diff --git a/src/renderer/src/assets/terminal.css b/src/renderer/src/assets/terminal.css
index 31c2d142e..c7e117302 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/assets/terminal.css
+++ b/src/renderer/src/assets/terminal.css
@@ -506,3 +506,27 @@
   margin-top: var(--orca-pane-title-height);
   height: calc(100% - var(--orca-pane-title-height)); /* match margin-top */
 }
+
+/* Ghostty-style URL hover: glued to the pane's true bottom-left corner. */
+.pane-link-tooltip {
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  z-index: 40;
+  margin: 0;
+  /* Square on the window corner so the chrome itself has no inset gap. */
+  border-radius: 0 4px 0 0;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(63, 63, 70, 0.6);
+  border-bottom: none;
+  border-left: none;
+  padding: 4px 8px;
+  max-width: 80%;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  font-family: inherit;
+  color: #a1a1aa;
+  background: rgba(24, 24, 27, 0.85);
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-dom-creation.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-dom-creation.test.ts
index 3165e86c0..d4aa34759 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-dom-creation.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-dom-creation.test.ts
@@ -69,8 +69,12 @@ describe('createPaneDOM link tooltips', () => {
       vi.fn()
     )
 
-    expect(pane.linkTooltip.style.left).toBe('0px')
-    expect(pane.linkTooltip.style.bottom).toBe('0px')
+    // Why: corner offsets live in .pane-link-tooltip (terminal.css); JS only
+    // toggles visibility so padding/offset cannot drift back into inline styles.
+    expect(pane.linkTooltip.classList.contains('pane-link-tooltip')).toBe(true)
+    expect(pane.linkTooltip.style.left).toBe('')
+    expect(pane.linkTooltip.style.bottom).toBe('')
+    expect(pane.linkTooltip.style.display).toBe('none')
   })
 
   it('uses desktop modifier-click text for WebLinks hover hints', () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-dom-creation.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-dom-creation.ts
index 9d1038c45..3b1498b0a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-dom-creation.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-dom-creation.ts
@@ -66,15 +66,10 @@ export function createPaneDOM(
   let linkTooltipHoverToken = 0
 
   const linkTooltip = document.createElement('div')
-  linkTooltip.className = 'pane-link-tooltip'
-  linkTooltip.classList.add('xterm-hover')
-  // Why: Ghostty-style URL hover belongs to the terminal window corner; do not
-  // let terminal content padding shift it inward.
-  linkTooltip.style.cssText =
-    'display:none;position:absolute;bottom:0;left:0;z-index:40;' +
-    'padding:5px 8px;border-radius:4px;font-size:11px;font-family:inherit;' +
-    'color:#a1a1aa;background:rgba(24,24,27,0.85);border:1px solid rgba(63,63,70,0.6);' +
-    'pointer-events:none;max-width:80%;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;'
+  // Why: styles live in terminal.css (.pane-link-tooltip) so the hover URL stays
+  // flush to the pane corner without inline padding/offset drift.
+  linkTooltip.className = 'pane-link-tooltip xterm-hover'
+  linkTooltip.style.display = 'none'
 
   const dragHandle = document.createElement('div')
   dragHandle.className = 'pane-drag-handle'