diff --git a/lib/app.dart b/lib/app.dart
index c96ef92a..e9d82b2f 100644
--- a/lib/app.dart
+++ b/lib/app.dart
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ class _ContextSlot extends StatelessWidget {
     return Container(
       color: tokens.panelBackground,
       alignment: Alignment.topLeft,
-      padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(0, 2, 2, 0),
+      padding: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 2),
       child: active.build(context),
     );
   }
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/panels/layout_preset.dart b/lib/kernel/src/panels/layout_preset.dart
index 3da75f6a..b217c3e7 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/panels/layout_preset.dart
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/panels/layout_preset.dart
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ LayoutPresetContribution classicPreset() => const LayoutPresetContribution(
           position: SlotPosition.right,
           defaultSize: 420,
           minSize: 220,
-          maxSize: 420,
+          maxSize: 1000,
         ),
         LayoutSlot(
           slot: Slots.statusbar,
diff --git a/lib/src/daemon/files_commands.dart b/lib/src/daemon/files_commands.dart
index abcb7bf6..ec2fb7e3 100644
--- a/lib/src/daemon/files_commands.dart
+++ b/lib/src/daemon/files_commands.dart
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import '../files/ignore.dart';
 import '../files/listing.dart';
 import '../files/watcher.dart';
 import '../ipc/envelope.dart';
+import '../ipc/schema_v1.dart';
 import '../panes/event_sink.dart';
 import 'dispatcher.dart';
 
@@ -63,6 +64,19 @@ void registerFilesCommands(DaemonDispatcher d, FilesService files) {
         },
       ));
 
+  d.register('files.read', (req) async {
+    final path = req.args['path'] as String?;
+    if (path == null || path.isEmpty) {
+      return IpcResponse.err(id: req.id, error: IpcError(code: IpcExitCode.toolError, kind: IpcErrorKind.toolError, message: 'files.read requires a path'));
+    }
+    final file = File('${files.root.absolute.path}/$path');
+    if (!file.existsSync()) {
+      return IpcResponse.err(id: req.id, error: IpcError(code: IpcExitCode.toolError, kind: IpcErrorKind.toolError, message: 'file not found: $path'));
+    }
+    final content = file.readAsStringSync();
+    return IpcResponse.ok(id: req.id, data: {'path': path, 'content': content});
+  });
+
   d.register('files.ls', (req) async {
     final dir = (req.args['path'] as String?) ?? '';
     final entries = await listDir(
diff --git a/lib/widgets/src/clide_pane_chrome.dart b/lib/widgets/src/clide_pane_chrome.dart
index b442ef81..dec40382 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/src/clide_pane_chrome.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/src/clide_pane_chrome.dart
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ class ClidePaneChrome extends StatelessWidget {
     return ColoredBox(
       color: tokens.panelBackground,
       child: Column(
-        mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
         children: [
           _Header(
             title: title,