diff --git a/python-backend/.gitignore b/python-backend/.gitignore
index b60d1fc..258c6ae 100644
--- a/python-backend/.gitignore
+++ b/python-backend/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 config.yml
+tippen-curriculum.yml
+tippen-progress.json
 /.musicmouse-cache
diff --git a/web/src/components/BrowseView.tsx b/web/src/components/BrowseView.tsx
index 65fe7d6..3dfacf3 100644
--- a/web/src/components/BrowseView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/BrowseView.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   rowTint,
   SHOW_ROW_ICONS,
   SHOW_ROW_TITLES,
+  TAB_RAIL_CLEARANCE,
 } from "../lib/theme";
 import { Cover } from "./Cover";
 
@@ -142,7 +143,9 @@ export function BrowseView({
       <div
         ref={scroller}
         className={ANIMATE_VIEW_TRANSITIONS ? "view-enter" : undefined}
-        style={{ flex: 1, overflow: "auto", minHeight: 0, padding: "14px 32px 250px" }}
+        // Right padding reserves room for the tab rail's own glass bar (see
+        // TAB_RAIL_CLEARANCE) so a full-width shelf row never renders under it.
+        style={{ flex: 1, overflow: "auto", minHeight: 0, padding: `14px ${TAB_RAIL_CLEARANCE}px 250px 32px` }}
       >
         {shelves.map(({ group: shelfGroup, categories: shelfCategories }, index) => (
           <div
@@ -299,7 +302,9 @@ export function BrowseView({
         ref={scroller}
         key={`${group}:${category}:${mode}`}
         className={ANIMATE_VIEW_TRANSITIONS ? "view-enter" : undefined}
-        style={{ flex: 1, overflow: "auto", minHeight: 0, padding: "14px 32px 250px" }}
+        // Right padding reserves room for the tab rail's own glass bar (see
+        // TAB_RAIL_CLEARANCE) so a full-width row/grid never renders under it.
+        style={{ flex: 1, overflow: "auto", minHeight: 0, padding: `14px ${TAB_RAIL_CLEARANCE}px 250px 32px` }}
       >
         {songs.length > 0 && (
           <div style={{ marginBottom: 30 }}>
diff --git a/web/src/components/RoomView.tsx b/web/src/components/RoomView.tsx
index 4edabee..1ffb265 100644
--- a/web/src/components/RoomView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/RoomView.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { useState } from "react";
 
 import type { HaConfig } from "../api/types";
 import { useHomeAssistant } from "../hooks/useHomeAssistant";
-import { SHOW_DECORATIVE_ANIMATIONS } from "../lib/theme";
+import { SHOW_DECORATIVE_ANIMATIONS, TAB_RAIL_CLEARANCE } from "../lib/theme";
 import { AppHeader } from "./AppHeader";
 import { Bubbles } from "./Bubbles";
 import { LightCard } from "./LightCard";
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ export function RoomView({ config }: { config: HaConfig }) {
         }}
       >
         <AppHeader title="Mein Zimmer" mascot="/dolphin-remote.png" />
-        <div style={{ flex: 1, overflow: "auto", minHeight: 0, padding: "14px 32px 64px" }}>
+        <div
+          // Right padding reserves room for the tab rail's own glass bar (see
+          // TAB_RAIL_CLEARANCE) so the device grid never renders under it.
+          style={{ flex: 1, overflow: "auto", minHeight: 0, padding: `14px ${TAB_RAIL_CLEARANCE}px 64px 32px` }}
+        >
           <div style={{ maxWidth: 1180, margin: "0 auto" }}>
             {config.scenes.length > 0 && (
               <SceneRow
diff --git a/web/src/components/TabRail.tsx b/web/src/components/TabRail.tsx
index ff18cea..e3d696e 100644
--- a/web/src/components/TabRail.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/TabRail.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-/** The tab rail: icon-only, vertically centered on the right edge - audio player and
+/** The tab rail: icon-only, vertically centered on the right edge, all three sharing
+ * one frosted glass bar rather than each button floating separately - audio player and
  * typing always shown, the smarthome tab only when Home Assistant is configured, same
  * gate the old single toggle button used. Replaces that button now that there are
- * three destinations instead of two. */
+ * three destinations instead of two.
+ *
+ * Its footprint (this file's own `right`/padding/button-size numbers) is mirrored in
+ * `lib/theme.ts`'s `TAB_RAIL_CLEARANCE`, which the scrollable views reserve as padding
+ * on their own right edge so a full-width row or grid never renders underneath it. */
 
-import { PAGE_ICON, PAGE_LABEL } from "../lib/theme";
+import { PAGE_ICON, PAGE_LABEL, SHOW_GLASS_BLUR } from "../lib/theme";
 import type { UiState } from "../lib/keyboard";
 
 interface Props {
@@ -22,12 +27,19 @@ export function TabRail({ page, onSelect, showRoom }: Props) {
       style={{
         position: "absolute",
         top: "50%",
-        right: 24,
+        right: 16,
         transform: "translateY(-50%)",
         zIndex: 3,
         display: "flex",
         flexDirection: "column",
-        gap: 10,
+        gap: 8,
+        padding: 8,
+        borderRadius: 999,
+        background: "oklch(97% 0.01 210 / .22)",
+        backdropFilter: SHOW_GLASS_BLUR ? "blur(14px)" : undefined,
+        WebkitBackdropFilter: SHOW_GLASS_BLUR ? "blur(14px)" : undefined,
+        border: "1px solid oklch(97% 0.01 210 / .3)",
+        boxShadow: "0 8px 24px oklch(15% 0.05 210 / .35)",
       }}
     >
       {pages.map((candidate) => {
@@ -47,13 +59,11 @@ export function TabRail({ page, onSelect, showRoom }: Props) {
               justifyContent: "center",
               border: "none",
               borderRadius: 999,
-              background: active ? "var(--accent)" : "oklch(97% 0.01 210 / .95)",
-              boxShadow: "0 6px 18px oklch(15% 0.05 210 / .4)",
+              background: active ? "var(--accent)" : "transparent",
               fontSize: 20,
               fontWeight: 900,
-              color: active ? "#fff" : "var(--ink)",
               cursor: "pointer",
-              transition: "background 0.15s ease, color 0.15s ease",
+              transition: "background 0.15s ease",
             }}
           >
             {PAGE_ICON[candidate]}
diff --git a/web/src/lib/theme.ts b/web/src/lib/theme.ts
index 242ed58..cdbd099 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/theme.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/theme.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ export const GROUP_LABEL: Record<Group, string> = {
   podcasts: "Podcasts",
 };
 
+/** How much horizontal space the tab rail's own glass bar claims on the right edge
+ * (its `right` inset plus its rendered width) - scrollable content reserves this much
+ * padding on that side so a full row/grid never renders underneath it. Keep in sync
+ * with the geometry in `TabRail.tsx`. */
+export const TAB_RAIL_CLEARANCE = 88;
+
 /** Icon/label for the vertical tab rail - one entry per `UiState["page"]`. The
  * smarthome tab only renders when Home Assistant is configured (see `App.tsx`); the
  * other two always show. */