diff --git a/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/SwingIO.java b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/SwingIO.java
index 6109bd0..1ef12f5 100644
--- a/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/SwingIO.java
+++ b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/SwingIO.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
 import java.awt.Insets;
 import java.awt.Toolkit;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
+import java.awt.event.ComponentAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.ComponentEvent;
 import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -55,6 +57,11 @@ public class SwingIO implements GameIO {
     /** Unscaled size for the HUD and side-panel font, in points. */
     private static final float SMALL_SIZE = 12.5f;
 
+    /** Side-panel width as a fraction of the window width, clamped by the bounds below. */
+    private static final double SIDE_RATIO = 0.25;
+    private static final int SIDE_MIN = 160;
+    private static final int SIDE_MAX = 320;
+
     private final LinkedBlockingQueue<String> inputs = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
     private final JFrame frame;
     private final JTextPane output;
@@ -62,6 +69,7 @@ public class SwingIO implements GameIO {
     private final JTextField input;
     private final JLabel hud;
     private final JTextArea side;
+    private final JScrollPane sideScroll;
     private final Font baseFont;
 
     /** Detected display scale (≥ 1.0); HiDPI panels report > 1.0 where supported. */
@@ -92,8 +100,7 @@ public class SwingIO implements GameIO {
         side.setBackground(new Color(0x0e, 0x12, 0x18));
         side.setForeground(new Color(0x6f, 0xcf, 0x73));
         side.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
-        JScrollPane sideScroll = new JScrollPane(side);
-        sideScroll.setPreferredSize(new Dimension((int) (210 * uiScale), 0));
+        sideScroll = new JScrollPane(side);
 
         input = new JTextField();
         input.addActionListener(e -> {
@@ -112,9 +119,16 @@ public class SwingIO implements GameIO {
         frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
         frame.setSize((int) (900 * uiScale), (int) (600 * uiScale));
         frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
+        frame.addComponentListener(new ComponentAdapter() {
+            @Override
+            public void componentResized(ComponentEvent e) {
+                updateSideWidth();
+            }
+        });
 
         installZoomKeys();
         applyFonts();
+        updateSideWidth();
 
         frame.setVisible(true);
         input.requestFocusInWindow();
@@ -154,6 +168,16 @@ public class SwingIO implements GameIO {
         }
     }
 
+    /** Sizes the side panel to a fraction of the window width, clamped to [min, max] (scaled). */
+    private void updateSideWidth() {
+        int min = (int) (SIDE_MIN * uiScale);
+        int max = (int) (SIDE_MAX * uiScale);
+        int target = Math.max(min, Math.min(max, (int) (frame.getWidth() * SIDE_RATIO)));
+        sideScroll.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(target, 0));
+        sideScroll.revalidate();
+        frame.validate();
+    }
+
     /** Re-derives and applies all component fonts from the current scale and zoom. */
     private void applyFonts() {
         float main = BASE_SIZE * uiScale * zoom;