diff --git a/client/src/components/lanes/LaneStripCard.tsx b/client/src/components/lanes/LaneStripCard.tsx
index 865c99b..cd447b7 100644
--- a/client/src/components/lanes/LaneStripCard.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/lanes/LaneStripCard.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /**
- * @file The compact lane tile used in the Workspace's vertical lane list. It
- * carries only what you need to pick a lane — which lane, is it alive, what
- * stage, how far — because the full card, its controls and its working-copy
- * facts live in the detail panel beside it. Keeping the tile small and full
- * width is what lets many lanes stay scannable in one scrolling column.
+ * @file The compact lane tile used in the Workspace's horizontal lane strip.
+ * It carries only what you need to pick a lane — which lane, is it alive,
+ * what stage, how far — because the full card, its controls and its
+ * working-copy facts live in the detail panel below it. Keeping the tile
+ * small and fixed-width is what lets many lanes stay scannable in one
+ * scrolling row.
  * @author Nguyễn Ngọc Trí Vĩ <vinnt@smartgift.vn>
  */
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ export default function LaneStripCard({
       aria-pressed={selected}
       onClick={onSelect}
       title={lane.cwd}
-      className={`w-full shrink-0 rounded-lg border p-3 text-left shadow-sm transition-colors ${
+      className={`w-56 shrink-0 rounded-lg border p-3 text-left shadow-sm transition-colors ${
         selected
           ? "border-accent bg-accent/10"
           : "border-border bg-surface-2 hover:border-border-light hover:bg-surface-3"
diff --git a/client/src/pages/Workspace.tsx b/client/src/pages/Workspace.tsx
index 55b7be2..0cb083f 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/Workspace.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/Workspace.tsx
@@ -521,15 +521,11 @@ export function Workspace() {
         </button>
       </div>
 
-      {/* Lane list + detail live side by side so neither can cover the other:
-          the list is a scrolling column (holds any number of lanes), the
-          detail/console area to its right never has to compete with it for
-          vertical space. */}
-      <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 gap-4">
-        <div
-          data-testid="lane-strip"
-          className="flex w-60 shrink-0 flex-col gap-2 overflow-y-auto pr-1"
-        >
+      {/* Lane strip + detail stack vertically: the strip is a horizontally
+          scrolling row (holds any number of lanes), the detail/console area
+          below it gets the full width and never competes for it. */}
+      <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-4">
+        <div data-testid="lane-strip" className="flex shrink-0 flex-row gap-2 overflow-x-auto pb-1">
           {lanes.map((l) => (
             <LaneStripCard
               key={l.id}
diff --git a/client/src/pages/__tests__/__snapshots__/screens.snapshot.test.tsx.snap b/client/src/pages/__tests__/__snapshots__/screens.snapshot.test.tsx.snap
index 69960a7..f3d275a 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/__tests__/__snapshots__/screens.snapshot.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/client/src/pages/__tests__/__snapshots__/screens.snapshot.test.tsx.snap
@@ -5762,10 +5762,10 @@ exports[`screen snapshots > Run 1`] = `
       </button>
     </div>
     <div
-      class="flex min-h-0 flex-1 gap-4"
+      class="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-4"
     >
       <div
-        class="flex w-60 shrink-0 flex-col gap-2 overflow-y-auto pr-1"
+        class="flex shrink-0 flex-row gap-2 overflow-x-auto pb-1"
         data-testid="lane-strip"
       >
         <p