diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskCard.css b/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskCard.css
index 8e4c1be8df..a76f927f2e 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskCard.css
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskCard.css
@@ -1555,6 +1555,7 @@ short-landscape variant (FN-5751 lesson: never a desktop-only or portrait-only f
     opacity: 1;
     width: 28px;
     height: 28px;
+    line-height: 1;
     border-radius: var(--radius-md);
   }
 
@@ -1822,11 +1823,21 @@ FN-7928 requires the Send-back/Actions trigger, ⋯ menu button, and size badge
     min-height: var(--card-chip-height-mobile);
   }
 
+  /*
+  FNXC:TaskCardLayout 2026-07-13-00:00:
+  FN-7933 follows FN-7928 by keeping the Send-back/Actions trigger, ⋯ menu button, and size badge on one optical vertical center inside the header actions at the mobile breakpoint. Preserve FN-7889's cluster↔id nudge, FN-7862's flex-start header anchor, FN-7837's badge-wrap/size-chip grouping, FN-7928's desktop centering, and FN-4351's no-min-height mobile rule for the send-back/menu buttons.
+  */
   .card-header-actions {
+    align-items: center;
     gap: calc(var(--space-xs) / 2);
     flex-shrink: 0;
   }
 
+  .card-menu-btn,
+  .card-size-badge {
+    line-height: 1;
+  }
+
   /* FN-4351/FN-3965: keep secondary actions visible on touch, but compact per WCAG 2.5.8 because the card tap surface is the primary target for opening task detail. */
   .card-archive-btn,
   .card-unarchive-btn,
@@ -1836,6 +1847,7 @@ FN-7928 requires the Send-back/Actions trigger, ⋯ menu button, and size badge
 
   .card-send-back-btn {
     opacity: 1;
+    line-height: 1;
   }
 
   .card-promote-action.card-send-back-btn {
@@ -1900,6 +1912,10 @@ FN-7928 requires the Send-back/Actions trigger, ⋯ menu button, and size badge
     padding: calc(var(--space-xs) / 4) calc((var(--space-xs) * 3) / 2);
   }
 
+  .card-size-badge {
+    padding-block: calc((var(--space-xs) / 4) + var(--btn-border-width));
+  }
+
   .card-stalled-review-reason {
     font-size: 0.625rem;
     -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskCard.badge-wrap.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskCard.badge-wrap.test.tsx
index 4f0293c5a8..7e3c23cc24 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskCard.badge-wrap.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskCard.badge-wrap.test.tsx
@@ -82,6 +82,54 @@ function expectSharedHeaderBaseline(container: HTMLElement) {
   expect(actionsStyles.flex).toBe("0 0 auto");
 }
 
+function getCssBlocks(css: string, atRuleFragment: string): string[] {
+  const re = /@media[^{}]*\{/g;
+  const blocks: string[] = [];
+
+  for (const match of css.matchAll(re)) {
+    if (!match[0].includes(atRuleFragment)) continue;
+    const start = match.index! + match[0].length;
+    let depth = 1;
+    let i = start;
+    while (i < css.length && depth > 0) {
+      const ch = css[i];
+      if (ch === "{") depth++;
+      else if (ch === "}") depth--;
+      i++;
+    }
+    blocks.push(css.slice(start, i - 1));
+  }
+
+  expect(blocks.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  return blocks;
+}
+
+function getCssRuleBodies(section: string, selectorFragment: string): string[] {
+  const bodies: string[] = [];
+  const pattern = /([^{}]+)\{([\s\S]*?)\}/g;
+
+  for (const match of section.matchAll(pattern)) {
+    if (match[1].includes(selectorFragment)) {
+      bodies.push(match[2]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  expect(bodies.length, `Expected CSS rule for ${selectorFragment}`).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  return bodies;
+}
+
+function expectCssRuleToContain(section: string, selectorFragment: string, declaration: string): void {
+  const bodies = getCssRuleBodies(section, selectorFragment);
+  expect(bodies.some((body) => body.includes(declaration)), `${selectorFragment} should include ${declaration}`).toBe(true);
+}
+
+function expectCssRuleNotToContain(section: string, selectorFragment: string, declaration: string): void {
+  const bodies = getCssRuleBodies(section, selectorFragment);
+  for (const body of bodies) {
+    expect(body, `${selectorFragment} should not include ${declaration}`).not.toContain(declaration);
+  }
+}
+
 function expectHeaderActionsControlCenterline(container: HTMLElement, expected: {
   sendBack?: boolean;
   menu?: boolean;
@@ -404,21 +452,65 @@ describe("TaskCard badge wrapping (FN-5162)", () => {
 
     expectSharedHeaderBaseline(sizeAbsentContainer);
     expectHeaderActionsControlCenterline(sizeAbsentContainer, { sendBack: true, menu: true });
+
+    const { container: awaitingInputContainer } = render(
+      <TaskCard
+        task={makeTask({
+          id: "FN-7933-AWAITING-INPUT",
+          column: "in-progress",
+          status: "awaiting-user-input" as Task["status"],
+          size: "M",
+        })}
+        onOpenDetail={noop}
+        onOpenDetailWithTab={noop}
+        addToast={noop}
+        onMoveTask={async () => makeTask()}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(awaitingInputContainer.querySelector(".card-answer-questions-btn")).toBeTruthy();
+    expectSharedHeaderBaseline(awaitingInputContainer);
+    expectHeaderActionsControlCenterline(awaitingInputContainer, { sendBack: true, menu: true, size: true });
   });
 
   it("keeps the centered-id nudge and mobile header rhythm tokenized with the badge-wrap contract", () => {
+    const cardHeaderRule = loadedCss.match(/\.card-header\s*\{(?<body>[^}]*)\}/)?.groups?.body ?? "";
     const cardIdRule = loadedCss.match(/\.card-id\s*\{(?<body>[^}]*)\}/)?.groups?.body ?? "";
     const actionsRule = loadedCss.match(/\.card-header-actions\s*\{(?<body>[^}]*)\}/)?.groups?.body ?? "";
+    expect(cardHeaderRule).toContain("align-items: flex-start;");
     expect(cardIdRule).toContain("min-height: var(--card-chip-height);");
     expect(cardIdRule).toContain("line-height: 1;");
     expect(cardIdRule).toContain("transform: translateY(calc(var(--space-xs) / 4));");
     expect(cardIdRule).not.toMatch(/translateY\(\d/);
+    expect(actionsRule).toContain("align-items: center;");
     expect(actionsRule).toContain("transform: translateY(calc(var(--space-xs) / 4));");
     expect(actionsRule).not.toMatch(/translateY\(\d/);
     expect(loadedCss).toContain(".card-id,\n  .card-header-badges,\n  .card-header-actions");
     expect(loadedCss).toContain("min-height: var(--card-chip-height-mobile);");
   });
 
+  it("locks the mobile Send back, menu, and size controls to one header-actions centerline", () => {
+    const mobileSection = getCssBlocks(loadedCss, "max-width: 768px").join("\n");
+    const menuTouchSection = getCssBlocks(loadedCss, "max-height: 480px").join("\n");
+
+    expectCssRuleToContain(mobileSection, ".card-header-actions", "min-height: var(--card-chip-height-mobile);");
+    expectCssRuleToContain(mobileSection, ".card-header-actions", "align-items: center;");
+    expectCssRuleToContain(mobileSection, ".card-header-actions", "gap: calc(var(--space-xs) / 2);");
+    expectCssRuleToContain(mobileSection, ".card-send-back-btn", "line-height: 1;");
+    expectCssRuleToContain(mobileSection, ".card-menu-btn", "line-height: 1;");
+    expectCssRuleToContain(mobileSection, ".card-size-badge", "line-height: 1;");
+    expectCssRuleToContain(mobileSection, ".card-size-badge", "font-size: 0.5625rem;");
+    expectCssRuleToContain(mobileSection, ".card-size-badge", "padding: calc(var(--space-xs) / 4) calc((var(--space-xs) * 3) / 2);");
+    expectCssRuleToContain(mobileSection, ".card-size-badge", "padding-block: calc((var(--space-xs) / 4) + var(--btn-border-width));");
+    expectCssRuleNotToContain(mobileSection, ".card-send-back-btn", "min-height:");
+    expectCssRuleNotToContain(mobileSection, ".card-menu-btn", "min-height:");
+    expectCssRuleToContain(menuTouchSection, ".card-menu-btn", "width: 28px;");
+    expectCssRuleToContain(menuTouchSection, ".card-menu-btn", "height: 28px;");
+    expectCssRuleToContain(menuTouchSection, ".card-menu-btn", "line-height: 1;");
+    expectCssRuleToContain(menuTouchSection, ".card-menu-btn svg", "width: 16px;");
+    expectCssRuleToContain(menuTouchSection, ".card-menu-btn svg", "height: 16px;");
+  });
+
   it.each([
     ".card-status-badge",
     ".card-priority-badge",