diff --git a/news/changelog-1.11.md b/news/changelog-1.11.md
index 6e99e9d014b..f7bf96623c6 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.11.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.11.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ All changes included in 1.11:
 ### `html`
 
 - ([#14684](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/14684)): Add a "Skip to main content" link to Bootstrap-themed HTML output (documents, websites, books, dashboards) so keyboard users can bypass the navbar and sidebars.
+- ([#14939](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/14939)): Fix Plotly figures in a tab that is hidden on page load rendering at Plotly's default width instead of filling the tab when it is shown.
 
 ### `typst`
 
diff --git a/src/resources/formats/html/quarto.js b/src/resources/formats/html/quarto.js
index ee807684be1..425654f42bf 100644
--- a/src/resources/formats/html/quarto.js
+++ b/src/resources/formats/html/quarto.js
@@ -66,17 +66,42 @@ window.document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function (_event) {
     }
   };
 
-  // dispatch for htmlwidgets
-  // they use slideenter event to trigger resize
+  // dispatch for htmlwidgets and other resizable content
+  // htmlwidgets use slideenter event to trigger resize, while other libraries
+  // (e.g. plotly) listen for window resize
   function fireSlideEnter() {
     const event = window.document.createEvent("Event");
     event.initEvent("slideenter", true, true);
     window.document.dispatchEvent(event);
+    window.dispatchEvent(new Event("resize"));
+  }
+
+  // plotly figures drawn while their tab was hidden get plotly's default width,
+  // and plotly waits before handling window resize, so redraw them straight
+  // away to avoid showing them at the wrong size first
+  function resizePlotlyFigures(pane) {
+    if (!pane || !window.Plotly) {
+      return;
+    }
+    pane.querySelectorAll(".js-plotly-plot").forEach((plot) => {
+      // figures with a fixed size don't need resizing
+      const layout = plot.layout;
+      if (!layout || (layout.width && layout.height)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      window.Plotly.relayout(plot, { autosize: true });
+    });
   }
 
   const tabs = window.document.querySelectorAll('a[data-bs-toggle="tab"]');
   tabs.forEach((tab) => {
-    tab.addEventListener("shown.bs.tab", fireSlideEnter);
+    tab.addEventListener("shown.bs.tab", (event) => {
+      const target = event.target.getAttribute("data-bs-target");
+      if (target && target.startsWith("#")) {
+        resizePlotlyFigures(window.document.getElementById(target.slice(1)));
+      }
+      fireSlideEnter();
+    });
   });
 
   // dispatch for shiny
@@ -96,6 +121,7 @@ window.document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function (_event) {
   document.addEventListener(
     "tabby",
     function (event) {
+      resizePlotlyFigures(event.detail.content);
       fireSlideEnter();
       distpatchShinyEvents(event.detail.previousTab, event.detail.tab);
     },
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/html/tabsets/plotly-tabsets.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/html/tabsets/plotly-tabsets.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..403c2d9cb00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/html/tabsets/plotly-tabsets.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+title: "Plotly figures in tabsets"
+format:
+  html:
+    page-layout: full
+engine: jupyter
+---
+
+::: {.panel-tabset}
+
+## Tab 1
+
+From https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/14939
+
+The Plotly figure in Tab 2 is drawn while its tab is hidden.
+
+## Tab 2
+
+```{python}
+import plotly.graph_objects as go
+
+go.Figure(go.Scatter(x=[1, 2, 3], y=[1, 3, 2]))
+```
+
+:::
diff --git a/tests/integration/playwright/tests/html-tabsets.spec.ts b/tests/integration/playwright/tests/html-tabsets.spec.ts
index 38f5e78a7c2..00b91638918 100644
--- a/tests/integration/playwright/tests/html-tabsets.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/playwright/tests/html-tabsets.spec.ts
@@ -17,4 +17,28 @@ test('Jupyter - Creates working tabsets from for loops', async ({ page }) => {
   const tab2Content = tabContent.locator('div.tab-pane').nth(1); 
   await expect(tab2Content).toHaveClass(/active/);
   await expect(tab2Content.locator('img')).toBeVisible();
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
+
+test('Plotly figures in initially hidden tabs fill the tab as soon as it is shown', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/html/tabsets/plotly-tabsets.html');
+  const tab2 = page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Tab 2' });
+  const tab2Content = page.locator('div.tab-content div.tab-pane').nth(1);
+  // Plotly adds a second .main-svg for hover labels; the first one holds the figure
+  await expect(tab2Content.locator('.js-plotly-plot .main-svg').first()).toBeAttached();
+  // Figures drawn while their tab is hidden fall back to Plotly's default 700px width.
+  // Measure in the first animation frame after the click, which runs before the
+  // browser paints the tab, so a figure that is only resized later fails the test.
+  const widths = await tab2.evaluate((tab) => new Promise<{ figure: number; container: number }>((resolve) => {
+    tab.click();
+    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      const pane = document.getElementById(tab.getAttribute('data-bs-target')!.slice(1))!;
+      const plot = pane.querySelector('.js-plotly-plot')!;
+      resolve({
+        figure: plot.querySelector('.main-svg')!.getBoundingClientRect().width,
+        container: plot.getBoundingClientRect().width,
+      });
+    });
+  }));
+  await expect(tab2Content).toHaveClass(/active/);
+  expect(Math.abs(widths.figure - widths.container)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+});