diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs
index 93dcffe35c..c4751fb367 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,18 @@ fn dialogs(app: &mut PdfCraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
         app.custom_draft = Some((id, crate::CustomDraft { props: doc.custom_info(), ..Default::default() }));
     }
     let mut req = Pending::default();
-    let modal = widgets::show_modal(ctx, "dialog", |ui| {
+    // Every dialog shares this modal. A different dialog than the one shown before starts from
+    // its own size, not from the last one's: rows that fill the height they are offered would
+    // otherwise keep, say, Print as tall as Preferences (#5118). Tabs of one dialog keep its size;
+    // the kinds of Marks and Export are different dialogs.
+    let shown = egui::Id::unique("dialog").with("shown");
+    let kind = match dialog {
+        Dialog::Properties(_) => Dialog::Properties(PropsTab::Description),
+        _ => dialog,
+    };
+    let remeasure = ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp::<Dialog>(shown)) != Some(kind);
+    ctx.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(shown, kind));
+    let modal = widgets::show_modal_sized(ctx, "dialog", remeasure, |ui| {
         ui.set_width(match dialog {
             Dialog::Properties(_) => 640.0,
             Dialog::Print => 820.0,
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
index d7f4213711..4a45817744 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,22 @@ pub fn modal(ctx: &egui::Context, id: impl std::hash::Hash + std::fmt::Debug) ->
 
 /// Show [`modal`], outline its controls, and remember the card rect for layout checks.
 pub fn show_modal<R>(ctx: &egui::Context, id: &str, content: impl FnOnce(&mut egui::Ui) -> R) -> egui::ModalResponse<R> {
+    show_modal_sized(ctx, id, false, content)
+}
+
+/// [`show_modal`], growing from its contents' own height when `remeasure` is set rather than
+/// from the height it had last frame: one modal id that shows different contents would
+/// otherwise keep the height of the previous ones, since rows that fill the height offered to
+/// them take all of it (#5118). The width stays, and the contents stay visible (no hidden
+/// sizing frame), so the control channel can inspect a dialog the frame it opens.
+pub fn show_modal_sized<R>(ctx: &egui::Context, id: &str, remeasure: bool, content: impl FnOnce(&mut egui::Ui) -> R) -> egui::ModalResponse<R> {
     let stored = egui::Id::unique(id);
+    if remeasure && let Some(mut state) = egui::AreaState::load(ctx, stored) {
+        state.size = state.size.map(|s| egui::vec2(s.x, 0.0));
+        ctx.memory_mut(|m| m.areas_mut().set_state(egui::Modal::default_area(stored).layer(), state));
+        // The card is centred on the height it ends with: draw once more at that height.
+        ctx.request_repaint();
+    }
     modal(ctx, id).show(ctx, |ui| {
         begin_dialog(ui);
         let inner = content(ui);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/dialog_chrome.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/dialog_chrome.rs
index c495e608ff..cf829e7341 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/dialog_chrome.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/dialog_chrome.rs
@@ -258,3 +258,54 @@ fn page_hover_cursors_stay_off_while_a_dialog_is_open() {
     h.run_steps(2);
     assert_eq!(h.output().platform_output.cursor_icon, egui::CursorIcon::Default, "nothing under the dialog's backdrop can be clicked");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn a_dialog_keeps_its_own_height_after_a_taller_one() {
+    // #5118: Print opened after Preferences was as tall as Preferences, with blank space below
+    // its buttons. Every dialog shares one modal, which kept the last dialog's size.
+    use pdfcraft_ui_egui::Dialog;
+    for dialog in [Dialog::Print, Dialog::RotatePages] {
+        let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(egui::vec2(1400.0, 900.0)).build_eframe(|_cc| {
+            let mut app = PdfCraftApp::new();
+            app.set_option("language", "en").unwrap();
+            app.open_bytes("doc.pdf", None, fixture()).unwrap();
+            app
+        });
+        let show = |h: &mut Harness<'_, PdfCraftApp>, d: Dialog| {
+            h.state_mut().dialog = None;
+            h.run_steps(2);
+            h.state_mut().dialog = Some(d);
+            h.run_steps(6);
+            card(h, "dialog")
+        };
+        let fresh = show(&mut h, dialog);
+        let prefs = show(&mut h, Dialog::Preferences);
+        assert!(prefs.height() > fresh.height() + 20.0, "{dialog:?} {fresh:?} isn't shorter than Preferences {prefs:?}");
+        let after = show(&mut h, dialog);
+        assert!((after.height() - fresh.height()).abs() < 1.0, "{dialog:?} {fresh:?}, after Preferences {after:?}");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn each_kind_of_marks_dialog_keeps_its_own_height() {
+    // #5118: Header & Footer, Watermark and Background are one `Dialog::Marks` with different
+    // contents. Background opened after Header & Footer kept the taller dialog's height.
+    let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(egui::vec2(1400.0, 900.0)).build_eframe(|_cc| {
+        let mut app = PdfCraftApp::new();
+        app.set_option("language", "en").unwrap();
+        app.open_bytes("doc.pdf", None, fixture()).unwrap();
+        app
+    });
+    let show = |h: &mut Harness<'_, PdfCraftApp>, d: &str| {
+        h.state_mut().dialog = None;
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        h.state_mut().set_option("dialog", d).unwrap();
+        h.run_steps(6);
+        card(h, "dialog")
+    };
+    let fresh = show(&mut h, "background");
+    let header = show(&mut h, "header-footer");
+    assert!(header.height() > fresh.height() + 20.0, "Background {fresh:?} isn't shorter than Header & Footer {header:?}");
+    let after = show(&mut h, "background");
+    assert!((after.height() - fresh.height()).abs() < 1.0, "Background {fresh:?}, after Header & Footer {after:?}");
+}