diff --git a/internal/gui/assets/context.css b/internal/gui/assets/context.css
index afaf82fa..97799ae0 100644
--- a/internal/gui/assets/context.css
+++ b/internal/gui/assets/context.css
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ i.dot.free { background: var(--k-free); box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px color-mix(in
 .ctx-card.shut .ctx-fold .tw svg { transform: rotate(-90deg); }
 .ctx-short { display: none; flex: none; font-size: 11.5px; color: var(--muted); white-space: nowrap; }
 .ctx-card.shut .ctx-short { display: inline; }
-.ctx-card.shut { padding-block: 10px; }
+/* the padding is the open card's, so the title stays where it is when it
+   opens and the page doesn't follow it (it moved 4px with a 10px one) */
 .ctx-card.shut > :not(.ctx-head) { display: none; }
 :where(.ctx-card.shut.max420) .ctx-model { display: none; }
 
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/routing-ctx-fold.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/routing-ctx-fold.test.cjs
index fd09491e..a1286f65 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/routing-ctx-fold.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/routing-ctx-fold.test.cjs
@@ -137,8 +137,17 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
         await page.waitForTimeout(500);
         assert.equal((await look(page)).shut, true, "it stays folded after the page comes back");
 
-        // opened again, it is all there
-        await fold(page);
+        // opened again, it is all there; its title stays where it was and
+        // the page doesn't follow it (a click never moves the page: with
+        // a folded padding of its own, it moved 4px)
+        const b = page.locator(".rt-ctx .ctx-fold");
+        await click(page, page.locator(".rt-ctx .ctx-short"));
+        const before = await b.evaluate((e) => [e.getBoundingClientRect().top, document.querySelector("#view-routing").scrollTop]);
+        await b.click();
+        await page.waitForTimeout(800);
+        const moved = await b.evaluate((e) => [e.getBoundingClientRect().top, document.querySelector("#view-routing").scrollTop]);
+        assert.equal(moved[1], before[1], `opening it doesn't scroll the page: ${before} -> ${moved}`);
+        assert(Math.abs(moved[0] - before[0]) <= 1, `its title stays under the pointer: ${before} -> ${moved}`);
         const again = await look(page);
         assert.equal(again.shut, false);
         assert.equal(again.expanded, "true");