diff --git a/packages/client/ui-dockkit/src/components/dockkit.module.css b/packages/client/ui-dockkit/src/components/dockkit.module.css
index 82541eea1e..fab875c5b6 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-dockkit/src/components/dockkit.module.css
+++ b/packages/client/ui-dockkit/src/components/dockkit.module.css
@@ -223,15 +223,18 @@
 
 /* macOS desktop: an embedder may pin this surface under the window's top drag
    band (ui-layout .leadingBand — full-window geometry that Electron composes
-   in DOM order, not by stacking). The chip run, the strip-end chrome, and the
-   pane body subtract their whole boxes so tabs, controls, and content stay
-   clickable even where they overlap the band; the strip's blank fill and top
-   inset keep the band's drag, so the row moves the window like a native tab
-   bar. Hidden surfaces contribute nothing: Blink skips non-visible boxes when
-   it collects draggable regions. */
+   in DOM order, not by stacking). The chip run, the strip-end chrome, the
+   pane body, and the split divider subtract their whole boxes so tabs,
+   controls, content, and the resize grab stay usable even where they overlap
+   the band; the strip's blank fill and top inset keep the band's drag, so the
+   row moves the window like a native tab bar. The divider must be named here:
+   it is a plain div, so ui-web base.css's interactive-element subtraction
+   never matches it. Hidden surfaces contribute nothing: Blink skips
+   non-visible boxes when it collects draggable regions. */
 :global(html[data-platform='darwin']) .stripTabs,
 :global(html[data-platform='darwin']) .stripChrome,
-:global(html[data-platform='darwin']) .paneBody {
+:global(html[data-platform='darwin']) .paneBody,
+:global(html[data-platform='darwin']) .divider {
   -webkit-app-region: no-drag;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-dockkit/tests/app-region-styles.client.spec.ts b/packages/client/ui-dockkit/tests/app-region-styles.client.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4793b7e617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/ui-dockkit/tests/app-region-styles.client.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * macOS drag-band subtraction, asserted against dockkit.module.css on disk:
+ * an embedder may pin the surface under the window's top drag band, and
+ * Electron composes app-regions from geometry in DOM order — every box that
+ * must stay usable subtracts itself. The divider must be listed explicitly:
+ * it is a plain div, so ui-web base.css's interactive-element subtraction
+ * never matches it, and an unsubtracted vertical divider's top run would
+ * drag the window instead of resizing the split.
+ */
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+const css = readFileSync(resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../src/components/dockkit.module.css'), 'utf8')
+
+describe('macOS app-region subtraction', () => {
+  it('subtracts the chip run, strip-end chrome, pane body, and divider; never declares drag', () => {
+    const rules = [...css.matchAll(/(?<sel>[^{}]+)\{(?<body>[^{}]*)\}/g)]
+      .map(match => [match.groups!['sel']!.trim(), match.groups!['body']!] as const)
+      .filter(([, body]) => body.includes('-webkit-app-region'))
+    expect(rules).toHaveLength(1)
+    const [selector, body] = rules[0]!
+    expect(/-webkit-app-region:\s*([^;]+);/.exec(body)?.[1]?.trim()).toBe('no-drag')
+    for (const part of ['.stripTabs', '.stripChrome', '.paneBody', '.divider']) {
+      expect(selector, part).toContain(`:global(html[data-platform='darwin']) ${part}`)
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-sidebar-right/src/client/shell/SidebarRight.module.css b/packages/client/ui-sidebar-right/src/client/shell/SidebarRight.module.css
index 8d1c325f95..890b897cc8 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-sidebar-right/src/client/shell/SidebarRight.module.css
+++ b/packages/client/ui-sidebar-right/src/client/shell/SidebarRight.module.css
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@
 /* One-frame app-region pulse at each open/close edge (RightbarSeat): changing
    this computed value is what makes Electron recollect the window's drag
    rects, which the slide's transform/visibility flips alone never dirty
-   (electron#32341). While set, the whole panel is out of the drag band for
-   that frame, which is also the desired end state everywhere but the strip's
-   blank fill. */
+   (electron#32341). The panel's steady state sets no app-region in either
+   presentation, so this write is a real change at both edges — including a
+   hidden panel opening straight into fullscreen (a narrow window's first
+   open), whose rects were skipped while hidden. While set, the whole panel is
+   out of the drag band for that frame; the removal frame recollects the
+   steady-state geometry below. */
 :global(html[data-platform='darwin']) .panel[data-sidebar-right-region-nudge] {
   -webkit-app-region: no-drag;
 }
@@ -63,15 +66,16 @@
   border: none;
 }
 
-/* Electron drag regions are window geometry, not stacking: the frame's leading
-   band and the sidebar logo row's drag rects underneath keep taking the pointer
-   through this fixed overlay, turning non-interactive panel content (file
-   preview text, images, webviews) into window drag. The panel appears after
-   both in DOM order, so this subtracts its whole box; the strips' blank runs
-   give up the drag affordance in exchange. */
-:global(html[data-platform='darwin']) .panel[data-sidebar-right-panel='fullscreen'] {
-  -webkit-app-region: no-drag;
-}
+/* No whole-box subtraction here: Electron drag regions are window geometry,
+   not stacking, so the frame's leading band does keep acting through this
+   fixed overlay — but the kit already subtracts every box that must stay
+   usable (tabs, strip-end chrome, pane bodies, dividers; ui-dockkit), and
+   ui-web base.css subtracts interactive elements and portalled overlays.
+   What remains of the band under the strips' blank runs is the window drag
+   affordance, the same native-tab-bar reading as the push presentation. A
+   panel-wide no-drag would trade it away and, worse, make no-drag the
+   steady state, turning the open/close pulse above into a computed-value
+   no-op exactly when a hidden panel opens straight into fullscreen. */
 
 /* Windows keeps caption controls above fullscreen file and terminal panels. */
 :global([data-windows-titlebar]) .panel[data-sidebar-right-panel='fullscreen'] {
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-sidebar-right/tests/region-nudge-styles.client.spec.ts b/packages/client/ui-sidebar-right/tests/region-nudge-styles.client.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e095849e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/ui-sidebar-right/tests/region-nudge-styles.client.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/**
+ * App-region nudge pulse, asserted against SidebarRight.module.css on disk:
+ * Electron recollects the window's drag rects only when a style pass changes
+ * a computed app-region value (electron#32341), so the panel's steady state
+ * must declare NO app-region in either presentation — the open/close no-drag
+ * pulse is then a real computed-value change at both edges, including a
+ * hidden panel opening straight into fullscreen (a narrow window's first
+ * open, whose rects were skipped while hidden). A steady-state value on the
+ * panel (the old fullscreen whole-box no-drag) makes the pulse a silent
+ * no-op and leaves the frame's drag band swallowing the strip's top-right
+ * controls; fine-grained subtraction belongs to ui-dockkit (tabs, strip-end
+ * chrome, pane bodies, dividers), leaving the strips' blank runs draggable.
+ */
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+const css = readFileSync(new URL('../src/client/shell/SidebarRight.module.css', import.meta.url), 'utf8')
+
+/**
+ * Every `<selector> -> value` pair of rules declaring `-webkit-app-region`.
+ * @returns one entry per declaring rule, in source order.
+ */
+function appRegionRules(): [selector: string, value: string][] {
+  const rules: [string, string][] = []
+  for (const match of css.matchAll(/(?<sel>[^{}]+)\{(?<body>[^{}]*)\}/g)) {
+    const value = /-webkit-app-region:\s*([^;]+);/.exec(match.groups!['body']!)?.[1]
+    if (value !== undefined) rules.push([match.groups!['sel']!.trim(), value.trim()])
+  }
+  return rules
+}
+
+describe('app-region nudge pulse styles', () => {
+  it('pulses the panel to no-drag', () => {
+    const pulses = appRegionRules()
+      .filter(([selector]) => selector.includes('[data-sidebar-right-region-nudge]'))
+    expect(pulses).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(pulses[0]![0]).toMatch(/\.panel\[data-sidebar-right-region-nudge\]\s*$/)
+    expect(pulses[0]![1]).toBe('no-drag')
+  })
+
+  it('declares no steady-state app-region, so the pulse is a real change', () => {
+    const steady = appRegionRules()
+      .filter(([selector]) => !selector.includes('[data-sidebar-right-region-nudge]'))
+    expect(steady).toEqual([])
+  })
+})