diff --git a/src/components/item/view.js b/src/components/item/view.js
index cdf43e4f8..618ac2176 100644
--- a/src/components/item/view.js
+++ b/src/components/item/view.js
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ class ItemView extends React.PureComponent {
           value={offset}
           min={PANEL.MIN_WIDTH}
           max={PANEL.MAX_WIDTH}
+          onDragStart={this.props.onPanelDragStart}
           onResize={this.props.onPanelResize}
           onDragStop={this.props.onPanelDragStop}>
           <ItemPanelGroup {...pick(props, ItemPanelGroup.props)}
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ class ItemView extends React.PureComponent {
     onNoteSave: func.isRequired,
     onNoteSelect: func.isRequired,
     onPhotoError: func.isRequired,
+    onPanelDragStart: func.isRequired,
     onPanelResize: func.isRequired,
     onPanelDragStop: func.isRequired,
     onUiUpdate: func.isRequired
diff --git a/src/components/project/layout.js b/src/components/project/layout.js
index 086696bb0..e71887c95 100644
--- a/src/components/project/layout.js
+++ b/src/components/project/layout.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class ProjectLayout extends React.Component {
     }
   }
 
-  handlePanelResize = ({ value }) => {
+  resizePanel= (value) => {
     let delta = this.state.offset - value
     let item = this.state.item + delta
     let proportion = this.calculateProportion(this.state.project, item)
@@ -145,6 +145,46 @@ class ProjectLayout extends React.Component {
     }
   }
 
+
+  handlePanelResize = ({ value, unrestrictedValue }) => {
+    let deltaMove = unrestrictedValue - value
+    if (deltaMove !== 0) {
+      if (deltaMove !== this.deltaMove) {
+        let x =  this.deltaMove - deltaMove
+        if (value === this.panelDrag.min && x < 0) {
+          this.dragAction = 'resize out'
+          this.deltaMove = deltaMove
+          this.resizePanel(this.state.panel - x)
+
+        } else {
+          this.dragAction = 'move'
+          let project = this.state.project - x
+          let item = this.state.item + x
+          let proportion = this.calculateProportion(project, item)
+          this.deltaMove = deltaMove
+          this.setState({
+            project,
+            item,
+            proportion
+          })
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (this.dragAction === 'resize out') {
+        if (this.prevDrag !== value) {
+          let offset = this.state.project - this.panelDrag.orig
+          this.resizePanel(value - offset)
+          this.prevDrag = value
+        }
+      } else {
+        if (value !== this.state.panel) {
+          this.dragAction = 'resize in'
+          this.resizePanel(value)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   handleSidebarDragStop = () => {
     this.props.onUiUpdate({
       sidebar: { width: this.state.sidebar },
@@ -153,11 +193,24 @@ class ProjectLayout extends React.Component {
   }
 
   handleProjectDragStop = () => {
+    this.panelDrag = null
     this.props.onUiUpdate({
       display: { proportion: this.state.proportion }
     })
   }
 
+  handlePanelDragStart = (event, active) => {
+    this.deltaMove = 0
+    this.dragAction = null
+    this.prevDrag = null
+    this.direction = null
+    this.panelDrag = {
+      min: active.props.min,
+      max: active.props.max,
+      orig: this.state.project
+    }
+  }
+
   handlePanelDragStop = () => {
     this.props.onUiUpdate({
       panel: { width: this.state.panel },
@@ -215,6 +268,7 @@ class ProjectLayout extends React.Component {
             isModeChanging={this.props.isModeChanging}
             isTrashSelected={!!this.props.nav.trash}
             isProjectClosing={this.props.project.closing}
+            onPanelDragStart={this.handlePanelDragStart}
             onPanelResize={this.handlePanelResize}
             onPanelDragStop={this.handlePanelDragStop}
             onMetadataSave={this.props.onMetadataSave}/>
diff --git a/src/components/resizable.js b/src/components/resizable.js
index 9e1b367f1..bef53e70b 100644
--- a/src/components/resizable.js
+++ b/src/components/resizable.js
@@ -120,12 +120,10 @@ class Resizable extends React.Component {
   getNewValue(event) {
     let { edge, min, isRelative } = this.props
     let { isInverse, origin, scale, max } = this
+    let unrestrictedValue = (event[AXS[edge]] - origin) * (isInverse ? -1 : 1)
+    let value = restrict(unrestrictedValue, min, max)
 
-    let value = restrict(
-      (event[AXS[edge]] - origin) * (isInverse ? -1 : 1), min, max
-    )
-
-    return (!isRelative) ? { value } : {
+    return (!isRelative) ? { value, unrestrictedValue } : {
       absolute: value,
       value: restrict(round(value / scale, 100), null, 100)
     }