diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index 5ccfe5d46..684294c44 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -195,21 +195,37 @@ fn pointer_event(app: &FigApp, kind: PointerKind, pos: Pos2, m: &egui::Modifiers
 /// labels, handles, comments, versions/branch/dev/live UI and the cursor.
 pub fn show(app: &mut FigApp, ui: &mut Ui, worker: &mut Worker) {
     let rect = ui.max_rect();
-    app.canvas.rect = rect;
+    let old_rect = std::mem::replace(&mut app.canvas.rect, rect);
     let ctx = ui.ctx().clone();
     let ppp = ctx.pixels_per_point();
     let resp = ui.interact(rect, ui.scope_id().with("canvas"), Sense::click_and_drag());
     let key_box = app.ui.key_box;
     crate::a11y::canvas(&mut app.ui.nav, &resp, || key_box.map_or_else(|| describe(&app.session), describe_box));
-    if let Ok(ds) = app.session.ds_mut()
-        && ((ds.view.vw - f64::from(rect.width())).abs() > 0.5 || (ds.view.vh - f64::from(rect.height())).abs() > 0.5)
-    {
-        // Keep the centre; the first sizing after opening re-fits.
+    if let Ok(ds) = app.session.ds_mut() {
+        let resized = (ds.view.vw - f64::from(rect.width())).abs() > 0.5 || (ds.view.vh - f64::from(rect.height())).abs() > 0.5;
+        // The first sizing after opening re-fits.
         let first = ds.view.vw == 1200.0 && ds.view.vh == 800.0;
-        ds.view.vw = f64::from(rect.width());
-        ds.view.vh = f64::from(rect.height());
-        if first {
-            ds.zoom_to_fit();
+        // While a button is held that went down on the canvas (a click that selects shows the
+        // right panel, minimized, and a click that deselects hides it; the left panel and rail
+        // can appear too) the page point under a still pointer stays where it is: the gesture's
+        // own pointer events would otherwise map to another page point and the move handling
+        // would take that for a drag. `to_page` is `origin + (p - rect.min) / z` with
+        // `origin = c - vw / 2 / z`, so the centre moves by half the size change plus the
+        // rect's own move, over the zoom.
+        let held = resp.is_pointer_button_down_on() && !first && old_rect.is_finite();
+        let z = ds.view.zoom.max(1e-9);
+        let (dw, dh) = if resized { (f64::from(rect.width()) - ds.view.vw, f64::from(rect.height()) - ds.view.vh) } else { (0.0, 0.0) };
+        if resized {
+            // Otherwise keep the centre.
+            ds.view.vw = f64::from(rect.width());
+            ds.view.vh = f64::from(rect.height());
+            if first {
+                ds.zoom_to_fit();
+            }
+        }
+        if held {
+            ds.view.cx += (dw / 2.0 + f64::from(rect.min.x - old_rect.min.x)) / z;
+            ds.view.cy += (dh / 2.0 + f64::from(rect.min.y - old_rect.min.y)) / z;
         }
     }
     let own_cursor = input(app, ui, &resp);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_width_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_width_tests.rs
index 357b13669..1bc17e7a1 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_width_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_width_tests.rs
@@ -346,3 +346,130 @@ fn a_narrow_window_shows_one_side_panel_at_a_time() {
     let wide = canvas_width(&mut app, vec2(1440.0, 900.0));
     assert!(wide > 600.0 && wide < 1100.0, "a wide window shows both panels beside the canvas ({wide})");
 }
+
+/// Five frames side by side at 46% zoom with the interface minimized and nothing selected.
+fn minimized_row() -> (Ui, Vec<figcraft_doc::NodeId>) {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let mut ids = Vec::new();
+    for k in 0..5 {
+        let r = s.execute("frame.create", &json!({"x": k * 470, "y": 0, "width": 400, "height": 600})).unwrap();
+        ids.push(figcraft_engine::params::id_of(&r["id"]).unwrap());
+    }
+    s.execute("select.set", &json!({"ids": []})).unwrap();
+    let mut u = Ui::new(s);
+    u.app.run("view.minimize", json!({"on": true}));
+    u.app.run("view.set", json!({"zoom": 0.46, "cx": 1500, "cy": 300}));
+    for _ in 0..4 {
+        u.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    (u, ids)
+}
+
+fn frame_x(u: &Ui, id: figcraft_doc::NodeId) -> f64 {
+    u.app.session.doc().unwrap().world_bounds(id).unwrap().x0
+}
+
+/// A click on a frame while minimized selects it and shows the right panel (the canvas gets
+/// narrower): the frame stays where it was, and no step is added to the history.
+#[test]
+fn a_click_that_shows_the_right_panel_does_not_move_the_frame() {
+    let (mut u, ids) = minimized_row();
+    assert!(u.app.ui.right_panel_rect.is_none(), "nothing selected: no right panel");
+    let wide = u.app.canvas.rect.width();
+    let steps = u.app.session.ds().unwrap().history.undo.len();
+    let p = u.app.to_screen(1880.0 + 200.0, 300.0);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(p)]);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: true, modifiers: Default::default() }]);
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: false, modifiers: Default::default() }]);
+    for _ in 0..4 {
+        u.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    assert_eq!(u.app.session.selection(), vec![ids[4]], "the click selects the frame");
+    assert!(u.app.ui.right_panel_rect.is_some(), "the right panel shows");
+    assert!(u.app.canvas.rect.width() < wide - 100.0, "the canvas is narrower");
+    assert_eq!(frame_x(&u, ids[4]), 1880.0, "a click did not move the frame");
+    assert_eq!(u.app.session.ds().unwrap().history.undo.len(), steps, "no history step");
+}
+
+/// A real drag still moves the frame, by the pointer's screen movement over the zoom, in one step.
+#[test]
+fn a_drag_after_the_right_panel_shows_moves_the_frame_by_the_pointer() {
+    let (mut u, ids) = minimized_row();
+    let steps = u.app.session.ds().unwrap().history.undo.len();
+    let p = u.app.to_screen(1880.0 + 200.0, 300.0);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(p)]);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: true, modifiers: Default::default() }]);
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(p + vec2(50.0, 0.0))]);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(p + vec2(100.0, 0.0))]);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerButton {
+        pos: p + vec2(100.0, 0.0),
+        button: egui::PointerButton::Primary,
+        pressed: false,
+        modifiers: Default::default(),
+    }]);
+    for _ in 0..3 {
+        u.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    assert!(u.app.ui.right_panel_rect.is_some(), "the right panel shows");
+    let moved = frame_x(&u, ids[4]) - 1880.0;
+    assert!((moved - 100.0 / 0.46).abs() < 6.0, "moved by 100 points over the zoom, got {moved}");
+    assert_eq!(u.app.session.ds().unwrap().history.undo.len(), steps + 1, "one step");
+}
+
+/// Clicking empty canvas deselects and hides the right panel again; the marquee that starts there
+/// has no offset: nothing moves and nothing is selected.
+#[test]
+fn a_click_that_hides_the_right_panel_does_not_move_the_frame() {
+    let (mut u, ids) = minimized_row();
+    u.app.run("select.set", json!({"ids": [ids[4]]}));
+    for _ in 0..3 {
+        u.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    assert!(u.app.ui.right_panel_rect.is_some());
+    let p = u.app.to_screen(1880.0 + 200.0, 1000.0);
+    let steps = u.app.session.ds().unwrap().history.undo.len();
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(p)]);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: true, modifiers: Default::default() }]);
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: false, modifiers: Default::default() }]);
+    for _ in 0..3 {
+        u.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    assert!(u.app.ui.right_panel_rect.is_none(), "deselected: no right panel");
+    assert_eq!(frame_x(&u, ids[4]), 1880.0);
+    assert_eq!(u.app.session.ds().unwrap().history.undo.len(), steps);
+}
+
+/// The left sidebar and rail appearing while a press is held (Minimize toggled off mid-press)
+/// moves the canvas's left edge: a still pointer keeps its page point, so the release moves nothing.
+#[test]
+fn a_held_press_keeps_its_page_point_when_the_canvas_moves() {
+    let (mut u, ids) = minimized_row();
+    u.app.run("select.set", json!({"ids": [ids[3]]}));
+    for _ in 0..3 {
+        u.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    let steps = u.app.session.ds().unwrap().history.undo.len();
+    let left = u.app.canvas.rect.min.x;
+    let p = u.app.to_screen(1880.0 + 200.0, 300.0);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(p)]);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: true, modifiers: Default::default() }]);
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    let before = u.app.to_page(p);
+    u.app.run("view.minimize", json!({"on": false}));
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert!(u.app.canvas.rect.min.x > left + 100.0, "the left sidebar and rail moved the canvas's edge");
+    let after = u.app.to_page(p);
+    assert!((after.x - before.x).abs() < 0.5 && (after.y - before.y).abs() < 0.5, "the pointer's page point moved: {before:?} to {after:?}");
+    u.frame(vec![Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: false, modifiers: Default::default() }]);
+    for _ in 0..3 {
+        u.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    assert_eq!(frame_x(&u, ids[4]), 1880.0, "the frame did not move");
+    assert_eq!(frame_x(&u, ids[3]), 1410.0);
+    assert_eq!(u.app.session.ds().unwrap().history.undo.len(), steps, "no history step");
+}