diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/DashboardViewCard.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/DashboardViewCard.tsx
index 034b4341..6176dfe5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/DashboardViewCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/DashboardViewCard.tsx
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import RestartAltIcon from '@mui/icons-material/RestartAlt';
 import CloseIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Close';
 import GridViewRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/GridViewRounded';
 import { Output, SERVE_BASE } from '@/shared/state/outputsSlice';
-import { setViewCardPosition, setViewCardSize, removeViewCard } from '@/shared/state/dashboardLayoutSlice';
-import { useAppDispatch } from '@/shared/hooks';
+import { setViewCardPosition, setViewCardSize, removeViewCard, setActiveViewCardId } from '@/shared/state/dashboardLayoutSlice';
+import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from '@/shared/hooks';
 import { API_BASE, getAuthToken } from '@/shared/config';
 import { useClaudeTokens } from '@/shared/styles/ThemeContext';
 import ViewPreview, { ViewPreviewHandle } from '@/app/pages/Views/ViewPreview';
@@ -75,6 +75,23 @@ const DashboardViewCard: React.FC<Props> = ({
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const scrollOverlayRef = useOverlayScrollPassthrough(isSelected);
   const previewRef = useRef<ViewPreviewHandle>(null);
+  const activeViewCardId = useAppSelector((s) => s.dashboardLayout.activeViewCardId);
+  const interactive = activeViewCardId === output.id;
+
+  // Deselecting the card exits interact mode (click anywhere else on canvas).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isSelected && interactive) dispatch(setActiveViewCardId(null));
+  }, [isSelected, interactive, dispatch]);
+
+  // Escape exits interact mode.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!interactive) return;
+    const onKey = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (e.key === 'Escape') dispatch(setActiveViewCardId(null));
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', onKey);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKey);
+  }, [interactive, dispatch]);
 
   const [inputData] = useState<Record<string, any>>(() => getDefault(output.input_schema));
   const [backendResult] = useState<Record<string, any> | null>(null);
@@ -288,7 +305,9 @@ const DashboardViewCard: React.FC<Props> = ({
         borderRadius: `${c.radius.lg}px`,
         border: isHighlighted
           ? `2px solid ${c.accent.primary}`
-          : isSelected ? '2px solid #3b82f6' : `1px solid ${c.border.medium}`,
+          : interactive
+            ? `2px solid ${c.accent.primary}`
+            : isSelected ? '2px solid #3b82f6' : `1px solid ${c.border.medium}`,
         bgcolor: c.bg.surface,
         boxShadow: isHighlighted
           ? `0 0 0 3px ${c.accent.primary}50, 0 0 20px ${c.accent.primary}35, 0 0 40px ${c.accent.primary}15`
@@ -406,6 +425,8 @@ const DashboardViewCard: React.FC<Props> = ({
           output={output}
           inputData={inputData}
           backendResult={backendResult}
+          interactive={interactive}
+          onAppClicked={() => dispatch(setActiveViewCardId(output.id))}
         />
       </Box>
 
@@ -487,7 +508,9 @@ const DashboardOutputPreview: React.FC<{
   output: Output;
   inputData: Record<string, any>;
   backendResult: any;
-}> = ({ previewRef, output, inputData, backendResult }) => {
+  interactive: boolean;
+  onAppClicked: () => void;
+}> = ({ previewRef, output, inputData, backendResult, interactive, onAppClicked }) => {
   const tokens = useClaudeTokens();
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const workspaceId = output.workspace_id ?? null;
@@ -587,6 +610,8 @@ const DashboardOutputPreview: React.FC<{
       frontendCode={output.files?.['index.html'] ?? ''}
       inputData={inputData}
       backendResult={backendResult}
+      interactive={interactive}
+      onAppClicked={onAppClicked}
     />
   );
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Views/ViewPreview.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Views/ViewPreview.tsx
index 59e31b6b..e38ca116 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Views/ViewPreview.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Views/ViewPreview.tsx
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ interface Props {
   onConsoleMessage?: (level: string, text: string) => void;
   /** Fires once the embedded app has actually painted, so cold-start placeholders don't unmount during the vite-ready to first-paint gap. */
   onContentLoad?: () => void;
+  /** True when the user has clicked into the app; preload stops forwarding canvas gestures and lets the app handle all events. */
+  interactive?: boolean;
+  /** Fired when the preload reports a mousedown inside the guest, so the host can flip the card into interactive mode. */
+  onAppClicked?: () => void;
 }
 
 function buildSrcdoc(
@@ -92,6 +96,8 @@ const ViewPreview = forwardRef<ViewPreviewHandle, Props>(({
   style,
   onConsoleMessage,
   onContentLoad,
+  interactive = false,
+  onAppClicked,
 }, ref) => {
   const iframeRef = useRef<HTMLIFrameElement>(null);
   const webviewRef = useRef<any>(null);
@@ -219,22 +225,72 @@ const ViewPreview = forwardRef<ViewPreviewHandle, Props>(({
     }
   }, [srcdoc, useWebview]);
 
-  // Forward webview-console events (preload wraps console.*) to onConsoleMessage; iframe path has no equivalent.
+  // Listen for preload IPC: console forwarding, canvas wheel forwarding
+  // (matches BrowserCard so apps share the same dashboard pan/zoom defaults),
+  // and the app-clicked notification that flips the card into interact mode.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!useWebview || !onConsoleMessage) return;
+    if (!useWebview) return;
     const wv = webviewRef.current;
     if (!wv) return;
     const handler = (e: any) => {
-      if (e?.channel !== 'webview-console') return;
-      const arg = Array.isArray(e.args) ? e.args[0] : undefined;
-      if (!arg) return;
-      onConsoleMessage(arg.level || 'log', arg.text || '');
+      if (e?.channel === 'webview-console') {
+        if (!onConsoleMessage) return;
+        const arg = Array.isArray(e.args) ? e.args[0] : undefined;
+        if (!arg) return;
+        onConsoleMessage(arg.level || 'log', arg.text || '');
+        return;
+      }
+      if (e?.channel === 'canvas-wheel-zoom') {
+        const payload = e.args?.[0] || {};
+        const wvRect = wv.getBoundingClientRect();
+        const fx = typeof payload.fracX === 'number' ? payload.fracX : 0.5;
+        const fy = typeof payload.fracY === 'number' ? payload.fracY : 0.5;
+        window.dispatchEvent(
+          new CustomEvent('openswarm:canvas-wheel-zoom', {
+            detail: {
+              deltaY: payload.deltaY ?? 0,
+              deltaMode: payload.deltaMode ?? 0,
+              clientX: wvRect.left + fx * wvRect.width,
+              clientY: wvRect.top + fy * wvRect.height,
+            },
+          }),
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+      if (e?.channel === 'canvas-wheel-pan') {
+        const payload = e.args?.[0] || {};
+        window.dispatchEvent(
+          new CustomEvent('openswarm:canvas-wheel-pan', {
+            detail: {
+              deltaX: payload.deltaX ?? 0,
+              deltaY: payload.deltaY ?? 0,
+              deltaMode: payload.deltaMode ?? 0,
+            },
+          }),
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+      if (e?.channel === 'app-clicked') {
+        onAppClicked?.();
+        return;
+      }
     };
     wv.addEventListener?.('ipc-message', handler);
     return () => {
       try { wv.removeEventListener?.('ipc-message', handler); } catch (_e) {}
     };
-  }, [useWebview, onConsoleMessage, iframeSrc]);
+  }, [useWebview, onConsoleMessage, onAppClicked, iframeSrc]);
+
+  // Mirror `interactive` into a ref so the once-per-load did-finish-load
+  // listener can read the latest value when it pushes initial state.
+  const interactiveRef = useRef(interactive);
+  interactiveRef.current = interactive;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!useWebview) return;
+    const wv = webviewRef.current;
+    if (!wv) return;
+    try { wv.send?.('openswarm:set-interactive', { interactive }); } catch (_e) {}
+  }, [useWebview, interactive]);
 
   // Webviews use did-finish-load instead of onLoad; did-fail-load retries with 500ms to 5s backoff (Vite may not have bound yet when frontend_url arrives).
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -256,6 +312,7 @@ const ViewPreview = forwardRef<ViewPreviewHandle, Props>(({
       retryDelay = 500;
       cancelRetry();
       handleNavigationLoad();
+      try { wv.send?.('openswarm:set-interactive', { interactive: interactiveRef.current }); } catch (_) {}
     };
     const onFail = (e: any) => {
       // Guard on isMainFrame (subresource 404s fire too) and ERR_ABORTED (user-cancel).
diff --git a/frontend/src/shared/state/dashboardLayoutSlice.ts b/frontend/src/shared/state/dashboardLayoutSlice.ts
index fee90e3e..f3534ebc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/shared/state/dashboardLayoutSlice.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/shared/state/dashboardLayoutSlice.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ export interface DashboardLayoutState {
   suspendedBrowserCards: Record<string, { dataUrl: string; capturedAt: number }>;
   /** Transient: spawned cards that are about to be removed; surfaces the fade + Keep pill. */
   endingBrowserCards: Record<string, { status: 'completed' | 'error'; at: number }>;
+  /** Transient: id of the view card the user has clicked into; preload stops forwarding canvas gestures while set. */
+  activeViewCardId: string | null;
 }
 
 const initialState: DashboardLayoutState = {
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ const initialState: DashboardLayoutState = {
   pendingFocusNoteId: null,
   suspendedBrowserCards: {},
   endingBrowserCards: {},
+  activeViewCardId: null,
 };
 
 interface LayoutPayload {
@@ -565,6 +568,11 @@ const dashboardLayoutSlice = createSlice({
 
     removeViewCard(state, action: PayloadAction<string>) {
       delete state.viewCards[action.payload];
+      if (state.activeViewCardId === action.payload) state.activeViewCardId = null;
+    },
+
+    setActiveViewCardId(state, action: PayloadAction<string | null>) {
+      state.activeViewCardId = action.payload;
     },
 
     addBrowserCard(state, action: PayloadAction<{ url: string; expandedSessionIds?: string[] }>) {
@@ -1080,6 +1088,7 @@ export const {
   setViewCardPosition,
   setViewCardSize,
   removeViewCard,
+  setActiveViewCardId,
   addBrowserCard,
   addBrowserCardFromBackend,
   setBrowserCardPosition,