diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/docking.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/docking.rs
index 4128b1628..52914dd91 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/docking.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/docking.rs
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut crate::LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     style.font = t.font(12.0);
     // Tool and preset panels publish hover previews before the photo consumes them.
     let mut canvas = None;
+    let (mut library_width, mut tools_width) = (None, None);
     let output = DockArea::new(egui::Id::new("lightcraft-docking")).locked(workspace.locked).show_with_limits(
         ui,
         &workspace.layout,
@@ -326,10 +327,12 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut crate::LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                 canvas = Some(ui.new_child(egui::UiBuilder::new().id_salt("photo-view").max_rect(ui.max_rect())));
             }
             Panel::Library => {
+                library_width = Some(ui.max_rect().width());
                 crate::widgets::register(ui.ctx(), "panel:left_panel", ui.max_rect());
                 crate::panels::left::show(app, ui);
             }
             Panel::Tools => {
+                tools_width = Some(ui.max_rect().width());
                 crate::widgets::register(ui.ctx(), "panel:right_panel", ui.max_rect());
                 crate::panels::right::show(app, ui);
             }
@@ -364,6 +367,8 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut crate::LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     let stale = workspace.layout != rendered.layout || workspace.hidden != rendered.hidden;
     if stale {
         craft_ui::docking::cancel_drag::<Panel>(ui.ctx(), egui::Id::new("lightcraft-docking"));
+    } else {
+        keep_side_widths(&mut workspace, [(Panel::Library, library_width), (Panel::Tools, tools_width)]);
     }
     publish_visibility(app, &workspace);
     app.ui.docking = Some(workspace);
@@ -380,6 +385,45 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut crate::LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     }
 }
 
+/// A dragged divider stores a ratio. The side panels keep the width they were drawn at instead,
+/// so a window resize leaves them as they are and `left_width` / `right_width` follow them.
+fn keep_side_widths(workspace: &mut Workspace, drawn: [(Panel, Option<f32>); 2]) {
+    let mut nodes = workspace.layout.root.as_ref().map(|node| vec![(node, Vec::new())]).unwrap_or_default();
+    let mut changes = Vec::new();
+    while let Some((node, path)) = nodes.pop() {
+        let Node::Split { axis, size, first, second } = node else { continue };
+        if *axis == SplitAxis::Horizontal && matches!(size, SplitSize::Ratio(_)) {
+            let fixed = drawn.iter().find_map(|(panel, width)| {
+                // A width drawn from a ratio carries float noise; in hundredths a panel at its
+                // limit stores the limit itself.
+                let width = width.filter(|width| width.is_finite() && *width > 0.0).map(|width| (width * 100.0).round() / 100.0)?;
+                if holds(first, *panel) { Some(SplitSize::FixedFirst(width)) } else { holds(second, *panel).then_some(SplitSize::FixedSecond(width)) }
+            });
+            if let Some(size) = fixed {
+                changes.push(Action::ResizeSplit { path: path.clone(), size });
+            }
+        }
+        for (child, side) in [(second, true), (first, false)] {
+            let mut path = path.clone();
+            path.push(side);
+            nodes.push((child, path));
+        }
+    }
+    for action in changes {
+        // A size the layout refuses leaves the ratio, which still draws the same widths.
+        let _ = apply(workspace, action);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Whether `node` is the group (tabs or accordion) holding `panel`.
+fn holds(node: &Node<Panel>, panel: Panel) -> bool {
+    match node {
+        Node::Tabs { panels, .. } => panels.contains(&panel),
+        Node::Stack { entries } => entries.iter().any(|entry| entry.panel == panel),
+        _ => false,
+    }
+}
+
 /// Keep the established ui.set width controls connected to the panel's current parent split.
 pub(crate) fn set_widths(state: &mut crate::UiState, params: &Value) -> Result<(), String> {
     state.left_width = crate::state::LEFT_WIDTH.clamp(state.left_width);
@@ -413,11 +457,7 @@ pub(crate) fn set_widths(state: &mut crate::UiState, params: &Value) -> Result<(
         let mut change = None;
         while let Some((node, path)) = nodes.pop() {
             if let Node::Split { axis, first, second, .. } = node {
-                let contains = |node: &Node<Panel>| match node {
-                    Node::Tabs { panels, .. } => panels.contains(&panel),
-                    Node::Stack { entries } => entries.iter().any(|entry| entry.panel == panel),
-                    _ => false,
-                };
+                let contains = |node: &Node<Panel>| holds(node, panel);
                 if *axis == SplitAxis::Horizontal {
                     if contains(first) {
                         change = Some(Action::ResizeSplit { path: path.clone(), size: SplitSize::FixedFirst(width) });