diff --git a/libs/workspace/dashboard/feature/src/lib/rails/dashboard-rail.component.spec.ts b/libs/workspace/dashboard/feature/src/lib/rails/dashboard-rail.component.spec.ts
index af1de8e36..4c6fcc43e 100644
--- a/libs/workspace/dashboard/feature/src/lib/rails/dashboard-rail.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/workspace/dashboard/feature/src/lib/rails/dashboard-rail.component.spec.ts
@@ -559,6 +559,24 @@ describe('DashboardRailComponent', () => {
             });
         });
 
+        it('keeps a card wider than the visible area at its own start instead of skipping past it', async () => {
+            // The 1000px viewport cannot hold a 1200px card, so the next
+            // card's snap point (2420) would move the focused one offscreen.
+            const { scrollTo, focusLink } = await renderRail({
+                count: 3,
+                width: 1200,
+                stride: 1210,
+                scrollLeft: 1210,
+            });
+
+            focusLink(1);
+
+            expect(scrollTo).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+                left: 1210,
+                behavior: 'auto',
+            });
+        });
+
         it('aligns a card cut off on the left with the start edge', async () => {
             const { scrollTo, focusLink } = await renderRail({
                 count: 6,
diff --git a/libs/workspace/dashboard/feature/src/lib/rails/dashboard-rail.component.ts b/libs/workspace/dashboard/feature/src/lib/rails/dashboard-rail.component.ts
index 112d84728..44917caf7 100644
--- a/libs/workspace/dashboard/feature/src/lib/rails/dashboard-rail.component.ts
+++ b/libs/workspace/dashboard/feature/src/lib/rails/dashboard-rail.component.ts
@@ -318,7 +318,13 @@ export class DashboardRailComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
             visible.left;
         const maxLeft = track.scrollWidth - track.clientWidth;
         let left = maxLeft;
-        if (hiddenLeft) {
+        // A card wider than the visible area (a narrow window, or zoom) can
+        // never fit: show its start rather than a later card's snap point,
+        // which would move it offscreen.
+        if (
+            hiddenLeft ||
+            rect.right - rect.left > visible.right - visible.left
+        ) {
             left = snapOffset(card);
         } else {
             const needed = track.scrollLeft + rect.right - visible.right;