diff --git a/packages/core/src/editing/affordances.test.ts b/packages/core/src/editing/affordances.test.ts
index 4e42434357..b975dd64bf 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/editing/affordances.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/editing/affordances.test.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,18 @@ describe("resolveEditingAffordances — sections", () => {
     expect(s).toMatchObject({ media: true, colorGrading: false });
   });
 
+  it("audio: no layout or style — an audio element has no rendered box", () => {
+    const s = resolveEditingAffordances(baseFacts({ tag: "audio" })).sections;
+    expect(s).toMatchObject({ layout: false, style: false });
+  });
+
+  it("div/img/video: layout + style apply", () => {
+    for (const tag of ["div", "img", "video"]) {
+      const s = resolveEditingAffordances(baseFacts({ tag })).sections;
+      expect(s).toMatchObject({ layout: true, style: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("img: media + colorGrading", () => {
     const s = resolveEditingAffordances(baseFacts({ tag: "img" })).sections;
     expect(s).toMatchObject({ media: true, colorGrading: true });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/editing/affordances.ts b/packages/core/src/editing/affordances.ts
index d430844c05..272fb028fb 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/editing/affordances.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/editing/affordances.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ export interface EditingSectionApplicability {
   colorGrading: boolean;
   timing: boolean;
   animation: boolean;
+  /** Position/size/rotation/stacking — meaningless on an element with no
+   *  rendered box (e.g. `<audio>`, which never paints a visual frame). */
+  layout: boolean;
+  /** Fill/radius/stroke/shadow/blend-mode/clip — same "no rendered box" gate
+   *  as `layout`, kept separate since a future tag could need one without
+   *  the other. */
+  style: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface EditingAffordances {
@@ -193,12 +200,18 @@ function resolveCapabilities(facts: EditableElementFacts): DomEditCapabilities {
  * without re-running the capability geometry parse.
  */
 export function resolveEditingSections(facts: EditableElementFacts): EditingSectionApplicability {
+  // `<audio>` never paints a visual frame — position/size/rotation/stacking
+  // and fill/radius/stroke/shadow/etc. are all inert on it. Every other tag
+  // (div, img, video, svg, canvas, composition hosts) renders a real box.
+  const hasVisualBox = facts.tag !== "audio";
   return {
     text: facts.hasEditableText && !facts.isCompositionHost && !facts.isInsideLockedComposition,
     media: facts.tag === "video" || facts.tag === "audio" || facts.tag === "img",
     colorGrading: facts.tag === "video" || facts.tag === "img",
     timing: facts.hasTimingStart || facts.animationCount > 0,
     animation: facts.animationCount > 0,
+    layout: hasVisualBox,
+    style: hasVisualBox,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanel.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanel.tsx
index 1099fdb015..237d842695 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanel.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanel.tsx
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@ export const PropertyPanel = memo(function PropertyPanel(props: PropertyPanelPro
   const manualSizeEditingDisabled = !element.capabilities.canApplyManualSize;
   const manualRotationEditingDisabled = !element.capabilities.canApplyManualRotation;
   const sourceLabel = element.id ? `#${element.id}` : (element.selector ?? "");
-  const showEditableSections = element.capabilities.canEditStyles;
   // Capabilities are already resolved on the selection; recompute only sections,
   // feeding the live GSAP tween count (arrives on the gsapAnimations prop, not the
   // selection) so the Timing section shows for pure-GSAP elements with no data-start.
   const sections = resolveEditingSections(domEditSelectionToFacts(element, gsapAnimations.length));
+  const showEditableSections = element.capabilities.canEditStyles && sections.style;
   const manualOffset = readStudioPathOffset(element.element);
   const manualSize = readStudioBoxSize(element.element);
   const resolvedWidth =
@@ -385,161 +385,163 @@ export const PropertyPanel = memo(function PropertyPanel(props: PropertyPanelPro
           />
         )}
 
-        <Section title="Layout" icon={<Move size={15} />}>
-          <div className={RESPONSIVE_GRID}>
-            <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
-              <div className="flex-1">
-                <MetricField
-                  label="X"
-                  value={formatPxMetricValue(displayX)}
-                  disabled={manualOffsetEditingDisabled}
-                  scrub
-                  onCommit={(next) => commitManualOffset("x", next)}
-                />
+        {sections.layout && (
+          <Section title="Layout" icon={<Move size={15} />}>
+            <div className={RESPONSIVE_GRID}>
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
+                <div className="flex-1">
+                  <MetricField
+                    label="X"
+                    value={formatPxMetricValue(displayX)}
+                    disabled={manualOffsetEditingDisabled}
+                    scrub
+                    onCommit={(next) => commitManualOffset("x", next)}
+                  />
+                </div>
+                {STUDIO_KEYFRAMES_ENABLED && gsapAnimId && (
+                  <KeyframeNavigation
+                    property="x"
+                    keyframes={navKeyframes}
+                    currentPercentage={currentPct}
+                    onSeek={seekFromKfPct}
+                    onAddKeyframe={() =>
+                      onCommitAnimatedProperty &&
+                      void onCommitAnimatedProperty(element, "x", displayX)
+                    }
+                    onRemoveKeyframe={(pct) => onRemoveKeyframe?.(animIdForProp("x"), pct)}
+                    onConvertToKeyframes={() => onConvertToKeyframes?.(animIdForProp("x"))}
+                  />
+                )}
               </div>
-              {STUDIO_KEYFRAMES_ENABLED && gsapAnimId && (
-                <KeyframeNavigation
-                  property="x"
-                  keyframes={navKeyframes}
-                  currentPercentage={currentPct}
-                  onSeek={seekFromKfPct}
-                  onAddKeyframe={() =>
-                    onCommitAnimatedProperty &&
-                    void onCommitAnimatedProperty(element, "x", displayX)
-                  }
-                  onRemoveKeyframe={(pct) => onRemoveKeyframe?.(animIdForProp("x"), pct)}
-                  onConvertToKeyframes={() => onConvertToKeyframes?.(animIdForProp("x"))}
-                />
-              )}
-            </div>
-            <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
-              <div className="flex-1">
-                <MetricField
-                  label="Y"
-                  value={formatPxMetricValue(displayY)}
-                  disabled={manualOffsetEditingDisabled}
-                  scrub
-                  onCommit={(next) => commitManualOffset("y", next)}
-                />
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
+                <div className="flex-1">
+                  <MetricField
+                    label="Y"
+                    value={formatPxMetricValue(displayY)}
+                    disabled={manualOffsetEditingDisabled}
+                    scrub
+                    onCommit={(next) => commitManualOffset("y", next)}
+                  />
+                </div>
+                {STUDIO_KEYFRAMES_ENABLED && gsapAnimId && (
+                  <KeyframeNavigation
+                    property="y"
+                    keyframes={navKeyframes}
+                    currentPercentage={currentPct}
+                    onSeek={seekFromKfPct}
+                    onAddKeyframe={() =>
+                      onCommitAnimatedProperty &&
+                      void onCommitAnimatedProperty(element, "y", displayY)
+                    }
+                    onRemoveKeyframe={(pct) => onRemoveKeyframe?.(animIdForProp("y"), pct)}
+                    onConvertToKeyframes={() => onConvertToKeyframes?.(animIdForProp("y"))}
+                  />
+                )}
               </div>
-              {STUDIO_KEYFRAMES_ENABLED && gsapAnimId && (
-                <KeyframeNavigation
-                  property="y"
-                  keyframes={navKeyframes}
-                  currentPercentage={currentPct}
-                  onSeek={seekFromKfPct}
-                  onAddKeyframe={() =>
-                    onCommitAnimatedProperty &&
-                    void onCommitAnimatedProperty(element, "y", displayY)
-                  }
-                  onRemoveKeyframe={(pct) => onRemoveKeyframe?.(animIdForProp("y"), pct)}
-                  onConvertToKeyframes={() => onConvertToKeyframes?.(animIdForProp("y"))}
-                />
-              )}
-            </div>
-            <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
-              <div className="flex-1">
-                <MetricField
-                  label="W"
-                  value={formatPxMetricValue(displayW)}
-                  disabled={manualSizeEditingDisabled}
-                  scrub
-                  onCommit={(next) => commitManualSize("width", next)}
-                />
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
+                <div className="flex-1">
+                  <MetricField
+                    label="W"
+                    value={formatPxMetricValue(displayW)}
+                    disabled={manualSizeEditingDisabled}
+                    scrub
+                    onCommit={(next) => commitManualSize("width", next)}
+                  />
+                </div>
+                {STUDIO_KEYFRAMES_ENABLED && gsapAnimId && (
+                  <KeyframeNavigation
+                    property="width"
+                    keyframes={navKeyframes}
+                    currentPercentage={currentPct}
+                    onSeek={seekFromKfPct}
+                    onAddKeyframe={() =>
+                      onCommitAnimatedProperty &&
+                      void onCommitAnimatedProperty(element, "width", displayW)
+                    }
+                    onRemoveKeyframe={(pct) => onRemoveKeyframe?.(animIdForProp("width"), pct)}
+                    onConvertToKeyframes={() => onConvertToKeyframes?.(animIdForProp("width"))}
+                  />
+                )}
               </div>
-              {STUDIO_KEYFRAMES_ENABLED && gsapAnimId && (
-                <KeyframeNavigation
-                  property="width"
-                  keyframes={navKeyframes}
-                  currentPercentage={currentPct}
-                  onSeek={seekFromKfPct}
-                  onAddKeyframe={() =>
-                    onCommitAnimatedProperty &&
-                    void onCommitAnimatedProperty(element, "width", displayW)
-                  }
-                  onRemoveKeyframe={(pct) => onRemoveKeyframe?.(animIdForProp("width"), pct)}
-                  onConvertToKeyframes={() => onConvertToKeyframes?.(animIdForProp("width"))}
-                />
-              )}
-            </div>
-            <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
-              <div className="flex-1">
-                <MetricField
-                  label="H"
-                  value={formatPxMetricValue(displayH)}
-                  disabled={manualSizeEditingDisabled}
-                  scrub
-                  onCommit={(next) => commitManualSize("height", next)}
-                />
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
+                <div className="flex-1">
+                  <MetricField
+                    label="H"
+                    value={formatPxMetricValue(displayH)}
+                    disabled={manualSizeEditingDisabled}
+                    scrub
+                    onCommit={(next) => commitManualSize("height", next)}
+                  />
+                </div>
+                {STUDIO_KEYFRAMES_ENABLED && gsapAnimId && (
+                  <KeyframeNavigation
+                    property="height"
+                    keyframes={navKeyframes}
+                    currentPercentage={currentPct}
+                    onSeek={seekFromKfPct}
+                    onAddKeyframe={() =>
+                      onCommitAnimatedProperty &&
+                      void onCommitAnimatedProperty(element, "height", displayH)
+                    }
+                    onRemoveKeyframe={(pct) => onRemoveKeyframe?.(animIdForProp("height"), pct)}
+                    onConvertToKeyframes={() => onConvertToKeyframes?.(animIdForProp("height"))}
+                  />
+                )}
               </div>
-              {STUDIO_KEYFRAMES_ENABLED && gsapAnimId && (
-                <KeyframeNavigation
-                  property="height"
-                  keyframes={navKeyframes}
-                  currentPercentage={currentPct}
-                  onSeek={seekFromKfPct}
-                  onAddKeyframe={() =>
-                    onCommitAnimatedProperty &&
-                    void onCommitAnimatedProperty(element, "height", displayH)
-                  }
-                  onRemoveKeyframe={(pct) => onRemoveKeyframe?.(animIdForProp("height"), pct)}
-                  onConvertToKeyframes={() => onConvertToKeyframes?.(animIdForProp("height"))}
-                />
-              )}
-            </div>
-            <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
-              <div className="flex-1">
-                <MetricField
-                  label="R"
-                  value={`${displayR}°`}
-                  disabled={manualRotationEditingDisabled}
-                  onCommit={(next) => commitManualRotation(next.replace("°", ""))}
-                />
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
+                <div className="flex-1">
+                  <MetricField
+                    label="R"
+                    value={`${displayR}°`}
+                    disabled={manualRotationEditingDisabled}
+                    onCommit={(next) => commitManualRotation(next.replace("°", ""))}
+                  />
+                </div>
+                {STUDIO_KEYFRAMES_ENABLED && gsapAnimId && (
+                  <KeyframeNavigation
+                    property="rotation"
+                    keyframes={navKeyframes}
+                    currentPercentage={currentPct}
+                    onSeek={seekFromKfPct}
+                    onAddKeyframe={() =>
+                      onCommitAnimatedProperty &&
+                      void onCommitAnimatedProperty(element, "rotation", displayR)
+                    }
+                    onRemoveKeyframe={(pct) => onRemoveKeyframe?.(animIdForProp("rotation"), pct)}
+                    onConvertToKeyframes={() => onConvertToKeyframes?.(animIdForProp("rotation"))}
+                  />
+                )}
               </div>
-              {STUDIO_KEYFRAMES_ENABLED && gsapAnimId && (
-                <KeyframeNavigation
-                  property="rotation"
-                  keyframes={navKeyframes}
-                  currentPercentage={currentPct}
-                  onSeek={seekFromKfPct}
-                  onAddKeyframe={() =>
-                    onCommitAnimatedProperty &&
-                    void onCommitAnimatedProperty(element, "rotation", displayR)
-                  }
-                  onRemoveKeyframe={(pct) => onRemoveKeyframe?.(animIdForProp("rotation"), pct)}
-                  onConvertToKeyframes={() => onConvertToKeyframes?.(animIdForProp("rotation"))}
-                />
-              )}
             </div>
-          </div>
-          <PropertyPanel3dTransform
-            gsapRuntimeValues={gsap3dValues}
-            gsapAnimId={gsapAnimId}
-            resolveAnimIdForProp={animIdForProp}
-            gsapKeyframes={navKeyframes}
-            currentPct={currentPct}
-            elStart={elStart}
-            elDuration={elDuration}
-            element={element}
-            onCommitAnimatedProperty={onCommitAnimatedProperty}
-            onCommitAnimatedProperties={onCommitAnimatedProperties}
-            onSeekToTime={onSeekToTime}
-            onRemoveKeyframe={onRemoveKeyframe}
-            onConvertToKeyframes={onConvertToKeyframes}
-            onLivePreviewProps={createGsapLivePreview(iframeRef)}
-          />
-          <div className="mt-3">
-            <div className="mb-2 text-[10px] font-medium uppercase tracking-wider text-neutral-600">
-              Stacking
-            </div>
-            <MetricField
-              label="Z-index"
-              value={String(parseInt(styles["z-index"] || "auto", 10) || 0)}
-              scrub
-              onCommit={(next) => onSetStyle("z-index", next)}
+            <PropertyPanel3dTransform
+              gsapRuntimeValues={gsap3dValues}
+              gsapAnimId={gsapAnimId}
+              resolveAnimIdForProp={animIdForProp}
+              gsapKeyframes={navKeyframes}
+              currentPct={currentPct}
+              elStart={elStart}
+              elDuration={elDuration}
+              element={element}
+              onCommitAnimatedProperty={onCommitAnimatedProperty}
+              onCommitAnimatedProperties={onCommitAnimatedProperties}
+              onSeekToTime={onSeekToTime}
+              onRemoveKeyframe={onRemoveKeyframe}
+              onConvertToKeyframes={onConvertToKeyframes}
+              onLivePreviewProps={createGsapLivePreview(iframeRef)}
             />
-          </div>
-        </Section>
+            <div className="mt-3">
+              <div className="mb-2 text-[10px] font-medium uppercase tracking-wider text-neutral-600">
+                Stacking
+              </div>
+              <MetricField
+                label="Z-index"
+                value={String(parseInt(styles["z-index"] || "auto", 10) || 0)}
+                scrub
+                onCommit={(next) => onSetStyle("z-index", next)}
+              />
+            </div>
+          </Section>
+        )}
 
         {STUDIO_GSAP_PANEL_ENABLED &&
           onUpdateGsapProperty &&
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelFlat.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelFlat.tsx
index 28b61936b0..05c12d31fe 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelFlat.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/PropertyPanelFlat.tsx
@@ -388,48 +388,50 @@ export function PropertyPanelFlat({
       ),
     });
   }
-  groups.push({
-    id: "layout",
-    title: "Layout",
-    // No scrub accessory: FlatRow/CommitField has no pointer-drag scrubbing
-    // (wheel/arrow keys only) — advertising "drag values to scrub" here lies.
-    summary: `${formatPxMetricValue(displayX)},${formatPxMetricValue(displayY)} · ${Math.round(displayW)}×${Math.round(displayH)}`,
-    content: (
-      <FlatLayoutSection
-        element={element}
-        styles={styles}
-        onSetStyle={onSetStyle}
-        disabled={!element.capabilities.canEditStyles}
-        displayX={displayX}
-        displayY={displayY}
-        displayW={displayW}
-        displayH={displayH}
-        displayR={displayR}
-        manualOffsetEditingDisabled={manualOffsetEditingDisabled}
-        manualSizeEditingDisabled={manualSizeEditingDisabled}
-        manualRotationEditingDisabled={manualRotationEditingDisabled}
-        commitManualOffset={commitManualOffset}
-        commitManualSize={commitManualSize}
-        commitManualRotation={commitManualRotation}
-        gsapAnimId={gsapAnimId}
-        navKeyframes={navKeyframes}
-        currentPct={currentPct}
-        seekFromKfPct={seekFromKfPct}
-        animIdForProp={animIdForProp}
-        resolveAnimIdForProp={animIdForProp}
-        gsapRuntimeValues={gsapRuntimeValues}
-        gsapKeyframes={navKeyframes}
-        elStart={elStart}
-        elDuration={elDuration}
-        onCommitAnimatedProperty={onCommitAnimatedProperty}
-        onCommitAnimatedProperties={onCommitAnimatedProperties}
-        onSeekToTime={onSeekToTime}
-        onRemoveKeyframe={onRemoveKeyframe}
-        onConvertToKeyframes={onConvertToKeyframes}
-        onLivePreviewProps={createGsapLivePreview(previewIframeRef ?? { current: null })}
-      />
-    ),
-  });
+  if (sections.layout) {
+    groups.push({
+      id: "layout",
+      title: "Layout",
+      // No scrub accessory: FlatRow/CommitField has no pointer-drag scrubbing
+      // (wheel/arrow keys only) — advertising "drag values to scrub" here lies.
+      summary: `${formatPxMetricValue(displayX)},${formatPxMetricValue(displayY)} · ${Math.round(displayW)}×${Math.round(displayH)}`,
+      content: (
+        <FlatLayoutSection
+          element={element}
+          styles={styles}
+          onSetStyle={onSetStyle}
+          disabled={!element.capabilities.canEditStyles}
+          displayX={displayX}
+          displayY={displayY}
+          displayW={displayW}
+          displayH={displayH}
+          displayR={displayR}
+          manualOffsetEditingDisabled={manualOffsetEditingDisabled}
+          manualSizeEditingDisabled={manualSizeEditingDisabled}
+          manualRotationEditingDisabled={manualRotationEditingDisabled}
+          commitManualOffset={commitManualOffset}
+          commitManualSize={commitManualSize}
+          commitManualRotation={commitManualRotation}
+          gsapAnimId={gsapAnimId}
+          navKeyframes={navKeyframes}
+          currentPct={currentPct}
+          seekFromKfPct={seekFromKfPct}
+          animIdForProp={animIdForProp}
+          resolveAnimIdForProp={animIdForProp}
+          gsapRuntimeValues={gsapRuntimeValues}
+          gsapKeyframes={navKeyframes}
+          elStart={elStart}
+          elDuration={elDuration}
+          onCommitAnimatedProperty={onCommitAnimatedProperty}
+          onCommitAnimatedProperties={onCommitAnimatedProperties}
+          onSeekToTime={onSeekToTime}
+          onRemoveKeyframe={onRemoveKeyframe}
+          onConvertToKeyframes={onConvertToKeyframes}
+          onLivePreviewProps={createGsapLivePreview(previewIframeRef ?? { current: null })}
+        />
+      ),
+    });
+  }
   if (showMotionGroup) {
     groups.push({
       id: "motion",