diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/nav/panels/PanelSolutions.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/nav/panels/PanelSolutions.tsx
index 041bfc44d..f17f22913 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/nav/panels/PanelSolutions.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/nav/panels/PanelSolutions.tsx
@@ -59,29 +59,16 @@ export function PanelSolutions({ item }: Props) {
       atmosphere={ATMOSPHERE}
     >
       <div className="grid grid-cols-3 gap-3">
-        {/* Col 1: Capability stacked above Compliance */}
-        <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
+        {/* Cols 1 and 2 share one grid so the two rows of groups line up:
+            Capability beside By role, one divider across both, then
+            Compliance beside By industry. Two independent stacks drifted as
+            soon as the groups had different item counts. */}
+        <div className="col-span-2 grid grid-cols-2 gap-x-3">
           {capability && <GroupColumn group={capability} />}
-          {compliance && (
-            <>
-              <div className="h-px bg-white/[0.05]" />
-              <GroupColumn group={compliance} />
-            </>
-          )}
-        </div>
-
-        {/* Col 2: By Role stacked above By Industry, on the same divider
-            grammar as Col 1. Col 2 held a single two-item group and ran short
-            against Col 1's five, so the second group lands where the panel
-            already had vertical room. */}
-        <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
           {byRole && <GroupColumn group={byRole} />}
-          {byIndustry && (
-            <>
-              <div className="h-px bg-white/[0.05]" />
-              <GroupColumn group={byIndustry} />
-            </>
-          )}
+          <div className="col-span-2 my-3 h-px bg-white/[0.05]" />
+          {compliance && <GroupColumn group={compliance} />}
+          {byIndustry && <GroupColumn group={byIndustry} />}
         </div>
 
         {/* Col 3: FIPS featured tile */}
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/e2e/impact-estimator.spec.ts b/apps/web/tests/e2e/impact-estimator.spec.ts
index 5c73e16ab..5a798ae18 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/e2e/impact-estimator.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/web/tests/e2e/impact-estimator.spec.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ test.describe("impact estimator copy link @phase-web-impact-estimator", () => {
     test.skip(browserName !== "chromium", "clipboard permissions are only grantable in Chromium");
     await context.grantPermissions(["clipboard-read", "clipboard-write"]);
     await page.goto(`${ROUTE}?images=60&team=15&remediation=Quarterly&release=Monthly`);
+    // The slider only reads 60 once the page has hydrated and adopted the URL;
+    // clicking before that lands on a button with no handler yet.
+    await expect(page.getByRole("slider", { name: "Production images" })).toHaveValue("60");
 
     const button = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Copy link to results" });
     await button.click();
@@ -69,11 +72,16 @@ test.describe("impact estimator mobile summary @phase-web-impact-estimator", ()
     const strip = page.locator('button[aria-label^="Jump to your results"]');
     await expect(strip).toHaveAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
 
-    // Park the inputs card just under the header: the sliders are usable and
-    // the gauge sits below the fold on every phone viewport.
+    // Scroll so the gauge is only a fifth visible at the bottom edge: the inputs
+    // card is on screen and the readout is not, on phones and tablets alike. A
+    // fixed offset from the card top would not do: at 768px the card is short
+    // enough that the gauge is already mostly visible, and the strip rightly
+    // stays hidden.
     await page.evaluate(() => {
-      const card = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-section="ImpactSimulator"] .lg\\:sticky');
-      if (card) window.scrollTo({ top: card.getBoundingClientRect().top + window.scrollY - 80, behavior: "instant" });
+      const gauge = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-section="ImpactSimulator"] svg[role="img"]');
+      if (!gauge) return;
+      const r = gauge.getBoundingClientRect();
+      window.scrollTo({ top: r.top + window.scrollY - window.innerHeight + r.height * 0.2, behavior: "instant" });
     });
     await expect(strip).toHaveAttribute("aria-hidden", "false");
     await expect(strip).toHaveAttribute("aria-label", /High runtime complexity, burden 260, 7,800 hours/);