diff --git a/csaxs_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/xray_eye/x_ray_eye.py b/csaxs_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/xray_eye/x_ray_eye.py
index e170f304..f11a4a54 100644
--- a/csaxs_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/xray_eye/x_ray_eye.py
+++ b/csaxs_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/xray_eye/x_ray_eye.py
@@ -329,7 +329,20 @@ class OMNY_XRayEye(BECWidget, QWidget):
         )
 
         self.connect_motors()
-        self.resize(800, 600)
+        # No self.resize() here: this widget is normally embedded as a dock
+        # (see gui_tools.py's flomnigui_show_xeyealign()), where the dock
+        # manager (Qt Advanced Docking System) owns its geometry -- an
+        # explicit self-resize call fights that, and on a screen too small
+        # for the assumed geometry (gui_tools.py's hardcoded 2560px-wide
+        # assumption) corrupts the dock's layout until the operator manually
+        # moves/resizes the window (forcing Qt to reflow within the actual
+        # available space) -- confirmed live: reproduces reliably on a
+        # smaller screen, not on a large one, and only for this widget (the
+        # only one in this GUI with a self-resize call), never for the
+        # camera/console docks shown via flomnigui_show_cameras(). The
+        # standalone `python x_ray_eye.py` harness below already does its
+        # own win.resize(1000, 800) after construction regardless, so this
+        # call was never actually needed even for that use case.
         QTimer.singleShot(0, self._init_queue_status)
         QTimer.singleShot(0, self._init_gui_trigger)
         QTimer.singleShot(0, self._init_pixel_clock_options)