diff --git a/static/js/components/DuplicatesManager.js b/static/js/components/DuplicatesManager.js
index a2360c06..c235b889 100644
--- a/static/js/components/DuplicatesManager.js
+++ b/static/js/components/DuplicatesManager.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { showToast } from '../utils/uiHelpers.js';
 import { RecipeCard } from './RecipeCard.js';
 import { state, getCurrentPageState } from '../state/index.js';
+import { recreateVirtualScroll } from '../utils/infiniteScroll.js';
 
 export class DuplicatesManager {
     constructor(recipeManager) {
@@ -96,6 +97,12 @@ export class DuplicatesManager {
         
         // Re-enable virtual scrolling
         state.virtualScroller.enable();
+
+        // Apply a layout switch that was deferred while duplicates mode was active
+        if (state.pendingLayoutRecreate) {
+            state.pendingLayoutRecreate = false;
+            recreateVirtualScroll('recipes');
+        }
     }
     
     renderDuplicateGroups() {
diff --git a/static/js/managers/SettingsManager.js b/static/js/managers/SettingsManager.js
index bc3c19fd..70b11958 100644
--- a/static/js/managers/SettingsManager.js
+++ b/static/js/managers/SettingsManager.js
@@ -1017,6 +1017,12 @@ export class SettingsManager {
             displayDensitySelect.value = state.global.settings.display_density || 'default';
         }
 
+        // Set recipes layout setting
+        const recipesLayoutSelect = document.getElementById('recipesLayout');
+        if (recipesLayoutSelect) {
+            recipesLayoutSelect.value = state.global.settings.recipes_layout || 'grid';
+        }
+
         // Set card info display setting
         const cardInfoDisplaySelect = document.getElementById('cardInfoDisplay');
         if (cardInfoDisplaySelect) {
@@ -2288,6 +2294,13 @@ export class SettingsManager {
             // Apply frontend settings immediately
             this.applyFrontendSettings();
 
+            // Dispatch layout change event; the scroller instance is about to be rebuilt,
+            // so calculateLayout() must NOT run on the old instance here
+            if (settingKey === 'recipes_layout') {
+                window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('lm:recipes-layout-changed'));
+                return;
+            }
+
             // Recalculate layout when display density changes
             if (settingKey === 'display_density' && state.virtualScroller) {
                 state.virtualScroller.calculateLayout();
diff --git a/static/js/recipes.js b/static/js/recipes.js
index b36bd2ea..47bec967 100644
--- a/static/js/recipes.js
+++ b/static/js/recipes.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { state, getCurrentPageState } from './state/index.js';
 import { getStorageItem, setStorageItem, getSessionItem, removeSessionItem } from './utils/storageHelpers.js';
 import { RecipeContextMenu } from './components/ContextMenu/index.js';
 import { DuplicatesManager } from './components/DuplicatesManager.js';
-import { refreshVirtualScroll } from './utils/infiniteScroll.js';
+import { refreshVirtualScroll, recreateVirtualScroll } from './utils/infiniteScroll.js';
 import { refreshRecipes, RecipeSidebarApiClient } from './api/recipeApi.js';
 import { sidebarManager } from './components/SidebarManager.js';
 import { initSortDropdown } from './components/controls/SortDropdown.js';
@@ -272,6 +272,20 @@ class RecipeManager {
             });
         }
 
+        // Rebuild the scroller on layout switch; in duplicates mode defer until
+        // exitDuplicateMode re-enables the scroller (direct recreation would dispose
+        // the old instance while initializeVirtualScroll skips duplicates mode)
+        window.addEventListener('lm:recipes-layout-changed', () => {
+            const pageState = getCurrentPageState();
+            if (pageState.duplicatesMode) {
+                state.pendingLayoutRecreate = true;
+                return;
+            }
+            if (typeof recreateVirtualScroll === 'function') {
+                recreateVirtualScroll('recipes');
+            }
+        });
+
         // Initialize dropdown functionality for refresh button
         this.initDropdowns();
     }
diff --git a/tests/frontend/managers/settingsManager.library.test.js b/tests/frontend/managers/settingsManager.library.test.js
index 714a7ec3..60cffae7 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/managers/settingsManager.library.test.js
+++ b/tests/frontend/managers/settingsManager.library.test.js
@@ -501,3 +501,33 @@ describe('SettingsManager library controls', () => {
         expect(document.getElementById('exampleImagesUriTemplateSetting').style.display).toBe('none');
     });
 });
+
+describe('SettingsManager recipes layout switch', () => {
+    it('dispatches lm:recipes-layout-changed without recalculating the old scroller', async () => {
+        const manager = createManager();
+        const select = document.createElement('select');
+        select.id = 'recipesLayout';
+        const option = document.createElement('option');
+        option.value = 'masonry';
+        select.appendChild(option);
+        select.value = 'masonry';
+        document.body.appendChild(select);
+
+        const calculateLayout = vi.fn();
+        state.virtualScroller = { calculateLayout };
+
+        const dispatchSpy = vi.spyOn(window, 'dispatchEvent');
+
+        await manager.saveSelectSetting('recipesLayout', 'recipes_layout');
+
+        const layoutEvent = dispatchSpy.mock.calls
+            .map(([event]) => event)
+            .find(event => event.type === 'lm:recipes-layout-changed');
+        expect(layoutEvent).toBeInstanceOf(CustomEvent);
+        expect(calculateLayout).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(showToast).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        dispatchSpy.mockRestore();
+        delete state.virtualScroller;
+    });
+});