diff --git a/desktop/src/components/chat/MessageActionBar.tsx b/desktop/src/components/chat/MessageActionBar.tsx
index 13c649d1..4d39c377 100644
--- a/desktop/src/components/chat/MessageActionBar.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/components/chat/MessageActionBar.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function MessageActionBar({
     <div
       data-message-actions
       data-align={align}
-      className={`pointer-events-none mt-0 flex h-0 w-full overflow-hidden opacity-0 transition-[height,margin-top,opacity] duration-150 group-hover:pointer-events-auto group-hover:mt-2 group-hover:h-7 group-hover:opacity-100 group-focus-within:pointer-events-auto group-focus-within:mt-2 group-focus-within:h-7 group-focus-within:opacity-100 ${
+      className={`pointer-events-none mt-2 flex h-7 w-full opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-150 group-hover:pointer-events-auto group-hover:opacity-100 group-focus-within:pointer-events-auto group-focus-within:opacity-100 ${
         align === 'end' ? 'justify-end' : 'justify-start'
       }`}
     >
diff --git a/desktop/src/components/chat/MessageList.test.tsx b/desktop/src/components/chat/MessageList.test.tsx
index fa2f865a..fef77b26 100644
--- a/desktop/src/components/chat/MessageList.test.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/components/chat/MessageList.test.tsx
@@ -2743,8 +2743,10 @@ describe('MessageList nested tool calls', () => {
     expect(assistantShell?.className).not.toContain('ml-10')
     expect(userActions?.getAttribute('data-align')).toBe('end')
     expect(assistantActions?.getAttribute('data-align')).toBe('start')
-    expect(userActions?.className).toContain('h-0')
-    expect(userActions?.className).toContain('group-hover:h-7')
+    expect(userActions?.className).toContain('h-7')
+    expect(userActions?.className).toContain('mt-2')
+    expect(userActions?.className).not.toContain('h-0')
+    expect(userActions?.className).not.toContain('group-hover:h-7')
     expect(userActions?.className).not.toContain('invisible')
     expect(within(userActions as HTMLElement).getByText('5m ago')).toBeTruthy()
     expect(within(assistantActions as HTMLElement).getByText('2h ago')).toBeTruthy()