diff --git a/core/http/react-ui/src/App.css b/core/http/react-ui/src/App.css
index 38abfef88..c0db81666 100644
--- a/core/http/react-ui/src/App.css
+++ b/core/http/react-ui/src/App.css
@@ -5219,14 +5219,41 @@ select.input {
 
 /* Canvas panel */
 .canvas-panel {
+  position: relative;
   width: 45%;
   max-width: 720px;
-  flex-shrink: 1;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
   border-left: 1px solid var(--color-border-subtle);
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   background: var(--color-bg-primary);
   overflow: hidden;
+  animation: canvasSlideIn var(--duration-reveal) var(--ease-reveal) both;
+}
+@keyframes canvasSlideIn {
+  from { opacity: 0; transform: translateX(24px); }
+  to   { opacity: 1; transform: translateX(0); }
+}
+/* Drag-to-resize handle on the panel's left edge. */
+.canvas-resize-handle {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: -3px;
+  width: 7px;
+  height: 100%;
+  cursor: col-resize;
+  z-index: 2;
+  background: transparent;
+  transition: background var(--duration-fast) var(--ease-default);
+}
+.canvas-resize-handle:hover,
+.canvas-resize-handle:active {
+  background: var(--color-primary-light);
+}
+/* On narrow screens the canvas takes the full width; no edge-drag resize. */
+@media (max-width: 1024px) {
+  .canvas-resize-handle { display: none; }
+  .canvas-panel { width: 100% !important; max-width: none !important; }
 }
 .canvas-panel-header {
   display: flex;
diff --git a/core/http/react-ui/src/components/CanvasPanel.jsx b/core/http/react-ui/src/components/CanvasPanel.jsx
index 4ac4c3064..92de05d1f 100644
--- a/core/http/react-ui/src/components/CanvasPanel.jsx
+++ b/core/http/react-ui/src/components/CanvasPanel.jsx
@@ -1,29 +1,64 @@
 import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
 import { renderMarkdown } from '../utils/markdown'
-import { getArtifactIcon } from '../utils/artifacts'
+import { getArtifactIcon, extensionForLanguage } from '../utils/artifacts'
 import { safeHref } from '../utils/url'
 import { copyToClipboard } from '../utils/clipboard'
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify'
 import hljs from '../utils/hljs'
 
+const WIDTH_KEY = 'localai_canvas_width'
+const MIME_BY_EXT = { html: 'text/html', svg: 'image/svg+xml', json: 'application/json', css: 'text/css' }
+
 export default function CanvasPanel({ artifacts, selectedId, onSelect, onClose }) {
   const [showPreview, setShowPreview] = useState(true)
   const [copySuccess, setCopySuccess] = useState(false)
+  // Persisted drag-to-resize width (px). null = use the CSS default (45%).
+  const [width, setWidth] = useState(() => {
+    try { const v = localStorage.getItem(WIDTH_KEY); return v ? Number(v) : null } catch { return null }
+  })
   const codeRef = useRef(null)
+  const panelRef = useRef(null)
 
   const current = artifacts.find(a => a.id === selectedId) || artifacts[0]
-  if (!current) return null
-
-  const hasPreview = current.type === 'code' && ['html', 'svg', 'md', 'markdown'].includes(current.language)
+  const hasPreview = !!current && current.type === 'code' && ['html', 'svg', 'md', 'markdown'].includes(current.language)
 
+  // All hooks must run unconditionally (no early return above them).
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (codeRef.current && !showPreview && current.type === 'code') {
+    if (codeRef.current && !showPreview && current?.type === 'code') {
       codeRef.current.querySelectorAll('pre code').forEach(block => {
         hljs.highlightElement(block)
       })
     }
   }, [current, showPreview])
 
+  // Drag the left edge to resize; clamp to a sane range; persist on release.
+  const startResize = (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault()
+    const startX = e.clientX
+    const startW = panelRef.current?.offsetWidth || 0
+    const maxW = Math.round(window.innerWidth * 0.75)
+    const onMove = (ev) => {
+      const next = Math.min(Math.max(startW + (startX - ev.clientX), 360), maxW)
+      setWidth(next)
+    }
+    const onUp = () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('mousemove', onMove)
+      window.removeEventListener('mouseup', onUp)
+      document.body.style.userSelect = ''
+      try { localStorage.setItem(WIDTH_KEY, String(panelRef.current?.offsetWidth || '')) } catch { /* ignore */ }
+    }
+    document.body.style.userSelect = 'none'
+    window.addEventListener('mousemove', onMove)
+    window.addEventListener('mouseup', onUp)
+  }
+
+  const resetWidth = () => {
+    setWidth(null)
+    try { localStorage.removeItem(WIDTH_KEY) } catch { /* ignore */ }
+  }
+
+  if (!current) return null
+
   const handleCopy = async () => {
     const text = current.code || current.url || ''
     const ok = await copyToClipboard(text)
@@ -35,11 +70,15 @@ export default function CanvasPanel({ artifacts, selectedId, onSelect, onClose }
 
   const handleDownload = () => {
     if (current.type === 'code') {
-      const blob = new Blob([current.code], { type: 'text/plain' })
+      const ext = extensionForLanguage(current.language)
+      const blob = new Blob([current.code], { type: MIME_BY_EXT[ext] || 'text/plain' })
       const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
       const a = document.createElement('a')
       a.href = url
-      a.download = current.title || 'download.txt'
+      // Keep a title that already has an extension; otherwise slugify + add ext.
+      a.download = current.title && /\.[a-z0-9]+$/i.test(current.title)
+        ? current.title
+        : `${(current.title || 'artifact').replace(/[^\w.-]+/g, '-').replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '') || 'artifact'}.${ext}`
       a.click()
       URL.revokeObjectURL(url)
     } else if (current.url) {
@@ -110,7 +149,16 @@ export default function CanvasPanel({ artifacts, selectedId, onSelect, onClose }
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className="canvas-panel">
+    <div className="canvas-panel" ref={panelRef} style={width ? { width: `${width}px`, maxWidth: 'none' } : undefined}>
+      <div
+        className="canvas-resize-handle"
+        onMouseDown={startResize}
+        onDoubleClick={resetWidth}
+        role="separator"
+        aria-orientation="vertical"
+        aria-label="Resize canvas (double-click to reset)"
+        title="Drag to resize, double-click to reset"
+      />
       <div className="canvas-panel-header">
         <span className="canvas-panel-title">{current.title || 'Artifact'}</span>
         <button className="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" onClick={onClose} title="Close canvas">
diff --git a/core/http/react-ui/src/utils/artifacts.js b/core/http/react-ui/src/utils/artifacts.js
index e085d078e..21d961edc 100644
--- a/core/http/react-ui/src/utils/artifacts.js
+++ b/core/http/react-ui/src/utils/artifacts.js
@@ -100,6 +100,18 @@ function guessTitle(lang, index) {
   return index > 0 && extMap[lang] ? base.replace('.', `-${index}.`) : base
 }
 
+const LANG_EXT = {
+  html: 'html', javascript: 'js', js: 'js', typescript: 'ts', ts: 'ts',
+  jsx: 'jsx', tsx: 'tsx', python: 'py', py: 'py', css: 'css', svg: 'svg',
+  json: 'json', yaml: 'yaml', yml: 'yaml', go: 'go', rust: 'rs', java: 'java',
+  markdown: 'md', md: 'md', bash: 'sh', sh: 'sh', sql: 'sql',
+}
+
+// File extension for a code artifact's language, for download filenames.
+export function extensionForLanguage(lang) {
+  return LANG_EXT[(lang || '').toLowerCase()] || 'txt'
+}
+
 export function getArtifactIcon(type, language) {
   if (type === 'image') return 'fa-image'
   if (type === 'pdf') return 'fa-file-pdf'