diff --git a/web/e2e/lane-inline-create.spec.ts b/web/e2e/lane-inline-create.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b712f2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/e2e/lane-inline-create.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+import { test, expect } from './fixtures';
+import { browserLogin, seedDoc } from './lib/collab-helpers';
+import type { APIRequestContext, Page } from '@playwright/test';
+import type { SuiteFixture } from './fixtures';
+
+/**
+ * Board lane inline-create destination e2e (IDEA-2298).
+ *
+ * The lane `+` opens a Trello-style draft card (TASK-1676); Enter creates the
+ * item. TASK-1676 predates the split pane (PLAN-2105), so it hardcoded a
+ * FULL-PAGE `goto(.../{item}?new=1)` — which meant the one gesture that already
+ * knows the title ejected you off the board and re-opened the title editor on
+ * it, while clicking any EXISTING card opened the same item in the pane. This
+ * spec pins the corrected destinations:
+ *
+ *   - desktop → the split pane (`?item=`), same entry point a card click uses
+ *   - mobile  → nothing opens; the card just appears in its lane
+ *   - both    → the pathname NEVER changes, and `?new=1` is never set
+ *
+ * The pathname assertion is the load-bearing one on both viewports: a
+ * regression back to a full-page navigate changes the pathname, and no amount
+ * of pane/lane styling can hide that.
+ *
+ * Viewport is driven explicitly with `setViewportSize` (the widths straddle the
+ * inclusive 768px breakpoint), so both cases are project-independent and we run
+ * them on one project rather than doubling the work — matching
+ * `pane-mobile-overlay.spec.ts`.
+ */
+
+const SPLIT = { width: 1280, height: 900 }; // over the breakpoint → split pane
+const OVERLAY = { width: 768, height: 1024 }; // == breakpoint (max-width is inclusive) → mobile
+
+/** The docs board groups by `status`; 'draft' is its first lane. */
+const LANE = 'Draft';
+
+function boardUrl(fixture: { adminUsername: string; workspaceSlug: string }): string {
+	return `/${fixture.adminUsername}/${fixture.workspaceSlug}/docs?view=board`;
+}
+
+function collectionPathname(fixture: { adminUsername: string; workspaceSlug: string }): string {
+	return `/${fixture.adminUsername}/${fixture.workspaceSlug}/docs`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Open the docs board with at least one item in the target lane.
+ *
+ * An EMPTY collection renders a "No docs yet" empty state instead of the
+ * lanes, so there'd be no lane `+` to click at all — seed one `status=draft`
+ * doc first so the Draft lane exists. Waits for that card so the board (fed by
+ * the local index) is known-rendered before the draft flow starts.
+ */
+async function openBoardWithLane(
+	page: Page,
+	fixture: SuiteFixture,
+	request: APIRequestContext,
+): Promise<void> {
+	await seedDoc(fixture, request, 'Lane anchor', { status: 'draft' });
+	await page.goto(boardUrl(fixture));
+	await expect(page.locator('.item-card', { hasText: 'Lane anchor' }).first()).toBeVisible();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Drive the lane `+` → type → Enter flow, returning the title used. Waits for
+ * the created card to render in the lane, which is the shared postcondition on
+ * both viewports (the local-index upsert) and the sync point for the
+ * destination assertions that follow.
+ */
+async function createViaLaneDraft(page: Page, lane: string): Promise<string> {
+	const title = `Lane draft ${Date.now()}`;
+	await page.getByRole('button', { name: `Add item to ${lane}` }).click();
+
+	const input = page.locator('.lane-draft-input');
+	await expect(input).toBeFocused();
+	await input.fill(title);
+	await input.press('Enter');
+
+	// The item is upserted into the local index on BOTH viewports, so the card
+	// appears in the lane either way.
+	await expect(page.locator('.item-card', { hasText: title })).toBeVisible();
+	return title;
+}
+
+test.describe('board lane inline-create destination (IDEA-2298)', () => {
+	test('desktop: Enter opens the new item in the split pane without leaving the board', async ({
+		page,
+		fixture,
+		request,
+	}, testInfo) => {
+		test.skip(
+			testInfo.project.name !== 'desktop-chromium',
+			'viewport is driven explicitly; one project is enough',
+		);
+		await page.setViewportSize(SPLIT);
+		await browserLogin(page);
+		await openBoardWithLane(page, fixture, request);
+
+		const title = await createViaLaneDraft(page, LANE);
+
+		// Wait for the pane open to actually land before reading the URL. The
+		// created card renders off the SYNCHRONOUS local-index upsert, so it is
+		// NOT a sync point for the navigation that follows it — asserting
+		// straight after it would race, and a pathname assertion in particular
+		// would pass vacuously against a full-page `goto` that simply hadn't
+		// resolved yet (caught by mutating the fix back out).
+		await page.waitForURL((u) => new URL(u).searchParams.has('item'));
+
+		// Opened in the pane — NOT a full-page navigate. `?item=` is the pane's
+		// single source of truth, and the pathname is still the collection route.
+		const url = new URL(page.url());
+		expect(url.pathname).toBe(collectionPathname(fixture));
+		expect(url.searchParams.get('item')).toBeTruthy();
+		// `?new=1` drives ItemDetail's auto-edit-title flow. The lane draft
+		// already captured the title, so re-opening that editor is the exact
+		// inconsistency IDEA-2298 filed — it must never be set on this path.
+		expect(url.searchParams.get('new')).toBeNull();
+
+		const pane = page.locator('.item-pane');
+		await expect(pane).toBeVisible();
+		await expect(pane).toContainText(title);
+
+		// The board stayed mounted behind the pane (it's a split, not a
+		// navigation), and the composer closed on submit — uniform on every
+		// viewport, since here the pane takes focus anyway.
+		await expect(page.locator('.list-column')).toBeVisible();
+		await expect(page.locator('.lane-draft-input')).toHaveCount(0);
+	});
+
+	test('mobile: Enter creates the card in the lane and opens nothing', async ({
+		page,
+		fixture,
+		request,
+	}, testInfo) => {
+		test.skip(
+			testInfo.project.name !== 'desktop-chromium',
+			'viewport is driven explicitly; one project is enough',
+		);
+		await page.setViewportSize(OVERLAY);
+		await browserLogin(page);
+		await openBoardWithLane(page, fixture, request);
+
+		await createViaLaneDraft(page, LANE);
+
+		// Composer closed on submit here too (uniform close, IDEA-2298).
+		await expect(page.locator('.lane-draft-input')).toHaveCount(0);
+
+		// "Nothing opened" is an ABSENCE, and absences can't be polled — a bare
+		// URL assertion here would pass against a full-page `goto` that just
+		// hadn't resolved yet. So prove it POSITIVELY instead: re-open the lane
+		// composer. That click can only succeed if the board is still mounted and
+		// interactive, and awaiting it gives any would-be navigation a real chance
+		// to land first. It also encodes the actual UX win — on mobile you can add
+		// a second card immediately instead of navigating back.
+		await page.getByRole('button', { name: `Add item to ${LANE}` }).click();
+		await expect(page.locator('.lane-draft-input')).toBeVisible();
+		await page.locator('.lane-draft-input').press('Escape');
+
+		// Still on the board, with nothing opened.
+		const url = new URL(page.url());
+		expect(url.pathname).toBe(collectionPathname(fixture));
+		expect(url.searchParams.get('item')).toBeNull();
+		expect(url.searchParams.get('new')).toBeNull();
+		await expect(page.locator('.item-pane')).toHaveCount(0);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/collections/BoardView.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/collections/BoardView.svelte
index 519cc4ea..b3718521 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/collections/BoardView.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/collections/BoardView.svelte
@@ -26,12 +26,17 @@
 		oncreate?: () => void;
 		/**
 		 * Create an item in this lane from the inline draft card
-		 * (TASK-1676), pre-filling the lane's group value. `navigate` true
-		 * (Enter) opens the new item; false (nav-guard Save) just lands it
-		 * in the lane. Throws on failure so the draft can be restored.
-		 * Gated behind `canEdit`. When wired, the `+`/menu open a draft.
+		 * (TASK-1676), pre-filling the lane's group value. Throws on failure
+		 * so the draft can be restored. Gated behind `canEdit`. When wired,
+		 * the `+`/menu open a draft.
+		 *
+		 * `reveal` reports INTENT, not a destination: true means "the user
+		 * submitted this draft, show them the item", false means "create it
+		 * quietly" (the page's nav-guard Save-all). What revealing does — and
+		 * whether the viewport gets one at all — is the page's call, so this
+		 * component stays unaware of the split pane (IDEA-2298).
 		 */
-		onCreateInColumn?: (groupValue: string, title: string, navigate: boolean) => Promise<unknown> | void;
+		onCreateInColumn?: (groupValue: string, title: string, reveal: boolean) => Promise<unknown> | void;
 		/**
 		 * Inline draft state (TASK-1676) — owned by the page (which holds
 		 * the leave guard + dialog) so a draft survives a board↔list view
@@ -149,9 +154,14 @@
 		const title = (draftText[col] ?? '').trim();
 		if (!title || savingDraft || !onCreateInColumn) return;
 		savingDraft = true;
-		// Clear optimistically BEFORE the create navigates, so the page's
-		// leave guard (fires when onCreateInColumn opens the new item)
-		// doesn't re-flag this lane.
+		// The composer closes on submit on EVERY viewport (IDEA-2298) — on
+		// desktop the pane takes focus anyway, so leaving it open for
+		// Trello-style rapid entry would just fight the pane for the cursor.
+		//
+		// Clear the text optimistically, BEFORE the await, so the page's
+		// unsaved-draft leave guard can't see this lane as dirty while the
+		// create is in flight. The desktop reveal is a same-pathname `?item=`
+		// push, which that guard skips regardless — belt and suspenders.
 		const prior = draftText[col];
 		delete draftText[col];
 		draftOpen[col] = false;
diff --git a/web/src/routes/[username]/[workspace]/[collection]/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/[username]/[workspace]/[collection]/+page.svelte
index cfc69c8d..847e570c 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/[username]/[workspace]/[collection]/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/[username]/[workspace]/[collection]/+page.svelte
@@ -1800,14 +1800,29 @@
 
 	// Create an item in a board lane from the inline draft card
 	// (TASK-1676, refines TASK-1671 / IDEA-1159). Pre-fills the lane's
-	// group field so the item lands in that lane. `navigate` true (Enter
-	// in the draft) opens the new item; false (nav-guard "Save") just
-	// upserts it into the local index and stays put. Throws on failure so
+	// group field so the item lands in that lane. Throws on failure so
 	// BoardView can restore the draft. Returns the created item.
+	//
+	// `reveal` is the caller's INTENT — "the user just submitted this draft,
+	// show them the item" (Enter / "Add card") vs. "create it quietly" (the
+	// nav-guard's Save-all, which must never open anything on the way out).
+	// This page owns what revealing MEANS, so BoardView doesn't have to know
+	// the pane exists (IDEA-2298):
+	//   - desktop → open the split pane, exactly like clicking an existing card
+	//   - mobile  → nothing; the card appears in the lane and the user taps it
+	//     if they want it
+	// Either way the item is upserted into the local index so it renders in
+	// its lane immediately, and either way the draft composer closes
+	// (BoardView.submitDraft) — on desktop the pane takes focus.
+	//
+	// Deliberately NOT the `?new=1` full-page goto this used to do. That flow
+	// exists to drop you into the title editor of a fresh "Untitled" item
+	// (`createNewItem`), and re-opening the title editor on a title the user
+	// just finished typing is the inconsistency IDEA-2298 filed.
 	async function quickCreateInColumn(
 		groupValue: string,
 		title: string,
-		navigate: boolean
+		reveal: boolean
 	): Promise<Item | null> {
 		if (!wsSlug || !collSlug) return null;
 		const trimmed = title.trim();
@@ -1831,10 +1846,12 @@
 				fields: JSON.stringify(defaultFields),
 				source: 'web'
 			});
-			if (navigate) {
-				goto(`/${username}/${wsSlug}/${collSlug}/${itemUrlId(item)}?new=1`);
-			} else {
-				localIndex.upsert(wsSlug, item, epoch);
+			localIndex.upsert(wsSlug, item, epoch);
+			// Desktop reveal only — `openItemPane` is the same entry point a
+			// plain left-click on an existing card uses, so a created card and
+			// a clicked card land in the same place.
+			if (reveal && !viewport.isMobile) {
+				openItemPane(item);
 			}
 			return item;
 		} catch (err: any) {