diff --git a/docs/editor.md b/docs/editor.md
index 8ed3fdb9b..e06249e9a 100644
--- a/docs/editor.md
+++ b/docs/editor.md
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ Selectors are pure reads. Mutations go through actions (`useEditorStore.getState
 
 `CanvasRoot` switches between two rendering surfaces based on `canvasView`:
 
-- **Design mode** (`canvasView === 'design'`): `CanvasRoot` → `CanvasTransformLayer` → `BreakpointFrame` → `IframeFrameSurface` → `NodeRenderer`. Each breakpoint gets its own iframe rendered side-by-side inside the pan/zoom transform layer. The author sees all breakpoints at once and can zoom in/out. The canvas opens at 50% (`INITIAL_ZOOM`) so several frames fit in view; reset (Cmd/Ctrl+0, the toolbar % button) goes to 100% (`RESET_ZOOM`).
+- **Design mode** (`canvasView === 'design'`): `CanvasRoot` → `CanvasTransformLayer` → `BreakpointFrame` → `IframeFrameSurface` → `NodeRenderer`. Each breakpoint gets its own iframe rendered side-by-side inside the pan/zoom transform layer. The author sees all breakpoints at once and can zoom in/out. The canvas opens at 50% (`INITIAL_ZOOM`) so several frames fit in view; reset (Cmd/Ctrl+0, the toolbar % button) zooms to 100% (`RESET_ZOOM`) around the visible canvas center, preserving the author's current work area.
 - **Live mode** (`canvasView === 'live'`): `CanvasRoot` → `CanvasLiveSurface` → `IframeFrameSurface` → `NodeRenderer`. A single real-size frame at 100% width (optionally clamped to a selected breakpoint's width) scrolls normally. The toolbar zoom controls pin to 100% and disable with the reason in their tooltip ("Live mode always shows 100% zoom.") — the stored design-canvas zoom is preserved for the return to design mode. Resizable with side handles. Because the live frame is flush with the top of the canvas surface, both chrome controls — `CanvasNotch` (top-center) and `CanvasModeToggle` (top-left) — render in **peek** mode: they park above the top edge and roll down on hover/`:focus-within`, so they do not overlay the page's own header. In design mode they are always pinned.
 
 Both modes use the same `IframeFrameSurface` and the same `NodeRenderer` — they are fully editable (click-to-select, properties panel, structural edits all work). The only difference is the layout wrapper. They also share the loading treatment: while the page is hydrating, design mode renders a `CanvasFrameSkeletonFrame` per breakpoint and live mode renders the same `CanvasFrameSkeleton` inside its single frame's width model.
diff --git a/src/__tests__/canvas/canvasSlice.test.ts b/src/__tests__/canvas/canvasSlice.test.ts
index 2d4f7ff2f..8194281cb 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/canvas/canvasSlice.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/canvas/canvasSlice.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *   - setPan clamps to [±MAX_PAN]
  *   - zoomTo clamps both zoom and the resulting pan values
  *   - zoomIn / zoomOut step through ZOOM_STEPS
- *   - resetView restores defaults
+ *   - zoomTo restores 100% around the requested viewport origin
  *
  * Security note (Contribution #435, Security Auditor review message #1270):
  * Clamping MUST happen inside the setter, not at call sites. The agent tool
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import { useEditorStore } from '@site/store/store'
 import {
   MIN_ZOOM,
   MAX_ZOOM,
-  INITIAL_ZOOM,
   RESET_ZOOM,
   MAX_PAN,
   clampZoom,
@@ -322,33 +321,3 @@ describe('zoomIn / zoomOut', () => {
     expect(canvas().zoom).toBe(MAX_ZOOM)
   })
 })
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// resetView
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-describe('resetView', () => {
-  it('resets zoom to RESET_ZOOM (100%), not the 50% initial design zoom', () => {
-    useEditorStore.setState({ zoom: 2.5 })
-    useEditorStore.getState().resetView()
-    expect(canvas().zoom).toBe(RESET_ZOOM)
-    expect(INITIAL_ZOOM).toBe(0.5)
-  })
-
-  it('resets pan to (0, 0)', () => {
-    useEditorStore.setState({ panX: 3000, panY: -1500 })
-    useEditorStore.getState().resetView()
-    const { panX, panY } = canvas()
-    expect(panX).toBe(0)
-    expect(panY).toBe(0)
-  })
-
-  it('resets from extreme (clamped) values', () => {
-    useEditorStore.setState({ zoom: MAX_ZOOM, panX: MAX_PAN, panY: -MAX_PAN })
-    useEditorStore.getState().resetView()
-    const { zoom, panX, panY } = canvas()
-    expect(zoom).toBe(RESET_ZOOM)
-    expect(panX).toBe(0)
-    expect(panY).toBe(0)
-  })
-})
diff --git a/src/__tests__/canvas/useCanvasWheelSync.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/canvas/useCanvasWheelSync.test.tsx
index e07fed7bd..2b699fea8 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/canvas/useCanvasWheelSync.test.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/canvas/useCanvasWheelSync.test.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useRef } from 'react'
 import { act, cleanup as cleanupRender, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { useEditorStore } from '@site/store/store'
 import { RESET_ZOOM } from '@site/canvas/math'
+import { CANVAS_RESET_ZOOM_EVENT } from '@site/canvas/canvasEvents'
 import {
   isCanvasPointerPanActive,
   isCanvasSpacePanActive,
@@ -72,6 +73,66 @@ afterEach(() => {
 })
 
 describe('useCanvas wheel pan sync', () => {
+  it('resets zoom around the visible canvas center without jumping to the page top', () => {
+    useEditorStore.setState({ zoom: 2, panX: -800, panY: -1200 })
+    render(<TestCanvas />)
+
+    const root = screen.getByTestId('test-canvas-root')
+    const layer = screen.getByTestId('test-transform-layer')
+    Object.defineProperty(root, 'getBoundingClientRect', {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: () => ({ width: 800, height: 600, top: 0, left: 0 }),
+    })
+
+    fireEvent.keyDown(document, { metaKey: true, key: '0' })
+
+    expect(useEditorStore.getState()).toMatchObject({
+      zoom: RESET_ZOOM,
+      panX: -200,
+      panY: -450,
+    })
+    expect(layer.style.transform).toBe('translate(-200px, -450px) scale(1)')
+  })
+
+  it('resets from the live transform when the toolbar is clicked during a pending gesture commit', async () => {
+    render(<TestCanvas />)
+
+    const root = screen.getByTestId('test-canvas-root')
+    const layer = screen.getByTestId('test-transform-layer')
+    Object.defineProperty(root, 'getBoundingClientRect', {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: () => ({ width: 800, height: 600, top: 0, left: 0 }),
+    })
+
+    dispatchWheel(root, {
+      ctrlKey: true,
+      deltaY: -100,
+      clientX: 400,
+      clientY: 300,
+    })
+    await act(async () => {
+      await nextAnimationFrame()
+    })
+
+    expect(useEditorStore.getState().zoom).toBe(RESET_ZOOM)
+    expect(layer.style.transform).not.toBe('translate(0px, 0px) scale(1)')
+
+    document.dispatchEvent(new Event(CANVAS_RESET_ZOOM_EVENT))
+
+    expect(useEditorStore.getState()).toMatchObject({
+      zoom: RESET_ZOOM,
+      panX: 0,
+      panY: 0,
+    })
+    expect(layer.style.transform).toBe('translate(0px, 0px) scale(1)')
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 120))
+    })
+
+    expect(useEditorStore.getState().zoom).toBe(RESET_ZOOM)
+  })
+
   it('maps shift-wheel mouse scrolling to horizontal canvas pan', async () => {
     render(<TestCanvas />)
 
diff --git a/src/__tests__/toolbar/toolbar.test.ts b/src/__tests__/toolbar/toolbar.test.ts
index cececd737..197c59074 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/toolbar/toolbar.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/toolbar/toolbar.test.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'bun:test'
 import React from 'react'
 import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server'
-import { cleanup, render } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { ZoomControls } from '@site/toolbar/ZoomControls'
 import { useEditorStore } from '@site/store/store'
+import { CANVAS_RESET_ZOOM_EVENT } from '@site/canvas/canvasEvents'
 
 // ─── Guideline #224 constants ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -104,6 +105,27 @@ describe('ZoomControls — live mode', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('ZoomControls — reset dispatch', () => {
+  it('routes the percentage reset through the canvas event', () => {
+    useEditorStore.setState({ canvasView: 'design', zoom: 2 })
+    let resetCount = 0
+    const onReset = () => {
+      resetCount += 1
+    }
+    document.addEventListener(CANVAS_RESET_ZOOM_EVENT, onReset)
+
+    try {
+      const { container } = render(React.createElement(ZoomControls))
+      fireEvent.click(container.querySelectorAll('button')[1])
+
+      expect(resetCount).toBe(1)
+    } finally {
+      document.removeEventListener(CANVAS_RESET_ZOOM_EVENT, onReset)
+      cleanup()
+    }
+  })
+})
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // 2 — UndoRedoButtons — WCAG aria-disabled pattern (Guideline #224)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/admin/pages/site/canvas/canvasEvents.ts b/src/admin/pages/site/canvas/canvasEvents.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a27c54d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/admin/pages/site/canvas/canvasEvents.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/** Events shared by the canvas surface and controls rendered outside it. */
+export const CANVAS_RESET_ZOOM_EVENT = 'instatic:canvas-reset-zoom'
diff --git a/src/admin/pages/site/hooks/useCanvas.ts b/src/admin/pages/site/hooks/useCanvas.ts
index 7c534214a..d26efc818 100644
--- a/src/admin/pages/site/hooks/useCanvas.ts
+++ b/src/admin/pages/site/hooks/useCanvas.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ import {
   clampZoom,
   clampPan,
   incrementalScaleFromPinchMovement,
+  RESET_ZOOM,
 } from '@site/canvas/math'
 import { panToCenterBreakpointFrame } from '@site/canvas/canvasDomGeometry'
+import { CANVAS_RESET_ZOOM_EVENT } from '@site/canvas/canvasEvents'
 import {
   CANVAS_DRAG_PAN_BUTTONS,
   isCanvasPointerPanActive,
@@ -100,7 +102,20 @@ export function useCanvas({ canvasRootRef, transformLayerRef, enabled }: UseCanv
   const setCanvasTransform = useEditorStore((s) => s.setCanvasTransform)
   const zoomIn = useEditorStore((s) => s.zoomIn)
   const zoomOut = useEditorStore((s) => s.zoomOut)
-  const resetView = useEditorStore((s) => s.resetView)
+
+  /**
+   * Resolve the current canvas viewport center, in canvas-local coords.
+   * Keyboard reset uses this as its zoom origin so the user's current work
+   * area stays in view while changing the scale.
+   */
+  // Exception #1: referenced by resetCanvasZoom, which is itself an effect
+  // dependency; exhaustive-deps needs this geometry helper to stay stable.
+  const getViewportCenter = useCallback((): { x: number; y: number } | null => {
+    const el = canvasRootRef.current
+    if (!el) return null
+    const rect = el.getBoundingClientRect()
+    return { x: rect.width / 2, y: rect.height / 2 }
+  }, [canvasRootRef])
 
   // ─── DOM write helper ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -203,11 +218,29 @@ export function useCanvas({ canvasRootRef, transformLayerRef, enabled }: UseCanv
   }
 
   // Exception #1: referenced in the Cmd/Ctrl+0 reset shortcut's useEffect dep array.
-  const resetCanvasView = useCallback(() => {
-    resetView()
-    transformRef.current = { zoom: 1, panX: 0, panY: 0 }
-    applyTransformToDOM(transformRef.current, true)
-  }, [resetView, applyTransformToDOM])
+  const resetCanvasZoom = useCallback(() => {
+    if (commitTimerRef.current) {
+      clearTimeout(commitTimerRef.current)
+      commitTimerRef.current = null
+    }
+
+    const current = transformRef.current
+    const center = getViewportCenter()
+    const next = center
+      ? applyZoom(current.zoom, RESET_ZOOM, center.x, center.y, current.panX, current.panY)
+      : { zoom: RESET_ZOOM, panX: current.panX, panY: current.panY }
+    const committed = {
+      zoom: next.zoom,
+      panX: clampPan(next.panX),
+      panY: clampPan(next.panY),
+    }
+
+    // Update the ref before the store so the external-store subscriber sees
+    // the values already applied and does not issue a second DOM write.
+    transformRef.current = committed
+    setCanvasTransform(committed.zoom, committed.panX, committed.panY)
+    applyTransformToDOM(committed, true)
+  }, [applyTransformToDOM, getViewportCenter, setCanvasTransform])
 
   /**
    * Pan the canvas so the given breakpoint's frame is horizontally centered and
@@ -286,6 +319,20 @@ export function useCanvas({ canvasRootRef, transformLayerRef, enabled }: UseCanv
     }
   }, [])
 
+  // The toolbar lives outside CanvasRoot, so it routes reset requests through
+  // this hook. Keeping the request here ensures the live transform ref and
+  // its pending debounced store commit are handled as one operation.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    function onResetZoom() {
+      if (enabled) resetCanvasZoom()
+    }
+
+    document.addEventListener(CANVAS_RESET_ZOOM_EVENT, onResetZoom)
+    return () => {
+      document.removeEventListener(CANVAS_RESET_ZOOM_EVENT, onResetZoom)
+    }
+  }, [enabled, resetCanvasZoom])
+
   // ─── Browser-style reset shortcut ─────────────────────────────────────────
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -300,29 +347,17 @@ export function useCanvas({ canvasRootRef, transformLayerRef, enabled }: UseCanv
       ) return
 
       e.preventDefault()
-      resetCanvasView()
+      resetCanvasZoom()
     }
 
     document.addEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown)
     return () => {
       document.removeEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown)
     }
-  }, [resetCanvasView])
+  }, [resetCanvasZoom])
 
   // ─── Keyboard shortcuts ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-  /**
-   * Resolve the current canvas viewport center, in canvas-local coords.
-   * Used as the zoom origin for keyboard +/− shortcuts so the zoom is
-   * anchored to the middle of the visible area, not the document top-left.
-   */
-  const getViewportCenter = (): { x: number; y: number } | null => {
-    const el = canvasRootRef.current
-    if (!el) return null
-    const rect = el.getBoundingClientRect()
-    return { x: rect.width / 2, y: rect.height / 2 }
-  }
-
   const handleKeyDown = (e: React.KeyboardEvent) => {
     // Don't intercept typing — let inputs and contenteditables consume keys.
     const target = e.target as HTMLElement | null
@@ -346,11 +381,11 @@ export function useCanvas({ canvasRootRef, transformLayerRef, enabled }: UseCanv
       else zoomOut()
     } else if ((e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) && e.key === '0') {
       e.preventDefault()
-      resetCanvasView()
+      resetCanvasZoom()
     } else if (e.key === '1' && e.shiftKey) {
       // `Shift+1` → Reset to 100% zoom (legacy muscle-memory shortcut).
       e.preventDefault()
-      resetCanvasView()
+      resetCanvasZoom()
     }
     // Ctrl/Cmd+Z / Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z handled by App-level listener
   }
@@ -358,7 +393,7 @@ export function useCanvas({ canvasRootRef, transformLayerRef, enabled }: UseCanv
   // ─── External zoom/pan sync ───────────────────────────────────────────────
   //
   // ZoomControls (toolbar + buttons) and any other external caller update the
-  // Zustand store directly via zoomIn/zoomOut/resetView.  The DOM transform
+  // Zustand store directly via zoomIn/zoomOut/zoomTo.  The DOM transform
   // layer is NOT subscribed to the store via React state (intentional perf
   // design — avoids re-renders during 60fps gestures).  Without this
   // subscription those external actions only update the zoom indicator number
@@ -379,6 +414,10 @@ export function useCanvas({ canvasRootRef, transformLayerRef, enabled }: UseCanv
       ([zoom, panX, panY]) => {
         const cur = transformRef.current
         if (zoom !== cur.zoom || panX !== cur.panX || panY !== cur.panY) {
+          if (commitTimerRef.current) {
+            clearTimeout(commitTimerRef.current)
+            commitTimerRef.current = null
+          }
           transformRef.current = { zoom, panX, panY }
           // External transform updates (toolbar buttons, +/− keys, agent
           // tools, undo/redo) animate to the new value. Continuous gestures
diff --git a/src/admin/pages/site/store/slices/canvasSlice.ts b/src/admin/pages/site/store/slices/canvasSlice.ts
index 7956668ae..edcc25893 100644
--- a/src/admin/pages/site/store/slices/canvasSlice.ts
+++ b/src/admin/pages/site/store/slices/canvasSlice.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import type { EditorStoreSliceCreator } from '@site/store/types'
 import {
   INITIAL_ZOOM,
-  RESET_ZOOM,
   clampZoom,
   clampPan,
   nearestZoomStep,
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ interface CanvasSlice {
   toggleBreakpointCollapsed: (id: string) => void
   /** Mount or release the agent's one-shot offscreen snapshot frame. */
   setAgentSnapshotCaptureRequest: (request: AgentSnapshotCaptureRequest | null) => void
-  resetView: () => void
   /**
    * Step zoom up to the next preset level. When `originX`/`originY` are
    * provided (in viewport-space, relative to the canvas root), the pan is
@@ -167,8 +165,6 @@ export const createCanvasSlice: EditorStoreSliceCreator<CanvasSlice> = (set, get
     agentSnapshotCaptureRequest,
   }),
 
-  resetView: () => set({ zoom: RESET_ZOOM, panX: 0, panY: 0 }),
-
   zoomIn: (originX, originY) => {
     const { zoom, panX, panY, zoomTo } = get()
     const next = nearestZoomStep(zoom, 1)
diff --git a/src/admin/pages/site/toolbar/ZoomControls.tsx b/src/admin/pages/site/toolbar/ZoomControls.tsx
index 90a62bd92..e69b1599d 100644
--- a/src/admin/pages/site/toolbar/ZoomControls.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/pages/site/toolbar/ZoomControls.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  */
 
 import { useEditorStore } from '@site/store/store'
+import { CANVAS_RESET_ZOOM_EVENT } from '@site/canvas/canvasEvents'
 import { MinusIcon } from 'pixel-art-icons/icons/minus'
 import { PlusIcon } from 'pixel-art-icons/icons/plus'
 import { Button } from '@ui/components/Button'
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ export function ZoomControls() {
   const isLive = useEditorStore((s) => s.canvasView === 'live')
   const zoomIn = useEditorStore((s) => s.zoomIn)
   const zoomOut = useEditorStore((s) => s.zoomOut)
-  const resetView = useEditorStore((s) => s.resetView)
 
   const handleZoomIn = () => {
     const center = getCanvasCenter()
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ export function ZoomControls() {
     else zoomOut()
   }
 
+  const handleResetZoom = () => {
+    document.dispatchEvent(new Event(CANVAS_RESET_ZOOM_EVENT))
+  }
+
   // The live frame renders real-size regardless of the stored design-canvas
   // zoom, which is preserved for the return to design view.
   const pct = isLive ? 100 : Math.round(zoom * 100)
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ export function ZoomControls() {
         aria-label={isLive ? LIVE_ZOOM_REASON : `Current zoom ${pct}%. Click to reset to 100%.`}
         tooltip={isLive ? LIVE_ZOOM_REASON : 'Reset to 100% (Cmd/Ctrl+0)'}
         disabled={isLive}
-        onClick={resetView}
+        onClick={handleResetZoom}
         numeric
         className={styles.zoomPct}
       >