diff --git a/client/src/components/History/CurrentCollection/CollectionPanel.vue b/client/src/components/History/CurrentCollection/CollectionPanel.vue
index 6ba9afd93e5..885f7eb536e 100644
--- a/client/src/components/History/CurrentCollection/CollectionPanel.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/History/CurrentCollection/CollectionPanel.vue
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ interface Props {
     selectedCollections: CollectionEntry[];
     showControls?: boolean;
     filterable?: boolean;
+    multiView?: boolean;
 }
 
 const props = withDefaults(defineProps<Props>(), {
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ watch(
         {{ errorMessageAsString(error) }}
     </Alert>
     <ExpandedItems v-else v-slot="{ isExpanded, setExpanded }" :scope-key="dsc.id" :get-item-key="getItemKey">
-        <section class="dataset-collection-panel w-100 d-flex flex-column">
+        <section class="dataset-collection-panel w-100 d-flex flex-column" :class="{ 'compact-panel': multiView }">
             <section>
                 <CollectionNavigation
                     :history-name="history.name"
@@ -183,3 +184,9 @@ watch(
         </section>
     </ExpandedItems>
 </template>
+
+<style scoped>
+.compact-panel {
+    max-width: 15rem;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/client/src/components/History/Multiple/MultipleViewItem.vue b/client/src/components/History/Multiple/MultipleViewItem.vue
index 34e1959650d..a1b87e21d43 100644
--- a/client/src/components/History/Multiple/MultipleViewItem.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/History/Multiple/MultipleViewItem.vue
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ function onViewCollection(collection: object) {
             :history="history"
             :selected-collections.sync="selectedCollections"
             :show-controls="false"
+            multi-view
             @view-collection="onViewCollection" />
 
         <HistoryPanel