diff --git a/ui/src/e2e/chat-pasted-text-show-in-text-field.e2e.test.ts b/ui/src/e2e/chat-pasted-text-show-in-text-field.e2e.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c60c859a77bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/e2e/chat-pasted-text-show-in-text-field.e2e.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { installMockGateway } from "../test-helpers/control-ui-e2e.ts";
+import { createControlUiE2eSuite } from "./control-ui-e2e-suite.test-support.ts";
+
+const suite = createControlUiE2eSuite({
+  name: "Control UI pasted text field action",
+  startServerBeforeBrowser: true,
+  unavailableMessage: (executablePath) => `Playwright Chromium is unavailable at ${executablePath}`,
+});
+
+const pastedText = `Quarterly launch plan\n\n${"x".repeat(1100)}`;
+
+suite.define(() => {
+  it("returns a pasted text attachment to the text field without sending", async () => {
+    await suite.withPage(
+      {
+        locale: "en-US",
+        reducedMotion: "reduce",
+        serviceWorkers: "block",
+        viewport: { height: 900, width: 1280 },
+      },
+      async ({ page }) => {
+        const gateway = await installMockGateway(page);
+        await page.goto(`${suite.server.baseUrl}chat`);
+
+        const composer = page.locator(".agent-chat__composer-combobox textarea");
+        await composer.waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+        await composer.evaluate((element, text) => {
+          const clipboard = new DataTransfer();
+          clipboard.setData("text/plain", text);
+          element.dispatchEvent(
+            new ClipboardEvent("paste", {
+              bubbles: true,
+              cancelable: true,
+              clipboardData: clipboard,
+            }),
+          );
+        }, pastedText);
+
+        const showInTextField = page.getByRole("button", {
+          name: "Show in text field",
+          exact: true,
+        });
+        await showInTextField.waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+        expect((await showInTextField.textContent())?.trim()).toBe("Show in text field");
+
+        await showInTextField.click();
+
+        await expect.poll(() => page.locator(".chat-attachment-thumb").count()).toBe(0);
+        await expect.poll(() => composer.inputValue()).toBe(pastedText);
+        expect(await gateway.getRequests("chat.send")).toHaveLength(0);
+      },
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/src/i18n/locales/en.ts b/ui/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
index 33845a8b3559..4428cb2c5daa 100644
--- a/ui/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/ui/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -5151,6 +5151,7 @@ export const en: TranslationMap = {
     },
     attachments: {
       attachedFile: "Attached file",
+      showInTextField: "Show in text field",
       outsideAllowedFolders: "Outside allowed folders",
       unavailable: "Unavailable",
       checking: "Checking...",
diff --git a/ui/src/pages/chat/chat-view.test.ts b/ui/src/pages/chat/chat-view.test.ts
index a989fe91aefe..08afdaec19aa 100644
--- a/ui/src/pages/chat/chat-view.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/pages/chat/chat-view.test.ts
@@ -4408,8 +4408,8 @@ describe("chat attachment picker", () => {
     expect(container.querySelector(".chat-attachment-file__name")?.textContent).toContain(
       "First words from a l...",
     );
-    expect(container.querySelector(".chat-attachment-text-action")?.textContent).toContain(
-      "Restore",
+    expect(container.querySelector(".chat-attachment-text-action")?.textContent?.trim()).toBe(
+      "Show in text field",
     );
   });
 
@@ -4441,7 +4441,7 @@ describe("chat attachment picker", () => {
     expect(onAttachmentsChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("moves a pasted text attachment back into the composer", async () => {
+  it("shows a pasted text attachment in the composer text field", async () => {
     const onAttachmentsChange = vi.fn();
     const firstRender = renderChatView({ onAttachmentsChange });
     const textarea = getComposerTextarea(firstRender);
@@ -4467,13 +4467,13 @@ describe("chat attachment picker", () => {
       }),
       'renderChatView({ attachments: [attachment], draft: "intro", getDraft:... test invariant',
     );
-    const showButton = requireElement(
+    const showInTextFieldButton = requireElement(
       preview,
-      '[aria-label="Restore"]',
-      "show pasted text button",
+      '[aria-label="Show in text field"]',
+      "show pasted text in text field button",
     ) as HTMLButtonElement;
 
-    showButton.click();
+    showInTextFieldButton.click();
 
     expect(onShowAttachmentsChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith([]);
     expect(onDraftChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`intro\n\n${pastedText}`);
diff --git a/ui/src/pages/chat/components/chat-attachments.ts b/ui/src/pages/chat/components/chat-attachments.ts
index 53eb74807f9e..cb1e9ac3dbbe 100644
--- a/ui/src/pages/chat/components/chat-attachments.ts
+++ b/ui/src/pages/chat/components/chat-attachments.ts
@@ -550,11 +550,11 @@ export function renderAttachmentPreview(props: ChatAttachmentControlsProps) {
                         <button
                           class="chat-attachment-text-action"
                           type="button"
-                          aria-label=${t("worktrees.restore")}
+                          aria-label=${t("chat.attachments.showInTextField")}
                           ?disabled=${props.disabled}
                           @click=${() => showPastedTextInComposer(att, props)}
                         >
-                          ${t("worktrees.restore")}
+                          ${t("chat.attachments.showInTextField")}
                           <span aria-hidden="true">${icons.chevronRight}</span>
                         </button>
                       </span>