diff --git a/ui/src/components/ChainView.tsx b/ui/src/components/ChainView.tsx
index a0754665..a243b61c 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/ChainView.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/ChainView.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   GalleryLane,
   LANE_GAP,
   STEREO_TILE_SIZE,
+  fitTileSize,
   StereoPanRail,
   TILE_GAP,
   TILE_SIZE,
@@ -127,6 +128,11 @@ export const ChainView: React.FC<ChainViewProps> = ({
 }) => {
   const actions = useChainActions();
   const wheelScrollRef = useHorizontalWheelScroll<HTMLDivElement>();
+  // The scroller's width in design px, for fit-to-width tiles (see
+  // fitTileSize). Measured, not derived from the design box: DAW hosts and
+  // the standalone resize the editor, and the meters beside the lane take
+  // a fixed share.
+  const [scrollerWidth, setScrollerWidth] = useState(0);
   // One callback ref wires the scroller: it restores the saved offset before
   // first paint, persists it as the user scrolls, and attaches the wheel
   // hook's panning. The hook returns a cleanup (and once a ref callback
@@ -143,9 +149,12 @@ export const ChainView: React.FC<ChainViewProps> = ({
       const save = () =>
         sessionStorage.setItem(CHAIN_SCROLL_STORAGE_KEY, String(el.scrollLeft / getUiScale()));
       el.addEventListener('scroll', save, { passive: true });
+      const resize = new ResizeObserver(() => setScrollerWidth(el.clientWidth / getUiScale()));
+      resize.observe(el);
       const wheelCleanup = wheelScrollRef(el);
       return () => {
         el.removeEventListener('scroll', save);
+        resize.disconnect();
         if (typeof wheelCleanup === 'function') wheelCleanup();
       };
     },
@@ -416,7 +425,21 @@ export const ChainView: React.FC<ChainViewProps> = ({
   }
 
   const stereo = chainRight != null;
-  const tileSize = stereo ? STEREO_TILE_SIZE : TILE_SIZE;
+  // Slots the widest row needs: a branched lane is indented past the
+  // trunk's tap, so its tiles count from there. Native lengths, not the
+  // optimistic lanes: a drag's stand-in or cross-lane reflow must not
+  // resize every tile mid-gesture.
+  const branchIndent =
+    stereo && branch != null
+      ? (branch.side === 'left' ? chain : (chainRight ?? [])).findIndex(
+          (i) => i.blockId === branch.afterBlockId
+        ) + 1
+      : 0;
+  const slotsAcross = Math.max(
+    chain.length + (branch?.side === 'right' ? branchIndent : 0),
+    (chainRight?.length ?? 0) + (branch?.side === 'left' ? branchIndent : 0)
+  );
+  const tileSize = fitTileSize(stereo ? STEREO_TILE_SIZE : TILE_SIZE, slotsAcross, scrollerWidth);
 
   // Branched layout: the branch lane starts at the trunk's tap gap, so its
   // row is indented past the whole trunk prefix (matching the signal flow:
@@ -471,7 +494,7 @@ export const ChainView: React.FC<ChainViewProps> = ({
         padding: '0 24rem',
       }}
     >
-      {stereo && <StereoPanRail monoSum={monoSum} />}
+      {stereo && <StereoPanRail monoSum={monoSum} tileSize={tileSize} />}
       <DragDropProvider
         sensors={sensors}
         onDragStart={handleDragStart}
diff --git a/ui/src/components/GalleryLane.tsx b/ui/src/components/GalleryLane.tsx
index 7a77f9c5..5d12f5f7 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/GalleryLane.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/GalleryLane.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ export const TILE_SIZE = 224;
 export const STEREO_TILE_SIZE = 160;
 /** Gap between tiles: the visible run of each connector line. */
 export const TILE_GAP = 24;
+/** Floor for fit-to-width shrinking (see fitTileSize): below this the
+    artwork stops reading and the hover chrome (power, swap, trash) no
+    longer fits a tile's top strip. */
+export const MIN_TILE_SIZE = 128;
 /** Vertical gap between the two stereo lanes. */
 export const LANE_GAP = 24;
 /** Gutter inside the scroll area; tiles fade out under it while scrolling. */
@@ -66,6 +70,22 @@ export const BRANCH_CIRCLE_SIZE = ICON_BOX_SIZE / 2;
 
 /** X center of the connector gap *before* the tile at `index` (i.e. gap g
     sits between tiles g-1 and g), in lane-content coordinates. */
+/**
+ * Tile edge that lets `slots` tiles sit side by side in a scroller
+ * `scrollerWidth` design px wide (edge insets and gaps included), capped at
+ * `baseSize` and floored at MIN_TILE_SIZE. At the full 224 px only three
+ * tiles fit the plugin's width, so a 5-6 block rig lived behind a hidden
+ * scrollbar and a wheel-only pan (issue #84); shrinking the row until it
+ * fits keeps the whole chain in view, and the ordinary scroll takes over
+ * only past the floor. 0 width (not measured yet) keeps the base size, so
+ * the first paint never flashes a wrong size.
+ */
+export const fitTileSize = (baseSize: number, slots: number, scrollerWidth: number): number => {
+  if (scrollerWidth <= 0 || slots <= 0) return baseSize;
+  const usable = scrollerWidth - 2 * EDGE_FADE_WIDTH - (slots - 1) * TILE_GAP;
+  return Math.max(MIN_TILE_SIZE, Math.min(baseSize, Math.floor(usable / slots)));
+};
+
 export const gapCenterX = (gapIndex: number, tileSize: number) =>
   gapIndex * (tileSize + TILE_GAP) - TILE_GAP / 2;
 
@@ -346,7 +366,10 @@ const PanRailChips: React.FC<{
  * buttons for a MONO chip that says why. Solo and polarity stay live: they
  * act on the chains inside the sum.
  */
-export const StereoPanRail: React.FC<{ monoSum: boolean }> = ({ monoSum }) => {
+export const StereoPanRail: React.FC<{ monoSum: boolean; tileSize: number }> = ({
+  monoSum,
+  tileSize,
+}) => {
   const { swapChains } = useChainActions();
   const [panLeft, setPanLeft, onPanLeftDrag] = useParameter('chainPanLeft', 'slider');
   const [panRight, setPanRight, onPanRightDrag] = useParameter('chainPanRight', 'slider');
@@ -417,7 +440,9 @@ export const StereoPanRail: React.FC<{ monoSum: boolean }> = ({ monoSum }) => {
         flexDirection: 'column',
         alignItems: 'center',
         alignSelf: 'center',
-        height: `${STEREO_TILE_SIZE * 2 + LANE_GAP}rem`,
+        // Tracks the lanes' actual (fit-to-width) tile size so the pans stay
+        // level with their lanes.
+        height: `${tileSize * 2 + LANE_GAP}rem`,
         flexShrink: 0,
         // Room for the left edge-fade's 1rem outer overhang (see EdgeFade)
         // so it doesn't sit on the link/swap pill.