diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index ba366da..928601a 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2025-12-17 - 1.4.1 - fix(ui)
+handle on-screen keyboard visibility to adjust layout and prevent inputs from being obscured
+
+- Add keyboard visibility state (isKeyboardVisible) and keyboardBlurTimeout in sio-combox.ts
+- Listen for custom 'input-focus' and 'input-blur' events and toggle keyboard-visible host attribute
+- Dispatch 'input-focus'/'input-blur' from sio-conversation-selector and sio-message-input on focus/blur
+- Add connected/disconnected lifecycle handlers and updated() hook to manage attribute and cleanup timeouts
+- Apply :host([keyboard-visible]) CSS to set height to 100vh / 100dvh when keyboard is visible
+
 ## 2025-12-17 - 1.4.0 - feat(elements)
 update design tokens and sio-fab component; bump deps and update npmextra config
 
diff --git a/ts_web/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts_web/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 85981c3..b79eb97 100644
--- a/ts_web/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts_web/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@social.io/catalog',
-  version: '1.4.0',
+  version: '1.4.1',
   description: 'catalog for social.io'
 }
diff --git a/ts_web/elements/sio-combox.ts b/ts_web/elements/sio-combox.ts
index fdac205..5e7ba58 100644
--- a/ts_web/elements/sio-combox.ts
+++ b/ts_web/elements/sio-combox.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ export class SioCombox extends DeesElement {
   @state()
   private accessor selectedConversationId: string | null = null;
 
+  @state()
+  private accessor isKeyboardVisible: boolean = false;
+
+  private keyboardBlurTimeout?: number;
+
   @state()
   private accessor conversations: IConversation[] = [
     {
@@ -127,6 +132,50 @@ export class SioCombox extends DeesElement {
     domtools.DomTools.setupDomTools();
   }
 
+  async connectedCallback() {
+    await super.connectedCallback();
+    this.addEventListener('input-focus', this.handleInputFocus as EventListener);
+    this.addEventListener('input-blur', this.handleInputBlur as EventListener);
+  }
+
+  async disconnectedCallback() {
+    await super.disconnectedCallback();
+    this.removeEventListener('input-focus', this.handleInputFocus as EventListener);
+    this.removeEventListener('input-blur', this.handleInputBlur as EventListener);
+    if (this.keyboardBlurTimeout) {
+      clearTimeout(this.keyboardBlurTimeout);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private handleInputFocus = () => {
+    if (this.keyboardBlurTimeout) {
+      clearTimeout(this.keyboardBlurTimeout);
+      this.keyboardBlurTimeout = undefined;
+    }
+    this.isKeyboardVisible = true;
+  }
+
+  private handleInputBlur = () => {
+    if (this.keyboardBlurTimeout) {
+      clearTimeout(this.keyboardBlurTimeout);
+    }
+    this.keyboardBlurTimeout = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      this.isKeyboardVisible = false;
+      this.keyboardBlurTimeout = undefined;
+    }, 150);
+  }
+
+  updated(changedProperties: Map<string, any>) {
+    super.updated(changedProperties);
+    if (changedProperties.has('isKeyboardVisible')) {
+      if (this.isKeyboardVisible) {
+        this.setAttribute('keyboard-visible', '');
+      } else {
+        this.removeAttribute('keyboard-visible');
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   public static styles = [
     cssManager.defaultStyles,
     css`
@@ -242,6 +291,12 @@ export class SioCombox extends DeesElement {
         left: 0;
         opacity: 1;
       }
+
+      /* Keyboard visible adjustments */
+      :host([keyboard-visible]) {
+        height: 100vh;
+        height: 100dvh;
+      }
     `),
   ];
 
diff --git a/ts_web/elements/sio-conversation-selector.ts b/ts_web/elements/sio-conversation-selector.ts
index 68b17f4..a525f6d 100644
--- a/ts_web/elements/sio-conversation-selector.ts
+++ b/ts_web/elements/sio-conversation-selector.ts
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ export class SioConversationSelector extends DeesElement {
             placeholder="Search conversations..."
             .value=${this.searchQuery}
             @input=${(e: Event) => this.searchQuery = (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value}
+            @focus=${this.handleInputFocus}
+            @blur=${this.handleInputBlur}
           />
           <sio-icon class="search-icon" icon="search" size="16"></sio-icon>
         </div>
@@ -371,4 +373,20 @@ export class SioConversationSelector extends DeesElement {
       composed: true
     }));
   }
+
+  private handleInputFocus() {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('input-focus', {
+        bubbles: true,
+        composed: true
+      }));
+    }, 50);
+  }
+
+  private handleInputBlur() {
+    this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('input-blur', {
+      bubbles: true,
+      composed: true
+    }));
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ts_web/elements/sio-message-input.ts b/ts_web/elements/sio-message-input.ts
index 07e42c6..d132281 100644
--- a/ts_web/elements/sio-message-input.ts
+++ b/ts_web/elements/sio-message-input.ts
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ export class SioMessageInput extends DeesElement {
           .value=${this.messageText}
           @input=${this.handleInput}
           @keydown=${this.handleKeyDown}
+          @focus=${this.handleFocus}
+          @blur=${this.handleBlur}
           ?disabled=${this.disabled}
           rows="1"
         ></textarea>
@@ -216,6 +218,22 @@ export class SioMessageInput extends DeesElement {
     }
   }
 
+  private handleFocus() {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('input-focus', {
+        bubbles: true,
+        composed: true
+      }));
+    }, 50);
+  }
+
+  private handleBlur() {
+    this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('input-blur', {
+      bubbles: true,
+      composed: true
+    }));
+  }
+
   private sendMessage() {
     if (!this.messageText.trim() && this.pendingAttachments.length === 0) {
       return;