diff --git a/ui/src/components/resizable-divider.test.ts b/ui/src/components/resizable-divider.test.ts
index c8eb066cf41f..263b4d66119c 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/resizable-divider.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/resizable-divider.test.ts
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ async function renderDivider() {
   return divider;
 }
 
-function dispatchPointer(target: EventTarget, type: string, clientX: number) {
+function dispatchPointer(target: EventTarget, type: string, clientX: number, pointerId = 7) {
   target.dispatchEvent(
     new PointerEvent(type, {
       bubbles: true,
       button: 0,
       cancelable: true,
       clientX,
-      pointerId: 7,
+      pointerId,
       pointerType: "touch",
     }),
   );
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ describe("resizable-divider", () => {
     expectLastResizeRatio(resized, 0.65);
   });
 
-  it("uses pointer events for mouse, pen, and touch dragging", async () => {
+  it("keeps dragging owned by the initiating pointer", async () => {
     const divider = await renderDivider();
     const resized = vi.fn();
     const resizeEnded = vi.fn();
@@ -222,17 +222,29 @@ describe("resizable-divider", () => {
     expect([...divider.classList]).toEqual(["dragging"]);
     expect(setPointerCapture).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7);
 
-    dispatchPointer(document, "pointermove", 220);
+    dispatchPointer(divider, "pointerdown", 180, 8);
+    dispatchPointer(document, "pointermove", 220, 8);
+    dispatchPointer(document, "pointercancel", 220, 8);
+    dispatchPointer(document, "pointerup", 220, 8);
+
+    expect(setPointerCapture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(resized).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(resizeEnded).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect([...divider.classList]).toEqual(["dragging"]);
+
+    dispatchPointer(document, "pointermove", 220, 7);
     expectLastResizeRatio(resized, 0.7);
     expect(resizeEnded).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
-    dispatchPointer(document, "pointerup", 220);
+    dispatchPointer(document, "pointerup", 220, 7);
     const endEvent = resizeEnded.mock.lastCall?.[0] as
       | CustomEvent<{ splitRatio: number }>
       | undefined;
     expect(endEvent?.detail).toEqual({ splitRatio: 0.7 });
+    expect(resizeEnded).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect([...divider.classList]).toEqual([]);
     expect(releasePointerCapture).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7);
+    expect(releasePointerCapture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
   it("stops dragging when the window loses focus", async () => {
diff --git a/ui/src/components/resizable-divider.ts b/ui/src/components/resizable-divider.ts
index 00b7662706ab..75d2c3d0525d 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/resizable-divider.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/resizable-divider.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class ResizableDivider extends OpenClawLitElement {
   }
 
   private handlePointerDown = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-    if (e.button !== 0) {
+    if (e.button !== 0 || this.activePointerId !== null) {
       return;
     }
     this.startPosition = this.orientation === "horizontal" ? e.clientY : e.clientX;
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class ResizableDivider extends OpenClawLitElement {
   };
 
   private handlePointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-    if (this.activePointerId === null) {
+    if (e.pointerId !== this.activePointerId) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -205,7 +205,10 @@ class ResizableDivider extends OpenClawLitElement {
     this.emitResizeEnd(nextRatio);
   };
 
-  private readonly finishDragging = () => {
+  private readonly finishDragging = (event: Event) => {
+    if ("pointerId" in event && event.pointerId !== this.activePointerId) {
+      return;
+    }
     if (this.activePointerId !== null) {
       this.emitResizeEnd(this.dragRatio);
     }
@@ -213,11 +216,12 @@ class ResizableDivider extends OpenClawLitElement {
   };
 
   private stopDragging() {
-    if (this.activePointerId === null) {
+    const pointerId = this.activePointerId;
+    if (pointerId === null) {
       return;
     }
     this.classList.remove("dragging");
-    this.releaseActivePointer();
+    this.releaseActivePointer(pointerId);
 
     window.removeEventListener("pointermove", this.handlePointerMove);
     for (const type of DRAG_END_EVENTS) {
@@ -281,10 +285,9 @@ class ResizableDivider extends OpenClawLitElement {
     this.setPointerCapture(pointerId);
   }
 
-  private releaseActivePointer() {
-    const pointerId = this.activePointerId;
+  private releaseActivePointer(pointerId: number) {
     this.activePointerId = null;
-    if (pointerId == null || typeof this.releasePointerCapture !== "function") {
+    if (typeof this.releasePointerCapture !== "function") {
       return;
     }
     if (typeof this.hasPointerCapture === "function" && !this.hasPointerCapture(pointerId)) {