fix(viewport): preserve tiled pane controls

src/scene/layout.rs

@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@ use super::*;
 impl Scene {
     // ── Layout management ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+    pub(crate) fn model_pane_min_px(&self) -> f32 {
+        let measured = f32::from_bits(
+            self.model_pane_min_px
+                .load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed),
+        );
+        if measured.is_finite() && measured > 1.0 {
+            measured
+        } else {
+            MODEL_PANE_MIN_FALLBACK_PX
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn model_pane_min_reporter(
+        &self,
+    ) -> std::sync::Arc<std::sync::atomic::AtomicU32> {
+        self.model_pane_min_px.clone()
+    }
+
     /// Rename a paper-space layout.  Updates the Layout object name in the document.
     pub fn rename_layout(&mut self, old_name: &str, new_name: &str) {
         for obj in self.document.objects.values_mut() {
@@ -361,7 +379,11 @@ impl Scene {
         let half = TILE_DIVIDER_PX * 0.5;
         self.model_panes
             .layout()
-            .split_regions(TILE_DIVIDER_PX, 0.0, iced::Size::new(vw, vh))
+            .split_regions(
+                TILE_DIVIDER_PX,
+                self.model_pane_min_px(),
+                iced::Size::new(vw, vh),
+            )
             .values()
             .map(|(axis, region, ratio)| match axis {
                 Axis::Vertical => {
@@ -394,7 +416,7 @@ impl Scene {
         }
         let regions = self.model_panes.layout().pane_regions(
             TILE_DIVIDER_PX,
-            0.0,
+            self.model_pane_min_px(),
             iced::Size::new(vw, vh),
         );
         self.model_panes
@@ -421,7 +443,7 @@ impl Scene {
         }
         let regions = self.model_panes.layout().pane_regions(
             TILE_DIVIDER_PX,
-            0.0,
+            self.model_pane_min_px(),
             iced::Size::new(canvas_w, canvas_h),
         );
         let mut tiles = self.model_tiles.borrow_mut();

src/scene/mod.rs

@@ -1110,6 +1110,9 @@ pub(crate) struct ModelTile {
 /// the drawn viewports line up exactly with the pane_grid layout.
 pub const TILE_DIVIDER_PX: f32 = 2.0;
 
+/// Minimum used until the viewport render-mode bar reports its natural width.
+pub const MODEL_PANE_MIN_FALLBACK_PX: f32 = 50.0;
+
 /// Shift every vertex of a freshly tessellated `MeshLodSet` into the
 /// scene's local f32 space by subtracting `world_offset`. ACIS / SAT
 /// tessellation hands us WCS coordinates; the wire / hatch / face3d
@@ -1502,6 +1505,10 @@ pub struct Scene {
     /// Plain field (not a `RefCell`) so the view can borrow it for the
     /// `PaneGrid` widget's lifetime; mutated through `&mut Scene` in update.
     pub(crate) model_panes: iced::widget::pane_grid::State<usize>,
+    /// Natural width of the Model viewport control bar. `DensitySwap` updates
+    /// it during layout; every pane-grid geometry calculation reads it on the
+    /// next frame so a pane cannot become narrower than its controls.
+    model_pane_min_px: std::sync::Arc<std::sync::atomic::AtomicU32>,
     pub selection: Rc<RefCell<SelectionState>>,
     /// The CAD document — single source of truth for all entities.
     pub document: CadDocument,
@@ -1903,6 +1910,7 @@ impl Scene {
             last_sdf_text: RefCell::new(HashMap::default()),
             // One pane mapped to tile 0 — matches the single default tile above.
             model_panes: iced::widget::pane_grid::State::new(0).0,
+            model_pane_min_px: std::sync::Arc::new(std::sync::atomic::AtomicU32::new(0)),
             selection: Rc::new(RefCell::new(SelectionState::default())),
             document: CadDocument::new(),
             object_data_cache: crate::entities::object_data::ObjectDataCache::default(),