diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bc1505f..47bcd50 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "panebox",
-  "version": "2.2.0",
+  "version": "2.2.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "panebox",
-      "version": "2.2.0",
+      "version": "2.2.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "electron-updater": "^6.8.9"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ad467af..f39475e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "panebox",
   "productName": "Panebox",
-  "version": "2.2.0",
+  "version": "2.2.1",
   "description": "A small, private, open-source desktop deck for your web apps — AI tools, chat, mail and more in one window.",
   "main": "main.js",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index cc82128..9650742 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -220,11 +220,9 @@ body.platform-darwin #sidebar { padding-top: 44px; }
 #view-wrap { flex: 1; display: flex; position: relative; overflow: hidden; }
 #view-container { flex: 1; position: relative; overflow: hidden; background: var(--bg); }
 
-webview {
-  position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;
-  border: none; visibility: hidden;
-}
-webview.active { visibility: visible; }
+/* Visibility is owned by the pane wrapper now — see `.pane` below. The old
+   rules here predated panes and still keyed off `.active` on the webview
+   itself, which nothing sets any more. */
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ todo panel */
 
@@ -632,7 +630,11 @@ body.reordering webview { pointer-events: none; }
      paints, so the header appeared to exist and then vanish. */
   position: relative; inset: auto;
   flex: 1; min-height: 0; width: 100%; height: auto;
-  border: none; visibility: visible;
+  border: none;
+  /* Deliberately no `visibility` here. It inherits, so declaring `visible` let
+     every webview un-hide itself inside its hidden pane: all services rendered
+     at once, stacked, and you saw whichever painted last rather than the one
+     you clicked. It also meant Chromium never throttled the background ones. */
 }
 .pane-head { display: none; }