diff --git a/packages/ui/desktop/src/app.ts b/packages/ui/desktop/src/app.ts
index c74acd94c3..d40ca4dcfa 100644
--- a/packages/ui/desktop/src/app.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/desktop/src/app.ts
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ function renderLiveTurn(): void {
     const label = row.querySelector<HTMLElement>('summary strong')
     if (label !== null) label.textContent = tool.title
     const statusEl = row.querySelector<HTMLElement>('summary span')
-    if (statusEl !== null) statusEl.textContent = tool.status === 'failed' ? t('chat.toolFailed') : t('chat.toolUse')
+    if (statusEl !== null) statusEl.textContent = tool.status === 'failed' ? t('chat.toolFailed') : verbForKind(state.liveToolMeta.get(tool.callId)?.kind)
     const body = row.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.activity-body pre')
     if (body !== null) body.textContent = tool.detail
     row.classList.toggle('failed', tool.status === 'failed')
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ function renderInteractionDock(): void {
       <div class="interaction-actions">
         ${request.kind === 'elicitation' ? `<button type="button" class="allow" data-respond-accept="${escapeHtml(request.id)}">${escapeHtml(t('interaction.accept'))}</button>` : ''}
         ${request.options.map(option => `<button type="button" class="${option.kind.startsWith('allow') ? 'allow' : 'reject'}" data-respond-option="${escapeHtml(option.optionId)}" data-respond-id="${escapeHtml(request.id)}">${escapeHtml(option.name)}</button>`).join('')}
-        <button type="button" data-respond-cancel="${escapeHtml(request.id)}">${escapeHtml(t('interaction.dismiss'))}</button>
+        ${request.options.some(option => option.kind.startsWith('reject')) ? '' : `<button type="button" data-respond-cancel="${escapeHtml(request.id)}">${escapeHtml(t('interaction.dismiss'))}</button>`}
       </div>
     </section>
   `).join('')
@@ -1170,7 +1170,10 @@ function liveToolTitle(target: TraceTarget): string | undefined {
 
 /** Verb label for a tool row: the streamed ACP kind beats the generic noun. */
 function toolVerbLabel(target: TraceTarget): string {
-  const kind = liveToolMetaOf(target).kind
+  return verbForKind(liveToolMetaOf(target).kind)
+}
+
+function verbForKind(kind: string | undefined): string {
   if (kind === 'read') return t('kind.verb.read')
   if (kind === 'edit') return t('kind.verb.edit')
   if (kind === 'delete') return t('kind.verb.delete')
diff --git a/packages/ui/desktop/src/styles.css b/packages/ui/desktop/src/styles.css
index 109bdfced3..b36c70f0f2 100644
--- a/packages/ui/desktop/src/styles.css
+++ b/packages/ui/desktop/src/styles.css
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ kbd {
   display: grid;
   min-width: 0;
   min-height: 0;
-  grid-template-rows: 58px auto minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
+  /* topbar / notice / canvas / interaction / queue / plan / composer */
+  grid-template-rows: 58px auto minmax(0, 1fr) auto auto auto auto;
   background: var(--paper);
 }
 
@@ -408,10 +409,22 @@ kbd {
   grid-row: 3;
 }
 
-.composer {
+#interactionDock {
   grid-row: 4;
 }
 
+#queueDock {
+  grid-row: 5;
+}
+
+#planDock {
+  grid-row: 6;
+}
+
+.composer {
+  grid-row: 7;
+}
+
 .topbar {
   display: grid;
   grid-template-columns: minmax(220px, 1fr) auto auto;
diff --git a/packages/ui/desktop/tests/renderer-regressions.spec.ts b/packages/ui/desktop/tests/renderer-regressions.spec.ts
index 87779e7bc7..5a772cc9b2 100644
--- a/packages/ui/desktop/tests/renderer-regressions.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/desktop/tests/renderer-regressions.spec.ts
@@ -41,10 +41,15 @@ describe('desktop live content', () => {
 })
 
 describe('desktop shell layout', () => {
-  it('pins the composer to its intrinsic bottom row', async () => {
+  it('pins the docks and composer to their explicit bottom rows', async () => {
     const css = await readFile(new URL('../src/styles.css', import.meta.url), 'utf8')
     expect(css).toMatch(/\.session-canvas,\s*\.module-canvas\s*{\s*grid-row: 3;/)
-    expect(css).toMatch(/\.composer\s*{\s*grid-row: 4;/)
+    // Every dock needs an explicit row: auto placement once floated the queue
+    // to the top of the main pane.
+    expect(css).toMatch(/#interactionDock\s*{\s*grid-row: 4;/)
+    expect(css).toMatch(/#queueDock\s*{\s*grid-row: 5;/)
+    expect(css).toMatch(/#planDock\s*{\s*grid-row: 6;/)
+    expect(css).toMatch(/\.composer\s*{\s*grid-row: 7;/)
   })
 
   it('does not launch Electron after a strict-port Vite failure', async () => {