diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive/components/tree-selector.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive/components/tree-selector.ts
index 7c2cbf3e9..8bcdc2fb8 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive/components/tree-selector.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive/components/tree-selector.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 	Input,
 	type Keybinding,
 	Spacer,
+	sliceByColumn,
 	Text,
 	truncateToWidth,
 	visibleWidth,
@@ -37,6 +38,59 @@ interface FlatNode {
 	isVirtualRootChild: boolean;
 }
 
+interface HorizontalViewportRow {
+	gutter: string;
+	body: string;
+	anchorCol: number;
+	bodyWidth: number;
+	isSelected: boolean;
+}
+
+const TREE_GUTTER_WIDTH = 2;
+const MIN_VISIBLE_ANCHOR_CONTENT_WIDTH = 4;
+const MAX_VISIBLE_ANCHOR_CONTENT_WIDTH = 20;
+const MIN_ANCHOR_CONTEXT_WIDTH = 2;
+const MAX_ANCHOR_CONTEXT_WIDTH = 12;
+
+/**
+ * Render tree rows into a horizontally clipped viewport.
+ *
+ * The tree gutter is always kept visible. The row bodies are shifted left only
+ * when the selected row's anchor (the start of its entry text after tree
+ * indentation/markers) would otherwise be too far right to see useful content.
+ */
+function renderHorizontalViewport(rows: HorizontalViewportRow[], width: number): string[] {
+	const viewportWidth = Math.max(0, width - TREE_GUTTER_WIDTH);
+	const maxBodyWidth = rows.reduce((max, row) => Math.max(max, row.bodyWidth), 0);
+	const maxHorizontalScroll = Math.max(0, maxBodyWidth - viewportWidth);
+	const selectedRow = rows.find((row) => row.isSelected);
+
+	// Only pan horizontally when needed to keep enough selected-row content visible after its anchor.
+	let horizontalScroll = 0;
+	if (selectedRow && maxHorizontalScroll > 0) {
+		const minVisibleAnchorContentWidth = Math.min(
+			MAX_VISIBLE_ANCHOR_CONTENT_WIDTH,
+			Math.max(MIN_VISIBLE_ANCHOR_CONTENT_WIDTH, Math.floor(viewportWidth / 3)),
+		);
+		if (selectedRow.anchorCol > viewportWidth - minVisibleAnchorContentWidth) {
+			const anchorContextWidth = Math.min(
+				MAX_ANCHOR_CONTEXT_WIDTH,
+				Math.max(MIN_ANCHOR_CONTEXT_WIDTH, Math.floor(viewportWidth / 4)),
+			);
+			horizontalScroll = Math.min(maxHorizontalScroll, selectedRow.anchorCol - anchorContextWidth);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Clip only the body; the fixed-width gutter remains visible as navigation context.
+	return rows.map((row) => {
+		const line =
+			horizontalScroll > 0
+				? `${row.gutter}${sliceByColumn(row.body, horizontalScroll, viewportWidth, true)}\x1b[0m`
+				: row.gutter + row.body;
+		return truncateToWidth(line, width, "");
+	});
+}
+
 /** Filter mode for tree display */
 export type FilterMode = "default" | "no-tools" | "user-only" | "labeled-only" | "all";
 
@@ -619,6 +673,7 @@ class TreeList implements Component {
 		);
 		const endIndex = Math.min(startIndex + this.maxVisibleLines, this.filteredNodes.length);
 
+		const renderedRows: HorizontalViewportRow[] = [];
 		for (let i = startIndex; i < endIndex; i++) {
 			const flatNode = this.filteredNodes[i];
 			const entry = flatNode.node.entry;
@@ -682,14 +737,18 @@ class TreeList implements Component {
 					? theme.fg("muted", `${this.formatLabelTimestamp(flatNode.node.labelTimestamp)} `)
 					: "";
 			const content = this.getEntryDisplayText(flatNode.node, isSelected);
-
-			let line = cursor + theme.fg("dim", prefix) + foldMarker + pathMarker + label + labelTimestamp + content;
+			const prefixPart = theme.fg("dim", prefix) + foldMarker + pathMarker;
+			const anchorCol = visibleWidth(prefixPart);
+			let gutter = cursor;
+			let body = prefixPart + label + labelTimestamp + content;
 			if (isSelected) {
-				line = theme.bg("selectedBg", line);
+				gutter = theme.bg("selectedBg", gutter);
+				body = theme.bg("selectedBg", body);
 			}
-			lines.push(truncateToWidth(line, width));
+			renderedRows.push({ gutter, body, anchorCol, bodyWidth: visibleWidth(body), isSelected });
 		}
 
+		lines.push(...renderHorizontalViewport(renderedRows, width));
 		lines.push(
 			truncateToWidth(
 				theme.fg("muted", `  (${this.selectedIndex + 1}/${this.filteredNodes.length})${this.getStatusLabels()}`),
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/index.ts b/packages/tui/src/index.ts
index 47bb5240c..e22bf08a2 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/src/index.ts
@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@ export {
 	TUI,
 } from "./tui.ts";
 // Utilities
-export { truncateToWidth, visibleWidth, wrapTextWithAnsi } from "./utils.ts";
+export { sliceByColumn, truncateToWidth, visibleWidth, wrapTextWithAnsi } from "./utils.ts";