diff --git a/.ui-smoke.mjs b/.ui-smoke.mjs
index 66e2564..3595e9f 100644
--- a/.ui-smoke.mjs
+++ b/.ui-smoke.mjs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const scrolled = buildMainStore();
 for (let i = 1; i <= 30; i++) scrolled.log(`  filler line ${i}`);
 scrolled.scrollBy(10);
 const outScrolled = strip(renderToString(h(App, { store: scrolled }), { columns: 80 }));
-assert.ok(outScrolled.includes('(PgUp/PgDn'), 'header shows scroll badge when scrolled');
+assert.ok(outScrolled.includes('▲ 10 lines'), 'header shows scroll badge when scrolled');
 assert.ok(!outScrolled.includes('filler line 30'), 'scrolled view hides the live tail');
 assert.ok(outScrolled.includes('filler line 20'), 'scrolled view shows older lines');
 scrolled.resolve(null);
diff --git a/src/fido.js b/src/fido.js
index 2e19449..0b16c58 100644
--- a/src/fido.js
+++ b/src/fido.js
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ import { printToolCall, emitGenericToolResult } from './tools/notify.js';
 import { COMMANDS, REASONING_LEVELS, findCommand } from './slash-commands.js';
 import { compactPatchToolCalls, invalidateStaleReadResults } from './compact.js';
 import { mount, unmount, ui } from './ui/index.js';
-import { getBlockContentWidth, renderAssistantBlock, renderToolBlock } from './ui/blocks.js';
+import {
+    getBlockContentWidth,
+    renderAssistantBlock,
+    renderToolBlock,
+    renderUserBlock,
+} from './ui/blocks.js';
 
 // \u2500\u2500\u2500 Markdown \u2192 console renderer \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500
 
@@ -130,6 +135,88 @@ function toolErrorLine(name, error) {
     return renderToolBlock(chalk.red(`\u2716  Tool error [${name}]: ${error}`));
 }
 
+const RECALL_TOOL_LIMIT = 4000;
+
+/** Convert the provider's content variants into text suitable for a block. */
+function messageText(content) {
+    if (typeof content === 'string') return content;
+    if (Array.isArray(content)) {
+        return content.map((part) => {
+            if (typeof part === 'string') return part;
+            if (part && typeof part === 'object') return part.text ?? part.content ?? '';
+            return '';
+        }).filter(Boolean).join('\n');
+    }
+    if (content == null) return '';
+    if (typeof content === 'object') {
+        try {
+            return JSON.stringify(content) ?? String(content);
+        } catch {
+            return String(content);
+        }
+    }
+    return String(content);
+}
+
+function clipRecallText(text, limit = RECALL_TOOL_LIMIT) {
+    const value = String(text ?? '');
+    if (value.length <= limit) return value;
+    return value.slice(0, limit - 20) + '\n… [recalled message truncated] …';
+}
+
+/** Render one restored provider message in the same role blocks as live turns. */
+function recalledMessageBlock(message) {
+    if (!message || typeof message !== 'object') return null;
+
+    const content = messageText(message.content);
+    if (message.role === 'user') {
+        if (!content.trim()) return null;
+        return renderUserBlock(`› You ${content.replace(/\n/g, '\n  ')}`);
+    }
+
+    if (message.role === 'assistant') {
+        if (content.trim()) return assistantBlock(content);
+
+        const calls = Array.isArray(message.tool_calls) ? message.tool_calls : [];
+        if (calls.length === 0) return null;
+        const lines = calls.map((call) => {
+            const fn = call?.function || {};
+            let args = fn.arguments ?? '';
+            if (typeof args !== 'string') {
+                try {
+                    args = JSON.stringify(args);
+                } catch {
+                    args = String(args);
+                }
+            }
+            args = String(args).replace(/\n/g, ' ').trim();
+            if (args.length > 240) args = args.slice(0, 237) + '...';
+            return `⚙ Tool: ${fn.name || 'unknown'}${args ? `(${args})` : ''}`;
+        });
+        return renderToolBlock(chalk.dim(lines.join('\n')));
+    }
+
+    if (message.role === 'tool') {
+        if (!content.trim()) return null;
+        return renderToolBlock(chalk.dim(`↳ ${clipRecallText(content)}`));
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
+
+/** Add the restored conversation to the visible transcript. */
+function logRecalledMessages(restored) {
+    let shown = 0;
+    for (const message of restored) {
+        const block = recalledMessageBlock(message);
+        if (block) {
+            ui.log(block);
+            shown++;
+        }
+    }
+    return shown;
+}
+
 /**
  * Render a bash_exec result as a complete tool block: status, stdout/stderr,
  * and any truncation notes share the same teal background and amber rail.
@@ -379,16 +466,22 @@ async function main() {
                 continue;
             }
             const snap = suspends[choice];
+            if (!snap) {
+                ui.log(chalk.yellow('  Recall cancelled.'));
+                continue;
+            }
             const restored = Array.isArray(snap.messages) ? snap.messages : [];
+            const restoredMessages = restored.filter((m) => m && m.role !== 'system');
             // Keep the freshly built system prompt (workspace may have changed)
             // and restore the rest of the conversation verbatim.
             messages = [
                 { role: 'system', content: systemPrompt },
-                ...restored.filter((m) => m.role !== 'system'),
+                ...restoredMessages,
             ];
             const turns = messages.length - 1;
             ui.log(chalk.green(`  \u25b6  Recalled: ${snap.description}`));
-            ui.log(chalk.dim(`     ${turns} message${turns === 1 ? '' : 's'} restored.`));
+            ui.log(chalk.dim(`     ${turns} message${turns === 1 ? '' : 's'} restored; showing transcript below.`));
+            logRecalledMessages(restoredMessages);
             continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/ui/app.js b/src/ui/app.js
index b7bf060..962bec4 100644
--- a/src/ui/app.js
+++ b/src/ui/app.js
@@ -29,10 +29,20 @@
 import {
     createElement as h,
     useEffect,
+    useLayoutEffect,
+    useRef,
     useState,
     useSyncExternalStore,
 } from 'react';
-import { Box, Text, useApp, useInput, useWindowSize } from 'ink';
+import {
+    Box,
+    Text,
+    measureElement,
+    useApp,
+    useBoxMetrics,
+    useInput,
+    useWindowSize,
+} from 'ink';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 
 import { MainInput } from './main-input.js';
@@ -171,11 +181,31 @@ export function getHistoryWindow(entries, scroll = 0, maxLines = MAX_VISIBLE_LIN
 }
 
 function History({ entries, scroll }) {
-    const { lines } = getHistoryWindow(entries, scroll, MAX_VISIBLE_LINES);
+    // Yoga clips an oversized child from its top edge, even when the parent is
+    // bottom-anchored. Mount no more lines than the history pane can actually
+    // display; otherwise an overflowing 120-line window hides the live tail.
+    const ref = useRef(null);
+    const metrics = useBoxMetrics(ref);
+    const [layoutHeight, setLayoutHeight] = useState(0);
+
+    // useBoxMetrics updates when a sibling (for example, the file browser)
+    // changes the command-bar height. A layout effect also gives synchronous
+    // renderToString output a correctly sized initial window.
+    useLayoutEffect(() => {
+        const node = ref.current;
+        if (!node) return;
+        const height = measureElement(node).height;
+        setLayoutHeight((previous) => previous === height ? previous : height);
+    });
+
+    const height = metrics.hasMeasured ? metrics.height : layoutHeight;
+    const maxLines = Math.max(1, Math.trunc(Number(height)) || 1);
+    const { lines } = getHistoryWindow(entries, scroll, maxLines);
     const visibleText = lines.map((line) => line.text).join('\n');
     return h(
         Box,
         {
+            ref,
             flexGrow: 1,
             flexShrink: 1,
             flexDirection: 'column',
@@ -233,13 +263,23 @@ export function App({ store, sizeOverride }) {
     // external $EDITOR (for /paste) without corrupting the Ink frame.
     useEffect(() => {
         store._suspend = (fn) => suspendTerminal(fn);
-        setMouseTracking(true);
         return () => {
-            setMouseTracking(false);
             store._suspend = null;
         };
     }, [store, suspendTerminal]);
 
+    // Mouse mode is terminal-global. Keep its lifecycle independent from the
+    // command-suspension effect so a re-render (or a prompt replacement) cannot
+    // accidentally leave tracking disabled.
+    useEffect(() => {
+        store._setMouseTracking = (on) => setMouseTracking(on);
+        setMouseTracking(true);
+        return () => {
+            store._setMouseTracking = null;
+            setMouseTracking(false);
+        };
+    }, [store]);
+
     // Global keys. Prompt components own arrows/Tab/Enter; the text input
     // swallows printable chars and ignores PageUp/PageDown, so history scrolling
     // here never fights them.
diff --git a/src/ui/mouse.js b/src/ui/mouse.js
index 05cd46f..e2fa7b1 100644
--- a/src/ui/mouse.js
+++ b/src/ui/mouse.js
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@
 
 const MOUSE_SEQUENCE_RE = /\x1b?\[<(\d+);\d+;\d+[Mm]/g;
 const COMPLETE_MOUSE_SEQUENCE_RE = /^\x1b?\[<(\d+);\d+;\d+[Mm]$/;
+// Some terminals fall back to the original X10 encoding even after SGR
+// tracking is requested: ESC [ M <button> <x> <y>.
+const X10_MOUSE_SEQUENCE_RE = /\x1b?\[M[\x20-\xff]{3}/g;
+const COMPLETE_X10_MOUSE_SEQUENCE_RE = /^\x1b?\[M([\x20-\xff])([\x20-\xff])([\x20-\xff])$/;
+const SGR_PREFIX_RE = /^\x1b?\[<(?:\d{0,3})(?:;\d{0,3}){0,2}$/;
+const X10_PREFIX_RE = /^\x1b?\[M[\x20-\xff]{0,3}$/;
+const SGR_FRAGMENT_AT_END_RE = /\x1b?\[<\d*(?:;\d*){0,2}$/;
+const MOUSE_CONTINUATION_AT_END_RE = /\d*(?:;\d+){1,2}[Mm]$/;
+let pendingWheelFragment = '';
+let pendingStripFragment = '';
 
 /**
  * Return the scroll direction for an SGR mouse event.
@@ -22,24 +32,89 @@ const COMPLETE_MOUSE_SEQUENCE_RE = /^\x1b?\[<(\d+);\d+;\d+[Mm]$/;
  * request motion/drag reports, so a report carrying the wheel bit is safe to
  * treat as a wheel event even when a terminal adds modifier bits.
  */
-export function wheelDeltaFromInput(input) {
-    if (typeof input !== 'string') return 0;
-    const match = COMPLETE_MOUSE_SEQUENCE_RE.exec(input);
-    if (!match) return 0;
+function normalizeMouseInput(value) {
+    return value.startsWith('\x1b') ? value.slice(1) : value;
+}
 
-    const code = Number(match[1]);
+function decodeCompleteMouse(value) {
+    const sgr = COMPLETE_MOUSE_SEQUENCE_RE.exec(value);
+    if (sgr) {
+        const code = Number(sgr[1]);
+        if ((code & 64) === 0) return 0;
+        return code & 1 ? 1 : -1;
+    }
+
+    const x10 = COMPLETE_X10_MOUSE_SEQUENCE_RE.exec(value);
+    if (!x10) return null;
+    const code = x10[1].charCodeAt(0) - 32;
     if ((code & 64) === 0) return 0;
     return code & 1 ? 1 : -1;
 }
 
+function isMousePrefix(value) {
+    return SGR_PREFIX_RE.test(value) || X10_PREFIX_RE.test(value);
+}
+
+export function wheelDeltaFromInput(input) {
+    if (typeof input !== 'string') {
+        pendingWheelFragment = '';
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    const normalized = normalizeMouseInput(input);
+    if (pendingWheelFragment) {
+        const combined = pendingWheelFragment + normalized;
+        const delta = decodeCompleteMouse(combined);
+        if (delta !== null) {
+            pendingWheelFragment = '';
+            return delta;
+        }
+        if (combined.length <= 32 && isMousePrefix(combined)) {
+            pendingWheelFragment = combined;
+            return 0;
+        }
+        // The pending escape was not a mouse report after all. Continue with
+        // this ordinary input rather than carrying stale state forever.
+        pendingWheelFragment = '';
+    }
+
+    const delta = decodeCompleteMouse(normalized);
+    if (delta !== null) return delta;
+    if (normalized.length <= 32 && isMousePrefix(normalized)) {
+        pendingWheelFragment = normalized;
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /** True when a value contains one or more SGR mouse reports. */
 export function containsMouseSequence(value) {
     if (typeof value !== 'string') return false;
-    return /\x1b?\[<\d+;\d+;\d+[Mm]/.test(value);
+    return /\x1b?\[<\d+;\d+;\d+[Mm]/.test(value)
+        || /\x1b?\[M[\x20-\xff]{3}/.test(value);
 }
 
 /** Remove SGR mouse reports from a value while preserving all other text. */
 export function stripMouseSequences(value) {
     if (typeof value !== 'string') return value;
-    return value.replace(MOUSE_SEQUENCE_RE, '');
+
+    let cleaned = value;
+    if (pendingStripFragment) {
+        const continuation = cleaned.match(MOUSE_CONTINUATION_AT_END_RE);
+        if (continuation && continuation.index === cleaned.length - continuation[0].length) {
+            cleaned = cleaned.slice(0, continuation.index);
+        }
+        pendingStripFragment = '';
+    }
+
+    cleaned = cleaned
+        .replace(MOUSE_SEQUENCE_RE, '')
+        .replace(X10_MOUSE_SEQUENCE_RE, '');
+
+    const prefix = cleaned.match(SGR_FRAGMENT_AT_END_RE);
+    if (prefix && prefix[0].length > 2) {
+        pendingStripFragment = prefix[0];
+        cleaned = cleaned.slice(0, prefix.index);
+    }
+    return cleaned;
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/store.js b/src/ui/store.js
index 8f938c4..117ce4f 100644
--- a/src/ui/store.js
+++ b/src/ui/store.js
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export function createStore() {
             setState({
                 entries,
                 reasoningDraft: '',
-                scroll: clampScroll(state.scroll, entries.length),
+                scroll: clampScroll(state.scroll, entries),
             });
         },
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export function createStore() {
             setState({
                 ...(entries === state.entries ? {} : { entries }),
                 prompt: null,
-                scroll: clampScroll(state.scroll, entries.length),
+                scroll: clampScroll(state.scroll, entries),
             });
             p.resolve(value);
         },
@@ -217,9 +217,26 @@ export function createStore() {
 
         // Bridge to Ink's `suspendTerminal`, registered by <App> on mount.
         _suspend: null,
-        runExternally(fn) {
+        // Bridge to the App's terminal mouse-mode controller.
+        _setMouseTracking: null,
+        async runExternally(fn) {
             if (!store._suspend) throw new Error('UI is not mounted');
-            return store._suspend(fn);
+
+            // Ink's suspendTerminal callback intentionally resolves with no
+            // value. Capture the callback result here so callers such as
+            // /paste receive the text written by the external editor.
+            let result;
+            try {
+                await store._suspend(async () => {
+                    result = await fn();
+                });
+                return result;
+            } finally {
+                // Exiting the alternate screen for an external editor can cause
+                // some terminals to reset mouse tracking. Restore it when Fido
+                // takes the terminal back.
+                store._setMouseTracking?.(true);
+            }
         },
     };
 
diff --git a/test/mouse.test.js b/test/mouse.test.js
index 79434ec..e9abf97 100644
--- a/test/mouse.test.js
+++ b/test/mouse.test.js
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ test('decodes SGR wheel direction', () => {
     assert.equal(wheelDeltaFromInput('[<97;88;20M'), 1);
 });
 
+test('decodes legacy X10 wheel direction', () => {
+    const x10Up = `\x1b[M${String.fromCharCode(96)}!#`;
+    const x10Down = `\x1b[M${String.fromCharCode(97)}!#`;
+    assert.equal(wheelDeltaFromInput(x10Up), -1);
+    assert.equal(wheelDeltaFromInput(x10Down), 1);
+    assert.equal(wheelDeltaFromInput(x10Up.slice(1)), -1, 'accepts Ink-stripped ESC');
+});
+
 test('ignores non-wheel and incomplete mouse input', () => {
     assert.equal(wheelDeltaFromInput('[<0;1;1M'), 0);
     assert.equal(wheelDeltaFromInput('[<64;1;1'), 0);
@@ -28,4 +36,20 @@ test('removes mouse reports without dropping surrounding text', () => {
     assert.equal(containsMouseSequence(value), true);
     assert.equal(stripMouseSequences(value), 'beforeafter');
     assert.equal(stripMouseSequences('plain text'), 'plain text');
+
+    const x10 = `\x1b[M${String.fromCharCode(96)}!#`;
+    assert.equal(containsMouseSequence(x10), true);
+    assert.equal(stripMouseSequences(`before${x10}after`), 'beforeafter');
+});
+
+test('reassembles an SGR wheel report split across input events', () => {
+    assert.equal(wheelDeltaFromInput('[<64;'), 0);
+    assert.equal(wheelDeltaFromInput('88;20M'), -1);
+    // A normal key clears any stale partial sequence state.
+    assert.equal(wheelDeltaFromInput('x'), 0);
+});
+
+test('removes split SGR fragments from a text-input value', () => {
+    assert.equal(stripMouseSequences('before[<64;'), 'before');
+    assert.equal(stripMouseSequences('before88;20M'), 'before');
 });
diff --git a/test/ui.test.js b/test/ui.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d10a68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ui.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+'use strict';
+
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { createElement as h } from 'react';
+import { PassThrough } from 'node:stream';
+import { render, renderToString } from 'ink';
+
+import { App, getHistoryWindow } from '../src/ui/app.js';
+import { createStore } from '../src/ui/store.js';
+
+const stripAnsi = (value) => value.replace(/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m/g, '');
+const historyLines = (output) => stripAnsi(output)
+    .split('\n')
+    .filter((line) => /^F\d+$/.test(line));
+
+test('history stays bottom-anchored and scrolls through a long transcript', () => {
+    const store = createStore();
+    store.setMeta({ model: 'test-model', workspace: '/test' });
+    store.prompt({ type: 'main', message: 'You' });
+    for (let i = 1; i <= 1000; i++) store.log(`F${i}`);
+
+    const live = renderToString(
+        h(App, { store, sizeOverride: { columns: 80, rows: 24 } }),
+        { columns: 80 },
+    );
+    const liveLines = historyLines(live);
+    assert.equal(liveLines.at(-1), 'F1000', 'live view ends at the current tail');
+    assert.equal(liveLines.length, 14, 'window is sized to the available pane');
+
+    store.scrollBy(10);
+    const scrolled = renderToString(
+        h(App, { store, sizeOverride: { columns: 80, rows: 24 } }),
+        { columns: 80 },
+    );
+    const scrolledLines = historyLines(scrolled);
+    assert.equal(scrolledLines.at(-1), 'F990', 'scrolling moves the window toward older lines');
+    assert.ok(!scrolledLines.includes('F1000'), 'scrolled view hides the live tail');
+});
+
+test('App translates SGR wheel reports to history scroll', async () => {
+    const stdin = new PassThrough();
+    stdin.isTTY = true;
+    stdin.setRawMode = () => {};
+    stdin.setEncoding = () => {};
+    stdin.ref = () => stdin;
+    stdin.unref = () => stdin;
+
+    const stdout = new PassThrough();
+    stdout.isTTY = true;
+    stdout.columns = 80;
+    stdout.rows = 24;
+
+    const store = createStore();
+    store.prompt({ type: 'main', message: 'You' });
+    for (let i = 1; i <= 30; i++) store.log(`wheel line ${i}`);
+
+    const instance = render(h(App, { store }), {
+        stdin,
+        stdout,
+        alternateScreen: false,
+        exitOnCtrlC: false,
+        patchConsole: false,
+    });
+    try {
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+        stdin.push('\x1b[<64;88;20M');
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+        assert.equal(store.getState().scroll, 3);
+    } finally {
+        instance.unmount();
+        await instance.waitUntilExit();
+    }
+});
+
+test('history window helper bounds the mounted line count', () => {
+    const entries = Array.from({ length: 200 }, (_, i) => ({
+        id: i,
+        text: `line ${i}`,
+    }));
+    const window = getHistoryWindow(entries, 0, 10);
+    assert.equal(window.lines.length, 10);
+    assert.equal(window.lines.at(-1).text, 'line 199');
+    assert.equal(window.start, 190);
+    assert.equal(window.end, 200);
+});
+
+test('runExternally returns the callback result through Ink suspension', async () => {
+    const store = createStore();
+    store._suspend = async (callback) => {
+        await callback();
+    };
+    let mouseTrackingRestores = 0;
+    store._setMouseTracking = (on) => {
+        if (on) mouseTrackingRestores++;
+    };
+
+    assert.equal(await store.runExternally(() => 'saved editor text'), 'saved editor text');
+    assert.equal(mouseTrackingRestores, 1, 'mouse tracking is restored after suspension');
+});
+
+test('finalizing reasoning or submitting preserves the history offset', async () => {
+    const store = createStore();
+    for (let i = 1; i <= 10; i++) store.log(`line ${i}`);
+
+    store.scrollBy(3);
+    store.setReasoningDraft('checking the files');
+    store.finalizeReasoning();
+    assert.equal(store.getState().scroll, 3, 'finalizing does not jump to the tail');
+
+    const prompt = store.prompt({ type: 'main', message: 'You' });
+    store.resolve('next question', '› You next question');
+    assert.equal(store.getState().scroll, 3, 'submitting does not jump to the tail');
+    await prompt;
+});