diff --git a/tl/src/tl/subs.cljs b/tl/src/tl/subs.cljs
index fd1a253..d7ba369 100644
--- a/tl/src/tl/subs.cljs
+++ b/tl/src/tl/subs.cljs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
      (->> (:groups scene)
           (keep (fn [[gid g]]
                   (when (and (= :annotation (:type g)) (= ctx (:parent g)))
-                    (let [src-segs (when-not (get-in g [:meta :hidden]) (scene/resolve scene gid))
+                    (let [src-segs (scene/resolve scene gid)
                           bars     (scene/merge-bars
                                     (mapcat (fn [{[a b] :src}] (scene/pieces segs a b)) src-segs))
                           reason   (scene/broken-reason scene gid)
diff --git a/tl/src/tl/views.cljs b/tl/src/tl/views.cljs
index 39eb4de..4963f56 100644
--- a/tl/src/tl/views.cljs
+++ b/tl/src/tl/views.cljs
@@ -796,27 +796,53 @@
          (if (seq anns)
            (doall
             (for [a anns]
-              ^{:key (:id a)}
-              [:div.ann {:id (str "ann-" (name (:id a)))
-                         :class (when (contains? active-set (:id a)) "active")
-                         :style {"--ann-color" (:color a)}}
-               [:div.ann-head
-                [:div.ann-title
-                 [:span.ann-swatch {:style {:background (:color a)}}]
-                 (when (:broken a) [:span {:title (:reason a)} "△ "]) (:name a)
-                 (when (seq (:script a)) [:span.script-badge {:title "linked to script"} "¶"])]
-                [:div.ann-actions
-                 [jump-control open a scene segs]
-                 [:button.expand-btn {:title "Expand" :on-click #(rf/dispatch [::events/expand (:id a)])}
-                  "⤢" (when (pos? (:nested a)) [:span.nest-badge (:nested a)])]
-                 (when authed?
-                   [:button.edit-btn {:title "Edit"
-                                      :on-click #(rf/dispatch [::events/edit-draft (:id a)])} "✎"])
-                 (when authed?
-                   [:button.del-btn {:title "Delete"
-                                     :on-click #(when (js/confirm (str "Delete \"" (:name a) "\"?"))
-                                                  (rf/dispatch [::events/delete-annotation (:id a)]))} "✕"])]]
-               (when (not-empty (:content a)) [content-display scene ctx (:content a)])]))
+              (let [grp (get-in scene [:groups (:id a)])]
+                ^{:key (:id a)}
+                (if (:hidden a)
+                  ;; Hidden annotation: small collapsed card
+                  (r/with-let [hov? (r/atom false)]
+                    [:div.ann {:id (str "ann-" (name (:id a)))
+                               :class (when (contains? active-set (:id a)) "active")
+                               :style (merge {"--ann-color" (:color a)}
+                                            {:opacity 0.4
+                                             :background "var(--desktop)"
+                                             :background-size "2px 2px"
+                                             :min-height "28px"
+                                             :display "flex"
+                                             :align-items "center"
+                                             :justify-content "space-between"
+                                             :padding "2px 8px"})
+                               :on-mouse-enter #(reset! hov? true)
+                               :on-mouse-leave #(reset! hov? false)}
+                     [:span.ann-title {:style {:font-size 12}}
+                      [:span.ann-swatch {:style {:background (:color a)}}]
+                      (:name a)]
+                     (when @hov?
+                       [:button.edit-btn {:title "Unhide"
+                                         :on-click #(rf/dispatch [::events/put-group (:id a)
+                                                                 (update grp :meta dissoc :hidden)])}
+                        "Unhide"])])
+                  ;; Normal annotation: full card
+                  [:div.ann {:id (str "ann-" (name (:id a)))
+                             :class (when (contains? active-set (:id a)) "active")
+                             :style {"--ann-color" (:color a)}}
+                   [:div.ann-head
+                    [:div.ann-title
+                     [:span.ann-swatch {:style {:background (:color a)}}]
+                     (when (:broken a) [:span {:title (:reason a)} "△ "]) (:name a)
+                     (when (seq (:script a)) [:span.script-badge {:title "linked to script"} "¶"])]
+                    [:div.ann-actions
+                     [jump-control open a scene segs]
+                     [:button.expand-btn {:title "Expand" :on-click #(rf/dispatch [::events/expand (:id a)])}
+                      "⤢" (when (pos? (:nested a)) [:span.nest-badge (:nested a)])]
+                     (when authed?
+                       [:button.edit-btn {:title "Edit"
+                                          :on-click #(rf/dispatch [::events/edit-draft (:id a)])} "✎"])
+                     (when authed?
+                       [:button.del-btn {:title "Delete"
+                                         :on-click #(when (js/confirm (str "Delete \"" (:name a) "\"?"))
+                                                      (rf/dispatch [::events/delete-annotation (:id a)]))} "✕"])]]
+                   (when (not-empty (:content a)) [content-display scene ctx (:content a)])]))))
            [:div.ann-empty "No annotations here."])]))))
 
 (defn- to-frame [v len]