diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/BarChartWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/BarChartWidget.m
index ac6dcb90..6a476861 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/BarChartWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/BarChartWidget.m
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ function render(obj, parentPanel)
                 'Color', theme.WidgetBackground, ...
                 'XColor', theme.AxisColor, ...
                 'YColor', theme.AxisColor);
+            if ~isempty(obj.Title)
+                title(obj.hAxes, obj.Title, ...
+                    'Color', theme.ForegroundColor, ...
+                    'FontSize', theme.WidgetTitleFontSize);
+            end
             obj.refresh();
         end
 
@@ -83,6 +88,13 @@ function refresh(obj)
                     set(obj.hAxes, 'XTick', 1:numel(cats), 'XTickLabel', cats);
                 end
             end
+            % Re-apply title after plot commands (bar/barh may clear via newplot)
+            if ~isempty(obj.Title)
+                theme = obj.getTheme();
+                title(obj.hAxes, obj.Title, ...
+                    'Color', theme.ForegroundColor, ...
+                    'FontSize', theme.WidgetTitleFontSize);
+            end
         end
 
         function t = getType(~)
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/ChipBarWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/ChipBarWidget.m
index 72e4ccb7..be35a62c 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/ChipBarWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/ChipBarWidget.m
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
         function render(obj, parentPanel)
         %RENDER Draw all chips in a single shared axes inside parentPanel.
             obj.hPanel = parentPanel;
+            % Re-layout on resize so pixel-scaled fonts/geometry stay correct.
+            try obj.hPanel.SizeChangedFcn = @(~,~) obj.relayout_(); catch, end
             theme = obj.getTheme();
 
             nChips = numel(obj.Chips);
@@ -224,6 +226,14 @@ function refresh(obj)
     end
 
     methods (Access = private)
+        function relayout_(obj)
+        %RELAYOUT_ Rebuild pixel-scaled elements on panel resize.
+            if isempty(obj.hPanel) || ~ishandle(obj.hPanel), return; end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'uicontrol')); catch, end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'axes')); catch, end
+            obj.render(obj.hPanel);
+        end
+
         function chipColor = resolveChipColor(~, chip, theme)
         %RESOLVECHIPCOLOR Map chip struct to an [r g b] color triple.
         %
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/EventTimelineWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/EventTimelineWidget.m
index 06861ab0..4302d8bb 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/EventTimelineWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/EventTimelineWidget.m
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ function refresh(obj)
 
             set(obj.hAxes, 'YTick', 1:numel(labels), 'YTickLabel', labels);
             set(obj.hAxes, 'YLim', [0.3, numel(labels) + 0.7]);
+
+            % Reformat time-axis ticks to HH:MM:SS / MM:SS for readability.
+            obj.formatTimeAxis_(obj.hAxes);
         end
 
         function t = getType(~)
@@ -357,5 +360,28 @@ function onXLimChanged(obj)
             end
         end
 
+        function formatTimeAxis_(~, ax)
+        %FORMATTIMEAXIS_ Replace numeric-seconds x-ticks with HH:MM:SS labels.
+        %   No-op when range <= 300s (raw seconds readable) or ax invalid.
+            if isempty(ax) || ~ishandle(ax), return; end
+            xl = get(ax, 'XLim');
+            rangeSec = xl(2) - xl(1);
+            if rangeSec <= 300, return; end
+            xt = get(ax, 'XTick');
+            if isempty(xt), return; end
+            if rangeSec >= 3600
+                fmt = 'HH:MM:SS';
+            else
+                fmt = 'MM:SS';
+            end
+            lbl = cell(1, numel(xt));
+            for i = 1:numel(xt)
+                % xt(i) is seconds; serial-date day = seconds / 86400
+                lbl{i} = datestr(xt(i) / 86400, fmt);
+            end
+            set(ax, 'XTickMode', 'manual', 'XTickLabelMode', 'manual', ...
+                'XTickLabel', lbl);
+        end
+
     end
 end
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/FastSenseWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/FastSenseWidget.m
index 1b134bb5..c194da41 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/FastSenseWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/FastSenseWidget.m
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ function render(obj, parentPanel)
 
             fp.render();
 
+            % Reformat time-axis ticks to HH:MM:SS / MM:SS for readability.
+            obj.formatTimeAxis_(ax);
+
             % Apply fixed Y-axis limits if configured
             if ~isempty(obj.YLimits) && numel(obj.YLimits) == 2
                 ylim(ax, obj.YLimits);
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ function refresh(obj)
                     [x, y] = obj.Tag.getXY();
                     obj.FastSenseObj.updateData(1, x, y);
                     obj.updateTimeRangeCache();
+                    obj.formatTimeAxis_(obj.FastSenseObj.hAxes);
                     return;
                 catch
                     % fall through to full teardown/rebuild
@@ -153,6 +157,7 @@ function update(obj)
                     [x, y] = obj.Tag.getXY();
                     obj.FastSenseObj.updateData(1, x, y);
                     obj.updateTimeRangeCache();
+                    obj.formatTimeAxis_(obj.FastSenseObj.hAxes);
                     return;
                 catch
                     % fall through to refresh()
@@ -267,6 +272,29 @@ function onXLimChanged(obj)
     end
 
     methods (Access = private)
+        function formatTimeAxis_(~, ax)
+        %FORMATTIMEAXIS_ Replace numeric-seconds x-ticks with HH:MM:SS labels.
+        %   No-op when range <= 300s (raw seconds readable) or ax invalid.
+            if isempty(ax) || ~ishandle(ax), return; end
+            xl = get(ax, 'XLim');
+            rangeSec = xl(2) - xl(1);
+            if rangeSec <= 300, return; end
+            xt = get(ax, 'XTick');
+            if isempty(xt), return; end
+            if rangeSec >= 3600
+                fmt = 'HH:MM:SS';
+            else
+                fmt = 'MM:SS';
+            end
+            lbl = cell(1, numel(xt));
+            for i = 1:numel(xt)
+                % xt(i) is seconds; serial-date day = seconds / 86400
+                lbl{i} = datestr(xt(i) / 86400, fmt);
+            end
+            set(ax, 'XTickMode', 'manual', 'XTickLabelMode', 'manual', ...
+                'XTickLabel', lbl);
+        end
+
         function updateTimeRangeCache(obj)
         %UPDATETIMERANGECACHE Maintain CachedXMin/CachedXMax incrementally.
         %   For sorted time arrays (the common case) the last element is the
@@ -339,6 +367,9 @@ function rebuildForTag_(obj)
 
             fp.render();
 
+            % Reformat time-axis ticks to HH:MM:SS / MM:SS for readability.
+            obj.formatTimeAxis_(ax);
+
             if ~isempty(obj.YLimits) && numel(obj.YLimits) == 2
                 ylim(ax, obj.YLimits);
             end
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/GaugeWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/GaugeWidget.m
index 66970ede..7f4a495e 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/GaugeWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/GaugeWidget.m
@@ -501,10 +501,9 @@ function renderThermometer(obj, parentPanel)
 
             obj.hAxes = axes('Parent', parentPanel, ...
                 'Units', 'normalized', ...
-                'Position', [0.3 0.15 0.4 0.7], ...
+                'Position', [0.15 0.10 0.7 0.80], ...
                 'Visible', 'off', ...
-                'XLim', [-0.5 1.5], 'YLim', [-0.3 1.3], ...
-                'DataAspectRatio', [1 2 1], ...
+                'XLim', [-0.5 1.5], 'YLim', [-0.3 1.4], ...
                 'HitTest', 'off');
             try set(obj.hAxes, 'PickableParts', 'none'); catch , end
             try disableDefaultInteractivity(obj.hAxes); catch , end
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/HeatmapWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/HeatmapWidget.m
index 66384d1b..015f2972 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/HeatmapWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/HeatmapWidget.m
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ function render(obj, parentPanel)
                 'XColor', theme.AxisColor, ...
                 'YColor', theme.AxisColor);
 
+            if ~isempty(obj.Title)
+                title(obj.hAxes, obj.Title, ...
+                    'Color', theme.ForegroundColor, ...
+                    'FontSize', theme.WidgetTitleFontSize);
+            end
+
             obj.refresh();
         end
 
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/HistogramWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/HistogramWidget.m
index ddd641a0..1dc0f173 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/HistogramWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/HistogramWidget.m
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ function render(obj, parentPanel)
                 'Color', theme.WidgetBackground, ...
                 'XColor', theme.AxisColor, ...
                 'YColor', theme.AxisColor);
+            if ~isempty(obj.Title)
+                title(obj.hAxes, obj.Title, ...
+                    'Color', theme.ForegroundColor, ...
+                    'FontSize', theme.WidgetTitleFontSize);
+            end
             obj.refresh();
         end
 
@@ -70,6 +75,13 @@ function refresh(obj)
                 plot(obj.hAxes, xFit, yFit, 'r-', 'LineWidth', 1.5);
                 hold(obj.hAxes, 'off');
             end
+            % Re-apply title after plot commands (bar/plot may clear via newplot)
+            if ~isempty(obj.Title)
+                theme = obj.getTheme();
+                title(obj.hAxes, obj.Title, ...
+                    'Color', theme.ForegroundColor, ...
+                    'FontSize', theme.WidgetTitleFontSize);
+            end
             obj.Dirty = false;
         end
 
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/IconCardWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/IconCardWidget.m
index d2698fa2..e076362a 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/IconCardWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/IconCardWidget.m
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@
             end
             if ~isempty(obj.Tag)
                 obj.Threshold = [];
-                obj.Sensor    = [];
+                % NOTE: do NOT clear obj.Sensor here. Sensor is a Dependent
+                % alias for Tag (see DashboardWidget.set.Sensor) — setting
+                % it to [] wipes the Tag we just stored, causing the widget
+                % to render "--" forever.
             end
             % Mutual exclusivity: Threshold wins (per D-08)
             if ~isempty(obj.Threshold) && ~isempty(obj.Sensor)
@@ -86,6 +89,8 @@
         function render(obj, parentPanel)
         %RENDER Create icon, value text, and label inside parentPanel.
             obj.hPanel = parentPanel;
+            % Re-layout on resize so pixel-scaled fonts/geometry stay correct.
+            try obj.hPanel.SizeChangedFcn = @(~,~) obj.relayout_(); catch, end
             theme = obj.getTheme();
 
             bgColor  = theme.WidgetBackground;
@@ -161,6 +166,8 @@ function refresh(obj)
                     v = obj.Tag.valueAt(now);
                     if ~isempty(v) && ~any(isnan(v))
                         obj.CurrentValue = v;
+                    elseif isprop(obj.Tag, 'Y') && ~isempty(obj.Tag.Y)
+                        obj.CurrentValue = obj.Tag.Y(end);
                     end
                     if isempty(obj.Units) && isprop(obj.Tag, 'Units') && ~isempty(obj.Tag.Units)
                         obj.Units = obj.Tag.Units;
@@ -333,6 +340,14 @@ function refresh(obj)
     end
 
     methods (Access = private)
+        function relayout_(obj)
+        %RELAYOUT_ Rebuild pixel-scaled elements on panel resize.
+            if isempty(obj.hPanel) || ~ishandle(obj.hPanel), return; end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'uicontrol')); catch, end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'axes')); catch, end
+            obj.render(obj.hPanel);
+        end
+
         function color = resolveIconColor(obj, theme)
         %RESOLVEICONCOLOR Map current state to a theme color.
             switch obj.CurrentState
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/ImageWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/ImageWidget.m
index e093267a..d67d8cd6 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/ImageWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/ImageWidget.m
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ function render(obj, parentPanel)
                 'Position', [0.02 captionH+0.02 0.96 0.96-captionH], ...
                 'Visible', 'off');
 
+            if ~isempty(obj.Title)
+                title(obj.hAxes, obj.Title, ...
+                    'Color', theme.ForegroundColor, ...
+                    'FontSize', theme.WidgetTitleFontSize);
+                try set(get(obj.hAxes, 'Title'), 'Visible', 'on'); catch, end
+            end
+
             if ~isempty(obj.Caption)
                 obj.hCaption = uicontrol(parentPanel, ...
                     'Style', 'text', ...
@@ -62,9 +69,20 @@ function refresh(obj)
             end
             if isempty(imgData), return; end
 
-            obj.hImage = image(obj.hAxes, imgData);
+            % For matrices (not RGB uint8), use imagesc so CData auto-scales to
+            % the colormap range -- image() would clip to 1..64 and render a dark block.
+            if ndims(imgData) == 2
+                obj.hImage = imagesc(obj.hAxes, imgData);
+                colormap(obj.hAxes, 'parula');
+            else
+                obj.hImage = image(obj.hAxes, imgData);
+            end
             axis(obj.hAxes, 'image');
             set(obj.hAxes, 'Visible', 'off');
+            % Keep title visible even though axes is invisible (set by render()).
+            if ~isempty(obj.Title)
+                try set(get(obj.hAxes, 'Title'), 'Visible', 'on'); catch, end
+            end
         end
 
         function t = getType(~)
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/MultiStatusWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/MultiStatusWidget.m
index 70ada2da..247f0846 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/MultiStatusWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/MultiStatusWidget.m
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
         function render(obj, parentPanel)
             obj.hPanel = parentPanel;
+            % Re-layout on resize so pixel-scaled fonts/geometry stay correct.
+            try obj.hPanel.SizeChangedFcn = @(~,~) obj.relayout_(); catch, end
             theme = obj.getTheme();
             obj.hAxes = axes('Parent', parentPanel, ...
                 'Units', 'normalized', ...
@@ -232,6 +234,14 @@ function refresh(obj)
     end
 
     methods (Access = private)
+        function relayout_(obj)
+        %RELAYOUT_ Rebuild pixel-scaled elements on panel resize.
+            if isempty(obj.hPanel) || ~ishandle(obj.hPanel), return; end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'uicontrol')); catch, end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'axes')); catch, end
+            obj.render(obj.hPanel);
+        end
+
         function expandedItems = expandSensors_(obj)
         %EXPANDSENSORS_ Expand CompositeThreshold/CompositeTag items into children + summary.
         %   Non-composite items pass through unchanged.
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/NumberWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/NumberWidget.m
index 5387855e..8858a407 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/NumberWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/NumberWidget.m
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 
         function render(obj, parentPanel)
             obj.hPanel = parentPanel;
+            % Re-layout on resize so pixel-scaled fonts/geometry stay correct.
+            try obj.hPanel.SizeChangedFcn = @(~,~) obj.relayout_(); catch, end
             theme = obj.getTheme();
 
             bgColor = theme.WidgetBackground;
@@ -198,6 +200,14 @@ function refresh(obj)
     end
 
     methods (Access = private)
+        function relayout_(obj)
+        %RELAYOUT_ Rebuild pixel-scaled elements on panel resize.
+            if isempty(obj.hPanel) || ~ishandle(obj.hPanel), return; end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'uicontrol')); catch, end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'axes')); catch, end
+            obj.render(obj.hPanel);
+        end
+
         function trend = computeTrend(obj)
             trend = '';
             if isempty(obj.Sensor) || numel(obj.Sensor.Y) < 3
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/ScatterWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/ScatterWidget.m
index 566d945f..920549c1 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/ScatterWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/ScatterWidget.m
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ function render(obj, parentPanel)
                 'Color', theme.WidgetBackground, ...
                 'XColor', theme.AxisColor, ...
                 'YColor', theme.AxisColor);
+            if ~isempty(obj.Title)
+                title(obj.hAxes, obj.Title, ...
+                    'Color', theme.ForegroundColor, ...
+                    'FontSize', theme.WidgetTitleFontSize);
+            end
             obj.refresh();
         end
 
@@ -61,6 +66,16 @@ function refresh(obj)
                     'Marker', '.', ...
                     'MarkerSize', obj.MarkerSize);
             end
+
+            % Auto-derive axis labels from SensorX/SensorY if present.
+            if ~isempty(obj.SensorX)
+                xl = obj.axisLabelForSensor_(obj.SensorX);
+                if ~isempty(xl), xlabel(obj.hAxes, xl); end
+            end
+            if ~isempty(obj.SensorY)
+                yl = obj.axisLabelForSensor_(obj.SensorY);
+                if ~isempty(yl), ylabel(obj.hAxes, yl); end
+            end
         end
 
         function t = getType(~)
@@ -107,6 +122,30 @@ function refresh(obj)
         end
     end
 
+    methods (Access = private)
+        function lbl = axisLabelForSensor_(~, s)
+        %AXISLABELFORSENSOR_ Build "Name (Units)" label with graceful fallbacks.
+            lbl = '';
+            if isempty(s), return; end
+            name = '';
+            if isprop(s, 'Name') && ~isempty(s.Name)
+                name = s.Name;
+            elseif isprop(s, 'Key') && ~isempty(s.Key)
+                name = s.Key;
+            end
+            if isempty(name), return; end
+            units = '';
+            if isprop(s, 'Units') && ~isempty(s.Units)
+                units = s.Units;
+            end
+            if isempty(units)
+                lbl = name;
+            else
+                lbl = sprintf('%s (%s)', name, units);
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
     methods (Static)
         function obj = fromStruct(s)
             obj = ScatterWidget();
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/SparklineCardWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/SparklineCardWidget.m
index bae7caab..7f043ac9 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/SparklineCardWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/SparklineCardWidget.m
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
         function render(obj, parentPanel)
         %RENDER Create all graphics objects inside parentPanel.
             obj.hPanel = parentPanel;
+            % Re-layout on resize so pixel-scaled fonts/geometry stay correct.
+            try obj.hPanel.SizeChangedFcn = @(~,~) obj.relayout_(); catch, end
             theme      = obj.getTheme();
             bgColor    = theme.WidgetBackground;
             fgColor    = theme.ForegroundColor;
@@ -282,4 +284,14 @@ function refresh(obj)
             end
         end
     end
+
+    methods (Access = private)
+        function relayout_(obj)
+        %RELAYOUT_ Rebuild pixel-scaled elements on panel resize.
+            if isempty(obj.hPanel) || ~ishandle(obj.hPanel), return; end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'uicontrol')); catch, end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'axes')); catch, end
+            obj.render(obj.hPanel);
+        end
+    end
 end
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/StatusWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/StatusWidget.m
index 96162424..dbf94fa3 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/StatusWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/StatusWidget.m
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 
         function render(obj, parentPanel)
             obj.hPanel = parentPanel;
+            % Re-layout on resize so pixel-scaled fonts/geometry stay correct.
+            try obj.hPanel.SizeChangedFcn = @(~,~) obj.relayout_(); catch, end
             theme = obj.getTheme();
 
             bgColor = theme.WidgetBackground;
@@ -269,6 +271,14 @@ function refresh(obj)
     end
 
     methods (Access = private)
+        function relayout_(obj)
+        %RELAYOUT_ Rebuild pixel-scaled elements on panel resize.
+            if isempty(obj.hPanel) || ~ishandle(obj.hPanel), return; end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'uicontrol')); catch, end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'axes')); catch, end
+            obj.render(obj.hPanel);
+        end
+
         function val = resolveCurrentValue_(obj)
             %RESOLVECURRENTVALUE_ Return the current scalar value from ValueFcn or Value.
             val = [];
diff --git a/libs/Dashboard/TextWidget.m b/libs/Dashboard/TextWidget.m
index 0e00173e..f3fef277 100644
--- a/libs/Dashboard/TextWidget.m
+++ b/libs/Dashboard/TextWidget.m
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
         function render(obj, parentPanel)
             obj.hPanel = parentPanel;
+            % Re-layout on resize so pixel-scaled fonts/geometry stay correct.
+            try obj.hPanel.SizeChangedFcn = @(~,~) obj.relayout_(); catch, end
             theme = obj.getTheme();
 
             bgColor = theme.WidgetBackground;
@@ -151,4 +153,14 @@ function refresh(~)
         end
     end
 
+    methods (Access = private)
+        function relayout_(obj)
+        %RELAYOUT_ Rebuild pixel-scaled elements on panel resize.
+            if isempty(obj.hPanel) || ~ishandle(obj.hPanel), return; end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'uicontrol')); catch, end
+            try delete(findobj(obj.hPanel, '-depth', 1, 'Type', 'axes')); catch, end
+            obj.render(obj.hPanel);
+        end
+    end
+
 end