diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/projects/sortableItems.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/projects/sortableItems.tsx
index 303c8470..1db05b32 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/projects/sortableItems.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/projects/sortableItems.tsx
@@ -285,7 +285,14 @@ export const SortableProjectItem: React.FC<SortableProjectItemProps> = ({
                   <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
                     <button
                       type="button"
-                      className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md text-left focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-primary/50"
+                      className={cn(
+                        'flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md text-left focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-primary/50 transition-[padding]',
+                        // Reserve hover space for the absolute action buttons,
+                        // matching the collapse-toggle branch below.
+                        isRepo && !hideDirectoryControls
+                          ? (alwaysShowActions ? 'pr-20' : 'pr-7 group-hover/project:pr-20 group-focus-within/project:pr-20')
+                          : (alwaysShowActions ? 'pr-14' : 'pr-7 group-hover/project:pr-14 group-focus-within/project:pr-14'),
+                      )}
                       aria-label={t('sessions.sidebar.project.selectAria', { project: projectLabel })}
                     >
                       <ProjectHeaderIdentity id={id} projectLabel={projectLabel} projectIcon={projectIcon} projectColor={projectColor} projectIconImage={projectIconImage} projectIconBackground={projectIconBackground} />