diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Playlists.dom.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Playlists.dom.test.tsx
index 454c20dd..3d58d980 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Playlists.dom.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Playlists.dom.test.tsx
@@ -558,17 +558,22 @@ describe("Playlists · the header's '…'", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("Playlists · a phone-width table", () => {
-  it("leaves out '#' and Channel below sm, header and cells alike, so the title keeps a width", async () => {
+describe("Playlists · a narrow table", () => {
+  it("leaves out '#' and Channel while the TABLE is narrow, header and cells alike, so the title keeps a width", async () => {
     mount({ 1: [vid("A", 0)] });
     await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "card.play — Video A" });
-    const phoneHidden = (el: Element) =>
-      el.classList.contains("hidden") && el.classList.contains("sm:table-cell");
+    // By the table's own width (its @container), not the viewport's: beside the rail a desktop
+    // window left the table 432 px and the title 0.
+    expect(document.querySelector("table")!.parentElement!.classList.contains("@container")).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
+    const narrowHidden = (el: Element) =>
+      el.classList.contains("hidden") && el.classList.contains("@2xl:table-cell");
     const heads = [...document.querySelectorAll("thead th")];
     const cells = [...document.querySelectorAll("tbody tr:first-child td")];
     // Columns: grip, #, title, channel, length, "…".
-    expect(heads.map(phoneHidden)).toEqual([false, true, false, true, false, false]);
-    expect(cells.map(phoneHidden)).toEqual([false, true, false, true, false, false]);
+    expect(heads.map(narrowHidden)).toEqual([false, true, false, true, false, false]);
+    expect(cells.map(narrowHidden)).toEqual([false, true, false, true, false, false]);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Playlists.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Playlists.tsx
index cf97a3c0..fe74bd26 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Playlists.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Playlists.tsx
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ function Row({
         <td
           key={col.key}
           style={col.width ? { width: col.width } : undefined}
-          className={`px-2 py-1.5 align-middle ${col.nowrap ? "whitespace-nowrap" : ""} ${alignClass(col.align)}${col.phoneHidden ? " hidden sm:table-cell" : ""}`}
+          className={`px-2 py-1.5 align-middle ${col.nowrap ? "whitespace-nowrap" : ""} ${alignClass(col.align)}${col.narrowHidden ? " hidden @2xl:table-cell" : ""}`}
         >
           {col.key === GRIP_KEY ? (
             // The one cell the column defs can't render: the handle needs this row's sortable
@@ -907,8 +907,9 @@ export default function Playlists() {
             // drag; now that the keyboard can, they ARE the instructions for the feature.
             accessibility={dndA11y}
           >
-            {/* Not clipped, so the header's filter popovers can overflow the table box. */}
-            <div className="max-w-5xl mx-auto">
+            {/* Not clipped, so the header's filter popovers can overflow the table box. A container,
+              so a narrow column hides by the table's width, not the window's (`narrowHidden`). */}
+            <div className="@container max-w-5xl mx-auto">
               {/* table-fixed, not auto: every column but the title has a declared width, so the
                 title absorbs the rest and its `truncate` works. Auto layout sizes columns from
                 min-content, and a nowrap title cell's min-content is the entire title. */}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/playlistColumns.tsx b/frontend/src/components/playlistColumns.tsx
index e62aa90c..7e0c09ac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/playlistColumns.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/playlistColumns.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function playlistColumns({
       nowrap: true,
       hideInCard: true,
       // The position number is the first thing a phone row can spare; the order still shows.
-      phoneHidden: true,
+      narrowHidden: true,
       // Sorting by "#" ascending is the stored order itself — that is what makes it a truthful
       // default for the header arrow, and a one-click way back from any other sort.
       sortable: true,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function playlistColumns({
       key: "channel",
       header: t("playlists.colChannel"),
       width: "12rem",
-      phoneHidden: true,
+      narrowHidden: true,
       nowrap: true,
       sortable: true,
       sortValue: (v) => v.channel_title ?? "",
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ui/tableHeader.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ui/tableHeader.tsx
index 1106aca4..4b037af4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ui/tableHeader.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ui/tableHeader.tsx
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ export function ColumnHead<T>({
             <th
               key={col.key}
               style={col.width ? { width: col.width } : undefined}
-              className={`relative font-medium px-2 py-2 whitespace-nowrap bg-bg ${alignClass(col.align)}${col.phoneHidden ? " hidden sm:table-cell" : ""}`}
+              className={`relative font-medium px-2 py-2 whitespace-nowrap bg-bg ${alignClass(col.align)}${col.narrowHidden ? " hidden @2xl:table-cell" : ""}`}
               aria-sort={
                 col.sortable
                   ? isSorted
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/tableColumns.ts b/frontend/src/lib/tableColumns.ts
index 4a28630a..a691ad3d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/tableColumns.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/tableColumns.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ export interface Column<T> {
   hideInCard?: boolean;
   cardLabel?: boolean;
   // A column a table WITHOUT the card fallback (the playlist's drag-reorderable hybrid) leaves out
-  // below `sm`: on a phone its fixed widths alone overran the screen and left the title no width.
-  phoneHidden?: boolean;
+  // while the TABLE is narrower than 42rem: its fixed widths alone overran the box and left the title
+  // no width. The table's own width, not the viewport's (an `@container` round it): beside the
+  // playlist rail a desktop window gave the table 432 px, and the title column was 0 px wide.
+  narrowHidden?: boolean;
 }
 
 export type FilterMap = Record<string, string | string[]>;