diff --git a/src/app/camera-card.test.tsx b/src/app/camera-card.test.tsx
index e24896d..88b6474 100644
--- a/src/app/camera-card.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/camera-card.test.tsx
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ describe("CameraCard", () => {
       expect(screen.queryByRole("link", { name: "Pop out Porch" })).toBeNull();
       // The status still says what is wrong, where the picture would have been.
       expect(container.querySelector("[data-status='auth']")).toBeTruthy();
+
+      // Same box as the picture, and the aside that wouldn't fit is left out.
+      expect(container.querySelector(".aspect-video")).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(container.textContent).not.toContain("Use the ONVIF user you created");
     });
 
     it("keeps a username the user typed over the saved one", async () => {
diff --git a/src/app/camera-card.tsx b/src/app/camera-card.tsx
index 5420956..5689bbd 100644
--- a/src/app/camera-card.tsx
+++ b/src/app/camera-card.tsx
@@ -178,14 +178,17 @@ export default function CameraCard({
     <li className="flex flex-col gap-3 rounded-lg border border-zinc-200 p-4 dark:border-zinc-800">
       {/* A camera that can't log in has no picture to show, so the form takes its place. */}
       {showLogin ? (
-        <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 rounded bg-zinc-100 p-3 dark:bg-zinc-900">
+        <div className="flex aspect-video flex-col gap-2 overflow-hidden rounded bg-zinc-100 p-2 dark:bg-zinc-900">
           <StatusBadge status={status} className="self-start" />
-          <CredentialsForm
-            cam={cam}
-            reason={problem?.kind === "auth" ? problem.message : undefined}
-            onSaved={() => setEditingLogin(false)}
-            onCancel={problem?.kind === "auth" ? undefined : () => setEditingLogin(false)}
-          />
+          <div className="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto">
+            <CredentialsForm
+              cam={cam}
+              reason={problem?.kind === "auth" ? problem.message : undefined}
+              onSaved={() => setEditingLogin(false)}
+              onCancel={problem?.kind === "auth" ? undefined : () => setEditingLogin(false)}
+              compact
+            />
+          </div>
         </div>
       ) : (
         <Snapshot
diff --git a/src/app/camera-login.tsx b/src/app/camera-login.tsx
index 971cbae..b69f8ad 100644
--- a/src/app/camera-login.tsx
+++ b/src/app/camera-login.tsx
@@ -31,12 +31,15 @@ export function CredentialsForm({
   reason,
   onSaved,
   onCancel,
+  compact = false,
 }: {
   cam: CameraSummary;
   reason?: string;
   /** Called after a save or clear; the camera's queries have already been reset. */
   onSaved: () => void;
   onCancel?: () => void;
+  /** For the dashboard card, where the form stands in for the picture. */
+  compact?: boolean;
 }) {
   const status = useCredentialStatus(cam.id);
   const save = useSaveCredentials(cam.id);
@@ -63,16 +66,22 @@ export function CredentialsForm({
   const busy = save.isPending || clear.isPending;
 
   return (
-    <form onSubmit={submit} className="flex flex-col gap-2 rounded border border-amber-400/60 p-3 text-sm">
+    <form
+      onSubmit={submit}
+      className={`flex h-full flex-col rounded border border-amber-400/60 text-sm ${compact ? "gap-1.5 p-2" : "gap-2 p-3"}`}
+    >
       <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5 font-medium">
         <KeyRound aria-hidden className="size-4 shrink-0" />
         Camera login
       </div>
       {reason && <div className="text-xs text-zinc-500">{reason}</div>}
-      <div className="text-xs text-zinc-500">
-        Use the ONVIF user you created on the camera (
-        <WebUiLink cam={cam}>camera web page</WebUiLink>).
-      </div>
+      {/* On a card this has to fit where the picture would be, so the aside goes. */}
+      {!compact && (
+        <div className="text-xs text-zinc-500">
+          Use the ONVIF user you created on the camera (
+          <WebUiLink cam={cam}>camera web page</WebUiLink>).
+        </div>
+      )}
       <input
         value={username}
         onChange={(e) => setTypedUsername(e.target.value)}
diff --git a/src/app/cameras/[id]/camera-login-controls.test.tsx b/src/app/cameras/[id]/camera-login-controls.test.tsx
index 9915d30..b09b350 100644
--- a/src/app/cameras/[id]/camera-login-controls.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/cameras/[id]/camera-login-controls.test.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ describe("CameraLoginControls", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText("Camera login")).toBeNull();
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Change login" }));
     expect(await screen.findByText("Camera login")).toBeTruthy();
+    // With room to spare here, the form keeps its aside about which user to use.
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Use the ONVIF user you created/)).toBeTruthy();
 
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Cancel" }));
     expect(screen.queryByText("Camera login")).toBeNull();