diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/new_document.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/new_document.rs
index 63aac7f8a..11f5d3c6d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/new_document.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/new_document.rs
@@ -241,10 +241,12 @@ fn presets(app: &VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, d: &mut Dialog) -> bool {
             ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing = egui::vec2(12.0, 12.0);
             let (w, h, preset, units) = (d.f64("width", 0.0), d.f64("height", 0.0), d.str("preset"), unit(d));
             for s in &list {
-                // The cards show the chosen orientation (square sizes have none) and the units chosen
-                // in Preset Details; choosing one keeps both.
+                // The built-in presets' cards show the chosen orientation (square sizes have none)
+                // and the units chosen in Preset Details; choosing one keeps both. Recent and Saved
+                // show each entry as it was made, so a portrait and a landscape A3 are two cards
+                // (#2860).
                 let mut s = DocSettings { units, ..s.clone() };
-                if (w > h && s.height > s.width) || (h > w && s.width > s.height) {
+                if cat > 1 && ((w > h && s.height > s.width) || (h > w && s.width > s.height)) {
                     std::mem::swap(&mut s.width, &mut s.height);
                 }
                 let selected = d.fields.contains_key(APPLIED) && s.name == preset && s.width == w && s.height == h;
@@ -636,6 +638,56 @@ mod tests {
         app.ui.dialog.as_ref().unwrap().fields.get(k).cloned().unwrap_or_default()
     }
 
+    /// Recent shows each entry as it was made: a portrait and a landscape A3 are two cards of
+    /// their own orientations, and only the chosen one is selected (#2860).
+    #[test]
+    fn recent_cards_keep_the_orientation_they_were_made_in() {
+        let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Default::default());
+        let a3 = vectorcraft_engine::cmd::newdoc::find(&app.session, "A3").unwrap();
+        let landscape = vectorcraft_engine::cmd::newdoc::DocSettings { width: a3.height, height: a3.width, ..a3.clone() };
+        app.session.prefs.recent_new_docs = vec![landscape, a3];
+        app.run("file.newDialog", json!({})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(field(&app, "category"), json!("Recent"));
+        // Frames half a second apart on one context: the first lays the dialog out, and its fade
+        // in is over by the last.
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        crate::theme::install_fonts(&ctx);
+        let mut time = 0.0;
+        let mut run = |app: &mut VectorcraftApp| {
+            time += 0.5;
+            let screen_rect = Some(egui::Rect::from_min_size(egui::Pos2::ZERO, egui::vec2(1400.0, 1000.0)));
+            let raw = egui::RawInput { screen_rect, time: Some(time), ..Default::default() };
+            let mut out = ctx.run_ui(raw, |ui| crate::dialogs::show(app, ui.ctx()));
+            out.textures_delta.clear();
+            out
+        };
+        run(&mut app);
+        run(&mut app);
+        let out = run(&mut app);
+        fn walk(s: &egui::Shape, out: &mut Vec<egui::Shape>) {
+            match s {
+                egui::Shape::Vec(v) => v.iter().for_each(|s| walk(s, out)),
+                s => out.push(s.clone()),
+            }
+        }
+        let mut shapes = vec![];
+        out.shapes.iter().for_each(|c| walk(&c.shape, &mut shapes));
+        // The page thumbnails (white, 60 on their long side) and the selected card's outline.
+        let thumbs: Vec<egui::Vec2> = shapes
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|s| match s {
+                egui::Shape::Rect(r) if r.fill == egui::Color32::WHITE && (r.rect.width().max(r.rect.height()) - 60.0).abs() < 0.01 => {
+                    Some(r.rect.size())
+                }
+                _ => None,
+            })
+            .collect();
+        assert_eq!((thumbs.iter().filter(|s| s.x > s.y).count(), thumbs.iter().filter(|s| s.y > s.x).count()), (1, 1), "{thumbs:?}");
+        let selected =
+            shapes.iter().filter(|s| matches!(s, egui::Shape::Rect(r) if r.stroke.width == 2.0 && r.rect.size() == egui::vec2(146.0, 150.0))).count();
+        assert_eq!(selected, 1, "one card chosen");
+    }
+
     /// A double-click on a preset card creates the document from it (#663); a click only chooses it.
     #[test]
     fn a_double_clicked_preset_creates_the_document() {