +30,43 @@ class ProviderScreen(ModalScreen[str | None]):
         header.append("CATALOGUES", style=f"bold {gradient(SPECTRUM_STOPS, 0.55)}")
         header.append("  ·  pick a station catalogue", style="dim")
 
+        name_width = (
+            max(
+                (
+                    len(PROVIDERS[slug].name)
+                    for slug in self.slugs
+                    if slug in PROVIDERS
+                ),
+                default=12,
+            )
+            + 2
+        )
+
         rows: list[Text] = []
         for index, slug in enumerate(self.slugs):
             provider = PROVIDERS[slug]
             selected = index == self.index
             row = Text(no_wrap=True)
-            row.append("▶ " if selected else "  ", style="bold magenta" if selected else "")
-            row.append(f"{index + 1}  ", style="dim")
-            name_style = "bold underline" if selected else "bold"
-            row.append(f"{provider.name:<12}", style=name_style)
-            row.append(f" {provider.brand}", style="dim")
+            row.append(
+                "▶ " if selected else "  ", style="bold magenta" if selected else ""
+            )
+            row.append(f"{index + 1:>2}  ", style="dim")
+            row.append(
+                f"{truncate(provider.name, name_width - 2):<{name_width}}",
+                style="bold underline" if selected else "bold",
+            )
+            row.append(truncate(provider.brand, 14), style="dim")
             if slug == self.current_id:
                 row.append("  ●", style="bold green")
             rows.append(row)
-
-            detail = Text(no_wrap=True)
-            detail.append("     ", style="")
-            detail.append(truncate(provider.tagline, 54), style="italic dim")
-            rows.append(detail)
+            if selected:
+                rows.append(
+                    Text(
+                        "      " + truncate(provider.tagline, 54),
+                        style="italic dim",
+                        no_wrap=True,
+                    )
+                )
 
         current = PROVIDERS.get(self.current_id)
         footer = Text()
@@ -57,7 +76,7 @@ class ProviderScreen(ModalScreen[str | None]):
                 f"now: {current.name} — {current.station_source}\n", style="dim"
             )
         footer.append(
-            "↑ ↓ choose · 1–9 jump · enter switch · esc cancel",
+            "↑ ↓ choose · enter switch · esc cancel",
             style="dim",
         )
         return Group(header, Text(""), *rows, footer)
diff --git a/beefy_player/widgets/schedule.py b/beefy_player/widgets/schedule.py
index b1639ce..9972685 100644
--- a/beefy_player/widgets/schedule.py
+++ b/beefy_player/widgets/schedule.py
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
 
-from rich.console import Group, RenderableType
+from rich.console import RenderableType
 from rich.text import Text
 from textual.widget import Widget
 
+from . import frame
 from .common import local_time, local_zone, state_glyph, truncate
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ class SchedulePanel(Widget):
     def render(self) -> RenderableType:
         app = cast("BeefyPlayerApp", self.app)
         width = max(12, self.size.width)
-        height = max(1, self.size.height)
+        height = max(3, self.size.height)
+        width, height = frame.inner_size(width, height)
 
         broadcasts = list(getattr(app, "schedule", ()) or ())
         loaded = bool(getattr(app, "schedule_loaded", False))
@@ -134,4 +136,9 @@ class SchedulePanel(Widget):
         lines.append(Text(""))
         while len(lines) < height:
             lines.append(Text(""))
-        return Group(*lines[:height])
+        return frame.wrap(
+            lines[:height],
+            max(12, self.size.width),
+            max(3, self.size.height),
+            self.border_title,
+        )
diff --git a/beefy_player/widgets/spectrum.py b/beefy_player/widgets/spectrum.py
index 5ea34b9..8a0aa74 100644
--- a/beefy_player/widgets/spectrum.py
+++ b/beefy_player/widgets/spectrum.py
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ from collections import deque
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
 
-from rich.console import Group, RenderableType
+from rich.console import RenderableType
 from rich.text import Text
 from textual.widget import Widget
 
 from ..spectrum import Frame, SpectrumEngine
+from . import frame
 from .common import LEVELS, SPECTRUM_STOPS, gradient
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -63,38 +64,40 @@ class SpectrumPanel(Widget):
 
     def render(self) -> RenderableType:
         app = cast("BeefyPlayerApp", self.app)
-        frame = self.engine.snapshot()
-        width = max(8, self.size.width)
-        height = max(2, self.size.height)
+        snapshot = self.engine.snapshot()
+        outer_width, outer_height = max(12, self.size.width), max(4, self.size.height)
+        width, height = frame.inner_size(outer_width, outer_height)
         mode = getattr(app, "visualizer", "both")
         phase = int(getattr(app, "tick_count", 0) // 2)
-        dim = frame.status == "idle"
-        self._record(frame, int(getattr(app, "tick_count", 0)))
+        dim = snapshot.status == "idle"
+        self._record(snapshot, int(getattr(app, "tick_count", 0)))
 
         lines: list[Text]
         if mode == "wave":
-            lines = self._wave(frame, width, height, phase, dim)
+            lines = self._wave(snapshot, width, height, phase, dim)
         elif mode == "braille":
-            lines = self._braille(frame, width, height, phase, dim)
+            lines = self._braille(snapshot, width, height, phase, dim)
         elif mode == "waterfall":
             lines = self._waterfall(width, height, dim)
         elif mode == "radial":
-            lines = self._radial(frame, width, height, phase, dim)
+            lines = self._radial(snapshot, width, height, phase, dim)
         elif mode == "bars" or height < 8:
-            lines = self._bars(frame, width, height, phase, dim)
+            lines = self._bars(snapshot, width, height, phase, dim)
         else:
             # Default mode: a full-height mirrored spectrum.  The top half
             # grows up from the centre line, the bottom half grows down from
             # it (same values, flipped rows, dimmed like a reflection).
             top_height = height // 2
             bottom_height = height - top_height
-            lines = self._bars(frame, width, top_height, phase, dim)
+            lines = self._bars(snapshot, width, top_height, phase, dim)
             mirrored = self._bars(
-                frame, width, bottom_height, phase + 5, True, peaks=False
+                snapshot, width, bottom_height, phase + 5, True, peaks=False
             )
             mirrored.reverse()
             lines.extend(mirrored)
-        return Group(*lines)
+        return frame.wrap(
+            lines, outer_width, outer_height, self.border_title
+        )
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
     # history
diff --git a/beefy_player/widgets/stage.py b/beefy_player/widgets/stage.py
index 1889ad0..0fa5f4a 100644
--- a/beefy_player/widgets/stage.py
+++ b/beefy_player/widgets/stage.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
 
 from rich.console import Group, RenderableType
 from rich.text import Text
-from textual.containers import Horizontal
+from textual.containers import Horizontal, Vertical
 from textual.css.query import NoMatches
 from textual.widget import Widget
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from .common import (
     time_ago,
     truncate,
 )
+from .frame import FrameBottom, FrameSide, FrameTop
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from ..app import BeefyPlayerApp
@@ -36,10 +37,18 @@ class StagePanel(Widget):
         self.border_title = "ON AIR"
 
     def compose(self):
-        with Horizontal(id="stage_top"):
-            yield ArtPane()
-            yield StageInfo()
-        yield HistoryPane()
+        # A container cannot paint its own content, so the frame is made of
+        # thin widgets: top, bottom, and a column either side of the body.
+        yield FrameTop("ON AIR", id="stage_frame_top")
+        with Horizontal(id="stage_middle"):
+            yield FrameSide("left", id="stage_frame_left")
+            with Vertical(id="stage_body"):
+                with Horizontal(id="stage_top"):
+                    yield ArtPane()
+                    yield StageInfo()
+                yield HistoryPane()
+            yield FrameSide("right", id="stage_frame_right")
+        yield FrameBottom(id="stage_frame_bottom")
 
     def on_mount(self) -> None:
         self.refresh_art()
@@ -150,7 +159,9 @@ class StageInfo(Widget):
             if song.art_url and album.plain.strip():
                 album.append("  ▣", style="cyan")
         else:
-            artist = Text("waiting for track data…", style="italic yellow")
+            # No track metadata from this catalogue: keep the line, leave it
+            # blank rather than filling it with an apology.
+            artist = Text("")
             fallback = station.last_playing or "tuning in"
             title = Text(marquee(fallback, width), style="bold")
             album = Text(truncate(station.genre_label, width), style="dim")
diff --git a/beefy_player/widgets/station_list.py b/beefy_player/widgets/station_list.py
index 214a820..c7a456c 100644
--- a/beefy_player/widgets/station_list.py
+++ b/beefy_player/widgets/station_list.py
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
-"""Station list with favourites, live markers and a filter."""
+"""Station list with favourites, live markers, a filter and a scrollbar."""
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
 
 from rich.cells import cell_len
-from rich.console import Group, RenderableType
+from rich.console import RenderableType
 from rich.text import Text
 from textual.widget import Widget
 
+from . import frame
 from .common import compact_count, truncate
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from ..app import BeefyPlayerApp
 
+#: Columns the scrollbar occupies (a gap plus the bar itself).
+GUTTER = 2
+
 
 class StationList(Widget):
     can_focus = False
@@ -22,34 +26,89 @@ class StationList(Widget):
         super().__init__()
         self.border_title = "STATIONS"
 
+    # -- title: filter + position --------------------------------------- #
+
     def set_filter(self, query: str) -> None:
+        self._sync_title(query)
+
+    def _sync_title(self, query: str | None = None) -> None:
+        """``STATIONS · /jazz · 3/12`` — the filter and where you are in it."""
+        if query is None:
+            query = ""
+        total = 0
+        index = 0
+        if self.is_mounted:
+            app = cast("BeefyPlayerApp", self.app)
+            query = app.query
+            total = len(app.view)
+            index = app.index
+
         safe_query = query.replace("[", "(").replace("]", ")") if query else ""
-        title = f"STATIONS · /{safe_query}" if safe_query else "STATIONS"
+        parts = ["STATIONS"]
+        if safe_query:
+            parts.append(f"/{safe_query}")
+        if total > 1:
+            parts.append(f"{min(index + 1, total)}/{total}")
+
+        title = " · ".join(parts)
         if self.border_title != title:
             self.border_title = title
 
+    def refresh(self, *args, **kwargs):  # type: ignore[override]
+        # Every cursor move ends in a refresh, so this is the one place that
+        # has to keep the title's position readout honest.
+        if self.is_mounted:
+            self._sync_title()
+        return super().refresh(*args, **kwargs)
+
     def on_mouse_scroll_down(self, event) -> None:
         cast("BeefyPlayerApp", self.app).action_cursor_down()
 
     def on_mouse_scroll_up(self, event) -> None:
         cast("BeefyPlayerApp", self.app).action_cursor_up()
 
+    # -- scrollbar geometry --------------------------------------------- #
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def thumb(height: int, total: int, first: int) -> set[int]:
+        """Rows of the pane the scrollbar thumb covers."""
+        if total <= height:
+            return set(range(height))
+        size = max(1, round(height * height / total))
+        span = max(0, total - height)
+        top = 0 if span == 0 else round(first * (height - size) / span)
+        return set(range(top, min(height, top + size)))
+
     def render(self) -> RenderableType:
         app = cast("BeefyPlayerApp", self.app)
         width = max(12, self.size.width)
-        height = max(1, self.size.height)
+        height = max(3, self.size.height)
+        inner_width, inner_height = frame.inner_size(width, height)
         view = app.view
 
         if not view:
             message = "no stations match" if app.query else "loading stations…"
-            return Group(Text(truncate(message, width), style="dim italic"))
+            return frame.wrap(
+                [Text(truncate(message, inner_width), style="dim italic")],
+                width,
+                height,
+                self.border_title,
+            )
 
+        total = len(view)
         first = 0
-        if len(view) > height:
-            first = max(0, min(app.index - height // 2, len(view) - height))
+        if total > inner_height:
+            first = max(0, min(app.index - inner_height // 2, total - inner_height))
+
+        scrollable = total > inner_height
+        gutter = GUTTER if scrollable else 0
+        content = max(4, inner_width - gutter)
+        thumb = (
+            self.thumb(inner_height, total, first) if scrollable else set()
+        )
 
         lines: list[Text] = []
-        for offset in range(min(height, len(view))):
+        for offset in range(min(inner_height, total)):
             index = first + offset
             station = view[index]
             selected = index == app.index
@@ -64,32 +123,29 @@ class StationList(Widget):
 
             count_text = ""
             count_width = 0
-            if width >= 26 and station.listeners > 0:
+            if content >= 26 and station.listeners > 0:
                 count_text = f"{compact_count(station.listeners)} ♪"
                 count_width = cell_len(count_text) + 1
 
             prefix = marker + star + play + " "
-            available = width - cell_len(prefix) - count_width
+            available = content - cell_len(prefix) - count_width
             title = truncate(station.title, max(4, available))
-            gap = max(0, width - cell_len(prefix) - cell_len(title) - count_width)
+            gap = max(0, content - cell_len(prefix) - cell_len(title) - count_width)
 
             if selected:
-                base = ""
                 marker_style = "magenta"
                 title_style = "bold underline"
                 count_style = "bold"
             elif current:
-                base = ""
                 marker_style = "cyan"
                 title_style = "cyan"
                 count_style = "dim"
             else:
-                base = ""
                 marker_style = ""
                 title_style = ""
                 count_style = "dim"
 
-            row = Text(no_wrap=True, style=base)
+            row = Text(no_wrap=True)
             row.append(marker, style=marker_style)
             row.append(star, style="bold yellow" if station.favorite else "")
             row.append(play, style="cyan" if playing else "")
@@ -99,8 +155,16 @@ class StationList(Widget):
             if count_text:
                 row.append(count_text, style=count_style)
             used = cell_len(prefix) + cell_len(title) + gap + cell_len(count_text)
-            if used < width:
-                row.append(" " * (width - used))
+            if used < content:
+                row.append(" " * (content - used))
+
+            if scrollable:
+                # Just the thumb, in the frame's own grey: no rail.
+                row.append(" ")
+                row.append(
+                    "▐" if offset in thumb else " ",
+                    style=frame.EDGE,
+                )
             lines.append(row)
 
-        return Group(*lines)
+        return frame.wrap(lines, width, height, self.border_title)
diff --git a/tests/test_frame.py b/tests/test_frame.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1d89e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_frame.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""The BBS frames: grey edges, corners fading white → grey → cyan."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from rich.text import Text
+
+from beefy_player.widgets import frame
+
+
+def styles_of(line: Text) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
+    return [
+        (line.plain[span.start : span.end], str(span.style)) for span in line.spans
+    ]
+
+
+def test_only_the_top_right_corner_fades_on_the_top_edge() -> None:
+    spans = styles_of(frame.top(30))
+    assert spans[0] == ("╭", "bright_black")  # plain grey corner
+    # the fade runs into the top-right corner: cyan, bright cyan, light grey
+    assert [style for _text, style in spans[-5:-1]] == [
+        "bright_black",
+        "cyan",
+        "bright_cyan",
+        "white",
+    ]
+    assert spans[-1] == ("╮", "bold bright_white")
+
+
+def test_only_the_bottom_left_corner_fades_on_the_bottom_edge() -> None:
+    spans = styles_of(frame.bottom(30))
+    assert spans[0] == ("╰", "bold bright_white")
+    assert [style for _text, style in spans[1:4]] == ["white", "bright_cyan", "cyan"]
+    assert spans[-1] == ("╯", "bright_black")  # plain grey corner
+
+
+def test_the_sides_glow_towards_their_own_corner_only() -> None:
+    # left column fades up from the bottom-left corner
+    assert [frame.side_style(row, 10, "left") for row in range(10)] == [
+        "bright_black",
+        "bright_black",
+        "bright_black",
+        "bright_black",
+        "bright_black",
+        "bright_black",
+        "bright_black",
+        "cyan",
+        "bright_cyan",
+        "white",
+    ]
+    # right column fades down from the top-right corner
+    assert [frame.side_style(row, 10, "right") for row in range(10)] == [
+        "white",
+        "bright_cyan",
+        "cyan",
+        "bright_black",
+        "bright_black",
+        "bright_black",
+        "bright_black",
+        "bright_black",
+        "bright_black",
+        "bright_black",
+    ]
+
+
+def test_the_title_sits_after_the_left_fade() -> None:
+    line = frame.top(30, "STATIONS")
+    assert line.plain.startswith("╭─ STATIONS ─")
+    assert "STATIONS" in line.plain
+    # a pane too narrow for the title drops it rather than truncating
+    assert "STATIONS" not in frame.top(10, "STATIONS").plain
+
+
+def test_wrap_frames_the_content_on_every_row() -> None:
+    content = [Text("hello"), Text("world")]
+    group = frame.wrap(content, 20, 6, "PANE")
+    lines = [line.plain for line in group.renderables]
+    assert len(lines) == 6
+    assert lines[0].startswith("╭") and lines[-1].startswith("╰")
+    assert all(len(line) == 20 for line in lines)
+    assert all(line.startswith("│") and line.endswith("│") for line in lines[1:-1])
+    assert lines[1].startswith("│hello")
diff --git a/tests/test_header.py b/tests/test_header.py
index be6e1c1..5dfbef8 100644
--- a/tests/test_header.py
+++ b/tests/test_header.py
@@ -86,6 +86,22 @@ def test_the_font_still_spells_soma_the_way_the_original_logo_did() -> None:
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("slug", sorted(PROVIDERS))
+def test_the_caption_block_starts_on_one_column(slug: str) -> None:
+    """Art rows are right-trimmed; a row ending in a blank cell must not pull
+    its caption a column to the left."""
+    provider = PROVIDERS[slug]
+    captions = provider.hero_lines
+    offset = max(0, (len(provider.hero) - len(captions)) // 2)
+    lines = render_header(200, height=len(provider.hero), provider=provider)
+    lines = lines[offset : offset + len(captions)]
+    columns = {
+        line.index(caption)
+        for line, caption in zip(lines, captions, strict=True)
+    }
+    assert len(columns) == 1, (slug, columns)
+
+
 def test_every_catalogue_has_a_three_row_wordmark() -> None:
     for slug, provider in PROVIDERS.items():
         assert len(provider.hero) == 3, slug
diff --git a/tests/test_station_list.py b/tests/test_station_list.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b79467b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_station_list.py
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+"""The station pane: paging, the position readout and the scrollbar."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+
+import pytest
+
+from beefy_player.app import BeefyPlayerApp
+from beefy_player.widgets.station_list import StationList
+
+
+def app_for(provider: str, *, offline: bool = True) -> BeefyPlayerApp:
+    return BeefyPlayerApp(provider=provider, autoplay=False, offline=offline, audio=False)
+
+
+def test_thumb_geometry() -> None:
+    # nothing to scroll: the whole track is the thumb
+    assert StationList.thumb(10, 10, 0) == set(range(10))
+    # top of a long list
+    top = StationList.thumb(10, 100, 0)
+    assert 0 in top and len(top) >= 1
+    # bottom of the same list ends at the last row
+    bottom = StationList.thumb(10, 100, 90)
+    assert 9 in bottom
+    # mid-list sits between the two
+    middle = StationList.thumb(10, 100, 45)
+    assert min(middle) > min(top) and max(middle) < max(bottom)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_paging_moves_a_screen_and_back() -> None:
+    app = app_for("somafm")
+    async with app.run_test(size=(100, 26)) as pilot:
+        await pilot.pause()
+        pane = app.query_one(StationList)
+        page = pane.size.height - 1
+        start = app.index
+
+        await pilot.press("pagedown")
+        await pilot.pause()
+        assert app.index == min(start + page, len(app.view) - 1)
+
+        await pilot.press("pageup")
+        await pilot.pause()
+        assert app.index == start
+
+        # the bottom of the list clamps instead of wrapping
+        await pilot.press("shift+g", "pagedown")
+        await pilot.pause()
+        assert app.index == len(app.view) - 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_the_title_reads_out_the_position() -> None:
+    app = app_for("somafm")
+    async with app.run_test(size=(100, 26)) as pilot:
+        await pilot.pause()
+        pane = app.query_one(StationList)
+        assert re.fullmatch(r"STATIONS · \d+/\d+", pane.border_title)
+        await pilot.press("down")
+        await pilot.pause()
+        first, total = pane.border_title.split(" · ")[1].split("/")
+        assert int(total) == len(app.view)
+        assert int(first) == app.index + 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_the_scrollbar_appears_only_when_the_list_overflows() -> None:
+    app = app_for("somafm")
+    async with app.run_test(size=(100, 26)) as pilot:
+        await pilot.pause()
+        pane = app.query_one(StationList)
+        rows = [line.plain for line in pane.render().renderables]
+        assert rows[0].startswith("╭") and rows[-1].startswith("╰")
+        content = rows[1:-1]
+        # thumb only, in the frame grey: blank cells elsewhere, no rail
+        assert all(row[-2] in "▐ " for row in content)
+        assert any(row[-2] == "▐" for row in content)
+
+    app = app_for("rinse")  # three stations, no scrolling
+    async with app.run_test(size=(100, 26)) as pilot:
+        await pilot.pause()
+        pane = app.query_one(StationList)
+        rows = [line.plain for line in pane.render().renderables]
+        assert rows[0].startswith("╭") and rows[-1].startswith("╰")
+        assert sum("Rinse" in row or "Kool" in row or "SWU" in row for row in rows) == 3
+        # three stations fit: no thumb in the content rows
+        assert not any(row[-2] == "▐" for row in rows[1:-1])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_the_filter_keeps_the_readout_in_step() -> None:
+    app = app_for("somafm")
+    async with app.run_test(size=(100, 26)) as pilot:
+        await pilot.pause()
+        await pilot.press("slash")
+        await pilot.pause()
+        app.query_one("SearchInput").value = "drone"
+        await pilot.pause()
+        pane = app.query_one(StationList)
+        assert pane.border_title.startswith("STATIONS · /drone · ")
+        filtered = len(app.view)
+        assert pane.border_title.endswith(f"/{filtered}")
diff --git a/tests/test_theme.py b/tests/test_theme.py
index 29f8cc3..bd13a41 100644
--- a/tests/test_theme.py
+++ b/tests/test_theme.py
@@ -52,8 +52,13 @@ async def test_backgrounds_use_terminal_default_and_borders_are_ansi() -> None:
             assert widget.styles.background.ansi == -1, widget_type
             assert widget.styles.color.ansi == -1, widget_type
 
-        border = app.query_one(StationList).styles.border.top
-        assert border[1].ansi is not None  # an ANSI palette index, not RGB
+        # panes draw their own frames now: dim edges, gradient corners
+        pane = app.query_one(StationList)
+        assert pane.styles.border.top[0] == ""  # no framework border any more
+        framed = pane.render().renderables
+        corners = [str(span.style) for span in framed[0].spans]
+        assert framed[0].plain.startswith("╭")
+        assert any(style.strip() for style in corners)
 
         await pilot.press("slash")
         await pilot.pause()