diff --git a/browse/css/tree.css b/browse/css/tree.css
index 0904844..c61552c 100644
--- a/browse/css/tree.css
+++ b/browse/css/tree.css
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ body {
     flex-wrap: wrap;
     align-items: center;
     gap: 0.4rem;
-    margin-top: 0.4rem;
+    margin-bottom: 0.4rem;
 }
 .tree-pane__controls .tp-control {
     display: inline-flex;
diff --git a/browse/js/events.js b/browse/js/events.js
index 3c688e9..05beaed 100644
--- a/browse/js/events.js
+++ b/browse/js/events.js
@@ -88,21 +88,6 @@
                 refresh.classList.add('hidden');
             }
         }
-        // Toolbar New buttons: enabled when there's a writable target, and in
-        // server mode greyed (with a why-tooltip) when the scope lacks the
-        // create verb. Mirrors the menu's create-gate.
-        var canCreate = canCreateHere();
-        var lacksCreateVerb = state.source === 'server'
-            && state.scopeAccess && typeof state.scopeAccess.path_verbs === 'string'
-            && state.scopeAccess.path_verbs.indexOf('c') === -1;
-        ['newFolderBtn', 'newFileBtn'].forEach(function (id) {
-            var b = document.getElementById(id);
-            if (!b) return;
-            var off = !canCreate || lacksCreateVerb;
-            b.disabled = off;
-            b.title = lacksCreateVerb ? 'You don’t have create access here.'
-                : (!canCreate ? 'Open a folder to create files here.' : '');
-        });
     }
 
     // syncURLToSelection reflects the current scope + selected node +
@@ -238,18 +223,9 @@
             if (node && !node.isDir && p && p.showFilePreview) p.showFilePreview(node);
         });
 
-        // ── Tree-pane toolbar: New folder / New file, Sort, Show hidden ──
-        // View settings live on the toolbar (not in per-row right-click
-        // menus); create has a discoverable affordance here now that file
-        // rows no longer offer it.
-        var newFolderBtn = document.getElementById('newFolderBtn');
-        if (newFolderBtn) newFolderBtn.addEventListener('click', function () {
-            createInDir(state.currentPath || '/', 'folder');
-        });
-        var newFileBtn = document.getElementById('newFileBtn');
-        if (newFileBtn) newFileBtn.addEventListener('click', function () {
-            createInDir(state.currentPath || '/', 'markdown');
-        });
+        // ── Tree-pane toolbar: Sort + Show hidden ──────────────────────
+        // View settings only. Create actions (new folder / file) live in
+        // the right-click context menu, not the toolbar.
         var sortSelect = document.getElementById('sortSelect');
         if (sortSelect) {
             // Reflect current state, then drive setSortExplicit on change.
diff --git a/browse/template.html b/browse/template.html
index 7114e52..5abb1e7 100644
--- a/browse/template.html
+++ b/browse/template.html
@@ -66,18 +66,10 @@
             <div id="browseView" class="browse-view">
                 <div class="pane tree-pane" id="treePane">
                     <div class="tree-pane__toolbar">
-                        <input type="search"
-                               id="treeFilter"
-                               class="tree-filter"
-                               placeholder="Filter files…"
-                               aria-label="Filter the tree by name, tracking number, status, revision, or title"
-                               autocomplete="off"
-                               spellcheck="false">
+                        <!-- Sort + Hidden sit above the autofilter box. Create
+                             actions (New folder / New file) live in the
+                             right-click context menu, not here. -->
                         <div class="tree-pane__controls">
-                            <button type="button" id="newFolderBtn" class="btn btn-sm btn--subtle"
-                                    title="New folder in the current directory">New folder</button>
-                            <button type="button" id="newFileBtn" class="btn btn-sm btn--subtle"
-                                    title="New markdown file in the current directory">New file</button>
                             <label class="tp-control" title="Sort order">
                                 <span class="tp-control__label">Sort</span>
                                 <select id="sortSelect" aria-label="Sort order">
@@ -92,6 +84,13 @@
                                 <span class="tp-control__label">Hidden</span>
                             </label>
                         </div>
+                        <input type="search"
+                               id="treeFilter"
+                               class="tree-filter"
+                               placeholder="Filter files…"
+                               aria-label="Filter the tree by name, tracking number, status, revision, or title"
+                               autocomplete="off"
+                               spellcheck="false">
                     </div>
                     <div class="tree-pane__body" id="treeBody" role="tree" aria-label="Files"></div>
                 </div>