diff --git a/UI/src/components/AgentModals.tsx b/UI/src/components/AgentModals.tsx
index d7acc26..e5632fb 100644
--- a/UI/src/components/AgentModals.tsx
+++ b/UI/src/components/AgentModals.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { Agent } from "../api/types";
 import { Modal } from "./Modal";
 import { Button, Input, Textarea } from "./ui";
 import { CodeBlock } from "./CodeBlock";
+import { ScrollRow } from "./ScrollRow";
 
 // ── Create / edit form ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ curl -X POST ${origin}/v1/change-requests/{request_id}/consume -H "x-api-key: ${
 					</p>
 				)}
 
-				<div className="no-scrollbar -mx-4 flex gap-1 overflow-x-auto overscroll-x-contain border-b border-border px-4 sm:mx-0 sm:px-0">
+				<ScrollRow wrapperClassName="border-b border-border" className="gap-1" bleed={false}>
 					{tabs.map((t) => (
 						<button
 							key={t.id}
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ curl -X POST ${origin}/v1/change-requests/{request_id}/consume -H "x-api-key: ${
 							{t.label}
 						</button>
 					))}
-				</div>
+				</ScrollRow>
 
 				{tab === "openclaw" && (
 					<div className="space-y-2">
diff --git a/UI/src/components/ScrollRow.tsx b/UI/src/components/ScrollRow.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bbeb49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/UI/src/components/ScrollRow.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { ReactNode, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+
+const FADE = 28; // px of taper at each overflowing edge
+
+/**
+ * Horizontally scrollable row of chips/tabs. Fades whichever edge still has
+ * content behind it, so a clipped item reads as "scroll for more" rather than
+ * as a layout bug — and contains its overscroll so a sideways swipe never
+ * triggers the browser's back gesture.
+ */
+export function ScrollRow({
+	children,
+	className = "",
+	wrapperClassName = "",
+	bleed = true,
+}: {
+	children: ReactNode;
+	/** Applied to the scrolling element (layout of the items). */
+	className?: string;
+	/** Applied to the positioned wrapper (borders, margins). */
+	wrapperClassName?: string;
+	/** Extend to the screen edges on phones so the row reads as scrollable. */
+	bleed?: boolean;
+}) {
+	const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+	const [edges, setEdges] = useState({ start: false, end: false });
+
+	const update = useCallback(() => {
+		const el = ref.current;
+		if (!el) return;
+		const max = el.scrollWidth - el.clientWidth;
+		setEdges({ start: el.scrollLeft > 4, end: max > 4 && el.scrollLeft < max - 4 });
+	}, []);
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+		update();
+		const el = ref.current;
+		if (!el || typeof ResizeObserver === "undefined") return;
+		const ro = new ResizeObserver(update);
+		ro.observe(el);
+		for (const child of Array.from(el.children)) ro.observe(child);
+		return () => ro.disconnect();
+	}, [update]);
+
+	const mask = `linear-gradient(to right, ${
+		edges.start ? `transparent 0, black ${FADE}px` : "black 0"
+	}, ${edges.end ? `black calc(100% - ${FADE}px), transparent 100%` : "black 100%"})`;
+
+	return (
+		<div className={`relative ${bleed ? "-mx-3 sm:mx-0" : ""} ${wrapperClassName}`}>
+			<div
+				ref={ref}
+				onScroll={update}
+				style={{ maskImage: mask, WebkitMaskImage: mask }}
+				className={`no-scrollbar flex overflow-x-auto overscroll-x-contain ${
+					bleed ? "px-3 sm:px-0" : ""
+				} ${className}`}
+			>
+				{children}
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	);
+}
diff --git a/UI/src/pages/Admin.tsx b/UI/src/pages/Admin.tsx
index 0e66198..ebedd91 100644
--- a/UI/src/pages/Admin.tsx
+++ b/UI/src/pages/Admin.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { AdminUser, AuditLog, Agent, GlobalSettings } from "../api/types";
 import { useAuth } from "../context/AuthContext";
 import { Button, Card, PageHeader, Spinner, Toggle } from "../components/ui";
 import { ConfirmSheet } from "../components/ConfirmSheet";
+import { ScrollRow } from "../components/ScrollRow";
 import { relativeTime } from "../utils";
 
 type Tab = "users" | "agents" | "settings" | "audit";
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ export function AdminPage() {
 	return (
 		<div>
 			<PageHeader title="Admin" subtitle="Platform administration." />
-			<div className="no-scrollbar -mx-3 mb-6 flex gap-1 overflow-x-auto overscroll-x-contain border-b border-border px-3 sm:mx-0 sm:px-0">
+			<ScrollRow wrapperClassName="mb-6 border-b border-border" className="gap-1">
 				{tabs.map((t) => (
 					<button
 						key={t.id}
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ export function AdminPage() {
 						{t.label}
 					</button>
 				))}
-			</div>
+			</ScrollRow>
 			{tab === "users" && <UsersTab />}
 			{tab === "agents" && <AgentsTab />}
 			{tab === "settings" && <SettingsTab />}
diff --git a/UI/src/pages/Requests.tsx b/UI/src/pages/Requests.tsx
index ebb75ec..18c3f38 100644
--- a/UI/src/pages/Requests.tsx
+++ b/UI/src/pages/Requests.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Card, EmptyState, PageHeader, Spinner, Button } from "../components/ui"
 import { StateBadge } from "../components/StateBadge";
 import { AgentAvatar } from "../components/AgentAvatar";
 import { ChevronRightIcon } from "../components/icons";
+import { ScrollRow } from "../components/ScrollRow";
 import { relativeTime } from "../utils";
 
 const STATES: RequestState[] = [
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export function RequestsPage() {
 	const totalPages = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(total / PAGE_SIZE));
 
 	const chip = (active: boolean) =>
-		`tap-sm min-h-9 shrink-0 snap-start rounded-full border px-3.5 text-sm font-medium transition ${
+		`tap-sm min-h-9 shrink-0 rounded-full border px-3.5 text-sm font-medium transition ${
 			active
 				? "border-primary/40 bg-primary/15 text-primary"
 				: "border-border-strong bg-surface text-muted hover:text-text"
@@ -71,10 +72,11 @@ export function RequestsPage() {
 		<div>
 			<PageHeader title="Requests" subtitle="Full history of change requests submitted by your agents." />
 
-			<div className="mb-4 space-y-2.5">
-				{/* Swipeable filter pills — bleeds to the screen edges on phones so the
-				    row reads as scrollable. */}
-				<div className="no-scrollbar -mx-3 flex snap-x gap-2 overflow-x-auto overscroll-x-contain px-3 pb-0.5 sm:mx-0 sm:flex-wrap sm:px-0">
+			<div className="mb-5 space-y-3.5">
+				{/* No scroll-snap: it clamps the resting scrollLeft to the container's
+				    padding, which eats the left gutter, and flick-snapping through
+				    short chips feels wrong anyway. */}
+				<ScrollRow className="gap-2 pb-0.5 sm:flex-wrap">
 					<button
 						onClick={() => {
 							setStateFilter("");
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ export function RequestsPage() {
 							{s.replace("_", " ").toLowerCase()}
 						</button>
 					))}
-				</div>
+				</ScrollRow>
 
 				<select
 					value={agentFilter}