diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawer.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawer.tsx
index 1cd16b1daa..8995d19e47 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawer.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawer.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export const GuestDrawer: Component<GuestDrawerProps> = (props) => {
       <div class="mb-1 flex items-center justify-between gap-3 border-b border-border px-1">
         <div class="flex items-center gap-6">
           <button
+            type="button"
             onClick={() => switchTab('overview')}
             class={`pb-2 text-sm font-medium transition-colors relative ${
               activeTab() === 'overview' ? 'text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400' : ' hover:text-muted'
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ export const GuestDrawer: Component<GuestDrawerProps> = (props) => {
           </button>
           {hasHistorySupport() && (
             <button
+              type="button"
               onClick={() => switchTab('history')}
               class={`pb-2 text-sm font-medium transition-colors relative ${
                 activeTab() === 'history' ? 'text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400' : ' hover:text-muted'
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ export const GuestDrawer: Component<GuestDrawerProps> = (props) => {
           )}
           {hasDiscoverySupport() && (
             <button
+              type="button"
               onClick={() => switchTab('discovery')}
               class={`pb-2 text-sm font-medium transition-colors relative ${
                 activeTab() === 'discovery'
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/NodeDrawer.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/NodeDrawer.tsx
index af6a15a4c2..5d174dc848 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/NodeDrawer.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/NodeDrawer.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export const NodeDrawer: Component<NodeDrawerProps> = (props) => {
       <div class="mb-1 flex items-center justify-between gap-3 border-b border-border px-1">
         <div class="flex items-center gap-6">
           <button
+            type="button"
             onClick={() => setActiveTab('overview')}
             class={`pb-2 text-sm font-medium transition-colors relative ${
               activeTab() === 'overview' ? 'text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400' : ' hover:text-muted'
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ export const NodeDrawer: Component<NodeDrawerProps> = (props) => {
             )}
           </button>
           <button
+            type="button"
             onClick={() => setActiveTab('history')}
             class={`pb-2 text-sm font-medium transition-colors relative ${
               activeTab() === 'history' ? 'text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400' : ' hover:text-muted'
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/WorkloadPanel.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/WorkloadPanel.tsx
index c690c1ed08..3ea652778a 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/WorkloadPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/WorkloadPanel.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { StackedMemoryBar } from '@/components/Workloads/StackedMemoryBar';
 import {
   GROUPED_TABLE_ROW_BADGE_CLASS,
   getGroupedTableRowCellClass,
+  getGroupedTableRowClass,
   getInteractiveGroupedTableRowClass,
 } from '@/components/shared/groupedTableRowPresentation';
 import { NodeGroupHeader } from '@/components/shared/NodeGroupHeader';
@@ -418,14 +419,18 @@ export function WorkloadPanel(props: WorkloadPanelProps) {
                   when={node()}
                   fallback={
                     <TableRow
-                      class={getInteractiveGroupedTableRowClass()}
+                      class={
+                        canOpenNodeDrawer()
+                          ? getInteractiveGroupedTableRowClass()
+                          : getGroupedTableRowClass()
+                      }
                       data-summary-group-id={groupKey()}
                       data-summary-group-series-count={String(
                         groupSummaryScope()?.seriesIds.length ?? 0,
                       )}
                       data-summary-row-active={isSummaryGroupHighlighted() ? 'true' : 'false'}
-                      onClick={handleGroupFocusToggle}
-                      {...groupRowInteraction}
+                      onClick={canOpenNodeDrawer() ? handleGroupFocusToggle : undefined}
+                      {...(canOpenNodeDrawer() ? groupRowInteraction : {})}
                     >
                       <TableCell
                         colspan={props.totalColumns()}
@@ -486,7 +491,7 @@ export function WorkloadPanel(props: WorkloadPanelProps) {
                       ),
                       'data-summary-row-active': isSummaryGroupHighlighted() ? 'true' : 'false',
                       onClick: canOpenNodeDrawer() ? handleGroupFocusToggle : undefined,
-                      ...groupRowInteraction,
+                      ...(canOpenNodeDrawer() ? groupRowInteraction : {}),
                     }}
                   />
                 </Show>
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/__tests__/WorkloadsSurface.performance.contract.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/__tests__/WorkloadsSurface.performance.contract.test.tsx
index b6b9637f54..78cab54b20 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/__tests__/WorkloadsSurface.performance.contract.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/__tests__/WorkloadsSurface.performance.contract.test.tsx
@@ -1030,8 +1030,17 @@ describe('Workloads performance contract', () => {
       expect(workloadPanelSource).toContain('buildWorkloadSummaryGroupScope');
       expect(workloadPanelSource).toContain('data-summary-group-id');
       expect(workloadPanelSource).toContain('setHoveredWorkloadGroupScope');
+      expect(workloadPanelSource).toContain('getGroupedTableRowClass');
       expect(workloadPanelSource).toContain('getInteractiveGroupedTableRowClass');
       expect(workloadPanelSource).toContain('getGroupedTableRowCellClass');
+      expect(workloadPanelSource).toContain('? getInteractiveGroupedTableRowClass()');
+      expect(workloadPanelSource).toContain(': getGroupedTableRowClass()');
+      expect(workloadPanelSource).toContain(
+        'onClick={canOpenNodeDrawer() ? handleGroupFocusToggle : undefined}',
+      );
+      expect(workloadPanelSource).toContain(
+        '{...(canOpenNodeDrawer() ? groupRowInteraction : {})}',
+      );
       expect(workloadPanelSource).not.toContain('cursor-pointer bg-surface-alt');
       expect(workloadsWorkloadTableSource).not.toContain(
         'createMemo(() => getCanonicalWorkloadId(guest()))',
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/DockerHostDrawer.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/DockerHostDrawer.tsx
index c4de0cb534..a996db2b89 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/DockerHostDrawer.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/DockerHostDrawer.tsx
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export const DockerHostDrawer: Component<DockerHostDrawerProps> = (props) => {
       <div class="mb-1 flex items-center justify-between gap-3 border-b border-border px-1">
         <div class="flex items-center gap-6">
           <button
+            type="button"
             onClick={() => setActiveTab('overview')}
             class={`pb-2 text-sm font-medium transition-colors relative ${
               activeTab() === 'overview' ? 'text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400' : ' hover:text-muted'
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ export const DockerHostDrawer: Component<DockerHostDrawerProps> = (props) => {
             )}
           </button>
           <button
+            type="button"
             onClick={() => setActiveTab('history')}
             class={`pb-2 text-sm font-medium transition-colors relative ${
               activeTab() === 'history' ? 'text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400' : ' hover:text-muted'
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/DockerPageSurface.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/DockerPageSurface.tsx
index d80587d4b6..1ce389158a 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/DockerPageSurface.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/DockerPageSurface.tsx
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export function DockerPageSurface() {
     columnLabelOverrides: DOCKER_WORKLOAD_COLUMN_LABEL_OVERRIDES,
     groupLabelBadges: dockerWorkloadGroupLabelBadges(),
     compactGroupHeaders: true,
+    groupNodeDrawerMode: 'disabled',
   });
   const pageFilters = createMemo(() => ({
     containerRuntime: workloadsState.containerRuntime().trim() || null,
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ export function DockerPageSurface() {
                 tableOnly
                 forcedPlatform={DOCKER_PLATFORM_FILTER}
                 forcedViewMode={DOCKER_WORKLOAD_FORCED_VIEW_MODE}
+                groupNodeDrawerMode="disabled"
                 emptyStateTitle="No Docker or Podman containers"
                 emptyStateDescription="Containers appear here when a Docker or Podman host reports workload inventory."
               />
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/__tests__/DockerHostsTable.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/__tests__/DockerHostsTable.test.tsx
index 7b11ae3223..acd4eecedb 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/__tests__/DockerHostsTable.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/__tests__/DockerHostsTable.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { cleanup, render, screen } from '@solidjs/testing-library';
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@solidjs/testing-library';
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import type { Disk } from '@/types/api';
@@ -99,6 +99,32 @@ describe('DockerHostsTable', () => {
     expect(screen.getByTestId('stacked-disk-bar')).toHaveAttribute('data-disks', '2');
   });
 
+  it('opens host details inline without route navigation or submit-style drawer controls', () => {
+    window.history.pushState({}, '', '/docker/overview');
+
+    render(() => (
+      <DockerHostsTable
+        resources={[makeDockerHost()]}
+        emptyIcon={<span />}
+        emptyTitle="No Docker hosts"
+        emptyDescription="No hosts"
+        showToolbar={false}
+      />
+    ));
+
+    const hostRow = screen.getByText('docker-01').closest('tr');
+    expect(hostRow).not.toBeNull();
+
+    fireEvent.click(hostRow!);
+
+    expect(hostRow).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true');
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('docker-host-drawer')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(window.location.pathname).toBe('/docker/overview');
+    expect(window.location.search).toBe('');
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Overview' })).toHaveAttribute('type', 'button');
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'History' })).toHaveAttribute('type', 'button');
+  });
+
   it('identifies the host system separately from the container runtime', () => {
     render(() => (
       <DockerHostsTable
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/__tests__/DockerPageSurface.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/__tests__/DockerPageSurface.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9aa5e35eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/docker/__tests__/DockerPageSurface.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import { cleanup, render, screen } from '@solidjs/testing-library';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import type { Resource } from '@/types/resource';
+import { DockerPageSurface } from '../DockerPageSurface';
+
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  useUnifiedResources: vi.fn(),
+  useWorkloadsState: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/hooks/useUnifiedResources', () => ({
+  useUnifiedResources: mocks.useUnifiedResources,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/components/Workloads/useWorkloadsState', () => ({
+  useWorkloadsState: mocks.useWorkloadsState,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/components/Workloads/WorkloadsSurface', () => ({
+  WorkloadsSurface: (props: {
+    groupNodeDrawerMode?: string;
+    state?: { groupNodeDrawerMode?: () => string };
+  }) => (
+    <div
+      data-testid="docker-workloads-surface"
+      data-group-node-drawer-mode={props.groupNodeDrawerMode ?? ''}
+      data-state-group-node-drawer-mode={props.state?.groupNodeDrawerMode?.() ?? ''}
+    />
+  ),
+}));
+
+const makeDockerHost = (overrides: Partial<Resource> = {}): Resource => ({
+  id: 'agent:docker-01',
+  name: 'docker-01',
+  displayName: 'docker-01',
+  platformId: 'lab',
+  platformType: 'docker',
+  sourceType: 'agent',
+  status: 'online',
+  type: 'agent',
+  lastSeen: 1_700_000_000_000,
+  docker: {
+    runtime: 'docker',
+    runtimeVersion: '27.5.1',
+    containerCount: 4,
+  } as NonNullable<Resource['docker']>,
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+const makeDockerContainer = (overrides: Partial<Resource> = {}): Resource => ({
+  id: 'app-container:docker-01:web',
+  name: 'web',
+  displayName: 'web',
+  platformId: 'lab',
+  platformType: 'docker',
+  sourceType: 'agent',
+  status: 'running',
+  type: 'app-container',
+  lastSeen: 1_700_000_000_000,
+  docker: {
+    runtime: 'docker',
+    hostname: 'docker-01',
+  } as NonNullable<Resource['docker']>,
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+const makeWorkloadsState = (props: { groupNodeDrawerMode?: 'inline' | 'disabled' }) =>
+  ({
+    allGuests: () => [],
+    clearPinnedSummaryScope: vi.fn(),
+    containerRuntime: () => '',
+    containerRuntimeFilterConfig: () => undefined,
+    focusedSummaryWorkloadGroupId: () => null,
+    groupNodeDrawerMode: () => props.groupNodeDrawerMode ?? 'inline',
+    groupingMode: () => 'grouped',
+    handleBeforeAutoFocus: vi.fn(),
+    hostFilterConfig: () => undefined,
+    search: () => '',
+    selectedGuestId: () => null,
+    selectedNode: () => null,
+    setGroupingMode: vi.fn(),
+    setMetricDisplayMode: vi.fn(),
+    setSearch: vi.fn(),
+    setSortDirection: vi.fn(),
+    setSortKey: vi.fn(),
+    setStatusMode: vi.fn(),
+    setViewMode: vi.fn(),
+    setWorkloadMetricHistoryRange: vi.fn(),
+    statusMode: () => 'all',
+    surfaceConnected: () => false,
+    surfaceInitialDataReceived: () => false,
+    viewMode: () => 'app-container',
+    workloadMetricDisplayMode: () => 'bars',
+    workloadMetricHistoryRange: () => '1h',
+    workloadsFilterColumnVisibility: () => undefined,
+  }) as const;
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  mocks.useUnifiedResources.mockReturnValue({
+    error: () => null,
+    loading: () => false,
+    refetch: vi.fn(),
+    resources: () => [makeDockerHost(), makeDockerContainer()],
+  });
+  mocks.useWorkloadsState.mockImplementation(makeWorkloadsState);
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+});
+
+describe('DockerPageSurface', () => {
+  it('keeps host drawer ownership on the Docker hosts table instead of workload groups', () => {
+    render(() => <DockerPageSurface />);
+
+    expect(mocks.useWorkloadsState).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        compactGroupHeaders: true,
+        forcedPlatform: 'docker',
+        forcedViewMode: 'app-container',
+        groupNodeDrawerMode: 'disabled',
+        tableOnly: true,
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('docker-workloads-surface')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-group-node-drawer-mode',
+      'disabled',
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('docker-workloads-surface')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-state-group-node-drawer-mode',
+      'disabled',
+    );
+  });
+});