Add Dense view mode with date scrubber (toggle in top bar)

DensePhotoGrid: flat grid with no day-header rows. A 28dp scrubber
strip on the left shows proportionally-positioned date labels (month
+ day). Clicking a date label jumps to that row via animateScrollToItem.

BrowseTopBar: 'Grouped/Dense' FilterChip toggles between views.
Dense mode passes all photos sorted newest-first; grouped mode keeps
the existing folder+day structure.

Both modes share the same column count and selection state.

src/main/kotlin/com/bolenpad/photophetch/ui/BrowseScreen.kt

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.skia.Image as SkiaImage
 import java.time.LocalDate
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 
+enum class ViewMode { GROUPED, DENSE }
+
 @Composable
 fun BrowseScreen(state: AppState) {
     val photoList by state.photoList.collectAsState()
@@ -47,15 +49,18 @@ fun BrowseScreen(state: AppState) {
 
     Column(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
         var columnCount by remember { mutableStateOf(4) }
+        var viewMode by remember { mutableStateOf(ViewMode.GROUPED) }
 
         BrowseTopBar(
             deviceName = device?.displayName ?: "Browse Photos",
             selectedCount = selectedPhotos.size,
             columnCount = columnCount,
+            viewMode = viewMode,
             onBack = { state.navigateTo(Screen.CONNECT) },
             onSelectNone = { state.selectNone() },
             onImport = { state.prepareImport() },
             onColumnChange = { columnCount = (columnCount + it).coerceIn(2, 8) },
+            onToggleView = { viewMode = if (viewMode == ViewMode.GROUPED) ViewMode.DENSE else ViewMode.GROUPED },
         )
 
         if (state.shootingInHeic && !config.heicWarningDismissed) {
@@ -118,8 +123,9 @@ fun BrowseScreen(state: AppState) {
 
                     VerticalDivider()
 
-                    // Right: unified continuous scroll
+                    // Right: swap between grouped and dense view
-                    UnifiedPhotoScroll(
+                    when (viewMode) {
+                        ViewMode.GROUPED -> UnifiedPhotoScroll(
                             folderSections = folderSections,
                             selectedPhotos = selectedPhotos,
                             device = device,
@@ -147,6 +153,16 @@ fun BrowseScreen(state: AppState) {
                             },
                             modifier = Modifier.weight(1f),
                         )
+                        ViewMode.DENSE -> DensePhotoGrid(
+                            photos = pl.all.sortedByDescending { it.dateTaken },
+                            selectedPhotos = selectedPhotos,
+                            device = device,
+                            adbBin = config.adbPath ?: "adb",
+                            columnCount = columnCount,
+                            onTogglePhoto = { state.togglePhotoSelection(it) },
+                            modifier = Modifier.weight(1f),
+                        )
+                    }
                 }
             }
             is PhotoListState.Error -> {
@@ -460,10 +476,12 @@ private fun BrowseTopBar(
     deviceName: String,
     selectedCount: Int,
     columnCount: Int,
+    viewMode: ViewMode,
     onBack: () -> Unit,
     onSelectNone: () -> Unit,
     onImport: () -> Unit,
     onColumnChange: (Int) -> Unit,
+    onToggleView: () -> Unit,
 ) {
     TopAppBar(
         title = { Text(deviceName) },
@@ -473,6 +491,14 @@ private fun BrowseTopBar(
             }
         },
         actions = {
+            // View mode toggle
+            FilterChip(
+                selected = viewMode == ViewMode.DENSE,
+                onClick = onToggleView,
+                label = { Text(if (viewMode == ViewMode.DENSE) "Dense" else "Grouped",
+                    style = MaterialTheme.typography.labelMedium) },
+                modifier = Modifier.padding(end = 4.dp),
+            )
             // Grid size controls
             IconButton(onClick = { onColumnChange(-1) }, enabled = columnCount > 2) {
                 Text("−", style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleMedium)

src/main/kotlin/com/bolenpad/photophetch/ui/DensePhotoGrid.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+package com.bolenpad.photophetch.ui
+
+import androidx.compose.foundation.Image
+import androidx.compose.foundation.background
+import androidx.compose.foundation.border
+import androidx.compose.foundation.clickable
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.*
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyColumn
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyListState
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.rememberLazyListState
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.CheckCircle
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Image
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.RadioButtonUnchecked
+import androidx.compose.material3.*
+import androidx.compose.runtime.*
+import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
+import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.ImageBitmap
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.toComposeImageBitmap
+import androidx.compose.ui.layout.ContentScale
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextAlign
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.sp
+import com.bolenpad.photophetch.model.DeviceInfo
+import com.bolenpad.photophetch.model.MediaType
+import com.bolenpad.photophetch.model.PhonePhoto
+import com.bolenpad.photophetch.util.ThumbnailCache
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import org.jetbrains.skia.Image as SkiaImage
+import java.time.LocalDate
+import java.time.ZoneId
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
+
+/**
+ * Dense grid view with a date scrubber strip on the left edge.
+ *
+ * Photos flow as a flat grid with no day-header rows breaking it up.
+ * A narrow scrubber column shows date labels at day boundaries.
+ * Clicking a date label on the scrubber jumps to that day in the grid.
+ *
+ * Layout:
+ *   [24dp scrubber] [3dp gap] [photo grid fills remaining width]
+ */
+@Composable
+fun DensePhotoGrid(
+    photos: List<PhonePhoto>,
+    selectedPhotos: Set<PhonePhoto>,
+    device: DeviceInfo?,
+    adbBin: String,
+    columnCount: Int,
+    onTogglePhoto: (PhonePhoto) -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    if (photos.isEmpty()) {
+        Box(modifier.fillMaxSize(), contentAlignment = Alignment.Center) {
+            Text("No photos", color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant)
+        }
+        return
+    }
+
+    val zoneId = ZoneId.systemDefault()
+    val listState = rememberLazyListState()
+    val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
+
+    // Chunk into rows
+    val rows: List<List<PhonePhoto>> = photos.chunked(columnCount)
+
+    // For each row index, compute the date of its first photo
+    val rowDates: List<LocalDate> = rows.map {
+        it.first().dateTaken.atZone(zoneId).toLocalDate()
+    }
+
+    // Day boundary rows: the first row index where a new date appears
+    // Maps LocalDate → row index
+    val dayBoundaries: Map<LocalDate, Int> = buildMap {
+        var lastDate: LocalDate? = null
+        rowDates.forEachIndexed { idx, date ->
+            if (date != lastDate) {
+                put(date, idx)
+                lastDate = date
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Ordered list of (date, rowIndex) sorted newest first
+    val scrubberDates: List<Pair<LocalDate, Int>> = dayBoundaries.entries
+        .sortedByDescending { it.key }
+        .map { it.key to it.value }
+
+    val monthFmt = remember { DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MMM") }
+    val dayFmt = remember { DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("d") }
+
+    Row(modifier = modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
+
+        // ── Date scrubber strip ───────────────────────────────────────────
+        // We overlay date labels proportionally over the full height.
+        // Using a Box with proportional placement rather than a LazyColumn
+        // so labels stay anchored to their visual position even when scrolling.
+
+        Box(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .width(28.dp)
+                .fillMaxHeight()
+                .background(MaterialTheme.colorScheme.surfaceVariant.copy(alpha = 0.5f))
+        ) {
+            // Render scrubber labels using scroll-proportional positioning
+            val totalRows = rows.size
+            if (totalRows > 0) {
+                ScrubberOverlay(
+                    scrubberDates = scrubberDates,
+                    totalRows = totalRows,
+                    onJump = { rowIdx -> scope.launch { listState.animateScrollToItem(rowIdx) } },
+                    monthFmt = monthFmt,
+                    dayFmt = dayFmt,
+                )
+            }
+        }
+
+        Spacer(Modifier.width(2.dp))
+
+        // ── Photo grid ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        LazyColumn(
+            state = listState,
+            modifier = Modifier.weight(1f),
+            contentPadding = PaddingValues(bottom = 32.dp),
+        ) {
+            items(
+                count = rows.size,
+                key = { idx -> "dense-row-${rows[idx].first().devicePath}" },
+            ) { rowIdx ->
+                val rowPhotos = rows[rowIdx]
+                Row(
+                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
+                    horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(2.dp),
+                ) {
+                    rowPhotos.forEach { photo ->
+                        DenseThumb(
+                            photo = photo,
+                            isSelected = photo in selectedPhotos,
+                            device = device,
+                            adbBin = adbBin,
+                            onToggle = { onTogglePhoto(photo) },
+                            modifier = Modifier.weight(1f),
+                        )
+                    }
+                    repeat(columnCount - rowPhotos.size) { Spacer(Modifier.weight(1f)) }
+                }
+                Spacer(Modifier.height(2.dp))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Scrubber overlay: proportionally-positioned date labels.
+ * Uses a custom layout approach with fillMaxHeight + proportional offset.
+ */
+@Composable
+private fun ScrubberOverlay(
+    scrubberDates: List<Pair<LocalDate, Int>>,
+    totalRows: Int,
+    onJump: (Int) -> Unit,
+    monthFmt: DateTimeFormatter,
+    dayFmt: DateTimeFormatter,
+) {
+    BoxWithConstraints(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
+        val totalHeight = maxHeight
+
+        // Group by month — only show month label at first day of each month
+        var lastMonth: Int? = null
+
+        scrubberDates.forEach { (date, rowIdx) ->
+            val fraction = rowIdx.toFloat() / totalRows.toFloat()
+            val yOffset = totalHeight * fraction
+
+            val showMonth = date.monthValue != lastMonth
+            if (showMonth) lastMonth = date.monthValue
+
+            Column(
+                modifier = Modifier
+                    .offset(y = yOffset)
+                    .fillMaxWidth()
+                    .clickable { onJump(rowIdx) }
+                    .padding(vertical = 1.dp),
+                horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
+            ) {
+                if (showMonth) {
+                    Text(
+                        monthFmt.format(date),
+                        fontSize = 8.sp,
+                        color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary,
+                        textAlign = TextAlign.Center,
+                        lineHeight = 9.sp,
+                    )
+                }
+                Text(
+                    dayFmt.format(date),
+                    fontSize = 9.sp,
+                    fontWeight = if (showMonth) FontWeight.Bold else FontWeight.Normal,
+                    color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant,
+                    textAlign = TextAlign.Center,
+                    lineHeight = 10.sp,
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun DenseThumb(
+    photo: PhonePhoto,
+    isSelected: Boolean,
+    device: DeviceInfo?,
+    adbBin: String,
+    onToggle: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    var thumbnail by remember(photo.devicePath) { mutableStateOf<ImageBitmap?>(null) }
+    var thumbFailed by remember(photo.devicePath) { mutableStateOf(false) }
+
+    LaunchedEffect(photo.devicePath) {
+        if (device?.adbSerial != null && !thumbFailed && thumbnail == null) {
+            val bytes = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+                ThumbnailCache.get(adbBin, device.adbSerial, photo.devicePath, photo.filename)
+            }
+            if (bytes != null) {
+                runCatching {
+                    thumbnail = SkiaImage.makeFromEncoded(bytes).toComposeImageBitmap()
+                }.onFailure { thumbFailed = true }
+            } else {
+                thumbFailed = true
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Box(
+        modifier = modifier
+            .aspectRatio(1f)
+            .clickable(onClick = onToggle)
+            .then(if (isSelected) Modifier.border(2.dp, MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary) else Modifier),
+    ) {
+        if (thumbnail != null) {
+            Image(
+                bitmap = thumbnail!!,
+                contentDescription = null,
+                contentScale = ContentScale.Crop,
+                modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
+            )
+        } else {
+            Box(
+                Modifier.fillMaxSize().background(MaterialTheme.colorScheme.surfaceVariant),
+                contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
+            ) {
+                Icon(
+                    Icons.Default.Image,
+                    contentDescription = null,
+                    tint = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.outline,
+                    modifier = Modifier.size(20.dp),
+                )
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Video badge
+        if (photo.mediaType == MediaType.VIDEO) {
+            Badge(
+                containerColor = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.tertiary,
+                modifier = Modifier.align(Alignment.TopStart).padding(2.dp),
+            ) { Text("▶", style = MaterialTheme.typography.labelSmall) }
+        }
+
+        // Selection indicator
+        if (isSelected) {
+            Icon(
+                Icons.Default.CheckCircle,
+                contentDescription = null,
+                tint = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary,
+                modifier = Modifier.align(Alignment.TopEnd).padding(2.dp).size(16.dp),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}