diff --git a/.specs/tab-view.md b/.specs/tab-view.md
index 7c26f0e11..72ae2338f 100644
--- a/.specs/tab-view.md
+++ b/.specs/tab-view.md
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ spec_version: 2
 figma:
   url: https://www.figma.com/design/t97pXRs7xME3SJDs5iZ5RF/Webkit?node-id=3374-6191
   node_id: 3374:6191
-checksum: 9a23a13b0205624a780b6ac76086455a35d38ac2b266757cbf91080258308e6b
+checksum: 38b0be72fee4fa515e9917d1f931e6b0d567009d1e3fb46dd32d4e3ad86c6538
 created: 2026-05-22
-last_updated: 2026-07-22
+last_updated: 2026-07-28
 ---
 # Tab View — Component Spec
 
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Helps users move between views or sections. Migrated from the existing implement
 | open/close | `animate-none` | semantic | `motion-reduce:animate-none` |
 | scroll edge fade appears / leaves | `animate-fade-in` / `animate-fade-out` | semantic | `motion-reduce:animate-none` |
 | state change | `transition-colors duration-150 ease-out` | inline | `motion-reduce:transition-none` |
+| panel change | the incoming panel slides in from the side being navigated toward (`translate-x-[var(--spacing-md)]` / negative) while fading | `duration['moderate-02']` + `curve['productive-entrance']` from the theme animation catalog | `motion-reduce:transition-none` |
 
 ## Tokens
 
diff --git a/packages/webkit/src/components/navigation/tab-view/presets/transitions.ts b/packages/webkit/src/components/navigation/tab-view/presets/transitions.ts
index 79a69c9dd..5da30a08c 100644
--- a/packages/webkit/src/components/navigation/tab-view/presets/transitions.ts
+++ b/packages/webkit/src/components/navigation/tab-view/presets/transitions.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,21 @@ export const tabViewIndicatorMotion = {
   slide: { duration: duration['moderate-02'], curve: curve['productive-entrance'] }
 } as const
 
+/*
+ * `translate` is listed alongside `transform` on purpose. Tailwind v4 compiles
+ * `translate-x-*` to the standalone `translate` property (`translate: var(--tw-translate-x)
+ * var(--tw-translate-y)`), and its `.transform` utility no longer covers translation —
+ * it only composes rotate/skew. A list of just `transform, opacity` therefore leaves the
+ * slide offset un-interpolated: it snaps to its final position while only the fade plays,
+ * so a panel/month swap reads as a pop instead of a slide. Tailwind's own
+ * `transition-transform` expands to `transform, translate, scale, rotate` for the same
+ * reason. Any offset expressed with a `translate-*` utility must keep `translate` here.
+ */
 export const getTabViewPanelTransitionStyle = (): { transition: string } => {
   const { duration: transitionDuration, curve: transitionTimingFunction } = tabViewPanelMotion.enter
 
   return {
-    transition: `transform ${transitionDuration} ${transitionTimingFunction}, opacity ${transitionDuration} ${transitionTimingFunction}`
+    transition: `translate ${transitionDuration} ${transitionTimingFunction}, transform ${transitionDuration} ${transitionTimingFunction}, opacity ${transitionDuration} ${transitionTimingFunction}`
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/webkit/src/components/navigation/tab-view/tab-view.test.ts b/packages/webkit/src/components/navigation/tab-view/tab-view.test.ts
index 106c98236..7a738ed86 100644
--- a/packages/webkit/src/components/navigation/tab-view/tab-view.test.ts
+++ b/packages/webkit/src/components/navigation/tab-view/tab-view.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { defineComponent, ref } from 'vue'
 import * as stories from '../../../../../../apps/storybook/src/stories/components/navigation/tab-view/TabView.stories'
 import { expectNoA11yViolations } from '../../../test/axe'
 import TabView from './index'
+import { getTabViewPanelTransitionStyle } from './presets/transitions'
 import TabViewContent from './tab-view-content.vue'
 import TabViewItem from './tab-view-item.vue'
 import TabViewList from './tab-view-list.vue'
@@ -39,6 +40,21 @@ const Tree = defineComponent({
 })
 
 describe('TabView (composition)', () => {
+  // The panel slide offset is a Tailwind `translate-x-*` utility, which in v4 compiles to
+  // the standalone `translate` property — NOT to `transform`. If `translate` is dropped
+  // from this list the offset stops interpolating and the swap pops instead of sliding,
+  // in this component and in Calendar's month strip, which shares the preset. <Transition>
+  // is stubbed by Vue Test Utils, so the rendered animation cannot be asserted; this
+  // guards the css contract behind it. Verified in real Chromium: with only
+  // `transform, opacity`, a mid-flight sample is already at its final value.
+  describe('panel motion contract', () => {
+    it('transitions translate (not just transform) so translate-x offsets interpolate', () => {
+      const { transition } = getTabViewPanelTransitionStyle()
+      expect(transition).toContain('translate ')
+      expect(transition).toContain('opacity ')
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('compound API (index.js dot-notation)', () => {
     it('attaches every public sub-component to the root compound', () => {
       // Grounded in index.js: TabView === TabViewRoot with Root/List/Item/