diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor.cs
index 29b75f74..c1d36f32 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor.cs	
@@ -505,7 +505,9 @@ public partial class ChatComponent : MSGComponentBase, IAsyncDisposable
         });
         
         // Clear the input field:
+        await this.inputField.FocusAsync();
         this.userInput = string.Empty;
+        await this.inputField.BlurAsync();
         
         // Enable the stream state for the chat component:
         this.isStreaming = true;
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/wwwroot/changelog/v0.9.49.md b/app/MindWork AI Studio/wwwroot/changelog/v0.9.49.md
index fe2bce7b..81d34670 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/wwwroot/changelog/v0.9.49.md	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/wwwroot/changelog/v0.9.49.md	
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - Improved the implementation of configuration plugins to enhance long-term maintainability.
 - Changed the timestamp display to use the local datetime format for the chats and assistants.
 - Fixed a bug when editing data sources that caused the selected retrieval process of an ERI data source to not load correctly.
+- Fixed a bug in the chat that caused the multi-line text input box to occupy too much space even after submitting a prompt.
 - Upgraded to Rust 1.88.0.
 - Upgraded MudBlazor to version 8.9.0.
 - Upgraded Pdfium to version 137.0.7215.0.