diff --git a/pkg/tui/views/chat/view.go b/pkg/tui/views/chat/view.go
index 0ff11d9..01b173b 100644
--- a/pkg/tui/views/chat/view.go
+++ b/pkg/tui/views/chat/view.go
@@ -341,19 +341,20 @@ func (m *Model) layoutFooter(
 		return footerStyle.Render(left + padding + right)
 	}
 
-	// Insert between left and right segments when they're being truncated
-	truncSeparator := "..."
+	// Inserted between left and right segments when they're being truncated
+	div := "..."
 
-	totalAvailableWidth := width - frameWidth - len(truncSeparator)
+	totalAvailableWidth := width - frameWidth
+	availableTruncWidth := totalAvailableWidth - len(div)
 
 	minVisibleLength := 3
-	if totalAvailableWidth < 2*minVisibleLength {
-		minVisibleLength = totalAvailableWidth / 2
+	if availableTruncWidth < 2*minVisibleLength {
+		minVisibleLength = availableTruncWidth / 2
 	}
 
 	leftProportion := float64(leftWidth) / float64(leftWidth+rightWidth)
 
-	newLeftWidth := int(max(float64(minVisibleLength), leftProportion*float64(totalAvailableWidth)))
+	newLeftWidth := int(max(float64(minVisibleLength), leftProportion*float64(availableTruncWidth)))
 	newRightWidth := totalAvailableWidth - newLeftWidth
 
 	truncatedLeft := faintStyle.Render(tuiutil.TruncateRightToCellWidth(left, newLeftWidth, ""))