diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/ui/QueueScreen.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/ui/QueueScreen.kt
index 2f2b5f91..490fad42 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/ui/QueueScreen.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/ui/QueueScreen.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package com.fabledsword.minstrel.player.ui
 import androidx.compose.animation.AnimatedVisibility
 import androidx.compose.foundation.background
 import androidx.compose.foundation.clickable
-import androidx.compose.foundation.gestures.detectDragGestures
+import androidx.compose.foundation.gestures.detectDragGesturesAfterLongPress
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
@@ -38,11 +38,15 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.rememberCoroutineScope
 import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.composed
 import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.graphicsLayer
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.pointer.pointerInput
 import androidx.compose.ui.layout.onSizeChanged
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.CustomAccessibilityAction
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.customActions
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.semantics
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
@@ -52,7 +56,6 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.compose.collectAsStateWithLifecycle
 import androidx.navigation.NavHostController
 import com.composables.icons.lucide.ArrowDown
 import com.composables.icons.lucide.ArrowLeft
-import com.composables.icons.lucide.GripVertical
 import com.composables.icons.lucide.Lucide
 import com.composables.icons.lucide.Music
 import com.composables.icons.lucide.Trash2
@@ -231,18 +234,40 @@ private fun QueueRow(
             .graphicsLayer { translationY = dragOffsetY }
             .background(highlight)
             .clickable(onClick = onClick)
+            // Replaces the capability the grip icon carried. Its
+            // contentDescription ("Reorder track") was the ONLY thing telling a
+            // screen reader this list could be reordered, and a long-press drag
+            // is not operable with TalkBack at all. These custom actions are the
+            // Android counterpart to the web row's ArrowUp/ArrowDown keys —
+            // without them, dropping the grip would have quietly removed
+            // reordering for anyone not using touch.
+            .semantics {
+                customActions = listOf(
+                    CustomAccessibilityAction("Move up") {
+                        if (index > 0) { onMove(index, index - 1); true } else false
+                    },
+                    CustomAccessibilityAction("Move down") {
+                        if (index < queueSize - 1) { onMove(index, index + 1); true } else false
+                    },
+                )
+            }
             .padding(horizontal = 16.dp, vertical = 12.dp),
         verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
         horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp),
     ) {
-        DragHandle(
-            index = index,
-            queueSize = queueSize,
-            rowHeightPx = rowHeightPx,
-            onOffsetChange = { dragOffsetY = it },
-            onMove = onMove,
+        // The album art IS the grab surface (#2395). The grip icon it replaces
+        // cost ~36dp of every row's width — icon plus its 12dp gap — on the
+        // narrowest surface in the app, competing with the title for space.
+        QueueRowThumbnail(
+            track = track,
+            dragModifier = Modifier.queueReorderDrag(
+                index = index,
+                queueSize = queueSize,
+                rowHeightPx = rowHeightPx,
+                onOffsetChange = { dragOffsetY = it },
+                onMove = onMove,
+            ),
         )
-        QueueRowThumbnail(track = track)
         if (isCurrent) {
             Icon(
                 Lucide.Volume2,
@@ -265,51 +290,60 @@ private fun QueueRow(
     }
 }
 
-@Composable
-private fun DragHandle(
+/**
+ * Reorder-drag behaviour for a queue row, applied to whatever element is the
+ * grab surface — the album art, since #2395 removed the grip icon.
+ *
+ * Uses **detectDragGesturesAfterLongPress**, not detectDragGestures, and that
+ * is the load-bearing detail. The grip was a small target, so a plain drag
+ * gesture on it never competed with anything. A 48dp thumbnail is a large
+ * chunk of every row, and with a plain drag detector any vertical pan starting
+ * on artwork would be swallowed as a row-reorder instead of scrolling the
+ * queue — the list would feel broken precisely where it's easiest to touch.
+ * Long-press-then-drag separates the two: pan scrolls, long-press reorders,
+ * tap still plays (the detector doesn't consume a plain tap, so it falls
+ * through to the row's clickable).
+ */
+private fun Modifier.queueReorderDrag(
     index: Int,
     queueSize: Int,
     rowHeightPx: Int,
     onOffsetChange: (Float) -> Unit,
     onMove: (Int, Int) -> Unit,
-) {
+): Modifier = composed {
     // Mirrors the web queue: the row follows the finger during a drag, then on
     // release we translate the accumulated offset into a row delta and reorder.
     var offset by remember { mutableFloatStateOf(0f) }
-    Icon(
-        Lucide.GripVertical,
-        contentDescription = "Reorder track",
-        tint = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant,
-        modifier = Modifier.pointerInput(index, queueSize, rowHeightPx) {
-            detectDragGestures(
-                onDrag = { change, dragAmount ->
-                    change.consume()
-                    offset += dragAmount.y
-                    onOffsetChange(offset)
-                },
-                onDragEnd = {
-                    val delta = if (rowHeightPx > 0) (offset / rowHeightPx).roundToInt() else 0
-                    val target = (index + delta).coerceIn(0, queueSize - 1)
-                    if (target != index) onMove(index, target)
-                    offset = 0f
-                    onOffsetChange(0f)
-                },
-                onDragCancel = {
-                    offset = 0f
-                    onOffsetChange(0f)
-                },
-            )
-        },
-    )
+    pointerInput(index, queueSize, rowHeightPx) {
+        detectDragGesturesAfterLongPress(
+            onDrag = { change, dragAmount ->
+                change.consume()
+                offset += dragAmount.y
+                onOffsetChange(offset)
+            },
+            onDragEnd = {
+                val delta = if (rowHeightPx > 0) (offset / rowHeightPx).roundToInt() else 0
+                val target = (index + delta).coerceIn(0, queueSize - 1)
+                if (target != index) onMove(index, target)
+                offset = 0f
+                onOffsetChange(0f)
+            },
+            onDragCancel = {
+                offset = 0f
+                onOffsetChange(0f)
+            },
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 @Composable
-private fun QueueRowThumbnail(track: TrackRef) {
+private fun QueueRowThumbnail(track: TrackRef, dragModifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
     Box(
         modifier = Modifier
             .size(48.dp)
             .clip(RoundedCornerShape(4.dp))
-            .background(MaterialTheme.colorScheme.surfaceVariant),
+            .background(MaterialTheme.colorScheme.surfaceVariant)
+            .then(dragModifier),
         contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
     ) {
         ServerImage(
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/QueueTrackRow.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/QueueTrackRow.svelte
index 1c40c17c..e14a245c 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/QueueTrackRow.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/QueueTrackRow.svelte
@@ -57,22 +57,41 @@
   class="flex items-center gap-2 border-b border-border px-3 py-2 h-16
          {isCurrent ? 'border-l-2 border-l-accent bg-surface-hover' : ''}"
 >
-  <button
-    type="button"
-    aria-label="Reorder track (use arrow keys)"
-    aria-keyshortcuts="ArrowUp ArrowDown"
-    onkeydown={handleHandleKeydown}
-    class="cursor-grab text-text-secondary hover:text-text-primary flex-shrink-0"
-  >
-    <GripVertical size={16} />
-  </button>
+  <!--
+    The album art is the grab surface (#2395). The grip used to occupy its own
+    column in every row; it now sits OVER the art, so it costs no horizontal
+    space at all. `use:draggable` is on the row (above), so dragging already
+    worked from anywhere — the grip's real jobs are being the visual cue and
+    the keyboard target, and both survive here.
 
-  <img
-    src={coverUrl(track.album_id)}
-    alt=""
-    onerror={(e) => ((e.currentTarget as HTMLImageElement).src = FALLBACK_COVER)}
-    class="h-10 w-10 flex-shrink-0 rounded object-cover"
-  />
+    It stays VISIBLE at rest, just quiet — it is the only thing that says this
+    list can be reordered at all, so hiding it until hover would trade the
+    operator's space complaint for a discoverability one (rule #24), and would
+    leave nothing for touch, which has no hover. The scrim only appears on
+    hover/focus so the artwork stays legible the rest of the time; the drop
+    shadow is what keeps the glyph readable over pale covers without one.
+  -->
+  <div class="relative h-10 w-10 flex-shrink-0">
+    <img
+      src={coverUrl(track.album_id)}
+      alt=""
+      onerror={(e) => ((e.currentTarget as HTMLImageElement).src = FALLBACK_COVER)}
+      class="h-10 w-10 rounded object-cover"
+    />
+    <button
+      type="button"
+      aria-label="Reorder track (use arrow keys)"
+      aria-keyshortcuts="ArrowUp ArrowDown"
+      onkeydown={handleHandleKeydown}
+      class="group absolute inset-0 flex cursor-grab items-center justify-center rounded
+             text-white/70 transition hover:bg-black/45 hover:text-white
+             focus-visible:bg-black/45 focus-visible:text-white
+             focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-accent"
+      style="filter: drop-shadow(0 1px 1px rgb(0 0 0 / 0.9))"
+    >
+      <GripVertical size={16} />
+    </button>
+  </div>
 
   <button
     type="button"
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/QueueTrackRow.test.ts b/web/src/lib/components/QueueTrackRow.test.ts
index 05c3db09..7fffad88 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/QueueTrackRow.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/QueueTrackRow.test.ts
@@ -94,4 +94,30 @@ describe('QueueTrackRow', () => {
     await fireEvent.keyDown(handle, { key: ' ' });
     expect(moveQueueItem).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  // --- handle placement (#2395) ---
+
+  it('the reorder handle overlays the album art instead of taking its own column', () => {
+    const { container } = render(QueueTrackRow, {
+      props: { track: sampleTrack, index: 3, isCurrent: false }
+    });
+    const handle = screen.getByLabelText(/reorder track/i);
+    const art = container.querySelector('img');
+    expect(art).not.toBeNull();
+    // Sharing a parent is what "overlaid" means structurally. If someone moves
+    // the grip back into its own flex slot, this fails — which is the point:
+    // that slot cost horizontal space in every row and is why #2395 exists.
+    expect(handle.parentElement).toBe(art!.parentElement);
+  });
+
+  it('the handle is visible at rest, not hover-revealed', () => {
+    render(QueueTrackRow, { props: { track: sampleTrack, index: 3, isCurrent: false } });
+    const handle = screen.getByLabelText(/reorder track/i);
+    // Overlaying already solved the space complaint, so there is nothing to buy
+    // by hiding it — and hiding it would cost the only cue that the queue can
+    // be reordered, on touch especially, where there is no hover at all.
+    // Asserting the absence of `opacity-0` is stylistic and a bit brittle, but
+    // it is the only handle jsdom gives us on a decision worth protecting.
+    expect(handle.className).not.toMatch(/\bopacity-0\b/);
+  });
 });