diff --git a/src/components/ColorFilter.tsx b/src/components/ColorFilter.tsx
index 5db3aef..f4bcbe9 100644
--- a/src/components/ColorFilter.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ColorFilter.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function ColorFilter() {
   }, [open]);
 
   return (
-    <div ref={ref} className="ml-1 flex items-center border-l border-white/[0.06] pl-2">
+    <div ref={ref} className="relative ml-1 flex shrink-0 items-center border-l border-white/[0.06] pl-2">
       {/* Trigger — a single palette icon; shows the active color as a dot when a
           filter is applied so the collapsed state still communicates it. */}
       <Tooltip label={isActive ? "Color filter active" : "Filter by color"} delay={400}>
@@ -85,70 +85,74 @@ export function ColorFilter() {
 
       <AnimatePresence initial={false}>
         {open ? (
+          // Right-aligned popover so it never widens the toolbar row or gets
+          // pushed off-screen on narrow windows. Swatches wrap into a compact
+          // grid instead of a single long horizontal strip.
           <motion.div
-            initial={{ width: 0, opacity: 0 }}
-            animate={{ width: "auto", opacity: 1 }}
-            exit={{ width: 0, opacity: 0 }}
-            transition={{ duration: 0.18, ease: "easeOut" }}
-            // Horizontal/vertical padding gives the active swatch's ring + scale
-            // room inside the overflow-hidden clip box (needed for the width slide).
-            // py-1 keeps the panel shorter than the always-present filter pills so
-            // opening it never changes the row height (no 1px toolbar shift).
-            className="flex items-center gap-1 overflow-hidden whitespace-nowrap px-1.5 py-1"
+            initial={{ opacity: 0, y: -4, scale: 0.98 }}
+            animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0, scale: 1 }}
+            exit={{ opacity: 0, y: -4, scale: 0.98 }}
+            transition={{ duration: 0.14, ease: "easeOut" }}
+            className="absolute right-0 top-full z-30 mt-2 w-max rounded-xl border border-white/10 bg-gray-950/98 p-2.5 shadow-2xl backdrop-blur light-theme:border-gray-700/50"
           >
-            {SWATCHES.map((swatch) => {
-              const active = rgbEquals(colorFilter, swatch.rgb);
-              return (
-                <button
-                  key={swatch.name}
-                  title={swatch.name}
-                  aria-label={`Filter by ${swatch.name}`}
-                  className={`h-4 w-4 shrink-0 rounded-full border transition-transform ${
-                    active ? "scale-110 border-white/40 ring-2 ring-white/70" : "border-white/15 hover:scale-110"
-                  }`}
-                  style={{ backgroundColor: toHex(swatch.rgb) }}
-                  onClick={() => setColorFilter(active ? null : swatch.rgb)}
+            <div className="grid grid-cols-7 gap-1.5">
+              {SWATCHES.map((swatch) => {
+                const active = rgbEquals(colorFilter, swatch.rgb);
+                return (
+                  <button
+                    key={swatch.name}
+                    title={swatch.name}
+                    aria-label={`Filter by ${swatch.name}`}
+                    className={`h-5 w-5 shrink-0 rounded-full border transition-transform ${
+                      active ? "scale-110 border-white/40 ring-2 ring-white/70" : "border-white/15 hover:scale-110"
+                    }`}
+                    style={{ backgroundColor: toHex(swatch.rgb) }}
+                    onClick={() => setColorFilter(active ? null : swatch.rgb)}
+                  />
+                );
+              })}
+
+              {/* Custom color picker — rainbow until a custom color is chosen. */}
+              <label
+                title="Custom color"
+                className={`relative h-5 w-5 shrink-0 cursor-pointer overflow-hidden rounded-full border ${
+                  isCustom ? "border-white/40 ring-2 ring-white/70" : "border-white/15 hover:scale-110"
+                }`}
+                style={
+                  isCustom
+                    ? { backgroundColor: toHex(colorFilter as Rgb) }
+                    : { background: "conic-gradient(red, orange, yellow, lime, cyan, blue, magenta, red)" }
+                }
+              >
+                <input
+                  type="color"
+                  className="absolute inset-0 cursor-pointer opacity-0"
+                  value={colorFilter ? toHex(colorFilter) : "#3b7dd8"}
+                  onChange={(event) => setColorFilter(fromHex(event.target.value))}
                 />
-              );
-            })}
+              </label>
+            </div>
 
-            {/* Custom color picker — rainbow until a custom color is chosen. */}
-            <label
-              title="Custom color"
-              className={`relative h-4 w-4 shrink-0 cursor-pointer overflow-hidden rounded-full border ${
-                isCustom ? "border-white/40 ring-2 ring-white/70" : "border-white/15 hover:scale-110"
-              }`}
-              style={
-                isCustom
-                  ? { backgroundColor: toHex(colorFilter as Rgb) }
-                  : { background: "conic-gradient(red, orange, yellow, lime, cyan, blue, magenta, red)" }
-              }
-            >
-              <input
-                type="color"
-                className="absolute inset-0 cursor-pointer opacity-0"
-                value={colorFilter ? toHex(colorFilter) : "#3b7dd8"}
-                onChange={(event) => setColorFilter(fromHex(event.target.value))}
-              />
-            </label>
-
-            {isActive ? (
-              <button
-                className="ml-0.5 shrink-0 rounded px-1 text-[11px] text-gray-500 transition-colors hover:text-gray-200"
-                onClick={() => setColorFilter(null)}
-                title="Clear color filter"
-              >
-                Clear
-              </button>
-            ) : null}
-
-            {colorBackfill && colorBackfill.total > 0 ? (
-              <span
-                className="ml-0.5 shrink-0 text-[10px] text-gray-600"
-                title="Sampling colors from existing thumbnails — color search fills in as this runs"
-              >
-                sampling {colorBackfill.processed.toLocaleString()}/{colorBackfill.total.toLocaleString()}
-              </span>
+            {isActive || (colorBackfill && colorBackfill.total > 0) ? (
+              <div className="mt-2 flex items-center justify-between gap-3 border-t border-white/[0.06] pt-2 light-theme:border-gray-700/40">
+                {colorBackfill && colorBackfill.total > 0 ? (
+                  <span
+                    className="text-[10px] text-gray-600"
+                    title="Sampling colors from existing thumbnails — color search fills in as this runs"
+                  >
+                    sampling {colorBackfill.processed.toLocaleString()}/{colorBackfill.total.toLocaleString()}
+                  </span>
+                ) : <span />}
+                {isActive ? (
+                  <button
+                    className="shrink-0 rounded px-1 text-[11px] text-gray-500 transition-colors hover:text-gray-200"
+                    onClick={() => setColorFilter(null)}
+                    title="Clear color filter"
+                  >
+                    Clear
+                  </button>
+                ) : null}
+              </div>
             ) : null}
           </motion.div>
         ) : null}
diff --git a/src/components/Lightbox.tsx b/src/components/Lightbox.tsx
index f4e08b3..5eb2f3e 100644
--- a/src/components/Lightbox.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Lightbox.tsx
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ export function Lightbox() {
                 </AnimatePresence>
               </div>
 
-              <div className="lightbox-panel flex w-72 shrink-0 flex-col border-l border-white/5 bg-gray-900/95">
+              <div className="lightbox-panel flex w-64 shrink-0 flex-col border-l border-white/5 bg-gray-900/95 lg:w-72">
                 <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center justify-between px-5 pt-5 pb-4">
                   <div className="min-w-0">
                     <p className="truncate text-sm font-medium text-white">{selectedImage.filename}</p>
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ export function Lightbox() {
                       </svg>
                     </button>
                     <button
-                      className={`rounded-full border px-3 py-1.5 text-xs ${
+                      className={`flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border px-2 py-1.5 text-xs lg:px-3 ${
                         canFindSimilar
                           ? "border-white/10 bg-white/5 text-gray-300 hover:text-white"
                           : "border-white/5 bg-white/[0.03] text-gray-600 cursor-not-allowed"
@@ -544,8 +544,15 @@ export function Lightbox() {
                         void findSimilar(selectedImage.id, selectedImage.folder_id);
                       }}
                       disabled={!canFindSimilar}
+                      title={canFindSimilar ? "Find similar images" : "Embeddings not ready"}
                     >
-                      {canFindSimilar ? "Similar" : "Embeddings not ready"}
+                      <svg className="h-4 w-4 shrink-0" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor">
+                        <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={1.6}
+                          d="M13 3l1.55 4.65L19 9.2l-4.45 1.55L13 15.4l-1.55-4.65L7 9.2l4.45-1.55L13 3z" />
+                        <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={1.6}
+                          d="M5.5 14.5l.8 2.2 2.2.8-2.2.8-.8 2.2-.8-2.2L2.5 17.5l2.2-.8.8-2.2z" />
+                      </svg>
+                      <span className="hidden lg:inline">{canFindSimilar ? "Similar" : "Embeddings not ready"}</span>
                     </button>
                   </div>
                   <button className="rounded p-1 text-gray-400 hover:text-white" onClick={closeImage}>
@@ -949,7 +956,7 @@ export function Lightbox() {
           </div>
 
           <button
-            className="absolute right-80 top-1/2 z-10 -translate-y-1/2 rounded-full bg-white/10 p-3 text-white transition-colors hover:bg-white/20 disabled:opacity-20"
+            className="absolute right-72 top-1/2 z-10 -translate-y-1/2 rounded-full bg-white/10 p-3 text-white transition-colors hover:bg-white/20 disabled:opacity-20 lg:right-80"
             disabled={currentIndex >= images.length - 1 || regionSelectMode}
             onClick={(event) => {
               event.stopPropagation();
diff --git a/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index 3c67282..e0d3a40 100644
--- a/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ export function Sidebar() {
   };
 
   return (
-    <aside className="w-60 shrink-0 flex flex-col bg-gray-950 border-r border-white/[0.06]">
+    <aside className="w-52 shrink-0 flex flex-col bg-gray-950 border-r border-white/[0.06] lg:w-60">
       {/* Header */}
       <div className="flex items-center justify-between px-4 h-12 border-b border-white/[0.06] shrink-0">
         <span className="text-[13px] font-semibold text-white/80 tracking-wide">Phokus</span>
diff --git a/src/components/Toolbar.tsx b/src/components/Toolbar.tsx
index a6d9969..f2595fa 100644
--- a/src/components/Toolbar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Toolbar.tsx
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ function FilterPill({
       : "bg-white/10 text-white light-theme:bg-gray-900 light-theme:text-white";
   return (
     <button
-      className={`rounded-lg px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium transition-all duration-150 ${
+      className={`shrink-0 whitespace-nowrap rounded-lg px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium transition-all duration-150 ${
         active
           ? activeClass
           : "text-gray-500 hover:text-gray-200 hover:bg-white/5 light-theme:text-gray-600 light-theme:hover:bg-gray-900 light-theme:hover:text-white"
@@ -268,10 +268,10 @@ export function Toolbar() {
   return (
     <div className="relative z-20 shrink-0 border-b border-white/[0.06] bg-gray-950/80 backdrop-blur-xl">
       {/* Primary row */}
-      <div className="flex items-center gap-3 px-5 h-12">
+      <div className="flex items-center gap-2 px-3 h-12 lg:gap-3 lg:px-5">
         {/* Title + count */}
         <div className="flex items-baseline gap-2.5 min-w-0 shrink-0">
-          <h2 className="text-[15px] font-semibold text-white truncate max-w-48">{title}</h2>
+          <h2 className="text-[15px] font-semibold text-white truncate max-w-32 lg:max-w-48">{title}</h2>
           <span className="text-xs text-gray-600 shrink-0">
             {loadedCount < totalImages
               ? `${loadedCount.toLocaleString()} / ${totalImages.toLocaleString()}`
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ export function Toolbar() {
                 }}
                 onFocus={() => setSearchPanelOpen(true)}
                 placeholder="Search files, or use /s /t"
-                className={`w-64 bg-transparent py-1.5 pr-9 text-sm text-white placeholder:text-gray-600 focus:outline-none transition-colors ${searchCommand !== null ? "pl-16" : "pl-8"}`}
+                className={`w-40 bg-transparent py-1.5 pr-9 text-sm text-white placeholder:text-gray-600 focus:outline-none transition-colors lg:w-52 xl:w-64 ${searchCommand !== null ? "pl-16" : "pl-8"}`}
               />
               {searchCommand !== null ? (
                 <div className="absolute left-8 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2">
@@ -452,8 +452,10 @@ export function Toolbar() {
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      {/* Filter row */}
+      {/* Filter row — pills scroll horizontally on narrow widths so they never
+          squash or stack; the color filter stays pinned to the right. */}
       <div className="flex items-center gap-1 px-4 pb-1.5">
+        <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-1 overflow-x-auto [scrollbar-width:none] [&::-webkit-scrollbar]:hidden">
         <FilterPill label="All" active={mediaFilter === "all" && !favoritesOnly && !failedEmbeddingsOnly && !failedTaggingOnly && minimumRating === 0 && colorFilter === null} onClick={() => { setMediaFilter("all"); setFavoritesOnly(false); setMinimumRating(0); setFailedEmbeddingsOnly(false); setFailedTaggingOnly(false); setColorFilter(null); }} />
         <FilterPill label="Images" active={mediaFilter === "image" && !favoritesOnly && !failedEmbeddingsOnly && !failedTaggingOnly} onClick={() => { setMediaFilter("image"); setFavoritesOnly(false); setFailedEmbeddingsOnly(false); setFailedTaggingOnly(false); }} />
         <FilterPill label="Videos" active={mediaFilter === "video" && !favoritesOnly && !failedEmbeddingsOnly && !failedTaggingOnly} onClick={() => { setMediaFilter("video"); setFavoritesOnly(false); setFailedEmbeddingsOnly(false); setFailedTaggingOnly(false); }} />
@@ -481,8 +483,9 @@ export function Toolbar() {
             onClick={() => setFailedTaggingOnly(!failedTaggingOnly)}
           />
         ) : null}
+        {isSimilarResults ? <span className="ml-2 shrink-0 whitespace-nowrap text-[11px] text-gray-500">Current similar scope: {similarScope === "current_album" ? "this album" : similarScope === "current_folder" ? "current folder" : "all media"}</span> : null}
+        </div>
         <ColorFilter />
-        {isSimilarResults ? <span className="ml-2 text-[11px] text-gray-500">Current similar scope: {similarScope === "current_album" ? "this album" : similarScope === "current_folder" ? "current folder" : "all media"}</span> : null}
       </div>
     </div>
   );