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+- Group the Visual panel into Look, Map source, Overlay and Effects with a
+  Reset at its foot, and add a Scope opacity slider (50–100%) that share links
+  carry when it is below full; Reset keeps the HUD layout, and the HUD gets
+  shadows when Scope is off (manjunath22466, samehkhamis, #1738).