diff --git a/apps/.i18n/native-source.json b/apps/.i18n/native-source.json
index c73e880cf703..a044049e258e 100644
--- a/apps/.i18n/native-source.json
+++ b/apps/.i18n/native-source.json
@@ -32171,7 +32171,7 @@
     },
     {
       "kind": "conditional-branch",
-      "line": 898,
+      "line": 888,
       "path": "apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/DashboardWindowController.swift",
       "source": "[\\(host)]",
       "surface": "apple",
diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/DashboardWindowController.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/DashboardWindowController.swift
index fcbb0b8a7348..fd1572cff761 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/DashboardWindowController.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/DashboardWindowController.swift
@@ -24,16 +24,6 @@ private final class DashboardWindow: NSWindow {
     }
 }
 
-private final class DashboardWindowDragRegionView: NSView {
-    override var mouseDownCanMoveWindow: Bool {
-        true
-    }
-
-    override func mouseDown(with event: NSEvent) {
-        window?.performDrag(with: event)
-    }
-}
-
 private final class DashboardLinkSplitView: NSSplitView {
     var onDividerDragEnded: (() -> Void)?
 
@@ -597,7 +587,7 @@ final class DashboardWindowController: NSWindowController, WKNavigationDelegate,
         else {
             return
         }
-        window.performDrag(with: event)
+        DashboardWindowDragGesture.handle(event, in: window)
     }
 
     static func isWindowDragRequest(_ body: Any) -> Bool {
diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/DashboardWindowDragRegionView.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/DashboardWindowDragRegionView.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25d96e3b1e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/DashboardWindowDragRegionView.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import AppKit
+
+enum DashboardWindowDragGesture {
+    @MainActor
+    static func handle(_ event: NSEvent, in window: NSWindow) {
+        // These custom surfaces replace AppKit's titlebar hit region. Preserve
+        // its maximize gesture instead of consuming the second click as a drag.
+        if event.type == .leftMouseDown, event.clickCount == 2 {
+            window.performZoom(nil)
+            return
+        }
+        window.performDrag(with: event)
+    }
+}
+
+final class DashboardWindowDragRegionView: NSView {
+    override var mouseDownCanMoveWindow: Bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    override func mouseDown(with event: NSEvent) {
+        guard let window else { return }
+        DashboardWindowDragGesture.handle(event, in: window)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/DashboardWindowSmokeTests.swift b/apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/DashboardWindowSmokeTests.swift
index ed124271033c..c345db3c6567 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/DashboardWindowSmokeTests.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/DashboardWindowSmokeTests.swift
@@ -41,9 +41,55 @@ private final class DashboardBrowserImportGate {
     }
 }
 
+private final class DashboardWindowGestureSpy: NSWindow {
+    private(set) var dragCount = 0
+    private(set) var zoomCount = 0
+
+    override func performDrag(with _: NSEvent) {
+        self.dragCount += 1
+    }
+
+    override func performZoom(_: Any?) {
+        self.zoomCount += 1
+    }
+}
+
 @Suite(.serialized)
 @MainActor
 struct DashboardWindowSmokeTests {
+    @Test func `dashboard frame routes single click to drag and double click to zoom`() throws {
+        let window = DashboardWindowGestureSpy(
+            contentRect: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 800, height: 600),
+            styleMask: [.titled, .resizable],
+            backing: .buffered,
+            defer: false)
+        let dragRegion = DashboardWindowDragRegionView(
+            frame: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 300, height: 12))
+        window.contentView = dragRegion
+        let mouseDownEvent: (Int) -> NSEvent? = { clickCount in
+            NSEvent.mouseEvent(
+                with: .leftMouseDown,
+                location: NSPoint(x: 100, y: 6),
+                modifierFlags: [],
+                timestamp: 0,
+                windowNumber: window.windowNumber,
+                context: nil,
+                eventNumber: clickCount,
+                clickCount: clickCount,
+                pressure: 1)
+        }
+
+        dragRegion.mouseDown(with: try #require(mouseDownEvent(1)))
+
+        #expect(window.dragCount == 1)
+        #expect(window.zoomCount == 0)
+
+        dragRegion.mouseDown(with: try #require(mouseDownEvent(2)))
+
+        #expect(window.dragCount == 1)
+        #expect(window.zoomCount == 1)
+    }
+
     @Test func `dashboard window controller shows and closes`() throws {
         let url = try #require(URL(string: "http://127.0.0.1:18789/control/#token=device-token"))
         let controller = DashboardWindowController(