diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/components/ask-dialog.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/components/ask-dialog.ts
index ffb042a9b..bf4253b3b 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/components/ask-dialog.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/components/ask-dialog.ts
@@ -317,14 +317,12 @@ function renderRowLabel(
 	const cursor = selected ? theme.fg("accent", `${theme.nav.cursor} `) : "  ";
 	const label = renderInlineMarkdown(rowItem.label, mdTheme, t => theme.fg(color, t));
 	const noteMarker = state.note && state.noteRowKey === rowItem.key ? theme.fg("success", "  ✎ note") : "";
-	// Wrap the label onto continuation lines indented under the marker so the
-	// cursor stays visually anchored and the full label stays readable (the
-	// body ScrollView carries vertical overflow). The note marker is reserved
-	// on the first line; the label wraps to the remaining width. The row()
-	// chrome (borders + insets) consumes 4 columns, so the label must fit
-	// `width - 4` or the outer fit() re-truncates it with an ellipsis.
+	// `width` is already the inner content width consumed by row(); when a
+	// scrollbar is needed, renderRows() calls this again with one less column.
+	// Keep the cursor, option marker, first wrapped label line, and optional
+	// note marker within that budget so the outer fit() never truncates them.
 	const noteWidth = noteMarker ? visibleWidth(noteMarker) : 0;
-	const labelWidth = Math.max(1, width - 4 - visibleWidth(cursor) - visibleWidth(marker) - noteWidth);
+	const labelWidth = Math.max(1, width - visibleWidth(cursor) - visibleWidth(marker) - noteWidth);
 	const wrappedLabel = wrapTextWithAnsi(label, labelWidth);
 	const indent = padding(visibleWidth(cursor) + visibleWidth(marker));
 	const lines = [`${cursor}${marker}${wrappedLabel[0] ?? ""}${noteMarker}`];
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/modes/components/ask-dialog.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/modes/components/ask-dialog.test.ts
index b547470ec..8d5851ed5 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/modes/components/ask-dialog.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/modes/components/ask-dialog.test.ts
@@ -1252,7 +1252,8 @@ describe("AskDialogComponent", () => {
 
 	it("wraps long option labels onto indented continuation lines instead of truncating", () => {
 		const onSubmit = vi.fn();
-		const longLabel = "This is a deliberately long option label ".repeat(4).trim();
+		const tail = "UNIQUE_TAIL_MARKER_8654";
+		const longLabel = `${"This is a deliberately long option label ".repeat(4)}${tail}`;
 		const questions: ExtensionAskDialogQuestion[] = [
 			{
 				id: "q1",
@@ -1268,8 +1269,8 @@ describe("AskDialogComponent", () => {
 		});
 
 		const output = render(component);
-		// The label tail must be present — no ellipsis truncation.
-		expect(output).toContain("deliberately long option label");
+		// The unique label tail must be present — no ellipsis truncation.
+		expect(output).toContain(tail);
 		expect(output).not.toContain("…");
 		// The first line carries the cursor glyph; continuation lines are
 		// indented under the marker so the cursor stays visually anchored.
@@ -1280,6 +1281,16 @@ describe("AskDialogComponent", () => {
 		expect(continuation).toMatch(/│ {3}/);
 	});
 
+	it("does not wrap an option label that fits the dialog content width", () => {
+		const component = new AskDialogComponent(
+			[{ id: "q1", question: "Pick one?", options: [{ label: "x".repeat(70) }] }],
+			{ onSubmit: vi.fn(), onCancel: vi.fn(), onPrompt: vi.fn() },
+		);
+
+		const output = render(component);
+		expect(output.split("\n").filter(line => line.includes("x"))).toHaveLength(1);
+	});
+
 	it("Other editor cancel returns to the option list without submitting", async () => {
 		const onPrompt = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(undefined));
 		const onSubmit = vi.fn();