diff --git a/core/kptui/Cargo.toml b/core/kptui/Cargo.toml
index c89a8dd..a6db3b2 100644
--- a/core/kptui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/kptui/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 anyhow = "1.0.93"
 crossterm = "0.28.1"
 kordophoned-client = { path = "../kordophoned-client" }
-ratatui = "0.29.0"
+ratatui = { version = "0.29.0", features = ["unstable-rendered-line-info"] }
 time = { version = "0.3.37", features = ["formatting"] }
 unicode-width = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/core/kptui/src/main.rs b/core/kptui/src/main.rs
index 25d99f0..783818b 100644
--- a/core/kptui/src/main.rs
+++ b/core/kptui/src/main.rs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ fn ui(frame: &mut Frame, app: &AppState, requested_view: ViewMode) {
     render_status(frame, app, status_area, mode);
 }
 
-fn render_conversations(frame: &mut Frame, app: &AppState, area: Rect, in_split: bool) {
+fn render_conversations(frame: &mut Frame, app: &AppState, area: Rect, _in_split: bool) {
     let title = "Kordophone";
     let items = app
         .conversations
@@ -247,42 +247,7 @@ fn render_transcript(frame: &mut Frame, app: &AppState, area: Rect, in_split: bo
         "Chat".to_string()
     };
 
-    let mut lines: Vec<Line> = Vec::new();
-    for message in &app.messages {
-        let ts = time::OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(message.date_unix)
-            .unwrap_or(time::OffsetDateTime::UNIX_EPOCH)
-            .format(&time::format_description::well_known::Rfc3339)
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z".to_string());
-
-        lines.push(Line::from(vec![
-            Span::styled(
-                message.sender.clone(),
-                Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
-            ),
-            Span::raw(" "),
-            Span::styled(ts, Style::default().fg(Color::DarkGray)),
-        ]));
-
-        let mut rendered_any_text = false;
-        for text_line in message.text.lines() {
-            rendered_any_text = true;
-            lines.push(Line::from(Span::raw(text_line.to_string())));
-        }
-        if !rendered_any_text {
-            lines.push(Line::from(Span::styled(
-                "<non-text message>",
-                Style::default().fg(Color::DarkGray),
-            )));
-        }
-        lines.push(Line::from(Span::raw("")));
-    }
-
-    if lines.is_empty() {
-        lines.push(Line::from(Span::styled(
-            "No messages.",
-            Style::default().fg(Color::DarkGray),
-        )));
-    }
+    let lines = transcript_lines(&app.messages);
 
     let paragraph = Paragraph::new(Text::from(lines))
         .block(Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL).title(title))
@@ -735,46 +700,55 @@ fn transcript_inner_width(size: Size, app: &AppState, requested_view: ViewMode)
     outer_width.saturating_sub(2).max(1)
 }
 
-fn visual_line_count(s: &str, inner_width: u16) -> u16 {
-    let w = s.width();
-    if w == 0 {
-        return 1;
-    }
-    let iw = inner_width.max(1) as usize;
-    ((w + iw - 1) / iw).min(u16::MAX as usize) as u16
-}
-
 fn visual_width_u16(s: &str) -> u16 {
     s.width().min(u16::MAX as usize) as u16
 }
 
-fn transcript_content_visual_lines(messages: &[daemon::ChatMessage], inner_width: u16) -> u16 {
-    if messages.is_empty() {
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    let mut total: u32 = 0;
+fn transcript_lines(messages: &[daemon::ChatMessage]) -> Vec<Line<'static>> {
+    let mut lines: Vec<Line<'static>> = Vec::new();
     for message in messages {
         let ts = time::OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(message.date_unix)
             .unwrap_or(time::OffsetDateTime::UNIX_EPOCH)
             .format(&time::format_description::well_known::Rfc3339)
             .unwrap_or_else(|_| "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z".to_string());
-        let header = format!("{} {}", message.sender, ts);
-        total += visual_line_count(&header, inner_width) as u32;
+
+        lines.push(Line::from(vec![
+            Span::styled(
+                message.sender.clone(),
+                Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
+            ),
+            Span::raw(" "),
+            Span::styled(ts, Style::default().fg(Color::DarkGray)),
+        ]));
 
         let mut rendered_any_text = false;
         for text_line in message.text.lines() {
             rendered_any_text = true;
-            total += visual_line_count(text_line, inner_width) as u32;
+            lines.push(Line::from(Span::raw(text_line.to_string())));
         }
         if !rendered_any_text {
-            total += visual_line_count("<non-text message>", inner_width) as u32;
+            lines.push(Line::from(Span::styled(
+                "<non-text message>",
+                Style::default().fg(Color::DarkGray),
+            )));
         }
-
-        total += 1; // spacer line
+        lines.push(Line::from(Span::raw("")));
     }
 
-    total.min(u16::MAX as u32) as u16
+    if lines.is_empty() {
+        lines.push(Line::from(Span::styled(
+            "No messages.",
+            Style::default().fg(Color::DarkGray),
+        )));
+    }
+
+    lines
+}
+
+fn transcript_content_visual_lines(messages: &[daemon::ChatMessage], inner_width: u16) -> u16 {
+    let paragraph =
+        Paragraph::new(Text::from(transcript_lines(messages))).wrap(Wrap { trim: false });
+    paragraph.line_count(inner_width).min(u16::MAX as usize) as u16
 }
 
 fn transcript_viewport_height(size: Size, app: &AppState, requested_view: ViewMode) -> u16 {