diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal/TerminalPane.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal/TerminalPane.tsx
index 7aa8a088..157b3c94 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal/TerminalPane.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal/TerminalPane.tsx
@@ -1079,8 +1079,14 @@ export function TerminalPane(): React.ReactNode {
             return (
               <div
                 key={agentKey}
-                className="absolute inset-0"
-                style={{ display: active ? 'block' : 'none' }}
+                className="absolute inset-0 transition-opacity duration-150 ease-out"
+                style={{
+                  opacity: active ? 1 : 0,
+                  visibility: active ? 'visible' : 'hidden',
+                  pointerEvents: active ? 'auto' : 'none'
+                }}
+                aria-hidden={!active}
+                inert={!active}
               >
                 <TerminalProject
                   agent={agent}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hooks/use-terminal.ts b/src/renderer/src/hooks/use-terminal.ts
index 5658bb0e..1803d3ed 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/hooks/use-terminal.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hooks/use-terminal.ts
@@ -354,8 +354,13 @@ export function useTerminal(
         theme: getXtermTheme(theme),
         fontFamily: "'JetBrains Mono', 'Fira Code', 'SF Mono', Menlo, monospace",
         fontSize: 13,
-        lineHeight: 1,
+        lineHeight: 1.2,
+        letterSpacing: 0.5,
         cursorBlink: true,
+        cursorStyle: 'bar',
+        scrollback: 3000,
+        fastScrollModifier: 'alt',
+        macOptionIsMeta: false,
         allowProposedApi: true
       })