diff --git a/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.responsive.test.tsx b/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.responsive.test.tsx
index 07951ac..fc2b70d 100644
--- a/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.responsive.test.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.responsive.test.tsx
@@ -128,3 +128,36 @@ describe('RenderNode per-device style resolution (real editor)', () => {
     expect(h2().hasAttribute('data-wsb-overridden')).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe('RenderNode drops blank style values like the exporter (canvas/published parity)', () => {
+  test('{padding, paddingTop:""} keeps the shorthand (React would wipe it)', () => {
+    mount(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        ROOT: node('Container', { tag: 'div', style: {} }, ['sec1']),
+        sec1: node('Container', { tag: 'section', style: { padding: '20px', paddingTop: '', paddingLeft: undefined, margin: null } }, [], { parent: 'ROOT' }),
+      }),
+      'desktop',
+    );
+    const sec = h!.container.querySelector('section') as HTMLElement;
+    expect(sec.style.padding).toBe('20px');
+    expect(sec.style.paddingTop).toBe('20px');
+  });
+
+  test('a real longhand after the shorthand still wins', () => {
+    mount(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        ROOT: node('Container', { tag: 'div', style: {} }, ['sec1']),
+        sec1: node('Container', { tag: 'section', style: { padding: '20px', paddingTop: '5px' } }, [], { parent: 'ROOT' }),
+      }),
+      'desktop',
+    );
+    const sec = h!.container.querySelector('section') as HTMLElement;
+    expect(sec.style.paddingTop).toBe('5px');
+    expect(sec.style.paddingBottom).toBe('20px');
+  });
+
+  test('also holds on a non-desktop device with overrides', () => {
+    mount(state({ style: { margin: '8px', marginTop: '' }, styleMobile: { textAlign: 'center' } }), 'mobile');
+    expect(h2().style.marginBottom).toBe('8px');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.tsx b/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.tsx
index bdfd6a5..8789b58 100644
--- a/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React, { useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'reac
 import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
 import { NodeElement, useEditor, useNode } from '@craftjs/core';
 import { useDevice } from '../state/DeviceContext';
-import { baseStacksOnMobile, hasAnyOverride, hasActiveOverride, resolveStyleForDevice, type ResponsiveProps } from '../utils/responsive-style';
+import { dropBlankStyle, baseStacksOnMobile, hasAnyOverride, hasActiveOverride, resolveStyleForDevice, type ResponsiveProps } from '../utils/responsive-style';
 import type { DeviceMode } from '../types';
 import { GlobalInstanceContext } from '../state/GlobalInstanceContext';
 
@@ -87,8 +87,12 @@ const ResolvedRender: React.FC<{ device: DeviceMode }> = ({ device }) => {
       ) : (
         props.children
       );
-    const resolved =
-      styleDevice !== 'desktop' ? { ...props, style: resolveStyleForDevice(props as ResponsiveProps, styleDevice) } : props;
+    // The ONE place node style reaches React: drop blank values like the exporter does
+    // (see dropBlankStyle) so the canvas can't wipe a shorthand with a blank longhand.
+    const style = dropBlankStyle(
+      styleDevice !== 'desktop' ? resolveStyleForDevice(props as ResponsiveProps, styleDevice) : (props as ResponsiveProps).style,
+    );
+    const resolved = styleDevice !== 'desktop' || style !== (props as ResponsiveProps).style ? { ...props, style } : props;
     return React.createElement(type as React.ElementType, resolved, children);
   }, [type, props, childIds, hydrationTimestamp, styleDevice]);
 };
diff --git a/craft/src/utils/responsive-style.test.ts b/craft/src/utils/responsive-style.test.ts
index 8b1b3be..6b6d636 100644
--- a/craft/src/utils/responsive-style.test.ts
+++ b/craft/src/utils/responsive-style.test.ts
@@ -202,3 +202,15 @@ describe('responsiveCssForNode', () => {
     expect(responsiveCssForNode('"]', { styleMobile: { fontSize: '2px' } })).toBe('');
   });
 });
+
+import { dropBlankStyle as _dropBlankStyle } from './responsive-style';
+describe('dropBlankStyle (canvas == exporter: blanks are not declarations)', () => {
+  it('drops "", null, undefined; keeps 0 and real values', () => {
+    expect(_dropBlankStyle({ padding: '20px', paddingTop: '', a: null, b: undefined, opacity: 0, zIndex: '0' } as any)).toEqual({ padding: '20px', opacity: 0, zIndex: '0' });
+  });
+  it('returns the same object when nothing is blank, and passes non-objects through', () => {
+    const s = { color: 'red' };
+    expect(_dropBlankStyle(s)).toBe(s);
+    expect(_dropBlankStyle(undefined)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/craft/src/utils/responsive-style.ts b/craft/src/utils/responsive-style.ts
index af04bc5..075f121 100644
--- a/craft/src/utils/responsive-style.ts
+++ b/craft/src/utils/responsive-style.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ export function resolveStyleForDevice(props: ResponsiveProps, device: DeviceMode
   return { ...base, ...tablet, ...setEntries(props.styleMobile) } as CSSProperties;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The style as the CANVAS must render it: blank ('' / null / undefined) entries
+ * dropped, exactly like the exporter (`cssPropsToString`). React assigns '' for a
+ * blank value, and a blank longhand after a shorthand ({padding:'20px',
+ * paddingTop:''}) wipes the shorthand in the browser -- published output keeps it.
+ * Returns the SAME object when nothing is blank (no needless re-render).
+ */
+export function dropBlankStyle<T>(style: T): T {
+  if (!style || typeof style !== 'object' || Array.isArray(style)) return style;
+  const rec = style as unknown as StyleRecord;
+  return Object.values(rec).every(isSet) ? style : (setEntries(rec) as unknown as T);
+}
+
 /** The raw partial stored for `device` (`{}` for desktop or when absent). */
 export function overrideFor(props: ResponsiveProps, device: DeviceMode): Partial<CSSProperties> {
   if (device === 'desktop') return {};