diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/DomEditOverlay.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/DomEditOverlay.tsx
index 151c24ce08..261b82f24b 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/DomEditOverlay.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/DomEditOverlay.tsx
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ export const DomEditOverlay = memo(function DomEditOverlay({
               top: cr.top,
               width: cr.width,
               height: cr.height,
+              transform: cr.angle ? `rotate(${cr.angle}deg)` : undefined,
             }}
           />
         ))}
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/domEditOverlayGeometry.test.ts b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/domEditOverlayGeometry.test.ts
index 3ecfc83227..0554bb4f4a 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/domEditOverlayGeometry.test.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/domEditOverlayGeometry.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   orientedGroupAwareOverlayRect,
   overlayCornersCentroid,
   selectionCacheKey,
+  orientedVisibleOverlayRect,
 } from "./domEditOverlayGeometry";
 
 describe("overlayCornersCentroid", () => {
@@ -159,6 +160,30 @@ describe("orientedOverlayRect — rotation gate (perf fix, V15 18a/18b)", () =>
     expect(rect!.angle ?? 0).toBe(0);
   });
 
+  /**
+   * A child outline is drawn ON the child, not around it. Measured axis-aligned,
+   * a text layer inside a rotated card got an upright dashed box sitting across
+   * the rotated glyphs — the parent's chrome rotated and its children's did not.
+   */
+  it("child outlines carry the element's angle, so they can co-rotate with it", () => {
+    const { overlayEl, iframe, el } = buildHarness();
+    el.style.transform = ROTATE_30DEG_MATRIX;
+    const rect = orientedVisibleOverlayRect(overlayEl, iframe, el);
+    expect(rect).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(rect!.angle).toBeCloseTo(30, 3);
+  });
+
+  it("an unrotated child outline is unchanged — no angle, same box as before", () => {
+    const { overlayEl, iframe, el } = buildHarness();
+    const rect = orientedVisibleOverlayRect(overlayEl, iframe, el);
+    expect(rect).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(rect!.angle ?? 0).toBe(0);
+    expect(rect!.left).toBeCloseTo(400, 5);
+    expect(rect!.top).toBeCloseTo(450, 5);
+    expect(rect!.width).toBeCloseTo(200, 5);
+    expect(rect!.height).toBeCloseTo(100, 5);
+  });
+
   it("rotated element takes the corner-geometry path — reports the live angle", () => {
     const { overlayEl, iframe, el } = buildHarness();
     el.style.transform = ROTATE_30DEG_MATRIX;
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/domEditOverlayGeometry.ts b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/domEditOverlayGeometry.ts
index 8ad23ddcb0..004bef4369 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/domEditOverlayGeometry.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/domEditOverlayGeometry.ts
@@ -430,6 +430,24 @@ export function orientedOverlayRect(
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * `toVisibleOverlayRect`'s oriented twin: the element's crop-hugged box plus its
+ * live rotation, for chrome that has to sit on a rotated element rather than
+ * around it. Rendering the result with `transform: rotate(angle)` about its
+ * centre lands it on the element's real corners.
+ *
+ * At angle 0 `orientedOverlayRect` returns the plain AABB, so an unrotated
+ * element measures exactly as it did before.
+ */
+export function orientedVisibleOverlayRect(
+  overlayEl: HTMLDivElement,
+  iframe: HTMLIFrameElement,
+  element: HTMLElement,
+): OverlayRect | null {
+  const rect = orientedOverlayRect(overlayEl, iframe, element);
+  return rect ? { ...rect, ...hugRectForElement(rect, element) } : null;
+}
+
 const OVERLAY_RECT_EPSILON_PX = 0.5;
 const OVERLAY_RECT_ANGLE_EPSILON_DEG = 0.1;
 
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/manualEditsDom.ts b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/manualEditsDom.ts
index 80697e4e3d..4a041e020f 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/manualEditsDom.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/manualEditsDom.ts
@@ -555,26 +555,26 @@ function queryStudioElements(doc: Document, attr: string): HTMLElement[] {
 
 function reapplyPathOffsets(doc: Document): void {
   for (const el of queryStudioElements(doc, STUDIO_PATH_OFFSET_ATTR)) {
-    const gsapSkip = gsapAnimatesProperty(el, "x", "y");
+    // Unlike size below, the offset channels COMPOSE — applying both doubles the move.
+    if (gsapAnimatesProperty(el, "x", "y")) continue;
     const x = el.style.getPropertyValue(STUDIO_OFFSET_X_PROP);
     const y = el.style.getPropertyValue(STUDIO_OFFSET_Y_PROP);
-    if (gsapSkip) continue;
-    if (x || y) {
-      applyStudioPathOffset(
-        el,
-        {
-          x: Number.parseFloat(x) || 0,
-          y: Number.parseFloat(y) || 0,
-        },
-        { updateBase: false },
-      );
-    }
+    if (!x && !y) continue;
+    const offset = { x: Number.parseFloat(x) || 0, y: Number.parseFloat(y) || 0 };
+    applyStudioPathOffset(el, offset, { updateBase: false });
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Put the studio's committed size back after a seek, GSAP-sized elements included.
+ * Size does not compose the way the offset above does: both channels write width
+ * and height, so the later write wins on the same number. Standing aside meant
+ * nothing held the size while a soft reload reverted the old timeline (GSAP hands
+ * back each tween's recorded starting width), so the element sat at its stylesheet
+ * size until the new one rendered — the jump after a resize.
+ */
 function reapplyBoxSizes(doc: Document): void {
   for (const el of queryStudioElements(doc, STUDIO_BOX_SIZE_ATTR)) {
-    if (gsapAnimatesProperty(el, "width", "height")) continue;
     const w = Number.parseFloat(el.style.getPropertyValue(STUDIO_WIDTH_PROP));
     const h = Number.parseFloat(el.style.getPropertyValue(STUDIO_HEIGHT_PROP));
     if (Number.isFinite(w) && Number.isFinite(h) && w > 0 && h > 0) {
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/reapplyBoxSizeAfterSeek.test.ts b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/reapplyBoxSizeAfterSeek.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92a9087968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/reapplyBoxSizeAfterSeek.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { reapplyPositionEditsAfterSeek } from "./manualEditsDom";
+import { STUDIO_BOX_SIZE_ATTR, STUDIO_HEIGHT_PROP, STUDIO_WIDTH_PROP } from "./manualEditsTypes";
+
+/**
+ * A resize commit hands the size to a GSAP tween, and a soft reload reverts the
+ * old timeline before the new one renders — GSAP restores each tween's recorded
+ * starting width on the way out. Nothing else held the size across that window,
+ * so the element sat at its stylesheet size for a few hundred milliseconds: the
+ * jump after a resize. Worse, the next gesture then started from a box that
+ * disagreed with the studio's own vars and snapped on its first move.
+ *
+ * The seek reapply is what closes the window, and it used to stand aside for
+ * exactly the elements that need it — the ones GSAP sizes.
+ */
+describe("box size survives a seek while GSAP owns the size", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = "";
+    Reflect.deleteProperty(window, "__timelines");
+  });
+
+  function cardSizedByGsap(): HTMLElement {
+    const el = document.createElement("div");
+    el.id = "card";
+    el.setAttribute(STUDIO_BOX_SIZE_ATTR, "true");
+    el.style.setProperty(STUDIO_WIDTH_PROP, "305px");
+    el.style.setProperty(STUDIO_HEIGHT_PROP, "202px");
+    document.body.append(el);
+    // A timeline that animates this element's width/height, as the committed
+    // resize leaves behind.
+    Object.assign(window, {
+      __timelines: {
+        main: {
+          getChildren: () => [{ targets: () => [el], vars: { width: 305, height: 202 } }],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    return el;
+  }
+
+  it("re-applies the committed size after the timeline gave it back", () => {
+    const el = cardSizedByGsap();
+    // The revert: GSAP puts the tween's recorded starting size back.
+    el.style.width = "395px";
+    el.style.height = "261px";
+
+    reapplyPositionEditsAfterSeek(document);
+
+    expect(el.style.width).toBe("305px");
+    expect(el.style.height).toBe("202px");
+  });
+
+  it("leaves an element alone once its studio size is cleared", () => {
+    const el = cardSizedByGsap();
+    el.style.removeProperty(STUDIO_WIDTH_PROP);
+    el.style.removeProperty(STUDIO_HEIGHT_PROP);
+    el.style.width = "395px";
+
+    reapplyPositionEditsAfterSeek(document);
+
+    expect(el.style.width).toBe("395px");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/useDomEditOverlayRects.ts b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/useDomEditOverlayRects.ts
index b45ff6f26c..ba402bafb6 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/useDomEditOverlayRects.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/useDomEditOverlayRects.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   rectsEqual,
   resolveElementForOverlay,
   selectionCacheKey,
-  toVisibleOverlayRect,
+  orientedVisibleOverlayRect,
 } from "./domEditOverlayGeometry";
 
 function childRectsEqual(a: OverlayRect[], b: OverlayRect[]): boolean {
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ export function useDomEditOverlayRects({
             for (let i = 0; i < descendants.length; i++) {
               const child = descendants[i] as HTMLElement;
               if (!child.getBoundingClientRect) continue;
-              const r = toVisibleOverlayRect(overlayEl, iframe, child);
+              // Oriented, not axis-aligned: a child of a rotated element drew its
+              // outline square around the rotated glyphs instead of on them.
+              const r = orientedVisibleOverlayRect(overlayEl, iframe, child);
               if (r && r.width > 2 && r.height > 2) nextChildRects.push(r);
             }
             if (!childRectsEqual(childRectsRef.current, nextChildRects)) {