diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/hypr/layouts/columns.lua b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/hypr/layouts/columns.lua
index 0f10855..429f3d3 100644
--- a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/hypr/layouts/columns.lua
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/hypr/layouts/columns.lua
@@ -368,10 +368,12 @@ local function layout_msg(ctx, cmd)
     if verb == "focus" then
         if between(arg) then
             local nc = fc + (decrease(arg) and -1 or 1)
-            if nc < 1 then
-                hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.focus({ monitor = "-1" }))          -- off the left edge
-            elseif nc > s.ncols then
-                hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.focus({ monitor = "+1" }))          -- off the right edge
+            if nc < 1 or nc > s.ncols then
+                -- Off the edge: jump to the monitor spatially in that screen direction
+                -- (arg is already "l"/"r"/"u"/"d", i.e. the edge we just fell off of),
+                -- not Hyprland's own -1/+1 list-order cycling — see monitor-adjacent for
+                -- why that distinction matters once a monitor has a transform.
+                hl.exec_cmd("~/.config/scripts/monitor-adjacent focus " .. arg)
             elseif cols[nc] and #cols[nc] > 0 then
                 local ni = math.min(fi, #cols[nc])
                 hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.focus({ window = "address:" .. cols[nc][ni] }))
@@ -387,10 +389,10 @@ local function layout_msg(ctx, cmd)
         if between(arg) then
             unpair(foc)                                                -- leaving the column un-parks it
             local nc = fc + (decrease(arg) and -1 or 1)
-            if nc < 1 then
-                hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.window.move({ monitor = "-1" }))    -- carry to prev monitor
-            elseif nc > s.ncols then
-                hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.window.move({ monitor = "+1" }))    -- carry to next monitor
+            if nc < 1 or nc > s.ncols then
+                -- Off the edge: carry the window to the monitor spatially in that screen
+                -- direction — see the matching comment in the "focus" branch above.
+                hl.exec_cmd("~/.config/scripts/monitor-adjacent move " .. arg)
             else
                 s.assign[foc] = nc
             end
diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/hypr-nav b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/hypr-nav
index bf1a9d4..886e934 100755
--- a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/hypr-nav
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/hypr-nav
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ def dispatch(lua: str) -> None:
                    stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
 
 
+def monitor_adjacent(kind: str, key: str) -> None:
+    # Spatial (transform-aware) monitor jump, used as the edge-of-strip fallback below —
+    # see scripts/monitor-adjacent for why this isn't just hl.dsp.focus({monitor=+-1}).
+    script = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/scripts/monitor-adjacent")
+    subprocess.run([script, kind, key], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+
+
 def plain(kind: str, dir_word: str) -> None:
     if kind == "focus":
         dispatch(f'hl.dsp.focus({{ direction = "{dir_word}" }})')
@@ -183,8 +190,12 @@ def main() -> int:
 
     if neighbour:
         plain(kind, dir_word)          # genuine within-column step
-    # else: no neighbour that way — do nothing rather than let the layout scroll the
-    # tape (that sideways/vertical "rotation" is exactly what we're suppressing).
+    else:
+        # No neighbour that way. Don't let the layout scroll the tape (that sideways/
+        # vertical "rotation" is exactly what we're suppressing) — instead fall back to
+        # jumping to whichever monitor is spatially in that direction, the same as the
+        # columns layout does at its own edges. No-ops if there isn't one that way.
+        monitor_adjacent(kind, key)
     return 0
 
 
diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/monitor-adjacent b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/monitor-adjacent
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c0f54c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/monitor-adjacent
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Focus/move-window to the monitor spatially adjacent to the currently focused one,
+in a literal screen direction (left/right/up/down) — unlike Hyprland's native
+`focusmonitor -1/+1` / `movewindow mon:-1/+1`, which cycle through Hyprland's internal
+monitor list *order* (roughly connection/config order), not actual position.
+
+That distinction matters once a monitor is rotated: a 90°/270° `transform` swaps a
+monitor's *logical* width/height (see monitor-manager's `logical_width`/`logical_height`,
+the same math reused here), but doesn't reorder Hyprland's monitor list. On a 3-wide
+desk (e.g. a portrait-rotated monitor sitting to the right of a large landscape main
+one), that can make "-1/+1" jump correctly one way and land on the wrong monitor (or a
+no-op) the other way, because the list order and the physical left-to-right order have
+silently diverged. This instead sorts monitors by their actual logical bounding-box
+center each time, so "next"/"prev" always means the next monitor to the right/left (or
+below/above) on screen, regardless of transform or connection order.
+
+Usage:
+    monitor-adjacent focus l|r|u|d
+    monitor-adjacent move  l|r|u|d
+
+Silently does nothing if there's only one monitor, no monitor is focused, or there's no
+monitor further in that direction (no wrap-around at the ends — see the note in
+_pick_target for why).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+AXIS = {"l": ("x", -1), "r": ("x", 1), "u": ("y", -1), "d": ("y", 1)}
+
+
+def hypr_json(*args):
+    try:
+        return json.loads(subprocess.check_output(["hyprctl", *args, "-j"]))
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, json.JSONDecodeError, FileNotFoundError):
+        return None
+
+
+def _logical_size(m: dict) -> tuple[float, float]:
+    scale = m.get("scale") or 1.0
+    w, h = m.get("width", 0), m.get("height", 0)
+    if (m.get("transform", 0) & 3) in (1, 3):
+        w, h = h, w
+    return w / scale, h / scale
+
+
+def _center(m: dict) -> tuple[float, float]:
+    w, h = _logical_size(m)
+    return m.get("x", 0) + w / 2, m.get("y", 0) + h / 2
+
+
+def _pick_target(monitors: list[dict], current: dict, axis: str, sign: int) -> dict | None:
+    cur_c = _center(current)
+    idx_c = 0 if axis == "x" else 1
+    # Candidates strictly on the requested side of the current monitor's center.
+    candidates = []
+    for m in monitors:
+        if m is current:
+            continue
+        c = _center(m)
+        delta = (c[idx_c] - cur_c[idx_c]) * sign
+        if delta > 1:   # >1 logical px: ignore near-exact ties/float noise
+            candidates.append((delta, m))
+    if not candidates:
+        # No wrap-around: at the physical edge of the desk, hjkl-style directional
+        # movement should just stop, the same way it does within a single monitor's
+        # windows. (Unlike Hyprland's index-based -1/+1, which does wrap — if you want
+        # that cyclic behaviour, that's what the explicit Super+,/. binds are for.)
+        return None
+    candidates.sort(key=lambda t: t[0])   # closest first
+    return candidates[0][1]
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3 or sys.argv[1] not in ("focus", "move") or sys.argv[2] not in AXIS:
+        print(__doc__)
+        return 2
+    kind, key = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+    axis, sign = AXIS[key]
+
+    monitors = hypr_json("monitors")
+    if not monitors or len(monitors) < 2:
+        return 0
+    current = next((m for m in monitors if m.get("focused")), None)
+    if current is None:
+        return 0
+
+    target = _pick_target(monitors, current, axis, sign)
+    if target is None:
+        return 0
+
+    name = target["name"]
+    if kind == "focus":
+        subprocess.run(["hyprctl", "dispatch", "focusmonitor", name],
+                        stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+    else:
+        subprocess.run(["hyprctl", "dispatch", "movewindow", f"mon:{name}"],
+                        stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())