@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@
     "packages/studio/src/components/nle/TimelineEditorNotice.tsx",
     // Zoom hook extracted for downstream razor-blade PRs (#1330, #1331).
     "packages/studio/src/player/components/useTimelineZoom.ts",
-    // Cached O(1) GSAP target lookup, replacing O(n²) inline checks.
-    // Consumers migrate in a follow-up once useDomGeometryCommits adopts it.
-    "packages/studio/src/hooks/gsapTargetCache.ts",
     // Preview helper consumed dynamically from the studio iframe bridge.
     "packages/studio/src/hooks/gsapRuntimePreview.ts",
   ],
@@ -370,13 +367,6 @@
       "file": "packages/studio/src/player/lib/timelineDOM.ts",
       "exports": ["*"],
     },
-    // gsapTargetCache: cached O(1) GSAP target lookup, consumed by
-    // useDomEditCommits and intended to replace the local copy in
-    // useDomGeometryCommits once callers migrate.
-    {
-      "file": "packages/studio/src/hooks/gsapTargetCache.ts",
-      "exports": ["isElementGsapTargeted"],
-    },
     // Re-exports from useDomEditCommits: barrel-style re-exports
     // consumed by downstream studio code.
     {
 
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 // @vitest-environment jsdom
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { applyStudioBoxSize, applyStudioPathOffset, readStudioBoxSize } from "./manualEditsDom";
-import { reapplyPositionEditsAfterSeek } from "./manualEditsSeekReapply";
-import { buildBoxSizePatches, buildPathOffsetPatches } from "./manualEditsDomPatches";
-import { createManualOffsetDragMember, applyManualOffsetDragCommit } from "./manualOffsetDrag";
 import { computeNextResizeAnchor } from "./domEditResizeLocal";
-import type { PatchOperation } from "../../utils/sourcePatcher";
-import { splitTopLevelWhitespace } from "./manualEditsStyleHelpers";
 
 /**
  * Center-anchored corner resize (CapCut model): the element scales about its
@@ -38,40 +32,6 @@ afterEach(() => {
   document.body.innerHTML = "";
 });
 
-/** Apply a built PatchOperation[] to a live element, mirroring sourcePatcher's
- * inline-style / attribute application — i.e. what the persisted source carries
- * when it is re-parsed into the DOM on the next preview load. */
-function applyPatchesToElement(el: HTMLElement, ops: PatchOperation[]): void {
-  for (const op of ops) {
-    if (op.type === "inline-style") {
-      if (op.value === null) el.style.removeProperty(op.property);
-      else el.style.setProperty(op.property, op.value);
-    } else if (op.type === "attribute") {
-      if (op.value === null) el.removeAttribute(op.property);
-      else el.setAttribute(op.property, op.value);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-/** Net translate applied to an element, resolving the studio offset var()
- * expression to its px value so we compare the actually-rendered translation. */
-function resolvedTranslatePx(el: HTMLElement): { x: number; y: number } {
-  const raw = el.style.getPropertyValue("translate").trim();
-  if (!raw || raw === "none") return { x: 0, y: 0 };
-  const vx = Number.parseFloat(el.style.getPropertyValue("--hf-studio-offset-x")) || 0;
-  const vy = Number.parseFloat(el.style.getPropertyValue("--hf-studio-offset-y")) || 0;
-  const parts = splitTopLevelWhitespace(raw);
-  const parseAxis = (part: string, varVal: number): number => {
-    if (part && part.includes("--hf-studio-offset")) return varVal;
-    const n = Number.parseFloat(part);
-    return Number.isFinite(n) ? n : 0;
-  };
-  return {
-    x: parseAxis(parts[0] ?? "", vx),
-    y: parseAxis(parts[1] ?? "", vy),
-  };
-}
-
 describe("center-anchored corner resize — no shift after release", () => {
   it("the per-frame center anchor converges (does NOT oscillate) — the release-shift root cause", () => {
     // Model the pointermove anchor loop that pins the element's CENTER. The physical
@@ -157,48 +117,4 @@ describe("center-anchored corner resize — no shift after release", () => {
       }
     }
   });
-
-  it("net translate after persist+reload equals the committed anchor offset (non-GSAP)", () => {
-    // The committed offset flows through the real apply → persist → reload chain
-    // unchanged (this hop was proved clean; the shift is upstream in the anchor
-    // loop above, not in persistence).
-    const el = document.createElement("div");
-    el.style.setProperty("width", "200px");
-    el.style.setProperty("height", "100px");
-    document.body.appendChild(el);
-
-    const anchorDx = -30;
-    const anchorDy = -18;
-    const finalSize = { width: 240, height: 130 };
-
-    applyStudioBoxSize(el, finalSize);
-    const memberResult = createManualOffsetDragMember({
-      key: "k",
-      selection: { element: el } as never,
-      element: el,
-      rect: { left: 0, top: 0, width: 240, height: 130, editScaleX: 1, editScaleY: 1 },
-    });
-    expect(memberResult.ok).toBe(true);
-    if (!memberResult.ok) return;
-
-    const finalOffset = applyManualOffsetDragCommit(memberResult.member, anchorDx, anchorDy);
-
-    applyStudioBoxSize(el, finalSize);
-    const patches = buildBoxSizePatches(el);
-    applyStudioPathOffset(el, finalOffset);
-    patches.push(...buildPathOffsetPatches(el));
-
-    expect(resolvedTranslatePx(el)).toEqual({ x: anchorDx, y: anchorDy });
-
-    // Persist → fresh element re-parsed from source → reload re-stamp.
-    const reloaded = document.createElement("div");
-    reloaded.style.setProperty("width", "200px");
-    reloaded.style.setProperty("height", "100px");
-    document.body.appendChild(reloaded);
-    applyPatchesToElement(reloaded, patches);
-    reapplyPositionEditsAfterSeek(reloaded.ownerDocument);
-
-    expect(resolvedTranslatePx(reloaded)).toEqual({ x: anchorDx, y: anchorDy });
-    expect(readStudioBoxSize(reloaded)).toEqual(finalSize);
-  });
 });
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ function stripGsapTranslateFromTransform(element: HTMLElement): void {
 // — as the non-GSAP path does — composes ON TOP of GSAP's transform, and the
 // subsequent strip/reapply math compounds into a runaway matrix that flings the
 // element off-canvas. So for GSAP-animated elements we keep `translate: none`
-// and push the offset straight into GSAP's x/y via gsap.set; the var() offset is
-// still persisted (buildPathOffsetPatches), and GSAP re-reads it at init on
-// reload. Returns true when handled as GSAP (caller must skip the CSS path).
+// and push the offset straight into GSAP's x/y via gsap.set; the var() offset an
+// older Studio saved stays in the file, and GSAP re-reads it at init on reload.
+// Returns true when handled as GSAP (caller must skip the CSS path).
 // fallow-ignore-next-line complexity
 function applyStudioPathOffsetViaGsap(
   element: HTMLElement,
 
@@ -42,15 +42,14 @@ import {
   STUDIO_MOTION_ORIGINAL_VISIBILITY_ATTR,
 } from "./studioMotionTypes";
 import {
-  buildPathOffsetPatches,
   buildClearPathOffsetPatches,
   buildBoxSizePatches,
   buildClearBoxSizePatches,
   buildClearRotationPatches,
   buildMotionPatches,
   buildClearMotionPatches,
 } from "./manualEditsDomPatches";
-import { applyStudioBoxSize, applyStudioPathOffset } from "./manualEditsDom";
+import { applyStudioBoxSize } from "./manualEditsDom";
 
 /* ── helpers ── */
 
@@ -71,39 +70,7 @@ function assertClearCoversKeys(buildOps: PatchOperation[], clearOps: PatchOperat
 
 /* ── Path offset ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
-describe("buildPathOffsetPatches / buildClearPathOffsetPatches", () => {
-  function populatedPathEl(): HTMLElement {
-    const e = div();
-    e.style.setProperty(STUDIO_OFFSET_X_PROP, "10px");
-    e.style.setProperty(STUDIO_OFFSET_Y_PROP, "20px");
-    e.style.setProperty("translate", "10px 20px");
-    e.setAttribute(STUDIO_ORIGINAL_TRANSLATE_ATTR, "5px 10px");
-    e.setAttribute(STUDIO_ORIGINAL_INLINE_TRANSLATE_ATTR, "3px");
-    e.style.setProperty("display", "flex");
-    e.setAttribute(STUDIO_ORIGINAL_TRANSFORM_DISPLAY_ATTR, "block");
-    return e;
-  }
-
-  it("populated: captures offset styles, attrs, display, and transform-display marker in declaration order", () => {
-    const ops = buildPathOffsetPatches(populatedPathEl());
-    expect(ops).toEqual([
-      { type: "inline-style", property: STUDIO_OFFSET_X_PROP, value: "10px" },
-      { type: "inline-style", property: STUDIO_OFFSET_Y_PROP, value: "20px" },
-      { type: "inline-style", property: "translate", value: "10px 20px" },
-      { type: "attribute", property: STUDIO_PATH_OFFSET_ATTR, value: "true" },
-      { type: "attribute", property: STUDIO_ORIGINAL_TRANSLATE_ATTR, value: "5px 10px" },
-      { type: "attribute", property: STUDIO_ORIGINAL_INLINE_TRANSLATE_ATTR, value: "3px" },
-      { type: "inline-style", property: "display", value: "flex" },
-      { type: "attribute", property: STUDIO_ORIGINAL_TRANSFORM_DISPLAY_ATTR, value: "block" },
-    ]);
-  });
-
-  it("empty: bare element yields only the path-offset marker", () => {
-    expect(buildPathOffsetPatches(div())).toEqual([
-      { type: "attribute", property: STUDIO_PATH_OFFSET_ATTR, value: "true" },
-    ]);
-  });
-
+describe("buildClearPathOffsetPatches", () => {
   it("clear: restores translate from STUDIO_ORIGINAL_INLINE_TRANSLATE_ATTR and display from STUDIO_ORIGINAL_TRANSFORM_DISPLAY_ATTR", () => {
     const e = div();
     e.setAttribute(STUDIO_ORIGINAL_INLINE_TRANSLATE_ATTR, "5px");
@@ -127,11 +94,6 @@ describe("buildPathOffsetPatches / buildClearPathOffsetPatches", () => {
     const ops = buildClearPathOffsetPatches(e);
     expect(ops.find((o) => o.property === "translate")?.value).toBeNull();
   });
-
-  it("build/clear symmetry: clear addresses every {type,property} key that build emits", () => {
-    const e = populatedPathEl();
-    assertClearCoversKeys(buildPathOffsetPatches(e), buildClearPathOffsetPatches(e));
-  });
 });
 
 /* ── Box size ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
@@ -286,52 +248,6 @@ describe("buildBoxSizePatches / buildClearBoxSizePatches", () => {
   });
 });
 
-/* ── Combined box-size + path-offset (anchored-corner resize) ──────────────── */
-
-describe("anchored-corner combined patch: [...buildBoxSizePatches, ...buildPathOffsetPatches]", () => {
-  // NW/NE/SW resize commits size AND anchor offset in ONE persist. The two
-  // builders read the same already-mutated element and are concatenated; this
-  // is only safe if their {type,property} keys are disjoint (no builder
-  // overwrites the other's op when the source patcher applies them in order).
-  it("concatenation of both builders emits disjoint {type,property} keys (no collision)", () => {
-    const e = div();
-    applyStudioBoxSize(e, { width: 300, height: 200 });
-    applyStudioPathOffset(e, { x: 10, y: 20 });
-
-    const combined = [...buildBoxSizePatches(e), ...buildPathOffsetPatches(e)];
-    const keys = combined.map(opKey);
-    expect(new Set(keys).size, `duplicate {type,property} key in combined patch: ${keys}`).toBe(
-      keys.length,
-    );
-  });
-
-  it("combined patch carries BOTH markers so a soft-reload re-hydrates size and offset together", () => {
-    const e = div();
-    applyStudioBoxSize(e, { width: 300, height: 200 });
-    applyStudioPathOffset(e, { x: 10, y: 20 });
-
-    const combined = [...buildBoxSizePatches(e), ...buildPathOffsetPatches(e)];
-    const has = (property: string) =>
-      combined.some((op) => op.type === "attribute" && op.property === property);
-    expect(has(STUDIO_BOX_SIZE_ATTR)).toBe(true);
-    expect(has(STUDIO_PATH_OFFSET_ATTR)).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it("order is size-first: every box-size op precedes every path-offset op", () => {
-    const e = div();
-    applyStudioBoxSize(e, { width: 300, height: 200 });
-    applyStudioPathOffset(e, { x: 10, y: 20 });
-
-    const boxKeys = new Set(buildBoxSizePatches(e).map(opKey));
-    const combined = [...buildBoxSizePatches(e), ...buildPathOffsetPatches(e)];
-    const lastBoxIdx = combined.reduce((acc, op, i) => (boxKeys.has(opKey(op)) ? i : acc), -1);
-    const firstOffsetIdx = combined.findIndex(
-      (op) => op.type === "attribute" && op.property === STUDIO_PATH_OFFSET_ATTR,
-    );
-    expect(firstOffsetIdx).toBeGreaterThan(lastBoxIdx);
-  });
-});
-
 /* ── Rotation ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 describe("buildClearRotationPatches", () => {
 
@@ -72,36 +72,6 @@ function appendTransformDisplayOps(element: HTMLElement, ops: PatchOperation[]):
 
 /* ── Path offset patches ─────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
-export function buildPathOffsetPatches(element: HTMLElement): PatchOperation[] {
-  const ops: PatchOperation[] = [];
-  collectInlineStyleOps(element, [STUDIO_OFFSET_X_PROP, STUDIO_OFFSET_Y_PROP], ops);
-  // When GSAP owns the element's transform, the live inline translate is kept
-  // at "none" (the offset lives in GSAP's cache — see applyStudioPathOffset).
-  // Persist the var() expression in that case, so a reload re-folds the offset.
-  const inlineTranslate = element.style.getPropertyValue("translate");
-  const hasOffsetVars =
-    element.style.getPropertyValue(STUDIO_OFFSET_X_PROP) ||
-    element.style.getPropertyValue(STUDIO_OFFSET_Y_PROP);
-  const translateValue =
-    inlineTranslate && inlineTranslate !== "none"
-      ? inlineTranslate
-      : hasOffsetVars
-        ? `var(${STUDIO_OFFSET_X_PROP}, 0px) var(${STUDIO_OFFSET_Y_PROP}, 0px)`
-        : null;
-  if (translateValue) {
-    ops.push({ type: "inline-style", property: "translate", value: translateValue });
-  }
-  ops.push({ type: "attribute", property: STUDIO_PATH_OFFSET_ATTR, value: "true" });
-  collectAttributeOps(
-    element,
-    [STUDIO_ORIGINAL_TRANSLATE_ATTR, STUDIO_ORIGINAL_INLINE_TRANSLATE_ATTR],
-    ops,
-  );
-  collectInlineStyleOps(element, ["display"], ops);
-  collectAttributeOps(element, [STUDIO_ORIGINAL_TRANSFORM_DISPLAY_ATTR], ops);
-  return ops;
-}
-
 export function buildClearPathOffsetPatches(element: HTMLElement): PatchOperation[] {
   const originalInlineTranslate = element.getAttribute(STUDIO_ORIGINAL_INLINE_TRANSLATE_ATTR);
   const ops: PatchOperation[] = [
 
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import {
   buildDomEditStylePatchOperation,
   buildDomEditTextPatchOperation,
 } from "./domEditingLayers";
-import { buildPathOffsetPatches } from "./manualEditsDomPatches";
-import { STUDIO_OFFSET_X_PROP, STUDIO_PATH_OFFSET_ATTR } from "./manualEditsTypes";
 import { makeSelection } from "../../hooks/domSelectionTestHarness";
 import { buildTextFieldChildOperations } from "../../hooks/domEditTextFieldCommitOps";
 
@@ -126,22 +124,6 @@ describe("persist seam source mutation", () => {
     expect(findByHfId(html, "qa-image").getAttribute("style")).toContain("opacity: 0.4");
   });
 
-  it("persists detached jsdom path offset operations", () => {
-    const element = document.createElement("div");
-    element.style.setProperty(STUDIO_OFFSET_X_PROP, "24px");
-
-    const html = patchAndExpectChange(
-      indexHtml,
-      clientTarget({ id: "qa-shape", hfId: "qa-shape", tagName: "div" }),
-      buildPathOffsetPatches(element),
-    );
-    const shape = findByHfId(html, "qa-shape");
-
-    expect(shape.getAttribute("style")).toContain(`${STUDIO_OFFSET_X_PROP}: 24px`);
-    expect(shape.getAttribute("style")).toContain("translate: var(--hf-studio-offset-x, 0px)");
-    expect(shape.getAttribute(STUDIO_PATH_OFFSET_ATTR)).toBe("true");
-  });
-
   it("persists timeline data-start attribute operation", () => {
     const html = patchAndExpectChange(
       indexHtml,