diff --git a/Controls/PreviewPane.xaml b/Controls/PreviewPane.xaml
index ce8f431..ddf52e6 100644
--- a/Controls/PreviewPane.xaml
+++ b/Controls/PreviewPane.xaml
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@
                                 </Grid>
                             </Border>
                             <!-- The stacked white tabs -->
-                            <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
+                            <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center">
                                 <!-- Settings: the first tab, orange, gear only (creator ruling
                                      2026-11-01). A left click opens the Settings DRAWER immediately
                                      — same behaviour as the other rail tabs. The app menu (Report
diff --git a/Controls/SettingsDrawer.xaml b/Controls/SettingsDrawer.xaml
index da8e96c..6eefd3d 100644
--- a/Controls/SettingsDrawer.xaml
+++ b/Controls/SettingsDrawer.xaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
          Categories are headings; their controls are indented under them (Zoom is one). -->
     <ScrollViewer VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled">
-        <StackPanel Margin="0,0,4,0">
+        <StackPanel Margin="4,0,20,0">
 
             <!-- ═══ RECORDINGS ═══ -->
             <TextBlock Text="Recordings" Style="{StaticResource SectionHeader}" Margin="0,0,0,4"/>