diff --git a/src/gui/mod.rs b/src/gui/mod.rs
index c25c5a9..5016771 100644
--- a/src/gui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/gui/mod.rs
@@ -595,11 +595,12 @@ impl PixelPassApp {
 
         ui.label("Paste the share code you received:");
         ui.add_space(4.0);
-        // Field fills the row, with a Paste button pinned to its right — the
-        // read-side mirror of the host's Copy button (one click grabs the code
-        // the host just put on the clipboard).
+        // A Paste button (read-side mirror of the host's Copy button — one
+        // click grabs the code the host just put on the clipboard) with the
+        // field filling the rest of the row. A single horizontal row, so it
+        // doesn't grab the panel's full height.
         let ticket_resp = ui
-            .with_layout(egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
+            .horizontal(|ui| {
                 if ui.button("📋 Paste").clicked()
                     && let Some(text) = get_clipboard()
                 {