diff --git a/collins/linkpatterns.py b/collins/linkpatterns.py
index 18fe22e..e576390 100644
--- a/collins/linkpatterns.py
+++ b/collins/linkpatterns.py
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@
 _SUFFIX = re.compile(r"(.+?):(\d+)(?::(\d+))?")
 _FILE_RX = re.compile(FILE_PATTERN)
 
+# The characters FILE_PATTERN refuses to *end* a match on (_PATH_FINAL's
+# exclusions). When a wrap falls right after one of them — a row ending
+# `…/collins/` — the match candidate comes back without it, so the
+# end-of-row stitch gate must tolerate a trailing run of exactly these.
+_SHED_CHARS = ":.,;!?/"
+
 # How many rows a hard-wrapped reference may be stitched across, per
 # direction. Agent CLIs wrap long paths over two rows, occasionally three;
 # beyond that the joins are more likely to be accidental than real.
@@ -99,6 +105,27 @@ def resolve_file_reference(
     return None
 
 
+def token_at_column(text: str, col: int) -> str | None:
+    """The whitespace-delimited token covering column *col* of a screen row,
+    or None over whitespace / past the end of the text.
+
+    A wrapped reference's continuation fragment frequently contains no slash
+    (`o.py:7)`), so it matches nothing and offers no click candidate at all —
+    yet it is the half holding the file *name*, the natural place to click.
+    The raw token under the pointer stands in as the candidate; the stitcher's
+    geometry gates and existence check keep arbitrary prose tokens inert.
+    """
+    if col < 0 or col >= len(text) or text[col].isspace():
+        return None
+    start = col
+    while start > 0 and not text[start - 1].isspace():
+        start -= 1
+    end = col + 1
+    while end < len(text) and not text[end].isspace():
+        end += 1
+    return text[start:end]
+
+
 def resolve_wrapped_reference(
     candidate: str,
     row_text: str,
@@ -121,8 +148,20 @@ def resolve_wrapped_reference(
     """
     row = row_text.rstrip("\n")
     downs = [""]
-    if row.rstrip().endswith(candidate):
-        chain = ""
+    row_r = row.rstrip()
+    trail = None
+    if row_r.endswith(candidate):
+        trail = ""
+    else:
+        # A wrap that falls right after a character the pattern sheds
+        # (`…/collins/` ⏎ `linkpatterns.py`) leaves the candidate short of
+        # the row end; the shed run is part of the reference, so it seeds
+        # the downward join.
+        core = row_r.rstrip(_SHED_CHARS)
+        if core != row_r and core.endswith(candidate):
+            trail = row_r[len(core):]
+    if trail is not None:
+        chain = trail
         for below in rows_below[:_STITCH_ROWS_DOWN]:
             frag = below.strip()
             if not frag:
@@ -148,10 +187,20 @@ def resolve_wrapped_reference(
         for down in reversed(downs):
             if not up and not down:
                 continue  # the bare candidate already failed
-            m = _FILE_RX.match(up + candidate + down)
-            if m is None:
-                continue
-            resolved = resolve_file_reference(m.group(0), roots)
-            if resolved is not None:
-                return resolved
+            joined = up + candidate + down
+            # The emitter wraps whatever surrounds the path along with it,
+            # so a contributed token — or a token-derived candidate — often
+            # arrives glued to a prefix: `Read(/a/b/c` is Claude Code's own
+            # tool-call format. Searching (rather than an anchored match)
+            # sheds that junk wherever it sits; the span guards keep only
+            # hits that overlap the clicked fragment itself, so a join never
+            # resolves text the click didn't touch.
+            for m in _FILE_RX.finditer(joined):
+                if m.end() <= len(up):
+                    continue
+                if m.start() >= len(up) + len(candidate):
+                    break
+                resolved = resolve_file_reference(m.group(0), roots)
+                if resolved is not None:
+                    return resolved
     return None
diff --git a/collins/terminal.py b/collins/terminal.py
index d1c04d9..9e9b1b8 100644
--- a/collins/terminal.py
+++ b/collins/terminal.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     URL_PATTERN,
     resolve_file_reference,
     resolve_wrapped_reference,
+    token_at_column,
 )
 from .promptcard import build_question_card  # noqa: E402
 from .providers import Provider, get_provider  # noqa: E402
@@ -182,6 +183,19 @@ def on_pressed(gesture: Gtk.GestureClick, _n_press, x: float, y: float) -> None:
                     match = "http://" + match
             uri = match
         if not uri:
+            # A wrapped reference's continuation fragment often contains no
+            # slash (`o.py:7)`) and so matches nothing — the half holding
+            # the file *name* offers no click candidate at all. Hand the
+            # stitcher the raw token under the pointer instead; its geometry
+            # gates and existence check keep prose clicks inert.
+            resolved = _resolve_wrapped_at(
+                terminal, None, x, y, _reference_roots(terminal)
+            )
+            if resolved is None:
+                return
+            gesture.set_state(Gtk.EventSequenceState.CLAIMED)
+            path, line, col = resolved
+            _open_file_reference(terminal, path, line, col)
             return
         if kind == "file":
             roots = _reference_roots(terminal)
@@ -191,7 +205,7 @@ def on_pressed(gesture: Gtk.GestureClick, _n_press, x: float, y: float) -> None:
             # directory prefix), and the stitched whole is the truer
             # reading. The stitcher only ever returns geometry-gated,
             # existence-checked joins, so unwrapped references skip it fast.
-            resolved = _resolve_wrapped_at(terminal, uri, y, roots)
+            resolved = _resolve_wrapped_at(terminal, uri, x, y, roots)
             if resolved is None:
                 resolved = resolve_file_reference(uri, roots)
             if resolved is None:
@@ -241,38 +255,61 @@ def _reference_roots(terminal: Vte.Terminal) -> list[str | None]:
 
 
 def _resolve_wrapped_at(
-    terminal: Vte.Terminal, candidate: str, y: float, roots: list[str | None]
+    terminal: Vte.Terminal,
+    candidate: str | None,
+    x: float,
+    y: float,
+    roots: list[str | None],
 ) -> tuple[str, int | None, int | None] | None:
     """Stitch a failed candidate with its neighbour rows (see linkpatterns.
-    resolve_wrapped_reference) — this half only turns the click's y into a
-    buffer row and fetches row texts. The clicked row is probed with a ±1
-    slop: the y→row division ignores VTE's inner border, and the stitcher's
-    geometry gates reject the wrong rows anyway."""
+    resolve_wrapped_reference) — this half only turns the click's x/y into a
+    screen cell and fetches row texts. With *candidate* None (nothing under
+    the pointer matched at all), the whitespace-delimited token at the cell
+    stands in as the candidate.
+
+    Row texts come from the *visible screen* snapshot, indexed by screen
+    row, never from grid-row reads: the grid APIs address VTE's internal
+    ring, and under a repaint-style renderer (claude's own UI) the ring
+    drifts a full page away from what the adjustment describes, so every
+    adjustment-derived get_text_range read comes back empty — discovered
+    live. The clicked row is probed with a ±1 slop: the y→row division
+    ignores VTE's inner border, and the stitcher's geometry gates reject
+    the wrong rows anyway."""
     ch = terminal.get_char_height()
-    if ch <= 0:
+    cw = terminal.get_char_width()
+    if ch <= 0 or cw <= 0:
         return None
+    text = terminal.get_text_format(Vte.Format.TEXT) or ""
+    cols = int(terminal.get_column_count())
+    rows: list[str] = []
+    for line in text.split("\n"):
+        if len(line) <= cols:
+            rows.append(line)
+        else:
+            # VTE returns soft-wrapped screen rows joined into one logical
+            # line; a soft-wrapped row is by definition full-width, so
+            # fixed-size chunks reconstruct the screen rows exactly.
+            rows.extend(line[i : i + cols] for i in range(0, len(line), cols))
+    # With pixel scrolling the viewport may start mid-row; the snapshot's
+    # first line is that partial row, so shift y by the fraction cut off.
     vadj = terminal.get_vadjustment()
-    scroll = vadj.get_value() if vadj is not None else 0.0
-    if terminal.get_scroll_unit_is_pixels():
-        row = int((scroll + y) // ch)
-    else:
-        row = int(scroll) + int(y // ch)
+    frac = 0.0
+    if vadj is not None and terminal.get_scroll_unit_is_pixels():
+        frac = vadj.get_value() % ch
+    row = int((y + frac) // ch)
+    col = int(x // cw)
 
     def row_text(r: int) -> str:
-        if r < 0:
-            return ""
-        try:
-            text = terminal.get_text_range_format(
-                Vte.Format.TEXT, r, 0, r, terminal.get_column_count()
-            )[0]
-        except GLib.Error:
-            return ""
-        return (text or "").rstrip("\n")
+        return rows[r] if 0 <= r < len(rows) else ""
 
     for r in (row, row - 1, row + 1):
+        row_txt = row_text(r)
+        cand = candidate if candidate is not None else token_at_column(row_txt, col)
+        if not cand:
+            continue
         resolved = resolve_wrapped_reference(
-            candidate,
-            row_text(r),
+            cand,
+            row_txt,
             [row_text(r - 1), row_text(r - 2)],
             [row_text(r + 1), row_text(r + 2), row_text(r + 3)],
             roots,
diff --git a/tests/test_linkpatterns.py b/tests/test_linkpatterns.py
index b942572..e57a078 100644
--- a/tests/test_linkpatterns.py
+++ b/tests/test_linkpatterns.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     URL_PATTERN,
     resolve_file_reference,
     resolve_wrapped_reference,
+    token_at_column,
 )
 
 _RX = re.compile(URL_PATTERN)
@@ -313,3 +314,95 @@ def test_prose_at_row_start_is_not_poisoned_by_row_above(project) -> None:
         "collins/nope.py", "  collins/nope.py here", ["ends with word"], [], [str(project)]
     )
     assert resolved is None
+
+
+def test_stitch_upward_sheds_prefix_glued_to_head(project) -> None:
+    # Claude Code's tool-call format wraps as `⏺ Read(/…/fo` + `o.py)`: the
+    # row above contributes a token with `Read(` still attached, which must
+    # be shed for the join to match.
+    path = str(project / "collins" / "foo.py")
+    head, tail = _split(path, 20)
+    resolved = resolve_wrapped_reference(
+        tail, f"      {tail})", [f"⏺ Read({head}"], [], []
+    )
+    assert resolved == (path, None, None)
+
+
+def test_stitch_slashless_token_candidate(project) -> None:
+    # The continuation fragment of a wrapped path often has no slash at all
+    # (`o.py:7)`), so it is never a FILE_PATTERN match — the raw token under
+    # the pointer stands in as the candidate and still stitches, keeping the
+    # line suffix and shedding the trailing paren.
+    path = str(project / "collins" / "foo.py")
+    head, tail = _split(path, len(path) - 4)  # tail = "o.py", no slash
+    resolved = resolve_wrapped_reference(
+        f"{tail}:7)", f"      {tail}:7)", [f"⏺ Read({head}"], [], []
+    )
+    assert resolved == (path, 7, None)
+
+
+def test_stitch_must_reach_into_the_candidate(project) -> None:
+    # A token candidate leading with a boundary character (`("x`) must not
+    # resolve to whatever existing path the row above happened to end with —
+    # the join has to cover text the click actually touched.
+    above = f"see {project / 'collins'}"
+    resolved = resolve_wrapped_reference('("x', '("x', [above], [], [])
+    assert resolved is None
+
+
+def test_stitch_token_candidate_with_glued_prefix(project) -> None:
+    # Clicking the head fragment of `⏺ Update(collins` + `/foo.py)`: the head
+    # has no slash so it matches nothing, and the token under the pointer
+    # arrives with `Update(` glued on. The search sheds it and the join still
+    # resolves.
+    resolved = resolve_wrapped_reference(
+        "Update(collins", "⏺ Update(collins", [], ["      /foo.py)"], [str(project)]
+    )
+    assert resolved == (str(project / "collins" / "foo.py"), None, None)
+
+
+def test_stitch_downward_across_directory_boundary(project) -> None:
+    # The wrap can fall right after a slash: the row ends `…/collins/` but
+    # FILE_PATTERN refuses to end a match on `/`, so the candidate arrives
+    # without it. The shed slash must still join the fragments — without it
+    # the click "resolves" to the parent directory instead of the file.
+    path = str(project / "collins" / "foo.py")
+    head = str(project / "collins") + "/"
+    candidate = str(project / "collins")  # what the pattern hands the handler
+    resolved = resolve_wrapped_reference(
+        candidate, f"● {head} ", [], ["  foo.py and prose"], []
+    )
+    assert resolved == (path, None, None)
+
+
+def test_stitch_downward_across_hidden_dir_boundary(project) -> None:
+    # Same shape, wrap after `/.` (start of a dotfile/dot-directory): two
+    # shed characters seed the join.
+    (project / "collins" / ".hidden").mkdir()
+    (project / "collins" / ".hidden" / "bar.py").write_text("x\n")
+    path = str(project / "collins" / ".hidden" / "bar.py")
+    candidate = str(project / "collins")
+    resolved = resolve_wrapped_reference(
+        candidate, f"● {candidate}/. ", [], ["  hidden/bar.py:9, done"], []
+    )
+    assert resolved == (path, 9, None)
+
+
+def test_prose_hanging_punctuation_does_not_false_join(project) -> None:
+    # `collins/foo.py, and` — the comma is prose, not a wrap; the shed-run
+    # gate opens but the join `foo.py,and` resolves nowhere and the click
+    # falls back to the direct resolution of the candidate itself.
+    resolved = resolve_wrapped_reference(
+        "collins/foo.py", "  see collins/foo.py,", [], ["  and more"], [str(project)]
+    )
+    assert resolved is None
+
+
+def test_token_at_column() -> None:
+    text = "  wrote o.py:7) done"
+    assert token_at_column(text, 8) == "o.py:7)"
+    assert token_at_column(text, 14) == "o.py:7)"
+    assert token_at_column(text, 1) is None  # whitespace
+    assert token_at_column(text, 99) is None  # past the end
+    assert token_at_column(text, -1) is None
+    assert token_at_column(text, 17) == "done"