[BUG] Desktop App: AskUserQuestion tool hides most of the message

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jun 2, 2026 by tinkerer42 Closed Jul 9, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

When I ask a question that results in some text and followed with question (AskUserQuestion tool), the question hides most of the screen.

TL;DR: look at the screenshot, I need to read the whole message through the small red-marked area while the question takes up most of the screen (blue-marked).

In more detail:
Let's say I want to consult with Claude about possible ways to implement X, and it provides a 5-page long text of pros and cons for each option, then immediately asks me "which option do you choose". I have a thin, sometimes 3-5 lines tall window, to read the 5-page text through - super annoying. otherwise I have to cancel the question and stop the agent's workflow in the middle, just to get a clear screen.

The following image is pretty self-explanatory:

<img width="2386" height="2160" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/41dfe669-62b2-43f1-b0db-c94a8b5572b2" />

What Should Happen?

a reasonable solution would be either :

  1. making the question scroll with the rest of the output (best), or
  2. at least a drag-able separator line, similar to the one separating the output window from the one to its left, with the session list, or
  3. a 'minimize' button to temporarily minimize the question window

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open a new session in Claude Desktop app, Code tab.
  2. enter the following prompt:

To demonstrate a UX problem, please produce here the first 3 pages of the file <some long .md file you have laying around> and immediately follow this by asking me a multiple-choice question with 4 possible answers and an 'Other' option. Each option should have a description text below it, as typical. After the question is answered, output another page of the doc, to simulate what Claude would have said after the question is answered. If the question is dismissed, don't output that - to simulate that Claude gives up on continuing when a question is dismissed.

  1. Try to comfortably read the message text. good luck with that. You will probably dismiss the question, never getting to the "extra work after the question" part.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.160 (Claude Code), v1.9659.4 (desktop app)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

PLEASE DO NOT CLOSE THIS AS A DUPLICATE:
Other users' issues #23862, #57142, possibly others, were incorrectly closed as duplicates of a much smaller issue that is supposedly solved, of the user-question hiding only the last line. I do not see any outstanding open issue about this, and the problem is clearly not solved, as evident from the up-to-date screenshot (latest version).

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