diff --git a/crates/sylpheed-formats/src/ui_layout.rs b/crates/sylpheed-formats/src/ui_layout.rs
index 2d25c97e..d5ef2dc3 100644
--- a/crates/sylpheed-formats/src/ui_layout.rs
+++ b/crates/sylpheed-formats/src/ui_layout.rs
@@ -728,6 +728,22 @@ fn measured_paint_order(build: &UiBuild) -> Option<Vec<usize>> {
         // the full-screen .prm, then all three glows, then the three logos.
         return Some(vec![0, 2, 4, 6, 1, 3, 5]);
     }
+    // GP_TITLE.pak ratc-index 8 — the MAIN MENU (NEW GAME / LOAD GAME /
+    // TUTORIAL / OPTIONS / EXTRAS). Read off the running game 2026-08-19; it is
+    // the third measured permutation and the first that contains TWO
+    // primitives, which is why it matters — see `ui-prm-primitives.md`.
+    const MENU: [&str; 16] = [
+        "pteff00.prm", "ptbase.t32", "pteff05.t32", "ptloop01.rat",
+        "ptloop02.rat", "pteff02.prm", "ptframe1.t32", "ptframe2.t32",
+        "pteff10.t32", "pteff12.t32", "ptbtn01.rat", "ptbtn02.rat",
+        "ptbtn03.rat", "ptbtn04.rat", "ptbtn05.rat", "ptmsg.t32",
+    ];
+    if names == MENU {
+        // background, the two loops, the full-screen effect, the DIM quad,
+        // the glows, the frames, the message, the five buttons, and the
+        // screen-transition FADE quad last.
+        return Some(vec![1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 8, 9, 6, 7, 15, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 0]);
+    }
     None
 }
 
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diff --git a/docs/re/structures/ui-paint-order-key.md b/docs/re/structures/ui-paint-order-key.md
index bec2c8ee..5169cd1e 100644
--- a/docs/re/structures/ui-paint-order-key.md
+++ b/docs/re/structures/ui-paint-order-key.md
@@ -133,3 +133,62 @@ measured screens would be the entire evidence base; instead a third of the disc'
 screens now composite in an order no capture has checked. The test asserts the
 share stays above a quarter, so a future change that quietly collapses the rule
 back to declaration order fails here instead of passing silently.
+
+
+## A third measured permutation — the main menu (2026-08-19)
+
+Read off the running game with `tools/re-capture/screen_children.py`, and
+identified in the file by its pivot signature: **`GP_TITLE.pak` ratc-index 8**,
+the NEW GAME / LOAD GAME / TUTORIAL / OPTIONS / EXTRAS screen, 16 elements.
+
+```
+paint order (child slots): 1 3 4 2 5 8 9 6 7 15 10 11 12 13 14 0
+```
+
+| slot | element | | slot | element |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| 0 | 1 `ptbase.t32` | | 8 | 7 `ptframe2` |
+| 1 | 3 `ptloop01` | | 9 | 15 `ptmsg` |
+| 2 | 4 `ptloop02` | | 10–14 | 10–14 `ptbtn01`…`ptbtn05` |
+| 3 | 2 `pteff05` | | 15 | **0 `pteff00.prm`** |
+| 4 | **5 `pteff02.prm`** | | | |
+| 5–7 | 8 `pteff10`, 9 `pteff12`, 6 `ptframe1` | | | |
+
+**This is the first measured screen with TWO primitives**, and they land in
+different places — which is the point. `pteff02.prm` (the 25 % black dim) paints
+4th, beneath the whole UI; `pteff00.prm` (the screen-transition fade, resting
+transparent) paints **last**. Both match their positions on the title screen
+exactly, where `pteff02.prm` is also slot 4 and `pteff00.prm` is also last.
+
+So a primitive's place is **per-element and stable by role** across screens:
+
+| primitive | role | measured position |
+|---|---|---|
+| `palogo_eff0.prm` | opaque black backdrop | **first** (splash) |
+| `pteff02.prm` | 25 % dim under the UI | **slot 4** (title *and* menu) |
+| `pteff00.prm` | screen-transition fade | **last** (title *and* menu) |
+
+It is still not *derived* — a primitive has no `T8aD` header and so no layer key
+— but there are now three permutations to test a candidate against instead of
+two, and the candidate has to live in the 60-byte declaration entry.
+
+### Verified against the live capture
+
+The order is wired into `measured_paint_order` (keyed by element names, so both
+language builds get it). Composited with `--primitives` and edge-correlated
+against a framebuffer capture taken in the same session
+([capture](../captures/main-menu-oracle.png),
+[composite](../captures/ui-layout/main-menu-composited.png)):
+
+> **0.9591 at shift (0, 0)**
+
+That is a *third* screen confirming the whole stack at once — paint order,
+resting pose, `fade` alpha and primitives — on a capture this project had not
+seen before.
+
+### Not settled
+
+* ❔ `ptframe1`/`ptframe2` rest at `0x00ffffff` (alpha 0) and are therefore not
+  drawn, but the capture shows the menu frame plainly. Either the resting rule
+  picks the wrong plateau for them or the frame is drawn by something else.
+* ❔ The derivation for primitives. Three permutations now, still no rule.