diff --git a/frontend/src/__tests__/css.test.ts b/frontend/src/__tests__/css.test.ts
index fc84802ba..182080e8f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/__tests__/css.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/__tests__/css.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import path from 'path';
 
 describe('CSS Styles', () => {
   let css: string;
+  let responsiveCss: string;
+  let componentsCss: string;
 
   beforeAll(() => {
     // Read all CSS files from the styles directory
@@ -15,6 +17,8 @@ describe('CSS Styles', () => {
       .filter(file => file.endsWith('.css'))
       .map(file => fs.readFileSync(path.join(stylesDir, file), 'utf8'));
     css = cssFiles.join('\n');
+    responsiveCss = fs.readFileSync(path.join(stylesDir, 'responsive.css'), 'utf8');
+    componentsCss = fs.readFileSync(path.join(stylesDir, 'components.css'), 'utf8');
   });
 
   describe('Required CSS Rules', () => {
@@ -301,6 +305,37 @@ describe('CSS Styles', () => {
     test('has modal-wide variant', () => {
       expect(css).toMatch(/\.modal-wide\s*\{/);
     });
+
+    test('has a vw cap on modal-confirm', () => {
+      expect(css).toMatch(/\.modal-confirm\s*\{[^}]*max-width:\s*min\(480px,\s*calc\(100vw - 2rem\)\)/);
+    });
+
+    test('has a 44px minimum tap target on modal-confirm-close', () => {
+      expect(css).toMatch(/\.modal-confirm-close\s*\{[^}]*min-width:\s*44px[^}]*min-height:\s*44px/);
+    });
+
+    test('flips modals to a bottom sheet at 480px, winning the cascade', () => {
+      // The bottom-sheet rule must live in responsive.css (imported last in
+      // index.css), not components.css (imported 3rd). components.css is
+      // imported before modals.css and responsive.css, so an equal-specificity
+      // .modal-content rule placed there would always lose to the
+      // .modal-content{width:95%} 768px rule in responsive.css -- only
+      // .modal-confirm would actually flip, leaving every real modal
+      // (#user-modal, #purchase-modal, etc.) centered instead of bottom-sheet.
+      const bottomSheetQuery = /@media \(max-width: 480px\)\s*\{[^]*?\.modal,\s*\.modal-confirm-backdrop\s*\{[^}]*align-items:\s*flex-end[^}]*\}[^]*?\.modal-content,\s*\.modal-confirm\s*\{[^}]*width:\s*100%[^}]*\}/;
+
+      expect(responsiveCss).toMatch(bottomSheetQuery);
+      expect(componentsCss).not.toMatch(bottomSheetQuery);
+
+      // Source-order check: the 480px bottom-sheet block must appear after
+      // the existing 768px block within responsive.css, so at <=480px it
+      // wins the cascade over the 768px .modal-content{width:95%} rule
+      // (equal selector specificity -> later declaration wins).
+      const idx768 = responsiveCss.search(/@media \(max-width: 768px\)/);
+      const idx480 = responsiveCss.search(/@media \(max-width: 480px\)/);
+      expect(idx768).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+      expect(idx480).toBeGreaterThan(idx768);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('CLI Command Styles', () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/components.css b/frontend/src/styles/components.css
index f053ba47f..4454caafd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/components.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/components.css
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ tr.rec-variant-row:hover td:not(.checkbox-col) {
     background: white;
     border-radius: 8px;
     box-shadow: 0 10px 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
-    max-width: 480px;
+    max-width: min(480px, calc(100vw - 2rem));
     min-width: 320px;
     padding: 1.5rem;
 }
@@ -995,13 +995,18 @@ tr.rec-variant-row:hover td:not(.checkbox-col) {
     position: absolute;
     top: 0.5rem;
     right: 0.75rem;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    min-width: 44px;
+    min-height: 44px;
     background: none;
     border: none;
     font-size: 1.5rem;
     line-height: 1;
     cursor: pointer;
     color: var(--cudly-text-muted);
-    padding: 0 0.25rem;
+    padding: 0;
 }
 
 .modal-confirm-close:hover {
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/responsive.css b/frontend/src/styles/responsive.css
index 803474119..c6cb33fd6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/responsive.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/responsive.css
@@ -225,6 +225,27 @@ body.sidebar-open {
     }
 }
 
+/* Bottom-sheet layout on narrow viewports (issue #985): modals slide up
+ * from the bottom edge instead of floating centered, so there's no
+ * side margin to lose on small screens. Deliberately placed here (after
+ * the 768px block above) rather than in components.css: modals.css and
+ * this file are imported after components.css in index.css, so with
+ * equal selector specificity, a .modal-content rule in components.css
+ * loses the cascade to the .modal-content{width:95%} rule from the
+ * 768px block above and would never take effect at <=480px. */
+@media (max-width: 480px) {
+    .modal, .modal-confirm-backdrop {
+        align-items: flex-end;
+    }
+
+    .modal-content, .modal-confirm {
+        border-radius: 12px 12px 0 0;
+        width: 100%;
+        max-width: 100%;
+        margin: 0;
+    }
+}
+
 @media (max-width: 1200px) {
     .planned-purchases-table {
         display: block;