diff --git a/src/pages/Player/ProgressBar.tsx b/src/pages/Player/ProgressBar.tsx
index 6122670..407808a 100644
--- a/src/pages/Player/ProgressBar.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Player/ProgressBar.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import { useTerminalDimensions } from "@opentui/solid";
+import type { Renderable } from "@opentui/core";
 import { useAudio } from "@/hooks/useAudio";
 import { useTheme } from "@/context/ThemeContext";
 
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ export function ProgressBar() {
 	const { theme } = useTheme();
 	const dimensions = useTerminalDimensions();
 
+	// The bar's renderable, captured for its absolute left edge: MouseEvent.x
+	// is terminal-absolute (not bar-relative), so local x needs the offset
+	// of the bar inside the 2-pane row (parent pane ≈ 20% of the width).
+	let bar: Renderable | undefined;
+
 	// Full content width of the player pane: the player is a 2-pane row
 	// (parent 1/5 + current 4/5 of the terminal width). Subtract ~8 chars
 	// of border/padding chrome (same math as RealtimeWaveform's numBars).
@@ -39,15 +45,21 @@ export function ProgressBar() {
 			padding={0}
 			flexDirection="row"
 			gap={0}
+			ref={(el) => {
+				bar = el;
+			}}
 			onMouseDown={(e: { x: number }) => {
 				const duration = audio.duration();
-				if (duration <= 0) return;
-				// e.x = 0 is the box border; content starts at x = 1.
-				const ratio = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (e.x - 1) / width()));
+				if (duration <= 0 || !bar) return;
+				// localX = 0 is the box border; content starts at localX = 1.
+				const localX = e.x - bar.x;
+				const ratio = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (localX - 1) / width()));
 				void audio.seek(ratio * duration);
 			}}
 		>
-			<text fg={theme.primary}>{"\u2588".repeat(playedChars())}</text>
+			{playedChars() > 0 && (
+				<text fg={theme.primary}>{"\u2588".repeat(playedChars())}</text>
+			)}
 			<text fg={remainingColor}>
 				{"\u2591".repeat(width() - playedChars())}
 			</text>
diff --git a/tests/progress-bar-seek.test.tsx b/tests/progress-bar-seek.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b83321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/progress-bar-seek.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+/**
+ * ProgressBar click-to-seek test — pins the mouse→seek coordinate mapping.
+ *
+ * @opentui MouseEvent.x/y are terminal-absolute (the SGR parser returns
+ * `col - 1` and the event propagates up the renderable tree unchanged),
+ * NOT element-relative. The bar must subtract its own absolute left edge
+ * (read from the renderable ref) or every click lands shifted by the panes
+ * to its left — the parent/Up pane ≈ 20% of the terminal width. The bar is
+ * rendered here exactly as PlayerPage renders it (2-pane PaneRow, padded
+ * column), so the terminal geometry matches production.
+ */
+
+import { describe, test, expect, afterAll, mock } from "bun:test";
+import { testRender } from "@opentui/solid";
+import { ThemeProvider } from "../src/context/ThemeContext";
+import { PaneRow } from "../src/components/PaneRow";
+import { ProgressBar } from "../src/pages/Player/ProgressBar";
+
+// ── Audio stub ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const seeks: number[] = [];
+const fakeAudio = {
+	duration: () => 100,
+	position: () => 0,
+	seek: async (seconds: number) => {
+		seeks.push(seconds);
+	},
+};
+
+mock.module("../src/hooks/useAudio", () => ({
+	useAudio: () => fakeAudio,
+}));
+
+// ── Harness ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+type Span = { text: string };
+type Frame = { cols: number; lines: { spans: Span[] }[] };
+type TestSetup = {
+	renderOnce: () => Promise<void>;
+	captureSpans: () => unknown;
+	mockMouse: { click: (x: number, y: number) => Promise<void> };
+	renderer: { destroy: () => Promise<void> };
+};
+
+interface BarGeometry {
+	setup: TestSetup;
+	/** Terminal column of the first rendered ░ (the bar's played/remaining run). */
+	runStartX: number;
+	/** Number of ░ glyphs drawn (the bar's content width). */
+	contentWidth: number;
+	/** Terminal row of the bar's content line. */
+	barY: number;
+	destroy: () => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+async function renderBar(): Promise<BarGeometry> {
+	const setup = (await testRender(
+		() => (
+			<ThemeProvider mode="dark">
+				<PaneRow
+					parent={null}
+					current={() => (
+						<box flexDirection="column" gap={1} padding={1}>
+							<ProgressBar />
+						</box>
+					)}
+					currentLabel="Player"
+					panes={2}
+				/>
+			</ThemeProvider>
+		),
+		{ width: 100, height: 10, useThread: false },
+	)) as unknown as TestSetup;
+
+	let runStartX = -1;
+	let contentWidth = -1;
+	let barY = -1;
+	for (let i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
+		await setup.renderOnce();
+		const frame = setup.captureSpans() as unknown as Frame;
+		const lines = frame.lines.map((l) => l.spans.map((s) => s.text).join(""));
+		const line = lines.find((l) => l.includes("░"));
+		if (line) {
+			barY = lines.indexOf(line);
+			runStartX = line.indexOf("░");
+			contentWidth = line.split("░").length - 1;
+			break;
+		}
+		const { promise, resolve } = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+		setTimeout(resolve, 100);
+		await promise;
+	}
+	if (barY < 0) throw new Error("ProgressBar did not render before timeout");
+
+	return {
+		setup,
+		runStartX,
+		contentWidth,
+		barY,
+		destroy: async () => {
+			setup.renderer.destroy();
+		},
+	};
+}
+
+const cleanups: (() => void | Promise<void>)[] = [];
+afterAll(async () => {
+	for (const c of cleanups) {
+		try {
+			await c();
+		} catch {
+			// renderer already torn down — ignore
+		}
+	}
+});
+
+// ── Click-to-seek ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("ProgressBar click-to-seek", () => {
+	test("the bar sits past the parent pane (test premise)", async () => {
+		const bar = await renderBar();
+		cleanups.push(bar.destroy);
+		// Parent pane keeps its 20% slot: the bar's run must start well
+		// right of column 0, otherwise the test would not reproduce the
+		// coordinate-offset bug.
+		expect(bar.runStartX).toBeGreaterThan(15);
+	});
+
+	test("clicking the first content column seeks near the start, not the parent pane offset", async () => {
+		const bar = await renderBar();
+		cleanups.push(bar.destroy);
+
+		seeks.length = 0;
+		// Pre-fix, the handler read the absolute mouse x as bar-local:
+		// clicking the bar's left edge sought to ~20%+ of the duration
+		// (the Up pane's width). It must now seek to the very start.
+		await bar.setup.mockMouse.click(bar.runStartX, bar.barY);
+		expect(seeks).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(seeks[0]).toBe(0);
+	});
+
+	test("clicking the bar's right edge seeks to the end", async () => {
+		const bar = await renderBar();
+		cleanups.push(bar.destroy);
+
+		seeks.length = 0;
+		// The column right of the last drawn char is the box's right border:
+		// local x there equals the content width, so the seek must be 100%.
+		await bar.setup.mockMouse.click(
+			bar.runStartX + bar.contentWidth,
+			bar.barY,
+		);
+		expect(seeks).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(seeks[0]).toBeCloseTo(100, 0);
+	});
+
+	test("clicking the bar's middle seeks to half the duration", async () => {
+		const bar = await renderBar();
+		cleanups.push(bar.destroy);
+
+		seeks.length = 0;
+		const mid = bar.runStartX + Math.floor(bar.contentWidth / 2);
+		await bar.setup.mockMouse.click(mid, bar.barY);
+		expect(seeks).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(seeks[0]).toBeCloseTo(50, 0);
+	});
+
+	test("clicks map linearly across the whole bar", async () => {
+		const bar = await renderBar();
+		cleanups.push(bar.destroy);
+
+		seeks.length = 0;
+		// One click at each drawn column; each must seek to that column's
+		// exact share of the duration (within one second of rounding).
+		for (let offset = 0; offset < bar.contentWidth; offset++) {
+			await bar.setup.mockMouse.click(bar.runStartX + offset, bar.barY);
+			const expected = (offset / bar.contentWidth) * 100;
+			expect(seeks[seeks.length - 1]).toBeCloseTo(expected, 0);
+		}
+	});
+});