diff --git a/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/GroupedList.kt b/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/GroupedList.kt
index f11b6d6..0cb7535 100644
--- a/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/GroupedList.kt
+++ b/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/GroupedList.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ fun positionOf(index: Int, count: Int): Position = when {
     else -> Position.Middle
 }
 
+/**
+ * The inset a grouped list keeps from the screen edge.
+ *
+ * Exported because it is a *shared* line, not a private detail of [GroupedRow]:
+ * everything that sits outside the cards but belongs to them — section headers,
+ * hints, picker descriptions — has to start on the same edge, or the page reads
+ * as two ragged columns. Take this value rather than writing 16.dp again.
+ */
+val GroupedListInset = 16.dp
+
 /** Corner radii for a grouped segment: full at the group's outer edges, small between. */
 fun groupedShape(position: Position, full: Dp, small: Dp): Shape = when (position) {
     Position.Alone -> RoundedCornerShape(full)
@@ -140,7 +150,7 @@ fun GroupedRow(
     }
     GroupedSurface(
         position = position,
-        modifier = modifier.padding(horizontal = 16.dp),
+        modifier = modifier.padding(horizontal = GroupedListInset),
         onClick = onClick,
         color = containerColor,
         gapBelow = gapBelow,
diff --git a/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/OptionPicker.kt b/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/OptionPicker.kt
index 6c0d984..dd5e550 100644
--- a/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/OptionPicker.kt
+++ b/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/OptionPicker.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,20 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.floret.identity.LocalFloretDarkTheme
  * [scrollable] forwards to [CollapsingScaffold]: leave it on unless [content]
  * scrolls itself, which a picker only needs for an option list long enough to
  * warrant a lazy container.
+ *
+ * **Picker richness.** Three shapes, in ascending order — take the cheapest one
+ * that makes the choice obvious:
+ * 1. plain option rows, when the label *is* the meaning ("English", "Dark");
+ * 2. rows plus a per-option summary of the concrete effect, when the meaning is
+ *    a date, a time or a number the label only names ("Next 7 days" →
+ *    "30 Jul – 5 Aug"). [OptionPicker]'s `summary` covers this;
+ * 3. a live preview above the rows, when the effect is *visual* and no words
+ *    carry it (month grid style, dimmed past events, week start).
+ *
+ * A picker of the third kind **must not close when an option is tapped** — it
+ * applies immediately and stays open, because closing would hide the very thing
+ * the screen exists to show. The user leaves via back. The first two kinds close
+ * on tap as usual.
  */
 @Composable
 fun FullScreenPicker(
@@ -82,6 +96,15 @@ fun FullScreenPicker(
  * General single-select picker, full-screen: each option is a connected grouped
  * row and the current one carries a check. The drop-in for the family's option
  * dialogs (theme, default list, reminder offset, …).
+ *
+ * [summary] adds a second line per option — reserve it for the option's
+ * *concrete effect*, the thing its label names but doesn't spell out: the dates
+ * a range resolves to, the time a format renders as, what "follow the system"
+ * currently means. Returning null leaves that row single-line, so one option
+ * (typically the automatic one) can carry a note the others don't need. It is
+ * the cheap middle rung of the richness ladder described on [FullScreenPicker]:
+ * every option shows its effect at once and stays comparable, without the cost
+ * of a live preview.
  */
 @Composable
 fun <T> OptionPicker(
@@ -91,6 +114,7 @@ fun <T> OptionPicker(
     label: @Composable (T) -> String,
     onSelect: (T) -> Unit,
     onDismiss: () -> Unit,
+    summary: (@Composable (T) -> String?)? = null,
     leading: (@Composable (T) -> Unit)? = null,
     header: (@Composable ColumnScope.() -> Unit)? = null,
     predictiveBack: Boolean = false,
@@ -101,6 +125,7 @@ fun <T> OptionPicker(
             val isSelected = option == selected
             GroupedRow(
                 title = label(option),
+                summary = summary?.invoke(option),
                 position = positionOf(index, options.size),
                 selected = isSelected,
                 leading = leading?.let { { it(option) } },
diff --git a/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/SettingsRecipes.kt b/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/SettingsRecipes.kt
index 9f647da..aaebaa4 100644
--- a/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/SettingsRecipes.kt
+++ b/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/SettingsRecipes.kt
@@ -13,12 +13,10 @@ import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.height
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.size
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
-import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.RoundedCornerShape
 import androidx.compose.material3.FilledTonalButton
 import androidx.compose.material3.Icon
 import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.OutlinedButton
-import androidx.compose.material3.Surface
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
@@ -41,6 +39,12 @@ data class AboutLink(val icon: ImageVector, val label: String, val url: String)
  * outlined buttons (e.g. source, licence) and an optional full-width
  * [highlightLink] tonal button (e.g. donate). Each link opens its URL in the
  * browser. The app supplies its own logo, strings and links.
+ *
+ * [position] lets the card join a grouped list instead of standing alone: with
+ * [Position.Top] it takes the group's top corners and the 2dp gap below, so a
+ * [GroupedRow] underneath continues the same container. Use that when the card's
+ * call to action reads better as a row of its own than as a button inside the
+ * card — the two then form one block rather than a card with a lid on it.
  */
 @Composable
 fun AboutCard(
@@ -49,15 +53,16 @@ fun AboutCard(
     author: String,
     primaryLinks: List<AboutLink>,
     highlightLink: AboutLink? = null,
+    position: Position = Position.Alone,
 ) {
     val context = LocalContext.current
     val open = { url: String ->
         runCatching { context.startActivity(Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url))) }
         Unit
     }
-    Surface(
+    GroupedSurface(
+        position = position,
         color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.surfaceContainerHigh,
-        shape = RoundedCornerShape(24.dp),
         modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
     ) {
         Column(Modifier.fillMaxWidth().padding(16.dp)) {