fix(ui): keep note editing text readable (#2545) (#2562)

Co-authored-by: Brandon Thomas <echelon@gmail.com>

docs/gaps.md

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Exact line spacing keeps the run font baseline around tall equations; automatic
 
 Legacy Word imports (#2445): interactive Save for `.doc`/`.dot` uses the existing DOCX Save As dialog. Cancel and write failures retain the draft and original path; Save before Close continues only after a successful supported-format save. This narrows save reliability under gap #3; binary `.doc` writing remains unsupported. Late Save As answers are rejected before writing if automation has replaced the document.
 
+Active footnote and endnote text stays readable while editing (#2545). This fixes a display-context defect; the broader fidelity, accessibility and readiness gates below are unchanged.
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 ## Ranked
 
 | # | Gap | B | Evidence | Impact | Hours | Doc |
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ The Language dialog reads effective character formatting, including document def
 | 2026-10-16 | trivial | Zero-extent drawing anchors contribute no inline font height. Synthetic regressions. |
 | 2026-10-15 | trivial | #2 impact restated: Word ink is no longer lost; it shows as its picture and can't be edited |
 | 2026-10-15 | trivial | #2 narrowed: native ink in groups and drawing canvases (`w14:contentPart` members, with their picture fallback) survives DOCX edits and repeated saves; native ink rendering remains |
+| 2026-10-16 | trivial | Body and active note text keep normal opacity while editing footnotes or endnotes (#2545); header/footer dimming is unchanged |
 | 2026-10-14 | trivial | Row table border exceptions fixed; other row table exceptions remain unsupported |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | Czech proofing review: short-word splits rank after deletion, NOSUGGEST excludes suggestions while accepting typed forms, affix comments apply only to headers, ratios keep spaces and repeated-word messages use Czech quotes; synthetic engine end-to-end and latency checks |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | Czech spelling from the installed Hunspell dictionary, runtime-table suggestions and generic checks; Czech interface writes cs-CZ documents; no Czech hyphenation patterns bundled; estimates unchanged |

docs/ui-parity.md

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ The Language dialog reads effective character formatting, including document def
 
 Find selects the Results tab, including when it prefills selected text. Editing the search query also reveals matching or empty results. Manual Headings and Pages navigation remains available until the next search action.
 
+Footnote and endnote editing keeps body and note text at normal opacity, on light and dark pages. Headers and footers still dim outside their editing context (#2545).
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 ## Revision history
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ Find selects the Results tab, including when it prefills selected text. Editing
 | 2026-10-15 | trivial | Rulers: numbers thin out with the zoom (every 1, 2, 4… units, at least 30 px apart; ticks at least 4 px apart), give way to the indent, tab and column markers, margins get ticks only; both rulers span the caret's page in every layout and follow the caret (#1878); Rulers 90% → 92% |
 | 2026-10-15 | trivial | Spelling as you type: the word being typed has no red squiggle until the caret leaves it, by a key or a click; misspelled words already there keep theirs (#1552) |
 | 2026-10-15 | trivial | Text Highlight Color: No Color becomes the Highlight button's choice, as in Word, so the next click on the button removes highlighting instead of applying the colour picked before; the ribbon and the mini toolbar share one menu (#2105) |
+| 2026-10-16 | trivial | Body and active note text keep normal opacity while editing footnotes or endnotes (#2545); header/footer dimming is unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | trivial | New/Modify Table Style: No Border on a part that inherits its lines hides them; emptying the font box makes the part's font inherited again (#1288) |
 | 2026-10-14 | trivial | Tab stops edited on the ruler: corner kind selector, click to set, drag to move or off to clear, per-kind markers mirrored for RTL; each gesture one `para.tabs` call and one undo step; Rulers 85% → 90% |
 | 2026-10-12 | trivial | Tables on the page: one selected cell (Select Cell, or a click along its left edge) is a cell selection when its border is dragged: the border moves in its row only (#962) |