From 5e937fa8166ccb665e15bd60763819ae01ee01fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: callebtc <93376500+callebtc@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:34:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] wear: action buttons float over chat text instead of
 reserving space; empty-state lifted clear of buttons

---
 wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/ChatScreen.kt | 4 ++--
 wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/DmScreen.kt   | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/ChatScreen.kt b/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/ChatScreen.kt
index fbd47989..18e97b15 100644
--- a/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/ChatScreen.kt
+++ b/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/ChatScreen.kt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ fun ChatScreen(onOpenPeople: () -> Unit, onOpenTextInput: () -> Unit) {
                     Column(
                         modifier = Modifier
                             .fillMaxWidth()
-                            .padding(bottom = 56.dp)
+                            .padding(bottom = 8.dp)
                             .rotaryScrollable(
                                 RotaryScrollableDefaults.behavior(scrollState),
                                 rotaryFocus
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ fun ChatScreen(onOpenPeople: () -> Unit, onOpenTextInput: () -> Unit) {
                                 textAlign = TextAlign.Center,
                                 modifier = Modifier
                                     .fillMaxWidth()
-                                    .padding(vertical = 16.dp)
+                                    .padding(bottom = 48.dp)
                             )
                         }
                         messages.forEach { message ->
diff --git a/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/DmScreen.kt b/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/DmScreen.kt
index e4f7bb2d..85e98e72 100644
--- a/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/DmScreen.kt
+++ b/wear/src/main/java/com/bitchat/watch/ui/DmScreen.kt
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ fun DmScreen(peerID: String, onOpenTextInput: () -> Unit) {
                     Column(
                         modifier = Modifier
                             .fillMaxWidth()
-                            .padding(bottom = 56.dp)
+                            .padding(bottom = 8.dp)
                             .rotaryScrollable(
                                 RotaryScrollableDefaults.behavior(scrollState),
                                 rotaryFocus
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ fun DmScreen(peerID: String, onOpenTextInput: () -> Unit) {
                                 textAlign = TextAlign.Center,
                                 modifier = Modifier
                                     .fillMaxWidth()
-                                    .padding(vertical = 16.dp)
+                                    .padding(bottom = 48.dp)
                             )
                         }
                         messages.forEach { message ->