diff --git a/components/layout/__tests__/sidebar-rail-peek-hover.test.tsx b/components/layout/__tests__/sidebar-rail-peek-hover.test.tsx
index 444f6de8c..5e65bfbc5 100644
--- a/components/layout/__tests__/sidebar-rail-peek-hover.test.tsx
+++ b/components/layout/__tests__/sidebar-rail-peek-hover.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { render, screen, cleanup } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, vi } from 'vitest';
 import type { Mailbox } from '@/lib/jmap/types';
 
@@ -51,6 +51,24 @@ describe('Mountain View rail peek', () => {
 
   const peek = (container: HTMLElement) => container.querySelector('[data-mv-rail-peek]');
 
+  it('shows folder names in the drawer of a narrow window, even when collapsed on a wider one', () => {
+    const matchMedia = window.matchMedia;
+    window.matchMedia = ((query: string) => ({
+      matches: query.includes('64rem'), media: query, addEventListener() {}, removeEventListener() {},
+    })) as never;
+    try {
+      render(<Sidebar mailboxes={mailboxes} selectedMailbox="inbox" />);
+      expect(screen.getByText('News')).toBeTruthy();
+    } finally {
+      window.matchMedia = matchMedia;
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the icon rail on a wide window', () => {
+    render(<Sidebar mailboxes={mailboxes} selectedMailbox="inbox" />);
+    expect(screen.queryByText('News')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it('peeks on hover by default', () => {
     const { container } = render(<Sidebar mailboxes={mailboxes} selectedMailbox="inbox" mvShell />);
     fire.mouseEnter(container.firstElementChild!);
diff --git a/components/layout/sidebar.tsx b/components/layout/sidebar.tsx
index 027776414..e525f3737 100644
--- a/components/layout/sidebar.tsx
+++ b/components/layout/sidebar.tsx
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import { Mailbox } from "@/lib/jmap/types";
 import { useContextMenu } from "@/hooks/use-context-menu";
 import { useLongPress } from "@/hooks/use-long-press";
 import { useMediaQuery } from "@/hooks/use-media-query";
+import { usePaneSize } from "@/hooks/use-pane-size";
 import { IconButton } from "@/components/ui/icon-button";
 import { MailboxContextMenu, type MailboxContextTarget, type MailboxNotificationActions } from "./mailbox-context-menu";
 import { useAccountStore } from '@/stores/account-store';
@@ -1166,7 +1167,12 @@ function SidebarImpl({
   // list behind it.
   const [railHovered, setRailHovered] = useState(false);
   const hoverExpanded = mvShell && sidebarCollapsed && railHovered;
-  const isCollapsed = sidebarCollapsed && !hoverExpanded;
+  // The rail is a desktop thing. Below that the sidebar is a drawer, opened to
+  // read the folder names, whatever the collapse button last said on a wider window.
+  const paneWidth = usePaneSize();
+  const narrowWindow = useMediaQuery('(width < 64rem)');
+  const isDrawer = paneWidth !== null ? paneWidth < 1024 : narrowWindow;
+  const isCollapsed = sidebarCollapsed && !hoverExpanded && !isDrawer;
   const { primaryIdentity: _primaryIdentity, activeAccountId } = useAuthStore(useShallow((state) => ({ primaryIdentity: state.primaryIdentity, activeAccountId: state.activeAccountId })));
   const [expandedFolders, setExpandedFolders] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
   const [expandedTags, setExpandedTags] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());