diff --git a/setup/tui-install.sh b/setup/tui-install.sh
index a10e598..9329eae 100755
--- a/setup/tui-install.sh
+++ b/setup/tui-install.sh
@@ -126,28 +126,53 @@ ui_menu() {
 
 ui_checklist() {
     # Multi-select list. Args: title prompt tag1 desc1 state1 tag2 desc2 state2 …
-    # state is "on"/"off" for the initial selection. The list is redrawn each
-    # round; the user toggles items by entering numbers and/or ranges
-    # (e.g. "1 3 5-8"), then presses Enter to confirm. Entering 'q' aborts
-    # (returns 1). The space-separated selected tags are printed to stdout.
+    # state is "on"/"off" for the initial selection. Long lists are paginated to
+    # the terminal height so they never scroll off-screen: the screen is cleared
+    # and redrawn each round, with n/p moving between pages. The user toggles
+    # items by number and/or range (e.g. "1 3 5-8") — numbering is global, so any
+    # item can be toggled from any page — then presses Enter to confirm. Entering
+    # 'q' aborts (returns 1). The space-separated selected tags go to stdout.
     local title="$1" prompt="$2"; shift 2
     local -a tags=() descs=() state=()
     while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do tags+=("$1"); descs+=("$2"); state+=("$3"); shift 3; done
     local n=${#tags[@]} i mark line tok lo hi j
+    # Reserve rows for the header, prompt and footer; the remainder hold items.
+    # tput may be absent on a bare TTY, so fall back to a safe 24-row assumption.
+    local rows per pg=0 pages start end
+    rows=$(tput lines 2>/dev/null || echo 24)
+    [[ "$rows" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || rows=24
+    per=$(( rows - 9 )); (( per < 1 )) && per=1
+    pages=$(( (n + per - 1) / per )); (( pages < 1 )) && pages=1
     while true; do
+        (( pg < 0 )) && pg=0
+        (( pg >= pages )) && pg=$(( pages - 1 ))
+        start=$(( pg * per )); end=$(( start + per )); (( end > n )) && end=$n
         {
+            # \033[2J\033[H clears the screen and homes the cursor so each page
+            # paints in place rather than scrolling — a stable, scrollable view.
+            printf '\033[2J\033[H'
             ui_header "$title"
-            printf '%b\n\n' "$prompt"
-            for i in "${!tags[@]}"; do
+            printf '%b' "$prompt"
+            (( pages > 1 )) && printf '   %s(page %d/%d)%s' "$C_DIM" $((pg + 1)) "$pages" "$C_RESET"
+            printf '\n\n'
+            for (( i = start; i < end; i++ )); do
                 if [[ "${state[$i]}" == on ]]; then mark="${C_ACCENT}[x]${C_RESET}"; else mark='[ ]'; fi
                 printf '  %s %s%3d%s  %s\n' "$mark" "$C_ACCENT" $((i + 1)) "$C_RESET" "${descs[$i]}"
             done
-            printf '\n%s  Toggle items by number/range (e.g. 1 3 5-8); Enter confirms, q aborts.%s\n' "$C_DIM" "$C_RESET"
+            if (( pages > 1 )); then
+                printf '\n%s  number/range toggles (1 3 5-8) · n/p next/prev page · Enter confirms · q aborts%s\n' "$C_DIM" "$C_RESET"
+            else
+                printf '\n%s  Toggle items by number/range (e.g. 1 3 5-8); Enter confirms, q aborts.%s\n' "$C_DIM" "$C_RESET"
+            fi
             printf '%s  > %s' "$C_ACCENT" "$C_RESET"
         } >&2
         read -r line </dev/tty || line=""
-        [[ "$line" == q ]] && return 1
-        [[ -z "$line" ]] && break
+        case "$line" in
+            q)   return 1 ;;
+            "")  break ;;
+            n|N) pg=$(( pg + 1 )); continue ;;
+            p|P) pg=$(( pg - 1 )); continue ;;
+        esac
         for tok in $line; do
             if [[ "$tok" =~ ^([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)$ ]]; then
                 lo=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}; hi=${BASH_REMATCH[2]}