diff --git a/src/app/(app)/search/page.test.tsx b/src/app/(app)/search/page.test.tsx
index 16c6128..b40ea04 100644
--- a/src/app/(app)/search/page.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/search/page.test.tsx
@@ -358,7 +358,56 @@ describe("UniversalSearchPage — timeline rendering", () => {
     await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText(/^Timeline$/)).toBeInTheDocument());
     expect(screen.getByText("Order raised")).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText("Driver assigned")).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText("2026-10-12")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // Dates render as "12 Oct 2026", with the raw value on <time>.
+    expect(screen.getByText("12 Oct 2026")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("12 Oct 2026").getAttribute("datetime")).toBe("2026-10-12");
+    // Gap to the next step is spelled out.
+    expect(screen.getByText(/\+2 days/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("shows invoice numbers, delivery notes and coloured status pills", async () => {
+    fetchMock.mockResolvedValue(
+      jsonResponse({
+        ...RESULT,
+        groups: [
+          {
+            ...RESULT.groups[0],
+            hits: [
+              {
+                ...RESULT.groups[0].hits[0],
+                statuses: [{ label: "Invoiced", hex: "#047857", count: 2 }],
+                stats: [{ label: "Value (excl.)", value: "R 1 250.00" }],
+                invoices: [
+                  { number: "INV10729", date: "2026-10-14", lines: 2, href: "https://qbo.example/inv/1" },
+                ],
+                deliveryNotes: ["DN26101401"],
+                lines: [{ description: "M16 bolts", quantity: "10", invoice: "INV10729" }],
+                lineTotal: 2,
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+    );
+
+    render(<UniversalSearchPage />);
+    const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText(/Order no, quote no/i);
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "INV10729" } });
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(400);
+
+    const matches = await screen.findAllByText("ORD-1");
+    const row = matches.find(
+      (el) => el.tagName === "SPAN" && el.className.includes("font-medium"),
+    );
+    fireEvent.click(row as HTMLElement);
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText(/^Invoices$/)).toBeInTheDocument());
+    const invoice = screen.getAllByText("INV10729")[0];
+    expect(invoice.closest("a")).toHaveAttribute("href", "https://qbo.example/inv/1");
+    expect(screen.getByText("DN26101401")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Invoiced")).toHaveStyle({ backgroundColor: "#047857" });
+    expect(screen.getByText("R 1 250.00")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/showing 1 of 2/)).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it("omits the timeline section entirely when the service sends none", async () => {
diff --git a/src/app/(app)/search/page.tsx b/src/app/(app)/search/page.tsx
index 08bd733..4d00e3d 100644
--- a/src/app/(app)/search/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/search/page.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { Search as SearchIcon, X, Loader2, AlertTriangle, ArrowUpRight, ExternalLink } from "lucide-react";
+import { Search as SearchIcon, X, Loader2, AlertTriangle, ArrowUpRight } from "lucide-react";
 import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
-import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
-import {
-  Dialog,
-  DialogContent,
-  DialogHeader,
-  DialogTitle,
-} from "@/components/ui/dialog";
 import getPocketBase from "@/lib/pocketbase";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { ageClass, ageLabel } from "./age";
+import {
+  FALLBACK_THEME,
+  SearchPreviewDialog,
+  TYPE_THEME,
+  type SearchHit,
+} from "./search-preview";
 
 /**
  * Universal search — one box across orders, quotes, POs, suppliers,
@@ -33,24 +32,6 @@ import { ageClass, ageLabel } from "./age";
  *      different statements.
  */
 
-type PreviewRow = { label: string; value: string };
-type TimelineEvent = { label: string; at: string };
-
-type SearchHit = {
-  id: string;
-  title: string;
-  subtitle?: string;
-  meta?: string;
-  href: string;
-  matchedOn?: string;
-  /** Key/value rows the service fills from data it already has. */
-  preview?: PreviewRow[];
-  /** Dated lifecycle steps, oldest first, where timestamps exist. */
-  timeline?: TimelineEvent[];
-  /** Record creation date, YYYY-MM-DD — drives the age chip + ordering. */
-  createdAt?: string;
-};
-
 type Group = {
   type: string;
   label: string;
@@ -113,6 +94,7 @@ export default function UniversalSearchPage() {
    */
   const [previewHit, setPreviewHit] = useState<SearchHit | null>(null);
   const [previewGroupLabel, setPreviewGroupLabel] = useState<string>("");
+  const [previewGroupType, setPreviewGroupType] = useState<string>("");
 
   // Guards against a slow response for an abandoned query landing
   // after a newer one has already rendered.
@@ -208,8 +190,9 @@ export default function UniversalSearchPage() {
       <div>
         <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold tracking-tight">Search</h1>
         <p className="text-muted-foreground">
-          One box across orders, quotes, purchase orders, suppliers, companies,
-          customers, reps and stock.
+          One box across orders (incl. invoice numbers), delivery notes,
+          quotes, purchase orders, suppliers, companies, customers, reps and
+          stock.
         </p>
       </div>
 
@@ -227,7 +210,7 @@ export default function UniversalSearchPage() {
               submitNow();
             }
           }}
-          placeholder="Order no, quote no, supplier, customer, rep, SKU, description…"
+          placeholder="Order no, quote no, invoice no, DN no, supplier, customer, rep, SKU…"
           className="h-11 pl-9 pr-9 text-base"
         />
         {input && (
@@ -280,17 +263,67 @@ export default function UniversalSearchPage() {
         </p>
       )}
 
+      {/* Jump bar — one coloured chip per section. Most useful on a
+          phone, where the sections stack into a long scroll. */}
+      {result && result.groups.length > 1 && (
+        <nav aria-label="Jump to section" className="-mx-1 flex flex-wrap gap-1.5 px-1">
+          {result.groups.map((group) => {
+            const theme = TYPE_THEME[group.type] ?? FALLBACK_THEME;
+            const Icon = theme.icon;
+            return (
+              <button
+                key={group.type}
+                type="button"
+                onClick={() =>
+                  document
+                    .getElementById(`search-group-${group.type}`)
+                    ?.scrollIntoView({ behavior: "smooth", block: "start" })
+                }
+                className={cn(
+                  "inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full px-2.5 py-1 text-xs font-medium transition-opacity hover:opacity-80",
+                  theme.badge,
+                )}
+              >
+                <Icon className="size-3.5" />
+                {group.label}
+                <span className="tabular-nums opacity-70">{group.total}</span>
+              </button>
+            );
+          })}
+        </nav>
+      )}
+
       <div className="space-y-6">
-        {result?.groups.map((group) => (
-          <section key={group.type}>
-            <div className="mb-2 flex items-center gap-2">
+        {result?.groups.map((group) => {
+          const theme = TYPE_THEME[group.type] ?? FALLBACK_THEME;
+          const GroupIcon = theme.icon;
+          return (
+          <section
+            key={group.type}
+            id={`search-group-${group.type}`}
+            className="scroll-mt-4"
+          >
+            <div className="mb-2 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-2 gap-y-1">
+              <span
+                className={cn(
+                  "flex size-7 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md shadow-sm",
+                  theme.tile,
+                )}
+              >
+                <GroupIcon className="size-4" />
+              </span>
               <h2 className="text-sm font-semibold">{group.label}</h2>
-              <Badge variant="secondary" className="tabular-nums">
+              <span
+                className={cn(
+                  "rounded-full px-2 py-0.5 text-xs font-semibold tabular-nums",
+                  theme.badge,
+                )}
+              >
                 {group.total}
-              </Badge>
+              </span>
               {/* Rule 1: the cap is always stated. */}
               {group.truncated && (
-                <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                <span className="basis-full text-xs text-muted-foreground sm:basis-auto">
                   showing {group.hits.length} of {group.total} — refine to see
                   the rest
                 </span>
@@ -308,7 +341,12 @@ export default function UniversalSearchPage() {
                 </span>
               </div>
             ) : (
-              <ul className="divide-y rounded-md border">
+              <ul
+                className={cn(
+                  "divide-y overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-l-4 bg-card shadow-sm",
+                  theme.accent,
+                )}
+              >
                 {group.hits.map((hit) => (
                   <li key={hit.id}>
                     {/*
@@ -334,12 +372,33 @@ export default function UniversalSearchPage() {
                       onClick={() => {
                         setPreviewHit(hit);
                         setPreviewGroupLabel(group.label);
+                        setPreviewGroupType(group.type);
                       }}
-                      className="flex w-full items-center gap-3 px-3 py-2.5 text-left hover:bg-muted/50"
+                      className={cn(
+                        "flex w-full items-center gap-3 px-3 py-2.5 text-left transition-colors",
+                        theme.hover,
+                      )}
                     >
                       <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
-                        <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
+                        <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5">
                           <span className="font-medium">{hit.title}</span>
+                          {/* Status pills — the same colours as the
+                              /orders board, so a row reads at a glance. */}
+                          {hit.statuses?.slice(0, 2).map((chip) => (
+                            <span
+                              key={chip.label}
+                              className="rounded-full px-1.5 py-px text-[10px] font-semibold text-white"
+                              style={{ backgroundColor: chip.hex }}
+                            >
+                              {chip.label}
+                              {chip.count > 1 ? ` ${chip.count}` : ""}
+                            </span>
+                          ))}
+                          {hit.statuses && hit.statuses.length > 2 && (
+                            <span className="text-[10px] text-muted-foreground">
+                              +{hit.statuses.length - 2}
+                            </span>
+                          )}
                           {hit.matchedOn && (
                             <span className="rounded border px-1 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
                               {hit.matchedOn}
@@ -354,7 +413,7 @@ export default function UniversalSearchPage() {
                       </div>
                       <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2">
                         {hit.meta && (
-                          <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                          <span className="hidden text-xs text-muted-foreground sm:inline">
                             {hit.meta}
                           </span>
                         )}
@@ -376,139 +435,24 @@ export default function UniversalSearchPage() {
                           </span>
                         )}
                       </div>
-                      <ArrowUpRight className="h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
+                      <ArrowUpRight className="hidden h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground sm:block" />
                     </button>
                   </li>
                 ))}
               </ul>
             )}
           </section>
-        ))}
+          );
+        })}
       </div>
 
-      {/*
-        Quick overview.
-
-        One generic renderer for all eight result types: the service
-        returns a flat label/value list per hit, so a new source gets a
-        preview without any new UI here.
-
-        `key={previewHit.id}` is deliberate — it remounts the content
-        when the hit changes, so switching results re-runs the
-        initialisers against the new record instead of syncing props
-        into existing state.
-      */}
-      <Dialog
-        open={previewHit !== null}
-        onOpenChange={(open) => {
-          if (!open) setPreviewHit(null);
-        }}
-      >
-        <DialogContent className="max-w-xl">
-          {previewHit && (
-            <>
-              <DialogHeader className="space-y-1.5">
-                {previewGroupLabel && (
-                  <span className="text-[11px] font-medium uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground">
-                    {previewGroupLabel}
-                  </span>
-                )}
-                <DialogTitle className="text-xl leading-tight">
-                  {previewHit.title}
-                </DialogTitle>
-                <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2 pt-0.5">
-                  {previewHit.matchedOn && (
-                    <span className="rounded-full bg-primary/10 px-2 py-0.5 text-[11px] font-medium text-primary">
-                      matched: {previewHit.matchedOn}
-                    </span>
-                  )}
-                  {previewHit.meta && (
-                    <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-                      {previewHit.meta}
-                    </span>
-                  )}
-                </div>
-              </DialogHeader>
-
-              {previewHit.preview && previewHit.preview.length > 0 ? (
-                <dl className="divide-y rounded-md border">
-                  {previewHit.preview.map((row) => (
-                    <div
-                      key={row.label}
-                      className="grid grid-cols-[7.5rem_1fr] gap-3 px-3 py-1.5"
-                    >
-                      <dt className="text-xs text-muted-foreground sm:text-sm">
-                        {row.label}
-                      </dt>
-                      <dd className="min-w-0 break-words text-sm">
-                        {row.value}
-                      </dd>
-                    </div>
-                  ))}
-                </dl>
-              ) : (
-                <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-                  No details available for this result.
-                </p>
-              )}
-
-              {/*
-                Lifecycle timeline. Rendered only when the service
-                could build one — a rail with holes would read as
-                broken data rather than unfinished work, so steps with
-                no timestamp are omitted at the source instead.
-              */}
-              {previewHit.timeline && previewHit.timeline.length > 0 && (
-                <div>
-                  <h3 className="mb-2 text-[11px] font-medium uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground">
-                    Timeline
-                  </h3>
-                  <ol className="space-y-0">
-                    {previewHit.timeline.map((event, index) => {
-                      const isLast = index === previewHit!.timeline!.length - 1;
-                      return (
-                        <li key={`${event.label}-${event.at}`} className="flex gap-3">
-                          <div className="flex flex-col items-center">
-                            <span
-                              className={cn(
-                                "mt-1 size-2.5 shrink-0 rounded-full ring-4",
-                                isLast
-                                  ? "bg-primary ring-primary/15"
-                                  : "bg-border ring-background",
-                              )}
-                            />
-                            {!isLast && (
-                              <span className="w-px flex-1 bg-border" />
-                            )}
-                          </div>
-                          <div className="pb-4">
-                            <p className="text-sm leading-tight">{event.label}</p>
-                            <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-                              {event.at}
-                            </p>
-                          </div>
-                        </li>
-                      );
-                    })}
-                  </ol>
-                </div>
-              )}
-
-              {/* The escape hatch: the preview must never be the only
-                  way to reach a record. */}
-              <a
-                href={previewHit.href}
-                target="_blank"
-                rel="noopener noreferrer"
-                className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-primary underline-offset-4 hover:underline"
-              >
-                <ExternalLink className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
-                Open full page
-              </a>
-            </>
-          )}
-        </DialogContent>
-      </Dialog>
+      {/* Quick overview — see `search-preview.tsx`. */}
+      <SearchPreviewDialog
+        hit={previewHit}
+        groupType={previewGroupType}
+        groupLabel={previewGroupLabel}
+        onClose={() => setPreviewHit(null)}
+      />
     </div>
   );
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/(app)/search/search-preview.tsx b/src/app/(app)/search/search-preview.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fcf3c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/(app)/search/search-preview.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,575 @@
+"use client";
+
+import type { LucideIcon } from "lucide-react";
+import {
+  Boxes,
+  Building2,
+  CirclePlus,
+  ClipboardList,
+  ExternalLink,
+  Factory,
+  FileCheck2,
+  FileText,
+  MailOpen,
+  MessageSquareReply,
+  Package,
+  PackageCheck,
+  Receipt,
+  Send,
+  Truck,
+  User,
+  UserCheck,
+  Warehouse,
+} from "lucide-react";
+import {
+  Dialog,
+  DialogContent,
+  DialogDescription,
+  DialogHeader,
+  DialogTitle,
+} from "@/components/ui/dialog";
+import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+import { ageClass, ageLabel } from "./age";
+
+/**
+ * Quick overview for one universal-search hit.
+ *
+ * Mirrors the hit contract in `universal-search-service.ts`. Every
+ * richer block (statuses, stats, invoices, lines) is optional: a source
+ * that only sends `preview` rows still renders a complete dialog, so a
+ * new source needs no UI work here.
+ *
+ * Lives outside `page.tsx` because App Router pages may only export a
+ * fixed set of names.
+ */
+
+export type PreviewRow = { label: string; value: string };
+export type TimelineEvent = {
+  label: string;
+  at: string;
+  kind?: string;
+  detail?: string;
+};
+export type StatusChip = { label: string; hex: string; count: number };
+export type PreviewStat = { label: string; value: string };
+export type InvoiceRef = { number: string; date?: string; href?: string; lines: number };
+export type PreviewLine = {
+  description: string;
+  quantity?: string;
+  amount?: string;
+  status?: string;
+  statusHex?: string;
+  supplier?: string;
+  invoice?: string;
+};
+
+export type SearchHit = {
+  id: string;
+  title: string;
+  subtitle?: string;
+  meta?: string;
+  href: string;
+  matchedOn?: string;
+  /** Key/value rows the service fills from data it already has. */
+  preview?: PreviewRow[];
+  /** Dated lifecycle steps, oldest first, where timestamps exist. */
+  timeline?: TimelineEvent[];
+  /** Record creation date, YYYY-MM-DD — drives the age chip + ordering. */
+  createdAt?: string;
+  statuses?: StatusChip[];
+  stats?: PreviewStat[];
+  invoices?: InvoiceRef[];
+  deliveryNotes?: string[];
+  lines?: PreviewLine[];
+  lineTotal?: number;
+};
+
+/* ============================================================================
+ * Visual tokens
+ * ========================================================================== */
+
+export type TypeTheme = {
+  icon: LucideIcon;
+  /** Dialog header wash. */
+  band: string;
+  /** Solid icon tile. */
+  tile: string;
+  /** Result-list section: left accent, count badge, row hover. */
+  accent: string;
+  badge: string;
+  hover: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * One hue per result type, so a section or a dialog says "this is a
+ * quote" before the text does. Shared by the result list and the
+ * dialog so the two always agree. Light tints with a solid icon tile;
+ * dark mode drops the tint to a low-alpha wash so it doesn't glow.
+ *
+ * Every class is written out in full — Tailwind only ships classes it
+ * can find verbatim in the source.
+ */
+export const TYPE_THEME: Record<string, TypeTheme> = {
+  order: {
+    icon: Package,
+    band: "from-blue-50 to-transparent dark:from-blue-500/10",
+    tile: "bg-blue-600 text-white",
+    accent: "border-l-blue-500",
+    badge: "bg-blue-100 text-blue-800 dark:bg-blue-500/15 dark:text-blue-300",
+    hover: "hover:bg-blue-50/70 dark:hover:bg-blue-500/10",
+  },
+  quote: {
+    icon: FileText,
+    band: "from-violet-50 to-transparent dark:from-violet-500/10",
+    tile: "bg-violet-600 text-white",
+    accent: "border-l-violet-500",
+    badge: "bg-violet-100 text-violet-800 dark:bg-violet-500/15 dark:text-violet-300",
+    hover: "hover:bg-violet-50/70 dark:hover:bg-violet-500/10",
+  },
+  delivery_note: {
+    icon: Truck,
+    band: "from-cyan-50 to-transparent dark:from-cyan-500/10",
+    tile: "bg-cyan-600 text-white",
+    accent: "border-l-cyan-500",
+    badge: "bg-cyan-100 text-cyan-800 dark:bg-cyan-500/15 dark:text-cyan-300",
+    hover: "hover:bg-cyan-50/70 dark:hover:bg-cyan-500/10",
+  },
+  purchase_order: {
+    icon: ClipboardList,
+    band: "from-amber-50 to-transparent dark:from-amber-500/10",
+    tile: "bg-amber-600 text-white",
+    accent: "border-l-amber-500",
+    badge: "bg-amber-100 text-amber-800 dark:bg-amber-500/15 dark:text-amber-300",
+    hover: "hover:bg-amber-50/70 dark:hover:bg-amber-500/10",
+  },
+  stock_purchase: {
+    icon: Warehouse,
+    band: "from-teal-50 to-transparent dark:from-teal-500/10",
+    tile: "bg-teal-600 text-white",
+    accent: "border-l-teal-500",
+    badge: "bg-teal-100 text-teal-800 dark:bg-teal-500/15 dark:text-teal-300",
+    hover: "hover:bg-teal-50/70 dark:hover:bg-teal-500/10",
+  },
+  supplier: {
+    icon: Factory,
+    band: "from-orange-50 to-transparent dark:from-orange-500/10",
+    tile: "bg-orange-600 text-white",
+    accent: "border-l-orange-500",
+    badge: "bg-orange-100 text-orange-800 dark:bg-orange-500/15 dark:text-orange-300",
+    hover: "hover:bg-orange-50/70 dark:hover:bg-orange-500/10",
+  },
+  company: {
+    icon: Building2,
+    band: "from-indigo-50 to-transparent dark:from-indigo-500/10",
+    tile: "bg-indigo-600 text-white",
+    accent: "border-l-indigo-500",
+    badge: "bg-indigo-100 text-indigo-800 dark:bg-indigo-500/15 dark:text-indigo-300",
+    hover: "hover:bg-indigo-50/70 dark:hover:bg-indigo-500/10",
+  },
+  customer: {
+    icon: User,
+    band: "from-rose-50 to-transparent dark:from-rose-500/10",
+    tile: "bg-rose-600 text-white",
+    accent: "border-l-rose-500",
+    badge: "bg-rose-100 text-rose-800 dark:bg-rose-500/15 dark:text-rose-300",
+    hover: "hover:bg-rose-50/70 dark:hover:bg-rose-500/10",
+  },
+  stock_item: {
+    icon: Boxes,
+    band: "from-emerald-50 to-transparent dark:from-emerald-500/10",
+    tile: "bg-emerald-600 text-white",
+    accent: "border-l-emerald-500",
+    badge: "bg-emerald-100 text-emerald-800 dark:bg-emerald-500/15 dark:text-emerald-300",
+    hover: "hover:bg-emerald-50/70 dark:hover:bg-emerald-500/10",
+  },
+};
+
+export const FALLBACK_THEME: TypeTheme = {
+  icon: FileText,
+  band: "from-slate-50 to-transparent dark:from-slate-500/10",
+  tile: "bg-slate-600 text-white",
+  accent: "border-l-slate-400",
+  badge: "bg-slate-100 text-slate-700 dark:bg-slate-500/15 dark:text-slate-300",
+  hover: "hover:bg-muted/50",
+};
+
+/** Icon + colour per lifecycle step. Unknown kinds fall back to neutral. */
+const STEP_THEME: Record<string, { icon: LucideIcon; dot: string }> = {
+  created: { icon: CirclePlus, dot: "bg-blue-600" },
+  assigned: { icon: UserCheck, dot: "bg-violet-600" },
+  collected: { icon: PackageCheck, dot: "bg-teal-600" },
+  delivered: { icon: Truck, dot: "bg-emerald-700" },
+  invoiced: { icon: Receipt, dot: "bg-green-600" },
+  pdf: { icon: FileCheck2, dot: "bg-slate-600" },
+  sent: { icon: Send, dot: "bg-sky-600" },
+  opened: { icon: MailOpen, dot: "bg-indigo-600" },
+  replied: { icon: MessageSquareReply, dot: "bg-amber-600" },
+};
+
+const FALLBACK_STEP = { icon: CirclePlus, dot: "bg-slate-500" };
+
+/* ============================================================================
+ * Formatting
+ * ========================================================================== */
+
+const MONTHS = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
+
+/**
+ * `2026-10-12` → `12 Oct 2026`. Parsed by hand rather than through
+ * `Date`/`Intl` so a date-only value can't shift a day across a
+ * timezone, and the output doesn't vary by runtime locale.
+ */
+export function formatDay(ymd: string): string {
+  const m = /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})/.exec(ymd);
+  if (!m) return ymd;
+  const month = MONTHS[Number(m[2]) - 1];
+  return month ? `${Number(m[3])} ${month} ${m[1]}` : ymd;
+}
+
+/** Whole days between two YYYY-MM-DD values, or null if either is bad. */
+export function daysBetween(from: string, to: string): number | null {
+  const a = Date.parse(`${from.slice(0, 10)}T00:00:00Z`);
+  const b = Date.parse(`${to.slice(0, 10)}T00:00:00Z`);
+  if (Number.isNaN(a) || Number.isNaN(b)) return null;
+  return Math.round((b - a) / 86_400_000);
+}
+
+function gapLabel(days: number): string {
+  if (days <= 0) return "same day";
+  if (days === 1) return "+1 day";
+  return `+${days} days`;
+}
+
+/* ============================================================================
+ * Component
+ * ========================================================================== */
+
+function SectionTitle({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return (
+    <h3 className="mb-2 text-[11px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground">
+      {children}
+    </h3>
+  );
+}
+
+export function SearchPreviewDialog({
+  hit,
+  groupType,
+  groupLabel,
+  onClose,
+}: {
+  hit: SearchHit | null;
+  groupType: string;
+  groupLabel: string;
+  onClose: () => void;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <Dialog
+      open={hit !== null}
+      onOpenChange={(open) => {
+        if (!open) onClose();
+      }}
+    >
+      {/*
+        `sm:max-w-2xl` (not plain `max-w-*`): the primitive ships
+        `sm:max-w-sm`, which out-ranks an unprefixed width at every
+        breakpoint above mobile and pinned this dialog at 24rem.
+      */}
+      <DialogContent className="flex max-h-[calc(100dvh-2rem)] flex-col gap-0 overflow-hidden p-0 sm:max-h-[90vh] sm:max-w-2xl">
+        {hit && <PreviewBody hit={hit} groupType={groupType} groupLabel={groupLabel} />}
+      </DialogContent>
+    </Dialog>
+  );
+}
+
+function PreviewBody({
+  hit,
+  groupType,
+  groupLabel,
+}: {
+  hit: SearchHit;
+  groupType: string;
+  groupLabel: string;
+}) {
+  const theme = TYPE_THEME[groupType] ?? FALLBACK_THEME;
+  const TypeIcon = theme.icon;
+  const age = ageLabel(hit.createdAt);
+  const showInvoices = groupType === "order" || groupType === "delivery_note";
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {/* Header band — tinted by result type. */}
+      <DialogHeader
+        className={cn(
+          "gap-3 border-b bg-gradient-to-b px-4 pt-4 pb-3 pr-12 sm:px-5 sm:pt-5 sm:pb-4",
+          theme.band,
+        )}
+      >
+        <div className="flex items-start gap-3">
+          <span
+            className={cn(
+              "flex size-10 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-lg shadow-sm",
+              theme.tile,
+            )}
+          >
+            <TypeIcon className="size-5" />
+          </span>
+          <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 space-y-0.5">
+            {groupLabel && (
+              <span className="text-[11px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground">
+                {groupLabel}
+              </span>
+            )}
+            <DialogTitle className="text-xl leading-tight break-words">
+              {hit.title}
+            </DialogTitle>
+            {hit.subtitle && (
+              <DialogDescription className="truncate">{hit.subtitle}</DialogDescription>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5">
+          {hit.statuses?.map((chip) => (
+            <span
+              key={chip.label}
+              className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-full px-2 py-0.5 text-[11px] font-semibold text-white shadow-sm"
+              style={{ backgroundColor: chip.hex }}
+            >
+              {chip.label}
+              {chip.count > 1 && (
+                <span className="rounded-full bg-white/25 px-1 tabular-nums">{chip.count}</span>
+              )}
+            </span>
+          ))}
+          {hit.matchedOn && (
+            <span className="rounded-full bg-primary/10 px-2 py-0.5 text-[11px] font-medium text-primary">
+              matched: {hit.matchedOn}
+            </span>
+          )}
+          {age && (
+            <span
+              title={hit.createdAt ? `Created ${formatDay(hit.createdAt)}` : undefined}
+              className={cn(
+                "rounded-full px-2 py-0.5 text-[11px] font-medium tabular-nums",
+                ageClass(hit.createdAt),
+              )}
+            >
+              {age === "today" ? "created today" : `${age} old`}
+            </span>
+          )}
+        </div>
+      </DialogHeader>
+
+      {/* Scrollable body. */}
+      <div className="min-h-0 flex-1 space-y-5 overflow-y-auto px-4 py-4 sm:px-5">
+        {hit.stats && hit.stats.length > 0 && (
+          <div className="grid grid-cols-3 gap-2">
+            {hit.stats.map((stat) => (
+              <div key={stat.label} className="min-w-0 rounded-lg border bg-muted/40 px-2.5 py-2 sm:px-3">
+                <p className="truncate text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">{stat.label}</p>
+                <p className="truncate text-sm font-semibold tabular-nums sm:text-base">{stat.value}</p>
+              </div>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        {/* Invoices — the first thing billing asks about an order. */}
+        {showInvoices && hit.invoices !== undefined && (
+          <section>
+            <SectionTitle>Invoices</SectionTitle>
+            {hit.invoices.length > 0 ? (
+              <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2">
+                {hit.invoices.map((inv) => {
+                  const body = (
+                    <>
+                      <Receipt className="size-4 shrink-0 text-emerald-700 dark:text-emerald-400" />
+                      <span className="font-mono text-sm font-semibold">{inv.number}</span>
+                      <span className="text-xs text-emerald-800/80 dark:text-emerald-300/80">
+                        {[inv.date ? formatDay(inv.date) : "", `${inv.lines} line${inv.lines === 1 ? "" : "s"}`]
+                          .filter(Boolean)
+                          .join(" · ")}
+                      </span>
+                      {inv.href && <ExternalLink className="size-3.5 text-emerald-700 dark:text-emerald-400" />}
+                    </>
+                  );
+                  const className =
+                    "inline-flex max-w-full flex-wrap items-center gap-x-2 gap-y-0.5 rounded-lg border border-emerald-200 bg-emerald-50 px-3 py-1.5 text-emerald-950 dark:border-emerald-500/30 dark:bg-emerald-500/10 dark:text-emerald-100";
+                  return inv.href ? (
+                    <a
+                      key={inv.number}
+                      href={inv.href}
+                      target="_blank"
+                      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                      title="Open in QuickBooks"
+                      className={cn(className, "hover:bg-emerald-100 dark:hover:bg-emerald-500/20")}
+                    >
+                      {body}
+                    </a>
+                  ) : (
+                    <span key={inv.number} className={className}>
+                      {body}
+                    </span>
+                  );
+                })}
+              </div>
+            ) : (
+              <p className="rounded-lg border border-dashed px-3 py-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                Not invoiced yet.
+              </p>
+            )}
+            {hit.deliveryNotes && hit.deliveryNotes.length > 0 && (
+              <div className="mt-2 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5">
+                <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">Delivery notes:</span>
+                {hit.deliveryNotes.map((dn) => (
+                  <span
+                    key={dn}
+                    className="rounded-md border border-orange-200 bg-orange-50 px-1.5 py-0.5 font-mono text-xs text-orange-900 dark:border-orange-500/30 dark:bg-orange-500/10 dark:text-orange-200"
+                  >
+                    {dn}
+                  </span>
+                ))}
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </section>
+        )}
+
+        {hit.preview && hit.preview.length > 0 ? (
+          <section>
+            <SectionTitle>Details</SectionTitle>
+            <dl className="grid gap-x-6 gap-y-2 rounded-lg border px-3 py-2.5 sm:grid-cols-2">
+              {hit.preview.map((row) => (
+                <div key={row.label} className="min-w-0">
+                  <dt className="text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">{row.label}</dt>
+                  <dd className="break-words text-sm">{row.value}</dd>
+                </div>
+              ))}
+            </dl>
+          </section>
+        ) : (
+          !hit.lines?.length && (
+            <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">No details available for this result.</p>
+          )
+        )}
+
+        {hit.lines && hit.lines.length > 0 && (
+          <section>
+            <SectionTitle>
+              Lines
+              {hit.lineTotal && hit.lineTotal > hit.lines.length
+                ? ` · showing ${hit.lines.length} of ${hit.lineTotal}`
+                : ""}
+            </SectionTitle>
+            <ul className="divide-y rounded-lg border">
+              {hit.lines.map((line, index) => (
+                <li key={index} className="flex items-start gap-2.5 px-3 py-2">
+                  <span
+                    className="mt-1.5 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-muted-foreground/40"
+                    style={line.statusHex ? { backgroundColor: line.statusHex } : undefined}
+                    title={line.status}
+                  />
+                  <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+                    <p className="text-sm leading-snug">{line.description}</p>
+                    {(line.status || line.supplier || line.invoice) && (
+                      <p className="mt-0.5 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                        {line.status && (
+                          <span style={line.statusHex ? { color: line.statusHex } : undefined} className="font-medium">
+                            {line.status}
+                          </span>
+                        )}
+                        {line.supplier && <span>{line.supplier}</span>}
+                        {line.invoice && (
+                          <span className="font-mono text-emerald-700 dark:text-emerald-400">{line.invoice}</span>
+                        )}
+                      </p>
+                    )}
+                  </div>
+                  {(line.quantity || line.amount) && (
+                    <div className="shrink-0 text-right text-xs tabular-nums">
+                      {line.quantity && <p className="text-muted-foreground">× {line.quantity}</p>}
+                      {line.amount && <p className="font-medium">{line.amount}</p>}
+                    </div>
+                  )}
+                </li>
+              ))}
+            </ul>
+          </section>
+        )}
+
+        {/*
+          Lifecycle timeline. Rendered only when the service could build
+          one — a rail with holes would read as broken data rather than
+          unfinished work, so steps with no timestamp are omitted at the
+          source instead.
+        */}
+        {hit.timeline && hit.timeline.length > 0 && (
+          <section>
+            <SectionTitle>Timeline</SectionTitle>
+            <ol>
+              {hit.timeline.map((event, index) => {
+                const timeline = hit.timeline!;
+                const isLast = index === timeline.length - 1;
+                const step = STEP_THEME[event.kind ?? ""] ?? FALLBACK_STEP;
+                const StepIcon = step.icon;
+                const next = timeline[index + 1];
+                const gap = next ? daysBetween(event.at, next.at) : null;
+                return (
+                  <li key={`${event.label}-${event.at}-${index}`} className="flex gap-3">
+                    <div className="flex flex-col items-center">
+                      <span
+                        className={cn(
+                          "flex size-7 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full text-white shadow-sm",
+                          step.dot,
+                          isLast && "ring-4 ring-primary/15",
+                        )}
+                      >
+                        <StepIcon className="size-3.5" />
+                      </span>
+                      {!isLast && <span className="my-1 w-px flex-1 bg-border" />}
+                    </div>
+                    <div className={cn("min-w-0 flex-1", isLast ? "pb-1" : "pb-3")}>
+                      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-baseline justify-between gap-x-3">
+                        <p className="text-sm font-medium leading-7">
+                          {event.label}
+                          {isLast && (
+                            <span className="ml-2 rounded-full bg-primary/10 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-primary">
+                              Latest
+                            </span>
+                          )}
+                        </p>
+                        <time dateTime={event.at} className="text-xs tabular-nums text-muted-foreground">
+                          {formatDay(event.at)}
+                        </time>
+                      </div>
+                      {event.detail && (
+                        <p className="font-mono text-xs text-muted-foreground">{event.detail}</p>
+                      )}
+                      {gap !== null && (
+                        <p className="mt-1 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground/80">{gapLabel(gap)} →</p>
+                      )}
+                    </div>
+                  </li>
+                );
+              })}
+            </ol>
+          </section>
+        )}
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Footer. The escape hatch: the preview must never be the only
+          way to reach a record. */}
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3 border-t bg-muted/30 px-4 py-3 sm:px-5">
+        <span className="min-w-0 truncate text-xs text-muted-foreground">{hit.meta}</span>
+        <a
+          href={hit.href}
+          target="_blank"
+          rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          className="inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md bg-primary px-3 py-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-primary-foreground shadow-sm hover:bg-primary/90"
+        >
+          <ExternalLink className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+          Open full page
+        </a>
+      </div>
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/server/quotes-search-service.ts b/src/lib/server/quotes-search-service.ts
index cc5b593..170f64a 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/quotes-search-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/quotes-search-service.ts
@@ -1327,6 +1327,10 @@ const QUOTE_SEARCH_FIELDS = [
   "is_template",
   "follow_up_due",
   "last_reply_at",
+  // Lifecycle stamps for the universal-search quick-overview timeline.
+  "pdf_generated_at",
+  "email_delivered_at",
+  "email_opened_at",
   "customer",
   "company",
   "delivery_note",
diff --git a/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.test.ts b/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.test.ts
index 326b030..a16cdcc 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 import {
   UNIVERSAL_SEARCH_WINDOW_DAYS,
   bestScore,
+  buildOrderTimeline,
+  buildQuoteTimeline,
   daysAgoIso,
   escapeForPbFilter,
   orderGroups,
@@ -212,4 +214,38 @@ describe("the never-hide-a-cap invariant", () => {
     expect(failed.status).not.toBe("ok");
     expect(failed.error).toBeTruthy();
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
+describe("buildOrderTimeline", () => {
+  it("emits one Invoiced step per invoice, carrying its number", () => {
+    // A partial pickup bills one order across two invoices; a single
+    // "Invoiced" step would hide which number went out when.
+    const events = buildOrderTimeline({ created: "2026-10-01 08:00:00.000Z", rep: "Tiaan" }, [
+      { customer_invoice_number: "INV1", invoiced_date: "2026-10-05" },
+      { customer_invoice_number: "INV1", invoiced_date: "2026-10-05" },
+      { customer_invoice_number: "INV2", invoiced_date: "2026-10-09", drv_collected_at: "2026-10-08" },
+    ]);
+    expect(events.map((e) => [e.label, e.at, e.detail])).toEqual([
+      ["Order raised", "2026-10-01", "Rep: Tiaan"],
+      ["Invoiced", "2026-10-05", "INV1 · 2 lines"],
+      ["Collected", "2026-10-08", undefined],
+      ["Invoiced", "2026-10-09", "INV2"],
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("omits steps that have no timestamp", () => {
+    const events = buildOrderTimeline({ created: "2026-10-01" }, [{ item_status: "pending" }]);
+    expect(events).toEqual([{ label: "Order raised", at: "2026-10-01", kind: "created" }]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("buildQuoteTimeline", () => {
+  it("orders the email lifecycle and skips what didn't happen", () => {
+    const events = buildQuoteTimeline({
+      created: "2026-10-01 07:00:00.000Z",
+      email_delivered_at: "2026-10-02 09:00:00.000Z",
+      pdf_generated_at: "2026-10-02 08:00:00.000Z",
+      email_opened_at: "",
+    });
+    expect(events.map((e) => e.kind)).toEqual(["created", "pdf", "sent"]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.ts b/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.ts
index 00eaeed..338eb9d 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/universal-search-service.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,18 @@
 
 import { getAdminPocketBase } from "./pocketbase-admin";
 import { searchQuotes } from "./quotes-search-service";
-import { TAB_GROUP_ITEM_STATUSES, TAB_GROUP_ORDER } from "../item-status-ui";
+import {
+  TAB_GROUP_ITEM_STATUSES,
+  TAB_GROUP_ORDER,
+  getItemStatusVisual,
+} from "../item-status-ui";
+import {
+  readItemInvoiceNumber,
+  summarizeOrderInvoices,
+  type InvoiceBearingItem,
+  type OrderInvoiceSummary,
+} from "../order-invoices";
+import { formatZAR } from "../pdf/format";
 
 type AdminPocketBase = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getAdminPocketBase>>;
 
@@ -119,6 +130,7 @@ const COMPANY_FIELDS = "id,company,address,vendor,company_email,company_tel";
 export type UniversalHitType =
   | "order"
   | "quote"
+  | "delivery_note"
   | "purchase_order"
   | "stock_purchase"
   | "supplier"
@@ -161,6 +173,22 @@ export interface UniversalHit {
    * value — the chip is then omitted rather than showing a blank.
    */
   createdAt?: string;
+  /**
+   * Optional richer blocks for the quick-overview dialog. All of these
+   * are additive: a source that sends none still gets the generic
+   * `preview` rows, so the dialog never depends on them.
+   */
+  /** Coloured status pills, e.g. the status mix across an order's lines. */
+  statuses?: StatusChip[];
+  /** Headline figures shown as tiles across the top of the dialog. */
+  stats?: PreviewStat[];
+  /** Customer invoices raised against the record. */
+  invoices?: InvoiceRef[];
+  /** Delivery-note numbers the record's lines went out on. */
+  deliveryNotes?: string[];
+  /** The record's lines, capped — `lineTotal` says how many exist. */
+  lines?: PreviewLine[];
+  lineTotal?: number;
 }
 
 export interface PreviewRow {
@@ -168,6 +196,38 @@ export interface PreviewRow {
   value: string;
 }
 
+export interface StatusChip {
+  label: string;
+  /** Hex fill, from the same palette as the /orders pills. */
+  hex: string;
+  count: number;
+}
+
+export interface PreviewStat {
+  label: string;
+  value: string;
+}
+
+export interface InvoiceRef {
+  number: string;
+  /** YYYY-MM-DD when known. */
+  date?: string;
+  /** QuickBooks link, when the invoice came through QuickBooks. */
+  href?: string;
+  /** How many of the record's lines are on this invoice. */
+  lines: number;
+}
+
+export interface PreviewLine {
+  description: string;
+  quantity?: string;
+  amount?: string;
+  status?: string;
+  statusHex?: string;
+  supplier?: string;
+  invoice?: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * One dated step in a record's lifecycle, e.g. "Collected · 12 Oct".
  *
@@ -180,8 +240,23 @@ export interface TimelineEvent {
   label: string;
   /** YYYY-MM-DD, as stored. */
   at: string;
+  /** Picks the step's icon and colour in the dialog. */
+  kind?: TimelineKind;
+  /** Short extra, e.g. the invoice number on an "Invoiced" step. */
+  detail?: string;
 }
 
+export type TimelineKind =
+  | "created"
+  | "assigned"
+  | "collected"
+  | "delivered"
+  | "invoiced"
+  | "pdf"
+  | "sent"
+  | "opened"
+  | "replied";
+
 /**
  * Builds a lifecycle timeline for an order from timestamps that are
  * actually present on its rows.
@@ -196,19 +271,20 @@ export interface TimelineEvent {
  *
  * Steps with no timestamp are OMITTED rather than rendered blank.
  */
-function buildOrderTimeline(
+export function buildOrderTimeline(
   order: Record<string, unknown>,
   items: Record<string, unknown>[],
+  invoices: OrderInvoiceSummary[] = summarizeOrderInvoices(items as InvoiceBearingItem[]),
 ): TimelineEvent[] {
   const events: TimelineEvent[] = [];
-  const add = (label: string, value: unknown) => {
+  const add = (label: string, value: unknown, kind: TimelineKind, detail?: string) => {
     const raw = value === null || value === undefined ? "" : String(value).trim();
     // Accept both `YYYY-MM-DD` and full ISO timestamps; keep the date.
     if (!raw || raw.length < 10) return;
-    events.push({ label, at: raw.slice(0, 10) });
+    events.push({ label, at: raw.slice(0, 10), kind, ...(detail ? { detail } : {}) });
   };
 
-  add("Order raised", order.created);
+  add("Order raised", order.created, "created", order.rep ? `Rep: ${String(order.rep)}` : undefined);
 
   // Earliest non-empty value per milestone across the order's lines.
   const earliest = (
@@ -224,14 +300,105 @@ function buildOrderTimeline(
     return best;
   };
 
-  add("Driver assigned", earliest(["drv_assigned_at", "assigned_at"]));
-  add("Collected", earliest(["drv_collected_at", "collected_date"]));
-  add("Delivered", earliest(["delivered_at"]));
-  add("Invoiced", earliest(["invoiced_date"]));
+  add("Driver assigned", earliest(["drv_assigned_at", "assigned_at"]), "assigned");
+  add("Collected", earliest(["drv_collected_at", "collected_date"]), "collected");
+  add("Delivered", earliest(["delivered_at"]), "delivered");
+
+  // One step PER INVOICE, carrying its number — a partial pickup bills
+  // an order across several invoices, and "Invoiced" alone hides which
+  // one went out when. Falls back to the bare earliest `invoiced_date`
+  // when the lines carry a date but no number.
+  const datedInvoices = invoices.filter((inv) => inv.date && inv.date.length >= 10);
+  if (datedInvoices.length > 0) {
+    for (const inv of datedInvoices) {
+      add(
+        "Invoiced",
+        inv.date,
+        "invoiced",
+        `${inv.number}${inv.lineCount > 1 ? ` · ${inv.lineCount} lines` : ""}`,
+      );
+    }
+  } else {
+    add("Invoiced", earliest(["invoiced_date"]), "invoiced");
+  }
 
   return events.sort((a, b) => a.at.localeCompare(b.at));
 }
 
+/**
+ * Lifecycle for a quote, from the email/PDF timestamps on the header.
+ * Same omit-what-didn't-happen rule as the order timeline.
+ */
+export function buildQuoteTimeline(quote: Record<string, unknown>): TimelineEvent[] {
+  const events: TimelineEvent[] = [];
+  const add = (label: string, value: unknown, kind: TimelineKind) => {
+    const raw = value === null || value === undefined ? "" : String(value).trim();
+    if (raw.length < 10) return;
+    events.push({ label, at: raw.slice(0, 10), kind });
+  };
+  add("Quote received", quote.created, "created");
+  add("PDF generated", quote.pdf_generated_at, "pdf");
+  add("Sent to customer", quote.email_delivered_at, "sent");
+  add("Opened by customer", quote.email_opened_at, "opened");
+  add("Customer replied", quote.last_reply_at, "replied");
+  return events.sort((a, b) => a.at.localeCompare(b.at));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Quote status colours. Same 600/700-shade family as the item-status
+ * palette so white text clears contrast on every pill.
+ */
+const QUOTE_STATUS_VISUAL: Record<string, { hex: string; label: string }> = {
+  new: { hex: "#2563eb", label: "New" },
+  claimed: { hex: "#4f46e5", label: "Claimed" },
+  processed: { hex: "#b45309", label: "Processed" },
+  sending: { hex: "#0e7490", label: "Sending" },
+  emailed: { hex: "#0f766e", label: "Emailed" },
+  approval_pending: { hex: "#b45309", label: "Approval Pending" },
+  partial_approval_pending: { hex: "#b45309", label: "Partial Approval" },
+  approved: { hex: "#047857", label: "Approved" },
+  partial_approved: { hex: "#047857", label: "Partially Approved" },
+  complete: { hex: "#064e3b", label: "Complete" },
+  follow_up: { hex: "#7c3aed", label: "Follow Up" },
+  delivery_note: { hex: "#7c2d12", label: "Delivery Note" },
+  rejected: { hex: "#be123c", label: "Rejected" },
+  cancelled: { hex: "#e11d48", label: "Cancelled" },
+  problem: { hex: "#be123c", label: "Problem" },
+  email_failed: { hex: "#be123c", label: "Email Failed" },
+  mail_failed: { hex: "#be123c", label: "Mail Failed" },
+  unmatched_bounce: { hex: "#be123c", label: "Bounced" },
+  template: { hex: "#475569", label: "Template" },
+};
+
+/** Statuses whose lines no longer count toward an order's value. */
+const DEAD_LINE_STATUSES = new Set(["cancelled", "removed"]);
+
+function num(value: unknown): number {
+  const n = typeof value === "number" ? value : Number(value);
+  return Number.isFinite(n) ? n : 0;
+}
+
+/** Trims "12.000" → "12" so quantities read like a person wrote them. */
+function qty(value: unknown): string {
+  const n = num(value);
+  return n ? String(Number(n.toFixed(3))) : "";
+}
+
+/** Status mix as coloured chips, lifecycle-ordered by first appearance. */
+function orderStatusChips(items: Record<string, unknown>[]): StatusChip[] {
+  const byLabel = new Map<string, StatusChip>();
+  for (const item of items) {
+    const raw = String(item.item_status ?? "");
+    if (!raw) continue;
+    const visual = getItemStatusVisual(raw);
+    const label = visual.label === "Unknown" ? raw : visual.label;
+    const existing = byLabel.get(label);
+    if (existing) existing.count += 1;
+    else byLabel.set(label, { label, hex: visual.hex, count: 1 });
+  }
+  return [...byLabel.values()];
+}
+
 /** Drops rows whose value is empty so previews don't render blank lines. */
 function previewRows(rows: Array<[string, unknown]>): PreviewRow[] {
   return rows
@@ -544,7 +711,11 @@ async function fetchItemsByOrderIds(
           // summarises an order's status mix, and omitting it produced
           // a preview with no Status row at all. The date columns feed
           // the lifecycle timeline in that same dialog.
-          "id,order,item_status,description,po_description,sku,notes,selling_price,cost_price,supplier,created,assigned_at,drv_assigned_at,collected_date,drv_collected_at,delivered_at,invoiced_date",
+          // The invoice columns (`customer_invoice_number`,
+          // `order_item_details` — which only carries the small
+          // invoice/print/split blobs) and `delivery_note_number` make
+          // those numbers searchable and show in the dialog.
+          "id,order,item_status,description,po_description,sku,notes,quantity,selling_price,cost_price,supplier,created,assigned_at,drv_assigned_at,collected_date,drv_collected_at,delivered_at,invoiced_date,customer_invoice_number,order_item_details,delivery_note_number",
         batch: 1000,
       }),
     ),
@@ -618,6 +789,33 @@ async function searchOrders(pb: AdminPocketBase, q: string): Promise<SourceResul
       else matchedOn = "order";
     }
 
+    // Invoice and delivery-note numbers. They live on the LINES (an
+    // order has no invoice column; a partial pickup spreads one order
+    // across several invoices), and both are identifiers, so an exact
+    // invoice number outranks an order that merely mentions it.
+    const invoices = summarizeOrderInvoices(orderItems as InvoiceBearingItem[]);
+    const deliveryNotes = Array.from(
+      new Set(
+        orderItems
+          .map((i) => String(i.delivery_note_number ?? "").trim())
+          .filter(Boolean),
+      ),
+    );
+    for (const inv of invoices) {
+      const s = scoreField(inv.number, ql, "id");
+      if (s > score) {
+        score = s;
+        matchedOn = "invoice";
+      }
+    }
+    for (const dn of deliveryNotes) {
+      const s = scoreField(dn, ql, "id");
+      if (s > score) {
+        score = s;
+        matchedOn = "delivery note";
+      }
+    }
+
     if (score === 0) {
       for (const item of orderItems) {
         const supplierName = snapshot.supplierNames.get(String(item.supplier ?? ""));
@@ -646,16 +844,6 @@ async function searchOrders(pb: AdminPocketBase, q: string): Promise<SourceResul
     if (score === 0) continue;
 
     const firstItem = orderItems[0];
-    // Status breakdown is the fastest read on an order: an operator
-    // asking "is this live or done?" shouldn't have to open it.
-    const statusCounts = new Map<string, number>();
-    for (const item of orderItems) {
-      const s = String(item.item_status ?? "");
-      if (s) statusCounts.set(s, (statusCounts.get(s) ?? 0) + 1);
-    }
-    const statusSummary = [...statusCounts.entries()]
-      .map(([s, n]) => (n > 1 ? `${s} (${n})` : s))
-      .join(", ");
     const supplierNamesForOrder = Array.from(
       new Set(
         orderItems
@@ -664,6 +852,19 @@ async function searchOrders(pb: AdminPocketBase, q: string): Promise<SourceResul
       ),
     ).slice(0, 4);
 
+    // Value counts live lines only — a cancelled or struck line was
+    // never going to be billed, so including it overstates the order.
+    const liveItems = orderItems.filter(
+      (i) => !DEAD_LINE_STATUSES.has(String(i.item_status ?? "")),
+    );
+    const orderValue = liveItems.reduce(
+      (sum, i) => sum + num(i.selling_price) * (num(i.quantity) || 1),
+      0,
+    );
+    const invoicedLines = orderItems.filter((i) =>
+      readItemInvoiceNumber(i as InvoiceBearingItem),
+    ).length;
+
     scored.push({
       score,
       hit: {
@@ -674,31 +875,49 @@ async function searchOrders(pb: AdminPocketBase, q: string): Promise<SourceResul
         href: `/orders/${order.id}`,
         matchedOn,
         preview: previewRows([
-          ["Order", order.order_number],
-          [
-            "Customer",
-            snapshot.partyNames.get(`c:${String(order.customer ?? "")}`),
-          ],
-          [
-            "Company",
-            snapshot.partyNames.get(`k:${String(order.company ?? "")}`),
-          ],
+          ["Customer", customerName],
+          ["Company", companyName],
+          ["Contact", order.contact_name],
           ["Rep", order.rep],
-          ["Status", statusSummary],
-          ["Items", orderItems.length],
-          ["Created", order.created ? String(order.created).slice(0, 10) : ""],
+          ["RFQ", order.rfq_number],
           ["Suppliers", supplierNamesForOrder.join(", ")],
-          [
-            "Lines",
-            orderItems
-              .slice(0, 3)
-              .map((i) => clip(i.description, 48))
-              .filter(Boolean)
-              .join(" · "),
-          ],
           ["Notes", clip(order.notes, 140)],
         ]),
-        timeline: buildOrderTimeline(order, orderItems),
+        // Status breakdown is the fastest read on an order: an operator
+        // asking "is this live or done?" shouldn't have to open it.
+        statuses: orderStatusChips(orderItems),
+        stats: [
+          { label: "Lines", value: String(orderItems.length) },
+          { label: "Value (excl.)", value: orderValue > 0 ? formatZAR(orderValue) : "—" },
+          {
+            label: "Invoiced",
+            value: orderItems.length ? `${invoicedLines} / ${orderItems.length}` : "—",
+          },
+        ],
+        invoices: invoices.map((inv) => ({
+          number: inv.number,
+          lines: inv.lineCount,
+          ...(inv.date ? { date: inv.date.slice(0, 10) } : {}),
+          ...(inv.qbInvoiceLink ? { href: inv.qbInvoiceLink } : {}),
+        })),
+        deliveryNotes,
+        lines: orderItems.slice(0, 8).map((i) => {
+          const status = String(i.item_status ?? "");
+          const visual = status ? getItemStatusVisual(status) : null;
+          const price = num(i.selling_price);
+          const lineQty = num(i.quantity) || 1;
+          return {
+            description: clip(i.description, 90) || "(no description)",
+            quantity: qty(i.quantity) || undefined,
+            amount: price > 0 ? formatZAR(price * lineQty) : undefined,
+            status: visual ? (visual.label === "Unknown" ? status : visual.label) : undefined,
+            statusHex: visual?.hex,
+            supplier: snapshot.supplierNames.get(String(i.supplier ?? "")) || undefined,
+            invoice: readItemInvoiceNumber(i as InvoiceBearingItem) ?? undefined,
+          };
+        }),
+        lineTotal: orderItems.length,
+        timeline: buildOrderTimeline(order, orderItems, invoices),
         createdAt: createdYmd(order.created),
       },
     });
@@ -801,8 +1020,10 @@ async function fetchSupplierNameMap(
         filter: chunk.map((id) => `id = "${escapeForPbFilter(id)}"`).join(" || "),
         fields: "id,suppliername",
       });
+    // Kept in its original case: it's displayed in the dialog, and every
+    // matching site lowercases on its own (`scoreField` does both sides).
     for (const row of rows) {
-      names.set(row.id, (row.suppliername ?? "").toLowerCase());
+      names.set(row.id, (row.suppliername ?? "").trim());
     }
   }
   return names;
@@ -825,6 +1046,16 @@ async function searchQuoteSource(q: string): Promise<SourceResult> {
           company?: Record<string, unknown>;
         }
       | undefined;
+    const items = (h.items ?? []) as unknown as Record<string, unknown>[];
+    const status = String(quote?.status ?? "");
+    const visual = QUOTE_STATUS_VISUAL[status];
+    const quoteValue = items.reduce(
+      (sum, i) => sum + num(i.selling_price) * (num(i.quantity) || 1),
+      0,
+    );
+    const pricedLines = items.filter((i) => num(i.selling_price) > 0).length;
+    const rep = (expanded?.customer as { expand?: { rep?: { name?: unknown } } } | undefined)
+      ?.expand?.rep?.name;
     return {
       id: String(quote?.id ?? ""),
       title: String(quote?.quote_number ?? quote?.id ?? ""),
@@ -835,24 +1066,39 @@ async function searchQuoteSource(q: string): Promise<SourceResult> {
       matchedOn: "quote",
       createdAt: createdYmd(quote?.created),
       preview: previewRows([
-        ["Quote", quote?.quote_number],
         ["Customer", expanded?.customer?.customer],
         ["Company", expanded?.company?.company],
-        ["Status", quote?.status],
+        ["Rep", rep],
         ["Subject", clip(quote?.email_subject, 90)],
         ["RFQ", quote?.rfq_number],
-        ["Created", quote?.created ? String(quote.created).slice(0, 10) : ""],
-        [
-          "Lines",
-          (h.items ?? [])
-            .slice(0, 3)
-            .map((item) =>
-              clip((item as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).description, 48),
-            )
-            .filter(Boolean)
-            .join(" · "),
-        ],
+        ["Reference", quote?.quote_reference],
       ]),
+      ...(status
+        ? {
+            statuses: [
+              {
+                label: visual?.label ?? status,
+                hex: visual?.hex ?? "#475569",
+                count: 1,
+              },
+            ],
+          }
+        : {}),
+      stats: [
+        { label: "Lines", value: String(items.length) },
+        { label: "Value (excl.)", value: quoteValue > 0 ? formatZAR(quoteValue) : "—" },
+        { label: "Priced", value: items.length ? `${pricedLines} / ${items.length}` : "—" },
+      ],
+      lines: items.slice(0, 8).map((i) => {
+        const price = num(i.selling_price);
+        return {
+          description: clip(i.description, 90) || "(no description)",
+          quantity: qty(i.quantity) || undefined,
+          amount: price > 0 ? formatZAR(price * (num(i.quantity) || 1)) : undefined,
+        };
+      }),
+      lineTotal: items.length,
+      timeline: buildQuoteTimeline(quote ?? {}),
     };
   });
   const total = result.totalCandidates ?? hits.length;
@@ -946,7 +1192,9 @@ async function searchStockPurchases(
   const headers = await loadReferenceRows<Record<string, unknown>>(
     pb,
     "stock_purchases",
-    "id,purchase_number,status,supplier",
+    // Same field string as the warm-up, so both share one cache entry;
+    // `ordered_value` / `created` feed the preview's Value row and age chip.
+    "id,purchase_number,status,supplier,ordered_value,created",
   );
   if (headers.length === 0) {
     return { type: "stock_purchase", label: "Stock Orders", hits: [], total: 0, truncated: false };
@@ -1067,6 +1315,209 @@ async function searchStockPurchases(
   };
 }
 
+/* ============================================================================
+ * Delivery notes source
+ * ========================================================================== */
+
+const DELIVERY_NOTE_FIELDS =
+  "id,delivery_note_number,customer,company,order,status,delivery_date,customer_po,notes,created";
+
+const DELIVERY_NOTE_STATUS_VISUAL: Record<string, { hex: string; label: string }> = {
+  draft: { hex: "#475569", label: "Draft" },
+  sent: { hex: "#0e7490", label: "Sent" },
+  loaded: { hex: "#b45309", label: "Loaded" },
+  po_received: { hex: "#7c3aed", label: "PO received" },
+  invoiced: { hex: "#047857", label: "Invoiced" },
+  completed: { hex: "#064e3b", label: "Completed" },
+  cancelled: { hex: "#e11d48", label: "Cancelled" },
+};
+
+/**
+ * Delivery notes — the `delivery_notes` headers, matched in memory.
+ *
+ * Not windowed: DNs are created a handful a day, so the whole collection
+ * sits comfortably in the reference cache, and an operator chasing a DN
+ * number off a signed paper copy expects it at any age.
+ *
+ * Matches the DN number and customer PO (identifiers), and the resolved
+ * customer / company names. The lines (and their invoice numbers) are
+ * fetched ONLY for the hits that survive the cap — one chunked read by
+ * `delivery_note_number`, never a scan of every DN's items.
+ */
+async function searchDeliveryNotes(
+  pb: AdminPocketBase,
+  ql: string,
+  partyNames: { customers: Map<string, string>; companies: Map<string, string> },
+): Promise<SourceResult> {
+  const rows = await loadReferenceRows<Record<string, unknown>>(
+    pb,
+    "delivery_notes",
+    DELIVERY_NOTE_FIELDS,
+  );
+
+  const scored: { hit: UniversalHit; score: number; row: Record<string, unknown> }[] = [];
+  for (const row of rows) {
+    const number = String(row.delivery_note_number ?? "");
+    const po = String(row.customer_po ?? "");
+    const customer = partyNames.customers.get(String(row.customer ?? ""));
+    const company = partyNames.companies.get(String(row.company ?? ""));
+    const score = bestScore(
+      [
+        [number, "id"],
+        [po, "id"],
+        [customer, "name"],
+        [company, "name"],
+        [String(row.notes ?? ""), "body"],
+      ],
+      ql,
+    );
+    if (score === 0) continue;
+    const matchedOn =
+      scoreField(number, ql, "id") > 0
+        ? "DN number"
+        : scoreField(po, ql, "id") > 0
+          ? "customer PO"
+          : scoreField(customer, ql, "name") > 0
+            ? "customer"
+            : scoreField(company, ql, "name") > 0
+              ? "company"
+              : "notes";
+    const status = String(row.status ?? "");
+    const visual = DELIVERY_NOTE_STATUS_VISUAL[status];
+    scored.push({
+      score,
+      row,
+      hit: {
+        id: String(row.id),
+        title: number || String(row.id),
+        subtitle: [customer, company && company !== customer ? company : ""]
+          .filter(Boolean)
+          .join(" · ") || undefined,
+        meta: po ? `PO ${po}` : undefined,
+        href: `/delivery-notes/${row.id}`,
+        matchedOn,
+        createdAt: createdYmd(row.created),
+        preview: previewRows([
+          ["Customer", customer],
+          ["Company", company],
+          ["Customer PO", po],
+          ["Delivery date", createdYmd(row.delivery_date)],
+          ["Notes", clip(row.notes, 140)],
+        ]),
+        ...(status
+          ? {
+              statuses: [
+                { label: visual?.label ?? status, hex: visual?.hex ?? "#475569", count: 1 },
+              ],
+            }
+          : {}),
+      },
+    });
+  }
+  scored.sort(compareHits);
+  const kept = scored.slice(0, HITS_PER_GROUP);
+
+  // Lines for the visible hits only.
+  const numbers = kept.map((s) => s.hit.title).filter(Boolean);
+  const itemsByDn = new Map<string, Record<string, unknown>[]>();
+  const orderIds = Array.from(
+    new Set(kept.map((s) => String(s.row.order ?? "")).filter(Boolean)),
+  );
+  const [items, orders] = await Promise.all([
+    (async () => {
+      const out: Record<string, unknown>[] = [];
+      for (let i = 0; i < numbers.length; i += FILTER_CHUNK) {
+        const chunk = numbers.slice(i, i + FILTER_CHUNK);
+        out.push(
+          ...(await pb.collection("order_items").getFullList<Record<string, unknown>>({
+            filter: chunk
+              .map((n) => `delivery_note_number = "${escapeForPbFilter(n)}"`)
+              .join(" || "),
+            fields:
+              "id,delivery_note_number,description,quantity,selling_price,item_status,supplier,invoiced_date,customer_invoice_number,order_item_details",
+          })),
+        );
+      }
+      return out;
+    })(),
+    fetchByRecordIds<{ id: string; order_number?: string }>(
+      pb,
+      "orders",
+      orderIds,
+      "id,order_number",
+    ),
+  ]);
+  for (const item of items) {
+    const key = String(item.delivery_note_number ?? "");
+    const bucket = itemsByDn.get(key);
+    if (bucket) bucket.push(item);
+    else itemsByDn.set(key, [item]);
+  }
+  const orderNumbers = new Map(orders.map((o) => [o.id, String(o.order_number ?? "")]));
+
+  for (const { hit, row } of kept) {
+    const dnItems = itemsByDn.get(hit.title) ?? [];
+    const invoices = summarizeOrderInvoices(dnItems as InvoiceBearingItem[]);
+    const value = dnItems
+      .filter((i) => !DEAD_LINE_STATUSES.has(String(i.item_status ?? "")))
+      .reduce((sum, i) => sum + num(i.selling_price) * (num(i.quantity) || 1), 0);
+    const orderNumber = orderNumbers.get(String(row.order ?? ""));
+    if (orderNumber) {
+      hit.preview = [{ label: "Order", value: orderNumber }, ...(hit.preview ?? [])];
+    }
+    hit.stats = [
+      { label: "Lines", value: String(dnItems.length) },
+      { label: "Value (excl.)", value: value > 0 ? formatZAR(value) : "—" },
+      {
+        label: "Invoiced",
+        value: dnItems.length
+          ? `${dnItems.filter((i) => readItemInvoiceNumber(i as InvoiceBearingItem)).length} / ${dnItems.length}`
+          : "—",
+      },
+    ];
+    hit.invoices = invoices.map((inv) => ({
+      number: inv.number,
+      lines: inv.lineCount,
+      ...(inv.date ? { date: inv.date.slice(0, 10) } : {}),
+      ...(inv.qbInvoiceLink ? { href: inv.qbInvoiceLink } : {}),
+    }));
+    hit.lines = dnItems.slice(0, 8).map((i) => {
+      const status = String(i.item_status ?? "");
+      const visual = status ? getItemStatusVisual(status) : null;
+      const price = num(i.selling_price);
+      return {
+        description: clip(i.description, 90) || "(no description)",
+        quantity: qty(i.quantity) || undefined,
+        amount: price > 0 ? formatZAR(price * (num(i.quantity) || 1)) : undefined,
+        status: visual ? (visual.label === "Unknown" ? status : visual.label) : undefined,
+        statusHex: visual?.hex,
+        invoice: readItemInvoiceNumber(i as InvoiceBearingItem) ?? undefined,
+      };
+    });
+    hit.lineTotal = dnItems.length;
+
+    const timeline: TimelineEvent[] = [];
+    const created = createdYmd(row.created);
+    if (created) timeline.push({ label: "Delivery note raised", at: created, kind: "created" });
+    const delivery = createdYmd(row.delivery_date);
+    if (delivery) timeline.push({ label: "Delivery date", at: delivery, kind: "delivered" });
+    for (const inv of invoices) {
+      if (inv.date && inv.date.length >= 10) {
+        timeline.push({ label: "Invoiced", at: inv.date.slice(0, 10), kind: "invoiced", detail: inv.number });
+      }
+    }
+    hit.timeline = timeline.sort((a, b) => a.at.localeCompare(b.at));
+  }
+
+  return {
+    type: "delivery_note",
+    label: "Delivery Notes",
+    hits: kept.map((s) => s.hit),
+    total: scored.length,
+    truncated: scored.length > HITS_PER_GROUP,
+  };
+}
+
 /* ============================================================================
  * Orchestrator
  * ========================================================================== */
@@ -1125,6 +1576,7 @@ export async function warmUniversalSearchCaches(): Promise<void> {
       loadReferenceRows(pb, "suppliers", "id,suppliername,email,suppliernumber,supply_tags"),
       loadReferenceRows(pb, "companies", COMPANY_FIELDS),
       loadReferenceRows(pb, "customers", CUSTOMER_FIELDS),
+      loadReferenceRows(pb, "delivery_notes", DELIVERY_NOTE_FIELDS),
 
       loadReferenceRows(pb, "stock_items", "id,name,sku,description,unit,current_qty,cost_price,selling_price,created"),
       loadReferenceRows(pb, "purchase_orders", "id,po_number,status,total_amount,order,supplier,created"),
@@ -1181,10 +1633,24 @@ export async function universalSearch(
   const companyNameById = new Map<string, string>(
     companyRows.map((row) => [String(row.id), String(row.company ?? "")]),
   );
+  const customerRows = await loadReferenceRows<Record<string, unknown>>(
+    pb,
+    "customers",
+    CUSTOMER_FIELDS,
+  );
+  const customerNameById = new Map<string, string>(
+    customerRows.map((row) => [String(row.id), String(row.customer ?? "")]),
+  );
 
   const groups = await Promise.all([
     runSource("order", "Orders", () => searchOrders(pb, query)),
     runSource("quote", "Quotes", () => searchQuoteSource(query)),
+    runSource("delivery_note", "Delivery Notes", () =>
+      searchDeliveryNotes(pb, ql, {
+        customers: customerNameById,
+        companies: companyNameById,
+      }),
+    ),
 
     runSource("purchase_order", "Purchase Orders", () =>
       searchReferenceCollection<Record<string, unknown>>(