diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 86eff25..ffbb9cc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -845,31 +845,28 @@ export default function App() {
   useEffect(() => { wkEsmRef.current = wkEsm; }, [wkEsm]);
 
   // Persistent Ctrl+wheel zoom. The native WebView2 Ctrl+wheel zoom isn't saved,
-  // so we run our own: CSS `zoom` on the app root, factor stored in localStorage
-  // and restored at startup. Ctrl+0 resets to 100%.
+  // so we run our own, factor stored in localStorage and restored at startup;
+  // Ctrl+0 resets to 100%.
   //
-  // `zoom` scales the element uniformly (grid included) but does NOT rescale
-  // viewport units, so a 100vh/100vw root would leave an empty strip when zoomed
-  // out. We counter that by sizing the root to (100/z)vw × (100/z)vh so that,
-  // after the zoom multiplies it back down, it exactly fills the window.
+  // We use `transform: scale` (NOT CSS `zoom`): `zoom` re-lays-out and rounds each
+  // element to the pixel grid, which opens ~1px seams between map tiles. `transform`
+  // scales the whole subtree as one composited layer, so tiles stay seamless. The
+  // app root is counter-sized to (100/z)vw × (100/z)vh and scaled from its top-left
+  // by z, so it reflows to fill that larger box and then scales back to exactly the
+  // window (more content visible when zoomed out, like a real browser zoom).
   const appRootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   useEffect(() => {
     const KEY = 'opslog.uiZoom';
     let z = parseFloat(localStorage.getItem(KEY) || '1');
     if (!Number.isFinite(z) || z <= 0) z = 1;
     const apply = () => {
-      // Zoom the whole document (so portalled menus/modals/tooltips scale too)…
-      (document.documentElement.style as any).zoom = String(z);
-      // Flag the zoom state so the Leaflet tile-seam fix (style.css) only kicks in
-      // when actually zoomed (fractional scaling opens 1px gaps between tiles).
-      document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-uizoom', String(z));
-      // …and counter-size the app root: `zoom` doesn't rescale vh/vw, so a 100vh
-      // root leaves an empty strip when zoomed out. (100/z)vh zoomed by z = 100vh.
       const el = appRootRef.current;
-      if (el) {
-        el.style.width = `${100 / z}vw`;
-        el.style.height = `${100 / z}vh`;
-      }
+      if (!el) return;
+      el.style.transformOrigin = '0 0';
+      el.style.transform = z === 1 ? '' : `scale(${z})`;
+      el.style.width = `${100 / z}vw`;
+      el.style.height = `${100 / z}vh`;
+      document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-uizoom', String(z));
     };
     apply();
     const onWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/style.css b/frontend/src/style.css
index e0dd8f0..5b3d2b9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/style.css
+++ b/frontend/src/style.css
@@ -652,13 +652,3 @@
   border: 2px solid var(--background);
 }
 ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover { background: var(--scrollbar-thumb-hover); }
-
-/* When the UI is CSS-zoomed (our persistent Ctrl+wheel zoom), map tiles are
-   scaled by a fractional factor, which opens ~1px seams between adjacent tiles
-   (visible as a faint grid over the map). Enlarging each 256px tile by 1px makes
-   neighbours overlap just enough to hide the seams. Scoped to the zoomed state so
-   it never touches the crisp 100% view. */
-html[data-uizoom]:not([data-uizoom="1"]) .leaflet-tile {
-  width: 257px !important;
-  height: 257px !important;
-}