Page the Font Awesome search results instead of accumulating them (task 9ca0bc36)

"Show more" now advances a page index and renders exactly one 40-icon
window (with Previous to go back), so repeated clicks never mount more
than one page. Adds a test that pages through all matches for "-" and
asserts every page stays bounded.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

admin/src/definitions/DefinitionsTab.css

@@ -614,3 +614,34 @@
 .defs-emoji {
   line-height: 1;
 }
+
+/* Font Awesome search: glyph + label tiles, inline validation, paging */
+.defs-icon-grid--results {
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(88px, 1fr));
+}
+
+.defs-icon-result {
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 4px;
+  padding: 6px 4px;
+  font-family: inherit;
+}
+
+.defs-icon-label {
+  max-width: 100%;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.defs-hint--error {
+  color: var(--nq-a-danger-strong);
+}
+
+.defs-show-more {
+  align-self: flex-start;
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 8px;
+}

admin/src/definitions/DefinitionsTab.test.tsx

@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import {
   FA_DEFINITION_ICONS,
   emojiIconKey,
   faIconName,
+  faTypedIconKey,
   findDefinitionIcon,
   normalizeDefinitionIconName,
+  searchFaIcons,
 } from "./definitionIcons";
 import type { AdminChild, DefinitionRule, QuestDefinition } from "../api/definitions";
 import { storeTokens } from "../auth/oidc";
@@ -1529,6 +1531,245 @@ describe("DefinitionsTab Font Awesome and emoji icons", () => {
   });
 });
 
+/* ── Font Awesome search ────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+describe("DefinitionsTab Font Awesome search", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    sessionStorage.clear();
+    storeTokens({ access_token: "at-123", expires_in: 600 });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    cleanup();
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  const CURATED = new Set(FA_DEFINITION_ICONS.map((icon) => icon.name));
+
+  function searchInput(s: HTMLElement): HTMLInputElement {
+    return within(s).getByRole("searchbox", { name: "Search Font Awesome icons" }) as HTMLInputElement;
+  }
+
+  function results(s: HTMLElement): HTMLElement {
+    return within(s).getByRole("radiogroup", { name: "Font Awesome search results" });
+  }
+
+  function resultKeys(s: HTMLElement): string[] {
+    return within(results(s))
+      .getAllByRole("radio")
+      .map((option) => option.getAttribute("data-icon-option")!);
+  }
+
+  function rowFaIcon(row: HTMLElement): string | null {
+    const svg = row.querySelector(".defs-row-glyph svg");
+    return svg!.getAttribute("fill") === "none" ? null : svg!.getAttribute("data-icon");
+  }
+
+  async function save(s: HTMLElement) {
+    await act(async () => {
+      fireEvent.click(within(s).getByRole("button", { name: "Save changes" }));
+    });
+  }
+
+  function fillNewTask(s: HTMLElement) {
+    fireEvent.change(within(s).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Title" }), {
+      target: { value: "Walk the dog" },
+    });
+    fireEvent.click(within(s).getByRole("button", { name: /Assigned children/ }));
+    fireEvent.click(within(s).getByRole("checkbox", { name: "Declan" }));
+    fireEvent.click(within(s).getByRole("button", { name: "Morning" }));
+  }
+
+  it("searches the full Free Solid set by name or label, exact and prefix matches first", () => {
+    expect(searchFaIcons("")).toEqual([]);
+    expect(searchFaIcons("   ")).toEqual([]);
+    const dog = searchFaIcons(" DOG ").map((icon) => icon.name);
+    expect(dog[0]).toBe("dog");
+    expect(dog).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(["hotdog", "shield-dog"]));
+    expect(dog.some((name) => !CURATED.has(name))).toBe(true);
+    // A label match: "Shield Dog" contains "shield d" though no name does.
+    expect(searchFaIcons("shield d").map((icon) => icon.name)).toContain("shield-dog");
+    expect(searchFaIcons("dog-leashed")).toEqual([]);
+
+    expect(faTypedIconKey("dragon")).toBe("fa:dragon");
+    expect(faTypedIconKey("  Dragon ")).toBe("fa:dragon");
+    for (const bad of ["", "drag", "dgo", "dog-leashed", "github", "fa:dog"]) {
+      expect(faTypedIconKey(bad), bad).toBeNull();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("shows the curated quick picks while the search is empty", async () => {
+    await renderReady();
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "New" }));
+    const s = sheet();
+    expect(searchInput(s).value).toBe("");
+    const quick = within(s).getByRole("radiogroup", { name: "Font Awesome" });
+    expect(within(quick).getAllByRole("radio")).toHaveLength(FA_DEFINITION_ICONS.length);
+    expect(within(s).queryByRole("radiogroup", { name: "Font Awesome search results" })).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("a query swaps the quick picks for one bounded, labelled page of results", async () => {
+    await renderReady();
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "New" }));
+    const s = sheet();
+    fireEvent.change(searchInput(s), { target: { value: "a" } });
+    const total = searchFaIcons("a").length;
+    expect(total).toBeGreaterThan(80);
+    expect(within(s).queryByRole("radiogroup", { name: "Font Awesome" })).toBeNull();
+    expect(resultKeys(s)).toHaveLength(40);
+    expect(within(results(s)).getAllByRole("radio")[0].textContent).toBe(searchFaIcons("a")[0].label);
+    expect(within(s).getByText(`Showing 1–40 of ${total}`)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(within(s).queryByRole("button", { name: "Previous" })).toBeNull();
+
+    // "Show more" replaces the page rather than appending to it.
+    const firstPage = resultKeys(s);
+    fireEvent.click(within(s).getByRole("button", { name: "Show more" }));
+    expect(resultKeys(s)).toEqual(searchFaIcons("a").slice(40, 80).map((icon) => `fa:${icon.name}`));
+    expect(resultKeys(s).some((key) => firstPage.includes(key))).toBe(false);
+    expect(within(s).getByText(`Showing 41–80 of ${total}`)).toBeTruthy();
+    fireEvent.click(within(s).getByRole("button", { name: "Previous" }));
+    expect(resultKeys(s)).toEqual(firstPage);
+
+    // A new query starts again from the first page.
+    fireEvent.change(searchInput(s), { target: { value: "dog" } });
+    expect(resultKeys(s)[0]).toBe("fa:dog");
+    expect(resultKeys(s)).toContain("fa:hotdog");
+    expect(within(s).queryByRole("button", { name: "Show more" })).toBeNull();
+
+    fireEvent.change(searchInput(s), { target: { value: "" } });
+    expect(within(s).getByRole("radiogroup", { name: "Font Awesome" })).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("paging through every match never mounts more than one page", async () => {
+    await renderReady();
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "New" }));
+    const s = sheet();
+    fireEvent.change(searchInput(s), { target: { value: "-" } });
+    const all = searchFaIcons("-").map((icon) => `fa:${icon.name}`);
+    expect(all.length).toBeGreaterThan(900);
+
+    const seen: string[] = [];
+    for (;;) {
+      expect(results(s).children.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(results(s).children.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(40);
+      seen.push(...resultKeys(s));
+      const more = within(s).queryByRole("button", { name: "Show more" });
+      if (!more) break;
+      fireEvent.click(more);
+    }
+    // Every match stays reachable, one page at a time, in order.
+    expect(seen).toEqual(all);
+    const lastStart = Math.floor((all.length - 1) / 40) * 40 + 1;
+    expect(within(s).getByText(`Showing ${lastStart}–${all.length} of ${all.length}`)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("selecting a search result POSTs fa:<name> and renders on its row", async () => {
+    await renderReady();
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "New" }));
+    const s = sheet();
+    fillNewTask(s);
+    fireEvent.change(searchInput(s), { target: { value: "hot" } });
+    expect(within(s).getByRole("alert").textContent).toMatch(/Select a Font Awesome icon from the results/);
+    const hotdog = within(results(s)).getByRole("radio", { name: "Hotdog" });
+    fireEvent.click(hotdog);
+    expect(hotdog.getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("true");
+    expect(within(s).queryByRole("alert")).toBeNull();
+    expect(searchInput(s).value).toBe("hot");
+
+    await save(s);
+    expect((api.writes()[0].body as { icon: string }).icon).toBe("fa:hotdog");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(rowFaIcon(screen.getByTestId("definition-99"))).toBe("hotdog"));
+  });
+
+  it("a typed non-curated Free Solid name is accepted and PATCHed", async () => {
+    expect(CURATED.has("dragon")).toBe(false);
+    await renderReady([{ ...BRUSH, id: 70, icon: "lucide:dog" }]);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("definition-70"));
+    const s = sheet();
+    fireEvent.change(searchInput(s), { target: { value: "Dragon" } });
+    expect(within(s).queryByRole("alert")).toBeNull();
+    expect(within(results(s)).getByRole("radio", { name: "Dragon" }).getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe(
+      "true",
+    );
+    const lucide = within(s).getByRole("radiogroup", { name: "Icon" });
+    expect(within(lucide).queryAllByRole("radio", { checked: true })).toHaveLength(0);
+
+    await save(s);
+    expect((api.writes()[0].body as { icon: string }).icon).toBe("fa:dragon");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(rowFaIcon(screen.getByTestId("definition-70"))).toBe("dragon"));
+  });
+
+  for (const [typed, message] of [
+    ["do", /Select a Font Awesome icon from the results/],
+    ["dgo", /“dgo” is not a Font Awesome Free Solid icon/],
+    ["dog-leashed", /“dog-leashed” is not a Font Awesome Free Solid icon/],
+    ["github", /“github” is not a Font Awesome Free Solid icon/],
+  ] as const) {
+    it(`typed ${JSON.stringify(typed)} is rejected with a message and nothing is saved`, async () => {
+      await renderReady([{ ...BRUSH, id: 71, icon: "lucide:dog" }]);
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("definition-71"));
+      const s = sheet();
+      fireEvent.change(searchInput(s), { target: { value: typed } });
+      expect(within(s).getByRole("alert").textContent).toMatch(message);
+      expect(within(s).getByRole("radio", { name: "No icon" }).getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("false");
+
+      await save(s);
+      expect(api.writes()).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(within(s).getByTestId("sheet-error").textContent).toMatch(message);
+      expect(screen.getByRole("dialog")).toBe(s);
+    });
+  }
+
+  it("clearing the search, or No icon, removes the icon", async () => {
+    await renderReady([
+      { ...BRUSH, id: 72, icon: "fa:dragon" },
+      { ...BRUSH, id: 73, title: "Task 73", icon: "fa:dragon" },
+    ]);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("definition-72"));
+    let s = sheet();
+    fireEvent.change(searchInput(s), { target: { value: "" } });
+    expect(within(s).getByRole("radio", { name: "No icon" }).getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("true");
+    await save(s);
+    expect((api.writes()[0].body as { icon: string | null }).icon).toBeNull();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).toBeNull());
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("definition-73"));
+    s = sheet();
+    fireEvent.click(within(s).getByRole("radio", { name: "No icon" }));
+    expect(searchInput(s).value).toBe("");
+    await save(s);
+    expect((api.writes()[1].body as { icon: string | null }).icon).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("a saved non-curated fa:<name> renders on its row and opens selected in the results", async () => {
+    await renderReady([{ ...BRUSH, id: 74, icon: "fa:dragon" }]);
+    expect(rowFaIcon(screen.getByTestId("definition-74"))).toBe("dragon");
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("definition-74"));
+    const s = sheet();
+    expect(searchInput(s).value).toBe("dragon");
+    expect(within(s).queryByRole("alert")).toBeNull();
+    expect(within(results(s)).getByRole("radio", { name: "Dragon" }).getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe(
+      "true",
+    );
+
+    fireEvent.change(within(s).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Title" }), {
+      target: { value: "Feed the dragon" },
+    });
+    await save(s);
+    expect(api.writes()[0].body).not.toHaveProperty("icon");
+  });
+
+  it("a saved curated fa:<name> opens in the quick picks with an empty search", async () => {
+    await renderReady([{ ...BRUSH, id: 75, icon: "fa:dog" }]);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("definition-75"));
+    const s = sheet();
+    expect(searchInput(s).value).toBe("");
+    const quick = within(s).getByRole("radiogroup", { name: "Font Awesome" });
+    expect(within(quick).getByRole("radio", { name: "Dog" }).getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("true");
+  });
+});
+
 /* ── Legacy icons ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 describe("DefinitionsTab legacy icon edits", () => {

admin/src/definitions/DefinitionsTab.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 import {
   useEffect,
+  useMemo,
   useRef,
   useState,
   type KeyboardEvent as ReactKeyboardEvent,
@@ -53,8 +54,12 @@ import {
   emojiIconText,
   faIconKey,
   faIconName,
+  faTextProblem,
+  faTypedIconKey,
+  findDefinitionIcon,
   lucideIconKey,
   normalizeDefinitionIconName,
+  searchFaIcons,
 } from "./definitionIcons";
 import { GlyphSvg } from "../icons/GlyphSvg";
 import { weekdayOf } from "../schedule/cycle";
@@ -87,6 +92,9 @@ const REPEATS_BY_RULE: Record<DefinitionRule["rule_type"], Repeats> = {
 /** How many upcoming dates the edit sheet previews. */
 const PREVIEW_COUNT = 5;
 
+/** Font Awesome search results per page; only one page is ever mounted. */
+const FA_RESULTS_PAGE = 40;
+
 /** Quiet period after the last rule edit before the preview is requested. */
 const PREVIEW_DEBOUNCE_MS = 300;
 
@@ -101,6 +109,11 @@ interface Draft {
   icon: string | null;
   /** The emoji field's text; typing in it sets `icon` to `emoji:<text>`. */
   emoji: string;
+  /**
+   * The Font Awesome search text; typing an exact Free Solid name sets
+   * `icon` to `fa:<name>`, and picking a search result keeps the text.
+   */
+  faText: string;
   assigneeIds: number[];
   repeats: Repeats;
   interval: string;
@@ -135,6 +148,7 @@ function newDraft(activeChildren: AdminChild[], today: string): Draft {
     title: "",
     icon: null,
     emoji: "",
+    faText: "",
     assigneeIds: activeChildren.length === 1 ? [activeChildren[0].id] : [],
     repeats: "daily",
     interval: "1",
@@ -157,10 +171,13 @@ function draftFrom(definition: QuestDefinition, activeChildren: AdminChild[], to
   const active = new Set(activeChildren.map((child) => child.id));
   const dueTimes = emptyDueTimes();
   for (const w of definition.windows) dueTimes[w.window] = w.due_time ?? "";
+  const fa = findDefinitionIcon(definition.icon);
   return {
     title: definition.title,
     icon: definition.icon,
     emoji: emojiIconText(definition.icon),
+    // A Free Solid icon outside the quick picks opens as its search result.
+    faText: fa?.kind === "fa" && !FA_DEFINITION_ICONS.includes(fa) ? fa.name : "",
     // Inactive children cannot be submitted (the API rejects them with 422).
     assigneeIds: definition.assignees.map((a) => a.id).filter((id) => active.has(id)),
     repeats: REPEATS_BY_RULE[rule.rule_type],
@@ -250,6 +267,7 @@ function buildBody(draft: Draft, keepsAssignees = false): DefinitionCreateBody |
   if (draft.emoji && draft.icon === null) {
     return "Enter a single emoji (no spaces or < > &), or clear the emoji field.";
   }
+  if (draft.faText.trim() && draft.icon === null) return faTextProblem(draft.faText);
   const rule = buildRule(draft);
   if (typeof rule === "string") return rule;
   const windows: WindowEntry[] = WINDOW_ORDER.filter((w) => draft.windows.includes(w)).map(
@@ -479,6 +497,11 @@ function EditSheet({
       ? []
       : target.assignees.filter((a) => !activeChildren.some((child) => child.id === a.id));
   const [pickerOpen, setPickerOpen] = useState(false);
+  const faResults = useMemo(() => searchFaIcons(draft.faText), [draft.faText]);
+  const [faPage, setFaPage] = useState(0);
+  const faStart = faPage * FA_RESULTS_PAGE;
+  const faEnd = Math.min(faStart + FA_RESULTS_PAGE, faResults.length);
+  const noIcon = draft.icon === null && !draft.emoji && !draft.faText.trim();
   const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false);
   const [confirming, setConfirming] = useState(false);
   const [confirmingDelete, setConfirmingDelete] = useState(false);
@@ -619,12 +642,10 @@ function EditSheet({
               <button
                 type="button"
                 role="radio"
-                aria-checked={draft.icon === null && !draft.emoji}
+                aria-checked={noIcon}
                 aria-label="No icon"
-                className={
+                className={noIcon ? "defs-icon defs-icon--on" : "defs-icon"}
-                  draft.icon === null && !draft.emoji ? "defs-icon defs-icon--on" : "defs-icon"
+                onClick={() => update({ icon: null, emoji: "", faText: "" })}
-                }
-                onClick={() => update({ icon: null, emoji: "" })}
               >
                 <TaskGlyph size={18} />
               </button>
@@ -640,7 +661,7 @@ function EditSheet({
                     aria-label={label}
                     data-icon-option={name}
                     className={on ? "defs-icon defs-icon--on" : "defs-icon"}
-                    onClick={() => update({ icon: lucideIconKey(name), emoji: "" })}
+                    onClick={() => update({ icon: lucideIconKey(name), emoji: "", faText: "" })}
                   >
                     <GlyphSvg icon={icon} size={18} />
                   </button>
@@ -650,26 +671,93 @@ function EditSheet({
             <span className="defs-sublabel" id="defs-label-icon-fa">
               Font Awesome
             </span>
-            <div className="defs-icon-grid" role="radiogroup" aria-labelledby="defs-label-icon-fa">
+            <input
-              {FA_DEFINITION_ICONS.map((icon) => {
+              className="defs-input"
-                const { name, label } = icon;
+              type="search"
-                const on = faIconName(draft.icon) === name;
+              aria-label="Search Font Awesome icons"
-                return (
+              placeholder="Search or type an icon name, e.g. dog"
-                  <button
+              value={draft.faText}
-                    key={name}
+              onChange={(e) => {
-                    type="button"
+                setFaPage(0);
-                    role="radio"
+                update({ faText: e.target.value, icon: faTypedIconKey(e.target.value), emoji: "" });
-                    aria-checked={on}
+              }}
-                    aria-label={label}
+            />
-                    data-icon-option={faIconKey(name)}
+            {draft.faText.trim() && draft.icon === null ? (
-                    className={on ? "defs-icon defs-icon--on" : "defs-icon"}
+              <p className="defs-hint defs-hint--error" role="alert">
-                    onClick={() => update({ icon: faIconKey(name), emoji: "" })}
+                {faTextProblem(draft.faText)}
+              </p>
+            ) : null}
+            {draft.faText.trim() ? (
+              faResults.length > 0 ? (
+                <>
+                  <div
+                    className="defs-icon-grid defs-icon-grid--results"
+                    role="radiogroup"
+                    aria-label="Font Awesome search results"
                   >
-                    <GlyphSvg icon={icon} size={18} />
+                    {faResults.slice(faStart, faEnd).map((icon) => {
-                  </button>
+                      const { name, label } = icon;
-                );
+                      const on = faIconName(draft.icon) === name;
-              })}
+                      return (
-            </div>
+                        <button
+                          key={name}
+                          type="button"
+                          role="radio"
+                          aria-checked={on}
+                          aria-label={label}
+                          data-icon-option={faIconKey(name)}
+                          className={
+                            on ? "defs-icon defs-icon-result defs-icon--on" : "defs-icon defs-icon-result"
+                          }
+                          onClick={() => update({ icon: faIconKey(name), emoji: "" })}
+                        >
+                          <GlyphSvg icon={icon} size={18} />
+                          <span className="defs-icon-label">{label}</span>
+                        </button>
+                      );
+                    })}
+                  </div>
+                  <p className="defs-hint">
+                    Showing {faStart + 1}–{faEnd} of {faResults.length}
+                  </p>
+                  {faResults.length > FA_RESULTS_PAGE ? (
+                    <div className="defs-show-more">
+                      {faPage > 0 ? (
+                        <button type="button" className="defs-retry" onClick={() => setFaPage((page) => page - 1)}>
+                          Previous
+                        </button>
+                      ) : null}
+                      {faEnd < faResults.length ? (
+                        <button type="button" className="defs-retry" onClick={() => setFaPage((page) => page + 1)}>
+                          Show more
+                        </button>
+                      ) : null}
+                    </div>
+                  ) : null}
+                </>
+              ) : null
+            ) : (
+              <div className="defs-icon-grid" role="radiogroup" aria-labelledby="defs-label-icon-fa">
+                {FA_DEFINITION_ICONS.map((icon) => {
+                  const { name, label } = icon;
+                  const on = faIconName(draft.icon) === name;
+                  return (
+                    <button
+                      key={name}
+                      type="button"
+                      role="radio"
+                      aria-checked={on}
+                      aria-label={label}
+                      data-icon-option={faIconKey(name)}
+                      className={on ? "defs-icon defs-icon--on" : "defs-icon"}
+                      onClick={() => update({ icon: faIconKey(name), emoji: "", faText: "" })}
+                    >
+                      <GlyphSvg icon={icon} size={18} />
+                    </button>
+                  );
+                })}
+              </div>
+            )}
             <label className="defs-due">
               <span>Emoji</span>
               <input
@@ -677,7 +765,9 @@ function EditSheet({
                 aria-label="Emoji"
                 placeholder="e.g. 🐶"
                 value={draft.emoji}
-                onChange={(e) => update({ emoji: e.target.value, icon: emojiIconKey(e.target.value) })}
+                onChange={(e) =>
+                  update({ emoji: e.target.value, icon: emojiIconKey(e.target.value), faText: "" })
+                }
               />
             </label>
           </Field>

admin/src/definitions/definitionIcons.tsx

@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@
  * and a legacy bare `<kebab-name>` still names the same Lucide entry.
  */
 import { GlyphSvg } from "../icons/GlyphSvg";
-import { FA_ICONS, LUCIDE_ICONS, resolveIcon, type GlyphIcon } from "../icons/registry.generated";
+import {
+  FA_ICONS,
+  FA_SOLID_ICONS,
+  LUCIDE_ICONS,
+  resolveIcon,
+  type GlyphIcon,
+} from "../icons/registry.generated";
 import { TaskGlyph } from "./glyphs";
 
 export type DefinitionIconEntry = GlyphIcon;
@@ -58,6 +64,41 @@ export function faIconName(value: string | null): string | null {
   return value?.startsWith(FA_PREFIX) ? value.slice(FA_PREFIX.length) : null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The Font Awesome Free Solid icons whose name or label contains `query`
+ * (trimmed, case-insensitive): an exact name first, then name-prefix
+ * matches, then the rest, each in registry (name) order. An empty query
+ * gives no results — the curated quick picks cover that case.
+ */
+export function searchFaIcons(query: string): DefinitionIconEntry[] {
+  const q = query.trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (!q) return [];
+  const rank = (icon: DefinitionIconEntry) => (icon.name === q ? 0 : icon.name.startsWith(q) ? 1 : 2);
+  return FA_SOLID_ICONS.filter(
+    (icon) => icon.name.includes(q) || icon.label.toLowerCase().includes(q),
+  ).sort((a, b) => rank(a) - rank(b));
+}
+
+/**
+ * The stored key for a typed Font Awesome name, e.g. `Dog` → `fa:dog`: the
+ * trimmed, lower-cased text must be the exact name of a Free Solid icon,
+ * else null (a misspelling, a partial search, or a Pro/Brands name).
+ */
+export function faTypedIconKey(text: string): string | null {
+  const key = faIconKey(text.trim().toLowerCase());
+  return resolveIcon(key).kind === "fa" ? key : null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Why Font Awesome search text cannot be saved as it stands: it matches
+ * icons but names none of them, or it matches nothing in the Free Solid set.
+ */
+export function faTextProblem(text: string): string {
+  return searchFaIcons(text).length > 0
+    ? "Select a Font Awesome icon from the results, or type its full name."
+    : `“${text.trim()}” is not a Font Awesome Free Solid icon.`;
+}
+
 /** The emoji text an `emoji:<grapheme>` value holds; anything else gives "". */
 export function emojiIconText(value: string | null): string {
   return value?.startsWith(EMOJI_PREFIX) ? value.slice(EMOJI_PREFIX.length) : "";