diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ConfigPanel.choice.dom.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ConfigPanel.choice.dom.test.tsx
index 8ad885fe..24a81332 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ConfigPanel.choice.dom.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ConfigPanel.choice.dom.test.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 // a dropdown, and the pick is what Save sends. A cleared draft (reset to the default) shows the default
 // as the active option rather than no option at all.
 //
-// i18n is a key-passthrough; the admin config API is stubbed.
+// i18n is a key-passthrough, except that an option's label is its value (the bar-or-dropdown choice
+// weighs the real label length, which a full key would distort); the admin config API is stubbed.
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
@@ -14,7 +15,10 @@ vi.mock("react-i18next", async (importOriginal) => {
   const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("react-i18next")>();
   return {
     ...actual,
-    useTranslation: () => ({ t: (key: string) => key, i18n: { language: "en" } }),
+    useTranslation: () => ({
+      t: (key: string) => (key.startsWith("config.choices.") ? key.split(".").pop() : key),
+      i18n: { language: "en" },
+    }),
   };
 });
 
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@ vi.mock("../lib/api", async (importOriginal) => {
             g: [
               choice("plex_transcode_hw", ["auto", "on", "off"], "on", true),
               choice("plex_transcode_preset", PRESETS, "veryfast"),
+              choice("log_level", ["TRACE", "DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR"], "INFO"),
             ],
           },
           secrets_manageable: true,
@@ -79,10 +84,10 @@ describe("ConfigPanel choice keys", () => {
     const bar = await screen.findByRole("group", { name: "config.fields.plex_transcode_hw.label" });
     const pressed = () =>
       [...bar.querySelectorAll('[aria-pressed="true"]')].map((b) => b.textContent);
-    expect(pressed()).toEqual(["config.choices.plex_transcode_hw.on"]);
+    expect(pressed()).toEqual(["on"]);
     expect(screen.queryByRole("textbox")).toBeNull(); // no free-text field for a choice key
 
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "config.choices.plex_transcode_hw.off" }));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "off" }));
     fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "config.save" }));
     await waitFor(() => expect(setConfig).toHaveBeenCalledWith("plex_transcode_hw", "off"));
   });
@@ -91,11 +96,7 @@ describe("ConfigPanel choice keys", () => {
     mount();
     await screen.findByRole("group", { name: "config.fields.plex_transcode_hw.label" });
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /config\.reset$/ }));
-    expect(
-      screen
-        .getByRole("button", { name: "config.choices.plex_transcode_hw.auto" })
-        .getAttribute("aria-pressed"),
-    ).toBe("true");
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "auto" }).getAttribute("aria-pressed")).toBe("true");
     fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "config.save" }));
     await waitFor(() => expect(resetConfig).toHaveBeenCalledWith("plex_transcode_hw"));
   });
@@ -103,16 +104,20 @@ describe("ConfigPanel choice keys", () => {
   it("renders a long list as a dropdown showing only the value", async () => {
     mount();
     const trigger = await screen.findByRole("button", {
-      name: "config.fields.plex_transcode_preset.label: config.choices.plex_transcode_preset.veryfast",
+      name: "config.fields.plex_transcode_preset.label: veryfast",
     });
-    expect(trigger.textContent).toBe("config.choices.plex_transcode_preset.veryfast");
+    expect(trigger.textContent).toBe("veryfast");
     fireEvent.click(trigger);
     // The popover rows are queried as FilterSelect.dom.test does (`hidden: true`, picked by text).
     const rows = screen.getAllByRole("menuitemradio", { hidden: true });
-    fireEvent.click(
-      rows.find((r) => r.textContent === "config.choices.plex_transcode_preset.slow")!,
-    );
+    fireEvent.click(rows.find((r) => r.textContent === "slow")!);
     fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "config.save" }));
     await waitFor(() => expect(setConfig).toHaveBeenCalledWith("plex_transcode_preset", "slow"));
   });
+
+  it("a few options with long labels are a dropdown too: a bar that wide does not fit a phone", async () => {
+    mount();
+    await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "config.fields.log_level.label: INFO" });
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("group", { name: "config.fields.log_level.label" })).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ConfigPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ConfigPanel.tsx
index 5e0e4522..431dce7c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ConfigPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ConfigPanel.tsx
@@ -340,7 +340,9 @@ function Field({
   const showReset = item.is_set && !isBool;
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-3 py-3">
+    // Stacked below `sm`: the control column cannot shrink, and beside a wide control it left the
+    // label and hint a sliver of a phone's width.
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 py-3 sm:flex-row sm:items-start sm:justify-between sm:gap-3">
       <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
         <div className="text-sm font-medium">{label}</div>
         <p className="text-xs text-muted leading-relaxed mt-0.5">
@@ -349,7 +351,7 @@ function Field({
         <p className="text-2xs text-muted mt-1">{status}</p>
       </div>
 
-      <div className="flex flex-col items-end gap-1.5 shrink-0">
+      <div className="flex max-w-full flex-col items-start gap-1.5 sm:shrink-0 sm:items-end">
         {isBool ? (
           <Switch
             label={label}
@@ -392,7 +394,12 @@ function Field({
 // A closed-set key picks from its options instead of taking free text: a segmented bar for a short
 // list, a dropdown past six (the house rule for chip vs. select). A cleared draft ("" = reset to the
 // default on Save) shows the default as the active option, as a text field shows it as placeholder.
+//
+// "Short" is also about the words, not just their number: a bar cannot shrink or wrap, and five level
+// names (TRACE … WARNING, ~300 px) are wider than a phone leaves beside the navigation rail (~250 px).
+// Past MAX_SEGMENT_CHARS of labels, in the language shown, it is a dropdown too.
 const MAX_SEGMENTS = 6;
+const MAX_SEGMENT_CHARS = 22;
 
 function ChoiceField({
   item,
@@ -411,7 +418,8 @@ function ChoiceField({
     label: t(`config.choices.${item.key}.${c}`, c),
   }));
   const current = value || String(item.default ?? "");
-  if (options.length <= MAX_SEGMENTS) {
+  const labelChars = options.reduce((sum, o) => sum + o.label.length, 0);
+  if (options.length <= MAX_SEGMENTS && labelChars <= MAX_SEGMENT_CHARS) {
     return (
       <SegmentedToggle
         options={options}