Add drag-to-open for collapsible panels (#8363)

A fully collapsed `show_collapsible` panel now leaves a thin grab handle
at its fixed edge, invisible until hovered. Dragging it out past
`min_size` (or double-clicking it) reopens the panel. Opt out with
`panel.drag_to_open(false)`.

---------

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

crates/egui/src/containers/panel.rs

@@ -18,14 +18,24 @@
 use emath::GuiRounding as _;
 
 use crate::{
-    Align, Context, CursorIcon, Frame, Id, InnerResponse, Layout, Margin, NumExt as _, Rangef,
+    Align, Context, CursorIcon, Frame, Id, InnerResponse, LayerId, Layout, Margin, NumExt as _,
-    Rect, Response, Sense, Stroke, Ui, UiBuilder, UiKind, UiStackInfo, Vec2, lerp,
+    Order, Rangef, Rect, Response, Sense, Stroke, Ui, UiBuilder, UiKind, UiStackInfo, Vec2, lerp,
 };
 
 fn animate_expansion(ctx: &Context, id: Id, is_expanded: bool) -> f32 {
     ctx.animate_bool_responsive(id, is_expanded)
 }
 
+/// [`Id`] of a panel's resize-handle widget.
+///
+/// A panel registers its handle under this same id whether it is open,
+/// mid-slide, or fully collapsed — that is what lets one uninterrupted drag
+/// collapse the panel and pull it back open. [`Panel::show_switched`] points
+/// both of its panels at one shared handle the same way.
+fn resize_widget_id(id_source: Id) -> Id {
+    id_source.with("__resize")
+}
+
 /// State regarding panels.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize))]
@@ -198,6 +208,7 @@ pub struct Panel {
     id: Id,
     frame: Option<Frame>,
     resizable: bool,
+    drag_to_open: bool,
     show_separator_line: bool,
 
     /// _Outer_ size (including [`Frame`] margin & border):
@@ -283,6 +294,7 @@ impl Panel {
             id: id.into(),
             frame: None,
             resizable: true,
+            drag_to_open: true,
             show_separator_line: true,
             default_outer_size,
             outer_size_range,
@@ -312,6 +324,24 @@ impl Panel {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Can a fully collapsed panel be dragged back open?
+    ///
+    /// Default: `true`.
+    ///
+    /// When enabled, a panel that [`Self::show_collapsible`] has collapsed all
+    /// the way still leaves a thin grab handle at its fixed edge. The handle is
+    /// invisible until hovered, at which point it lights up like a normal resize
+    /// handle. Dragging it outward past [`Self::min_size`] — or double-clicking
+    /// it — reopens the panel.
+    ///
+    /// This is the counterpart to drag-to-collapse, and like it requires
+    /// [`Self::resizable`] to be `true`.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn drag_to_open(mut self, drag_to_open: bool) -> Self {
+        self.drag_to_open = drag_to_open;
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Show a separator line, even when not interacting with it?
     ///
     /// The separator line sits on the panel's inner edge, i.e. the edge facing the rest of the ui.
@@ -415,6 +445,9 @@ impl Panel {
     /// to `true` if the user drags the handle outward while the panel is closed.
     /// When [`Self::resizable`] is `true`, double-clicking the resize edge also
     /// flips `*is_expanded`.
+    ///
+    /// A fully collapsed panel keeps a thin grab handle at its fixed edge, so the
+    /// user can drag it back open. See [`Self::drag_to_open`] to opt out.
     pub fn show_collapsible<R>(
         self,
         ui: &mut Ui,
@@ -424,10 +457,11 @@ impl Panel {
         let how_expanded = animate_expansion(ui, self.id.with("animation"), *is_expanded);
 
         if how_expanded == 0.0 {
-            // Panel is fully closed. If the user is still dragging the resize handle
+            // Panel is fully closed, but we still leave a grab handle at its fixed
-            // from a previous frame, keep its widget id alive so they can drag the
+            // edge so the user can drag it back open.
-            // panel back out without releasing.
+            if self.resizable && self.drag_to_open {
-            self.keep_drag_alive_for_reopen(ui, is_expanded);
+                self.collapsed_resize_handle(ui, is_expanded);
+            }
 
             // Make sure the ids of the next widgets are the same whether we show the panel or not:
             ui.skip_ahead_auto_ids(1);
@@ -436,7 +470,7 @@ impl Panel {
 
         // Don't lose the drag during the slide-back-open animation:
         let drag_in_progress = ui
-            .read_response(self.id.with("__resize"))
+            .read_response(self.resize_id())
             .is_some_and(|r| r.dragged());
 
         let panel = if how_expanded < 1.0 {
@@ -549,20 +583,11 @@ impl Panel {
 
         // Is the resize handle currently being dragged?
         let drag_in_progress = ui
-            .read_response(resize_id_source.with("__resize"))
+            .read_response(resize_widget_id(resize_id_source))
             .is_some_and(|r| r.dragged());
 
         let animation_id = expanded_panel.id.with("animation");
-        // While the user is dragging, snap the animation to the target so the
+        let how_expanded = animate_expansion(ui, animation_id, *is_expanded);
-        // drag (which sets `outer_size` directly from the pointer) doesn't fight
-        // a simultaneous slide. Without this, drag-to-expand visibly jumps as
-        // the slide animation tries to grow from 0 while the pointer is already
-        // at the expanded size.
-        let how_expanded = if drag_in_progress {
-            ui.animate_bool_with_time(animation_id, *is_expanded, 0.0)
-        } else {
-            animate_expansion(ui, animation_id, *is_expanded)
-        };
 
         // When expanding, the user sees the expanded content the moment animation starts.
         // When collapsing, keep showing the expanded content until past the midpoint,
@@ -585,7 +610,19 @@ impl Panel {
             let panel = if how_expanded < 1.0 {
                 // Animate the visible size from collapsed_size to expanded_size,
                 // so the slide picks up where the collapsed panel left off.
-                let expanded_size = expanded_panel.outer_size(ui);
+                let expanded_size = if drag_in_progress {
+                    // During a drag the pointer sets the size, clamped to `min_size`
+                    // — so that, not the (stale) persisted size, is where the slide
+                    // meets the collapsed panel, whether opening or closing. Get it
+                    // wrong and the panel jumps the gap between the two sizes in one
+                    // frame.
+                    expanded_panel
+                        .outer_size_range
+                        .min
+                        .at_least(collapse_threshold)
+                } else {
+                    expanded_panel.outer_size(ui)
+                };
                 let visible_size = lerp(collapse_threshold..=expanded_size, how_expanded);
                 let slide_fraction = if 0.0 < expanded_size {
                     visible_size / expanded_size
@@ -702,7 +739,7 @@ impl Panel {
             // released size gets persisted into [`PanelState`] — without this the
             // store-skipped-during-drag rule would leave the stored size at the
             // pre-drag value.
-            let resize_id = self.resize_id_source.unwrap_or(id).with("__resize");
+            let resize_id = self.resize_id();
             let resize_response = parent_ui.read_response(resize_id);
 
             // Double-click on the resize edge toggles `*is_expanded` for the
@@ -860,19 +897,25 @@ impl Panel {
             .store(parent_ui, id);
         }
 
-        // Hide the separator once the panel is mostly slid off — at that point
+        // The highlight follows the pointer all the way down to zero size, where
-        // the line would just be a stray dash hovering near the parent edge.
+        // `collapsed_resize_handle` picks it straight up again — so the user never
-        if 0.01 < self.slide_fraction {
+        // loses sight of the edge they are dragging. The dim idle separator does
-            let stroke = if is_resizing {
+        // get hidden once the panel is mostly slid off, since there it would just
-                parent_ui.style().visuals.widgets.active.fg_stroke // highly visible
+        // be a stray dash hovering near the parent edge.
-            } else if resize_hover {
+        let stroke = if is_resizing {
-                parent_ui.style().visuals.widgets.hovered.fg_stroke // highly visible
+            parent_ui.style().visuals.widgets.active.fg_stroke // highly visible
-            } else if show_separator_line {
+        } else if resize_hover {
-                // TODO(emilk): distinguish resizable from non-resizable
+            parent_ui.style().visuals.widgets.hovered.fg_stroke // highly visible
-                parent_ui.style().visuals.widgets.noninteractive.bg_stroke // dim
+        } else if show_separator_line && 0.01 < self.slide_fraction {
-            } else {
+            // TODO(emilk): distinguish resizable from non-resizable
-                Stroke::NONE
+            parent_ui.style().visuals.widgets.noninteractive.bg_stroke // dim
-            };
+        } else {
+            Stroke::NONE
+        };
+        if 0.0 < stroke.width {
+            // Nudged inward, to keep the line inside the panel's own (shifted)
+            // rect: `parent_ui`'s painter sits below the panels that come after
+            // this one, so anything drawn past the fixed edge is covered by them.
             // TODO(emilk): draw line on top of all panels in this ui when https://github.com/emilk/egui/issues/1516 is done
 
             // The line goes just _outside_ the frame's outline, in the room `resolve_frame`
@@ -893,6 +936,13 @@ impl Panel {
         inner_response
     }
 
+    /// [`Id`] of this panel's resize-handle widget.
+    ///
+    /// See [`resize_widget_id`] for why open and collapsed panels must share it.
+    fn resize_id(&self) -> Id {
+        resize_widget_id(self.resize_id_source.unwrap_or(self.id))
+    }
+
     /// The configured [`Frame`], or the default side/top panel frame for this [`Ui`].
     fn resolve_frame(&self, ui: &Ui) -> Frame {
         let mut frame = self
@@ -918,48 +968,91 @@ impl Panel {
         frame
     }
 
-    /// Panel is fully closed. If the user is still dragging the resize handle
+    /// The grab handle of a fully collapsed panel: a thin strip along the panel's
-    /// from the frame the panel closed on, keep its widget id registered so the
+    /// fixed edge, invisible until hovered.
-    /// drag survives, and reopen if they drag back past the minimum size.
+    ///
-    fn keep_drag_alive_for_reopen(&self, ui: &Ui, is_expanded: &mut bool) {
+    /// Dragging it outward past the minimum size — or double-clicking it —
-        let resize_id = self.id.with("__resize");
+    /// reopens the panel. Registering it under the same id as the expanded
-        let Some(resize_response) = ui.read_response(resize_id) else {
+    /// panel's resize handle also keeps an in-progress drag-to-collapse gesture
-            return;
+    /// alive, so the user can drag the panel straight back out without releasing.
-        };
+    fn collapsed_resize_handle(&self, ui: &Ui, is_expanded: &mut bool) {
-        if !resize_response.dragged() {
+        let side = self.side;
-            return;
+        let axis = side.axis();
-        }
-        let Some(pointer) = resize_response.interact_pointer_pos() else {
-            return;
-        };
 
-        // Re-register the resize widget at the (now collapsed) fixed edge so its
-        // id stays alive in egui's interaction state.
         let available_rect = ui.available_rect_before_wrap();
-        let fixed_edge_pos = self.side.fixed_pos(available_rect);
+        let fixed_edge_pos = side.fixed_pos(available_rect);
-        let cross_range = available_rect.range_along(self.side.cross_axis());
+        let cross_range = available_rect.range_along(side.cross_axis());
-        let resize_rect = if self.side.axis() == 0 {
+
+        // The strip lies just _inside_ the fixed edge, so it never reaches
+        // outside the area the panel is allowed to occupy.
+        let mut resize_rect = if axis == 0 {
             Rect::from_x_y_ranges(Rangef::point(fixed_edge_pos), cross_range)
         } else {
             Rect::from_x_y_ranges(cross_range, Rangef::point(fixed_edge_pos))
         };
-        let grab = ui.style().interaction.resize_grab_radius_side;
+        side.set_rect_size(
-        let resize_rect = resize_rect.expand2(grab * self.side.axis_unit());
+            &mut resize_rect,
-        ui.interact(resize_rect, resize_id, Sense::drag());
+            ui.style().interaction.resize_grab_radius_side,
+        );
 
-        // Keep the resize cursor while the user is still holding the drag.
+        let resize_id = self.resize_id();
-        // Otherwise the cursor would snap back to the default the moment the
+        let response = ui.interact(resize_rect, resize_id, Sense::click_and_drag());
-        // panel closed, even though the gesture is still ongoing.
-        ui.set_cursor_icon(self.cursor_icon(0.0));
 
-        // Signed distance from the fixed edge to the pointer along the panel's
+        if response.double_clicked() {
-        // axis. Only counts as "pulled outward" while positive — going past the
-        // fixed edge gives a negative value, NOT a mirrored positive one (no
-        // `.abs()`), so dragging past the screen edge can't spuriously reopen.
-        let dragged_size = -self.side.sign() * (pointer[self.side.axis()] - fixed_edge_pos);
-        if self.outer_size_range.min < dragged_size {
             *is_expanded = true;
         }
+
+        if response.hovered() || response.dragged() {
+            // Advertise that the panel can be pulled out. Also keeps the resize
+            // cursor for a drag that started before the panel closed, instead of
+            // snapping back to the default mid-gesture.
+            ui.set_cursor_icon(self.cursor_icon(0.0));
+        }
+
+        if response.dragged()
+            && let Some(pointer) = response.interact_pointer_pos()
+        {
+            // Signed distance from the fixed edge to the pointer along the panel's
+            // axis. Only counts as "pulled outward" while positive — going past the
+            // fixed edge gives a negative value, NOT a mirrored positive one (no
+            // `.abs()`), so dragging past the screen edge can't spuriously reopen.
+            //
+            // We require the full minimum size, so the panel never jumps ahead of
+            // the pointer: it opens exactly when the drag reaches the size it will
+            // open at, and follows the pointer from there.
+            let dragged_size = -side.sign() * (pointer[axis] - fixed_edge_pos);
+            if self.outer_size_range.min < dragged_size {
+                *is_expanded = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Invisible until hovered, so the handle doesn't read as a stray line at
+        // the edge of the screen.
+        let stroke = if response.dragged() {
+            ui.style().visuals.widgets.active.fg_stroke
+        } else if response.hovered() {
+            ui.style().visuals.widgets.hovered.fg_stroke
+        } else {
+            Stroke::NONE
+        };
+        if 0.0 < stroke.width {
+            // The collapsed panel occupies no space of its own, so the line has to
+            // go _inside_ the area the following panels use — which means painting
+            // in a layer above them, or they would cover it.
+            // TODO(emilk): use the panel's own layer once https://github.com/emilk/egui/issues/1516 is done
+            let painter = ui
+                .ctx()
+                .layer_painter(LayerId::new(Order::Middle, resize_id))
+                .with_clip_rect(resize_rect);
+
+            // Nudge the line inward so it isn't half-clipped by the edge.
+            let line_pos = fixed_edge_pos - 0.5 * side.sign() * stroke.width;
+            if axis == 0 {
+                painter.vline(line_pos, cross_range, stroke);
+            } else {
+                painter.hline(cross_range, line_pos, stroke);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// Get the current _outer_ width or height of the panel (from previous frame),
@@ -994,7 +1087,7 @@ impl Panel {
 
         // Use `resize_id_source` so collapsed/expanded panels in
         // `show_switched` share one resize widget.
-        let resize_id = self.resize_id_source.unwrap_or(self.id).with("__resize");
+        let resize_id = self.resize_id();
         let resize_rect = Rect::from_x_y_ranges(resize_x, resize_y).expand2(amount);
         ui.interact(resize_rect, resize_id, Sense::click_and_drag())
     }

crates/egui_demo_app/src/wrap_app.rs

@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ impl WrapApp {
         let mut cmd = Command::Nothing;
 
         egui::Panel::left("backend_panel")
-            .resizable(false)
+            .resizable(true)
+            .size_range(280..=400)
             .show_collapsible(ui, &mut is_open, |ui| {
                 ui.add_space(4.0);
                 ui.vertical_centered(|ui| {

crates/egui_demo_lib/src/demo/panels.rs

@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ impl crate::View for Panels {
             bottom,
             egui::Panel::bottom("bottom_panel_collapsed")
                 .resizable(true)
-                .default_size(20.0),
+                .exact_size(20.0),
             egui::Panel::bottom("bottom_panel_expanded")
                 .resizable(true)
-                .max_size(128.0),
+                .size_range(64.0..=128.0),
             |ui, expanded| {
                 if expanded {
                     ui.vertical_centered(|ui| {

crates/emath/src/range.rs

@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ impl From<&RangeInclusive<f32>> for Rangef {
     }
 }
 
+/// Makes specifying size ranges slightly more convenient (no need for the extra `.0` suffixes)
+impl From<RangeInclusive<i32>> for Rangef {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(range: RangeInclusive<i32>) -> Self {
+        Self::new(*range.start() as _, *range.end() as _)
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<RangeFrom<f32>> for Rangef {
     #[inline]
     fn from(range: RangeFrom<f32>) -> Self {

tests/egui_tests/tests/snapshots/panel_drag/collapsed_handle_hovered.png

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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+size 3516

tests/egui_tests/tests/snapshots/panel_drag/collapsed_handle_idle.png

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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+size 3538

tests/egui_tests/tests/snapshots/panel_drag/collapsed_handle_reopened.png

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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+oid sha256:2bbf9c826403a00937f9e37cccc76b16dc67db8aef3536bf076922fdd2d564d5
+size 4881

tests/egui_tests/tests/test_panel_drag.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 //!
 //! Covers:
 //! * [`Panel::show_collapsible`] — drag-to-close on a `Left` panel.
+//! * [`Panel::show_collapsible`] — drag-to-open via the grab handle a fully
+//!   collapsed panel leaves behind, plus [`Panel::drag_to_open`] opting out of it.
 //! * [`Panel::show_switched`] — drag-to-close on the expanded panel
 //!   followed by drag-to-expand on the collapsed panel, both via the shared
 //!   resize handle.
@@ -13,6 +15,15 @@ use egui_kittest::{Harness, SnapshotResults};
 #[derive(Default)]
 struct State {
     is_expanded: bool,
+
+    /// The panel's live _outer_ width, recorded each pass.
+    ///
+    /// `None` while the panel is fully collapsed.
+    ///
+    /// We can't read this back from [`egui::PanelState`], because a panel
+    /// deliberately doesn't persist its size while its resize handle is being
+    /// dragged — which is exactly when these tests need to observe it.
+    panel_width: Option<f32>,
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -34,7 +45,10 @@ fn drag_to_close_animated_inside() {
                     ui.label("Central");
                 });
             },
-            State { is_expanded: true },
+            State {
+                is_expanded: true,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
         );
 
     harness.run();
@@ -65,6 +79,156 @@ fn drag_to_close_animated_inside() {
     results.add(harness.try_snapshot("panel_drag/inside_closed"));
 }
 
+/// The size range of the collapsible left panel used by the drag-to-open tests.
+const MIN_SIZE: f32 = 60.0;
+const DEFAULT_SIZE: f32 = 80.0;
+
+/// A harness with a single collapsible, resizable left panel.
+///
+/// `drag_to_open` is passed straight through to [`Panel::drag_to_open`].
+fn collapsible_left_panel_harness(drag_to_open: bool) -> Harness<'static, State> {
+    Harness::builder()
+        .with_size(Vec2::new(400.0, 200.0))
+        .build_ui_state(
+            move |ui, state: &mut State| {
+                let response = Panel::left("test_left_panel")
+                    .resizable(true)
+                    .drag_to_open(drag_to_open)
+                    .default_size(DEFAULT_SIZE)
+                    .min_size(MIN_SIZE)
+                    .show_collapsible(ui, &mut state.is_expanded, |ui| {
+                        ui.label("Left panel content");
+                        // Without this the frame shrinks to fit the label, and the
+                        // panel's rect would report the content width instead of
+                        // the width the panel was resized to.
+                        ui.take_available_space();
+                    });
+                state.panel_width = response.map(|response| response.response.rect.width());
+                egui::CentralPanel::default().show(ui, |ui| {
+                    ui.label("Central");
+                });
+            },
+            State {
+                is_expanded: true,
+                panel_width: None,
+            },
+        )
+}
+
+/// The panel's live _outer_ width, as of the last completed pass.
+fn panel_width(harness: &Harness<'_, State>) -> f32 {
+    harness
+        .state()
+        .panel_width
+        .expect("the panel should be showing")
+}
+
+/// Collapse the panel by dragging its resize edge past `min_size`, and return the
+/// panel's fixed (left) edge — where the grab handle it leaves behind sits.
+fn collapse_by_drag(harness: &mut Harness<'_, State>) -> Pos2 {
+    harness.run();
+    assert!(harness.state().is_expanded, "should start expanded");
+
+    // Query the actual resize edge from PanelState (avoids assumptions about
+    // Frame margins and the harness's ui padding).
+    let panel_state = egui::PanelState::load(&harness.ctx, egui::Id::new("test_left_panel"))
+        .expect("PanelState should be persisted after the first frame");
+    let fixed_edge = Pos2::new(
+        panel_state.outer_rect.left(),
+        panel_state.outer_rect.center().y,
+    );
+
+    let drag_start = Pos2::new(panel_state.outer_rect.right(), fixed_edge.y);
+    let drag_end = Pos2::new(drag_start.x - 200.0, fixed_edge.y);
+
+    harness.drag_at(drag_start);
+    harness.run();
+    harness.hover_at(drag_end);
+    harness.run();
+    harness.drop_at(drag_end);
+    harness.run();
+
+    assert!(
+        !harness.state().is_expanded,
+        "drag past min_size should have closed the panel"
+    );
+
+    // Move the pointer away so the handle isn't left hovered.
+    harness.hover_at(Pos2::new(300.0, fixed_edge.y));
+    harness.run();
+
+    fixed_edge
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn drag_to_open_collapsed_panel() {
+    let mut results = SnapshotResults::new();
+
+    let mut harness = collapsible_left_panel_harness(true);
+    let fixed_edge = collapse_by_drag(&mut harness);
+    // Grab just inside the fixed edge, where the handle is.
+    let handle_pos = fixed_edge + Vec2::new(1.0, 0.0);
+
+    // The handle is invisible until hovered:
+    results.add(harness.try_snapshot("panel_drag/collapsed_handle_idle"));
+
+    harness.hover_at(handle_pos);
+    harness.run();
+    results.add(harness.try_snapshot("panel_drag/collapsed_handle_hovered"));
+
+    // Dragging out but not as far as `min_size` must not reopen the panel.
+    harness.drag_at(handle_pos);
+    harness.run();
+    let short_of_min = Pos2::new(fixed_edge.x + MIN_SIZE - 10.0, fixed_edge.y);
+    harness.hover_at(short_of_min);
+    harness.run();
+    assert!(
+        !harness.state().is_expanded,
+        "dragging out less than min_size should not reopen the panel"
+    );
+
+    // …but continuing past `min_size` should, without releasing the drag. The
+    // panel opens at the size the pointer is already at, so it never jumps ahead.
+    let past_min = Pos2::new(fixed_edge.x + MIN_SIZE + 20.0, fixed_edge.y);
+    harness.hover_at(past_min);
+    harness.run();
+    assert!(
+        harness.state().is_expanded,
+        "dragging out past min_size should have reopened the panel"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        panel_width(&harness),
+        past_min.x - fixed_edge.x,
+        "the reopened panel's edge should sit under the pointer"
+    );
+
+    harness.drop_at(past_min);
+    harness.run();
+    assert!(
+        harness.state().is_expanded,
+        "the panel should stay open after the drag is released"
+    );
+    results.add(harness.try_snapshot("panel_drag/collapsed_handle_reopened"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn drag_to_open_can_be_opted_out_of() {
+    let mut harness = collapsible_left_panel_harness(false);
+    let handle_pos = collapse_by_drag(&mut harness) + Vec2::new(1.0, 0.0);
+
+    harness.drag_at(handle_pos);
+    harness.run();
+    harness.hover_at(Pos2::new(handle_pos.x + 150.0, handle_pos.y));
+    harness.run();
+    harness.drop_at(Pos2::new(handle_pos.x + 150.0, handle_pos.y));
+    harness.run();
+
+    assert!(
+        !harness.state().is_expanded,
+        "with `drag_to_open(false)` there should be no grab handle to reopen the panel with"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn drag_to_close_and_reopen_animated_between() {
     let mut results = SnapshotResults::new();
@@ -108,7 +272,10 @@ fn drag_to_close_and_reopen_animated_between() {
                     ui.label("Central");
                 });
             },
-            State { is_expanded: true },
+            State {
+                is_expanded: true,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
         );
 
     harness.run();
@@ -155,3 +322,174 @@ fn drag_to_close_and_reopen_animated_between() {
     );
     results.add(harness.try_snapshot("panel_drag/between_reopened"));
 }
+
+/// State for the animated-close test: records the panel's live top edge.
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct SwitchedState {
+    is_expanded: bool,
+
+    /// Bottom of whatever space is left after the panel — i.e. the top edge of
+    /// the panel that is currently showing.
+    ///
+    /// Read from the ui rather than [`egui::PanelState`], which a panel doesn't
+    /// persist while its resize handle is held.
+    panel_top: f32,
+}
+
+/// The sizes a `show_switched` bottom panel moves between in these tests.
+///
+/// The expanded minimum sits well above the collapsed size, so the gap between
+/// the two shows up in the panel's edge.
+const SWITCHED_COLLAPSED_SIZE: f32 = 20.0;
+const SWITCHED_EXPANDED_MIN: f32 = 80.0;
+
+fn switched_bottom_panel_harness(start_expanded: bool) -> Harness<'static, SwitchedState> {
+    let mut harness = Harness::builder()
+        .with_size(Vec2::new(400.0, 300.0))
+        .with_step_dt(1.0 / 60.0)
+        .build_ui_state(
+            move |ui, state: &mut SwitchedState| {
+                Panel::show_switched(
+                    ui,
+                    &mut state.is_expanded,
+                    Panel::bottom("switched_collapsed")
+                        .resizable(true)
+                        .exact_size(SWITCHED_COLLAPSED_SIZE),
+                    Panel::bottom("switched_expanded")
+                        .resizable(true)
+                        .default_size(160.0)
+                        .min_size(SWITCHED_EXPANDED_MIN)
+                        .max_size(250.0),
+                    |ui, _expanded| ui.take_available_space(),
+                );
+                state.panel_top = ui.available_rect_before_wrap().bottom();
+                egui::CentralPanel::default().show(ui, |_ui| {});
+            },
+            SwitchedState {
+                is_expanded: start_expanded,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        );
+    // kittest disables animations by default, and these tests are about one.
+    harness
+        .ctx
+        .all_styles_mut(|style| style.animation_time = 0.25);
+    for _ in 0..4 {
+        harness.step();
+    }
+    harness
+}
+
+/// Assert that the panel edge crossed `gap` gradually, rather than in one frame.
+fn assert_crossed_gradually(tops: &[f32], gap: std::ops::Range<f32>) {
+    let frames_in_gap = tops.iter().filter(|top| gap.contains(top)).count();
+    assert!(
+        3 <= frames_in_gap,
+        "expected the panel to be animated across the gap between the collapsed \
+         size and the expanded min_size, but only {frames_in_gap} frame(s) landed \
+         inside {gap:?}: {tops:?}"
+    );
+}
+
+/// Dragging the expanded panel shut animates it the rest of the way, rather than
+/// snapping, even while the drag is still held.
+///
+/// The expanded panel can't shrink past its own `min_size`, so a drag that goes
+/// below that leaves a gap between where the panel is stuck and the collapsed
+/// panel's size. That gap has to be animated, or the panel jumps.
+#[test]
+fn drag_to_close_switched_animates_while_held() {
+    let collapsed_size = SWITCHED_COLLAPSED_SIZE;
+    let expanded_min = SWITCHED_EXPANDED_MIN;
+
+    let mut harness = switched_bottom_panel_harness(true);
+
+    let expanded = egui::PanelState::load(&harness.ctx, egui::Id::new("switched_expanded"))
+        .expect("PanelState should be persisted after the first frame");
+    let (x, bottom) = (expanded.outer_rect.center().x, expanded.outer_rect.bottom());
+    let collapsed_top = bottom - collapsed_size;
+
+    // Drag the top edge down well past the collapsed size, and keep holding.
+    harness.drag_at(Pos2::new(x, expanded.outer_rect.top()));
+    harness.step();
+    harness.hover_at(Pos2::new(x, bottom - 10.0));
+    harness.step();
+
+    assert!(
+        !harness.state().is_expanded,
+        "dragging past the collapsed size should have collapsed the panel"
+    );
+    let top_at_collapse = harness.state().panel_top;
+    assert_eq!(
+        top_at_collapse,
+        bottom - expanded_min,
+        "the expanded panel should be stuck at its min_size when the collapse fires"
+    );
+
+    // Follow the close, still holding the drag.
+    let mut tops = vec![top_at_collapse];
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        harness.step();
+        tops.push(harness.state().panel_top);
+    }
+
+    assert!(
+        tops.windows(2).all(|w| w[0] <= w[1]),
+        "the panel should only ever move towards being shut, never jump back open: {tops:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        (tops.last().copied().unwrap_or_default() - collapsed_top).abs() < 1.0,
+        "the close should end at the collapsed panel's size, got {:?}",
+        tops.last()
+    );
+
+    // The gap between min_size and the collapsed size must be crossed over
+    // several frames, not in one jump.
+    assert_crossed_gradually(&tops, (top_at_collapse + 1.0)..(collapsed_top - 1.0));
+}
+
+/// The mirror image: dragging the collapsed panel open animates across the same
+/// gap, instead of snapping straight out to the expanded panel's `min_size`.
+#[test]
+fn drag_to_open_switched_animates_while_held() {
+    let mut harness = switched_bottom_panel_harness(false);
+
+    let collapsed = egui::PanelState::load(&harness.ctx, egui::Id::new("switched_collapsed"))
+        .expect("PanelState should be persisted after the first frame");
+    let (x, collapsed_top, bottom) = (
+        collapsed.outer_rect.center().x,
+        collapsed.outer_rect.top(),
+        collapsed.outer_rect.bottom(),
+    );
+    let expanded_min_top = bottom - SWITCHED_EXPANDED_MIN;
+
+    // Nudge the collapsed panel's top edge out past its `exact_size` cap, and keep
+    // holding. The pointer stays far short of the expanded panel's `min_size`.
+    harness.drag_at(Pos2::new(x, collapsed_top));
+    harness.step();
+    harness.hover_at(Pos2::new(x, collapsed_top - 10.0));
+    harness.step();
+
+    assert!(
+        harness.state().is_expanded,
+        "a small outward drag past the collapsed panel's cap should expand it"
+    );
+
+    let mut tops = vec![harness.state().panel_top];
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        harness.step();
+        tops.push(harness.state().panel_top);
+    }
+
+    assert!(
+        tops.windows(2).all(|w| w[1] <= w[0]),
+        "the panel should only ever grow, never jump back shut: {tops:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        (tops.last().copied().unwrap_or_default() - expanded_min_top).abs() < 1.0,
+        "the panel should settle at the expanded min_size (top {expanded_min_top}), \
+         since the pointer never got further out than that, got {:?}",
+        tops.last()
+    );
+    assert_crossed_gradually(&tops, (expanded_min_top + 1.0)..(collapsed_top - 1.0));
+}