diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/JobsPage.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/JobsPage.tsx
index 2969f9e5..ff00c9a1 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/JobsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/JobsPage.tsx
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import type { ComponentChildren } from "preact";
 import { useState } from "preact/hooks";
 import { JobqGraph } from "@hive/shared/jobq-graph.js";
 import { JobqRollup } from "@hive/shared/jobq-rollup.js";
+import { DisclosureAction } from "../ui/disclosure/DisclosureAction.js";
 import { LazyDisclosure } from "../ui/disclosure/LazyDisclosure.js";
 import { Skeleton, SkeletonRegion } from "../ui/skeleton/Skeleton.js";
-import { Toolbar } from "../ui/toolbar/Toolbar.js";
 import { BuildsCard } from "./builds/BuildsPage.js";
 import { ReviewPage } from "./review/ReviewPage.js";
 import {
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ function JobsBody() {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <Toolbar>
+      <DisclosureAction>
         <RefreshIntervalPicker
           id="jobs-refresh"
           value={intervalMs}
           onChange={setIntervalMs}
         />
-      </Toolbar>
+      </DisclosureAction>
       <JobqRollup endpoint="/api/jobq/rollup" refreshToken={refreshToken} />
       <JobqGraph
         endpoint="/api/jobq/graph"
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/builds/BuildsPage.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/builds/BuildsPage.tsx
index a351b265..0121930d 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/builds/BuildsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/builds/BuildsPage.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../ui/expandable-card/ExpandableCard.js";
 import { Hint } from "../../ui/hint/Hint.js";
 import { Preformatted } from "../../ui/preformatted/Preformatted.js";
-import { Toolbar } from "../../ui/toolbar/Toolbar.js";
+import { DisclosureAction } from "../../ui/disclosure/DisclosureAction.js";
 import { LazyDisclosure } from "../../ui/disclosure/LazyDisclosure.js";
 import {
   RefreshIntervalPicker,
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ function BuildsBody() {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <Toolbar>
+      <DisclosureAction>
         <RefreshIntervalPicker
           id="builds-refresh"
           value={intervalMs}
           onChange={setIntervalMs}
           refreshing={refreshing}
         />
-      </Toolbar>
+      </DisclosureAction>
       <p>
         What the swarm builder built, newest first: agent config PR heads, and
         the agents it builds from internal/meta before a deploy. How each ended,
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/swarm/HivesCard.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/swarm/HivesCard.tsx
index bda0b2bd..71a2eb0e 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/swarm/HivesCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/swarm/HivesCard.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { useState } from "preact/hooks";
 import { ApiErrorPanel } from "@hive/shared/api-error-panel.js";
 import { Badge, type BadgeTone } from "@hive/shared/badge.js";
 import { ExternalLink } from "../../ui/external-link/ExternalLink.js";
+import { DisclosureAction } from "../../ui/disclosure/DisclosureAction.js";
 import { LazyDisclosure } from "../../ui/disclosure/LazyDisclosure.js";
 import { RelativeTime } from "../../ui/relative-time/RelativeTime.js";
 import {
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ import {
 import { fetchJson, usePolled } from "../../ui/polled/usePolled.js";
 import { Table, type TableColumn } from "../../ui/table/Table.js";
 import { TableSkeleton } from "../../ui/table/TableSkeleton.js";
-import { Toolbar } from "../../ui/toolbar/Toolbar.js";
 import { domainCell } from "../hive-domain.js";
 
 type Freshness = "fresh" | "stale" | "never_reported" | "unknown";
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ function HiveRoster() {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <Toolbar>
+      <DisclosureAction>
         <RefreshIntervalPicker
           id="hives-refresh"
           value={intervalMs}
           onChange={setIntervalMs}
           refreshing={refreshing}
         />
-      </Toolbar>
+      </DisclosureAction>
       {error ? (
         <ApiErrorPanel
           context="failed to load the hive roster"
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/disclosure/DisclosureAction.css b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/disclosure/DisclosureAction.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52f977ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/disclosure/DisclosureAction.css
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* The disclosure is the positioning box; the action sits on the title line of
+   its header (the header's top padding, one line of title) and to the left of
+   the chevron. The hint stops short of it, so the two do not overlap. */
+.ui-disclosure {
+  position: relative;
+}
+.ui-disclosure-action {
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: 1;
+  top: 0.75em;
+  right: 2.6em;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  height: 1.6em;
+}
+.ui-disclosure:has(.ui-disclosure-action) .ui-disclosure-hint {
+  margin-right: 7em;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/disclosure/DisclosureAction.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/disclosure/DisclosureAction.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76a46f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/disclosure/DisclosureAction.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// <DisclosureAction> — a control for the header row of the disclosure it is in:
+// the refresh picker of a card that polls. The body owns the control's state, so
+// a body renders it where it needs the state, and it shows in the header, beside
+// the chevron, instead of taking a row of the body. It is a sibling of the
+// header's toggle, not inside it, so pressing it does not fold the card. A
+// disclosure that is shut has no body, so the control is there only while open.
+import type { ComponentChildren } from "preact";
+import "./DisclosureAction.css";
+
+export function DisclosureAction({
+  children,
+}: {
+  children: ComponentChildren;
+}) {
+  return <div class="ui-disclosure-action">{children}</div>;
+}