diff --git a/demo/smoke_align_guides.mjs b/demo/smoke_align_guides.mjs
index 84aefc62..b68f04c3 100644
--- a/demo/smoke_align_guides.mjs
+++ b/demo/smoke_align_guides.mjs
@@ -41,8 +41,27 @@ const res = await page.evaluate(async () => {
     before: { s: b.space, x: pb.x / 1000, y: pb.y / 1000 },
     start: c._devicePlacementForCanvas(b, pb.x, pb.y),
   };
+  const keptDrag = c._deviceDrag;
   c.requestUpdate(); await c.updateComplete;
   out.devGuide = guides() >= 1;
+  // #400: направляющая обязана идти ОТ ДРУГОГО значка, а не от самого себя.
+  // Прежняя проверка `guides() >= 1` этого не различала: точка всегда
+  // совпадает сама с собой в пределах допуска, поэтому исключение
+  // перетаскиваемого маркера могло не работать вовсе — и не работало,
+  // потому что читало `_drag`, который в этом режиме всегда null.
+  out.devGuideComesFromAnotherMarker = (() => {
+    const key = (list) => list.map((point) => point.join(','));
+    const withDrag = key(c._editorRuntime._alignCandidates());
+    c._deviceDrag = null;
+    const withoutDrag = key(c._editorRuntime._alignCandidates());
+    c._deviceDrag = keptDrag;
+    // Исключение снимает РОВНО один кандидат — перетаскиваемый маркер.
+    // Сравнение по разнице списков, а не по заранее посчитанной точке:
+    // позиция значка живёт вместе с перетаскиванием и к моменту проверки
+    // уже другая.
+    const removed = withoutDrag.filter((point) => !withDrag.includes(point));
+    return withDrag.length === withoutDrag.length - 1 && removed.length === 1;
+  })();
   c._deviceDrag = null; c.requestUpdate(); await c.updateComplete;
   out.devGuideGone = guides() === 0;
   // 4) подложка: рисование прямоугольника с углом на одном X с углом другой фигуры
diff --git a/demo/smoke_furniture_polish.mjs b/demo/smoke_furniture_polish.mjs
index 8475aa3c..1ed3aa0e 100644
--- a/demo/smoke_furniture_polish.mjs
+++ b/demo/smoke_furniture_polish.mjs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const out = await page.evaluate(async () => {
   const out = {};
   const c = window.__card;
   const sr = () => c.shadowRoot || c.renderRoot;
+  const frame = () => new Promise((r) => requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(r)));
   const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
   const stageEl = () => sr().querySelector('.stage');
   const toScreen = (x, y) => {
@@ -107,6 +108,67 @@ const out = await page.evaluate(async () => {
   out.escapeClosesPalette = !c._furnPalette && c._decorTool === 'select';
   out.escapeDetachesListeners = shiftRemoves === addsBeforeEscape;
 
+  // #400 AC1/AC2: на мелкой мебели угловая и осевая ручки перекрываются —
+  // радиус хита один и тот же (1.8 % вида), и на объекте уже, чем 4·hr, круги
+  // пересекаются. Побеждает нарисованный последним. Угол обязан быть сверху:
+  // боком масштабируется одна ось, углом — обе, и мелкая мебель — как раз тот
+  // случай, где пропорциональное изменение нужнее всего.
+  //
+  // Проверяется настоящим pointerdown в геометрический угол рамки:
+  // elementFromPoint через shadow root тут бесполезен (возвращает саму
+  // карточку), а какой обработчик сработал — видно только по вызову.
+  const handleProbe = async (size) => {
+    c._setMode('decor'); await c.updateComplete;
+    c._decorTool = 'select';
+    c._curSpaceCfg.decor = [{ id: 'probe', kind: 'furniture', symbol: 'fridge',
+      x: 0.3, y: 0.3, w: size, h: size, angle: 0, color: '#ff00ff', opacity: 1, width_cm: 8 }];
+    c._cfgEpoch++; c._decorSel = 'probe';
+    c._editorRuntime?._syncDecorFrame?.();
+    c.requestUpdate(); await c.updateComplete; await frame();
+    const box = sr().querySelector('.dtframe');
+    if (!box) return { frame: false };
+    const handles = [...box.querySelectorAll('.dthandle')];
+    const corner = handles.find((el) => !el.classList.contains('dtrot')
+      && !el.classList.contains('dtedge'));
+    if (!corner) return { frame: true, corner: false };
+    const r = corner.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const cx = r.left + r.width / 2;
+    const cy = r.top + r.height / 2;
+    // Кто получит событие в этой точке: считаем нажатия на каждой ручке.
+    let hitEdge = 0; let hitCorner = 0;
+    const mark = (el) => {
+      const isEdge = el.classList.contains('dtedge');
+      const listener = () => { if (isEdge) hitEdge++; else hitCorner++; };
+      el.addEventListener('pointerdown', listener, true);
+      return () => el.removeEventListener('pointerdown', listener, true);
+    };
+    const off = handles.filter((el) => !el.classList.contains('dtrot')).map(mark);
+    const top = sr().elementsFromPoint
+      ? sr().elementsFromPoint(cx, cy)
+      : document.elementsFromPoint(cx, cy);
+    const target = top.find((el) => el.classList && el.classList.contains('dthandle'));
+    if (target) {
+      target.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointerdown', {
+        clientX: cx, clientY: cy, pointerId: 91, isPrimary: true, button: 0,
+        bubbles: true, composed: true, cancelable: true,
+      }));
+    }
+    off.forEach((fn) => fn());
+    c._dtDrag = null;
+    return { frame: true, corner: true, hitCorner, hitEdge,
+      targetIsCorner: !!target && !target.classList.contains('dtedge') };
+  };
+  const small = await handleProbe(0.04);   // 40 см на 10-метровом плане
+  const big = await handleProbe(0.16);     // 160 см
+  out.smallFurnitureCornerWinsTheHit = small.targetIsCorner === true && small.hitCorner === 1
+    && small.hitEdge === 0;
+  out.largeFurnitureKeepsBothHandles = big.targetIsCorner === true && big.hitCorner === 1
+    && big.hitEdge === 0;
+  out.handleProbeDiagnostics = { small, big };
+  c._curSpaceCfg.decor = [];
+  c._decorSel = null;
+  c._setMode('background'); await c.updateComplete;
+
   window.addEventListener = addReal;
   window.removeEventListener = removeReal;
   // прибрать поставленный диван
@@ -116,5 +178,6 @@ const out = await page.evaluate(async () => {
   c.requestUpdate(); await c.updateComplete;
   return out;
 });
-checkAll(out);
+const { handleProbeDiagnostics, ...checks } = out;
+checkAll(checks);
 await finish(browser, out);
diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 2aaba150..4e1790e7 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -1557,6 +1557,26 @@ diffs the real `seedHiddenBindings`/`buildDevices` outputs — there is no
 second copy of the filter logic to drift. The field registry (#33) carries
 their passports; `scripts/config-audit.mjs` treats both as `current`.
 
+## The initial bundle carries English and Russian whole (#400, 2026-08-31)
+
+`en` and `ru` are synchronous dictionaries in the initial chunk; `de` and `fr`
+load lazily (`src/i18n/registry.ts`). That includes strings only ever shown in
+the editor — the 38 settings-help entries of #86 among them — and the question
+of splitting them out was raised by the v1.70.0-beta.1 audit.
+
+Measured before deciding: those 38 entries are 11 818 B of raw text but
+**2 654 B gzip** inside a bundle of 47 754 B of dictionaries — 0.9 % of the
+300 000 B ceiling. Splitting them would mean cutting a synchronous dictionary
+in two, merging the halves at runtime, a second network request the first time
+a hint is opened, and a second source of truth for the key type derived from
+`en.json` (#391). That is a lot of new machinery, in the area that #352–#355
+had to stabilise, for 2.6 KB.
+
+So the decision is deliberate, not an oversight: **English and Russian ship
+whole**. Budget planning assumes it. If the editor's text ever grows by tens of
+kilobytes, revisit this — the number above is what makes it worth revisiting,
+not the feeling that "editor text should be lazy".
+
 ## Backend quality gates (#42, 2026-08-30)
 
 - `tests_backend/requirements.txt` is the single source of backend CI
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index ba789f0b..e9616980 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Small furniture is easier to resize proportionally: the corner handle now
+  wins the tap over the side handle when the two overlap, which they do on
+  anything narrower than about 80 cm
+  ([#400](https://github.com/Matysh/houseplan-card/issues/400)).
+
 - Undo/Redo of marker positions no longer goes dark on its own: the card now
   keeps exactly what it sent to the server, so a reconnect or a second tab
   stops looking like someone else's edit
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.ru.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.ru.md
index 93eb5347..3d14a5e4 100755
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.ru.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.ru.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 ## Не выпущено
 
+- Мелкую мебель проще тянуть за угол: угловая ручка теперь выигрывает нажатие
+  у боковой там, где они перекрываются, — а перекрываются они на всём уже
+  примерно 80 см ([#400](https://github.com/Matysh/houseplan-card/issues/400)).
+
 - История Undo/Redo позиций маркеров больше не гаснет сама: карточка хранит
   ровно то, что отправила серверу, поэтому переподключение или вторая вкладка
   перестали выглядеть чужой правкой
diff --git a/scripts/mutation-gate.mjs b/scripts/mutation-gate.mjs
index 0b7f7ad3..4f46c527 100644
--- a/scripts/mutation-gate.mjs
+++ b/scripts/mutation-gate.mjs
@@ -746,6 +746,30 @@ const MUTANT_DEFINITIONS = [
       replace: "      this._persistDecorStyle();\n    }, 0);",
     }],
   },
+  {
+    id: 'furniture-edge-handles-steal-the-corner',
+    guard: 'node demo/smoke_furniture_polish.mjs',
+    because: 'both handles share one hit radius, so on furniture narrower than '
+      + '4·hr whichever is painted last takes the corner — and the corner is '
+      + 'the one that cannot be reached any other way (#400 AC1)',
+    patches: [{
+      file: 'src/houseplan-card.ts',
+      find: '      ${/* #400: corners LAST.',
+      replace: '      ${/* mutant: corners no longer last.',
+    }],
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'align-guides-exclude-dead-source',
+    guard: 'node demo/smoke_align_guides.mjs',
+    because: 'device dragging lives in _deviceDrag since #74; excluding by '
+      + '_drag excludes nothing, and a guide drawn from a marker to itself '
+      + 'looks exactly like an honest one (#400 AC4/AC5)',
+    patches: [{
+      file: 'src/houseplan-editor-runtime.ts',
+      find: '      const draggedId = this.host._deviceDrag?.id ?? this.host._drag?.id;',
+      replace: '      const draggedId = this.host._drag?.id;',
+    }],
+  },
   {
     id: 'workflow-scan-hardcodes-the-list',
     guard: 'node --test test/validate-workflow.test.mjs',
diff --git a/src/houseplan-card.ts b/src/houseplan-card.ts
index 1f7a52a2..0e066f1c 100755
--- a/src/houseplan-card.ts
+++ b/src/houseplan-card.ts
@@ -8464,10 +8464,6 @@ export class HouseplanCard extends LitElement {
       <circle class="dthandle dtrot" cx="${b.x + b.w / 2}" cy="${b.y - arm}" r="${hr.toFixed(1)}"
         @pointerdown=${(e: PointerEvent) => this._dtStart(e, 'rotate')}></circle>
       <circle class="dtknob" cx="${b.x + b.w / 2}" cy="${b.y - arm}" r="${kr.toFixed(2)}"></circle>
-      ${corners.map(([sx, sy, cur]) => svg`<circle class="dthandle dt-${cur}"
-        cx="${sx < 0 ? b.x : b.x + b.w}" cy="${sy < 0 ? b.y : b.y + b.h}" r="${hr.toFixed(1)}"
-        @pointerdown=${(e: PointerEvent) => this._dtStart(e, 'scale', [sx, sy])}></circle><circle class="dtknob"
-        cx="${sx < 0 ? b.x : b.x + b.w}" cy="${sy < 0 ? b.y : b.y + b.h}" r="${kr.toFixed(2)}"></circle>`)}
       ${sides.map(([sx, sy, cur]) => {
         const x = sx < 0 ? b.x : sx > 0 ? b.x + b.w : b.x + b.w / 2;
         const y = sy < 0 ? b.y : sy > 0 ? b.y + b.h : b.y + b.h / 2;
@@ -8476,6 +8472,17 @@ export class HouseplanCard extends LitElement {
             this._dtStart(e, 'scale', [sx, sy])}></circle>
           <circle class="dtknob dtedgeknob" cx="${x}" cy="${y}" r="${kr.toFixed(2)}"></circle>`;
       })}
+      ${/* #400: corners LAST. Both handles carry the same hit radius (1.8 % of
+          the view), so on furniture narrower than 4·hr — a 40 cm cabinet — the
+          two circles overlap and whichever is painted later takes the hit.
+          The corner is the one that cannot be reached any other way: an edge
+          handle scales one axis, a corner scales both, and the object is small
+          precisely when proportional resize matters most. The bead order is
+          unchanged visually — the knobs are drawn with their own handles. */
+        corners.map(([sx, sy, cur]) => svg`<circle class="dthandle dt-${cur}"
+        cx="${sx < 0 ? b.x : b.x + b.w}" cy="${sy < 0 ? b.y : b.y + b.h}" r="${hr.toFixed(1)}"
+        @pointerdown=${(e: PointerEvent) => this._dtStart(e, 'scale', [sx, sy])}></circle><circle class="dtknob"
+        cx="${sx < 0 ? b.x : b.x + b.w}" cy="${sy < 0 ? b.y : b.y + b.h}" r="${kr.toFixed(2)}"></circle>`)}
     </g>` as unknown as TemplateResult;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/houseplan-editor-runtime.ts b/src/houseplan-editor-runtime.ts
index 9b0eab2f..387aa24e 100644
--- a/src/houseplan-editor-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/houseplan-editor-runtime.ts
@@ -910,6 +910,10 @@ export interface HouseplanEditorHostPort {
   _display: (url: string | null | undefined) => string;
   _draftSegmentCms: number[];
   _drag: { id: string; sx: number; sy: number; ox: number; oy: number; moved: boolean; } | null;
+  /** #400: device dragging has its own state since #74; `_drag` is null in
+   *  the devices mode, so anything excluding "the thing being dragged" there
+   *  must read this instead. Only the id is needed by the editor runtime. */
+  _deviceDrag: { id: string } | null;
   _drawWallCm: number | null;
   _drawWallField: string | null;
   _drawWallFieldValue: string;
@@ -10966,8 +10970,16 @@ public _alignCandidates(): number[][] {
     }
     if (this.host._mode === 'devices') {
       // other icons of this space only (owner's decision)
+      //
+      // #400: the dragged marker is excluded by `_deviceDrag`, not `_drag`.
+      // Device dragging moved into its own state with #74, and `_drag` is
+      // null in this mode — so the marker being moved was listed among its
+      // own alignment candidates. Nothing looked wrong because a point always
+      // matches itself within tolerance: the guide was drawn from the marker
+      // to itself and is indistinguishable from an honest one.
+      const draggedId = this.host._deviceDrag?.id ?? this.host._drag?.id;
       for (const d of this.host._devices) {
-        if (d.space !== this.host._space || d.id === this.host._drag?.id
+        if (d.space !== this.host._space || d.id === draggedId
             || d.bindingStatus?.kind === 'ha_disabled') continue;
         const p = this.host._pos(d);
         out.push([p.x, p.y]);