diff --git a/src/ui/kit/UiPanelEdge.vue b/src/ui/kit/UiPanelEdge.vue
index 5827e914f..bb1ec1f9c 100644
--- a/src/ui/kit/UiPanelEdge.vue
+++ b/src/ui/kit/UiPanelEdge.vue
@@ -15,10 +15,19 @@ function toggle() {
 function sync() {
   side.value = panelSide(button.value);
 }
-onMounted(sync);
-const icon = computed(() => (side.value === 'right' ? 'align_horizontal_right' : 'align_horizontal_left'));
+// The layout moves some panels to the right column after they mount, so the
+// side is read again once that has happened.
+onMounted(() => {
+  sync();
+  globalThis.requestAnimationFrame?.(sync);
+});
+const icon = computed(() =>
+  side.value === 'right' ? 'align_horizontal_right' : 'align_horizontal_left',
+);
 const label = computed(() =>
-  on.value ? t('Move panels back beside the rail') : t('Move panels over the rail, to the edge'),
+  on.value
+    ? t('Move panels back beside the rail')
+    : t('Move panels over the rail, to the edge'),
 );
 </script>
 
@@ -26,7 +35,7 @@ const label = computed(() =>
   <button
     ref="button"
     type="button"
-    class="ui-panel-edge"
+    class="ui-panel-edge panel-edge-btn"
     :aria-pressed="String(on)"
     :aria-label="label"
     :title="label"
diff --git a/src/ui/panelEdge.js b/src/ui/panelEdge.js
index a3cb7c750..85b9d353f 100644
--- a/src/ui/panelEdge.js
+++ b/src/ui/panelEdge.js
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ apply();
 
 /** Which side a panel element sits on, from the column it is in. */
 export function panelSide(element) {
-  return element?.closest?.('#right-context-rail, #cockpit-utility-controls') ? 'right' : 'left';
+  return element?.closest?.('#right-context-rail, #cockpit-utility-controls')
+    ? 'right'
+    : 'left';
 }
 
 export function togglePanelEdge(side) {
diff --git a/src/ui/styles/panel-edge.css b/src/ui/styles/panel-edge.css
index 79d19b6d2..5903dd140 100644
--- a/src/ui/styles/panel-edge.css
+++ b/src/ui/styles/panel-edge.css
@@ -37,18 +37,23 @@
 }
 
 /* Right: open panels move right by the rail's width and sit over it. */
-body.panels-edge-right:not(.context-docked) #right-context-rail > :not(.gev-panel-rail) {
+body.panels-edge-right:not(.mobile-shell):not(.cockpit-mode)
+  #right-context-rail
+  > :not(.gev-panel-rail) {
   z-index: 2;
   transform: translateX(var(--panel-rail-clearance, 48px));
 }
 
 /* Left: the same, moving left. */
-body.panels-edge-left #left-panel-stack > :not(.gev-panel-rail) {
+body.panels-edge-left:not(.mobile-shell):not(.cockpit-mode)
+  #left-panel-stack
+  > :not(.gev-panel-rail) {
   z-index: 2;
   transform: translateX(calc(-1 * var(--panel-rail-clearance, 48px)));
 }
 
-body.mobile-shell .ui-panel-edge {
+body.mobile-shell .ui-panel-edge,
+body.cockpit-mode .ui-panel-edge {
   display: none;
 }
 
@@ -58,25 +63,38 @@ body.mobile-shell .ui-panel-edge {
   --edge-rail-row: 50px;
 }
 
-body.panels-edge-left .gev-panel-rail--left:has(.ui-rail--collapsible:not(.ui-rail--expanded)),
-body.panels-edge-right:not(.context-docked) .gev-panel-rail--right:has(.ui-rail--collapsible:not(.ui-rail--expanded)) {
+body.panels-edge-left:not(.mobile-shell):not(.cockpit-mode)
+  .gev-panel-rail--left:has(.ui-rail--collapsible:not(.ui-rail--expanded)),
+body.panels-edge-right:not(.mobile-shell):not(.cockpit-mode)
+  .gev-panel-rail--right:has(.ui-rail--collapsible:not(.ui-rail--expanded)) {
   top: 0 !important;
   z-index: 3;
 }
 
-body.panels-edge-left .gev-panel-rail--left .ui-rail--collapsible:not(.ui-rail--expanded),
-body.panels-edge-right:not(.context-docked) .gev-panel-rail--right .ui-rail--collapsible:not(.ui-rail--expanded) {
+body.panels-edge-left:not(.mobile-shell):not(.cockpit-mode)
+  .gev-panel-rail--left
+  .ui-rail--collapsible:not(.ui-rail--expanded),
+body.panels-edge-right:not(.mobile-shell):not(.cockpit-mode)
+  .gev-panel-rail--right
+  .ui-rail--collapsible:not(.ui-rail--expanded) {
   flex-direction: row;
   width: max-content;
   gap: 4px;
 }
 
-body.panels-edge-left #left-panel-stack > :not(.gev-panel-rail):not(.collapsed) {
-  transform: translate(calc(-1 * var(--panel-rail-clearance, 48px)), var(--edge-rail-row));
+body.panels-edge-left:not(.mobile-shell):not(.cockpit-mode)
+  #left-panel-stack
+  > :not(.gev-panel-rail):not(.collapsed) {
+  transform: translate(
+    calc(-1 * var(--panel-rail-clearance, 48px)),
+    var(--edge-rail-row)
+  );
   max-height: calc(100% - var(--edge-rail-row)) !important;
 }
 
-body.panels-edge-right:not(.context-docked) #right-context-rail > :not(.gev-panel-rail) {
+body.panels-edge-right:not(.mobile-shell):not(.cockpit-mode)
+  #right-context-rail
+  > :not(.gev-panel-rail):not(.collapsed) {
   transform: translate(var(--panel-rail-clearance, 48px), var(--edge-rail-row));
   max-height: calc(100% - var(--edge-rail-row)) !important;
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/styles/rtl.css b/src/ui/styles/rtl.css
index fa0179b70..7b596b1ae 100644
--- a/src/ui/styles/rtl.css
+++ b/src/ui/styles/rtl.css
@@ -242,3 +242,47 @@ html[dir='rtl'] select.gev-field--compact {
 html[dir='rtl'] .rail-card-scale {
   direction: ltr;
 }
+
+/* ── Side rails, mirrored ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+   The left stack sits on the right edge, so the left rail's name panel
+   opens to its left and the right rail's to its right, each toward the
+   middle of the screen, as they do in left-to-right. */
+html[dir='rtl'] .gev-panel-rail--left .ui-rail--expanded::after {
+  right: calc(100% + 6px);
+  left: auto;
+}
+html[dir='rtl'] .gev-panel-rail--left .ui-rail--expanded .ui-rail__label {
+  right: calc(100% + 24px);
+  left: auto;
+}
+html[dir='rtl'] .gev-panel-rail--right .ui-rail--expanded::after {
+  right: auto;
+  left: calc(100% + 6px);
+}
+html[dir='rtl'] .gev-panel-rail--right .ui-rail--expanded .ui-rail__label {
+  right: auto;
+  left: calc(100% + 24px);
+}
+
+/* Panels moved to the screen edge slide over their rail toward that edge. */
+html[dir='rtl']
+  body.panels-edge-left:not(.mobile-shell):not(.cockpit-mode)
+  #left-panel-stack
+  > :not(.gev-panel-rail) {
+  transform: translateX(var(--panel-rail-clearance, 48px));
+}
+html[dir='rtl']
+  body.panels-edge-left:not(.mobile-shell):not(.cockpit-mode)
+  #left-panel-stack
+  > :not(.gev-panel-rail):not(.collapsed) {
+  transform: translate(var(--panel-rail-clearance, 48px), var(--edge-rail-row));
+}
+html[dir='rtl']
+  body.panels-edge-right:not(.mobile-shell):not(.cockpit-mode)
+  #right-context-rail
+  > :not(.gev-panel-rail) {
+  transform: translate(
+    calc(-1 * var(--panel-rail-clearance, 48px)),
+    var(--edge-rail-row)
+  );
+}