diff --git a/home-preload.js b/home-preload.js
index aa3b2c9b..10d76a37 100644
--- a/home-preload.js
+++ b/home-preload.js
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 // origin-mismatched call, so a third-party page can inspect the API's
 // SHAPE but can't invoke it against local user data.
 const { contextBridge, ipcRenderer } = require("electron");
+// A click in the page closes the left panel (web app / add-on) unless it is
+// pinned. Main ignores this unless a panel is open and the tab is active.
+window.addEventListener("pointerdown", () => { ipcRenderer.send("tab-pointerdown"); }, true);
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("home", {
   getCards: () => ipcRenderer.invoke("home-cards-get"),
   setCards: (cards) => ipcRenderer.invoke("home-cards-set", cards),
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 8e702709..c7544d6d 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -7951,6 +7951,7 @@ function quickLinksPayload() {
   return {
     links: settings.quickLinks || [],
     openId: leftPanelId ? "p:" + leftPanelId : activeQuickLinkId,
+    pinned: leftPanelPinned(),
     panels: leftPanels().map((p) => ({ id: "p:" + p.panelId, title: p.addonName || p.title, icon: p.icon || "" })),
   };
 }
@@ -7977,6 +7978,30 @@ function raisePanelGrip() {
 // Opera-style: the left panel steps aside when the user opens something else
 // (a new tab, the right sidebar). It is only hidden — the app keeps its
 // state, so reopening it is instant and lands where the user left off.
+// Opera's other rule: a click in the page closes the panel, unless the user
+// pinned that app (settings.leftPanelPinned, keyed like leftPanelWidths).
+function leftPanelPinned() {
+  const k = leftPanelKey();
+  return !!(k && settings.leftPanelPinned && settings.leftPanelPinned[k]);
+}
+ipcMain.handle("quicklinks-pin", (e, on) => {
+  if (!quicklinks || e.sender !== quicklinks.webContents) return false;
+  const k = leftPanelKey();
+  if (!k) return false;
+  const next = { ...(settings.leftPanelPinned || {}) };
+  if (on) next[k] = true; else delete next[k];
+  settings.leftPanelPinned = next;
+  saveSettings();
+  emitQuickLinksState();
+  return !!on;
+});
+// home-preload reports a pointerdown in a web tab's page.
+ipcMain.on("tab-pointerdown", (e) => {
+  if (!leftPanelKey() || leftPanelPinned()) return;
+  const t = tabs.find((x) => x.view?.webContents === e.sender);
+  if (!t || t.id !== activeId) return;
+  hideLeftPanels();
+});
 function hideLeftPanels() {
   if (activeQuickLinkId) closeQuickPanel();
   if (leftPanelId) closeLeftPanel();
diff --git a/quicklinks-preload.js b/quicklinks-preload.js
index 0033f6cc..a39811ed 100644
--- a/quicklinks-preload.js
+++ b/quicklinks-preload.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("quicklinks", {
   getState: () => ipcRenderer.invoke("quicklinks-get-state"),
   open:     (id) => ipcRenderer.invoke("quicklinks-open", String(id || "")),
   close:    () => ipcRenderer.invoke("quicklinks-close"),
+  pin:      (on) => ipcRenderer.invoke("quicklinks-pin", !!on),
   add:      () => ipcRenderer.invoke("quicklinks-add"),
   onState:  (cb) => ipcRenderer.on("quicklinks-state", (_e, d) => cb(d)),
 });
diff --git a/quicklinks.html b/quicklinks.html
index 6fdfff93..6b9ee357 100644
--- a/quicklinks.html
+++ b/quicklinks.html
@@ -39,12 +39,19 @@
   .sep { width: 22px; height: 1px; background: var(--line2); margin: 4px 0; }
   .icon.emoji { font-size: 18px; }
   .add:hover { color: var(--acid); }
+  /* Pin: keeps the open panel when the page is clicked. Shown only while a
+     panel is open; lit when that app is pinned. */
+  .pin { color: var(--mut); margin-bottom: 4px; }
+  .pin[hidden] { display: none; }
+  .pin.on { color: var(--acid); background: var(--acid-tint); }
+  .pin svg { width: 16px; height: 16px; }
 </style></head>
 <body>
 <div class="strip">
   <div class="spacer"></div>
   <div class="icons" id="icons"></div>
   <div class="spacer"></div>
+  <button class="icon pin" id="pinBtn" hidden><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M9 4h6l-1 6 3 3v2H7v-2l3-3-1-6z"/><path d="M12 15v6"/></svg><span class="tt" id="pinTt">Keep open</span></button>
   <button class="icon add" id="addBtn" title="Add link">+<span class="tt">Add link</span></button>
 </div>
 <script>
@@ -52,6 +59,10 @@
   const icons = document.getElementById("icons");
   const addBtn = document.getElementById("addBtn");
   addBtn.onclick = () => Q && Q.add();
+  const pinBtn = document.getElementById("pinBtn");
+  const pinTt = document.getElementById("pinTt");
+  let pinned = false;
+  pinBtn.onclick = () => Q && Q.pin && Q.pin(!pinned);
   // Bundled brand marks. Each SVG is tight (20×20 viewBox, no padding), the
   // colour is baked in so icons read at a glance in both themes. Unknown ids
   // fall back to a letter chip. All marks are purely to identify services.
@@ -69,6 +80,10 @@
   function render(data) {
     const links = (data && data.links) || [];
     const openId = (data && data.openId) || null;
+    pinned = !!(data && data.pinned);
+    pinBtn.hidden = !openId;
+    pinBtn.classList.toggle("on", pinned);
+    pinTt.textContent = pinned ? "Pinned: stays open when you click the page" : "Keep open when you click the page";
     icons.innerHTML = "";
     // Extension panels (registered with side: "left") come first.
     const panels = (data && data.panels) || [];