diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
index 80171c2..46eb6a4 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
@@ -211,6 +211,20 @@ struct NewChatAffordance: ViewModifier {
                             .padding(.horizontal, 12)
                             .padding(.bottom, 8)
                             .transition(.move(edge: .bottom).combined(with: .opacity))
+                            // A deliberate swipe down dismisses the bar (drops the keyboard first),
+                            // the gestural twin of tapping the scrim. minimumDistance keeps taps on
+                            // the field / menus / send button working; the vertical-dominant check
+                            // ignores horizontal drags (e.g. moving the text cursor).
+                            .gesture(
+                                DragGesture(minimumDistance: 20)
+                                    .onEnded { value in
+                                        if value.translation.height > 60,
+                                           value.translation.height > abs(value.translation.width) {
+                                            draftFocused = false
+                                            isPresented = false
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                            )
                     }
                 }
             }