diff --git a/internal/tui/absorb.go b/internal/tui/absorb.go
index eb51ce3..dab374d 100644
--- a/internal/tui/absorb.go
+++ b/internal/tui/absorb.go
@@ -108,12 +108,14 @@ func (a absorbModel) visibleCount() int {
 
 func renderAbsorbSource(e *db.Entity, maxWidth int) string {
 	glyph := glyphStyle.Render(display.DisplayGlyph(e.Glyph, e.CardType))
-	id := idStyle.Render("[" + display.FormatID(e.ID) + "]")
 
 	body := e.Body
 	if e.Title != nil {
 		body = *e.Title
 	}
+	if idx := strings.IndexByte(body, '\n'); idx >= 0 {
+		body = body[:idx]
+	}
 
 	var tags string
 	if len(e.Tags) > 0 {
@@ -125,11 +127,11 @@ func renderAbsorbSource(e *db.Entity, maxWidth int) string {
 		tags = " " + strings.Join(tagParts, " ")
 	}
 
-	line := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s %s", glyph, body, tags, id)
+	line := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s", glyph, body, tags)
 
 	if maxWidth > 0 && len(stripAnsi(line)) > maxWidth {
-		body = truncate(body, maxWidth-20)
-		line = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s %s", glyph, body, tags, id)
+		body = truncate(body, maxWidth-6)
+		line = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s", glyph, body, tags)
 	}
 
 	return line
diff --git a/internal/tui/cards.go b/internal/tui/cards.go
index 72416cc..ed38dfb 100644
--- a/internal/tui/cards.go
+++ b/internal/tui/cards.go
@@ -301,12 +301,14 @@ func (c cardsModel) visibleCount() int {
 
 func renderCard(e *db.Entity, maxWidth int) string {
 	glyph := glyphStyle.Render(display.DisplayGlyph(e.Glyph, e.CardType))
-	id := idStyle.Render("[" + display.FormatID(e.ID) + "]")
 
 	body := e.Body
 	if e.Title != nil {
 		body = *e.Title
 	}
+	if idx := strings.IndexByte(body, '\n'); idx >= 0 {
+		body = body[:idx]
+	}
 
 	affordance := detectAffordance(e)
 	affordStr := ""
@@ -335,11 +337,11 @@ func renderCard(e *db.Entity, maxWidth int) string {
 		useStr = " " + useCountStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("%d×", e.UseCount))
 	}
 
-	line := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s%s%s %s", glyph, body, affordStr, extraStr, useStr, id)
+	line := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s%s%s", glyph, body, affordStr, extraStr, useStr)
 
 	if maxWidth > 0 && len(stripAnsi(line)) > maxWidth {
-		body = truncate(body, maxWidth-30)
-		line = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s%s%s %s", glyph, body, affordStr, extraStr, useStr, id)
+		body = truncate(body, maxWidth-8)
+		line = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s%s%s", glyph, body, affordStr, extraStr, useStr)
 	}
 
 	return line
diff --git a/internal/tui/list.go b/internal/tui/list.go
index 8c95c96..696912c 100644
--- a/internal/tui/list.go
+++ b/internal/tui/list.go
@@ -204,23 +204,23 @@ func renderEntity(e *db.Entity, maxWidth int) string {
 	}
 	glyph := style.Render(glyphStr)
 
-	id := idStyle.Render("[" + display.FormatID(e.ID) + "]")
-
 	body := e.Body
 	if e.Title != nil {
 		body = *e.Title
 	}
+	if idx := strings.IndexByte(body, '\n'); idx >= 0 {
+		body = body[:idx]
+	}
 
 	var extras []string
 	if e.Pinned {
 		extras = append(extras, pinnedStyle.Render("•"))
 	}
 	if len(e.Tags) > 0 {
-		tagParts := make([]string, len(e.Tags))
-		for i, t := range e.Tags {
-			tagParts[i] = tagStyle.Render("#" + t)
+		limit := min(2, len(e.Tags))
+		for _, t := range e.Tags[:limit] {
+			extras = append(extras, tagStyle.Render("#"+t))
 		}
-		extras = append(extras, strings.Join(tagParts, " "))
 	}
 
 	extraStr := ""
@@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ func renderEntity(e *db.Entity, maxWidth int) string {
 		extraStr = " " + strings.Join(extras, " ")
 	}
 
-	line := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s %s", glyph, body, extraStr, id)
+	line := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s", glyph, body, extraStr)
 
 	if maxWidth > 0 && len(stripAnsi(line)) > maxWidth {
-		body = truncate(body, maxWidth-20)
-		line = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s %s", glyph, body, extraStr, id)
+		body = truncate(body, maxWidth-6)
+		line = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s", glyph, body, extraStr)
 	}
 
 	return line
diff --git a/internal/tui/styles.go b/internal/tui/styles.go
index 94e31ca..637e0f5 100644
--- a/internal/tui/styles.go
+++ b/internal/tui/styles.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var (
 			PaddingLeft(1)
 
 	listItemStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().
-			PaddingLeft(2)
+			PaddingLeft(4)
 
 	selectedItemStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().
 				PaddingLeft(1).