diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/viewport.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/viewport.rs
index 074e2c05b7..e4451ba67e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/viewport.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/viewport.rs
@@ -2766,22 +2766,25 @@ pub fn section_plane(app: &SolveApp) -> Option<(Vec3, Vec3)> {
         scratch.execute("inspect.section", &p).ok()?;
         return scratch.section;
     }
-    // Slice (Sketch Palette): cut the model at the plane of the sketch being edited.
-    if app.session.section.is_none() {
-        let st = crate::open_meshing::shown_world(app);
-        if let Some(ss) = app.session.active_sketch.and_then(|s| st.sketch(s)).filter(|ss| ss.sketch.view.slice) {
-            return Some((ss.plane.origin, ss.plane.normal()));
-        }
-    }
-    app.session.section
+    slice_plane(app).or(app.session.section)
+}
+
+/// Slice (Sketch Palette): the plane of the sketch being edited, when Slice is on in it. It
+/// stands in for a Section Analysis until it is turned off or the sketch closes: with the
+/// section first, turning Slice on did nothing (#10705).
+fn slice_plane(app: &SolveApp) -> Option<(Vec3, Vec3)> {
+    let id = app.session.active_sketch?;
+    let st = crate::open_meshing::shown_world(app);
+    let ss = st.sketch(id).filter(|ss| ss.sketch.view.slice)?;
+    Some((ss.plane.origin, ss.plane.normal()))
 }
 
 /// Whether the section [`section_plane`] shows has hatched cut faces: an open Section Analysis
-/// dialog's Hatch option, else the section's own.
+/// dialog's Hatch option, a Slice's always, else the section's own.
 pub fn section_hatch(app: &SolveApp) -> bool {
     match app.dialog.as_ref().map(|d| &d.kind) {
         Some(crate::dialogs::Kind::Section { hatch, .. }) => *hatch,
-        _ => app.session.section_hatch,
+        _ => app.session.section_hatch || slice_plane(app).is_some(),
     }
 }
 
@@ -9929,6 +9932,32 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!legend(&mut h));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn a_sketch_slice_cuts_at_the_sketch_while_a_section_is_on() {
+        // #10705: with a Section Analysis on, turning Slice on in a sketch did nothing.
+        let mut h = crate::scenario::Harness::new();
+        h.app.run("solid.box", json!({"length":40,"width":30,"height":20,"body_name":"Block"})).unwrap();
+        h.app.run("construct.plane.offset", json!({"base":"XY","offset":10,"name":"Mid"})).unwrap();
+        h.app.run("sketch.create", json!({"plane":"Mid"})).unwrap();
+        h.app.run("inspect.section", json!({"plane":"XZ","offset":15,"hatch":false})).unwrap();
+        h.frames(2);
+        let across_y = |h: &crate::scenario::Harness| section_plane(&h.app).is_some_and(|(o, n)| n.y.abs() > 0.99 && (o.y.abs() - 15.0).abs() < 1e-9);
+        assert!(across_y(&h));
+        assert!(!section_hatch(&h.app));
+        h.app.run("sketch.options", json!({"slice":true})).unwrap();
+        h.frames(2);
+        let (o, n) = section_plane(&h.app).expect("the slice");
+        assert!(n.z.abs() > 0.99 && (o.z - 10.0).abs() < 1e-9, "{o:?} {n:?}");
+        assert!(section_hatch(&h.app), "a slice is hatched as it is without a section");
+        // Slice off, or the sketch closed: the section is back.
+        h.app.run("sketch.options", json!({"slice":false})).unwrap();
+        assert!(across_y(&h));
+        h.app.run("sketch.options", json!({"slice":true})).unwrap();
+        h.app.run("sketch.finish", json!({})).unwrap();
+        h.frames(2);
+        assert!(across_y(&h));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn a_section_leaves_the_origin_planes_and_axes_whole() {
         // #1229: the origin planes and axes are reference geometry; the section plane cuts the