Standardize button labels and document UI states

Finish the button-label audit with a surface-by-surface table, clarify Quit
game vs Quit to menu, rename Apply to Apply settings, and use string-table
keys for the new labels. Extend the smoke checklist with UI copy/button checks.
Headless 250/250, docs check OK.

TODO.md

@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ screen-design judge before any model/texture changes. No gameplay rules change.
 - [x] Record the canonical terms for admit/refuse, warning/blocking,
       assistance/emergency, body camera, shift review and campaign; the current
       inspection/wand/radio/review labels use them (see `docs/ui-copy.md`).
-- [ ] Audit all button labels for verb-first wording, capitalization, ordering,
+- [x] Audit all button labels for verb-first wording, capitalization, ordering,
-      destructive-action confirmation and consistent confirm/cancel placement.
+      destructive-action confirmation and consistent confirm/cancel placement;
+      recorded in `docs/ui-copy.md` and fixed Quit/Apply wording.
 - [ ] List every hardcoded player-facing string and route it through
       `content/strings.en.json`; add placeholder validation for new keys.
 - [ ] Review NPC/door-staff/radio/tutorial/help/review/campaign dialogue for

content/strings.en.json

@@ -108,5 +108,7 @@
   "ui.radio_cancelled": "Call cancelled — hold the button.",
   "ui.radio_holding": "Holding… %.0f%%",
   "ui.review_return_menu": "Return to menu",
+  "ui.quit_game": "Quit game",
+  "ui.apply_settings": "Apply settings",
   "tutorial.skipped": "Tutorial skipped."
 }

docs/smoke-checklist.md

@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@
 38. Master/SFX/ambience volume settings clamp at 0/1 and persist; Reduce motion disables head bob; the captions toggle persists.
 39. The 24-NPC budget smoke stays inside its frame budget; coats/dresses do not show obvious leg clipping in a normal walk.
 40. Help remains readable with the largest HUD font scale, and CI/local verification use the same Godot 4.7.2 baseline.
+41. UI copy: inspection/wand use "A = admit · D = refuse entry", review returns with "Return to menu", and application exit reads "Quit game".
+42. Button states remain readable on hover/focus/pressed; settings Apply/Cancel and radio normal-send/emergency-hold behave as labelled.

docs/ui-copy.md

@@ -31,12 +31,45 @@ Status: audit in progress for the 0.9.2 UI polish patch.
 - **Return to menu** — leave the review to the venue menu (it does not start a new shift by itself).
 - **Send request** — non-emergency assistance; **Send emergency** — emergency call.
 
+## Button labels and states
+
+| Surface | Label | Behavior | State audit |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| Start menu | Continue shift — <venue> | Resume/advance campaign | Hidden when complete; venue-specific |
+| Start menu | Venue rows | Start free-play/campaign venue | Hover/focus/pressed styled |
+| Start menu | Help | Open Help overlay | Standard button |
+| Start menu | Settings | Open Settings | Standard button |
+| Start menu | Quit game | Exit application | Destructive; label clarifies scope |
+| Tutorial | F1 skip tutorial | Skip lesson | Keyboard only, non-blocking |
+| Action wheel | Stop/Look/Point/No/Ask/Inspect/Wand/Warn/Block/Reason/Recognize/Radio | Choose verb | Hover/selection highlight |
+| Inspection | A = admit · D = refuse entry | Access decision | Keyboard hints, policy text |
+| Wand | A = admit · D = refuse entry | Screening decision | Keyboard hints, item/alert text |
+| Radio | Send request | Submit assistance | Normal click |
+| Radio | Send emergency | Submit emergency | Hold-to-confirm; Cancel aborts |
+| Radio | Cancel | Close form | Standard button |
+| Pause | Resume | Resume shift | Default focus |
+| Pause | Restart shift | Restart current shift | Standard button |
+| Pause | Settings | Open Settings | Standard button |
+| Pause | Quit to menu | Return to venue menu | Standard button |
+| Settings | Apply settings | Persist settings | Standard button |
+| Settings | Cancel | Discard edits | Standard button |
+| Settings | Replay tutorial | Clear tutorial flags and restart Hollywood | Standard button |
+| Settings | Reset campaign | Confirmed campaign reset | Confirmation dialog |
+| Help | Close | Close overlay | Standard button |
+| Review | Continue campaign | Start next venue | Hidden when campaign complete |
+| Review | Body camera timeline | Open event timeline | Standard button |
+| Review | Return to menu | Return to venue menu | Standard button |
+| Review | Quit game | Exit application | Standard button |
+| Timeline | Previous / Next / Close | Step/close evidence | Standard buttons |
+
 ## Button/label issues found
 
 - HUD inspection and wand used “allow/deny” versus “admit/refuse”; both now use **A = admit · D = refuse entry**.
 - Shift review’s old “Run another shift” actually returned to the menu; renamed **Return to menu**.
 - Radio emergency action used all-caps while assistance used sentence case; both are now sentence case, with the warning in the panel title/hold hint.
 - Normal radio send was previously wired only to the emergency hold handlers; fixed in 0.8.1 and covered by `test_radio_panel.gd`.
+- “Quit” was ambiguous between menu and application exit; both application-exit buttons now read **Quit game**.
+- Settings “Apply” was made verb+object as **Apply settings**.
 
 ## Remaining audit work
 

src/game/ui/settings_panel.gd

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ extends CanvasLayer
 
 const InputBindings := preload("res://src/core/input_bindings.gd")
 const UiArt := preload("res://src/game/ui/art.gd")
+const Strings := preload("res://src/core/strings.gd")
 
 signal applied(settings: Dictionary)
 signal replay_tutorial_requested()
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ func _build() -> void:
 
 	var save_button := Button.new()
 	save_button.name = "ApplyButton"
-	save_button.text = "Apply"
+	save_button.text = Strings.lookup("ui.apply_settings")
 	save_button.pressed.connect(_on_apply)
 	row.add_child(save_button)
 

src/game/ui/shift_review.gd

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func _init() -> void:
 	center.add_child(restart)
 
 	var quit_btn := Button.new()
-	quit_btn.text = "Quit"
+	quit_btn.text = Strings.lookup("ui.quit_game")
 	quit_btn.pressed.connect(func(): get_tree().quit())
 	quit_btn.size_flags_horizontal = Control.SIZE_SHRINK_CENTER
 	_style_review_button(timeline)

src/game/ui/start_menu.gd

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ signal settings_requested()
 signal quit_requested()
 
 const UiArt := preload("res://src/game/ui/art.gd")
+const Strings := preload("res://src/core/strings.gd")
 
 const VENUES := [
 	{"id": "hollywood_building", "label": "Hollywood Boulevard", "blurb": "Building entrance, tourists and late-night trouble."},
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ func _build() -> void:
 
 	var quit_button := Button.new()
 	quit_button.name = "QuitButton"
-	quit_button.text = "Quit"
+	quit_button.text = Strings.lookup("ui.quit_game")
 	quit_button.pressed.connect(func(): quit_requested.emit())
 	row.add_child(quit_button)