diff --git a/diylc/diylc-library/src/main/java/org/diylc/components/schematic/SchematicWire.java b/diylc/diylc-library/src/main/java/org/diylc/components/schematic/SchematicWire.java
index 12bd9a6e..e77300ba 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-library/src/main/java/org/diylc/components/schematic/SchematicWire.java
+++ b/diylc/diylc-library/src/main/java/org/diylc/components/schematic/SchematicWire.java
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 */
 package org.diylc.components.schematic;
 
+import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
 import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Composite;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.geom.GeneralPath;
 import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
@@ -81,6 +83,11 @@ public class SchematicWire extends AbstractComponent<Void> implements IContinuit
     List<Point2D> points = getRoutePoints();
     if (points.size() < 2)
       return;
+    // The schematic renders wires on a locked layer (so they cannot be selected or detached), but
+    // locked components are painted at reduced alpha. A wire must stay solid, so force an opaque
+    // composite for its own drawing and restore it afterwards.
+    Composite oldComposite = g2d.getComposite();
+    g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.SrcOver);
     g2d.setColor(
         componentState == ComponentState.SELECTED || componentState == ComponentState.DRAGGING ? SELECTION_COLOR
             : color);
@@ -91,6 +98,7 @@ public class SchematicWire extends AbstractComponent<Void> implements IContinuit
       path.lineTo(points.get(i).getX(), points.get(i).getY());
     }
     g2d.draw(path);
+    g2d.setComposite(oldComposite);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/src/main/java/org/diylc/swing/plugins/schematic/SchematicTabPlugin.java b/diylc/diylc-swing/src/main/java/org/diylc/swing/plugins/schematic/SchematicTabPlugin.java
index 92ad1ea5..d8770fbc 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-swing/src/main/java/org/diylc/swing/plugins/schematic/SchematicTabPlugin.java
+++ b/diylc/diylc-swing/src/main/java/org/diylc/swing/plugins/schematic/SchematicTabPlugin.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.diylc.common.BadPositionException;
 import org.diylc.common.EventType;
 import org.diylc.common.IPlugIn;
 import org.diylc.common.IPlugInPort;
+import org.diylc.core.IDIYComponent;
 import org.diylc.core.Project;
 import org.diylc.core.SchematicView;
 import org.diylc.presenter.ContinuityArea;
@@ -182,6 +183,10 @@ public class SchematicTabPlugin implements IPlugIn {
     wrapper.setGridSpacing(view.getGridSpacing());
     wrapper.setFont(layoutProject.getFont());
     wrapper.getComponents().addAll(view.getComponents());
+    // Wires are auto-routed and must never be touched by the user: lock the whole WIRING layer so
+    // they cannot be selected, dragged or detached from symbols. Symbols live on the COMPONENT
+    // layer and stay fully movable.
+    wrapper.getLockedLayers().add(IDIYComponent.WIRING);
     return wrapper;
   }
 
diff --git a/diylc/docs/schematic_view_plan.md b/diylc/docs/schematic_view_plan.md
index f03ff5dd..fb0eeb2d 100644
--- a/diylc/docs/schematic_view_plan.md
+++ b/diylc/docs/schematic_view_plan.md
@@ -441,13 +441,15 @@ The schematic uses the **existing `DrawingManager` + `Presenter`** rendering pip
 
 **diylc-swing**
 - `SchematicTabPlugin` adds the Excel-style tab strip (**Layout | Schematic**) below the canvas. It owns a **second `Presenter` + `CanvasPlugin`**, so the schematic renders through the exact same `RulerScrollPane` — rulers, scroll bars, wheel/gesture zoom — as the layout canvas, with no extra controls. Selecting **Schematic** runs `SchematicSynchronizer` automatically and loads the resulting wrapper `Project` into the schematic presenter; selecting **Layout** swaps the visible scroll pane back. `CanvasPlugin.getCanvasScrollComponent()` exposes each scroll pane so the plugin can show/hide it.
+- The wrapper project **locks the `WIRING` layer**, so `SchematicWire`s cannot be selected, dragged or detached from symbols; symbols (on the `COMPONENT` layer) stay movable. `SchematicWire.draw()` forces an opaque composite so the lock-alpha dimming does not fade the wires.
 - `SchematicMenuPlugin` / `SchematicViewFrame` / `SchematicPanel` — a detached-window viewer (*Analyze → Schematic View…*) that renders the `SchematicView` through a private `DrawingManager` and adds PNG export. Independent of the tab.
 
 Unit tests: `ManhattanRouterTest`, `GenericBoxSchematicFactoryTest` (library); `SchematicViewIntegrationTest` (swing — end-to-end build/sync/render).
 
 ### Not yet done (follow-ups)
 
-- The schematic canvas is not **restricted** yet: selecting and nudging symbols is possible, but there is no explicit block on add / delete / paste / value-edit, and no shared undo integration with the layout history.
+- Wires are fully inert (locked layer), but the schematic canvas is otherwise not **restricted**: there is no explicit block on add / delete / paste / value-edit of symbols, and no shared undo integration with the layout history.
+- Symbols moved on the schematic do not drag their wires along; wires only re-route on the next switch to the Schematic tab (targeted re-routing on mouse release is a follow-up).
 - Shared undo/redo integration with the layout history.
 - Multi-section 1:N factories (`TubeSocket` → triode/pentode/duo-diode, `DIL_IC` → dual op-amps, switches).
 - Smarter placement (true connection-density clustering) and crossing-aware routing.