diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dock.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dock.rs
index b586e8c9..d0daa86d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dock.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dock.rs
@@ -1177,6 +1177,21 @@ pub fn draw_group_chrome(ui: &mut egui::Ui, g: &Group, t: &Tokens, reg: &mut cra
             }
             x += w + 8.0;
         }
+        // A stacked panel's whole header bar expands/collapses it, not just its name (as in After
+        // Effects). A stack group holds one panel, so the rest of the strip is unambiguous.
+        if g.stacked.is_some()
+            && let Some(e) = entries.first()
+        {
+            let rest = Rect::from_min_max(pos2((x - 8.0).max(strip.min.x), strip.min.y), strip.max);
+            if rest.width() > 0.0 {
+                let resp = ui.interact(rest, egui::Id::new(("tab-rest", g.path.clone())), Sense::click());
+                reg.add(&format!("panel.header.{}", e.panel.id()), rest, &e.label);
+                if resp.clicked() {
+                    out.actions.push(DockAction::ToggleStacked(e.panel));
+                    out.actions.push(DockAction::Focus(e.panel));
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
     // clicking anywhere in the panel focuses it
     if let Some(p) = active_panel
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_tabs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_tabs.rs
index 207e5cf4..8b52a72a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_tabs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_tabs.rs
@@ -325,3 +325,23 @@ fn dragging_the_viewer_timeline_divider_far_up_does_not_crash() {
     drag(&mut h, g2.center(), g2.center() + egui::vec2(0.0, 3000.0));
     h.run_steps(2);
 }
+
+/// Issue #301: clicking anywhere on a stacked panel's header bar expands/collapses it, not only
+/// its name; the panel menu button keeps its own click.
+#[test]
+fn a_stacked_panels_whole_header_bar_toggles_it() {
+    let (mut h, _, _) = harness();
+    let open = |h: &Harness<'_, EffectcraftApp>| h.state().ui.dock.is_visible(PanelKind::Preview);
+    assert!(open(&h));
+    let bar = rect(&h, "panel.header.Preview");
+    let tab = rect(&h, "panel.tab.Preview");
+    assert!(bar.min.x >= tab.max.x - 1.0 && bar.width() > 40.0, "{bar:?} {tab:?}");
+    click_n(&mut h, pos2(bar.max.x - 6.0, bar.center().y), 1);
+    assert!(!open(&h), "a click at the bar's right end collapses Preview");
+    let bar = rect(&h, "panel.header.Preview");
+    click_n(&mut h, bar.center(), 1);
+    assert!(open(&h), "and expands it again");
+    let menu = rect(&h, "panel.menu.Preview");
+    click_n(&mut h, menu.center(), 1);
+    assert!(open(&h), "the panel menu button doesn't toggle the panel");
+}