diff --git a/Yattee/Services/Navigation/NavigationCoordinator.swift b/Yattee/Services/Navigation/NavigationCoordinator.swift
index 71e69e19..cdd64f66 100644
--- a/Yattee/Services/Navigation/NavigationCoordinator.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Services/Navigation/NavigationCoordinator.swift
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ final class NavigationCoordinator {
     /// otherwise be cancelled and dismiss the player instead).
     var panelResizeGrabberFrame: CGRect = .zero
 
+    /// Volume/brightness side slider frames in screen coordinates, keyed by
+    /// edge (leading = true). Touches inside must not start the sheet dismiss
+    /// pan — the window pan recognizes before SwiftUI's slider DragGesture
+    /// sets `isAdjustingPlayerSliders`, so the flag alone loses the race.
+    var playerSideSliderFrames: [Bool: CGRect] = [:]
+
     /// Corner layout: width of the trailing screen-edge strip reserved for
     /// the side column reveal swipe while the column is collapsed (0 when
     /// not collapsed) — the seek pan must not begin from inside it.
diff --git a/Yattee/Views/Player/ExpandedPlayerWindow.swift b/Yattee/Views/Player/ExpandedPlayerWindow.swift
index ba4d66f4..54ee9efc 100644
--- a/Yattee/Views/Player/ExpandedPlayerWindow.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Views/Player/ExpandedPlayerWindow.swift
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ private final class DragToDismissGestureHandler: NSObject, UIGestureRecognizerDe
     var getCornerBelowPanelFrame: (() -> CGRect)?
     /// Returns the panel resize grabber strip frame in screen coordinates (blocks dismiss pan)
     var getPanelResizeGrabberFrame: (() -> CGRect)?
+    var getPlayerSideSliderFrames: (() -> [CGRect])?
     /// Returns whether the portrait panel is currently visible (not hidden off-screen)
     var isPortraitPanelVisible: (() -> Bool)?
     /// Returns the progress bar frame in screen coordinates (for gesture conflict resolution)
@@ -383,6 +384,13 @@ private final class DragToDismissGestureHandler: NSObject, UIGestureRecognizerDe
             return false
         }
 
+        // ...or when the touch starts on a slider: the flag above is set by
+        // SwiftUI's DragGesture, which fires after this pan recognizes
+        let sliderTouch = panGesture.location(in: nil)
+        if (getPlayerSideSliderFrames?() ?? []).contains(where: { $0.contains(sliderTouch) }) {
+            return false
+        }
+
         // Don't begin dismiss gesture when dragging portrait panel
         if isPanelDragging?() == true {
             return false
@@ -871,6 +879,9 @@ final class ExpandedPlayerWindowManager {
         handler.getPanelResizeGrabberFrame = { [weak self] in
             self?.appEnvironment?.navigationCoordinator.panelResizeGrabberFrame ?? .zero
         }
+        handler.getPlayerSideSliderFrames = { [weak self] in
+            self?.appEnvironment?.navigationCoordinator.playerSideSliderFrames.values.filter { !$0.isEmpty } ?? []
+        }
         handler.isPortraitPanelVisible = { [weak self] in
             self?.appEnvironment?.navigationCoordinator.isPortraitPanelVisible ?? true
         }
diff --git a/Yattee/Views/Player/PlayerControlsView.swift b/Yattee/Views/Player/PlayerControlsView.swift
index 637175eb..a5fbb898 100644
--- a/Yattee/Views/Player/PlayerControlsView.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Views/Player/PlayerControlsView.swift
@@ -1443,6 +1443,21 @@ struct PlayerControlsView: View {
             .modifier(SideSliderBackgroundModifier(buttonBackground: buttonBackground, theme: theme))
             .opacity(playerState.isControlsLocked ? 0.5 : 1.0)
             .allowsHitTesting(!playerState.isControlsLocked)
+            // Publish the slider frame (with slop) so the window-level dismiss
+            // pan never begins from a slider drag
+            .background {
+                GeometryReader { proxy in
+                    let isActive = shouldShowControls && !playerState.isControlsLocked
+                    let frame = isActive ? proxy.frame(in: .global).insetBy(dx: -12, dy: -12) : .zero
+                    Color.clear
+                        .onChange(of: frame, initial: true) { _, frame in
+                            appEnvironment?.navigationCoordinator.playerSideSliderFrames[isLeading] = frame
+                        }
+                        .onDisappear {
+                            appEnvironment?.navigationCoordinator.playerSideSliderFrames[isLeading] = nil
+                        }
+                }
+            }
         }
     }