diff --git a/ui/src/e2e/new-session-page.prompt-attachments.e2e.test.ts b/ui/src/e2e/new-session-page.prompt-attachments.e2e.test.ts
index edf2d7f8fcaa..24bf0e0fbb8e 100644
--- a/ui/src/e2e/new-session-page.prompt-attachments.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/e2e/new-session-page.prompt-attachments.e2e.test.ts
@@ -33,13 +33,27 @@ async function withNewSessionPage(run: (page: Page) => Promise<void>): Promise<v
 }
 
 suite.define(() => {
-  it("grows the first prompt through ten lines before using a narrow scrollbar", async () => {
+  it("grows the first prompt downward without moving the identity, then caps at ten lines", async () => {
     await withNewSessionPage(async (page) => {
       const gateway = await installMockGateway(page);
       await page.goto(`${suite.server.baseUrl}new`);
       const message = page.locator(".new-session-page__message");
       await message.waitFor();
 
+      const identity = page.locator(
+        ".agent-chat__welcome-clawd, .agent-chat__welcome-avatar, .agent-chat__avatar--text",
+      );
+      const triggers = page.locator(".new-session-page__triggers");
+      const composer = page.locator(".new-session-page__composer");
+      const [identityBox, triggersBox, composerBox] = await Promise.all([
+        identity.boundingBox(),
+        triggers.boundingBox(),
+        composer.boundingBox(),
+      ]);
+      expect(identityBox).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(triggersBox).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(composerBox).not.toBeNull();
+
       const initial = await message.evaluate((element) => ({
         height: element.clientHeight,
         overflowY: getComputedStyle(element).overflowY,
@@ -73,8 +87,16 @@ suite.define(() => {
         overflowY: getComputedStyle(element).overflowY,
         scrollHeight: element.scrollHeight,
       }));
+      const [expandedIdentityBox, expandedTriggersBox, expandedComposerBox] = await Promise.all([
+        identity.boundingBox(),
+        triggers.boundingBox(),
+        composer.boundingBox(),
+      ]);
       expect(capped.clientHeight).toBeLessThan(capped.scrollHeight);
       expect(capped.overflowY).toBe("auto");
+      expect(expandedIdentityBox?.y).toBeCloseTo(identityBox?.y ?? 0, 0);
+      expect(expandedTriggersBox?.y).toBeCloseTo(triggersBox?.y ?? 0, 0);
+      expect(expandedComposerBox?.y).toBeCloseTo(composerBox?.y ?? 0, 0);
       await captureUiProof(page, "new-session-composer-capped-scrollbar.png");
       const start = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Start session" });
       await expect(start.isVisible()).resolves.toBe(true);
diff --git a/ui/src/styles/new-session.css b/ui/src/styles/new-session.css
index be79f70736e9..4f91a96987fd 100644
--- a/ui/src/styles/new-session.css
+++ b/ui/src/styles/new-session.css
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-/* Full-page new-session draft: the start-screen welcome centers in the pane
-   with the draft block (clean target row + composer) between the hero and the
-   recent chats, so the draft reads as the start screen plus "where to start"
-   controls. */
+/* Full-page new-session draft: the welcome and draft form one top-anchored
+   composition, with the target row and composer between hero and recents. */
 openclaw-new-session-page {
   display: flex;
   flex: 1 1 0;
@@ -30,16 +28,15 @@ openclaw-new-session-page {
   padding: clamp(44px, 5vh, 52px) clamp(6px, 1vw, 12px) 6px;
 }
 
-/* The shared welcome stretches (flex: 1) and centers via justify-content,
-   which clips overflow above the scroll origin once the draft content is
-   taller than the pane (short window, open folder browser). Content-size it
-   here; its margin: auto still centers whenever there is spare room. */
+/* Content-size the shared welcome and top-anchor it inside the page scroll.
+   Auto vertical margins would re-center the identity as the textarea grows. */
 .new-session-page .agent-chat__welcome {
   flex: 0 0 auto;
   width: 100%;
   max-width: none;
   min-height: auto;
   box-sizing: border-box;
+  margin: 0 auto auto;
 }
 
 /* Draft block inside the centered welcome column; the welcome centers text,