diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-inspector.svelte b/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-inspector.svelte
index 055fa9a1f..846f69571 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-inspector.svelte
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words-inspector.svelte
@@ -91,16 +91,17 @@
 	// entries (`schema.insertable()` flattens heading → H1/H2/H3 and list →
 	// bulleted/numbered/check, with hard-coded English labels). The column
 	// inserter only needs "add a heading" / "add a list" — the precise level
-	// / kind is then tuned in that block's own inspector panel. Excludes:
-	//   - `columns` — a column is a nested Stack; no columns-in-columns.
-	//   - `image`   — its spec is `insertable: false` (needs a URL / upload
-	//                 flow first), matching the slash menu's exclusion.
+	// / kind is then tuned in that block's own inspector panel. Excludes only
+	// `columns` (a column is a nested Stack; no columns-in-columns). Image IS
+	// offered: its `create()` builds an empty-src placeholder, and inserting
+	// auto-activates it so the inspector's image panel immediately prompts for
+	// the URL / Upload — the canonical placeholder-on-insert flow (same one the
+	// gutter inserter and slash menu use).
 	// Labels come from `blockKindLabel(type)` → fully localized.
 	const columnInsertableSpecs = $derived(
 		defaultWordsSchema.all().filter(
 			(spec) =>
 				spec.type !== 'columns' &&
-				spec.type !== 'image' &&
 				// Must expose at least one menu entry whose `create()` builds
 				// the default instance of the kind.
 				(spec.menu?.length ?? 0) > 0
diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words.css b/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words.css
index 07ce9e095..3944a28fc 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words.css
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/words/words.css
@@ -837,6 +837,16 @@ button[data-words-breadcrumb-crumb]:focus-visible {
 }
 
 /* Drawer — slide-in panel from the right edge + a fixed toggle. */
+/* Clip the frame on the X axis so the closed panel — parked off the right
+   edge via translateX(100%) — is genuinely HIDDEN and the open panel appears
+   to emerge from the edge. Without this the frame's overflow stays visible,
+   so the closed panel just sits outside the right border (visible, "only
+   shifts"). `clip` on X only (not `overflow: hidden`): the block-gutter grip
+   lives in the left margin INSIDE the frame, and the bubble toolbar overflows
+   vertically — both must stay visible, so the Y axis is left untouched. */
+[data-words][data-inspector='drawer'] {
+	overflow-x: clip;
+}
 [data-words-drawer-toggle] {
 	position: absolute;
 	inset-block-start: var(--space-3);