---
id: TASK-014
title: 'TUI: Panel zoom — expand focused panel full-screen'
status: To Do
assignee: []
created_date: '2026-06-12 04:21'
labels:
  - tui
  - feature
dependencies:
  - TASK-005
priority: medium
ordinal: 14000
---

## Description

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When a panel is focused, pressing `z` should expand it to fill the full content area temporarily. This is especially useful for News, Calendar, Sports, and Feeds panels which are cramped at normal size.

Implementation:
- Bind `z` when a panel has focus (or as an app-level binding that acts on the focused panel)
- Push a `ModalScreen` or use CSS to show only the focused panel at full size
- Zoomed panel still polls/updates normally
- `Esc` or `z` again collapses back to the normal layout
- Zoomed state is displayed with a "[zoomed — Esc to close]" hint in the border title

Depends on: TASK-005 (tab focus cycling)
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## Acceptance Criteria
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- [ ] #1 z on a focused panel expands it full-screen
- [ ] #2 Esc collapses back to normal layout
- [ ] #3 Data continues to update in zoomed state
- [ ] #4 Zoom hint visible in border title
- [ ] #5 Works on all 3 pages
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