diff --git a/scripts/format-scope.json b/scripts/format-scope.json
index 95239614a..b2bc22480 100644
--- a/scripts/format-scope.json
+++ b/scripts/format-scope.json
@@ -887,5 +887,7 @@
   "src/layers/streetLevel/pickRouter.test.mjs",
   "src/layers/streetLevel/uiState.test.mjs",
   "src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/provider.test.mjs",
-  "src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/decode.test.mjs"
+  "src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/decode.test.mjs",
+  "src/ui/panelDock.test.mjs",
+  "src/layers/streetLevel/viewerHost.test.mjs"
 ]
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/credits.js b/src/layers/streetLevel/credits.js
index de1a9f322..b3bf7ce98 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/credits.js
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/credits.js
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ export function createCredits() {
     for (const id of [...shown.keys()]) hide(viewer, { id });
   }
 
-  return { show, hide, hideAll, has: (id) => shown.has(id) };
+  return { show, hide, hideAll };
 }
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/index.js b/src/layers/streetLevel/index.js
index a792cc7ab..b6849e5e0 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/index.js
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { createViewerHost } from './viewerHost.js';
 import { requiresKeyIdFor, validateProviders } from './registry.js';
 import { normalizeFilter, resolveFilter, sameFilter } from './filter.js';
 import { decodeParams, encodeParams } from './params.js';
-import { composeUIState } from './uiState.js';
+import { composeUIState, summarizeCoverage } from './uiState.js';
 import { viewCentre } from './view.js';
 import {
   NEAREST_RADIUS_M,
@@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ export function createStreetLevelLayer({
   }
 
   function sequenceSnapshot() {
+    // The provider showing the open image answers first.
     const owner = state.providers.get(state.street.providerId);
     const candidates = owner
-      ? [owner, ...state.providers.values()]
+      ? [owner, ...[...state.providers.values()].filter((e) => e !== owner)]
       : [...state.providers.values()];
     for (const entry of candidates) {
       const stats = entry.instance.sequenceStats?.();
@@ -239,10 +240,8 @@ export function createStreetLevelLayer({
     disable() {
       state.enabled = false;
       parts.viewerHost.unmount();
-      for (const entry of state.providers.values()) {
-        entry.instance.deactivate();
-        parts.credits.hide(state.viewer, entry.def);
-      }
+      for (const entry of state.providers.values()) entry.instance.deactivate();
+      parts.credits.hideAll(state.viewer);
       parts.selection.uninstall();
       parts.marker.setVisible(false);
       notify();
@@ -264,18 +263,18 @@ export function createStreetLevelLayer({
     },
 
     getStats() {
-      const ui = getUIState();
+      // The lifecycle polls this every second: summarise, don't snapshot.
+      const coverage = summarizeCoverage(providerSnapshots());
       let loadingLabel = '';
-      if (ui.keyRequired) loadingLabel = 'KEY REQUIRED';
-      else if (ui.coverage.loading) loadingLabel = 'loading coverage...';
-      else if (ui.coverage.hint && state.enabled)
-        loadingLabel = ui.coverage.hint;
+      if (coverage.keyRequired) loadingLabel = 'KEY REQUIRED';
+      else if (coverage.loading) loadingLabel = 'loading coverage...';
+      else if (coverage.hint && state.enabled) loadingLabel = coverage.hint;
       return {
-        count: ui.coverage.count,
-        sequences: ui.coverage.count,
-        loading: ui.coverage.loading,
-        keyRequired: ui.keyRequired,
-        error: ui.keyRequired ? 'KEY REQUIRED' : ui.coverage.error,
+        count: coverage.count,
+        sequences: coverage.count,
+        loading: coverage.loading,
+        keyRequired: coverage.keyRequired,
+        error: coverage.keyRequired ? 'KEY REQUIRED' : coverage.error,
         loadingLabel,
       };
     },
@@ -325,25 +324,29 @@ export function createStreetLevelLayer({
       state.street.loading = true;
       state.street.error = null;
       notify();
-      try {
-        for (const entry of activeEntries()) {
-          const imageId = await entry.instance.nearestImage({
+      let lastError = null;
+      for (const entry of activeEntries()) {
+        let imageId = null;
+        try {
+          imageId = await entry.instance.nearestImage({
             lat: view.lat,
             lon: view.lon,
           });
-          if (!imageId) continue;
-          await openImage(entry.def.id, imageId);
-          return true;
+        } catch (error) {
+          // One provider failing (no key, offline) must not hide the others.
+          lastError = error;
+          continue;
         }
-        throw new Error(
-          `No street-level imagery within ${NEAREST_RADIUS_M} m of the view centre`,
-        );
-      } catch (error) {
-        state.street.error = error?.message || 'Nearest image unavailable';
-        state.street.loading = false;
-        notify();
-        return false;
+        if (!imageId) continue;
+        await openImage(entry.def.id, imageId);
+        return true;
       }
+      state.street.error =
+        lastError?.message ||
+        `No street-level imagery within ${NEAREST_RADIUS_M} m of the view centre`;
+      state.street.loading = false;
+      notify();
+      return false;
     },
     /** Close the image and deselect it everywhere on the map. */
     closeViewer() {
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/uiState.js b/src/layers/streetLevel/uiState.js
index 27aab345e..d016853a3 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/uiState.js
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/uiState.js
@@ -16,6 +16,23 @@ import { COLORS } from './policy.js';
  * @property {Array<{key: string, label: string, color: string}>} legend
  */
 
+/**
+ * What the switched-on providers add up to: summed counts, any loading, the
+ * first hint and error, and whether every one of them lacks its key.
+ * @param {Array<ProviderSnapshot>} providers
+ */
+export function summarizeCoverage(providers) {
+  const active = providers.filter((p) => p.on);
+  return {
+    count: active.reduce((sum, p) => sum + (p.count || 0), 0),
+    loading: active.some((p) => p.loading),
+    hint: active.find((p) => p.hint)?.hint || '',
+    error: active.find((p) => p.error)?.error || null,
+    keyRequired:
+      active.length > 0 && active.every((p) => p.keyRequired === true),
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * Compose the snapshot the panel renders from the core state and one
  * snapshot per registered provider. Pure, so the merge rules are testable:
@@ -33,8 +50,7 @@ export function composeUIState({
   sequence,
 }) {
   const active = providers.filter((p) => p.on);
-  const keyRequired =
-    active.length > 0 && active.every((p) => p.keyRequired === true);
+  const { keyRequired, ...coverage } = summarizeCoverage(providers);
   const legend = [];
   for (const provider of active)
     for (const entry of provider.legend)
@@ -53,12 +69,7 @@ export function composeUIState({
     keyRequired,
     filter: { ...filter },
     providers: providers.map((p) => ({ ...p, legend: [...p.legend] })),
-    coverage: {
-      loading: active.some((p) => p.loading),
-      count: active.reduce((sum, p) => sum + (p.count || 0), 0),
-      hint: active.find((p) => p.hint)?.hint || '',
-      error: active.find((p) => p.error)?.error || null,
-    },
+    coverage,
     legend,
     sequence: { ...sequence },
     street: { ...street },
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/uiState.test.mjs b/src/layers/streetLevel/uiState.test.mjs
index d540d2b4e..49999cbfa 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/uiState.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/uiState.test.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import test from 'node:test';
-import { composeUIState } from './uiState.js';
+import { composeUIState, summarizeCoverage } from './uiState.js';
 
 const provider = (overrides = {}) => ({
   id: 'mapillary',
@@ -102,3 +102,21 @@ test('hint and error come from the first active provider that has one', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(ui.filter, base.filter);
   assert.notEqual(ui.filter, base.filter, 'snapshot copies the filter');
 });
+
+test('summarizeCoverage is what getStats reports, without building a snapshot', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    summarizeCoverage([
+      provider({ count: 4, hint: 'Look down' }),
+      provider({ id: 'b', name: 'B', count: 6, loading: true, error: 'boom' }),
+      provider({ id: 'c', name: 'C', count: 99, on: false, keyRequired: true }),
+    ]),
+    {
+      count: 10,
+      loading: true,
+      hint: 'Look down',
+      error: 'boom',
+      keyRequired: false,
+    },
+  );
+  assert.equal(summarizeCoverage([]).keyRequired, false);
+});
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/viewerHost.js b/src/layers/streetLevel/viewerHost.js
index 64c097ca8..57c2cd46b 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/viewerHost.js
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/viewerHost.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 export function createViewerHost({ state, parts }) {
   /** @type {{id: string, adapter: object, unsubscribe: () => void}|null} */
   let active = null;
+  /** @type {{id: string, promise: Promise<object>}|null} */
+  let mounting = null;
   let openSeq = 0;
 
   function notify() {
@@ -51,20 +53,50 @@ export function createViewerHost({ state, parts }) {
     if (current !== sequenceId) entry.instance.selectSequence(sequenceId);
   }
 
-  async function mount(entry) {
-    if (active?.id === entry.def.id) return active.adapter;
+  /**
+   * Mount a provider's viewer adapter in the host. The adapter becomes
+   * `active` only once its mount succeeded, so a failed mount (a library
+   * that did not load) is retried on the next open; concurrent opens for the
+   * same provider share one mount.
+   */
+  function mount(entry) {
+    if (active?.id === entry.def.id) return Promise.resolve(active.adapter);
+    if (mounting?.id === entry.def.id) return mounting.promise;
     if (active) {
       active.adapter.close();
       active.unsubscribe();
       active.adapter.unmount();
       active = null;
     }
-    const { adapter } = { adapter: entry.instance.viewer };
-    const unsubscribe = adapter.onPose(applyPose);
-    active = { id: entry.def.id, adapter, unsubscribe };
-    await adapter.mount(state.street.host);
-    adapter.setRenderMode?.(state.street.renderMode);
-    return adapter;
+    const adapter = entry.instance.viewer;
+    const promise = (async () => {
+      const unsubscribe = adapter.onPose(applyPose);
+      try {
+        await adapter.mount(state.street.host);
+      } catch (error) {
+        unsubscribe();
+        throw error;
+      }
+      if (mounting?.promise !== promise) {
+        // Unmounted (layer off, provider switched) while loading.
+        unsubscribe();
+        adapter.unmount();
+        throw new Error('Street-level viewer was closed');
+      }
+      active = { id: entry.def.id, adapter, unsubscribe };
+      adapter.setRenderMode?.(state.street.renderMode);
+      return adapter;
+    })();
+    mounting = { id: entry.def.id, promise };
+    promise.then(
+      () => {
+        if (mounting?.promise === promise) mounting = null;
+      },
+      () => {
+        if (mounting?.promise === promise) mounting = null;
+      },
+    );
+    return promise;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -172,6 +204,7 @@ export function createViewerHost({ state, parts }) {
   /** Tear the mounted adapter down (layer disabled or destroyed). */
   function unmount() {
     close();
+    mounting = null;
     if (!active) return;
     active.unsubscribe();
     active.adapter.unmount();
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/viewerHost.test.mjs b/src/layers/streetLevel/viewerHost.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d40d1d0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/viewerHost.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { createViewerHost } from './viewerHost.js';
+
+function harness(adapter) {
+  const state = {
+    enabled: true,
+    notify() {},
+    providers: new Map(),
+    street: { host: {}, renderMode: 'letterbox', follow: false },
+  };
+  const def = { id: 'mapillary', name: 'Mapillary', label: 'MAPILLARY' };
+  state.providers.set('mapillary', { def, instance: { viewer: adapter } });
+  const parts = {
+    marker: { set() {}, clear() {} },
+    follow: { followCamera() {}, lookAtPosition() {} },
+  };
+  return { state, host: createViewerHost({ state, parts }) };
+}
+
+function fakeAdapter({ failMounts = 0 } = {}) {
+  const calls = { mount: 0, open: [], unmount: 0, listeners: 0 };
+  let emit = null;
+  return {
+    calls,
+    async mount() {
+      calls.mount++;
+      if (calls.mount <= failMounts) throw new Error('library failed to load');
+    },
+    async open(id) {
+      calls.open.push(id);
+      emit?.({
+        providerId: 'mapillary',
+        imageId: id,
+        position: { lon: 1, lat: 2 },
+        bearing: 90,
+        isPano: false,
+        externalUrl: `https://example.test/${id}`,
+      });
+    },
+    close() {},
+    unmount() {
+      calls.unmount++;
+    },
+    resize() {},
+    onPose(listener) {
+      calls.listeners++;
+      emit = listener;
+      return () => {
+        calls.listeners--;
+        emit = null;
+      };
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+test('a failed mount is retried on the next open instead of being cached', async () => {
+  const adapter = fakeAdapter({ failMounts: 1 });
+  const { state, host } = harness(adapter);
+  await host.open('mapillary', 'a');
+  assert.equal(state.street.error, 'library failed to load');
+  assert.equal(adapter.calls.listeners, 0, 'the pose listener was released');
+  await host.open('mapillary', 'b');
+  assert.equal(state.street.error, null);
+  assert.equal(adapter.calls.mount, 2);
+  assert.deepEqual(adapter.calls.open, ['b']);
+  assert.equal(state.street.imageId, 'b');
+  assert.equal(state.street.externalUrl, 'https://example.test/b');
+});
+
+test('concurrent opens share one mount and one pose listener', async () => {
+  const adapter = fakeAdapter();
+  const { host } = harness(adapter);
+  await Promise.all([host.open('mapillary', 'a'), host.open('mapillary', 'b')]);
+  assert.equal(adapter.calls.mount, 1);
+  assert.equal(adapter.calls.listeners, 1);
+});
+
+test('unmounting while a mount is in flight does not leave it active', async () => {
+  const adapter = fakeAdapter();
+  const { state, host } = harness(adapter);
+  const opening = host.open('mapillary', 'a');
+  host.unmount();
+  await opening;
+  assert.equal(host.activeProviderId(), null);
+  assert.equal(adapter.calls.listeners, 0);
+  assert.equal(adapter.calls.unmount, 1);
+  assert.equal(state.street.open, false);
+});
diff --git a/src/streetLevelMarkup.test.mjs b/src/streetLevelMarkup.test.mjs
index 8742533e1..320c0d55b 100644
--- a/src/streetLevelMarkup.test.mjs
+++ b/src/streetLevelMarkup.test.mjs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ test('the viewer comes first and the panel is a portable, resizable window', ()
   );
   assert.match(
     read('src/ui/panelChrome.js'),
-    /classList\.toggle\('collapsed', nextCollapsed\);\s*this\._panelPosition\?\.onPanelCollapsed\?\.\(panelId, nextCollapsed\)/,
+    /classList\.toggle\('collapsed', nextCollapsed\);[\s\S]{0,200}?if \(explicit && !restore\)\s*this\._panelPosition\?\.onPanelCollapsed\?\.\(panelId, nextCollapsed\)/,
   );
   assert.match(
     controls,
diff --git a/src/ui/panelChrome.js b/src/ui/panelChrome.js
index 82fcb9806..33ae6fa56 100644
--- a/src/ui/panelChrome.js
+++ b/src/ui/panelChrome.js
@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ export class PanelChrome {
         if (
           peer !== panelEl &&
           peer.matches('[data-panel-id]') &&
+          // A floating window is not part of the rail's accordion.
+          !peer.classList.contains('panel-floating') &&
           !peer.hidden
         ) {
           this.setPanelCollapsed(peer.id, true, {
@@ -557,7 +559,10 @@ export class PanelChrome {
       }
     }
     panelEl.classList.toggle('collapsed', nextCollapsed);
-    this._panelPosition?.onPanelCollapsed?.(panelId, nextCollapsed);
+    // Only a user's own collapse docks a floating window; cockpit entry,
+    // restores and accordion peers must not discard where they put it.
+    if (explicit && !restore)
+      this._panelPosition?.onPanelCollapsed?.(panelId, nextCollapsed);
     if (
       nextCollapsed &&
       this.cockpitView?.active &&
diff --git a/src/ui/panelDock.test.mjs b/src/ui/panelDock.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea4f8f0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/panelDock.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { PanelPositionControls } from './panelPositionControls.js';
+
+/** Just enough DOM for PanelPositionControls' portable-panel paths. */
+function fixture() {
+  const saved = Object.fromEntries(
+    ['document', 'window', 'localStorage', 'performance'].map((key) => [
+      key,
+      globalThis[key],
+    ]),
+  );
+  const store = new Map();
+  const element = () => {
+    const classes = new Set();
+    const style = {
+      removeProperty(name) {
+        delete this[name];
+      },
+      getPropertyValue: () => '',
+    };
+    return Object.assign(new EventTarget(), {
+      id: '',
+      style,
+      dataset: {},
+      classList: {
+        add: (...names) => names.forEach((name) => classes.add(name)),
+        remove: (...names) => names.forEach((name) => classes.delete(name)),
+        contains: (name) => classes.has(name),
+        toggle: (name, on) => (on ? classes.add(name) : classes.delete(name)),
+      },
+      querySelector: () => null,
+      querySelectorAll: () => [],
+      closest: () => null,
+      removeAttribute() {},
+      appendChild() {},
+      getBoundingClientRect: () => ({
+        left: 100,
+        top: 80,
+        width: 360,
+        height: 420,
+        right: 460,
+        bottom: 500,
+      }),
+    });
+  };
+  globalThis.document = Object.assign(new EventTarget(), {
+    getElementById: () => null,
+    querySelectorAll: () => [],
+  });
+  globalThis.window = Object.assign(new EventTarget(), {
+    innerWidth: 1440,
+    innerHeight: 900,
+  });
+  globalThis.localStorage = {
+    getItem: (key) => (store.has(key) ? store.get(key) : null),
+    setItem: (key, value) => store.set(key, String(value)),
+    removeItem: (key) => store.delete(key),
+  };
+  const calls = { layout: 0, resized: [] };
+  const owner = new PanelPositionControls({
+    syncPanelCollapseButton() {},
+    layoutRightPanels: () => calls.layout++,
+    syncCctvPanelViewport() {},
+    showToast() {},
+    onPanelResized: (id) => calls.resized.push(id),
+  });
+  return {
+    owner,
+    element,
+    store,
+    calls,
+    restore() {
+      owner.destroy();
+      Object.assign(globalThis, saved);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function floatingPanel(f, id, { dockOnCollapse = false } = {}) {
+  const panel = f.element();
+  const handle = f.element();
+  panel.id = id;
+  panel.classList.add('panel-floating', 'panel-draggable');
+  Object.assign(panel.style, {
+    left: '100px',
+    top: '80px',
+    width: '360px',
+    height: '420px',
+  });
+  f.store.set(`godsEyeView.v8.panelPos.${id}`, '{"floating":true}');
+  f.owner._portablePanels.set(id, {
+    panel,
+    min: { width: 320, height: 280 },
+    dockOnCollapse,
+  });
+  f.owner._makePanelDraggable(id, panel, handle);
+  return { panel, handle };
+}
+
+/** A left-button header press; `timeStamp` is a read-only getter on Event. */
+function press(handle, { timeStamp, clientX = 200, clientY = 90 }) {
+  const event = new Event('pointerdown', { cancelable: true });
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries({
+    button: 0,
+    clientX,
+    clientY,
+    timeStamp,
+  }))
+    Object.defineProperty(event, key, { value });
+  handle.dispatchEvent(event);
+}
+
+test('dockPanel returns a floating window to its rail and forgets its place', () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  try {
+    const { panel } = floatingPanel(f, 'street-level-panel');
+    assert.equal(f.owner.dockPanel('street-level-panel'), true);
+    assert.equal(panel.classList.contains('panel-floating'), false);
+    assert.equal(panel.style.width, undefined);
+    assert.equal(panel.style.height, undefined);
+    assert.equal(
+      f.store.has('godsEyeView.v8.panelPos.street-level-panel'),
+      false,
+    );
+    assert.deepEqual(f.calls.resized, ['street-level-panel']);
+    assert.equal(
+      f.owner.dockPanel('street-level-panel'),
+      false,
+      'already docked',
+    );
+    assert.equal(f.owner.dockPanel('unknown'), false);
+  } finally {
+    f.restore();
+  }
+});
+
+test('only a dockOnCollapse panel docks when collapsed, and only on collapse', () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  try {
+    const street = floatingPanel(f, 'street-level-panel', {
+      dockOnCollapse: true,
+    });
+    const cctv = floatingPanel(f, 'cctv-panel');
+    f.owner.onPanelCollapsed('street-level-panel', false);
+    assert.equal(
+      street.panel.classList.contains('panel-floating'),
+      true,
+      'expanding keeps it',
+    );
+    f.owner.onPanelCollapsed('cctv-panel', true);
+    assert.equal(
+      cctv.panel.classList.contains('panel-floating'),
+      true,
+      'CCTV did not opt in',
+    );
+    f.owner.onPanelCollapsed('street-level-panel', true);
+    assert.equal(street.panel.classList.contains('panel-floating'), false);
+  } finally {
+    f.restore();
+  }
+});
+
+test('two quick header presses snap a floating panel back; slow or distant ones do not', () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  try {
+    const { panel, handle } = floatingPanel(f, 'cctv-panel');
+    press(handle, { timeStamp: 1000 });
+    window.dispatchEvent(new Event('pointerup'));
+    press(handle, { timeStamp: 1600 });
+    window.dispatchEvent(new Event('pointerup'));
+    assert.equal(
+      panel.classList.contains('panel-floating'),
+      true,
+      '600 ms apart is two clicks',
+    );
+    press(handle, { timeStamp: 1700, clientX: 260 });
+    window.dispatchEvent(new Event('pointerup'));
+    assert.equal(
+      panel.classList.contains('panel-floating'),
+      true,
+      '60 px apart is two clicks',
+    );
+    press(handle, { timeStamp: 1900, clientX: 262 });
+    assert.equal(
+      panel.classList.contains('panel-floating'),
+      false,
+      'a double press docks',
+    );
+  } finally {
+    f.restore();
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/ui/streetLevelControls.js b/src/ui/streetLevelControls.js
index fea68d237..9ea5e7196 100644
--- a/src/ui/streetLevelControls.js
+++ b/src/ui/streetLevelControls.js
@@ -341,11 +341,19 @@ export class StreetLevelControls {
       button.classList.toggle('is-active', active);
       button.setAttribute('aria-checked', String(active));
     }
-    if (el.sinceRange && document.activeElement !== el.sinceRange) {
+    if (el.sinceRange) {
+      // Never move the thumb under the user's hand; once the committed value
+      // matches the thumb, show the full readout with its cut-off date.
       const index = String(view.since.index);
-      if (el.sinceRange.value !== index) el.sinceRange.value = index;
-      if (el.sinceLabel) el.sinceLabel.textContent = view.since.label;
-      el.sinceRange.setAttribute('aria-valuetext', view.since.label);
+      if (
+        document.activeElement !== el.sinceRange &&
+        el.sinceRange.value !== index
+      )
+        el.sinceRange.value = index;
+      if (el.sinceRange.value === index) {
+        if (el.sinceLabel) el.sinceLabel.textContent = view.since.label;
+        el.sinceRange.setAttribute('aria-valuetext', view.since.label);
+      }
     }
     if (el.legend && el.legend.childElementCount !== view.legend.length) {
       el.legend.replaceChildren(
diff --git a/src/ui/styles/street-level.css b/src/ui/styles/street-level.css
index 99cb3d120..5888bd3c5 100644
--- a/src/ui/styles/street-level.css
+++ b/src/ui/styles/street-level.css
@@ -426,6 +426,14 @@ button.sl-status:focus-visible {
 }
 
 /* ── Floating window ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+/* A window that was only dragged keeps its natural height; bound it to the
+   viewport so nothing runs off-screen (the rail rule's max-height: 100% does
+   not bind an auto-height parent). Id-qualified to outrank that rule. */
+#right-context-rail > #street-level-panel.panel-floating > .street-level-panel-inner {
+  max-height: calc(100vh - 12px);
+  overflow-y: auto;
+}
+
 /* A resized window (PanelPositionControls writes an inline height) hands the
    spare height to the viewer, so the image never needs scrolling to. */
 .panel-floating[style*='height'] > .street-level-panel-inner {