diff --git a/apps/nextjs/src/components/board/board-switcher.tsx b/apps/nextjs/src/components/board/board-switcher.tsx
index 9c7be4ec2..9184a0d99 100644
--- a/apps/nextjs/src/components/board/board-switcher.tsx
+++ b/apps/nextjs/src/components/board/board-switcher.tsx
@@ -53,9 +53,12 @@ export const BoardSwitcher = ({ children }: BoardSwitcherProps) => {
     data: boards = [],
     isPending,
     isError,
-  } = clientApi.board.getManageOverview.useQuery(undefined, {
-    enabled: isOpen,
-  });
+  } = clientApi.board.getManageOverview.useQuery(
+    { fullPreview: true },
+    {
+      enabled: isOpen,
+    },
+  );
 
   const switcherBoards = useMemo(
     () => [
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ export const BoardSwitcher = ({ children }: BoardSwitcherProps) => {
     setSearch("");
     setActiveIndex(0);
   }, []);
-  const preloadBoards = () => void utils.board.getManageOverview.prefetch();
+  const preloadBoards = () => void utils.board.getManageOverview.prefetch({ fullPreview: true });
 
   useHotkeys([[boardSwitcherHotkey, openSwitcher, { preventDefault: true }]]);
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/router/board.ts b/packages/api/src/router/board.ts
index 617c9b270..345dd1161 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/router/board.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/router/board.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ interface BoardItemPlacementRectangle {
 
 const boardItemPlacementTails = new Map<string, Promise<void>>();
 const maxManageOverviewPreviewRows = 12;
+const manageOverviewInputSchema = z.object({ fullPreview: z.boolean().default(false) }).optional();
 
 const serializeBoardItemPlacementAsync = async <T>(boardId: string, operation: () => Promise<T>) => {
   const previous = boardItemPlacementTails.get(boardId) ?? Promise.resolve();
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ export const boardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
         isMobileHome: currentUser?.mobileHomeBoardId === board.id,
       }));
     }),
-  getManageOverview: publicProcedure.query(async ({ ctx }) => {
+  getManageOverview: publicProcedure.input(manageOverviewInputSchema).query(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
     const userId = ctx.session?.user.id;
     const { boardIds, currentUser, groupMemberships } = await getBoardAccessContextAsync(ctx.db, userId);
     const groupPermissionWhere = getBoardGroupPermissionWhere(groupMemberships);
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ export const boardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
                 inArray(itemLayouts.sectionId, rootSectionIds),
                 gte(itemLayouts.xOffset, 0),
                 gte(itemLayouts.yOffset, 0),
-                lt(itemLayouts.yOffset, maxManageOverviewPreviewRows),
+                input?.fullPreview ? undefined : lt(itemLayouts.yOffset, maxManageOverviewPreviewRows),
                 gt(itemLayouts.width, 0),
                 gt(itemLayouts.height, 0),
               ),
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ export const boardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
                 inArray(sectionLayouts.parentSectionId, rootSectionIds),
                 gte(sectionLayouts.xOffset, 0),
                 gte(sectionLayouts.yOffset, 0),
-                lt(sectionLayouts.yOffset, maxManageOverviewPreviewRows),
+                input?.fullPreview ? undefined : lt(sectionLayouts.yOffset, maxManageOverviewPreviewRows),
                 gt(sectionLayouts.width, 0),
                 gt(sectionLayouts.height, 0),
               ),
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ export const boardRouter = createTRPCRouter({
               inArray(itemLayouts.sectionId, previewContainerSectionIds),
               gte(itemLayouts.xOffset, 0),
               gte(itemLayouts.yOffset, 0),
-              lt(itemLayouts.yOffset, maxManageOverviewPreviewRows),
+              input?.fullPreview ? undefined : lt(itemLayouts.yOffset, maxManageOverviewPreviewRows),
               gt(itemLayouts.width, 0),
               gt(itemLayouts.height, 0),
             ),
diff --git a/packages/api/src/router/test/board.spec.ts b/packages/api/src/router/test/board.spec.ts
index c194dd5ca..b8411ca1f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/router/test/board.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/router/test/board.spec.ts
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ describe("getManageOverview", () => {
     expect(overview.map((board) => board.id)).not.toContain(hiddenBoardId);
   });
 
-  test("returns one compact base-layout preview for each accessible board", async () => {
+  test("returns compact previews by default and full previews on request", async () => {
     const db = createDb();
     const caller = boardRouter.createCaller({ db, deviceType: undefined, session: defaultSession });
     const boardId = createId();
@@ -487,6 +487,10 @@ describe("getManageOverview", () => {
     expect(result[0]?.preview?.layouts).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(result[0]?.preview?.items.map((item) => item.id)).toEqual([itemId, nestedItemId]);
     expect(result[0]?.preview?.sections).toHaveLength(2);
+
+    const fullResult = await caller.getManageOverview({ fullPreview: true });
+
+    expect(fullResult[0]?.preview?.items.map((item) => item.id)).toEqual([itemId, offscreenItemId, nestedItemId]);
   });
 
   test("includes app and widget icons in compact previews", async () => {