diff --git a/examples/app-showcase/objectstack.config.ts b/examples/app-showcase/objectstack.config.ts
index 6a6e139efe..431b36238a 100644
--- a/examples/app-showcase/objectstack.config.ts
+++ b/examples/app-showcase/objectstack.config.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { ChartGalleryDashboard, OpsDashboard } from './src/dashboards/index.js';
 import { ShowcaseTaskDataset, ShowcaseProjectDataset } from './src/datasets/index.js';
 import { allReports } from './src/reports/index.js';
 import { allActions } from './src/actions/index.js';
-import { ComponentGalleryPage, ProjectWorkspacePage, ProjectDetailPage, TaskWorkbenchPage, TaskTriagePage, TaskBoardPage, TaskCalendarPage, TaskGalleryPage, TaskSchedulePage, TaskTimelinePage, TaskMapPage, TaskAllViewsPage, ActiveProjectsPage, TaskDetailPage, AccountDetailPage, ReviewQueuePage, NewProjectWizardPage, MyWorkPage, SettingsPage, StylingGalleryPage, CommandCenterPage, CommandCenterJsxPage, CrmWorkbenchPage, InquiryTriagePage, AccountCockpitPage, InvoiceConsolePage, PageVariablesPage, ContactFormPage } from './src/pages/index.js';
+import { ComponentGalleryPage, ProjectWorkspacePage, ProjectDetailPage, TaskWorkbenchPage, TaskTriagePage, TaskBoardPage, TaskCalendarPage, TaskGalleryPage, TaskSchedulePage, TaskTimelinePage, TaskMapPage, TaskAllViewsPage, ActiveProjectsPage, TaskDetailPage, AccountDetailPage, ReviewQueuePage, NewProjectWizardPage, MyWorkPage, SettingsPage, StylingGalleryPage, CommandCenterPage, CommandCenterJsxPage, CrmWorkbenchPage, InquiryTriagePage, AccountCockpitPage, InvoiceConsolePage, TaskDeskPage, PageVariablesPage, ContactFormPage } from './src/pages/index.js';
 import { allFlows } from './src/flows/index.js';
 import { allWebhooks } from './src/webhooks/index.js';
 import { allHooks } from './src/hooks/index.js';
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export default defineStack({
   apps: [ShowcaseApp],
   portals: allPortals,
   views: [TaskViews, ProjectViews, InquiryViews, BusinessUnitViews],
-  pages: [ComponentGalleryPage, ProjectWorkspacePage, ProjectDetailPage, TaskWorkbenchPage, TaskTriagePage, TaskBoardPage, TaskCalendarPage, TaskGalleryPage, TaskSchedulePage, TaskTimelinePage, TaskMapPage, TaskAllViewsPage, ActiveProjectsPage, TaskDetailPage, AccountDetailPage, ReviewQueuePage, NewProjectWizardPage, MyWorkPage, SettingsPage, StylingGalleryPage, CommandCenterPage, CommandCenterJsxPage, CrmWorkbenchPage, InquiryTriagePage, AccountCockpitPage, InvoiceConsolePage, PageVariablesPage, ContactFormPage],
+  pages: [ComponentGalleryPage, ProjectWorkspacePage, ProjectDetailPage, TaskWorkbenchPage, TaskTriagePage, TaskBoardPage, TaskCalendarPage, TaskGalleryPage, TaskSchedulePage, TaskTimelinePage, TaskMapPage, TaskAllViewsPage, ActiveProjectsPage, TaskDetailPage, AccountDetailPage, ReviewQueuePage, NewProjectWizardPage, MyWorkPage, SettingsPage, StylingGalleryPage, CommandCenterPage, CommandCenterJsxPage, CrmWorkbenchPage, InquiryTriagePage, AccountCockpitPage, InvoiceConsolePage, TaskDeskPage, PageVariablesPage, ContactFormPage],
   dashboards: [ChartGalleryDashboard, OpsDashboard],
   books: allBooks,
   datasets: [ShowcaseTaskDataset, ShowcaseProjectDataset],
diff --git a/examples/app-showcase/src/apps/index.ts b/examples/app-showcase/src/apps/index.ts
index 91aadc65cc..fc59bc1699 100644
--- a/examples/app-showcase/src/apps/index.ts
+++ b/examples/app-showcase/src/apps/index.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export const ShowcaseApp = App.create({
         { id: 'nav_inquiry_triage', type: 'page', pageName: 'showcase_inquiry_triage', label: 'Inquiry Triage (React)', icon: 'inbox' },
         { id: 'nav_account_cockpit', type: 'page', pageName: 'showcase_account_cockpit', label: 'Account Cockpit (React)', icon: 'satellite' },
         { id: 'nav_invoice_console', type: 'page', pageName: 'showcase_invoice_console', label: 'Invoice Console (React)', icon: 'receipt' },
+        { id: 'nav_task_desk', type: 'page', pageName: 'showcase_task_desk', label: 'Task Desk (React)', icon: 'panel-right-open' },
         { id: 'nav_styling_gallery', type: 'page', pageName: 'showcase_styling_gallery', label: 'Styling (ADR-0065)', icon: 'palette' },
         { id: 'nav_page_variables', type: 'page', pageName: 'showcase_page_variables', label: 'Page Variables', icon: 'mouse-pointer-click' },
         { id: 'nav_contact_form', type: 'page', pageName: 'showcase_contact_form', label: 'Contact Form', icon: 'mail-plus' },
diff --git a/examples/app-showcase/src/pages/index.ts b/examples/app-showcase/src/pages/index.ts
index ec48f39cd4..cf0fd72a5f 100644
--- a/examples/app-showcase/src/pages/index.ts
+++ b/examples/app-showcase/src/pages/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export { CrmWorkbenchPage } from './crm-workbench.page.js';
 export { InquiryTriagePage } from './inquiry-triage.page.js';
 export { AccountCockpitPage } from './account-cockpit.page.js';
 export { InvoiceConsolePage } from './invoice-console.page.js';
+export { TaskDeskPage } from './task-desk.page.js';
 export { PageVariablesPage } from './page-variables.page.js';
 export { ContactFormPage } from './contact-form.page.js';
 export {
diff --git a/examples/app-showcase/src/pages/task-desk.page.ts b/examples/app-showcase/src/pages/task-desk.page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f57407878d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/app-showcase/src/pages/task-desk.page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2025 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+
+import { definePage } from '@objectstack/spec/ui';
+
+/**
+ * Task Desk — a `kind:'react'` business scenario (ADR-0081) showing the
+ * popup-edit patterns real apps need: a **slide-out drawer** to edit a row, and
+ * a **centered modal** to create. Both are author-built React overlays (fixed
+ * positioning + backdrop + Esc/close state) that wrap the platform's real
+ * `<ObjectForm>` — demonstrating that the react tier composes drawer/modal
+ * interactions the in-page master/detail layout can't.
+ */
+export const TaskDeskPage = definePage({
+  name: 'showcase_task_desk',
+  label: 'Task Desk (React)',
+  type: 'home',
+  kind: 'react',
+  source: `
+function Page() {
+  const adapter = useAdapter();
+  const [editId, setEditId] = React.useState(null);   // drawer (edit existing)
+  const [creating, setCreating] = React.useState(false); // modal (create new)
+  const [reload, setReload] = React.useState(0);
+
+  const closeAll = () => { setEditId(null); setCreating(false); };
+  const afterWrite = () => { closeAll(); setReload((k) => k + 1); };
+
+  // Close overlays on Escape — the kind of detail a real app needs.
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    const onKey = (e) => { if (e.key === 'Escape') closeAll(); };
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', onKey);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKey);
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <div className="mx-auto max-w-5xl space-y-5 p-8">
+      <header className="flex items-center justify-between">
+        <div>
+          <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold tracking-tight text-slate-900">Task Desk</h1>
+          <p className="mt-1 text-sm text-slate-500">Click a task to edit in a <strong>drawer</strong>; create one in a <strong>modal</strong> — both wrap the real <code>&lt;ObjectForm&gt;</code>.</p>
+        </div>
+        <button onClick={() => setCreating(true)} className="rounded-lg bg-indigo-600 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-semibold text-white hover:bg-indigo-500">+ New task</button>
+      </header>
+
+      <div className="rounded-xl border border-slate-200 bg-white p-2">
+        <ListView key={reload} objectName="showcase_task"
+          fields={['title', 'assignee', 'status', 'priority']}
+          navigation={{ mode: 'none' }} onRowClick={(r) => setEditId(r.id)} />
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Drawer — edit an existing task */}
+      {editId ? (
+        <div className="fixed inset-0 z-40">
+          <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-slate-900/30" onClick={closeAll} />
+          <div className="absolute inset-y-0 right-0 flex w-full max-w-md flex-col bg-white shadow-2xl">
+            <div className="flex items-center justify-between border-b border-slate-200 px-5 py-4">
+              <h2 className="text-base font-semibold text-slate-900">Edit task</h2>
+              <button onClick={closeAll} className="rounded-md p-1 text-slate-400 hover:bg-slate-100 hover:text-slate-600" aria-label="Close">✕</button>
+            </div>
+            <div className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto p-5">
+              <ObjectForm key={'edit:' + editId + ':' + reload} objectName="showcase_task" mode="edit"
+                recordId={editId} onSuccess={afterWrite} onCancel={closeAll} />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      ) : null}
+
+      {/* Modal — create a new task */}
+      {creating ? (
+        <div className="fixed inset-0 z-40 flex items-center justify-center p-4">
+          <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-slate-900/40" onClick={closeAll} />
+          <div className="relative w-full max-w-lg rounded-2xl bg-white p-6 shadow-2xl">
+            <div className="mb-4 flex items-center justify-between">
+              <h2 className="text-lg font-semibold text-slate-900">New task</h2>
+              <button onClick={closeAll} className="rounded-md p-1 text-slate-400 hover:bg-slate-100 hover:text-slate-600" aria-label="Close">✕</button>
+            </div>
+            <ObjectForm key={'new:' + reload} objectName="showcase_task" mode="create"
+              onSuccess={afterWrite} onCancel={closeAll} />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      ) : null}
+    </div>
+  );
+}`,
+});