diff --git a/crates/app/src/ui/affordance.rs b/crates/app/src/ui/affordance.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53e20e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/app/src/ui/affordance.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+//! Shared visual language for click-to-enter surfaces.
+//!
+//! Ribbon buttons signal clickability by tinting their leading glyph with the
+//! theme accent (`Visuals::hyperlink_color`, see `ribbon_button`). Task-card
+//! rows that open an editor or reveal content on click reuse the same colour
+//! through these helpers, so "this text is clickable" reads identically on
+//! every surface instead of each card inventing its own (or, worse, plain
+//! text that gives no signal until hovered).
+
+use egui::{Color32, Response, TextFormat, TextStyle, Ui, Visuals, text::LayoutJob};
+
+/// The accent that marks a clickable surface — the exact colour the Ribbon
+/// paints its enabled, unchecked button glyphs with.
+pub(crate) fn clickable_tint(visuals: &Visuals) -> Color32 {
+    visuals.hyperlink_color
+}
+
+/// A selectable row that reads as clickable while idle: the leading glyph
+/// carries the clickable accent while the label keeps the theme text colour,
+/// mirroring Ribbon buttons. A selected row falls back to the selection
+/// styling wholesale so the accent never fights the checked state.
+pub(crate) fn selectable_row(
+    ui: &mut Ui,
+    selected: bool,
+    glyph: &str,
+    label: impl Into<String>,
+) -> Response {
+    let font_id = TextStyle::Body.resolve(ui.style());
+    let glyph_color = if selected {
+        Color32::PLACEHOLDER
+    } else {
+        clickable_tint(ui.visuals())
+    };
+    let mut job = LayoutJob::default();
+    job.append(
+        glyph,
+        0.0,
+        TextFormat {
+            font_id: font_id.clone(),
+            color: glyph_color,
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    );
+    job.append(
+        &format!("  {}", label.into()),
+        0.0,
+        TextFormat {
+            font_id,
+            color: Color32::PLACEHOLDER,
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    );
+    ui.selectable_label(selected, job)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// The clickable accent must stay the colour Ribbon glyphs use, in both
+    /// themes, so every "this is clickable" mark reads as one language.
+    #[test]
+    fn clickable_tint_matches_the_ribbon_glyph_colour() {
+        for visuals in [Visuals::light(), Visuals::dark()] {
+            assert_eq!(clickable_tint(&visuals), visuals.hyperlink_color);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/app/src/ui/mod.rs b/crates/app/src/ui/mod.rs
index 551420b..61808ab 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub(crate) mod affordance;
 pub(crate) mod align;
 pub(crate) mod arithmetic;
 pub(crate) mod batch_workflow;
diff --git a/crates/app/src/ui/tools/craft/results.rs b/crates/app/src/ui/tools/craft/results.rs
index f8247c2..3184780 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/ui/tools/craft/results.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/ui/tools/craft/results.rs
@@ -234,23 +234,24 @@ fn overview(
     });
     for (position, summary) in run.region_summaries.iter().enumerate() {
         let selected = app.session.ui.craft_component_region == Some(summary.region);
-        if ui
-            .selectable_label(
-                selected,
-                format!(
-                    "{} · {:.4}–{:.4} ppm · coherent amplitude {:.4} · {} component(s)",
-                    if exploratory {
-                        "Full bandwidth".into()
-                    } else {
-                        format!("Signal {}", position + 1)
-                    },
-                    summary.start_ppm,
-                    summary.end_ppm,
-                    summary.coherent_amplitude_t0,
-                    summary.component_count,
-                ),
-            )
-            .clicked()
+        if crate::ui::affordance::selectable_row(
+            ui,
+            selected,
+            egui_phosphor::regular::WAVEFORM,
+            format!(
+                "{} · {:.4}–{:.4} ppm · coherent amplitude {:.4} · {} component(s)",
+                if exploratory {
+                    "Full bandwidth".into()
+                } else {
+                    format!("Signal {}", position + 1)
+                },
+                summary.start_ppm,
+                summary.end_ppm,
+                summary.coherent_amplitude_t0,
+                summary.component_count,
+            ),
+        )
+        .clicked()
         {
             app.session.ui.craft_component_region = Some(summary.region);
             app.session.ui.craft_result_tab = CraftResultTab::Components;
diff --git a/crates/app/src/ui/tools/processing/surface.rs b/crates/app/src/ui/tools/processing/surface.rs
index 8346c22..bf43cd5 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/ui/tools/processing/surface.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/ui/tools/processing/surface.rs
@@ -482,16 +482,13 @@ fn step_row(
     egui::Frame::group(ui.style()).show(ui, |ui| {
         ui.horizontal_wrapped(|ui| {
             crate::ui::properties::panel::processing_step_section(app, &target, ui);
-            let response = ui
-                .selectable_label(
-                    expanded,
-                    format!(
-                        "{}  {}",
-                        editors::kind_icon(&step.kind),
-                        editors::kind_label(&step.kind)
-                    ),
-                )
-                .on_hover_text(editors::kind_summary(&step.kind));
+            let response = crate::ui::affordance::selectable_row(
+                ui,
+                expanded,
+                editors::kind_icon(&step.kind),
+                editors::kind_label(&step.kind),
+            )
+            .on_hover_text(editors::kind_summary(&step.kind));
             ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
                 ui.menu_button(icon::DOTS_THREE, |ui| {
                     row_menu(
diff --git a/crates/app/src/ui/tools/region_analysis.rs b/crates/app/src/ui/tools/region_analysis.rs
index 185e030..2d6fe2f 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/ui/tools/region_analysis.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/ui/tools/region_analysis.rs
@@ -247,9 +247,13 @@ fn region_task_body(app: &mut PlotxApp, di: usize, ui: &mut Ui) {
                         } else {
                             format!("{:.3}–{:.3} {axis_unit}", region.lo_min(), region.hi_max())
                         };
-                        if ui
-                            .add(Button::selectable(selected == Some(region.id), interval))
-                            .clicked()
+                        if crate::ui::affordance::selectable_row(
+                            ui,
+                            selected == Some(region.id),
+                            icon::SELECTION,
+                            interval,
+                        )
+                        .clicked()
                         {
                             select_id = Some(region.id);
                         }