diff --git a/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/MixWaveformVisualizer.razor b/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/MixWaveformVisualizer.razor
index 191045e..15d4b35 100644
--- a/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/MixWaveformVisualizer.razor
+++ b/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/MixWaveformVisualizer.razor
@@ -9,20 +9,25 @@
 
 <div class="mix-waveform-bg">
     <canvas @ref="_canvas" class="mix-waveform-canvas"></canvas>
-
-    @* Viewing control only — never a seek surface. Hidden until a datum is present. *@
-    @if (_hasDatum)
-    {
-        <div class="mix-waveform-zoom">
-            <MudSlider T="double"
-                       Value="@ZoomFraction"
-                       ValueChanged="@OnZoomFractionChanged"
-                       Min="0"
-                       Max="1"
-                       Step="0.001"
-                       Size="Size.Small"
-                       Color="Color.Primary"
-                       aria-label="Waveform zoom" />
-        </div>
-    }
 </div>
+
+@* Viewing control only — never a seek surface. Hidden until a datum is present.
+   Deliberately a SIBLING of .mix-waveform-bg, not a child: the backdrop is position:fixed and so
+   forms its own stacking context, which would trap any descendant below the page's z-index:1
+   foreground (.mix-detail-foreground) and let that foreground swallow the slider's pointer events.
+   As a top-level sibling with its own z-index, the slider stacks above the foreground and stays
+   draggable. *@
+@if (_hasDatum)
+{
+    <div class="mix-waveform-zoom">
+        <MudSlider T="double"
+                   Value="@ZoomFraction"
+                   ValueChanged="@OnZoomFractionChanged"
+                   Min="0"
+                   Max="1"
+                   Step="0.001"
+                   Size="Size.Small"
+                   Color="Color.Primary"
+                   aria-label="Waveform zoom" />
+    </div>
+}
diff --git a/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/MixWaveformVisualizer.razor.cs b/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/MixWaveformVisualizer.razor.cs
index e7507fb..05cd367 100644
--- a/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/MixWaveformVisualizer.razor.cs
+++ b/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/MixWaveformVisualizer.razor.cs
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ public partial class MixWaveformVisualizer : ComponentBase, IAsyncDisposable
     private async Task OnZoomFractionChanged(double fraction)
     {
         ZoomState.VisibleSeconds = MixZoomMapping.FractionToSeconds(fraction);
+        DebugLog($"zoom slider changed — raw fraction={fraction:F3} → visibleSeconds={ZoomState.VisibleSeconds:F3}s; pushing setZoom (handle={(_handle is null ? "null" : "ready")}).");
         await PushZoomAsync();
         StateHasChanged();
     }
diff --git a/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/MixWaveformVisualizer.razor.css b/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/MixWaveformVisualizer.razor.css
index 4113ef7..97529cc 100644
--- a/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/MixWaveformVisualizer.razor.css
+++ b/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/MixWaveformVisualizer.razor.css
@@ -21,13 +21,18 @@
 }
 
 /* Zoom slider — a small viewing control pinned to the top-right, clear of the player bar at
-   the bottom and the nav bar at the top. Pointer events are re-enabled here only (the backdrop
-   stays inert), and it is never a seek surface. top: 5rem sits just below the fixed nav bar
-   (~4.5rem tall) so neither the expanded player bar nor the nav occludes it. */
+   the bottom and the nav bar at the top. It is never a seek surface. top: 5rem sits just below the
+   fixed nav bar (~4.5rem tall) so neither the expanded player bar nor the nav occludes it.
+
+   position: fixed (not absolute) because the slider is now a top-level sibling of the backdrop, not
+   a child of it — see the comment in the .razor. z-index: 10 lifts it above the page foreground
+   (.mix-detail-foreground, z-index: 1) so the foreground can't intercept its pointer events; that
+   occlusion was the resolution-slider regression. */
 .mix-waveform-zoom {
-    position: absolute;
+    position: fixed;
     right: 1.5rem;
     top: 5rem;
+    z-index: 10;
     width: 180px;
     max-width: 40vw;
     pointer-events: auto;
diff --git a/DeepDrftPublic/Interop/visualizer/MixVisualizer.ts b/DeepDrftPublic/Interop/visualizer/MixVisualizer.ts
index ef66701..7e8fc73 100644
--- a/DeepDrftPublic/Interop/visualizer/MixVisualizer.ts
+++ b/DeepDrftPublic/Interop/visualizer/MixVisualizer.ts
@@ -795,7 +795,12 @@ export function create(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement): MixVisualizerHandle {
         setZoom(seconds: number): void {
             // Clamp into the supported span so a stray value can't break the math.
             visibleSeconds = Math.min(MAX_VISIBLE_SECONDS, Math.max(MIN_VISIBLE_SECONDS, seconds));
-            if (!playback.isPlaying) redrawOnce();
+            // While playing, the running rAF loop uploads uVisibleSeconds next frame; while idle the
+            // loop is stopped (spec §E), so a zoom change must force one still frame here or the new
+            // span is uploaded only on the next unrelated redraw (theme/datum/resize) — i.e. never.
+            const idleRedraw = !playback.isPlaying;
+            debugLog(`setZoom — requested ${seconds.toFixed(3)}s, clamped ${visibleSeconds.toFixed(3)}s; idleRedraw=${idleRedraw} (isPlaying=${playback.isPlaying}).`);
+            if (idleRedraw) redrawOnce();
         },
 
         refreshTheme(): void {