diff --git a/crates/app/src/shot.rs b/crates/app/src/shot.rs
index 8e4f29a..e9444e3 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/shot.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/shot.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use plotx_io::xps::{
 use plotx_io::{AxisSource, Dim, Domain, NmrData, NmrData2D, PseudoAxis, PseudoKind, QuadMode};
 
 mod craft_shot;
+mod thumbnail_shot;
 
 const FIT_LO: f64 = 1.4;
 const FIT_HI: f64 = 3.2;
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ enum Op {
     Setup,
     /// Fit the FID band and frame the result.
     LineFit,
+    Thumbnails,
     /// Load a homonuclear COSY plane and open its symmetry-review workflow.
     SymmetrySetup,
     /// Pin the ordinary readout cursor on the synthetic COSY.
@@ -138,6 +140,8 @@ const SCENES: &[Scene] = &[
     shot(8, "band"),
     act(2, Op::LineFit),
     shot(10, "fitted"),
+    act(2, Op::Thumbnails),
+    shot(8, "canvas_thumbnails"),
     // The three widths bracket the Ribbon's width budget: 720 steps the
     // low-priority groups down to their Small and Collapsed scales, 900
     // catches the first Medium steps, and 1440 shows every group at Large.
@@ -368,6 +372,7 @@ fn run_op(op: Op, app: &mut PlotxApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> Result<(), String>
             setup(app);
         }
         Op::LineFit => line_fit(app, ctx)?,
+        Op::Thumbnails => thumbnail_shot::setup(app),
         Op::SymmetrySetup => symmetry_setup(app)?,
         Op::InspectCursor => inspect_cursor(app)?,
         Op::DeltaCursor => delta_cursor(app)?,
@@ -773,24 +778,5 @@ fn save_png(path: &Path, image: &egui::ColorImage) -> Result<(), String> {
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn automated_exit_bypasses_dirty_project_prompt() {
-        let mut app = PlotxApp::new_with_settings(plotx_core::settings::Settings::default());
-        app.mark_document_dirty();
-        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
-
-        let output = ctx.run_ui(egui::RawInput::default(), |ui| {
-            request_exit(&mut app, ui.ctx());
-        });
-
-        assert!(app.session.allow_close);
-        let root = output
-            .viewport_output
-            .get(&egui::ViewportId::ROOT)
-            .expect("root viewport output");
-        assert!(root.commands.contains(&egui::ViewportCommand::Close));
-    }
-}
+#[path = "shot/tests.rs"]
+mod tests;
diff --git a/crates/app/src/shot/tests.rs b/crates/app/src/shot/tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cde2dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/app/src/shot/tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use super::*;
+
+#[test]
+fn automated_exit_bypasses_dirty_project_prompt() {
+    let mut app = PlotxApp::new_with_settings(plotx_core::settings::Settings::default());
+    app.mark_document_dirty();
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+
+    let output = ctx.run_ui(egui::RawInput::default(), |ui| {
+        request_exit(&mut app, ui.ctx());
+    });
+
+    assert!(app.session.allow_close);
+    let root = output
+        .viewport_output
+        .get(&egui::ViewportId::ROOT)
+        .expect("root viewport output");
+    assert!(root.commands.contains(&egui::ViewportCommand::Close));
+}
diff --git a/crates/app/src/shot/thumbnail_shot.rs b/crates/app/src/shot/thumbnail_shot.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e32313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/app/src/shot/thumbnail_shot.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+use plotx_core::actions::Action;
+use plotx_core::state::{CanvasId, PlotxApp, PrimaryView};
+
+pub(super) fn setup(app: &mut PlotxApp) {
+    app.session.view = PrimaryView::Canvas;
+    app.session.ui.close_task_cards();
+    let mut portrait = app.doc.canvases[0].clone();
+    portrait.resource_id = CanvasId::new();
+    portrait.name = "Portrait comparison with a long canvas name".to_owned();
+    portrait.size_mm = [110.0, 180.0];
+    portrait.board_pos[0] += 600.0;
+    app.execute_action(Action::insert_canvas(
+        app.doc.canvases.len(),
+        portrait,
+        app.session.active_canvas,
+    ));
+    app.activate_canvas(0);
+}
diff --git a/crates/app/src/ui/canvas/image_painting.rs b/crates/app/src/ui/canvas/image_painting.rs
index 7d39544..866d44c 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/ui/canvas/image_painting.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/ui/canvas/image_painting.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::*;
-pub(super) fn paint_document(app: &PlotxApp, ci: usize, rect: egui::Rect, painter: &egui::Painter) {
+pub(crate) fn canvas_document(app: &PlotxApp, ci: usize) -> plotx_render::Document<'_> {
     let canvas = &app.doc.canvases[ci];
     let [width, height] = canvas.size_pt();
     let mut items = plotx_core::state::document_items(canvas);
@@ -61,12 +61,17 @@ pub(super) fn paint_document(app: &PlotxApp, ci: usize, rect: egui::Rect, painte
             visible: panel_visible && object.visible,
         });
     }
-    let document = plotx_render::Document {
+    plotx_render::Document {
         width,
         height,
         background: canvas.background,
         items,
-    };
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) fn paint_document(app: &PlotxApp, ci: usize, rect: egui::Rect, painter: &egui::Painter) {
+    let canvas = &app.doc.canvases[ci];
+    let document = canvas_document(app, ci);
     let zoom = app.session.board.zoom;
     let bp = canvas.board_pos;
     let detail = workspace_render_detail(painter.ctx(), painter.ctx().input(|input| input.time));
diff --git a/crates/app/src/ui/canvas/mod.rs b/crates/app/src/ui/canvas/mod.rs
index 3c0cd66..74ef28b 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/ui/canvas/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/ui/canvas/mod.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ mod cursors;
 mod furniture;
 mod geometry;
 mod image_drop;
-mod image_painting;
+pub(crate) mod image_painting;
 mod selection_painting;
 pub(crate) use image_drop::{ImagePanelDropTarget, image_drop_target};
 mod integrals;
diff --git a/crates/app/src/ui/primary_sidebar.rs b/crates/app/src/ui/primary_sidebar.rs
index 2c449ea..fc85df5 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/ui/primary_sidebar.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/ui/primary_sidebar.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ mod data_browser;
 mod layer_controls;
 mod layers_tree;
 pub(crate) mod selection;
+mod thumbnails;
 use board_views::board_views_section;
 use data_browser::{AnalysisItem, AnalysisKind, DataTree, DatasetNode};
-use layer_controls::truncated_selectable;
 use selection::*;
 
 pub fn render(app: &mut PlotxApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
@@ -101,8 +101,12 @@ fn canvas_list(app: &mut PlotxApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
             Some(RenameState { target: RenameTarget::Canvas(i), .. }) if *i == ci
         );
         if renaming {
+            let row = thumbnails::canvas_row(app, ci, ui, true, "");
+            let mut rect = row.rect.shrink2(egui::vec2(6.0, 12.0));
+            rect.min.x += 80.0;
+            let mut editor = ui.new_child(egui::UiBuilder::new().max_rect(rect));
             let rs = app.session.ui.rename.as_mut().unwrap();
-            match rename_edit(ui, rs, egui::Id::new(("rename_canvas", ci))) {
+            match rename_edit(&mut editor, rs, egui::Id::new(("rename_canvas", ci))) {
                 RenameOutcome::Commit(s) => commit = Some((ci, s)),
                 RenameOutcome::Cancel => cancel = true,
                 RenameOutcome::Editing => {}
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ fn canvas_list(app: &mut PlotxApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
         }
         let name = app.doc.canvases[ci].name.clone();
         let selected = crate::ui::canvas::frame_is_selected(app, FrameRef::Page(ci));
-        let resp = truncated_selectable(ui, selected, name);
+        let resp = thumbnails::canvas_row(app, ci, ui, selected, &name);
         if resp.clicked() {
             claim_list_keyboard_focus(ui, &resp);
             select = Some((ci, select_modifiers(ui)));
diff --git a/crates/app/src/ui/primary_sidebar/thumbnails.rs b/crates/app/src/ui/primary_sidebar/thumbnails.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..648e656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/app/src/ui/primary_sidebar/thumbnails.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+use egui::{Align2, Color32, Rect, Response, Sense, Stroke, StrokeKind, Ui, vec2};
+use plotx_core::state::PlotxApp;
+
+pub(super) fn canvas_row(
+    app: &PlotxApp,
+    ci: usize,
+    ui: &mut Ui,
+    selected: bool,
+    name: &str,
+) -> Response {
+    let (rect, _) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(ui.available_width(), 64.0), Sense::hover());
+    let response = ui.interact(
+        rect,
+        ui.id()
+            .with(("canvas_row", app.doc.canvases[ci].resource_id)),
+        Sense::click(),
+    );
+    response.widget_info(|| {
+        egui::WidgetInfo::selected(
+            egui::WidgetType::SelectableLabel,
+            ui.is_enabled(),
+            selected,
+            name,
+        )
+    });
+    if !ui.is_rect_visible(rect) {
+        return response;
+    }
+    let visuals = ui.style().interact_selectable(&response, selected);
+    let painter = ui.painter_at(rect);
+    if selected || response.hovered() || response.has_focus() {
+        painter.rect_filled(rect, 4.0, visuals.weak_bg_fill);
+        painter.rect_stroke(rect, 4.0, visuals.bg_stroke, StrokeKind::Inside);
+    }
+    let preview = Rect::from_min_size(rect.min + vec2(6.0, 6.0), vec2(72.0, 52.0));
+    painter.rect_filled(preview, 2.0, ui.visuals().faint_bg_color);
+    let document = crate::ui::canvas::image_painting::canvas_document(app, ci);
+    if document.width.is_finite()
+        && document.height.is_finite()
+        && document.width > 0.0
+        && document.height > 0.0
+    {
+        let available = preview.shrink(3.0);
+        let zoom = (available.width() / document.width).min(available.height() / document.height);
+        let size = vec2(document.width, document.height) * zoom;
+        let page = Rect::from_center_size(available.center(), size);
+        // A thumbnail has its own viewport, independent of board navigation.
+        plotx_render::screen::paint_document_for_editor_with_detail(
+            &painter.with_clip_rect(preview.intersect(ui.clip_rect())),
+            plotx_render::Rect::new(page.left(), page.top(), page.width(), page.height()),
+            &document,
+            plotx_render::DocumentViewport {
+                zoom,
+                pan: [0.0, 0.0],
+            },
+            plotx_render::screen::ScreenRenderDetail::Interactive,
+        );
+        painter.rect_stroke(
+            page,
+            0.0,
+            Stroke::new(0.5_f32, Color32::from_gray(150)),
+            StrokeKind::Inside,
+        );
+    }
+    let text_rect = Rect::from_min_max(
+        egui::pos2(preview.right() + 8.0, rect.top()),
+        rect.max - vec2(6.0, 0.0),
+    );
+    let galley = egui::WidgetText::from(name).into_galley(
+        ui,
+        Some(egui::TextWrapMode::Truncate),
+        text_rect.width().max(0.0),
+        egui::TextStyle::Button,
+    );
+    let label = Align2::LEFT_CENTER.align_size_within_rect(galley.size(), text_rect);
+    painter.galley(label.min, galley, visuals.text_color());
+    response.on_hover_text(name)
+}
diff --git a/docs/src/content/docs/reference/ui-overview.md b/docs/src/content/docs/reference/ui-overview.md
index 8418b18..da0458d 100644
--- a/docs/src/content/docs/reference/ui-overview.md
+++ b/docs/src/content/docs/reference/ui-overview.md
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ introduces the same regions in walkthrough form.
 
 - **Primary Side Bar** — the left panel. Its **Canvas** mode lists plots,
   pages, and saved board views; its **Data** mode shows every dataset and the
-  results derived from it.
+  results derived from it. Each canvas row includes a live page thumbnail;
+  click to select it, double-click its name to rename it, or use its context menu.
 - **Canvas** / **the board** — the central area: an infinite board holding
   your plots and ordinary data sheets. "Page" is one framed area of the board
   that exports as one figure. Drag a page or table-sheet header to place it;
diff --git a/docs/src/content/docs/zh-cn/reference/ui-overview.md b/docs/src/content/docs/zh-cn/reference/ui-overview.md
index 89ee82a..1e7807d 100644
--- a/docs/src/content/docs/zh-cn/reference/ui-overview.md
+++ b/docs/src/content/docs/zh-cn/reference/ui-overview.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ PlotX 的界面为英文；手册中加粗的英文词即界面上的原文标
 
 - **主侧栏（Primary Side Bar）**——左侧面板。**Canvas** 模式列出图形、
   页面和已保存的画板视野；**Data** 模式显示每个数据集及其派生结果。
+  每个画布条目都带有实时页面缩略图；单击选择，双击名称重命名，右键打开上下文菜单。
 - **画布（Canvas）/ 画板（board）**——中央区域：承载图形与普通数据表的
   无限画板。"页面"是画板上的一块带框区域，导出时对应一张图。拖动页面或
   数据表标题可调整位置；靠近其他框架时，会吸附到其边缘和框架间的标准间距。