diff --git a/app/layout/Region.zig b/app/layout/Region.zig
index bbe5bf638..01c54b483 100644
--- a/app/layout/Region.zig
+++ b/app/layout/Region.zig
@@ -1437,7 +1437,9 @@ fn initTree(
 /// A turn is the new half sliding shut along the old axis (`_fold`, which its place reads as a
 /// target of zero), then easing open along the new one. Its share of the box is kept through the
 /// turn (`_share`, taken from the extent when that was last chosen, not from a box that has since
-/// changed shape), and follows a drag while turned.
+/// changed shape), and follows a drag while turned. That drag is shown and nothing more: turning
+/// back takes the share from the saved one again (`_seen` is unread while turned, so dvui drops it
+/// and the first frame back reads the saved share anew).
 fn orientBranch(self: *Layout, saved: SplitTree.Branch, id: dvui.Id) SplitTree.Branch {
     if (!saved.adaptive) return saved;
     const dims = dvui.dataGet(null, id, "_dims", dvui.Size) orelse return saved;
@@ -1462,10 +1464,10 @@ fn orientBranch(self: *Layout, saved: SplitTree.Branch, id: dvui.Id) SplitTree.B
             }
         }
     } else if (chosen) |extent| {
-        // Dragged since the branch set it: the drag is the new share.
+        // Dragged since the branch set it: the drag is the share drawn, and is not saved.
         const set = dvui.dataGet(null, id, "_set", f32) orelse extent;
         const room = alongSize(drawn.dir, dims);
-        if (set != extent and room > 0) setShare(self, saved.created, id, std.math.clamp(extent / room, 0, 1));
+        if (set != extent and room > 0) dvui.dataSet(null, id, "_share", std.math.clamp(extent / room, 0, 1));
     }
     const share = dvui.dataGet(null, id, "_share", f32) orelse return drawn;
 
diff --git a/plugins/workbench/src/Workbench.zig b/plugins/workbench/src/Workbench.zig
index e9848c5a6..f35d9f30f 100644
--- a/plugins/workbench/src/Workbench.zig
+++ b/plugins/workbench/src/Workbench.zig
@@ -231,20 +231,32 @@ pub fn sideBeside(self: *const Workbench, anchor: u64) Panes.Side {
 }
 
 /// What opening beside the person's pane asks of `core.placement.place`: the other pane that is
-/// there, if any, and the answer over the person's room and that pane's. Null before the person's
+/// shown, if any, and the answer over the person's room and that pane's. Null before the person's
 /// pane has drawn, with no room to judge.
 const Beside = struct { other: ?u64, room: ?core.placement.Size, answer: ?core.placement.Result };
 
+/// A pane other than `here` that is not sliding shut.
+fn otherPane(self: *Workbench, here: u64) ?u64 {
+    for (self.workspaces.values()) |ws| {
+        if (ws.grouping != here and !self.paneClosing(ws.grouping)) return ws.grouping;
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
 fn besideAnswer(self: *Workbench, here: u64) Beside {
-    const other = for (self.workspaces.values()) |ws| {
-        if (ws.grouping != here and !self.paneClosing(ws.grouping)) break ws.grouping;
-    } else null;
-    const room = self.paneSize(here) orelse return .{ .other = other, .room = null, .answer = null };
+    const room = self.paneSize(here) orelse return .{ .other = self.otherPane(here), .room = null, .answer = null };
+    // `place` takes the first of these whatever its size, so a pane is a candidate only if the
+    // person can be sent to it: drawn, and in a place of the app's.
     var others: [1]core.placement.Size = undefined;
-    const places: []const core.placement.Size = if (other) |g| blk: {
-        others[0] = self.paneSize(g) orelse .{ .w = 0, .h = 0 };
-        break :blk &others;
-    } else &.{};
+    var other: ?u64 = null;
+    for (self.workspaces.values()) |ws| {
+        if (ws.grouping == here or self.paneClosing(ws.grouping)) continue;
+        if (self.places) |p| if (!p.placed(p.ctx, ws.grouping)) continue;
+        others[0] = self.paneSize(ws.grouping) orelse continue;
+        other = ws.grouping;
+        break;
+    }
+    const places: []const core.placement.Size = if (other != null) &others else &.{};
     return .{ .other = other, .room = room, .answer = core.placement.place(room, places) };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/editor/Workspaces.zig b/src/editor/Workspaces.zig
index 0e31bfa65..3b614299f 100644
--- a/src/editor/Workspaces.zig
+++ b/src/editor/Workspaces.zig
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ pub fn sync(self: *Workspaces) void {
         self.settle();
     }
     var first: ?u64 = null;
+    var l = layoutOf(editor);
     for (wb.workspaces.keys()) |g| {
         if (self.assigned(g)) continue;
         if (first == null) {
@@ -126,11 +127,10 @@ pub fn sync(self: *Workspaces) void {
             continue;
         }
         // The anchor's room asks the side, when it has one yet.
-        var l = layoutOf(editor);
         var abuf: [64]u8 = undefined;
         const room = if (Layout.ViewDrag.holderOf(&l, viewId(&abuf, first.?))) |holder| Layout.ViewDrag.placeSize(l.state, holder) else null;
         const side = if (room) |r| Workbench.sideFor(r.w, r.h) else .right;
-        _ = beside(self, g, first.?, side, true);
+        _ = besideIn(&l, g, first.?, side, true);
     }
 }
 
@@ -307,15 +307,18 @@ pub fn groupingIn(self: *Workspaces, name: []const u8) ?u64 {
 
 fn beside(ctx: *anyopaque, grouping: u64, anchor: u64, side: Workbench.Panes.Side, adaptive: bool) bool {
     const self: *Workspaces = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx));
-    const editor = self.editorOf();
-    var l = layoutOf(editor);
+    var l = layoutOf(self.editorOf());
+    return besideIn(&l, grouping, anchor, side, adaptive);
+}
+
+fn besideIn(l: *Layout, grouping: u64, anchor: u64, side: Workbench.Panes.Side, adaptive: bool) bool {
     var abuf: [64]u8 = undefined;
-    const place = Layout.ViewDrag.holderOf(&l, viewId(&abuf, anchor)) orelse return false;
-    const new = Layout.splitOn(&l, place, side) orelse return false;
+    const place = Layout.ViewDrag.holderOf(l, viewId(&abuf, anchor)) orelse return false;
+    const new = Layout.splitOn(l, place, side) orelse return false;
     var buf: [64]u8 = undefined;
     const id = l.arena.dupe(u8, viewId(&buf, grouping)) catch return false;
     l.state.assign(l.gpa, new, &.{id}) catch return false;
-    if (adaptive) Layout.markAdaptive(&l, new);
+    if (adaptive) Layout.markAdaptive(l, new);
     l.state.markDirty();
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration.zig b/tests/integration.zig
index eb08d8558..7e211b8c0 100644
--- a/tests/integration.zig
+++ b/tests/integration.zig
@@ -4060,6 +4060,74 @@ test "an adaptive split saved beside comes back as the same share stacked" {
     try std.testing.expectApproxEqAbs(0.5, bottom.h / (top.h + bottom.h), 0.03);
 }
 
+// A sash dragged while an adaptive split is turned is shown and nothing more: the share the saved
+// extent gave comes back with the turn back, and the next turn uses it, not the drag's.
+test "a drag while an adaptive split is turned is not kept when it turns back" {
+    var ctx = try shim.init(std.testing.allocator);
+    defer ctx.deinit(std.testing.allocator);
+
+    const editor = ctx.editor;
+    editor.app.gpa = std.testing.allocator;
+    defer editor.app.layout.regions.deinit(editor.app.gpa);
+    defer editor.app.layout.regions_building.deinit(editor.app.gpa);
+    defer editor.app.layout.deinitExtents(editor.app.gpa);
+    defer editor.app.layout.deinitAssignments(editor.app.gpa);
+    defer editor.app.layout.deinitQualified(editor.app.gpa);
+
+    ColumnCardFrame.editor = editor;
+    defer ColumnCardFrame.editor = null;
+
+    ctx.t.backend.size = .{ .w = 1180, .h = 820 };
+    ctx.t.backend.size_pixels = .{ .w = 1180, .h = 820 };
+    _ = try dvui.testing.step(ColumnCardFrame.frame);
+    try dvui.testing.settle(ColumnCardFrame.frame);
+    {
+        var layout = fizzy.Editor.Layout.init(&editor.app.host, &editor.app.layout, editor.app.gpa, dvui.currentWindow().arena());
+        try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("Main/r1", layout.splitOn("Main", .right) orelse return error.TestExpectedEqual);
+        layout.markAdaptive("Main/r1");
+    }
+    try dvui.testing.settle(ColumnCardFrame.frame);
+    const old = try ColumnCardFrame.sizeOf(editor, "Main");
+    const new = try ColumnCardFrame.sizeOf(editor, "Main/r1");
+    const share = new.w / (old.w + new.w);
+    const saved_extent = editor.app.layout.extent("Main/r1", 0);
+    editor.app.layout.dirty = false;
+
+    ctx.t.backend.size = .{ .w = 820, .h = 1180 };
+    ctx.t.backend.size_pixels = .{ .w = 820, .h = 1180 };
+    for (0..40) |_| _ = try dvui.testing.step(ColumnCardFrame.frame);
+
+    // The sash dragged to a third of the room, as `Split` writes a drag.
+    const room = (try ColumnCardFrame.sizeOf(editor, "Main")).h + (try ColumnCardFrame.sizeOf(editor, "Main/r1")).h;
+    const leaf = for (editor.app.layout.regions.items) |r| {
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, r.name, "Main/r1")) break r.id;
+    } else return error.TestExpectedEqual;
+    dvui.dataSet(null, leaf, "_size", room / 3);
+    dvui.dataSet(null, leaf, "_shown", room / 3);
+    for (0..4) |_| _ = try dvui.testing.step(ColumnCardFrame.frame);
+    const dragged = try ColumnCardFrame.sizeOf(editor, "Main/r1");
+    try std.testing.expectApproxEqAbs(room / 3, dragged.h, room * 0.05);
+    try std.testing.expect(!editor.app.layout.dirty);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(saved_extent, editor.app.layout.extent("Main/r1", 0));
+
+    // Back across: the saved share, not the drag's.
+    ctx.t.backend.size = .{ .w = 1180, .h = 820 };
+    ctx.t.backend.size_pixels = .{ .w = 1180, .h = 820 };
+    for (0..40) |_| _ = try dvui.testing.step(ColumnCardFrame.frame);
+    const left = try ColumnCardFrame.sizeOf(editor, "Main");
+    const right = try ColumnCardFrame.sizeOf(editor, "Main/r1");
+    try std.testing.expectApproxEqAbs(share, right.w / (left.w + right.w), 0.03);
+
+    // And upright again: the share is still the saved one.
+    ctx.t.backend.size = .{ .w = 820, .h = 1180 };
+    ctx.t.backend.size_pixels = .{ .w = 820, .h = 1180 };
+    for (0..40) |_| _ = try dvui.testing.step(ColumnCardFrame.frame);
+    const top = try ColumnCardFrame.sizeOf(editor, "Main");
+    const bottom = try ColumnCardFrame.sizeOf(editor, "Main/r1");
+    try std.testing.expectApproxEqAbs(share, bottom.h / (top.h + bottom.h), 0.03);
+    try std.testing.expect(!editor.app.layout.dirty);
+}
+
 test "an adaptive split saved without a share loads with the ratio absent" {
     var ctx = try shim.init(std.testing.allocator);
     defer ctx.deinit(std.testing.allocator);
@@ -11350,6 +11418,16 @@ test "headless: the whole editor comes up, opens a file, plays the tour and goes
         // With another pane there, it takes the view; without, the person's own does.
         const taken = wb.besideGrouping();
         if (others > 0) try std.testing.expect(taken != here) else try std.testing.expectEqual(here, taken);
+        // A pane that has not drawn is no place to send the view: it joins the person's pane.
+        if (others > 0) {
+            const other = for (wb.workspaces.values()) |*o| {
+                if (o.grouping != here) break o;
+            } else return error.TestUnexpectedResult;
+            const other_rect = other.pane_rect_physical;
+            defer other.pane_rect_physical = other_rect;
+            other.pane_rect_physical = null;
+            try std.testing.expectEqual(here, wb.besideGrouping());
+        }
         // A demo's `drop:beside` is the answer for the place it is aimed at, not the person's pane's
         // for every place: Main's is the pane's edge in its own room, which turns with the room,
         // and a place that holds no documents has none.