diff --git a/pkg/tui/model/model.go b/pkg/tui/model/model.go
index a657b28..198220c 100644
--- a/pkg/tui/model/model.go
+++ b/pkg/tui/model/model.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type AppModel struct {
 	Model         string
 	ProviderName  string
 	Provider      provider.ChatCompletionProvider
+	Agent		  *lmcli.Agent
 }
 
 func NewAppModel(ctx *lmcli.Context, initialConversation *api.Conversation) *AppModel {
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ func NewAppModel(ctx *lmcli.Context, initialConversation *api.Conversation) *App
 	model, provider, _, _ := ctx.GetModelProvider(*ctx.Config.Defaults.Model, "")
 	app.Model = model
 	app.ProviderName = provider
+	app.Agent = ctx.GetAgent(ctx.Config.Defaults.Agent)
 	return app
 }
 
@@ -264,9 +266,8 @@ func (a *AppModel) Prompt(
 		Temperature: *a.Ctx.Config.Defaults.Temperature,
 	}
 
-	agent := a.Ctx.GetAgent(a.Ctx.Config.Defaults.Agent)
-	if agent != nil {
-		params.Toolbox = agent.Toolbox
+	if a.Agent != nil {
+		params.Toolbox = a.Agent.Toolbox
 	}
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
diff --git a/pkg/tui/util/util.go b/pkg/tui/util/util.go
index b807ae7..99262fb 100644
--- a/pkg/tui/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/tui/util/util.go
@@ -61,22 +61,52 @@ func Width(str string) int {
 	return ansi.PrintableRuneWidth(str)
 }
 
-// truncate a string until its rendered cell width + the provided tail fits
-// within the given width
-func TruncateToCellWidth(str string, width int, tail string) string {
-	cellWidth := ansi.PrintableRuneWidth(str)
-	if cellWidth <= width {
-		return str
-	}
-	tailWidth := ansi.PrintableRuneWidth(tail)
-	for {
-		str = str[:len(str)-((cellWidth+tailWidth)-width)]
-		cellWidth = ansi.PrintableRuneWidth(str)
-		if cellWidth+tailWidth <= max(width, 0) {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	return str + tail
+func TruncateRightToCellWidth(str string, width int, tail string) string {
+    cellWidth := ansi.PrintableRuneWidth(str)
+    if cellWidth <= width {
+        return str
+    }
+
+    tailWidth := ansi.PrintableRuneWidth(tail)
+    if width <= tailWidth {
+        return tail[:width]
+    }
+
+    targetWidth := width - tailWidth
+    runes := []rune(str)
+
+    for i := len(runes) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+        str = string(runes[:i])
+        if ansi.PrintableRuneWidth(str) <= targetWidth {
+            return str + tail
+        }
+    }
+
+    return tail
+}
+
+func TruncateLeftToCellWidth(str string, width int, tail string) string {
+    cellWidth := ansi.PrintableRuneWidth(str)
+    if cellWidth <= width {
+        return str
+    }
+
+    tailWidth := ansi.PrintableRuneWidth(tail)
+    if width <= tailWidth {
+        return tail[:width]
+    }
+
+    targetWidth := width - tailWidth
+    runes := []rune(str)
+
+    for i := 0; i < len(runes); i++ {
+        str = string(runes[i:])
+        if ansi.PrintableRuneWidth(str) <= targetWidth {
+            return tail + str
+        }
+    }
+
+    return tail
 }
 
 func ScrollIntoView(vp *viewport.Model, offset int, edge int) {
@@ -105,4 +135,3 @@ func ErrorBanner(err error, width int) string {
 		Foreground(lipgloss.Color("1")).
 		Render(fmt.Sprintf("%s", err))
 }
-
diff --git a/pkg/tui/views/chat/chat.go b/pkg/tui/views/chat/chat.go
index 97d316c..41ba187 100644
--- a/pkg/tui/views/chat/chat.go
+++ b/pkg/tui/views/chat/chat.go
@@ -107,6 +107,28 @@ type Model struct {
 	elapsed    time.Duration
 }
 
+func getSpinner() spinner.Model {
+	return spinner.New(spinner.WithSpinner(
+		spinner.Spinner{
+			Frames: []string{
+				"∙∙∙",
+				"●∙∙",
+				"●●∙",
+				"●●●",
+				"∙●●",
+				"∙∙●",
+				"∙∙∙",
+				"∙∙●",
+				"∙●●",
+				"●●●",
+				"●●∙",
+				"●∙∙",
+			},
+			FPS: 440 * time.Millisecond,
+		},
+	))
+}
+
 func Chat(app *model.AppModel) *Model {
 	m := Model{
 		App: app,
@@ -121,21 +143,9 @@ func Chat(app *model.AppModel) *Model {
 		wrap:            true,
 		selectedMessage: -1,
 
-		content: viewport.New(0, 0),
-		input:   textarea.New(),
-		spinner: spinner.New(spinner.WithSpinner(
-			spinner.Spinner{
-				Frames: []string{
-					".  ",
-					".. ",
-					"...",
-					".. ",
-					".  ",
-					"   ",
-				},
-				FPS: time.Second / 3,
-			},
-		)),
+		content:     viewport.New(0, 0),
+		input:       textarea.New(),
+		spinner:     getSpinner(),
 		replyCursor: cursor.New(),
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/tui/views/chat/cmds.go b/pkg/tui/views/chat/cmds.go
index 175703f..078c4c6 100644
--- a/pkg/tui/views/chat/cmds.go
+++ b/pkg/tui/views/chat/cmds.go
@@ -122,17 +122,21 @@ func (m *Model) executeToolCalls(toolCalls []api.ToolCall) tea.Cmd {
 
 func (m *Model) promptLLM() tea.Cmd {
 	m.state = pendingResponse
+	m.spinner = getSpinner()
 	m.replyCursor.Blink = false
 
 	m.startTime = time.Now()
 	m.elapsed = 0
 	m.tokenCount = 0
 
-	return func() tea.Msg {
-		resp, err := m.App.Prompt(m.App.Messages, m.chatReplyChunks, m.stopSignal)
-		if err != nil {
-			return msgChatResponseError{ Err: err }
-		}
-		return msgChatResponse(resp)
-	}
+	return tea.Batch(
+		m.spinner.Tick,
+		func() tea.Msg {
+			resp, err := m.App.Prompt(m.App.Messages, m.chatReplyChunks, m.stopSignal)
+			if err != nil {
+				return msgChatResponseError{Err: err}
+			}
+			return msgChatResponse(resp)
+		},
+	)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tui/views/chat/input.go b/pkg/tui/views/chat/input.go
index b139f4e..9f2ca91 100644
--- a/pkg/tui/views/chat/input.go
+++ b/pkg/tui/views/chat/input.go
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ func (m *Model) scrollSelection(dir int) {
 	if newIdx != m.selectedMessage {
 		m.selectedMessage = newIdx
 		m.updateContent()
-		yOffset := m.messageOffsets[m.selectedMessage]
-		tuiutil.ScrollIntoView(&m.content, yOffset, m.content.Height/2)
 	}
+	yOffset := m.messageOffsets[m.selectedMessage]
+	tuiutil.ScrollIntoView(&m.content, yOffset, m.content.Height/2)
 }
 
 // handleMessagesKey handles input when the messages pane is focused
diff --git a/pkg/tui/views/chat/view.go b/pkg/tui/views/chat/view.go
index 14c46c4..5540c24 100644
--- a/pkg/tui/views/chat/view.go
+++ b/pkg/tui/views/chat/view.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var (
 				Faint(true).
 				Border(lipgloss.RoundedBorder(), true, true, true, false)
 
-	footerStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle()
+	footerStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 1)
 )
 
 func (m *Model) renderMessageHeading(i int, message *api.Message) string {
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func (m *Model) conversationMessagesView() string {
 	if m.state == pendingResponse && m.App.Messages[len(m.App.Messages)-1].Role != api.MessageRoleAssistant {
 		heading := m.renderMessageHeading(-1, &api.Message{
 			Role: api.MessageRoleAssistant,
-			Metadata: api.MessageMeta {
+			Metadata: api.MessageMeta{
 				GenerationModel: &m.App.Model,
 			},
 		})
@@ -265,105 +265,99 @@ func (m *Model) Header(width int) string {
 	} else {
 		title = "Untitled"
 	}
-	title = tuiutil.TruncateToCellWidth(title, width-styles.Header.GetHorizontalPadding(), "...")
+	title = tuiutil.TruncateRightToCellWidth(title, width-styles.Header.GetHorizontalPadding(), "...")
 	header := titleStyle.Render(title)
 	return styles.Header.Width(width).Render(header)
 }
 
 func (m *Model) Footer(width int) string {
-	segmentStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().PaddingLeft(1).PaddingRight(1).Faint(true)
-	segmentSeparator := "|"
+	segmentStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Faint(true)
+	segmentSeparator := segmentStyle.Render(" | ")
 
 	// Left segments
+	leftSegments := make([]string, 0, 4)
 
-	leftSegments := []string{}
+	if m.state == pendingResponse {
+		leftSegments = append(leftSegments, segmentStyle.Render(m.spinner.View()))
+	} else {
+		leftSegments = append(leftSegments, segmentStyle.Render("∙∙∙"))
+	}
+
+	if m.elapsed > 0 && m.tokenCount > 0 {
+		throughput := fmt.Sprintf("%.0f t/sec", float64(m.tokenCount)/m.elapsed.Seconds())
+		leftSegments = append(leftSegments, segmentStyle.Render(throughput))
+	}
+
+	// var status string
+	// switch m.state {
+	// case pendingResponse:
+	// 	status = "Press ctrl+c to cancel"
+	// default:
+	// 	status = "Press ctrl+s to send"
+	// }
+	// leftSegments = append(leftSegments, segmentStyle.Render(status))
+
+	// Right segments
+	rightSegments := make([]string, 0, 8)
+
+	if m.App.Agent != nil {
+		rightSegments = append(rightSegments, segmentStyle.Render(m.App.Agent.Name))
+	}
+
+	model := segmentStyle.Render(m.App.ActiveModel(lipgloss.NewStyle()))
+	rightSegments = append(rightSegments, model)
 
 	savingStyle := segmentStyle.Bold(true)
 	saving := ""
 	if m.persistence {
-		saving = savingStyle.Foreground(lipgloss.Color("2")).Render("✅💾")
+		saving = savingStyle.Foreground(lipgloss.Color("2")).Render("💾✅")
 	} else {
-		saving = savingStyle.Foreground(lipgloss.Color("1")).Render("❌💾")
+		saving = savingStyle.Foreground(lipgloss.Color("1")).Render("💾❌")
 	}
-	leftSegments = append(leftSegments, saving)
+	rightSegments = append(rightSegments, saving)
 
-	// Right segments
-
-	rightSegments := []string{}
-
-	if m.elapsed > 0 && m.tokenCount > 0 {
-		throughput := fmt.Sprintf("%.0f t/sec", float64(m.tokenCount)/m.elapsed.Seconds())
-		rightSegments = append(rightSegments, segmentStyle.Render(throughput))
-	}
-	model := segmentStyle.Render(m.App.ActiveModel(lipgloss.NewStyle()))
-	rightSegments = append(rightSegments, model)
-
-	// Status
-
-	var status string
-	switch m.state {
-	case pendingResponse:
-		status = "Press ctrl+c to cancel" + m.spinner.View()
-	default:
-		status = "Press ctrl+s to send"
-	}
-
-	return m.layoutFooter(width, leftSegments, status, rightSegments, segmentStyle, segmentSeparator)
+	return m.layoutFooter(width, leftSegments, rightSegments, segmentSeparator)
 }
 
 func (m *Model) layoutFooter(
 	width int,
 	leftSegments []string,
-	status string,
 	rightSegments []string,
-	segmentStyle lipgloss.Style,
 	segmentSeparator string,
 ) string {
-	truncate := func(s string, w int) string {
-		return tuiutil.TruncateToCellWidth(s, w, "...")
-	}
-	padWidth := segmentStyle.GetHorizontalPadding()
-
 	left := strings.Join(leftSegments, segmentSeparator)
 	right := strings.Join(rightSegments, segmentSeparator)
 
 	leftWidth := tuiutil.Width(left)
 	rightWidth := tuiutil.Width(right)
+	sepWidth := tuiutil.Width(segmentSeparator)
+	frameWidth := footerStyle.GetHorizontalFrameSize()
 
-	availableWidth := width - leftWidth - rightWidth - tuiutil.Width(segmentSeparator)
+	availableWidth := width - frameWidth - leftWidth - rightWidth
 
-	statusWidth := tuiutil.Width(status)
-	if availableWidth >= statusWidth+padWidth {
+	if availableWidth >= sepWidth {
 		// Everything fits
-		availableWidth -= statusWidth + padWidth
-		padding := ""
-		if availableWidth > 0 {
-			padding = strings.Repeat(" ", availableWidth)
-		}
-		return footerStyle.Render(left + segmentSeparator + segmentStyle.Render(status) + padding + right)
+		padding := strings.Repeat(" ", availableWidth)
+		return footerStyle.Render(left + padding + right)
 	}
 
-	if availableWidth > 4 {
-		// There is some space left for a truncated status
-		truncatedStatus := truncate(status, availableWidth-padWidth)
-		return footerStyle.Width(width).Render(left + segmentSeparator + segmentStyle.Render(truncatedStatus) + right)
+	// Insert between left and right segments when they're being truncated
+	truncSeparator := "..."
+
+	totalAvailableWidth := width - frameWidth - len(truncSeparator)
+
+	minVisibleLength := 3
+	if totalAvailableWidth < 2*minVisibleLength {
+		minVisibleLength = totalAvailableWidth / 2
 	}
 
-	if availableWidth >= 0 {
-		// Draw some dots...
-		dots := ""
-		if availableWidth == 1 {
-			dots = " "
-		} else if availableWidth > 1 {
-			dots = " " + strings.Repeat(".", availableWidth-1)
-			dots = lipgloss.NewStyle().Faint(true).Render(dots)
-		}
+	leftProportion := float64(leftWidth) / float64(leftWidth+rightWidth)
 
-		return footerStyle.Width(width).Render(left + segmentSeparator + dots + right)
-	}
+	newLeftWidth := int(max(float64(minVisibleLength), leftProportion*float64(totalAvailableWidth)))
+	newRightWidth := totalAvailableWidth - newLeftWidth
 
-	// Trucate right segment so it fits
-	right = truncate(right, tuiutil.Width(right)+availableWidth-1)
-	padding := ""
-	return footerStyle.Width(width).Render(left + segmentSeparator + padding + right)
+	truncatedLeft := faintStyle.Render(tuiutil.TruncateRightToCellWidth(left, newLeftWidth, ""))
+	truncatedRight := faintStyle.Render(tuiutil.TruncateLeftToCellWidth(right, newRightWidth, "..."))
+
+	return footerStyle.Width(width).Render(truncatedLeft + truncatedRight)
 }