diff --git a/plugins/notifications/frontend/views/CalendarView.vue b/plugins/notifications/frontend/views/CalendarView.vue
index f6cc351..402306c 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications/frontend/views/CalendarView.vue
+++ b/plugins/notifications/frontend/views/CalendarView.vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <h1>Calendar</h1>
   </div>
 
-  <div class="calendar-container card">
+  <div ref="calendarContainer" class="calendar-container card">
     <FullCalendar :options="calendarOptions" />
   </div>
 
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ import { notificationsApi } from '@/api'
 const events = ref([])
 const selectedEvent = ref(null)
 const calendarRef = ref(null)
+const calendarContainer = ref(null)
 const moreTooltip = ref(null)
 const moreTooltipData = ref([])
 const tooltipPosition = ref({ left: 0, top: 0 })
@@ -113,14 +114,19 @@ const calendarOptions = ref({
     center: 'title',
     right: 'dayGridMonth,dayGridWeek'
   },
-  // 'auto' sized every row to its own content, so a month of mostly empty days
-  // collapsed into thin strips and the grid looked squashed. A viewport-relative
-  // height makes the calendar fill the space it has been given, and expandRows
-  // shares that height evenly across the weeks rather than leaving a gap under
-  // the last one.
-  height: 'calc(100vh - 230px)',
+  // Measured at mount and on resize (fitHeight), not a viewport calc: the
+  // calendar starts below a header and a page title whose heights are not
+  // knowable here, and guessing at them is what left the grid either clipped
+  // or overflowing. expandRows shares that height across the six weeks so an
+  // empty month fills it instead of collapsing into strips.
+  height: 600,
   expandRows: true,
-  dayMaxEvents: 3,
+  // true = FullCalendar fits as many chips as the row actually has room for and
+  // rolls the rest into a '+N more'. That is the only setting that cannot
+  // overflow the box: a fixed number outgrows short rows and pushes the last
+  // weeks behind the calendar's own scroller. Compact chip styling below buys
+  // back a chip or two per day.
+  dayMaxEvents: true,
   moreLinkClick: () => 'none' // Disable click, we use hover
 })
 
@@ -185,11 +191,39 @@ function buildEventsByDate() {
   eventsByDate.value = byDate
 }
 
+// Height the calendar can have without pushing the page into a scrollbar.
+// A first guess from the container's top, then corrected against whatever the
+// page actually overflows by - the card's padding, page margins and anything
+// else below it are not worth enumerating, and guessing at them is exactly how
+// this ended up either clipped or scrolling. Floored so a very short window
+// scrolls rather than crushing the grid.
+const MIN_CALENDAR_HEIGHT = 460
+const FIT_PASSES = 3
+async function fitHeight() {
+  const el = calendarContainer.value
+  if (!el) return
+  const available = window.innerHeight - el.getBoundingClientRect().top
+  calendarOptions.value.height = Math.max(MIN_CALENDAR_HEIGHT, Math.round(available))
+  for (let pass = 0; pass < FIT_PASSES; pass++) {
+    await nextTick()
+    const overflow = document.documentElement.scrollHeight - window.innerHeight
+    if (overflow <= 0) break
+    const next = calendarOptions.value.height - overflow
+    if (next <= MIN_CALENDAR_HEIGHT) {
+      calendarOptions.value.height = MIN_CALENDAR_HEIGHT
+      break
+    }
+    calendarOptions.value.height = next
+  }
+}
+
 onMounted(async () => {
   await loadEvents()
 
   // Add event delegation for more links
   await nextTick()
+  fitHeight()
+  window.addEventListener('resize', fitHeight)
   const container = document.querySelector('.calendar-container')
   if (container) {
     container.addEventListener('mouseenter', handleMoreLinkHover, true)
@@ -198,6 +232,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 })
 
 onUnmounted(() => {
+  window.removeEventListener('resize', fitHeight)
   const container = document.querySelector('.calendar-container')
   if (container) {
     container.removeEventListener('mouseenter', handleMoreLinkHover, true)
@@ -254,44 +289,35 @@ function formatDate(dateStr) {
 
 <style scoped>
 .calendar-container {
-  min-height: 640px;
+  /* The height itself is measured in fitHeight(); this is only a floor for the
+     first paint, before that measurement lands. */
+  min-height: 460px;
 }
 
-/* :deep, because these are FullCalendar's own elements and scoped styles do not
-   reach them. A floor under each day cell keeps the grid readable on a short
-   window, where the viewport-relative height above would otherwise squeeze the
-   rows back down. */
-:deep(.fc-daygrid-day-frame) {
-  min-height: 110px;
+/* Compact chips: the row height decides how many events a day can show before
+   they roll into a '+N more', so every pixel saved here is one more visible. */
+:deep(.fc-daygrid-event) {
+  font-size: 12px;
+  line-height: 1.3;
+  padding: 1px 4px;
+  margin-top: 1px;
+}
+:deep(.fc-daygrid-more-link) {
+  font-size: 12px;
 }
 
-/* The calc() height above is viewport-relative, so on a short window - a laptop
-   with a docked browser, or a shopfloor display in portrait - it can resolve
-   smaller than the grid needs. This stops it undercutting the day cells. */
-:deep(.fc) {
-  min-height: 620px;
-}
-
-/* Those floors are sized for a full-height display. On a shorter window they
-   add up to more than calc(100vh - 230px) gives - six rows at 110px plus the
-   toolbar overflows a 768px screen - and the page grew a scrollbar to show a
-   month that used to fit. Relax them there: still floored well above the thin
-   strips this was fixing, just not taller than the window. */
-@media (max-height: 899px) {
-  .calendar-container {
-    min-height: 520px;
-  }
-  :deep(.fc) {
-    min-height: 500px;
-  }
-  :deep(.fc-daygrid-day-frame) {
-    min-height: 78px;
-  }
-}
-
-/* The day number was tight against the top edge once the cells grew. */
+/* The day number was tight against the top edge once the cells grew. Kept
+   small: this strip is pure overhead in the row-height budget FullCalendar
+   uses to decide how many chips fit before a '+N more'. */
 :deep(.fc-daygrid-day-top) {
-  padding: 2px 4px;
+  padding: 1px 4px;
+  font-size: 13px;
+}
+:deep(.fc-daygrid-day-events) {
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
+:deep(.fc-daygrid-event-harness) {
+  margin-top: 0;
 }
 
 .modal {