diff --git a/webui/components/chat/input/chat-bar-input.html b/webui/components/chat/input/chat-bar-input.html
index 001265161..f79ecf8b4 100644
--- a/webui/components/chat/input/chat-bar-input.html
+++ b/webui/components/chat/input/chat-bar-input.html
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
           :class="{ 'progress-active': $store.chatInput.progressActive }" aria-hidden="true" style="display: none;">
         </div>
         <button id="expand-button" @click="$store.fullScreenInputModal.openModal()" aria-label="Expand input">
-          <span class="material-symbols-outlined" aria-hidden="true">open_in_full</span>
+          <span class="material-symbols-outlined" aria-hidden="true">fullscreen</span>
         </button>
       </div>
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
       min-height: 4.25rem;
       padding: 0.42rem 0.52rem 0.42rem 0.72rem;
       border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-border) 72%, transparent);
-      border-radius: 16px;
+      border-radius: 8px;
       background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-panel) 72%, var(--color-background) 28%);
       box-shadow:
         inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.035),
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
       min-width: 0;
       display: flex;
       align-items: center;
+      align-self: stretch;
     }
 
     #chat-input {
@@ -245,14 +246,15 @@
 
     #chat-input-progress-placeholder {
       position: absolute;
-      top: 0.74rem;
+      top: 0;
+      bottom: 0;
       left: 0.12rem;
-      right: 46px;
+      right: 2rem;
       color: var(--color-text-muted);
       opacity: 0.7;
       font-family: var(--font-family-code, "Roboto Mono", monospace);
       font-size: 0.9rem;
-      line-height: 1.45;
+      line-height: 1.25;
       white-space: nowrap;
       overflow: hidden;
       text-overflow: ellipsis;
@@ -268,27 +270,39 @@
 
     #chat-input-progress-placeholder .chat-input-progress-cue {
       color: var(--color-text-muted);
+      display: inline-flex;
+      align-items: center;
+      line-height: 1;
     }
 
     #chat-input-progress-placeholder .chat-input-progress-icon {
+      display: inline-flex;
+      align-items: center;
+      justify-content: center;
       font-size: 1.15rem;
       line-height: 1;
       color: var(--color-highlight);
-      vertical-align: -0.18rem;
     }
 
     #expand-button {
       position: absolute;
-      top: 12px;
+      top: 50%;
       right: 0;
+      width: 2rem;
+      height: 2rem;
       background: transparent;
       border: none;
       cursor: pointer;
-      transform: scale(0.8);
+      transform: translateY(-50%) scale(0.8);
+      transform-origin: center;
       font-size: 1.2rem;
       color: var(--color-text);
       opacity: 0.2;
       transition: opacity 0.2s;
+      display: flex;
+      align-items: center;
+      justify-content: center;
+      padding: 0;
     }
 
     #expand-button:hover {
@@ -376,7 +390,6 @@
     /* Responsive tweaks */
     @media (max-width: 640px) {
       #chat-input {
-        min-height: 4.2rem;
         align-content: center;
       }