diff --git a/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/chat_screen.dart b/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/chat_screen.dart
index a48026c..ec8a492 100644
--- a/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/chat_screen.dart
+++ b/apps/app_seeds/lib/ui/chat_screen.dart
@@ -386,8 +386,12 @@ class _ChatBody extends StatelessWidget {
       },
       child: Column(
         children: [
-          const _TrustBanner(),
-          const _RatingStrip(),
+          // Free the vertical space the trust/rating strips take while the
+          // keyboard is up: on short screens (e.g. landscape) their fixed height
+          // plus the composer would otherwise overflow the shrunken body. They
+          // reappear the moment the keyboard is dismissed.
+          const HideWhenKeyboardOpen(child: _TrustBanner()),
+          const HideWhenKeyboardOpen(child: _RatingStrip()),
           Expanded(
             child: ChatMessageList(
               peerName: peerName,
@@ -403,6 +407,21 @@ class _ChatBody extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
+/// Hides [child] while the on-screen keyboard is open. Used for the chat's
+/// secondary strips (trust, rating) so their fixed height doesn't push the
+/// composer off a short screen when the keyboard steals vertical space.
+class HideWhenKeyboardOpen extends StatelessWidget {
+  const HideWhenKeyboardOpen({required this.child, super.key});
+
+  final Widget child;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) =>
+      MediaQuery.viewInsetsOf(context).bottom > 0
+      ? const SizedBox.shrink()
+      : child;
+}
+
 /// The scrolling list of chat bubbles. Anchored at the bottom (chat
 /// convention): the newest message is always in view, and new arrivals show up
 /// in place instead of landing below the fold. Reads the [MessagesCubit] from
diff --git a/apps/app_seeds/test/ui/hide_when_keyboard_open_test.dart b/apps/app_seeds/test/ui/hide_when_keyboard_open_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1123d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app_seeds/test/ui/hide_when_keyboard_open_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:tane/ui/chat_screen.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  Widget host({required double keyboardInset}) => MediaQuery(
+    data: MediaQueryData(viewInsets: EdgeInsets.only(bottom: keyboardInset)),
+    child: const Directionality(
+      textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+      child: HideWhenKeyboardOpen(child: Text('banner')),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  testWidgets('shows its child when the keyboard is closed', (tester) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(host(keyboardInset: 0));
+    expect(find.text('banner'), findsOneWidget);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('hides its child when the keyboard is open', (tester) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(host(keyboardInset: 300));
+    expect(find.text('banner'), findsNothing);
+  });
+}