diff --git a/QualityControl/public/app.css b/QualityControl/public/app.css
index 956128933..4cea50556 100644
--- a/QualityControl/public/app.css
+++ b/QualityControl/public/app.css
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 /* overwrite jsroot styles */
 .jsroot-container {}
 .jsroot-container pre { background-color: initial; }
-.jsrootdiv:hover + .resize-element, .resize-element:hover{ display: flex !important; }
+.jsrootdiv:hover + .resize-element, .resize-element:hover{ display: flex !important; visibility: visible !important; }
 
 .item-action-row { position: absolute; right: 0%; z-index: 100 }
 
diff --git a/QualityControl/public/common/utils.js b/QualityControl/public/common/utils.js
index 14891f933..f457ca14d 100644
--- a/QualityControl/public/common/utils.js
+++ b/QualityControl/public/common/utils.js
@@ -171,3 +171,20 @@ export const camelToTitleCase = (text) => {
   const titleCase = spaced.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + spaced.slice(1);
   return titleCase;
 };
+
+/**
+ * Determines whether the element is positioned on the left half of the viewport.
+ * This is used to decide which way a dropdown should anchor to stay within view.
+ * @param {HTMLElement} element - The DOM element (usually the button or container) to measure.
+ * @returns {boolean|undefined} Returns true if the element is on the left half of the window,
+ * false if it is on the right half, or undefined if no element is provided.
+ */
+export const isOnLeftSideOfViewport = (element) => {
+  if (!element) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
+  const isLeft = rect.left - rect.width < window.innerWidth / 2;
+  return isLeft;
+};
diff --git a/QualityControl/public/layout/view/panels/objectInfoResizePanel.js b/QualityControl/public/layout/view/panels/objectInfoResizePanel.js
index 40e08d452..1d2fb90c0 100644
--- a/QualityControl/public/layout/view/panels/objectInfoResizePanel.js
+++ b/QualityControl/public/layout/view/panels/objectInfoResizePanel.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 
 import { downloadButton } from '../../../common/downloadButton.js';
+import { isOnLeftSideOfViewport } from '../../../common/utils.js';
 import { defaultRowAttributes, qcObjectInfoPanel } from './../../../common/object/objectInfoCard.js';
 import { h, iconResizeBoth, info } from '/js/src/index.js';
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ import { h, iconResizeBoth, info } from '/js/src/index.js';
 export const objectInfoResizePanel = (model, tabObject) => {
   const { name } = tabObject;
   const { filterModel, router, object, services } = model;
-  const isSelectedOpen = object.selectedOpen;
+  const isSelectedOpen = object.selectedOpenName === name;
   const objectRemoteData = services.object.objectsLoadedMap[name];
   let uri = `?page=objectView&objectId=${tabObject.id}&layoutId=${router.params.layoutId}`;
   Object.entries(filterModel.filterMap)
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export const objectInfoResizePanel = (model, tabObject) => {
       uri += `&${key}=${encodeURI(value)}`;
     });
   return h('.text-right.resize-element.item-action-row.flex-row.g1', {
-    style: 'display: none; padding: .25rem .25rem 0rem .25rem;',
+    style: 'visibility: hidden; padding: .25rem .25rem 0rem .25rem;',
   }, [
 
     h('.dropdown', { class: isSelectedOpen ? 'dropdown-open' : '',
@@ -46,7 +47,18 @@ export const objectInfoResizePanel = (model, tabObject) => {
       }, info()),
       h(
         '.dropdown-menu',
-        { style: 'right:0.1em; width: 35em;left: auto;' },
+        {
+          style: 'right:0.1em; width: 35em;left: auto;',
+          onupdate: (vnode) => {
+            if (isOnLeftSideOfViewport(vnode.dom.parentElement)) {
+              vnode.dom.style.left = '0.1em';
+              vnode.dom.style.right = 'auto';
+            } else {
+              vnode.dom.style.right = '0.1em';
+              vnode.dom.style.left = 'auto';
+            }
+          },
+        },
         objectRemoteData.isSuccess() &&
           h('.p1', qcObjectInfoPanel(objectRemoteData.payload, {}, defaultRowAttributes(model.notification))),
       ),
diff --git a/QualityControl/public/object/QCObject.js b/QualityControl/public/object/QCObject.js
index 840215994..18c41c554 100644
--- a/QualityControl/public/object/QCObject.js
+++ b/QualityControl/public/object/QCObject.js
@@ -100,15 +100,12 @@ export default class QCObject extends BaseViewModel {
    * @returns {undefined}
    */
   toggleInfoArea(objectName) {
-    this.selectedOpen = !this.selectedOpen;
-    this.notify();
-    if (objectName) {
+    this.selectedOpenName = this.selectedOpenName === objectName ? null : objectName;
+
+    if (this.selectedOpenName && objectName) {
       if (!this.list) {
         this.selected = { name: objectName };
-      } else if (this.selectedOpen && this.list
-        && (this.selected && !this.selected.lastModified
-          || !this.selected)
-      ) {
+      } else {
         this.selected = this.list.find((object) => object.name === objectName);
       }
     }
diff --git a/QualityControl/test/public/pages/layout-show.test.js b/QualityControl/test/public/pages/layout-show.test.js
index 1d96724a3..301b153b7 100644
--- a/QualityControl/test/public/pages/layout-show.test.js
+++ b/QualityControl/test/public/pages/layout-show.test.js
@@ -168,6 +168,17 @@ export const layoutShowTests = async (url, page, timeout = 5000, testParent) =>
     },
   );
 
+  await testParent.test(
+    'should align info dropdown to the right when container is on the left',
+    { timeout },
+    async () => {
+      await page.click('button.btn[title*="View details"]');
+      const leftStyle = await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('#subcanvas .dropdown-menu').style.left);
+
+      strictEqual(leftStyle, '0.1em');
+    }
+  );
+
   await testParent.test('should have second tab to be empty (according to demo data)', { timeout }, async () => {
     await page.locator('#tab-1').click();
     await delay(50);