diff --git a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/generated/app.js b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/generated/app.js
index a380fbc3..98c621c6 100644
--- a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/generated/app.js
+++ b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/generated/app.js
@@ -637,6 +637,22 @@ function elementById(id) {
   };
   const layoutCapabilities = { broadcast: false, digital: false };
   let activeRigId = null;
+  const layoutSections = [
+    { id: "advanced-radio-controls", key: "advanced" },
+    { id: "audio-controls", key: "audio" },
+    { id: "scheduler-controls", key: "scheduler" }
+  ];
+  const seededSections = /* @__PURE__ */ new Set();
+  let appliedLayoutName = null;
+  function seedLayoutSections(layout, layoutChanged) {
+    layoutSections.forEach(({ id, key }) => {
+      const section = document.getElementById(id);
+      if (!section) return;
+      if (!layoutChanged && seededSections.has(id)) return;
+      seededSections.add(id);
+      section.open = layout[key];
+    });
+  }
   function layoutStorageKey() {
     return activeRigId ? `trxOperatorLayout:${activeRigId}` : "trxOperatorLayout";
   }
@@ -690,12 +706,9 @@ function elementById(id) {
     const layout = layouts[permittedName];
     document.body.dataset.operatorLayout = permittedName in layouts ? permittedName : "compact";
     if (options.persist !== false) localStorage.setItem(layoutStorageKey(), permittedName);
-    const details = document.getElementById("advanced-radio-controls");
-    if (details) details.open = layout.advanced;
-    const audioDetails = document.getElementById("audio-controls");
-    if (audioDetails) audioDetails.open = layout.audio;
-    const schedulerDetails = document.getElementById("scheduler-controls");
-    if (schedulerDetails) schedulerDetails.open = layout.scheduler;
+    const layoutChanged = appliedLayoutName !== permittedName;
+    appliedLayoutName = permittedName;
+    seedLayoutSections(layout, layoutChanged);
     if (options.navigate && typeof browserWindow.navigateToTab === "function") {
       browserWindow.navigateToTab(layout.preferredTab);
     }
diff --git a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/src/ui-core.ts b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/src/ui-core.ts
index 899e13ef..5b660105 100644
--- a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/src/ui-core.ts
+++ b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/src/ui-core.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,31 @@ function elementById<T extends HTMLElement>(id: string): T {
   const layoutCapabilities: Record<LayoutCapability, boolean> = { broadcast: false, digital: false };
   let activeRigId: string | null = null;
 
+  // A layout seeds the collapsible sections; it does not hold them there.
+  // applyLayout runs on every rig-state refresh, so re-applying the disclosure
+  // state unconditionally would reopen or close sections under the operator
+  // once a second — the reason a section could not be expanded while a layout
+  // that collapses it was selected.  Sections are therefore written only when
+  // the layout actually changes, or the first time each one appears in the DOM
+  // (the advanced controls are built after the first applyLayout call).
+  const layoutSections: { id: string; key: "advanced" | "audio" | "scheduler" }[] = [
+    { id: "advanced-radio-controls", key: "advanced" },
+    { id: "audio-controls", key: "audio" },
+    { id: "scheduler-controls", key: "scheduler" },
+  ];
+  const seededSections = new Set<string>();
+  let appliedLayoutName: LayoutName | null = null;
+
+  function seedLayoutSections(layout: OperatorLayout, layoutChanged: boolean) {
+    layoutSections.forEach(({ id, key }) => {
+      const section = document.getElementById(id) as HTMLDetailsElement | null;
+      if (!section) return;
+      if (!layoutChanged && seededSections.has(id)) return;
+      seededSections.add(id);
+      section.open = layout[key];
+    });
+  }
+
   function layoutStorageKey() {
     return activeRigId ? `trxOperatorLayout:${activeRigId}` : "trxOperatorLayout";
   }
@@ -255,12 +280,9 @@ function elementById<T extends HTMLElement>(id: string): T {
     const layout = layouts[permittedName];
     document.body.dataset.operatorLayout = permittedName in layouts ? permittedName : "compact";
     if (options.persist !== false) localStorage.setItem(layoutStorageKey(), permittedName);
-    const details = document.getElementById("advanced-radio-controls") as HTMLDetailsElement | null;
-    if (details) details.open = layout.advanced;
-    const audioDetails = document.getElementById("audio-controls") as HTMLDetailsElement | null;
-    if (audioDetails) audioDetails.open = layout.audio;
-    const schedulerDetails = document.getElementById("scheduler-controls") as HTMLDetailsElement | null;
-    if (schedulerDetails) schedulerDetails.open = layout.scheduler;
+    const layoutChanged = appliedLayoutName !== permittedName;
+    appliedLayoutName = permittedName;
+    seedLayoutSections(layout, layoutChanged);
     if (options.navigate && typeof browserWindow.navigateToTab === "function") {
       browserWindow.navigateToTab(layout.preferredTab);
     }
diff --git a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/ui-core.test.mjs b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/ui-core.test.mjs
index 1828ba97..ecae4e7a 100644
--- a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/ui-core.test.mjs
+++ b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/ui-core.test.mjs
@@ -143,4 +143,31 @@ ui.applyLayout("digital");
 assert.equal(document.body.dataset.operatorLayout, "compact");
 assert.equal(localStorage.getItem("trxOperatorLayout:rig-b"), "compact");
 
+// A layout seeds the collapsible sections but must not hold them there:
+// applyLayout runs on every rig-state refresh, so an operator who expands a
+// section a layout collapses by default had it shut again about once a second.
+const schedulerSection = new Element("details", document);
+schedulerSection.id = "scheduler-controls";
+const audioSection = new Element("details", document);
+audioSection.id = "audio-controls";
+
+ui.setActiveRig("rig-c");
+ui.applyLayout("compact");
+assert.equal(schedulerSection.open, false, "compact seeds the scheduler section closed");
+
+schedulerSection.open = true;             // operator expands it
+ui.applyLayout("compact");                // the next rig-state refresh
+assert.equal(schedulerSection.open, true, "re-applying the same layout leaves sections alone");
+ui.setActiveRig("rig-c");
+assert.equal(schedulerSection.open, true, "a rig-state refresh leaves sections alone");
+
+// Choosing a different layout is an explicit request for its defaults.
+ui.applyLayout("full");
+assert.equal(schedulerSection.open, true, "full seeds the scheduler section open");
+assert.equal(audioSection.open, true, "full seeds the audio section open");
+audioSection.open = false;
+ui.applyLayout("compact");
+assert.equal(audioSection.open, false, "compact seeds the audio section closed");
+assert.equal(schedulerSection.open, false, "switching layout reseeds every section");
+
 console.log("ui-core component tests passed");