diff --git a/plugins/kanban/dashboard/dist/index.js b/plugins/kanban/dashboard/dist/index.js
index d932bb1d24f..a801a87327c 100644
--- a/plugins/kanban/dashboard/dist/index.js
+++ b/plugins/kanban/dashboard/dist/index.js
@@ -2273,6 +2273,93 @@
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   function BoardColumns(props) {
+    const columnsRef = useRef(null);
+    const panRef = useRef({ isPanning: false, startX: 0, scrollLeft: 0 });
+    const [isPanning, setIsPanning] = useState(false);
+    const [isScrollable, setIsScrollable] = useState(false);
+
+    const checkScrollable = useCallback(function () {
+      const el = columnsRef.current;
+      setIsScrollable(!!el && el.scrollWidth > el.clientWidth + 1);
+    }, []);
+
+    useEffect(function () {
+      checkScrollable();
+      const el = columnsRef.current;
+      if (!el) return undefined;
+      if (typeof ResizeObserver !== "undefined") {
+        const observer = new ResizeObserver(checkScrollable);
+        observer.observe(el);
+        return function () { observer.disconnect(); };
+      }
+      window.addEventListener("resize", checkScrollable);
+      return function () { window.removeEventListener("resize", checkScrollable); };
+    }, [checkScrollable, props.board]);
+
+    const isPanBlockedTarget = useCallback(function (target) {
+      if (!target) return true;
+      if (target.closest && target.closest(".hermes-kanban-card")) return true;
+      if (target.closest && target.closest(".hermes-kanban-column-add")) return true;
+      if (target.closest && target.closest(".hermes-kanban-col-check")) return true;
+      if (target.closest && target.closest("button,input,textarea,select,a,[role='button']")) return true;
+      return false;
+    }, []);
+
+    const stopPan = useCallback(function () {
+      const el = columnsRef.current;
+      if (!panRef.current.isPanning) return;
+      panRef.current.isPanning = false;
+      setIsPanning(false);
+      if (el) {
+        // Keep cursor feedback instant even before React flushes the state update.
+        el.classList.remove("hermes-kanban-columns--panning");
+        el.style.userSelect = "";
+      }
+      if (panRef.current.cleanup) panRef.current.cleanup();
+      panRef.current.cleanup = null;
+    }, []);
+
+    useEffect(function () {
+      return function () { stopPan(); };
+    }, [stopPan]);
+
+    const handleMouseDown = useCallback(function (e) {
+      if (e.button !== 0) return;
+      if (isPanBlockedTarget(e.target)) return;
+      const el = columnsRef.current;
+      if (!el) return;
+      const rect = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+      // Preserve the native horizontal scrollbar as a fallback; grab-pan starts above it.
+      if (e.clientY >= rect.bottom - 20) return;
+      if (el.scrollWidth <= el.clientWidth) return;
+
+      panRef.current.isPanning = true;
+      panRef.current.startX = e.clientX;
+      panRef.current.scrollLeft = el.scrollLeft;
+      setIsPanning(true);
+      el.classList.add("hermes-kanban-columns--panning");
+      el.style.userSelect = "none";
+
+      function onMouseMove(ev) {
+        if (!panRef.current.isPanning) return;
+        const dx = ev.clientX - panRef.current.startX;
+        el.scrollLeft = panRef.current.scrollLeft - dx;
+        ev.preventDefault();
+      }
+      function onMouseUp() { stopPan(); }
+
+      if (panRef.current.cleanup) panRef.current.cleanup();
+      window.addEventListener("mousemove", onMouseMove);
+      window.addEventListener("mouseup", onMouseUp, { once: true });
+      window.addEventListener("blur", onMouseUp, { once: true });
+      panRef.current.cleanup = function () {
+        window.removeEventListener("mousemove", onMouseMove);
+        window.removeEventListener("mouseup", onMouseUp);
+        window.removeEventListener("blur", onMouseUp);
+      };
+      e.preventDefault();
+    }, [isPanBlockedTarget, stopPan]);
+
     const handleDragStart = useCallback(function (e) {
       const card = e.target.closest && e.target.closest(".hermes-kanban-card");
       if (!card) return;
@@ -2282,7 +2369,17 @@
     const handleDragEnd = useCallback(function () {
       if (props.onDragEnd) props.onDragEnd();
     }, [props.onDragEnd]);
-    return h("div", { className: "hermes-kanban-columns", onDragStart: handleDragStart, onDragEnd: handleDragEnd },
+    return h("div", {
+      ref: columnsRef,
+      className: cn(
+        "hermes-kanban-columns",
+        isScrollable ? "hermes-kanban-columns--scrollable" : "",
+        isPanning ? "hermes-kanban-columns--panning" : "",
+      ),
+      onDragStart: handleDragStart,
+      onDragEnd: handleDragEnd,
+      onMouseDown: handleMouseDown,
+    },
       props.board.columns.map(function (col) {
         return h(Column, {
           key: col.name,
diff --git a/plugins/kanban/dashboard/dist/style.css b/plugins/kanban/dashboard/dist/style.css
index 6b396b2612e..8f2a43c295f 100644
--- a/plugins/kanban/dashboard/dist/style.css
+++ b/plugins/kanban/dashboard/dist/style.css
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@
   overflow-x: auto;
 }
 
+.hermes-kanban-columns--scrollable {
+  cursor: grab;
+}
+
+.hermes-kanban-columns--panning,
+.hermes-kanban-columns--panning * {
+  cursor: grabbing !important;
+}
+
 .hermes-kanban-column {
   flex: 0 0 280px;
   display: flex;