diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskCard.css b/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskCard.css
index fcef0e2032..8e4c1be8df 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskCard.css
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskCard.css
@@ -1521,6 +1521,7 @@ short-landscape variant (FN-5751 lesson: never a desktop-only or portrait-only f
   width: 20px;
   height: 20px;
   padding: 0;
+  line-height: 1;
   background: transparent;
   border: none;
   border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
@@ -1650,6 +1651,10 @@ too so future divergence doesn't have to rediscover the shared selector group.
   position: relative;
 }
 
+/*
+FNXC:TaskCardLayout 2026-07-12-00:00:
+FN-7928 requires the Send-back/Actions trigger, ⋯ menu button, and size badge to share one optical vertical center inside .card-header-actions. Normalize their line boxes while preserving FN-7889's cluster↔id transform nudge, FN-7862's flex-start header anchor, FN-7837's middle-badge wrap/size-chip-not-orphaned contract, and FN-4351's mobile no-min-height rule.
+*/
 .card-send-back-btn {
   display: inline-flex;
   align-items: center;
@@ -1659,6 +1664,7 @@ too so future divergence doesn't have to rediscover the shared selector group.
   margin-left: var(--space-xs);
   font-size: 0.625rem;
   font-weight: 500;
+  line-height: 1;
   background: var(--card);
   border: 1px solid var(--border);
   border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
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 ca69ebb5ce..4f0293c5a8 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 +82,55 @@ function expectSharedHeaderBaseline(container: HTMLElement) {
   expect(actionsStyles.flex).toBe("0 0 auto");
 }
 
+function expectHeaderActionsControlCenterline(container: HTMLElement, expected: {
+  sendBack?: boolean;
+  menu?: boolean;
+  size?: boolean;
+}) {
+  const actions = container.querySelector(".card-header-actions") as HTMLElement;
+  expect(actions).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(getComputedStyle(actions).alignItems).toBe("center");
+
+  const sendBack = actions.querySelector(".card-send-back-btn") as HTMLElement | null;
+  const menu = actions.querySelector(".card-menu-btn") as HTMLElement | null;
+  const sizeBadge = actions.querySelector(".card-size-badge") as HTMLElement | null;
+
+  if (expected.sendBack) {
+    expect(sendBack).toBeTruthy();
+    const sendBackStyles = getComputedStyle(sendBack!);
+    expect(sendBackStyles.display).toBe("inline-flex");
+    expect(sendBackStyles.alignItems).toBe("center");
+    expect(sendBackStyles.lineHeight).toBe("1");
+    expect(sendBackStyles.minHeight).toBe("");
+  } else {
+    expect(sendBack).toBeNull();
+  }
+
+  if (expected.menu) {
+    expect(menu).toBeTruthy();
+    const menuStyles = getComputedStyle(menu!);
+    expect(menuStyles.display).toBe("flex");
+    expect(menuStyles.alignItems).toBe("center");
+    expect(menuStyles.justifyContent).toBe("center");
+    expect(menuStyles.lineHeight).toBe("1");
+    expect(menuStyles.minHeight).toBe("");
+  } else {
+    expect(menu).toBeNull();
+  }
+
+  if (expected.size) {
+    expect(sizeBadge).toBeTruthy();
+    const sizeStyles = getComputedStyle(sizeBadge!);
+    expect(sizeStyles.display).toBe("inline-flex");
+    expect(sizeStyles.alignItems).toBe("center");
+    expect(sizeStyles.lineHeight).toBe("1");
+    expect(actions.contains(sizeBadge)).toBe(true);
+    expect(sizeBadge!.closest(".card-header-badges")).toBeNull();
+  } else {
+    expect(sizeBadge).toBeNull();
+  }
+}
+
 function makeTask(overrides: Partial<Task> = {}): Task {
   return {
     id: "FN-5162",
@@ -270,6 +319,93 @@ describe("TaskCard badge wrapping (FN-5162)", () => {
     expectSharedHeaderBaseline(triageContainer);
   });
 
+  it("keeps Send back, menu, and size controls on one header-actions centerline across card states", () => {
+    const { container: inProgressContainer } = render(
+      <TaskCard
+        task={makeTask({
+          id: "FN-7928-IN-PROGRESS",
+          column: "in-progress",
+          status: "running" as Task["status"],
+          size: "M",
+        })}
+        onOpenDetail={noop}
+        addToast={noop}
+        onMoveTask={async () => makeTask()}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expectSharedHeaderBaseline(inProgressContainer);
+    expectHeaderActionsControlCenterline(inProgressContainer, { sendBack: true, menu: true, size: true });
+
+    const { container: doneContainer } = render(
+      <TaskCard
+        task={makeTask({
+          id: "FN-7928-DONE",
+          column: "done",
+          status: "done" as Task["status"],
+          size: "S",
+        })}
+        onOpenDetail={noop}
+        addToast={noop}
+        onArchiveTask={async () => makeTask()}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expectSharedHeaderBaseline(doneContainer);
+    expectHeaderActionsControlCenterline(doneContainer, { sendBack: true, menu: true, size: true });
+
+    const { container: triageContainer } = render(
+      <TaskCard
+        task={makeTask({
+          id: "FN-7928-TRIAGE",
+          column: "triage",
+          status: undefined,
+          size: "L",
+        })}
+        onOpenDetail={noop}
+        addToast={noop}
+        onUpdateTask={async () => makeTask()}
+        onDeleteTask={async () => makeTask()}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expectSharedHeaderBaseline(triageContainer);
+    expectHeaderActionsControlCenterline(triageContainer, { menu: true, size: true });
+
+    const { container: menuAbsentContainer } = render(
+      <TaskCard
+        task={makeTask({
+          id: "FN-7928-NO-MENU",
+          column: "todo",
+          status: "pending" as Task["status"],
+          size: "M",
+        })}
+        onOpenDetail={noop}
+        addToast={noop}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expectSharedHeaderBaseline(menuAbsentContainer);
+    expectHeaderActionsControlCenterline(menuAbsentContainer, { size: true });
+
+    const { container: sizeAbsentContainer } = render(
+      <TaskCard
+        task={makeTask({
+          id: "FN-7928-NO-SIZE",
+          column: "in-progress",
+          status: "running" as Task["status"],
+          size: undefined,
+        })}
+        onOpenDetail={noop}
+        addToast={noop}
+        onMoveTask={async () => makeTask()}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expectSharedHeaderBaseline(sizeAbsentContainer);
+    expectHeaderActionsControlCenterline(sizeAbsentContainer, { sendBack: true, menu: true });
+  });
+
   it("keeps the centered-id nudge and mobile header rhythm tokenized with the badge-wrap contract", () => {
     const cardIdRule = loadedCss.match(/\.card-id\s*\{(?<body>[^}]*)\}/)?.groups?.body ?? "";
     const actionsRule = loadedCss.match(/\.card-header-actions\s*\{(?<body>[^}]*)\}/)?.groups?.body ?? "";