diff --git a/src/apps/ohos/entry/src/main/ets/utils/CommonUtils.ets b/src/apps/ohos/entry/src/main/ets/utils/CommonUtils.ets
index 7041dd7a95..8ef39c4f93 100644
--- a/src/apps/ohos/entry/src/main/ets/utils/CommonUtils.ets
+++ b/src/apps/ohos/entry/src/main/ets/utils/CommonUtils.ets
@@ -43,7 +43,21 @@ export class CommonUtils {
     try {
       hilog.info(0x0000, 'vnext', `open_file_dialog: multiple=${multiple}, mode=${selectMode}`);
       const documentOptions = new filePicker.DocumentSelectOptions;
-      documentOptions.defaultFilePathUri = 'file://docs/storage/Users/currentUser';
+      // Mirror reveal_in_explorer path→URI conversion so the picker opens at the
+      // caller-supplied path (e.g. the parent directory shown in NewProjectDialog)
+      // instead of the hardcoded default. Fallback keeps legacy behavior.
+      const defaultPathRaw: string = (opts.defaultPath ?? '').trim();
+      let defaultUri: string = 'file://docs/storage/Users/currentUser';
+      if (defaultPathRaw.length > 0) {
+        if (defaultPathRaw.startsWith('file://')) {
+          defaultUri = defaultPathRaw;
+        } else if (defaultPathRaw.startsWith('/data/storage/')) {
+          defaultUri = fileUri.getUriFromPath(defaultPathRaw);
+        } else {
+          defaultUri = 'file://docs' + defaultPathRaw;
+        }
+      }
+      documentOptions.defaultFilePathUri = defaultUri;
       documentOptions.selectMode = selectMode;
       documentOptions.maxSelectNumber = multiple ? 500 : 1;
 
@@ -185,4 +199,5 @@ interface PickerOptions {
   multiple?: boolean;
   directory?: boolean;
   filters?: PickerFilter[];
+  defaultPath?: string;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NavPanel/sections/workspaces/WorkspaceItem.tsx b/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NavPanel/sections/workspaces/WorkspaceItem.tsx
index 0b429d1cbf..8d84340ae3 100644
--- a/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NavPanel/sections/workspaces/WorkspaceItem.tsx
+++ b/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NavPanel/sections/workspaces/WorkspaceItem.tsx
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ interface WorkspaceItemProps {
   draggable?: boolean;
   isDragging?: boolean;
   onDragStart?: React.DragEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>;
+  onDrag?: React.DragEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>;
   onDragEnd?: React.DragEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>;
 }
 
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ const WorkspaceItem: React.FC<WorkspaceItemProps> = ({
   draggable = false,
   isDragging = false,
   onDragStart,
+  onDrag,
   onDragEnd,
 }) => {
   const { t } = useI18n('common');
@@ -142,7 +144,8 @@ const WorkspaceItem: React.FC<WorkspaceItemProps> = ({
   const [acpClientsLoading, setAcpClientsLoading] = useState(false);
   const menuRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const menuAnchorRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-  const menuPopoverRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const menuPopoverRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  const popoverResizeObserverRef = useRef<ResizeObserver | null>(null);
   const cardRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const [menuPosition, setMenuPosition] = useState<{ top: number; left: number } | null>(null);
   const isNamedAssistantWorkspace =
@@ -384,6 +387,26 @@ const WorkspaceItem: React.FC<WorkspaceItemProps> = ({
     requestAnimationFrame(apply);
   }, []);
 
+  // Callback ref for the menu popover. The popover only mounts once menuPosition
+  // is set (chicken-and-egg: menuPosition needs the popover's size), so a
+  // ResizeObserver created in the menuOpen effect would attach to a null ref.
+  // Attaching here ties the observer to the element's actual mount/unmount:
+  // on mount it fires once with the real size (fixing the stale initial height)
+  // and again whenever async content (ACP client rows, loading toggle, remote
+  // /git conditional rows, locale label width) changes the popover height.
+  const setMenuPopoverRef = useCallback((node: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
+    if (popoverResizeObserverRef.current) {
+      popoverResizeObserverRef.current.disconnect();
+      popoverResizeObserverRef.current = null;
+    }
+    menuPopoverRef.current = node;
+    if (node && typeof ResizeObserver !== 'undefined') {
+      const ro = new ResizeObserver(() => updateMenuPosition());
+      ro.observe(node);
+      popoverResizeObserverRef.current = ro;
+    }
+  }, [updateMenuPosition]);
+
   const handleMenuTriggerClick = useCallback(() => {
     const nextOpen = !menuOpen;
     setMenuOpen(nextOpen);
@@ -856,6 +879,7 @@ const WorkspaceItem: React.FC<WorkspaceItemProps> = ({
           className="bitfun-nav-panel__assistant-item-card"
           draggable={draggable}
           onDragStart={onDragStart}
+          onDrag={onDrag}
           onDragEnd={onDragEnd}
           onClick={() => { void handleCardNameClick(); }}
           style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}
@@ -886,7 +910,7 @@ const WorkspaceItem: React.FC<WorkspaceItemProps> = ({
               </span>
             </span>
           </button>
-          <Tooltip content={workspace.rootPath} placement="right" followCursor>
+          <Tooltip content={workspace.rootPath} placement="right" followCursor disabled={isDragging}>
             <button
               type="button"
               className="bitfun-nav-panel__assistant-item-name-btn"
@@ -932,7 +956,7 @@ const WorkspaceItem: React.FC<WorkspaceItemProps> = ({
 
             {menuOpen && menuPosition && createPortal(
               <div
-                ref={menuPopoverRef}
+                ref={setMenuPopoverRef}
                 className="bitfun-nav-panel__workspace-item-menu-popover"
                 role="menu"
                 style={{ top: `${menuPosition.top}px`, left: `${menuPosition.left}px` }}
@@ -1110,6 +1134,7 @@ const WorkspaceItem: React.FC<WorkspaceItemProps> = ({
         className="bitfun-nav-panel__workspace-item-card"
         draggable={draggable}
         onDragStart={onDragStart}
+        onDrag={onDrag}
         onDragEnd={onDragEnd}
         onClick={() => { void handleCardNameClick(); }}
         style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}
@@ -1143,7 +1168,7 @@ const WorkspaceItem: React.FC<WorkspaceItemProps> = ({
         <div className="bitfun-nav-panel__workspace-item-name-cluster">
           <div className="bitfun-nav-panel__workspace-item-name-stack">
             <div className="bitfun-nav-panel__workspace-item-name-row">
-              <Tooltip content={workspace.rootPath} placement="right" followCursor>
+              <Tooltip content={workspace.rootPath} placement="right" followCursor disabled={isDragging}>
                 <button
                   type="button"
                   className="bitfun-nav-panel__workspace-item-name-btn"
@@ -1315,7 +1340,7 @@ const WorkspaceItem: React.FC<WorkspaceItemProps> = ({
 
             {menuOpen && menuPosition && createPortal(
               <div
-                ref={menuPopoverRef}
+                ref={setMenuPopoverRef}
                 className="bitfun-nav-panel__workspace-item-menu-popover"
                 role="menu"
                 style={{ top: `${menuPosition.top}px`, left: `${menuPosition.left}px` }}
diff --git a/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NavPanel/sections/workspaces/WorkspaceListSection.scss b/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NavPanel/sections/workspaces/WorkspaceListSection.scss
index 841398bd3c..74c223d93e 100644
--- a/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NavPanel/sections/workspaces/WorkspaceListSection.scss
+++ b/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NavPanel/sections/workspaces/WorkspaceListSection.scss
@@ -105,6 +105,15 @@
       .bitfun-nav-panel__workspace-item-card {
         cursor: default;
       }
+
+      // Suppress focus outlines on children (icon/name/menu buttons) while
+      // dragging. The global :focus-visible ring around the icon, dimmed by the
+      // 0.42 opacity and baked into the native drag snapshot, reads as a thick
+      // whitish border around the icon. More specific than the global rule.
+      :focus,
+      :focus-visible {
+        outline: none;
+      }
     }
 
     &.is-active {
@@ -1037,6 +1046,14 @@
       .bitfun-nav-panel__assistant-item-card {
         cursor: default;
       }
+
+      // See the pro-mode &.is-dragging rule: suppress the focus-visible ring
+      // around the icon that, dimmed and snapshotted into the drag image, looks
+      // like a thick whitish border.
+      :focus,
+      :focus-visible {
+        outline: none;
+      }
     }
 
     &.is-active {
diff --git a/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NavPanel/sections/workspaces/WorkspaceListSection.tsx b/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NavPanel/sections/workspaces/WorkspaceListSection.tsx
index b4bd125de9..b24684c58a 100644
--- a/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NavPanel/sections/workspaces/WorkspaceListSection.tsx
+++ b/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NavPanel/sections/workspaces/WorkspaceListSection.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useI18n } from '@/infrastructure/i18n';
 import { useWorkspaceContext } from '@/infrastructure/contexts/WorkspaceContext';
 import { notificationService } from '@/shared/notification-system';
+import type { WorkspaceInfo } from '@/shared/types';
 import WorkspaceItem from './WorkspaceItem';
 import './WorkspaceListSection.scss';
 
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@ const WorkspaceListSection: React.FC<WorkspaceListSectionProps> = ({ variant })
   // Refs for values that must be read inside event handlers without stale closures
   const draggedWorkspaceIdRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
   const dropTargetRef = useRef<{ workspaceId: string; position: WorkspaceDragPosition } | null>(null);
+  // Custom drag preview (a regular DOM element following the cursor) + a 1x1
+  // transparent element used as the native drag image to hide the default ghost.
+  // The default ghost gets a white webview/OS halo that no CSS on the drag image
+  // can remove; rendering the preview as a normal DOM element avoids it.
+  const dragPreviewRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  const dragHideRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
 
   const workspaces = variant === 'assistants'
     ? assistantWorkspacesList
@@ -45,17 +52,73 @@ const WorkspaceListSection: React.FC<WorkspaceListSectionProps> = ({ variant })
     ? t('nav.workspaces.emptyAssistants')
     : t('nav.workspaces.emptyProjects');
 
-  const handleDragStart = useCallback((workspaceId: string) => (event: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
-    const payload: WorkspaceDragPayload = { workspaceId, variant };
+  const handleDragStart = useCallback((workspace: WorkspaceInfo) => (event: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    const payload: WorkspaceDragPayload = { workspaceId: workspace.id, variant };
     const serializedPayload = JSON.stringify(payload);
     event.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'move';
     event.dataTransfer.setData(WORKSPACE_DRAG_MIME_TYPE, serializedPayload);
     event.dataTransfer.setData('text/plain', serializedPayload);
-    draggedWorkspaceIdRef.current = workspaceId;
-    setDraggedWorkspaceId(workspaceId);
+    draggedWorkspaceIdRef.current = workspace.id;
+    setDraggedWorkspaceId(workspace.id);
+
+    // Hide the native drag ghost with a 1x1 fully-transparent element so the
+    // platform does not render the default item snapshot (which carries a white
+    // webview/OS halo no CSS on the drag image can remove).
+    const hideEl = document.createElement('div');
+    hideEl.style.width = '1px';
+    hideEl.style.height = '1px';
+    hideEl.style.position = 'absolute';
+    hideEl.style.top = '-1000px';
+    hideEl.style.background = 'transparent';
+    document.body.appendChild(hideEl);
+    dragHideRef.current = hideEl;
+    void hideEl.offsetWidth;
+    event.dataTransfer.setDragImage(hideEl, 0, 0);
+
+    // Render the visible drag preview as a regular DOM element following the
+    // cursor. Because it is NOT the native drag image, it has no platform halo,
+    // so rounded corners / borders are safe.
+    const label = variant === 'assistants'
+      ? (workspace.identity?.name?.trim() || workspace.name)
+      : workspace.name;
+    const preview = document.createElement('div');
+    preview.textContent = label;
+    preview.style.position = 'fixed';
+    preview.style.left = `${event.clientX + 12}px`;
+    preview.style.top = `${event.clientY + 8}px`;
+    preview.style.padding = '6px 10px';
+    preview.style.background = 'var(--color-bg-elevated)';
+    preview.style.color = 'var(--color-text-primary)';
+    preview.style.border = '1px solid var(--border-subtle)';
+    preview.style.borderRadius = '6px';
+    preview.style.fontSize = '12px';
+    preview.style.maxWidth = '240px';
+    preview.style.whiteSpace = 'nowrap';
+    preview.style.overflow = 'hidden';
+    preview.style.textOverflow = 'ellipsis';
+    preview.style.pointerEvents = 'none';
+    preview.style.zIndex = '10000';
+    preview.style.boxShadow = '0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3)';
+    document.body.appendChild(preview);
+    dragPreviewRef.current = preview;
   }, [variant]);
 
+  const handleDrag = useCallback((event: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    const preview = dragPreviewRef.current;
+    if (!preview) return;
+    preview.style.left = `${event.clientX + 12}px`;
+    preview.style.top = `${event.clientY + 8}px`;
+  }, []);
+
   const handleDragEnd = useCallback(() => {
+    if (dragPreviewRef.current && document.body.contains(dragPreviewRef.current)) {
+      document.body.removeChild(dragPreviewRef.current);
+    }
+    dragPreviewRef.current = null;
+    if (dragHideRef.current && document.body.contains(dragHideRef.current)) {
+      document.body.removeChild(dragHideRef.current);
+    }
+    dragHideRef.current = null;
     draggedWorkspaceIdRef.current = null;
     dropTargetRef.current = null;
     setDraggedWorkspaceId(null);
@@ -192,7 +255,8 @@ const WorkspaceListSection: React.FC<WorkspaceListSectionProps> = ({ variant })
               isSingle={openedWorkspacesList.length === 1}
               draggable={workspaces.length > 1}
               isDragging={draggedWorkspaceId === workspace.id}
-              onDragStart={handleDragStart(workspace.id)}
+              onDragStart={handleDragStart(workspace)}
+              onDrag={handleDrag}
               onDragEnd={handleDragEnd}
             />
             {dropTarget?.workspaceId === workspace.id && dropTarget.position === 'after' ? (
diff --git a/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NewProjectDialog/NewProjectDialog.scss b/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NewProjectDialog/NewProjectDialog.scss
index b3ee655b5b..982a3f0d54 100644
--- a/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NewProjectDialog/NewProjectDialog.scss
+++ b/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NewProjectDialog/NewProjectDialog.scss
@@ -125,28 +125,39 @@
   &__path-input {
     flex: 1;
     min-width: 0;
-    
-    input {
+
+    // Style the container (not the <input>) so the overlay background and dashed
+    // border fill the full width including the container's padding area. The
+    // base Input.scss sets `border: none !important` on the <input>, so a border
+    // on the <input> never applied; putting it on the container restores the
+    // dashed look the design intended. Fills in all themes; only the dark theme
+    // made the unfilled ends visible because the white-04 overlay is invisible
+    // on light backgrounds.
+    .bitfun-input-wrapper .bitfun-input-container {
       width: 100%;
-      cursor: default;
-      user-select: none;
-      font-size: 12px;
-      padding: 10px 12px;
       background: var(--color-overlay-white-04);
       border: 1px dashed var(--border-subtle);
       border-radius: 8px;
+      padding: 10px 12px;
+      transition: border-color 0.2s ease;
+
+      &:focus-within {
+        border-style: solid;
+        border-color: var(--border-base);
+        background: var(--color-overlay-white-04);
+      }
+    }
+
+    input {
+      cursor: default;
+      user-select: none;
+      font-size: 12px;
       color: var(--color-text-primary);
-      
+
       &::placeholder {
         color: var(--color-text-muted);
         font-size: 12px;
       }
-      
-      &:focus {
-        border-style: solid;
-        border-color: var(--border-base);
-        outline: none;
-      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -194,27 +205,32 @@
   // ==================== Project Name Input ====================
 
   &__name-input {
-    input {
+    // See &__path-input: style the container so the overlay background fills the
+    // full width and the border (here solid) renders as intended.
+    .bitfun-input-wrapper .bitfun-input-container {
       width: 100%;
-      font-size: 12px;
-      padding: 10px 12px;
       background: var(--color-overlay-white-04);
       border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle);
       border-radius: 8px;
+      padding: 10px 12px;
+      transition: border-color 0.2s ease, box-shadow 0.2s ease;
+
+      &:focus-within {
+        border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-accent-500) 45%, transparent);
+        box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-accent-500) 10%, transparent);
+        background: var(--color-overlay-white-04);
+      }
+    }
+
+    input {
+      font-size: 12px;
       color: var(--color-text-primary);
-      transition: all 0.2s ease;
-      
+
       &::placeholder {
         color: var(--color-text-muted);
         font-size: 12px;
       }
-      
-      &:focus {
-        border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-accent-500) 45%, transparent);
-        box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-accent-500) 10%, transparent);
-        outline: none;
-      }
-      
+
       &:disabled {
         opacity: 0.5;
         cursor: not-allowed;
diff --git a/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NewProjectDialog/NewProjectDialog.tsx b/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NewProjectDialog/NewProjectDialog.tsx
index 6ffabab8aa..4ce9a43429 100644
--- a/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NewProjectDialog/NewProjectDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/web-ui/src/app/components/NewProjectDialog/NewProjectDialog.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { createLogger } from '@/shared/utils/logger';
-import { Modal, Button, Input } from '@/component-library';
+import { Modal, Button, Input, Tooltip } from '@/component-library';
 import './NewProjectDialog.scss';
 import {workspaceAPI} from "@/infrastructure";
 import { notificationService } from '@/shared/notification-system';
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ export const NewProjectDialog: React.FC<NewProjectDialogProps> = ({
   // Open directory picker dialog
   const handleSelectParentPath = useCallback(async () => {
     try {
-      const selected = await workspaceAPI.open_oh_file_dialog({ directory: true });
+      const selected = await workspaceAPI.open_oh_file_dialog({
+        directory: true,
+        defaultPath: parentPath || defaultParentPath,
+      });
 
       if (selected && typeof selected === 'string') {
         setParentPath(selected);
@@ -139,12 +142,14 @@ export const NewProjectDialog: React.FC<NewProjectDialogProps> = ({
             </label>
             <div className="new-project-dialog__path-selector">
               <div className="new-project-dialog__path-input">
-                <Input
-                  type="text"
-                  value={parentPath}
-                  readOnly
-                  placeholder={t('newProject.parentDirectoryPlaceholder')}
-                />
+                <Tooltip content={parentPath} placement="right" followCursor disabled={!parentPath}>
+                  <Input
+                    type="text"
+                    value={parentPath}
+                    readOnly
+                    placeholder={t('newProject.parentDirectoryPlaceholder')}
+                  />
+                </Tooltip>
               </div>
               <Button
                 type="button"
@@ -170,6 +175,12 @@ export const NewProjectDialog: React.FC<NewProjectDialogProps> = ({
                 type="text"
                 value={projectName}
                 onChange={handleProjectNameChange}
+                onKeyDown={(e) => {
+                  if (e.key === 'Enter' && !isCreating) {
+                    e.preventDefault();
+                    void handleConfirm();
+                  }
+                }}
                 placeholder={t('newProject.projectNamePlaceholder')}
                 disabled={isCreating}
                 autoFocus
@@ -185,7 +196,9 @@ export const NewProjectDialog: React.FC<NewProjectDialogProps> = ({
               </div>
               <div className="new-project-dialog__preview-content">
                 <span className="new-project-dialog__preview-label">{t('newProject.fullPath')}</span>
-                <span className="new-project-dialog__preview-path">{fullPath}</span>
+                <Tooltip content={fullPath} placement="right" followCursor>
+                  <span className="new-project-dialog__preview-path">{fullPath}</span>
+                </Tooltip>
               </div>
             </div>
           )}
diff --git a/src/web-ui/src/infrastructure/api/service-api/WorkspaceAPI.ts b/src/web-ui/src/infrastructure/api/service-api/WorkspaceAPI.ts
index 031538db74..60468e5d04 100644
--- a/src/web-ui/src/infrastructure/api/service-api/WorkspaceAPI.ts
+++ b/src/web-ui/src/infrastructure/api/service-api/WorkspaceAPI.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export interface OhOpenDialogOptions {
   multiple?: boolean;
   directory?: boolean;
   filters?: OhDialogFilter[];
+  defaultPath?: string;
 }
 
 const FILE_SEARCH_PROGRESS_EVENT = 'file-search://progress';