diff --git a/src/tweaks/controls/interval.ts b/src/tweaks/controls/interval.ts
index eb2f3cb..849b5e8 100644
--- a/src/tweaks/controls/interval.ts
+++ b/src/tweaks/controls/interval.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // ── Interval / range slider — dual-handle [lo,hi]. Lazy.
-import { el, txt, clamp, roundToStep, stepPrecision, gridEnds, normalizeRange, rangeStep, overlapsText, wireHoverClass, onReady, onLive, registerControl } from "../shared.js";
+import { el, txt, clamp, roundToStep, stepPrecision, gridEnds, normalizeRange, rangeStep, defaultRange, overlapsText, wireHoverClass, onReady, onLive, registerControl } from "../shared.js";
 import { dragGesture } from "../heavy.js";
 import type { OnChange } from "../shared.js";
 import type { Meta } from "../schema.js";
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ function createInterval(meta: Meta, onChange: OnChange): Control {
   // swaps, and a degenerate step re-infers — so markup like data-min="abc"
   // can't ride in as NaN ("NaN – NaN").
   const t0 = +(meta.value && meta.value[0]), t1 = +(meta.value && meta.value[1]);
-  let { min, max, step } = normalizeRange(meta.min, meta.max, meta.step, Number.isFinite(t0) ? t0 : 0, Number.isFinite(t1) ? t1 : 1);
+  const lo0 = Number.isFinite(t0) ? t0 : 0, hi0 = Number.isFinite(t1) ? t1 : 1;
+  // An absent bound derives from the values the range must hold, as the shorthand and a verbose
+  // slider do: each end widens it, so [20, 80] spans 0–240, not just 20–80 (which pinned both
+  // handles at the ends).
+  const [a, b] = [defaultRange(lo0), defaultRange(hi0)];
+  const given = (n: unknown) => n != null && n !== "" && Number.isFinite(+n!);
+  let { min, max, step } = normalizeRange(given(meta.min) ? meta.min : Math.min(a[0], b[0]), given(meta.max) ? meta.max : Math.max(a[1], b[1]), meta.step, lo0, hi0);
   [min, max] = gridEnds(min, max, step); // as the slider: the range is its reachable grid, so an off-grid bound never reports a value past it and every surface shares one lattice
   const decimals = stepPrecision(step);
   const q = (v: number) => roundToStep(v, min, step);
diff --git a/src/tweaks/schema.ts b/src/tweaks/schema.ts
index 18c3ff4..386ccd1 100644
--- a/src/tweaks/schema.ts
+++ b/src/tweaks/schema.ts
@@ -100,13 +100,10 @@ const restoreDefault = (ctrl: Pick<Control, "set">, raw: unknown, def: unknown)
 // "segmented" is kept as an alias: picking one of a list renders as the radio grid (the
 // nicer-looking single-select). The inline pill is reserved for booleans.
 const radiogridMeta = (v: any): MetaFields => Array.isArray(v.options) && { type: "radiogrid", options: v.options, value: v.value ?? optValue(v.options[0]), cols: v.cols };
-// The colour a `{ type: "color" }` / [data-tw="color"] opens on when none is given — it
-// lives on the meta (not only in the picker's own fallback) so reset() restores it rather
-// than handing the control `undefined`, which parsed as black.
-// The verbose range bounds (slider + interval): an absent min/max derives from the value(s)
-// the range must contain, the way the bare-number shorthand does (defaultRange) — so
-// `{ type: "slider", value: 50 }` spans 0–150 like `size: 50`, and an interval's ends each
-// widen it. (Both used to default to 0–1 and clamp a 50 to 1.) Step defaults to the grain.
+// A verbose slider's range bounds: an absent min/max derives from the value the range must
+// contain, the way the bare-number shorthand does (defaultRange), so `{ type: "slider",
+// value: 50 }` spans 0–150 like `size: 50`. (The interval does the same in its own
+// constructor, since its verbose form passes through as given.) Step defaults to the grain.
 const rangeOf = (v: any, ...seeds: unknown[]) => {
   const ranges = (seeds.length ? seeds : [0]).map((s) => defaultRange(Number.isFinite(+s) ? +s : 0));
   const min = v.min ?? Math.min(...ranges.map((r) => r[0])), max = v.max ?? Math.max(...ranges.map((r) => r[1]));
diff --git a/test/schema-defaults.test.mjs b/test/schema-defaults.test.mjs
index 22304d9..4a3103f 100644
--- a/test/schema-defaults.test.mjs
+++ b/test/schema-defaults.test.mjs
@@ -27,9 +27,14 @@ test("a verbose slider / interval without min/max derives its range from the val
   assert.deepEqual(p.params.i, [20, 80]);
   assert.equal(p.params.neg, -5);
   assert.equal(p.params.unit, 0.5);
-  const [s] = p.el.querySelectorAll("[role=slider]");
+  const [s, i0, i1] = p.el.querySelectorAll("[role=slider]");
   assert.equal(s.getAttribute("aria-valuemin"), "0");
   assert.equal(s.getAttribute("aria-valuemax"), "150"); // the shorthand's 0–3×value
+  // The interval's ends each widen its range (0–240 for [20, 80]), so both handles can move out;
+  // a range locked to the value tuple pinned them at the ends.
+  for (const h of [i0, i1]) { assert.equal(h.getAttribute("aria-valuemin"), "0"); assert.equal(h.getAttribute("aria-valuemax"), "240"); }
+  p.set("i", [0, 200]);
+  assert.deepEqual(p.params.i, [0, 200]);
   // The markup path agrees: one meta derivation for every entry point.
   const host = document.createElement("div");
   host.innerHTML = '<div data-tw="slider" data-value="50"></div>';
@@ -38,6 +43,11 @@ test("a verbose slider / interval without min/max derives its range from the val
   assert.equal(m.getAttribute("aria-valuenow"), "50");
   assert.equal(m.getAttribute("aria-valuemax"), "150");
   host.remove();
+  const ih = document.createElement("div");
+  ih.innerHTML = '<div data-tw="interval" data-value="20,80"></div>';
+  document.body.append(ih); enhance(ih);
+  for (const h of ih.querySelectorAll("[role=slider]")) assert.equal(h.getAttribute("aria-valuemax"), "240");
+  ih.remove();
 });
 
 test("an explicit min/max still wins over the derived range", () => {