diff --git a/docs/USAGE.md b/docs/USAGE.md
index b6a89ecf..0323ffef 100644
--- a/docs/USAGE.md
+++ b/docs/USAGE.md
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ Widget-specific shortcuts:
 - **Context % widgets**: `u` toggle used vs remaining display, `p` cycle percentage/short bar/short bar only
 - **Session Usage / Weekly Usage / Weekly Sonnet Usage / Weekly Opus Usage / Weekly Fable Usage / Extra Usage Utilization**: `p` cycle percentage/full bar/medium bar/short bar/short bar only and `u` switch between used and remaining percentage in every display mode. The editor row labels the current direction as `used` or `remaining`, while the `u` helper names the direction it will switch to. Session and weekly usage widgets use `t` to toggle the time cursor in bar modes.
 - **Block Timer**: `p` cycle time/full bar/short bar, `s` toggle compact time, `v` invert fill in progress mode
-- **Block Reset Timer**: `p` cycle time/full bar/short bar, `s` toggle compact time/date, `t` toggle exact reset date/time, `h` toggle 12/24-hour display in date mode, `z` edit timezone in date mode, `l` edit locale in date mode, `v` invert fill in progress mode
-- **Weekly Reset Timer**: `p` cycle time/full bar/short bar, `s` toggle compact time/date, `t` toggle exact reset date/time, `h` toggle hours-only in time mode or 12/24-hour display in date mode, `z` edit timezone in date mode, `l` edit locale in date mode, `v` invert fill in progress mode
+- **Block Reset Timer**: `p` cycle time/full bar/short bar, `s` toggle compact time/date, `t` toggle exact reset date/time, `f` toggle 12/24-hour display in date mode, `z` edit timezone in date mode, `l` edit locale in date mode, `v` invert fill in progress mode
+- **Weekly Reset Timer**: `p` cycle time/full bar/short bar, `s` toggle compact time/date, `t` toggle exact reset date/time, `o` toggle hours-only in time mode, `f` toggle 12/24-hour display in date mode, `z` edit timezone in date mode, `l` edit locale in date mode, `v` invert fill in progress mode
 - **Context Bar**: `p` cycle medium/full/short/short-only progress bar
 - **Compaction Counter**: `v` cycle value (count/auto/manual/unknown/reclaimed), `f` cycle format, `n` toggle Nerd Font icon in icon mode, `s` toggle trigger split (auto/manual/unknown), `t` toggle tokens reclaimed
 - **Cache widgets** (Cache Hit Rate, Cache Read, Cache Write): `t` toggle turn/session scope
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ Supported states by widget family:
 - **Session Cost**: `zero` hides `$0.00`
 - **Session Clock**: `zero` hides durations under one minute
 - **Block Timer**: `no-data` hides the `0hr 0m` / empty-bar display when no block is active
+- **Block Reset Timer / Weekly Reset Timer**: `no-data` hides both the `[Loading]` placeholder and the usage-error placeholders while no reset window is available
 - **Input/Output/Total Speed**: `no-data` hides the `—` placeholder when no speed data exists
 - **Output Style**: `default-value` hides the widget when the style is `default`
 - **Compaction Counter**: `zero` hides the counter before any compaction occurs
diff --git a/src/tui/components/items-editor/__tests__/input-handlers.test.ts b/src/tui/components/items-editor/__tests__/input-handlers.test.ts
index 8a216035..1c2d617c 100644
--- a/src/tui/components/items-editor/__tests__/input-handlers.test.ts
+++ b/src/tui/components/items-editor/__tests__/input-handlers.test.ts
@@ -646,14 +646,14 @@ describe('items-editor input handlers', () => {
         expect(updated?.[0]?.metadata?.absolute).toBe('true');
     });
 
-    it('uses h to toggle reset timer hour format in timestamp mode', () => {
+    it('uses f to toggle reset timer hour format in timestamp mode', () => {
         const widgets: WidgetItem[] = [
             { id: '1', type: 'reset-timer', metadata: { absolute: 'true' } }
         ];
         const onUpdate = vi.fn();
 
         handleNormalInputMode({
-            input: 'h',
+            input: 'f',
             key: {},
             widgets,
             selectedIndex: 0,
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/widgets.test.ts b/src/utils/__tests__/widgets.test.ts
index 21879c32..84b286db 100644
--- a/src/utils/__tests__/widgets.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/widgets.test.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,22 @@ describe('legacy widget type aliases', () => {
 });
 
 describe('hideable state keybind reservation', () => {
-    it('widgets declaring hideable states leave the shared hide key free', () => {
+    // Widgets vary their keybinds by display mode, so an item-free call sees
+    // only one branch. These cover the metadata the usage and timer widgets
+    // branch on, so a bind offered in just one mode still gets caught.
+    const KEYBIND_MODE_PROBES: (Record<string, string> | undefined)[] = [
+        undefined,
+        {},
+        { absolute: 'true' },
+        { display: 'progress' },
+        { display: 'progress-short' },
+        { display: 'slider' },
+        { display: 'slider-only' },
+        { hours: 'true' },
+        { absolute: 'true', hours: 'true' }
+    ];
+
+    it('widgets declaring hideable states leave the shared hide key free in every mode', () => {
         const reservedKey = getHideKeybind().key;
         const settings: Settings = {
             ...DEFAULT_SETTINGS,
@@ -169,11 +184,15 @@ describe('hideable state keybind reservation', () => {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            // The items editor appends the shared hide keybind last and
-            // keybind matching takes the first hit, so a widget-level binding
-            // would shadow the hide editor
-            const keys = (widget?.getCustomKeybinds?.() ?? []).map(keybind => keybind.key);
-            expect(keys).not.toContain(reservedKey);
+            for (const metadata of KEYBIND_MODE_PROBES) {
+                // The items editor appends the shared hide keybind last and
+                // keybind matching takes the first hit, so a widget-level
+                // binding would shadow the hide editor
+                const item = metadata === undefined ? undefined : { id: '1', type, metadata };
+                const keys = (widget?.getCustomKeybinds?.(item) ?? []).map(keybind => keybind.key);
+                expect(`${type}/${JSON.stringify(metadata)} binds ${keys.includes(reservedKey) ? reservedKey : 'nothing reserved'}`)
+                    .toBe(`${type}/${JSON.stringify(metadata)} binds nothing reserved`);
+            }
         }
     });
 });
diff --git a/src/widgets/BlockResetTimer.ts b/src/widgets/BlockResetTimer.ts
index 736601f1..1a9782ad 100644
--- a/src/widgets/BlockResetTimer.ts
+++ b/src/widgets/BlockResetTimer.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { RenderContext } from '../types/RenderContext';
 import type { Settings } from '../types/Settings';
 import type {
     CustomKeybind,
+    HideableState,
     Widget,
     WidgetEditorDisplay,
     WidgetEditorProps,
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import {
     resolveUsageWindowWithFallback
 } from '../utils/usage';
 
+import { isHidden } from './shared/hideable';
 import {
     LOCALE_EDITOR_ACTION,
     renderUsageLocaleEditor
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ import {
     renderUsageTimezoneEditor
 } from './shared/timezone-editor';
 import {
+    USAGE_NO_DATA_HIDEABLE_STATE,
     cycleUsageDisplayMode,
     getUsageDisplayMode,
     getUsageDisplayModifierText,
@@ -67,6 +70,10 @@ export class BlockResetTimerWidget implements Widget {
         };
     }
 
+    getHideableStates(): HideableState[] {
+        return [USAGE_NO_DATA_HIDEABLE_STATE];
+    }
+
     handleEditorAction(action: string, item: WidgetItem): WidgetItem | null {
         if (action === 'toggle-progress') {
             return cycleUsageDisplayMode(item, ['compact', 'absolute'], true);
@@ -133,6 +140,10 @@ export class BlockResetTimerWidget implements Widget {
         const window = resolveUsageWindowWithFallback(usageData, context.blockMetrics);
 
         if (!window) {
+            if (isHidden(item, USAGE_NO_DATA_HIDEABLE_STATE.key)) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
             if (usageData.error) {
                 return getUsageErrorMessage(usageData.error);
             }
diff --git a/src/widgets/WeeklyResetTimer.ts b/src/widgets/WeeklyResetTimer.ts
index 1c1f670c..bdeb4e8d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/WeeklyResetTimer.ts
+++ b/src/widgets/WeeklyResetTimer.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { RenderContext } from '../types/RenderContext';
 import type { Settings } from '../types/Settings';
 import type {
     CustomKeybind,
+    HideableState,
     Widget,
     WidgetEditorDisplay,
     WidgetEditorProps,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import {
 } from '../utils/usage';
 
 import { makeModifierText } from './shared/editor-display';
+import { isHidden } from './shared/hideable';
 import {
     LOCALE_EDITOR_ACTION,
     renderUsageLocaleEditor
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ import {
     renderUsageTimezoneEditor
 } from './shared/timezone-editor';
 import {
+    USAGE_NO_DATA_HIDEABLE_STATE,
     cycleUsageDisplayMode,
     getUsageDisplayMode,
     getUsageLocale,
@@ -137,6 +140,10 @@ export class WeeklyResetTimerWidget implements Widget {
         };
     }
 
+    getHideableStates(): HideableState[] {
+        return [USAGE_NO_DATA_HIDEABLE_STATE];
+    }
+
     handleEditorAction(action: string, item: WidgetItem): WidgetItem | null {
         if (action === 'toggle-progress') {
             return cycleUsageDisplayMode(item, ['compact', 'hours', 'absolute'], true);
@@ -217,6 +224,10 @@ export class WeeklyResetTimerWidget implements Widget {
         const window = resolveWeeklyUsageWindow(usageData);
 
         if (!window) {
+            if (isHidden(item, USAGE_NO_DATA_HIDEABLE_STATE.key)) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
             if (usageData.error) {
                 return getUsageErrorMessage(usageData.error);
             }
@@ -265,7 +276,7 @@ export class WeeklyResetTimerWidget implements Widget {
         const mode = item ? getUsageDisplayMode(item) : 'time';
         const isBarMode = isUsageProgressMode(mode) || isUsageSliderMode(mode);
         if (!item || (!isBarMode && !isUsageDateMode(item))) {
-            keybinds.push({ key: 'h', label: '(h)ours only', action: 'toggle-hours' });
+            keybinds.push({ key: 'o', label: '(o)nly hours', action: 'toggle-hours' });
         }
 
         return keybinds;
diff --git a/src/widgets/__tests__/BlockResetTimer.test.ts b/src/widgets/__tests__/BlockResetTimer.test.ts
index 8845bd3a..a930bcf1 100644
--- a/src/widgets/__tests__/BlockResetTimer.test.ts
+++ b/src/widgets/__tests__/BlockResetTimer.test.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,34 @@ describe('BlockResetTimerWidget', () => {
         expect(render(widget, { id: 'reset', type: 'reset-timer', rawValue: true }, { usageData: {} })).toBe('[Loading]');
     });
 
+    it('declares the no-data hideable state', () => {
+        expect(new BlockResetTimerWidget().getHideableStates().map(state => state.key)).toEqual(['no-data']);
+    });
+
+    // One state covers both placeholders, since either means the same thing to
+    // a reader: the widget has nothing to report yet.
+    it.each([
+        ['a usage error', { error: 'timeout' as const }],
+        ['no data at all', {}]
+    ])('hides %s when the no-data state is enabled', (_label, usageData) => {
+        const widget = new BlockResetTimerWidget();
+
+        mockResolveUsageWindowWithFallback.mockReturnValue(null);
+        mockGetUsageErrorMessage.mockReturnValue('[Timeout]');
+
+        expect(render(widget, { id: 'reset', type: 'reset-timer', metadata: { hide: 'no-data' } }, { usageData })).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('keeps both placeholders when the no-data state is off', () => {
+        const widget = new BlockResetTimerWidget();
+
+        mockResolveUsageWindowWithFallback.mockReturnValue(null);
+        mockGetUsageErrorMessage.mockReturnValue('[Timeout]');
+
+        expect(render(widget, { id: 'reset', type: 'reset-timer', metadata: { hide: '' } }, { usageData: {} })).toBe('Reset: [Loading]');
+        expect(render(widget, { id: 'reset', type: 'reset-timer' }, { usageData: { error: 'timeout' } })).toBe('[Timeout]');
+    });
+
     it('shows raw value without label in time mode', () => {
         const widget = new BlockResetTimerWidget();
 
@@ -179,7 +207,7 @@ describe('BlockResetTimerWidget', () => {
             { key: 'p', label: '(p)rogress toggle', action: 'toggle-progress' },
             { key: 's', label: '(s)hort time', action: 'toggle-compact' },
             { key: 't', label: '(t)imestamp', action: 'toggle-date' },
-            { key: 'h', label: '12/24 (h)our', action: 'toggle-hour-format' },
+            { key: 'f', label: '12/24 (f)ormat', action: 'toggle-hour-format' },
             { key: 'z', label: 'time(z)one', action: 'edit-timezone' },
             { key: 'l', label: '(l)ocale', action: 'edit-locale' }
         ]);
diff --git a/src/widgets/__tests__/WeeklyResetTimer.test.ts b/src/widgets/__tests__/WeeklyResetTimer.test.ts
index 6dfb976a..e35a9d7d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/__tests__/WeeklyResetTimer.test.ts
+++ b/src/widgets/__tests__/WeeklyResetTimer.test.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,34 @@ describe('WeeklyResetTimerWidget', () => {
         expect(render(widget, { id: 'weekly-reset', type: 'weekly-reset-timer', rawValue: true }, { usageData: {} })).toBe('[Loading]');
     });
 
+    it('declares the no-data hideable state', () => {
+        expect(new WeeklyResetTimerWidget().getHideableStates().map(state => state.key)).toEqual(['no-data']);
+    });
+
+    // One state covers both placeholders, since either means the same thing to
+    // a reader: the widget has nothing to report yet.
+    it.each([
+        ['a usage error', { error: 'timeout' as const }],
+        ['no data at all', {}]
+    ])('hides %s when the no-data state is enabled', (_label, usageData) => {
+        const widget = new WeeklyResetTimerWidget();
+
+        mockResolveWeeklyUsageWindow.mockReturnValue(null);
+        mockGetUsageErrorMessage.mockReturnValue('[Timeout]');
+
+        expect(render(widget, { id: 'weekly-reset', type: 'weekly-reset-timer', metadata: { hide: 'no-data' } }, { usageData })).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('keeps both placeholders when the no-data state is off', () => {
+        const widget = new WeeklyResetTimerWidget();
+
+        mockResolveWeeklyUsageWindow.mockReturnValue(null);
+        mockGetUsageErrorMessage.mockReturnValue('[Timeout]');
+
+        expect(render(widget, { id: 'weekly-reset', type: 'weekly-reset-timer', metadata: { hide: '' } }, { usageData: {} })).toBe('Weekly Reset: [Loading]');
+        expect(render(widget, { id: 'weekly-reset', type: 'weekly-reset-timer' }, { usageData: { error: 'timeout' } })).toBe('[Timeout]');
+    });
+
     it('shows raw value without label in time mode', () => {
         const widget = new WeeklyResetTimerWidget();
 
@@ -334,7 +362,7 @@ describe('WeeklyResetTimerWidget', () => {
             { key: 'p', label: '(p)rogress toggle', action: 'toggle-progress' },
             { key: 's', label: '(s)hort time', action: 'toggle-compact' },
             { key: 't', label: '(t)imestamp', action: 'toggle-date' },
-            { key: 'h', label: '12/24 (h)our', action: 'toggle-hour-format' },
+            { key: 'f', label: '12/24 (f)ormat', action: 'toggle-hour-format' },
             { key: 'w', label: '(w)eekday', action: 'toggle-weekday' },
             { key: 'z', label: 'time(z)one', action: 'edit-timezone' },
             { key: 'l', label: '(l)ocale', action: 'edit-locale' }
@@ -444,7 +472,7 @@ describe('WeeklyResetTimerWidget', () => {
             { key: 'p', label: '(p)rogress toggle', action: 'toggle-progress' },
             { key: 's', label: '(s)hort time', action: 'toggle-compact' },
             { key: 't', label: '(t)imestamp', action: 'toggle-date' },
-            { key: 'h', label: '(h)ours only', action: 'toggle-hours' }
+            { key: 'o', label: '(o)nly hours', action: 'toggle-hours' }
         ],
         supportsDateMode: true,
         supportsSliderMode: true,
diff --git a/src/widgets/shared/usage-display.ts b/src/widgets/shared/usage-display.ts
index 2e66cbac..b2ad166a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/shared/usage-display.ts
+++ b/src/widgets/shared/usage-display.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ import {
 
 export type UsageDisplayMode = 'time' | 'progress' | 'progress-short' | 'slider' | 'slider-only';
 
-// Shared by the usage percentage widgets. The reset timers render the same
-// error placeholders but cannot declare this state: they bind 'h' for the
-// hour-format toggle, which would shadow the shared hide keybind
+// Shared by the usage percentage widgets and the reset timers, which render the
+// same error placeholders
 export const USAGE_NO_DATA_HIDEABLE_STATE: HideableState = { key: 'no-data', label: 'when usage data is unavailable' };
 
 const SLIDER_WIDTH = 10;
@@ -29,7 +28,10 @@ const INVERT_TOGGLE_KEYBIND: CustomKeybind = { key: 'v', label: 'in(v)ert fill',
 const COMPACT_TOGGLE_KEYBIND: CustomKeybind = { key: 's', label: '(s)hort time', action: 'toggle-compact' };
 const CURSOR_TOGGLE_KEYBIND: CustomKeybind = { key: 't', label: '(t)ime cursor', action: 'toggle-cursor' };
 const DATE_TOGGLE_KEYBIND: CustomKeybind = { key: 't', label: '(t)imestamp', action: 'toggle-date' };
-const HOUR_FORMAT_TOGGLE_KEYBIND: CustomKeybind = { key: 'h', label: '12/24 (h)our', action: 'toggle-hour-format' };
+// 'h' opens the shared hide checklist, and the items editor appends that bind
+// last while matching takes the first hit, so a widget-level 'h' would make the
+// checklist unreachable in the modes that offer this toggle.
+const HOUR_FORMAT_TOGGLE_KEYBIND: CustomKeybind = { key: 'f', label: '12/24 (f)ormat', action: 'toggle-hour-format' };
 const WEEKDAY_TOGGLE_KEYBIND: CustomKeybind = { key: 'w', label: '(w)eekday', action: 'toggle-weekday' };
 const TIMEZONE_KEYBIND: CustomKeybind = { key: 'z', label: 'time(z)one', action: 'edit-timezone' };
 const LOCALE_KEYBIND: CustomKeybind = { key: 'l', label: '(l)ocale', action: 'edit-locale' };