diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c29b4b690..b61ffc118 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 
 - Kiro CLI sessions follow `KIRO_HOME`. With it set, lich read Kiro's conversations, cost and context from `~/.kiro` while Kiro kept them under `KIRO_HOME`, so they showed nothing and History listed none; the agent that carries lich's hooks was installed where Kiro never looked, and a sandboxed session was not given the directory it writes into.
+- Opening or closing the dock no longer leaves the session's terminal cut off at its edge for a beat once the dock stops. The terminal takes its new width as the dock starts moving, so the agent redraws while the dock slides in, where the terminal waited until a tenth of a second after the dock stopped and then jumped. A split layout's terminals fit the moment the dock stops.
 
 ## [0.78.0] - 2026-10-22
 
diff --git a/native/cmd/lich-native/dock_slide.go b/native/cmd/lich-native/dock_slide.go
index 5c659d9c6..4140a123b 100644
--- a/native/cmd/lich-native/dock_slide.go
+++ b/native/cmd/lich-native/dock_slide.go
@@ -8,20 +8,22 @@ import (
 
 // dockSlide eases the dock in from the window's right edge and back out, on
 // the sidebar morph's 180ms curve. The dock keeps its width while it moves,
-// so only the terminal beside it changes size, and that refits once it holds
-// still.
+// so only the island beside it changes size.
 type dockSlide struct {
 	open  bool
 	from  float32 // the share shown when the current slide began
 	start time.Time
 	shown float32
+	// began and landed are whether this frame started or ended a slide.
+	began, landed bool
 }
 
 // at returns the share of the dock on screen this frame, 0 to 1, starting a
 // slide toward open when the target changed; a slide reversed halfway turns
 // back from where it is.
 func (s *dockSlide) at(gtx C, open bool) float32 {
-	if open != s.open {
+	s.began = open != s.open
+	if s.began {
 		s.open, s.from, s.start = open, s.shown, gtx.Now
 	}
 	target := float32(0)
@@ -30,9 +32,11 @@ func (s *dockSlide) at(gtx C, open bool) float32 {
 	}
 	t := float32(gtx.Now.Sub(s.start)) / float32(sidebarMorphDuration)
 	if t >= 1 {
+		s.landed = s.shown != target
 		s.shown = target
 		return s.shown
 	}
+	s.landed = false
 	s.shown = s.from + (target-s.from)*sidebarMorphCurve(max(t, 0))
 	gtx.Execute(op.InvalidateCmd{})
 	return s.shown
diff --git a/native/cmd/lich-native/dock_slide_test.go b/native/cmd/lich-native/dock_slide_test.go
index 852691766..c536786f0 100644
--- a/native/cmd/lich-native/dock_slide_test.go
+++ b/native/cmd/lich-native/dock_slide_test.go
@@ -33,3 +33,20 @@ func TestDockSlideEasesInAndTurnsBackFromWhereItIs(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("a new opening starts closed: got %v, want 0", got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDockSlideMarksTheFramesItBeginsAndEnds(t *testing.T) {
+	var s dockSlide
+	t0 := time.Unix(100, 0)
+	if slideAt(&s, t0, true); !s.began {
+		t.Fatal("first frame of an opening: not began, want began")
+	}
+	if slideAt(&s, t0.Add(sidebarMorphDuration/2), true); s.began || s.landed {
+		t.Fatalf("halfway: began %v landed %v, want neither", s.began, s.landed)
+	}
+	if slideAt(&s, t0.Add(sidebarMorphDuration), true); !s.landed {
+		t.Fatal("first frame at the end: not landed, want landed")
+	}
+	if slideAt(&s, t0.Add(2*sidebarMorphDuration), true); s.landed {
+		t.Fatal("a frame after the end: landed again, want once")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/native/cmd/lich-native/main.go b/native/cmd/lich-native/main.go
index 85ade52ec..0934f5ed2 100644
--- a/native/cmd/lich-native/main.go
+++ b/native/cmd/lich-native/main.go
@@ -621,8 +621,10 @@ func (u *window) body(gtx C, v stageView) (int, sidebarAction, error) {
 
 // island is the stage's rounded box: Home, the empty notice, the diff or
 // the terminal, in the color the active tab merges with. Its top-left corner
-// is square while that tab sits on it.
-func (u *window) island(gtx C, v stageView) error {
+// is square while that tab sits on it. A lone session's terminal is laid out
+// termWidth wide, which a dock slide sets to where the box is going: wider,
+// the box clips it; narrower, its fill shows past it.
+func (u *window) island(gtx C, v stageView, termWidth int) error {
 	size := gtx.Constraints.Max
 	gtx.Constraints.Min = size
 	r := gtx.Dp(ui.RadiusLG)
@@ -653,7 +655,9 @@ func (u *window) island(gtx C, v stageView) error {
 	}
 	u.layoutStage.metric = gtx.Metric
 	u.terms.onScreen(v.active.ID)
-	if err := u.content(gtx, v.active, u.terminalTakesKeys(gtx)); err != nil {
+	term := gtx
+	term.Constraints = layout.Exact(image.Pt(termWidth, size.Y))
+	if err := u.content(term, v.active, u.terminalTakesKeys(gtx)); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	u.paneDropZones(gtx, v.active.ID, image.Rectangle{Max: size}, image.Rectangle{Max: size}.Add(u.islandAt), true)
@@ -725,11 +729,19 @@ func (u *window) stageRow(gtx C, v stageView) error {
 		d.slide.snap(open)
 	}
 	share := d.slide.at(gtx, open)
+	u.terms.refitNow = d.slide.began || d.slide.landed
+	defer func() { u.terms.refitNow = false }()
+	size := gtx.Constraints.Max
+	// The session's terminal takes the width the slide ends at from its first
+	// frame, so the agent redraws for it while the dock is still moving.
+	termWidth := size.X
+	if open && !d.fullscreen {
+		termWidth = max(size.X-d.width(gtx)-gtx.Dp(gutter), 0)
+	}
 	if share == 0 {
 		d.islands = nil
-		return u.island(gtx, v)
+		return u.island(gtx, v, termWidth)
 	}
-	size := gtx.Constraints.Max
 	at, w, slot := 0, size.X, 0
 	if !d.fullscreen {
 		w = d.width(gtx)
@@ -745,7 +757,7 @@ func (u *window) stageRow(gtx C, v stageView) error {
 	}
 	island := gtx
 	island.Constraints = layout.Exact(image.Pt(max(size.X-slot, 0), size.Y))
-	if err := u.island(island, v); err != nil {
+	if err := u.island(island, v, termWidth); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer clip.Rect{Max: size}.Push(gtx.Ops).Pop()
diff --git a/native/cmd/lich-native/terminals.go b/native/cmd/lich-native/terminals.go
index 54a49d014..f079e63a7 100644
--- a/native/cmd/lich-native/terminals.go
+++ b/native/cmd/lich-native/terminals.go
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ type terminals struct {
 	// unzoomed is the window's own scale, which terminals draw at whatever
 	// the interface zoom: a zoom step never changes a grid's cols×rows.
 	unzoomed unit.Metric
+	// refitNow is a frame a dock slide began or ended in: the area just took
+	// the size it will hold, so the grid follows it at once rather than after
+	// refitSettle more of a clipped grid.
+	refitNow bool
 
 	mu   sync.Mutex
 	byID map[string]*termView
@@ -423,7 +427,7 @@ func sameCell(vt *gioterm.Terminal, w, h int) bool {
 // refit follows the area with the grid and the PTY once size has settled,
 // and until then asks for the frame that will.
 func (ts *terminals) refit(gtx layout.Context, t *termView, size image.Point, cols, rows int) error {
-	if due, at := t.refitDue(size, gtx.Now); !due {
+	if due, at := t.refitDue(size, gtx.Now); !due && !ts.refitNow {
 		gtx.Execute(op.InvalidateCmd{At: at})
 		return nil
 	}