diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/chatCanvasLayout.test.ts b/apps/web/src/components/chat/chatCanvasLayout.test.ts
index ea99128a73d0..60afe86b70b5 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/chatCanvasLayout.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/chatCanvasLayout.test.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,21 @@ describe("chat canvas layout", () => {
     expect(result.chat.left).toBe(20);
     expectClear(result);
   });
+  it.each([900, 1000, 1004])("allows dragging across a %spx chat canvas", (width) => {
+    const start = resolve(width, { ...preview, position: { x: width - 332, y: 200 } }).frame!;
+    const moved = resolve(width, {
+      ...preview,
+      position: { x: start.x - 300, y: start.y },
+      lastInteraction: "drag",
+    });
+    expect(moved.frame).toEqual({ ...start, x: start.x - 300 });
+    const returned = resolve(width, {
+      ...preview,
+      position: { x: start.x, y: start.y },
+      lastInteraction: "drag",
+    });
+    expect(returned.frame).toEqual(start);
+  });
   it("stops leftward dragging before the player can push chat to the right", () => {
     const centered = resolve(1344, null).chat;
     for (const x of [1100, 800, 672, 600, 400, 12, -100]) {
@@ -85,7 +100,7 @@ describe("chat canvas layout", () => {
   it("keeps a dragged player above the composer when no readable lane fits beside it", () => {
     const result = resolve(1000, { ...preview, position: { x: 12, y: 700 } });
     expect(result.chat).toEqual(resolve(1000, null).chat);
-    expect(result.frame!.x).toBe(668);
+    expect(result.frame!.x).toBe(12);
     expect(result.frame!.y + result.frame!.height).toBeLessThanOrEqual(708);
   });
   it("allows message overlap on narrow screens while excluding the composer", () => {
@@ -253,7 +268,7 @@ describe("chat canvas layout", () => {
     });
     expect(result.overlapsDetailsCard).toBe(true);
     expect(result.overlapsChat).toBe(true);
-    expect(result.frame).toEqual({ x: 272, y: 396, width: 1300, height: 400 });
+    expect(result.frame).toEqual({ x: 12, y: 396, width: 1300, height: 400 });
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/chatCanvasLayout.ts b/apps/web/src/components/chat/chatCanvasLayout.ts
index 714b9e286402..5460f490257d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/chatCanvasLayout.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/chatCanvasLayout.ts
@@ -63,10 +63,13 @@ export function resolveChatCanvasLayout({
   let overlapsChat = false;
   if (preview && container.width > 0 && container.height > 0) {
     frame = resolvePreviewMiniPlayerFrame({ ...preview, container });
-    // Dragging stops at a readable chat lane on the left. Resizing can still
-    // consume that space when the container requires message overlap.
+    // Reserve a readable chat lane only while it leaves room to drag. Otherwise
+    // the container's right edge would pin the preview at every pointer position.
     const minimumPreviewX =
-      preview.lastInteraction === "resize" ? GAP : padding + minChatWidth + GAP;
+      preview.lastInteraction === "resize" ||
+      container.width <= padding + minChatWidth + frame.width + GAP * 2
+        ? GAP
+        : padding + minChatWidth + GAP;
     // New players start beside the composer, with the workspace card above them.
     if (preview.position === null) frame = { ...frame, y: container.height - frame.height - GAP };
     if (preview.lastInteraction === "resize" && composerHeight > 0) {