diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/addon_harness/use_probe.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/addon_harness/use_probe.rs
index 92f0a304..82378194 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/addon_harness/use_probe.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/addon_harness/use_probe.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ use super::render::{Painted, RenderBaseline};
 /// it, in painter order, are dropped, so a broken ninth widget reads clean.
 pub const MAX_USE_TARGETS: usize = 8;
 
-/// How far the drag travels: past `cursor::DRAG_START_THRESHOLD` (4 px, strict `>`) so
-/// `OnDragStart` fires, and inside a 16 px item slot so the release lands on the same frame.
-const DRAG_PX: f32 = 5.0;
+/// How far the drag travels: past the drag-start distance (0.01 of the screen diagonal, 12.8 root
+/// units at the 1024×768 these runs use) so `OnDragStart` fires.
+const DRAG_PX: f32 = 14.0;
 
 /// Where the cursor is parked at the end, off-screen so the last `OnLeave` always fires.
 const PARKED: (f32, f32) = (-10_000.0, -10_000.0);
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/addon_harness/use_probe_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/addon_harness/use_probe_tests.rs
index baf4b953..2b1447d5 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/addon_harness/use_probe_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/addon_harness/use_probe_tests.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ fn the_use_column_can_fail() {
         "#,
         ),
     );
-    // `OnDragStart` fires only past the 4 px threshold, so the drag must actually move.
+    // `OnDragStart` fires only past the drag-start distance, so the drag must actually move.
     fx.addon(
         "RaisesOnDrag",
         &painted_button(
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/action_bar_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/action_bar_tests.rs
index ef05f764..398c24b4 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/action_bar_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/action_bar_tests.rs
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ fn drag_drop_onto_another_button_hops_the_displaced_action() {
     s.resolve();
 
     s.mouse_button(26.0, 22.0, "LeftButton", true);
-    s.mouse_move(40.0, 22.0); // past the 4px drag-start threshold
+    s.mouse_move(40.0, 22.0); // past the drag-start distance
     let consumed = s.mouse_button(68.0, 22.0, "LeftButton", false);
     assert!(consumed, "OnReceiveDrag consumed the release");
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/bagnon_render_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/bagnon_render_tests.rs
index 76cd5553..8cf89622 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/bagnon_render_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/bagnon_render_tests.rs
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ fn dragging_a_bagnon_slot_picks_the_item_up() {
     let (dx, dy) = centre_of(&mut s, &empty);
     s.mouse_move(sx, sy);
     s.mouse_button(sx, sy, "LeftButton", true);
-    s.mouse_move(sx + 12.0, sy + 12.0); // past DRAG_START_THRESHOLD ⇒ OnDragStart
+    s.mouse_move(sx + 12.0, sy + 12.0); // past the drag-start distance ⇒ OnDragStart
     s.mouse_move(dx, dy);
     s.mouse_button(dx, dy, "LeftButton", false);
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/chat_resize_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/chat_resize_tests.rs
index 77301637..214b418e 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/chat_resize_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/chat_resize_tests.rs
@@ -91,11 +91,14 @@ fn reveal_window(s: &mut UiScript, window: &str) {
     }
 }
 
+/// A move past the drag-start distance (0.01 of the 1600×900 diagonal, 15.7 root units).
+const DRAG_STARTS_AT: f32 = 20.0;
+
 fn drag_tab(s: &mut UiScript, dx: f32, dy: f32) {
     reveal(s);
     let (tx, ty) = centre(s, "ChatFrame1Tab");
     s.mouse_button(tx, ty, "LeftButton", true);
-    s.mouse_move(tx + 5.0, ty); // past the 4px threshold: OnDragStart -> StartMoving
+    s.mouse_move(tx + DRAG_STARTS_AT, ty); // past the drag-start distance: OnDragStart -> StartMoving
     s.mouse_move(tx + dx, ty + dy);
     s.mouse_button(tx + dx, ty + dy, "LeftButton", false);
     s.resolve();
@@ -284,18 +287,18 @@ fn the_tab_drag_moves_an_unlocked_window_and_a_locked_one_stays_put() {
     reveal(&mut s);
     let (tx, ty) = centre(&mut s, "ChatFrame1Tab");
     s.mouse_button(tx, ty, "LeftButton", true);
-    s.mouse_move(tx + 5.0, ty);
+    s.mouse_move(tx + DRAG_STARTS_AT, ty);
     s.mouse_move(tx + 80.0, ty);
     assert_eq!(
         left(&mut s),
-        start + 75.0,
+        start + 80.0 - DRAG_STARTS_AT,
         "the window followed the cursor from where the drag started"
     );
     s.mouse_button(tx + 80.0, ty, "LeftButton", false);
     s.mouse_move(tx + 400.0, ty);
     assert_eq!(
         left(&mut s),
-        start + 75.0,
+        start + 80.0 - DRAG_STARTS_AT,
         "OnDragStop ended it — a move that outlived the button would keep going"
     );
     assert!(s.errors().is_empty(), "script errors: {:?}", s.errors());
@@ -318,8 +321,8 @@ fn a_moved_window_is_user_placed_and_the_managed_pass_skips_it() {
     let moved = left(&mut s);
     assert_eq!(
         moved,
-        seated + 115.0,
-        "120 less the 5px spent on the threshold"
+        seated + 120.0 - DRAG_STARTS_AT,
+        "120 less the move spent on the drag-start distance"
     );
     assert!(
         s.eval::<bool>("return ChatFrame1:IsUserPlaced()").unwrap(),
@@ -534,7 +537,7 @@ fn drag_named_tab(s: &mut UiScript, window: &str, dx: f32, dy: f32) {
         "the tab is hit"
     );
     s.mouse_button(tx, ty, "LeftButton", true);
-    s.mouse_move(tx + 5.0, ty);
+    s.mouse_move(tx + DRAG_STARTS_AT, ty);
     s.mouse_move(tx + dx, ty + dy);
     s.mouse_button(tx + dx, ty + dy, "LeftButton", false);
     s.resolve();
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/chat_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/chat_tests.rs
index 7103db07..6da1b88b 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/chat_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/chat_tests.rs
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ fn chat_click_dismisses_a_stuck_spell_but_not_an_item() {
     s.run("ToggleSpellBook(BOOKTYPE_SPELL)").unwrap();
     s.resolve();
 
-    // Drag Fireball off its book button (press → past the 4px threshold → the payload is up).
+    // Drag Fireball off its book button (press → past the drag-start distance → the payload is up).
     let (l, r, t, b) = (
         s.eval::<f32>("return SpellButton1:GetLeft()").unwrap(),
         s.eval::<f32>("return SpellButton1:GetRight()").unwrap(),
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/cursor/drag.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/cursor/drag.rs
index 2c54c91e..a812ca27 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/cursor/drag.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/cursor/drag.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,23 @@
 use crate::script::Model;
 use crate::widget::FrameHandle;
 
-/// The drag-start distance in pixels, exceeded strictly; the reference starts at 0.01 frame units
-/// or more from the press (`0x81c468`, squared by `0x76b300`).
-pub(crate) const DRAG_START_THRESHOLD: f32 = 4.0;
+/// The drag-start threshold, 0.01 layout units squared: `0x76b300` stores `0.01f × 0.01f`
+/// (`0x81c468` = `0.01f`) in `[0xcf0c14]` as an f32.
+const DRAG_START_DISTANCE_SQ: f32 = 0.01 * 0.01;
+
+/// Whether `pos` is far enough from the press point `start` to start the drag (`0x76b34c`–`0x76b372`).
+/// The reference measures in layout units, where the screen diagonal is 1 (`0x41ad80`, from the
+/// press and move converters `0x425666`/`0x425766`), so the pointer, in root units, is divided by
+/// [`Model::layout_unit`]: 1% of the diagonal at every screen size and UI scale. The squared
+/// distance is taken in `f64` against the f32 threshold (x87 at 53 bits: `WinMain`'s
+/// `_controlfp(0x9001f)`, `D3DCREATE_FPU_PRESERVE`), and only a smaller one skips (`0x76b372`
+/// `jne`), so a NaN, which also sets the carry flag, skips too.
+fn past_start_distance(model: &Model, start: (f32, f32), pos: (f32, f32)) -> bool {
+    let unit = model.layout_unit();
+    let axis = |a: f32, b: f32| f64::from(a / unit) - f64::from(b / unit);
+    let (dx, dy) = (axis(pos.0, start.0), axis(pos.1, start.1));
+    dx * dx + dy * dy >= f64::from(DRAG_START_DISTANCE_SQ)
+}
 
 /// The event button bits in order, `1`..`0x10` (`0x76bf70`'s name table).
 const HELD_ORDER: [&str; 5] = [
@@ -86,9 +100,7 @@ pub(crate) fn maybe_start_drag(model: &mut Model, pos: (f32, f32)) -> Option<(u3
         if g.started {
             return None;
         }
-        let (sx, sy) = g.start;
-        let dist = ((pos.0 - sx).powi(2) + (pos.1 - sy).powi(2)).sqrt();
-        if dist <= DRAG_START_THRESHOLD {
+        if !past_start_distance(model, g.start, pos) {
             return None;
         }
         // `OnDragStart`'s argument is the lowest button of the move event's held mask
@@ -174,17 +186,17 @@ mod tests {
         s.resolve();
 
         s.mouse_button(100.0, 300.0, "LeftButton", true); // press inside A
-        s.mouse_move(102.0, 300.0); // 2px: under the threshold
+        s.mouse_move(102.0, 300.0); // 2 units: under the threshold
         assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return drag_starts").unwrap(), 0);
 
-        s.mouse_move(110.0, 300.0); // 10px from the press: starts
+        s.mouse_move(120.0, 300.0); // 20 units from the press: starts
         assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return drag_starts").unwrap(), 1);
         assert_eq!(
             s.eval::<String>("return drag_button").unwrap(),
             "LeftButton"
         );
 
-        s.mouse_move(120.0, 300.0); // further movement doesn't re-fire
+        s.mouse_move(140.0, 300.0); // further movement doesn't re-fire
         assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return drag_starts").unwrap(), 1);
 
         s.mouse_move(600.0, 300.0); // over B now
@@ -230,7 +242,7 @@ mod tests {
         s.resolve();
 
         s.mouse_button(100.0, 300.0, "LeftButton", true);
-        s.mouse_move(110.0, 300.0); // starts the drag
+        s.mouse_move(120.0, 300.0); // starts the drag
         s.mouse_button(100.0, 300.0, "LeftButton", false); // released back on A
         assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return clicks").unwrap(), 0);
         assert!(s.errors().is_empty(), "{:?}", s.errors());
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/drag_threshold.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/drag_threshold.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2bfa5c4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/drag_threshold.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+//! The drag-start distance: 0.01 of the screen diagonal (`0x76b320`, `0x76b300`, `0x81c468`).
+
+use super::common::script;
+use crate::script::UiScript;
+
+/// A drag-registered frame covering `width`×`height` root units from `(-100, 0)`, under a
+/// `UIParent` when `ui_scale` is given, with `OnDragStart` counting into `starts`.
+fn drag_script(width: f32, height: f32, ui_scale: Option<f32>) -> UiScript {
+    let mut s = script();
+    s.set_screen_size(width, height);
+    s.run(
+        r#"
+        starts = 0
+        local up = CreateFrame("Frame", "UIParent")
+        up:SetPoint("BOTTOMLEFT", 0, 0); up:SetPoint("TOPRIGHT", 0, 0)
+        local a = CreateFrame("Frame", "A", up)
+        a:SetPoint("BOTTOMLEFT", -100, 0); a:SetWidth(5000); a:SetHeight(5000); a:EnableMouse(true)
+        a:RegisterForDrag("LeftButton")
+        a:SetScript("OnDragStart", function() starts = starts + 1 end)
+        "#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    if let Some(v) = ui_scale {
+        s.set_ui_scale(v);
+        s.apply_ui_scale((1024, 768), &mut None);
+    }
+    s.resolve();
+    s
+}
+
+fn starts(s: &UiScript) -> i64 {
+    s.eval::<i64>("return starts").unwrap()
+}
+
+/// The layout unit, the screen diagonal in root units.
+fn unit(s: &UiScript) -> f32 {
+    s.model_ref().layout_unit()
+}
+
+/// Press at the origin of a drag frame, move `frac` of the diagonal right, and say whether the
+/// drag started.
+fn starts_at(s: &mut UiScript, frac: f32) -> bool {
+    let d = frac * unit(s);
+    s.run("starts = 0").unwrap();
+    s.mouse_button(0.0, 300.0, "LeftButton", true);
+    s.mouse_move(d, 300.0);
+    let started = starts(s) == 1;
+    s.mouse_button(d, 300.0, "LeftButton", false);
+    started
+}
+
+/// 0.0099 of the diagonal is short of the start; 0.0101 is past it.
+#[test]
+fn a_move_under_one_percent_of_the_diagonal_starts_no_drag() {
+    let mut s = drag_script(1024.0, 768.0, None);
+    assert!(!starts_at(&mut s, 0.0099), "0.0099 of the diagonal");
+    assert!(starts_at(&mut s, 0.0101), "0.0101 of the diagonal");
+    assert!(s.errors().is_empty(), "{:?}", s.errors());
+}
+
+/// At 1024×768 the threshold is 12.8 px, not the old 4.
+#[test]
+fn at_1024_by_768_a_drag_needs_12_8_px() {
+    let mut s = drag_script(1024.0, 768.0, None);
+    let u = unit(&s);
+    assert!(!starts_at(&mut s, 12.0 / u), "12 px");
+    assert!(starts_at(&mut s, 13.0 / u), "13 px");
+}
+
+/// The boundary of `0x76b368`: the squared distance in x87 53-bit precision (`WinMain`'s
+/// `_controlfp(0x9001f)`, `D3DCREATE_FPU_PRESERVE`) against the f32 `0.01f × 0.01f`, which rounds up
+/// past the exact square of `0.01f`. A move of exactly `0.01f` in layout units is short of it and
+/// the next f32 above starts the drag (`0x76b372`: only a smaller distance skips).
+#[test]
+fn the_boundary_is_the_f32_square_of_0_01_compared_as_a_double() {
+    let mut s = drag_script(1024.0, 768.0, None);
+    let u = unit(&s);
+    let at = 0.01_f32;
+    let above = f32::from_bits(at.to_bits() + 1);
+    // A root-unit x whose layout coordinate (`x / u`) is exactly `want`.
+    let root_x = |want: f32| -> f32 {
+        let guess = want * u;
+        (-16..=16_i32)
+            .map(|k| f32::from_bits((guess.to_bits() as i32 + k) as u32))
+            .find(|x| x / u == want)
+            .expect("a root x that lands on the layout coordinate")
+    };
+    for (want, expect) in [(at, false), (above, true)] {
+        let x = root_x(want);
+        s.mouse_button(0.0, 300.0, "LeftButton", true);
+        s.mouse_move(x, 300.0);
+        assert_eq!(starts(&s) == 1, expect, "a layout move of {want:e}");
+        s.mouse_button(x, 300.0, "LeftButton", false);
+        s.run("starts = 0").unwrap();
+    }
+}
+
+/// The threshold follows the window diagonal: 22 px at 1920×1080 (1% of 2203 px), not 12.8.
+#[test]
+fn the_threshold_scales_with_the_screen_diagonal() {
+    let root_w = 1920.0 * 768.0 / 1080.0;
+    let mut s = drag_script(root_w, 768.0, None);
+    let px = |root: f32| root * 1080.0 / 768.0;
+    let thr = 0.01 * unit(&s);
+    assert!((px(thr) - 22.03).abs() < 0.01, "{} px", px(thr));
+    assert!(!starts_at(&mut s, 0.0099));
+    assert!(starts_at(&mut s, 0.0101));
+    // 14 px passes at 1024×768 and not here.
+    let u = unit(&s);
+    assert!(!starts_at(&mut s, 14.0 * 768.0 / 1080.0 / u));
+}
+
+/// The UI scale is `UIParent`'s own, never the pointer's: the same fraction of the diagonal starts
+/// a drag under any scale, on either screen.
+#[test]
+fn the_threshold_does_not_follow_the_ui_scale() {
+    for (w, h) in [(1024.0, 768.0), (1920.0 * 768.0 / 1080.0, 768.0)] {
+        for scale in [0.64, 1.0, 1.15] {
+            let mut s = drag_script(w, h, Some(scale));
+            assert!(!starts_at(&mut s, 0.0099), "{w}x{h} scale {scale}");
+            assert!(starts_at(&mut s, 0.0101), "{w}x{h} scale {scale}");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/mod.rs
index 13befd49..ad0fcb60 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/mod.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ mod cooldown;
 mod create_frame_template;
 mod cvar_bindings;
 mod dispatch_bench;
+mod drag_threshold;
 mod end_to_end;
 mod engine_updates;
 mod events;
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/movable.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/movable.rs
index cfaf53e1..d3022547 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/movable.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/movable.rs
@@ -41,20 +41,20 @@ fn the_canonical_addon_idiom_moves_a_frame_and_the_position_survives_the_stop()
     assert_eq!(corner(&mut s), (100.0, 100.0), "born where SetPoint put it");
 
     s.mouse_button(150.0, 140.0, "LeftButton", true); // press inside the panel
-    s.mouse_move(152.0, 140.0); // 2 px, under the drag threshold
+    s.mouse_move(152.0, 140.0); // 2 units, under the drag threshold
     assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return starts").unwrap(), 0);
     assert_eq!(corner(&mut s), (100.0, 100.0));
 
-    s.mouse_move(160.0, 140.0); // crosses the threshold ⇒ OnDragStart ⇒ StartMoving
+    s.mouse_move(170.0, 140.0); // crosses the threshold ⇒ OnDragStart ⇒ StartMoving
     assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return starts").unwrap(), 1);
-    s.mouse_move(260.0, 190.0); // +100, +50 from the grab
+    s.mouse_move(270.0, 190.0); // +100, +50 from the grab
     assert_eq!(
         corner(&mut s),
         (200.0, 150.0),
         "the frame follows the cursor delta since StartMoving"
     );
 
-    s.mouse_button(260.0, 190.0, "LeftButton", false); // OnDragStop ⇒ StopMovingOrSizing
+    s.mouse_button(270.0, 190.0, "LeftButton", false); // OnDragStop ⇒ StopMovingOrSizing
     assert_eq!(s.eval::<i64>("return stops").unwrap(), 1);
     assert_eq!(corner(&mut s), (200.0, 150.0), "the position survives");
 
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ fn the_canonical_addon_idiom_moves_a_frame_and_the_position_survives_the_stop()
 fn a_moving_frame_follows_successive_mouse_moves() {
     let mut s = movable_panel();
     s.mouse_button(150.0, 140.0, "LeftButton", true);
-    s.mouse_move(160.0, 140.0); // the move that starts the drag
+    s.mouse_move(170.0, 140.0); // the move that starts the drag
     assert_eq!(
         corner(&mut s),
         (100.0, 100.0),
         "the frame follows from where StartMoving was called, so the starting move moves nothing"
     );
     for (step, want) in [
-        ((170.0, 140.0), (110.0, 100.0)),
-        ((170.0, 160.0), (110.0, 120.0)),
-        ((120.0, 160.0), (60.0, 120.0)), // back left of where it started
-        ((120.0, 160.0), (60.0, 120.0)), // a zero-delta move changes nothing
+        ((180.0, 140.0), (110.0, 100.0)),
+        ((180.0, 160.0), (110.0, 120.0)),
+        ((130.0, 160.0), (60.0, 120.0)), // back left of where it started
+        ((130.0, 160.0), (60.0, 120.0)), // a zero-delta move changes nothing
     ] {
         s.mouse_move(step.0, step.1);
         assert_eq!(corner(&mut s), want, "after moving to {step:?}");