diff --git a/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useBrowserView.test.tsx b/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useBrowserView.test.tsx
index cc6d24558..78b4f6d1c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useBrowserView.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useBrowserView.test.tsx
@@ -89,6 +89,41 @@ describe("useBrowserView", () => {
 		expect(result.current.viewId).toBe("42:sess-1");
 	});
 
+	it("clamps the native view to its resizable-panel column when the slot overspills", async () => {
+		const bridge = setupBridge();
+		// The slot is wider than its column (e.g. the `min-w-[280px]` wrapper on a
+		// narrower inspector panel). The native overlay isn't clipped by DOM
+		// overflow, so the reported bounds must be intersected with the column.
+		const column = document.createElement("div");
+		column.setAttribute("data-panel", "");
+		column.getBoundingClientRect = vi.fn(() => ({
+			x: 100,
+			y: 0,
+			width: 150,
+			height: 600,
+			top: 0,
+			right: 250,
+			bottom: 600,
+			left: 100,
+			toJSON: () => ({}),
+		}));
+		const slot = createSlot();
+		column.appendChild(slot);
+		document.body.appendChild(column);
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useBrowserView({ sessionId: "sess-1", active: true, poppedOut: false }));
+		await waitFor(() => expect(bridge.ensure).toHaveBeenCalledWith("sess-1"));
+		act(() => result.current.slotRef(slot));
+
+		await waitFor(() =>
+			expect(bridge.setBounds).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+				viewId: "42:sess-1",
+				rect: { x: 100, y: 34, width: 150, height: 240 },
+				visible: true,
+			}),
+		);
+	});
+
 	it("hides the native view when inactive and on unmount without destroying session state", async () => {
 		const bridge = setupBridge();
 		const slot = createSlot();
diff --git a/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useBrowserView.ts b/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useBrowserView.ts
index a97c111f7..038992c1b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useBrowserView.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useBrowserView.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@ const EMPTY_NAV_STATE: BrowserNavState = {
 
 const HIDDEN_RECT: BrowserRect = { x: 0, y: 0, width: 0, height: 0 };
 
+// The native WebContentsView is a window-level overlay, so DOM `overflow:
+// hidden` never clips it — it paints wherever the slot's bounding box lands.
+// Inside the collapsible inspector the slot sits in a `min-w-[280px]` wrapper,
+// so on a narrow panel (small window, or mid-collapse) the slot's box spills
+// past its resizable-panel column. Intersect the slot box with that column so
+// the view can only ever paint inside it, never over the terminal/sidebar.
+function visibleSlotRect(node: HTMLElement): BrowserRect {
+	const rect = node.getBoundingClientRect();
+	let { left, top, right, bottom } = rect;
+	const column = node.closest<HTMLElement>("[data-panel]");
+	if (column) {
+		const bounds = column.getBoundingClientRect();
+		left = Math.max(left, bounds.left);
+		top = Math.max(top, bounds.top);
+		right = Math.min(right, bounds.right);
+		bottom = Math.min(bottom, bounds.bottom);
+	}
+	return { x: left, y: top, width: Math.max(0, right - left), height: Math.max(0, bottom - top) };
+}
+
 export function useBrowserView({
 	sessionId,
 	active,
@@ -78,15 +98,10 @@ export function useBrowserView({
 			sendHiddenBounds(id);
 			return;
 		}
-		const rect = node.getBoundingClientRect();
+		const rect = visibleSlotRect(node);
 		const payload = {
 			viewId: id,
-			rect: {
-				x: rect.x,
-				y: rect.y,
-				width: rect.width,
-				height: rect.height,
-			},
+			rect,
 			visible: rect.width > 0 && rect.height > 0,
 		};
 		window.ao?.browser.setBounds(payload);
@@ -115,6 +130,13 @@ export function useBrowserView({
 			if (node) {
 				const observer = new ResizeObserver(scheduleMeasure);
 				observer.observe(node);
+				// Also track the resizable-panel column: while the inspector
+				// collapse/expand animates, the slot's own width stays pinned by
+				// `min-w-[280px]` (so a slot-only observer never fires), but the
+				// column's width changes every frame. Observing it re-measures
+				// through the whole animation so the view never lags behind.
+				const column = node.closest("[data-panel]");
+				if (column) observer.observe(column);
 				observerRef.current = observer;
 			}
 			scheduleMeasure();