diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 57c9eab..adc2023 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Versioning: [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 - Per-word confidence filter (≥ 60) drops the low-confidence noise Tesseract still emits. Re-assembles lines from kept words; status line reports how many words were dropped.
 - Crop & rotate modal between image pick and OCR. After choosing an image, a modal pops up with cropperjs's drag-handle crop UI and Rotate left / Rotate right / Reset buttons. EXIF orientation is honoured automatically. Cancel / `Esc` / clicking the backdrop aborts; `Enter` accepts. Library lazy-loaded from esm.sh (no bundling).
 
+### Changed
+- "Scan image" button replaced with a 📷 floating action button at the bottom-right of the viewport (was a small button in the input pane header). Mobile thumb-friendly, doesn't crowd the input label.
+- Crop modal has inner padding so cropperjs's corner handles stay away from the screen's right/bottom edges — fixes the bottom-right resize handle triggering Android's edge-swipe back gesture. Also respects iOS safe-area insets.
+
 ### Fixed
 - "Hot: …" status no longer claims "unloads in X" when the server's `keep_alive` is `-1` (Ollama returns an absurd year-4001 `expires_at`). Threshold: any expiry >7 days drops the suffix and just shows the model name.
 
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index 80a8aa2..5b29458 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -156,32 +156,31 @@
       box-shadow: none;
     }
 
-    /* Input-pane header: label on the left, "Scan image" button on the right */
-    .input-header {
-      display: flex;
-      align-items: baseline;
-      justify-content: space-between;
-      margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
-    }
-    .input-header label { margin-bottom: 0; }
-    .scan-btn {
-      background: transparent;
-      border: 1px solid var(--border);
-      color: var(--muted);
-      font-size: 0.75rem;
-      padding: 0.2rem 0.6rem;
+    /* Floating action button for OCR scan — bottom-right, mobile-thumb friendly */
+    .scan-fab {
+      position: fixed;
+      bottom: calc(1.5rem + env(safe-area-inset-bottom, 0px));
+      right: calc(1.5rem + env(safe-area-inset-right, 0px));
+      width: 56px;
+      height: 56px;
+      padding: 0;
       margin: 0;
-      border-radius: 4px;
+      border-radius: 50%;
+      background: var(--accent);
+      color: #fff;
+      border: none;
       cursor: pointer;
-      letter-spacing: 0.04em;
-      text-transform: uppercase;
-      width: auto;
+      font-size: 1.75rem;
+      line-height: 1;
+      box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
+      z-index: 100;
+      display: flex;
+      align-items: center;
+      justify-content: center;
+      transition: transform 0.15s;
     }
-    .scan-btn:hover:not(:disabled) {
-      border-color: var(--accent);
-      color: var(--fg);
-    }
-    .scan-btn:disabled { cursor: progress; opacity: 0.6; }
+    .scan-fab:hover:not(:disabled) { transform: scale(1.06); }
+    .scan-fab:disabled { opacity: 0.6; cursor: progress; }
     .scan-status {
       font-size: 0.75rem;
       color: var(--muted);
@@ -198,7 +197,9 @@
       display: flex;
       align-items: center;
       justify-content: center;
-      padding: 1rem;
+      /* Generous side padding pushes the modal in from Android's edge-swipe
+         gesture zone (~24dp from screen edges triggers back/home). */
+      padding: 1rem max(1rem, env(safe-area-inset-right, 0px)) 1rem max(1rem, env(safe-area-inset-left, 0px));
       z-index: 1000;
     }
     .modal {
@@ -222,6 +223,8 @@
       min-height: 0;
       max-height: 70vh;
       background: #000;
+      /* Inset so cropper's corner handles never sit on a screen-edge gesture zone */
+      padding: 1.25rem;
     }
     .modal-body img { display: block; max-width: 100%; }
     .modal-footer {
@@ -310,10 +313,7 @@
 
     <div class="panes">
       <div>
-        <div class="input-header">
-          <label for="input">Input</label>
-          <button type="button" id="scan-btn" class="scan-btn" title="Extract text from a camera shot or image file">Scan image</button>
-        </div>
+        <label for="input">Input</label>
         <div id="input"></div>
         <input type="file" id="scan-input" accept="image/*" capture="environment" hidden>
         <div id="scan-status" class="scan-status"></div>
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@
     <div id="meta" class="meta"></div>
   </div>
 
+  <button type="button" id="scan-btn" class="scan-fab" aria-label="Scan image (OCR)" title="Scan image (OCR)">📷</button>
+
   <script type="module">
     import { EditorView, keymap, placeholder } from "https://esm.sh/@codemirror/view@6";
     import { EditorState } from "https://esm.sh/@codemirror/state@6";