diff --git a/assets/index.html b/assets/index.html
index a17dc3f..daaebe0 100644
--- a/assets/index.html
+++ b/assets/index.html
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <html lang="en">
  <head>
   <meta charset=utf-8 http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en"/>
-   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="sai.css?v=13"/>
+   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="sai.css?v=14"/>
    <link rel="icon" href="sai-icon.svg" sizes="any" type="image/svg+xml"/>
-    <script type='text/javascript' src='sai.js?v=13'></script>
+    <script type='text/javascript' src='sai.js?v=14'></script>
     <script type='text/javascript' src='terminal-core.js'></script>
     <script type='text/javascript' src='sai-terminal.js'></script>
     <script type='text/javascript' src='lws-login.js'></script>
diff --git a/assets/sai.css b/assets/sai.css
index f54c72c..2ade62a 100644
--- a/assets/sai.css
+++ b/assets/sai.css
@@ -1229,6 +1229,7 @@ table.comp.adhoc {
   cursor: ew-resize;
   background-color: #ccc;
   flex-shrink: 0;
+  touch-action: none;
 }
 
 .step-progress {
@@ -2203,6 +2204,7 @@ div.ibuil.vm-builder {
 	cursor: ns-resize;
 	background-color: #ccc;
 	flex-shrink: 0;
+	touch-action: none;
 }
 
 .event-tasks-header {
@@ -2448,12 +2450,18 @@ td.e6 a:hover {
 	overflow: auto;
 }
 
+/*
+ * 13px wide hit target (finger-friendly) drawing the same 5px bar the
+ * other resizers use; touch-action: none so the browser doesn't turn a
+ * touch drag into a pan of the surrounding scrollers
+ */
 .resizer-v {
-	width: 5px;
-	margin: 0 4px;
+	width: 13px;
 	cursor: ew-resize;
-	background-color: #ccc;
+	background: linear-gradient(to right, transparent 4px, #ccc 4px,
+				    #ccc 9px, transparent 9px);
 	flex-shrink: 0;
+	touch-action: none;
 }
 
 /* the task table itself */
diff --git a/assets/sai.js b/assets/sai.js
index 4055df8..a76f7c9 100644
--- a/assets/sai.js
+++ b/assets/sai.js
@@ -5424,8 +5424,13 @@ window.addEventListener("load", function() {
 		var rz = e.target.closest ? e.target.closest('.resizer-v') : null;
 		if (!rz || !rz.previousElementSibling || e.touches.length !== 1)
 			return;
+		/*
+		 * Claim the gesture: no pan of the surrounding scrollers, and
+		 * no synthesized mousedown after touchend starting a second drag
+		 */
+		e.preventDefault();
 		sai_tt_split_begin(rz.previousElementSibling, e.touches[0].clientX);
-	}, { passive: true });
+	}, { passive: false });
 
 	const resizer = document.getElementById('resizer');
 	if (resizer) {