From e27ecab7d105709772e7df2e07288441672f828a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bluemoehre <bluemoehre@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 02:41:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] auto-resize the textarea on mount based on its current
 value

---
 .../src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormTextarea.svelte | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormTextarea.svelte b/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormTextarea.svelte
index f0855b9dbe..e604f34453 100644
--- a/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormTextarea.svelte
+++ b/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormTextarea.svelte
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 	onMount(() => {
 		if (textareaElement) {
+			autoResizeTextarea(textareaElement);
 			textareaElement.focus();
 		}
 	});

From c5fc2ab6a6aae1384bba88b83f2ddae62b08bd30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bluemoehre <bluemoehre@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 02:45:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] align textarea resizing behavior with that of rendered
 messages

---
 .../lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormTextarea.svelte   | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormTextarea.svelte b/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormTextarea.svelte
index e604f34453..1832e96fd0 100644
--- a/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormTextarea.svelte
+++ b/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormTextarea.svelte
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@
 	<textarea
 		bind:this={textareaElement}
 		bind:value
-		class="text-md max-h-32 min-h-12 w-full resize-none border-0 bg-transparent p-0 leading-6 outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground focus-visible:ring-0 focus-visible:ring-offset-0"
+		class="text-md min-h-12 w-full resize-none border-0 bg-transparent p-0 leading-6 outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground focus-visible:ring-0 focus-visible:ring-offset-0"
 		class:cursor-not-allowed={disabled}
+		style="max-height: var(--max-message-height)"
 		{disabled}
 		onkeydown={onKeydown}
 		oninput={(event) => {