diff --git a/src/components/SplitPane.test.tsx b/src/components/SplitPane.test.tsx
index 5f0958e7..0f48fcb0 100644
--- a/src/components/SplitPane.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SplitPane.test.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
-import { render, screen, act } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { render, screen, act, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { SplitPane } from './SplitPane';
 import { Pane } from './Pane';
 import { triggerResize, clearResizeObservers } from '../test/setup';
+import type { DividerProps } from '../types';
 
 // These match the mock in test/setup.ts
 const CONTAINER_WIDTH = 1024;
@@ -599,3 +600,130 @@ describe('SplitPane resize stability', () => {
     expect(newHeight1).toBeCloseTo(767.5, 1); // 50% of 1535
   });
 });
+
+describe('SplitPane legacy divider handlers', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    clearResizeObservers();
+  });
+
+  async function renderWithDivider(
+    CustomDivider: (props: DividerProps) => JSX.Element
+  ) {
+    const onResizeStart = vi.fn();
+    const onResizeEnd = vi.fn();
+    const { container } = render(
+      <SplitPane
+        direction="horizontal"
+        divider={CustomDivider}
+        onResizeStart={onResizeStart}
+        onResizeEnd={onResizeEnd}
+      >
+        <Pane defaultSize={300}>Pane 1</Pane>
+        <Pane>Pane 2</Pane>
+      </SplitPane>
+    );
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await vi.runAllTimersAsync();
+    });
+
+    const divider = container.querySelector(
+      '[role="separator"]'
+    ) as HTMLElement;
+    // jsdom doesn't implement pointer capture
+    divider.setPointerCapture = vi.fn();
+    divider.releasePointerCapture = vi.fn();
+    divider.hasPointerCapture = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true);
+
+    const pane1 = container.querySelectorAll(
+      '[data-pane="true"]'
+    )[0] as HTMLElement;
+
+    return { divider, pane1, onResizeStart, onResizeEnd };
+  }
+
+  async function dispatchPointer(
+    target: EventTarget,
+    type: string,
+    init: PointerEventInit
+  ) {
+    await act(async () => {
+      target.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent(type, { bubbles: true, ...init }));
+      await vi.runAllTimersAsync();
+    });
+  }
+
+  async function touchStart(divider: HTMLElement, clientX: number) {
+    await act(async () => {
+      fireEvent.touchStart(divider, {
+        touches: [{ identifier: 0, clientX, clientY: 0 }],
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  // The drag must not assume which pointerId the browser gives the mouse
+  it.each([0, 1])(
+    'drags with an onMouseDown divider (mouse pointerId %i)',
+    async (pointerId) => {
+      const MouseDivider = ({ onMouseDown }: DividerProps) => (
+        <div role="separator" onMouseDown={onMouseDown} />
+      );
+      const { divider, pane1, onResizeEnd } =
+        await renderWithDivider(MouseDivider);
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        fireEvent.mouseDown(divider, { clientX: 300, clientY: 0 });
+      });
+      await dispatchPointer(document, 'pointermove', {
+        clientX: 400,
+        pointerId,
+      });
+      expect(pane1).toHaveStyle({ width: '400px' });
+
+      await dispatchPointer(document, 'pointerup', { clientX: 400, pointerId });
+      expect(onResizeEnd).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    }
+  );
+
+  it('drags with an onTouchStart divider', async () => {
+    const TouchDivider = ({ onTouchStart }: DividerProps) => (
+      <div role="separator" onTouchStart={onTouchStart} />
+    );
+    const { divider, pane1, onResizeEnd } =
+      await renderWithDivider(TouchDivider);
+    const touch = { pointerId: 7, pointerType: 'touch' };
+
+    await touchStart(divider, 300);
+    await dispatchPointer(document, 'pointermove', { ...touch, clientX: 400 });
+    expect(pane1).toHaveStyle({ width: '400px' });
+
+    await dispatchPointer(document, 'pointerup', { ...touch, clientX: 400 });
+    expect(onResizeEnd).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('ignores the touchstart that follows pointerdown on a divider wired to both', async () => {
+    // The handlers a `<div {...props}>` custom divider ends up with
+    const SpreadDivider = ({ onPointerDown, onTouchStart }: DividerProps) => (
+      <div
+        role="separator"
+        onPointerDown={onPointerDown}
+        onTouchStart={onTouchStart}
+      />
+    );
+    const { divider, pane1, onResizeStart, onResizeEnd } =
+      await renderWithDivider(SpreadDivider);
+    const touch = { pointerId: 7, pointerType: 'touch' };
+
+    // A finger fires pointerdown, then touchstart
+    await dispatchPointer(divider, 'pointerdown', { ...touch, clientX: 300 });
+    await touchStart(divider, 300);
+    expect(onResizeStart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(divider.setPointerCapture).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7);
+
+    await dispatchPointer(document, 'pointermove', { ...touch, clientX: 400 });
+    expect(pane1).toHaveStyle({ width: '400px' });
+
+    await dispatchPointer(document, 'pointerup', { ...touch, clientX: 400 });
+    expect(onResizeEnd).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/SplitPane.tsx b/src/components/SplitPane.tsx
index 6fc8f277..6b2ccd64 100644
--- a/src/components/SplitPane.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SplitPane.tsx
@@ -302,11 +302,15 @@ export function SplitPane(props: SplitPaneProps) {
   const createMouseDownHandler = useCallback(
     (index: number) => (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
       // Create a synthetic pointer event from the mouse event
+      // Spreading a SyntheticEvent only copies own properties,
+      // so preventDefault and stopPropagation must be re-bound.
+      // There is no pointerId: the resizer adopts the pointer that follows.
       const pointerEvent = {
         ...e,
-        pointerId: 1,
         pointerType: 'mouse',
         nativeEvent: e.nativeEvent,
+        preventDefault: e.preventDefault.bind(e),
+        stopPropagation: e.stopPropagation.bind(e),
       } as unknown as React.PointerEvent;
       handlePointerDown(index)(pointerEvent);
     },
@@ -318,13 +322,16 @@ export function SplitPane(props: SplitPaneProps) {
       const touch = e.touches[0];
       if (!touch) return;
       // Create a synthetic pointer event from the touch event
+      // See createMouseDownHandler for why preventDefault/stopPropagation are
+      // re-bound, and why there is no pointerId (touch.identifier is not one).
       const pointerEvent = {
         ...e,
         clientX: touch.clientX,
         clientY: touch.clientY,
-        pointerId: touch.identifier,
         pointerType: 'touch',
         nativeEvent: e.nativeEvent,
+        preventDefault: e.preventDefault.bind(e),
+        stopPropagation: e.stopPropagation.bind(e),
       } as unknown as React.PointerEvent;
       handlePointerDown(index)(pointerEvent);
     },
diff --git a/src/hooks/useResizer.test.ts b/src/hooks/useResizer.test.ts
index ee904c67..b6dee4c2 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useResizer.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useResizer.test.ts
@@ -818,6 +818,58 @@ describe('useResizer', () => {
       expect(onResize).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
+    it('adopts the first primary pointer when the drag starts without a pointerId', () => {
+      const mockElement = createMockElement();
+      const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+        useResizer({
+          direction: 'horizontal',
+          sizes: [300, 700],
+          minSizes: [100, 100],
+          maxSizes: [900, 900],
+        })
+      );
+
+      // As sent by SplitPane's legacy onTouchStart handler
+      act(() => {
+        const pointerDown = result.current.handlePointerDown(0);
+        pointerDown({
+          preventDefault: vi.fn(),
+          clientX: 300,
+          clientY: 0,
+          pointerType: 'touch',
+          currentTarget: mockElement,
+          nativeEvent: new Event('touchstart'),
+        } as unknown as React.PointerEvent);
+      });
+
+      expect(result.current.isDragging).toBe(true);
+      expect(mockElement.setPointerCapture).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      const move = (clientX: number, pointerId: number, isPrimary: boolean) =>
+        act(() => {
+          document.dispatchEvent(
+            new PointerEvent('pointermove', {
+              clientX,
+              pointerId,
+              pointerType: 'touch',
+              isPrimary,
+              bubbles: true,
+            })
+          );
+          vi.runAllTimers();
+        });
+
+      // A second finger is not adopted
+      move(600, 8, false);
+      expect(result.current.currentSizes).toEqual([300, 700]);
+
+      // The primary pointer is, and the drag then follows only that pointer
+      move(350, 7, true);
+      expect(result.current.currentSizes).toEqual([350, 650]);
+      move(600, 9, true);
+      expect(result.current.currentSizes).toEqual([350, 650]);
+    });
+
     it('releases pointer capture on drag end', () => {
       const mockElement = createMockElement();
       const { result } = renderHook(() =>
diff --git a/src/hooks/useResizer.ts b/src/hooks/useResizer.ts
index 0ff220a4..7d352adf 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useResizer.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useResizer.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,33 @@ export interface UseResizerResult {
   handlePointerDown: (dividerIndex: number) => (e: React.PointerEvent) => void;
 }
 
+interface DragState {
+  dividerIndex: number;
+  startPosition: number;
+  startSizes: number[];
+  /** null until known, for drags started by the legacy mouse/touch handlers */
+  pointerId: number | null;
+  pointerType: 'mouse' | 'touch' | 'pen';
+  element: HTMLElement | null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check whether a document pointer event belongs to the drag in progress.
+ * A drag started by the legacy mouse/touch handlers has no pointerId, so it
+ * adopts the first primary pointer that follows, whatever its type (browsers
+ * also fire compatibility mouse events for pen input).
+ */
+function isDragPointer(
+  dragState: DragState | null,
+  e: PointerEvent
+): dragState is DragState {
+  if (!dragState) return false;
+  if (dragState.pointerId === null && e.isPrimary) {
+    dragState.pointerId = e.pointerId;
+  }
+  return e.pointerId === dragState.pointerId;
+}
+
 /**
  * Hook that handles pointer-based resizing of panes.
  *
@@ -64,14 +91,7 @@ export function useResizer(options: UseResizerOptions): UseResizerResult {
   const [isDragging, setIsDragging] = useState(false);
   const [currentSizes, setCurrentSizes] = useState(sizes);
 
-  const dragStateRef = useRef<{
-    dividerIndex: number;
-    startPosition: number;
-    startSizes: number[];
-    pointerId: number;
-    pointerType: 'mouse' | 'touch' | 'pen';
-    element: HTMLElement | null;
-  } | null>(null);
+  const dragStateRef = useRef<DragState | null>(null);
 
   const rafRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
   const mountedRef = useRef(true);
@@ -160,10 +180,7 @@ export function useResizer(options: UseResizerOptions): UseResizerResult {
   const handlePointerMove = useCallback(
     (e: PointerEvent) => {
       // Only handle events from the captured pointer
-      if (
-        !dragStateRef.current ||
-        e.pointerId !== dragStateRef.current.pointerId
-      ) {
+      if (!isDragPointer(dragStateRef.current, e)) {
         return;
       }
 
@@ -187,17 +204,14 @@ export function useResizer(options: UseResizerOptions): UseResizerResult {
 
   const handlePointerUp = useCallback((e: PointerEvent) => {
     // Only handle events from the captured pointer
-    if (
-      !dragStateRef.current ||
-      e.pointerId !== dragStateRef.current.pointerId
-    ) {
+    if (!isDragPointer(dragStateRef.current, e)) {
       return;
     }
 
     // Release pointer capture
-    const { element, pointerId, pointerType } = dragStateRef.current;
-    if (element?.hasPointerCapture?.(pointerId)) {
-      element.releasePointerCapture(pointerId);
+    const { element, pointerType } = dragStateRef.current;
+    if (element?.hasPointerCapture?.(e.pointerId)) {
+      element.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
     }
 
     // Cancel any pending RAF
@@ -225,13 +239,21 @@ export function useResizer(options: UseResizerOptions): UseResizerResult {
 
   const handlePointerDown = useCallback(
     (dividerIndex: number) => (e: React.PointerEvent) => {
+      // A divider wired to both onPointerDown and a legacy handler gets two
+      // starts per gesture (e.g. pointerdown then touchstart), so keep the first
+      if (dragStateRef.current) return;
+
       e.preventDefault();
 
       const startPosition = direction === 'horizontal' ? e.clientX : e.clientY;
       const element = e.currentTarget as HTMLElement;
+      // Events from the legacy mouse/touch handlers have no pointerId
+      const pointerId = e.pointerId ?? null;
 
       // Capture the pointer to receive all pointer events even if pointer leaves element
-      element.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+      if (pointerId !== null) {
+        element.setPointerCapture(pointerId);
+      }
 
       const pointerType = e.pointerType as 'mouse' | 'touch' | 'pen';
 
@@ -239,7 +261,7 @@ export function useResizer(options: UseResizerOptions): UseResizerResult {
         dividerIndex,
         startPosition,
         startSizes: currentSizes,
-        pointerId: e.pointerId,
+        pointerId,
         pointerType,
         element,
       };