diff --git a/tests/e2e/dashboard-mobile.html b/tests/e2e/dashboard-mobile.html
index 889749f8..4fb87e3c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/dashboard-mobile.html
+++ b/tests/e2e/dashboard-mobile.html
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@
       <div class="dash-topbar">
         <div id="shared-header"></div>
         <div id="primary-toolbar" class="dash-toolbar dash-toolbar-primary"></div>
-        <div class="dash-toolbar dash-toolbar-variables has-variables">
+        <!-- #473: the real `ui/dashboard.ts` toolbar carries only these two classes,
+             always — it never adds a visibility class. The show/hide contract is an
+             inline `style.display`, applied only in the hidden case (an omitted
+             style, as here, means "no ordinary variables to hide"). This harness's
+             scenario always has ordinary variables, so no inline style is present,
+             matching the app's own undefined-style branch. -->
+        <div class="dash-toolbar dash-toolbar-variables">
           <div class="dash-variable-host dash-variables" role="group" aria-label="Dashboard variables"><div class="dash-variable-ordinary"></div></div>
           <button class="dash-clear-variables">Clear all</button>
         </div>
diff --git a/tests/e2e/dashboard-mobile.spec.js b/tests/e2e/dashboard-mobile.spec.js
index 78877eae..00671aa5 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/dashboard-mobile.spec.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/dashboard-mobile.spec.js
@@ -200,17 +200,24 @@ test.describe('Dashboard mobile layout', () => {
     await expect(list).toBeVisible();
     const popover = await list.evaluate((node) => {
       const input = document.querySelector('[aria-label="region"]');
-      const toolbar = document.querySelector('.dash-toolbar.has-variables');
+      // #473: `.dash-toolbar-variables` is the real class the app always builds;
+      // `ui/dashboard.ts` never sets a `has-variables`/`has-filters` class. The
+      // show/hide contract is its inline `style.display`, which the app leaves
+      // unset (not `'none'`) whenever ordinary variables are present, as here.
+      const toolbar = document.querySelector('.dash-toolbar-variables');
       const listRect = node.getBoundingClientRect();
       const inputRect = input.getBoundingClientRect();
       return {
         position: getComputedStyle(node).position,
         anchored: Math.abs(listRect.left - inputRect.left) < 2 && listRect.top >= inputRect.bottom,
         escapesToolbar: listRect.bottom > toolbar.getBoundingClientRect().bottom,
+        toolbarDisplay: toolbar.style.display,
         pageOverflow: document.documentElement.scrollWidth - innerWidth,
       };
     });
-    expect(popover).toEqual({ position: 'fixed', anchored: true, escapesToolbar: true, pageOverflow: 0 });
+    expect(popover).toEqual({
+      position: 'fixed', anchored: true, escapesToolbar: true, toolbarDisplay: '', pageOverflow: 0,
+    });
     await first.press('Enter');
     await expect(first).toHaveValue('alpha');
   });
@@ -290,7 +297,11 @@ test.describe('Dashboard mobile layout', () => {
     await expect(page.locator('.dash-filter-count')).toHaveCount(0);
     await expect(page.locator('.dash-filter-count-host')).toHaveCount(0);
 
-    const toolbar = page.locator('.dash-toolbar.has-variables');
+    // #473: real class (never `has-variables`/`has-filters` — the app doesn't set
+    // one); the actual show/hide contract is the inline `style.display` the app
+    // sets only to hide the toolbar, asserted here directly.
+    const toolbar = page.locator('.dash-toolbar-variables');
+    expect(await toolbar.evaluate((node) => node.style.display)).toBe('');
     const before = await toolbar.evaluate((node) => node.getBoundingClientRect().height);
 
     const layout = await page.evaluate(() => {
diff --git a/tests/unit/dashboard.test.ts b/tests/unit/dashboard.test.ts
index 03ac4e68..6ddaf435 100644
--- a/tests/unit/dashboard.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/dashboard.test.ts
@@ -3280,6 +3280,24 @@ describe('renderDashboard — compound time-range control (#335)', () => {
     expect(ordinaryToolbar.contains(liveRegion)).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  // #473: the counterpart to the test above — the "shown" half of the same
+  // ternary (`src/ui/dashboard.ts`'s `hasOrdinaryVariables ? undefined : {
+  // display: 'none' }`) was asserted nowhere against a real `createApp`
+  // render; only the e2e fixture's hand-written markup modeled it. An ordinary
+  // (non-time-range) variable — `region` here — must leave the toolbar with NO
+  // inline display override at all, not merely "not none".
+  it('shows the ordinary-variable toolbar with no inline display override when an ordinary variable is present', async () => {
+    const { app } = dashApp({
+      workspace: wsWith({
+        queries: [paired(PAIR + ' AND r = {region:String}')],
+        tiles: [{ id: 't1', queryId: 'q1' }],
+      }),
+    });
+    await render(app);
+    const ordinaryToolbar = qs(app.root, '.dash-toolbar-variables');
+    expect(ordinaryToolbar.style.display).toBe('');
+  });
+
   it('Apply commits BOTH bounds through session.applyVariables in one wave and announces the range', async () => {
     const { app, calls } = dashApp({
       workspace: wsWith({ queries: [paired()], tiles: [{ id: 't1', queryId: 'q1' }] }),