diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a410ee..f8f763d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ Follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) · versioned wi
 
 ---
 
+## [1.44.0] — 2026-09-22
+
+### Added
+- **Magazine: Draw region stays armed after adding a box.** Previously every box meant clicking the toolbar button again; it's now a toggle (with an on/off switch icon on the button itself, since the background colour alone was easy to miss after a few boxes in a row) that stays active until you turn it off.
+- **Magazine: a freshly drawn region is ticked in automatically** when its type is one that's actually narrated (Paragraph, Headline, Subheading, Standfirst, Author) — drawing a region already means it belongs in the article. Furniture-like kinds (Page number, Source/footer, Advertisement, Table, Duplicate, OCR noise, Caption, Pull quote, Sidenote, Text in picture) stay unticked, since those are excluded from narration on purpose.
+- **Magazine: the region type list is now searchable, with an icon per type.** Filter any of the 16 kinds by typing instead of scrolling a plain dropdown.
+
 ## [1.43.1] — 2026-09-22
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -4321,7 +4328,8 @@ Initial feature-complete release.
 
 ---
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/mARTin-B78/tts-voice-creator-clone-and-design-2/compare/v1.43.1...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/mARTin-B78/tts-voice-creator-clone-and-design-2/compare/v1.44.0...HEAD
+[1.44.0]: https://github.com/mARTin-B78/tts-voice-creator-clone-and-design-2/compare/v1.43.1...v1.44.0
 [1.43.1]: https://github.com/mARTin-B78/tts-voice-creator-clone-and-design-2/compare/v1.43.0...v1.43.1
 [1.26.10]: https://github.com/mARTin-B78/tts-voice-creator-clone-and-design-2/compare/v1.26.9...v1.26.10
 [1.26.9]: https://github.com/mARTin-B78/tts-voice-creator-clone-and-design-2/compare/v1.26.8...v1.26.9
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3987c47..372cf40 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.43.1
+1.44.0
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index a2088d0..18588db 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no">
   <meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark">
   <meta name="theme-color" content="#2563EB">
-<meta name="app-version" content="1.43.1">
+<meta name="app-version" content="1.44.0">
   <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.webmanifest">
   <link rel="icon" href="/static/icon.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
   <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/icon.svg">
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 
   <!-- ── Core styles (local — no CDN dependency for first paint) ────────── -->
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/vendor/mdi/materialdesignicons.min.css">
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/style.css?v=1.43.1">
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/resource-diagnostics.css?v=1.43.1">
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/background-jobs.css?v=1.43.1">
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/voice-design.css?v=1.43.1">
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/rehearser.css?v=1.43.1">
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/audiobook.css?v=1.43.1">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/style.css?v=1.44.0">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/resource-diagnostics.css?v=1.44.0">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/background-jobs.css?v=1.44.0">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/voice-design.css?v=1.44.0">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/rehearser.css?v=1.44.0">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/audiobook.css?v=1.44.0">
 
 
   <!-- ── Flag icons — non-blocking (loaded async, icons appear after JS) ── -->
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ window.toggleNavTree = function(treeId, chevronId) {
 </script>
 
 <!-- loader.js: fetches sections → loads JS modules → removes skeleton -->
-<script src="/static/loader.js?v=1.43.1"></script>
+<script src="/static/loader.js?v=1.44.0"></script>
 
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/static/js/magazine.js b/static/js/magazine.js
index 038c3ab..d3154a7 100644
--- a/static/js/magazine.js
+++ b/static/js/magazine.js
@@ -919,12 +919,26 @@ function magReviewGoMagazinePage(page) {
 // read" without reading the label. No table detection exists yet (P2), so a
 // table currently reads as its own text region like any other paragraph.
 // What a region can be changed into from the review list. Values match the server's REGION_TYPES.
+// Mirrors core/magazine.py's NARRATABLE -- the kinds that are actually read
+// aloud. A freshly drawn region of one of these is ticked in automatically
+// (see magReviewSubmitDraw); everything else (page number, source, ad,
+// table, duplicate, OCR noise, caption, pull quote, sidenote) is furniture
+// or reference material excluded from narration on purpose and stays unticked.
+const MAG_NARRATABLE_KINDS = new Set(['title', 'heading', 'deck', 'byline', 'body']);
 const MAG_REGION_TYPES = [
   ['body', 'Paragraph'], ['title', 'Headline'], ['heading', 'Subheading'], ['deck', 'Standfirst'],
   ['byline', 'Author'], ['caption', 'Caption'], ['pullquote', 'Pull quote'], ['sidebar', 'Sidenote'],
   ['page_number', 'Page number'], ['source', 'Source / footer'], ['ad', 'Advertisement'],
   ['in_picture', 'Text in picture'], ['ocr_noise', 'OCR noise'], ['duplicate', 'Duplicate'], ['table', 'Table'], ['image', 'Image'],
 ];
+const MAG_REGION_TYPE_ICONS = {
+  body: 'mdi-text-box-outline', title: 'mdi-format-title', heading: 'mdi-format-header-2',
+  deck: 'mdi-text-short', byline: 'mdi-account-edit-outline', caption: 'mdi-image-text',
+  pullquote: 'mdi-format-quote-close', sidebar: 'mdi-note-text-outline', page_number: 'mdi-numeric',
+  source: 'mdi-book-open-page-variant-outline', ad: 'mdi-advertisements-outline',
+  in_picture: 'mdi-text-recognition', ocr_noise: 'mdi-alert-circle-outline',
+  duplicate: 'mdi-content-duplicate', table: 'mdi-table', image: 'mdi-image-outline',
+};
 // Furniture kinds that the picker shows under their own name (everything else is a page number).
 const MAG_FURNITURE_KINDS = ['source', 'in_picture', 'ocr_noise', 'duplicate'];
 
@@ -1172,8 +1186,9 @@ function renderReview() {
         'onclick="magReviewToggleSpread()"><span class="mdi mdi-book-open-page-variant" aria-hidden="true"></span> ' +
         (state.reviewSpread ? 'Single page' : 'Two-page spread') + '</button></div>' +
     '<div class="mag-review-draw-controls" role="group" aria-label="Draw regions">' +
-    '<button type="button" class="btn-sm" onclick="magReviewToggleDraw()" id="mag-draw-toggle">' +
-    '<span class="mdi mdi-vector-square-edit" aria-hidden="true"></span> Draw region</button>' +
+    '<button type="button" class="btn-sm" onclick="magReviewToggleDraw()" id="mag-draw-toggle" aria-pressed="false">' +
+    '<span class="mdi mdi-vector-square-edit" aria-hidden="true"></span> Draw region' +
+    '<span class="mdi mdi-toggle-switch-off-outline mag-draw-toggle-switch" id="mag-draw-toggle-switch" aria-hidden="true"></span></button>' +
     '<button type="button" class="btn-sm" id="mag-edit-toggle" aria-pressed="false" ' +
       'title="Drag a region to move or resize it, or delete one that was detected wrongly" ' +
       'onclick="magReviewToggleEdit()"><span class="mdi mdi-vector-polygon" aria-hidden="true"></span> Edit boxes</button>' +
@@ -1675,19 +1690,36 @@ function magReviewHighlightBox(blockId) {
 // cover that). Percent-of-image coordinates while dragging, converted to
 // PDF-point page coordinates (matching every other bbox in the layout) only
 // once the user commits the region.
-function magReviewToggleDraw(kind = 'text') {
-  state.drawMode = state.drawMode && state.drawKind === kind ? false : true;
-  state.drawKind = kind;
-  if (state.drawMode && state.editMode) magReviewToggleEdit();
+// Applies state.drawMode/drawKind to the DOM -- pulled out of
+// magReviewToggleDraw so magReviewSubmitDraw can re-assert the same "still
+// drawing" visuals after renderReview() rebuilds the toolbar from scratch
+// (which has no memory of drawMode, since that class was only ever applied
+// imperatively, never baked into the template).
+function _magSyncDrawUi() {
   const hint = $('mag-draw-hint');
-  const field = kind === 'title' ? 'title' : kind === 'author' ? 'author' : '';
+  const field = state.drawKind === 'title' ? 'title' : state.drawKind === 'author' ? 'author' : '';
   if (hint) hint.textContent = state.drawMode
     ? (field ? ` Drag around the ${field} text to OCR it into this field. Press Escape to cancel.`
       : ' Drag around the region, then say what it is. Press Escape to cancel.') : '';
   const wrap = $('mag-review-page-wrap');
   if (wrap) wrap.classList.toggle('is-drawing', state.drawMode);
   const btn = $('mag-draw-toggle');
-  if (btn) { btn.classList.toggle('active', state.drawMode && kind === 'text'); btn.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(state.drawMode && kind === 'text')); }
+  if (btn) { btn.classList.toggle('active', state.drawMode); btn.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(state.drawMode)); }
+  // A background-colour change alone was easy to miss once several regions
+  // in a row had been added -- confirmed live. An explicit on/off switch
+  // icon is a second, unambiguous cue for the same state.
+  const switchIcon = $('mag-draw-toggle-switch');
+  if (switchIcon) {
+    switchIcon.classList.toggle('mdi-toggle-switch', state.drawMode);
+    switchIcon.classList.toggle('mdi-toggle-switch-off-outline', !state.drawMode);
+  }
+}
+
+function magReviewToggleDraw(kind = 'text') {
+  state.drawMode = state.drawMode && state.drawKind === kind ? false : true;
+  state.drawKind = kind;
+  if (state.drawMode && state.editMode) magReviewToggleEdit();
+  _magSyncDrawUi();
   magReviewCancelDrawPanel();
 }
 
@@ -2163,9 +2195,13 @@ function magReviewOpenDrawPanel(box) {
       '<button type="button" class="btn-sm primary" onclick="magReviewSubmitDraw()"><span class="mdi mdi-text-recognition"></span> Use recognised text</button></div>'
     :
     '<div class="mag-draw-panel-row">' +
-      '<label>Region type <select id="mag-draw-kind">' +
-        drawKindOptions.map(([v, label]) => '<option value="' + v + '">' + label + '</option>').join('') +
-      '</select></label>' +
+      '<div class="mag-type-picker" id="mag-draw-kind-picker">' +
+        '<label for="mag-draw-kind-search">Region type</label>' +
+        '<input type="text" id="mag-draw-kind-search" class="mag-type-picker-input" autocomplete="off" ' +
+          'placeholder="Search region type…" aria-expanded="false" role="combobox" aria-autocomplete="list">' +
+        '<input type="hidden" id="mag-draw-kind" value="body">' +
+        '<ul class="mag-type-picker-list" id="mag-draw-kind-list" role="listbox" hidden></ul>' +
+      '</div>' +
     '</div>' +
     '<label id="mag-draw-exclude" hidden><input id="mag-draw-exclude-check" type="checkbox" checked> Exclude enclosed text from narration</label>' +
     '<textarea id="mag-draw-text" rows="2" placeholder="Type the text, or leave blank and use OCR"></textarea>' +
@@ -2178,15 +2214,78 @@ wrap.appendChild(panel);
   const top = parseFloat(box.style.top) || 0, left = parseFloat(box.style.left) || 0, height = parseFloat(box.style.height) || 0;
   panel.style.top = Math.min(85, top + height + 1) + '%';
   panel.style.left = Math.min(60, left) + '%';
-  const kindSelect = $('mag-draw-kind');
-  if (kindSelect) {
-    kindSelect.addEventListener('change', () => {
-      const isImage = kindSelect.value === 'image';
-      const ta = $('mag-draw-text');
-      if (ta) ta.hidden = isImage;
-      $('mag-draw-exclude').hidden = !isImage;
-    });
-  }
+  if ($('mag-draw-kind-picker')) _magSetupDrawKindPicker(drawKindOptions);
+}
+
+// A 16-option <select> for something picked constantly deserved faster
+// access than scrolling a native dropdown -- type to filter, arrow keys or
+// click to choose, icon per type so the list scans visually instead of by
+// re-reading every label. #mag-draw-kind stays a plain hidden input so
+// magReviewSubmitDraw's existing $('mag-draw-kind').value read needed no
+// changes.
+function _magDrawKindOnPick(value) {
+  const isImage = value === 'image';
+  const ta = $('mag-draw-text');
+  if (ta) ta.hidden = isImage;
+  const exclude = $('mag-draw-exclude');
+  if (exclude) exclude.hidden = !isImage;
+}
+
+function _magSetupDrawKindPicker(options) {
+  const search = $('mag-draw-kind-search');
+  const hidden = $('mag-draw-kind');
+  const list = $('mag-draw-kind-list');
+  if (!search || !hidden || !list) return;
+
+  const renderList = (query) => {
+    const q = (query || '').trim().toLowerCase();
+    const matches = q ? options.filter(([, label]) => label.toLowerCase().includes(q)) : options;
+    list.innerHTML = matches.length
+      ? matches.map(([v, label]) => '<li role="option" data-value="' + v + '" ' +
+          'class="mag-type-picker-option' + (v === hidden.value ? ' is-selected' : '') + '">' +
+          '<span class="mdi ' + (MAG_REGION_TYPE_ICONS[v] || 'mdi-text-box-outline') + '" aria-hidden="true"></span> ' +
+          esc(label) + '</li>').join('')
+      : '<li class="mag-type-picker-empty muted">No matching region type</li>';
+  };
+
+  const pick = (value, label) => {
+    hidden.value = value;
+    search.value = label;
+    list.hidden = true;
+    search.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false');
+    _magDrawKindOnPick(value);
+  };
+
+  const open = () => {
+    renderList(search.value === (options.find(([v]) => v === hidden.value) || [])[1] ? '' : search.value);
+    list.hidden = false;
+    search.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true');
+  };
+
+  // Start on the default (Paragraph) with its label showing, matching the
+  // hidden input's own default value set in the HTML above.
+  pick(hidden.value, (options.find(([v]) => v === hidden.value) || [])[1] || '');
+  search.addEventListener('focus', open);
+  search.addEventListener('input', () => { list.hidden = false; search.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true'); renderList(search.value); });
+  search.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
+    if (e.key === 'Escape') { list.hidden = true; search.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false'); search.blur(); }
+    else if (e.key === 'Enter') {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      const first = list.querySelector('.mag-type-picker-option');
+      if (first) { const v = first.dataset.value; pick(v, options.find(([ov]) => ov === v)[1]); }
+    } else if (e.key === 'ArrowDown' && list.hidden) { open(); }
+  });
+  list.addEventListener('mousedown', (e) => {
+    // mousedown (not click) fires before the input's blur, so the list is
+    // still in the DOM to read from when the handler below reacts to blur.
+    const li = e.target.closest('.mag-type-picker-option');
+    if (!li) return;
+    e.preventDefault();
+    pick(li.dataset.value, options.find(([v]) => v === li.dataset.value)[1]);
+  });
+  search.addEventListener('blur', () => {
+    setTimeout(() => { list.hidden = true; search.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false'); }, 0);
+  });
 }
 
 async function magReviewSubmitDraw() {
@@ -2211,9 +2310,9 @@ async function magReviewSubmitDraw() {
   article.author = $('mag-rev-author').value;
   if (!_magReviewChecked) _magReviewChecked = new Set(article.blocks || []);
   magReviewCancelDrawPanel();
-  state.drawMode = false;
   if (field) {
-    magReviewCancelDrawPanel();
+    state.drawMode = false;
+    _magSyncDrawUi();
     say(`Reading selected ${field}…`, '');
     try {
       const result = await api('/api/magazine/' + state.doc.id + '/pages/' + state.reviewPage + '/extract', {
@@ -2265,8 +2364,20 @@ async function magReviewSubmitDraw() {
             x + w <= bbox[0] + bbox[2] && y + h <= bbox[1] + bbox[3]) _magReviewChecked.delete(b.id);
       }
     }
-  } else if (kind === 'text' || kind === 'heading') added.forEach(r => _magReviewChecked.add(r.id));
+  } else if (MAG_NARRATABLE_KINDS.has(kind)) {
+    // Drawing a region at all means the reader judged it part of the
+    // article -- it should read as included, not force a second click per
+    // box to tick what was just drawn. Furniture-like kinds (page number,
+    // source, advertisement, table, duplicate, OCR noise) stay unchecked,
+    // since those are excluded from narration on purpose.
+    added.forEach(r => _magReviewChecked.add(r.id));
+  }
   renderReview();
+  // Draw region is a toggle, not a one-shot: stay armed for the next box
+  // instead of forcing another click on the toolbar button every time.
+  // renderReview() just rebuilt the toolbar from scratch with no memory of
+  // drawMode, so the "still drawing" visuals need reapplying here.
+  if (state.drawMode) _magSyncDrawUi();
 }
 
 // Keep the review's unsaved selection in step with a region change made on the server. Without this,
diff --git a/static/style.css b/static/style.css
index 4b368c2..a5be69b 100644
--- a/static/style.css
+++ b/static/style.css
@@ -4969,6 +4969,8 @@ input[list="lang-codes"] {
 .mag-review-draw-controls { display: flex; gap: 6px; }
 .mag-review-draw-controls .btn-sm { min-height: 34px; }
 .mag-review-draw-controls .active { background: var(--accent); color: var(--on-accent); }
+.mag-draw-toggle-switch { margin-left: 6px; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: -3px; }
+.mag-review-draw-controls .active .mag-draw-toggle-switch { color: var(--green, #16a34a); }
 #mag-draw-hint:not(:empty) { padding: 8px 12px; margin-bottom: 12px; border-left: 3px solid var(--accent); }
 .mag-review-pagenav-spacer { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
 
@@ -5019,6 +5021,25 @@ input[list="lang-codes"] {
   padding: 4px 6px; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 4px; background: var(--surface);
   color: var(--text); }
 
+/* Searchable region-type combobox in the draw panel — a 16-option native
+   <select> is slow to scan and slow to reach by scrolling; this filters by
+   typing and shows an icon per type instead. */
+.mag-type-picker { position: relative; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
+.mag-type-picker label { flex-shrink: 0; }
+.mag-type-picker-input { flex: 1; min-width: 0; font: inherit; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px 6px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 4px; background: var(--surface); color: var(--text); }
+.mag-type-picker-input:focus { outline: none; border-color: var(--accent); box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba(37,99,235,.18); }
+.mag-type-picker-list { position: absolute; top: 100%; left: 0; right: 0; z-index: 5; margin: 2px 0 0;
+  padding: 4px; list-style: none; max-height: 240px; overflow-y: auto; background: var(--surface);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius); box-shadow: 0 6px 18px rgba(0,0,0,.25); }
+.mag-type-picker-option { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; padding: 6px 8px; font-size: 13px;
+  border-radius: 5px; cursor: pointer; color: var(--text); }
+.mag-type-picker-option .mdi { color: var(--subtext); font-size: 16px; flex-shrink: 0; }
+.mag-type-picker-option:hover { background: var(--panel); }
+.mag-type-picker-option.is-selected { background: var(--accent); color: var(--on-accent); }
+.mag-type-picker-option.is-selected .mdi { color: inherit; }
+.mag-type-picker-empty { padding: 6px 8px; font-size: 13px; }
+
 /* Editing an already-detected region: move by dragging the box body, resize
    from its corner handle, delete with its ×. Handles and the delete button
    only render usably in edit mode -- kept in the DOM at all times (rather