diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 8293de4..7146cef 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -2885,7 +2885,7 @@ export default function App() {
       : d < 30 ? 'border-warning text-warning bg-warning/15'
       : 'border-danger text-danger bg-danger/15';
     return (
-      <div className="self-end shrink-0" title={t('lotw.userTip', { date: lotwInfo.last_upload || '?', days: d })}>
+      <div className="shrink-0" title={t('lotw.userTip', { date: lotwInfo.last_upload || '?', days: d })}>
         <span className={cn('inline-flex items-center rounded-md border px-1.5 py-1 text-[9px] font-extrabold tracking-wide leading-none', cls)}>
           LoTW
         </span>
@@ -2901,7 +2901,7 @@ export default function App() {
   // worked-before check doesn't include these, and see what's waiting.
   const offlinePendingCount = offlineStatus.pending ?? 0;
   const offlineBlock = offlinePendingCount === 0 ? null : (
-    <div className="relative self-end mb-0.5 shrink-0">
+    <div className="relative shrink-0">
       <button type="button" onClick={() => { setPendingOpen((o) => !o); GetPendingQSOs().then((r: any) => setPendingList((r ?? []) as any[])).catch(() => {}); }}
         title={t('offline.tip', { n: offlinePendingCount })}
         className="relative inline-flex h-8 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-danger bg-danger/15 px-2.5 text-danger transition-colors hover:bg-danger/25">
@@ -2954,7 +2954,7 @@ export default function App() {
   const hasAlerts = recentAlerts.length > 0;
   // Only show the bell when there are pending alerts — hidden otherwise.
   const alertLedBlock = !hasAlerts ? null : (
-    <div className="relative self-end mb-0.5 shrink-0">
+    <div className="relative shrink-0">
       <button type="button" onClick={() => setAlertsPanelOpen((o) => !o)}
         title={hasAlerts ? t('alert.pending', { n: recentAlerts.length }) : t('alert.noneShort')}
         className={cn('relative inline-flex size-8 items-center justify-center rounded-full border transition-colors',
@@ -3109,19 +3109,19 @@ export default function App() {
   const logButtons = (
     <div className="flex flex-col">
       <Label className="mb-1 h-3.5">&nbsp;</Label>
-      <div className="flex gap-2">
+      <div className="flex gap-1.5">
         {clusterServerStatuses.some((s) => s.state === 'connected') && (
-          <Button type="button" variant="outline" onClick={() => setShowSpotModal(true)} className="h-8" title="Send a DX spot to the master cluster">
+          <Button type="button" size="sm" variant="outline" onClick={() => setShowSpotModal(true)} className="h-8 px-2.5 text-xs" title="Send a DX spot to the master cluster">
             <Satellite className="size-3.5" />
             {t('btn.spot')}
           </Button>
         )}
-        <Button type="button" variant="outline" onClick={() => { resetEntry(); callsignRef.current?.focus(); }} className="h-8"
+        <Button type="button" size="sm" variant="outline" onClick={() => { resetEntry(); callsignRef.current?.focus(); }} className="h-8 px-2.5 text-xs"
           title="Clear the QSO entry (always — unlike Esc which may be reserved for the CW keyer)">
           <Eraser className="size-3.5" />
           {t('btn.clear')}
         </Button>
-        <Button onClick={save} disabled={saving} className="h-8">
+        <Button size="sm" onClick={save} disabled={saving} className="h-8 px-3 text-xs">
           <Send className="size-3.5" />
           {saving ? '…' : t('btn.logQso')}
         </Button>
@@ -3910,13 +3910,6 @@ export default function App() {
               </div>
               {qthBlock}
               {gridBlock}
-              {/* LoTW badge, offline outbox and the spot-alert LED grouped at the
-                  right edge, so the alert always has a clear spot. */}
-              <div className="ml-auto flex items-end gap-2 shrink-0">
-                {lotwBlock}
-                {offlineBlock}
-                {alertLedBlock}
-              </div>
             </div>
 
             {/* Row 3: tight left detail column (Band/Mode/Country) and
@@ -3933,11 +3926,19 @@ export default function App() {
               </div>
             </div>
 
-            {/* Bottom: TX freq, RX freq, RX band — plus the action buttons. */}
+            {/* Bottom: TX freq, RX freq, RX band — then the alert LED + LoTW badge
+                (vertically centred on the input row), then the action buttons. */}
             <div className="flex gap-2 items-end">
               {freqBlock}
               {rxFreqBlock}
               {bandRxBlock}
+              {(alertLedBlock || lotwBlock || offlineBlock) && (
+                <div className="flex items-center gap-2 h-9 self-end">
+                  {alertLedBlock}
+                  {lotwBlock}
+                  {offlineBlock}
+                </div>
+              )}
               <div className="ml-auto">{logButtons}</div>
             </div>
           </>