diff --git a/org/dialog.org b/org/dialog.org
index 2b20cb4..789e257 100644
--- a/org/dialog.org
+++ b/org/dialog.org
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ subsystems. All public symbols are exported for user convenience.
    #:dialog-on-dismiss
    #:dialog-size
    #:dialog-size-pixels
-   #:render-dialog
-   #:push-dialog
+    #:render-dialog
+    #:render-select-minibuffer
+    #:push-dialog
    #:pop-dialog
    #:*dialog-stack*
    #:alert-dialog
@@ -172,6 +173,58 @@ Content is rendered via ~draw-text~ inside the panel area.
                    :white :default)))))
 #+END_SRC
 
+** render-select-minibuffer
+
+Renders a ~select~ widget as a bottom-anchored minibuffer panel at the
+given position. The panel fills a rectangular area, draws a separator
+line with the title at the top, the filtered options in the middle,
+and a filter input line (>= ~...~) at the bottom. ~colors~ is a plist
+with keys ~:bg-panel~, ~:separator~, ~:accent~, ~:text-muted~,
+~:agent-fg~, ~:input-fg~, ~:bg-input~, ~:input-prompt~.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ~/.local/share/cl-tty/src/components/dialog.lisp
+(defun render-select-minibuffer (be x y width height select title colors)
+  (let* ((filtered (select-filtered-options select))
+         (sel-idx (or (select-selected-index select) 0))
+         (filter (select-filter select))
+         (bg-p (getf colors :bg-panel))
+         (sep-c (getf colors :separator)))
+    (dotimes (r height)
+      (draw-rect be x (+ y r) width 1 :bg bg-p))
+    (draw-text be x y (make-string width :initial-element #\─) sep-c bg-p)
+    (draw-text be (1+ x) y title (getf colors :accent) bg-p)
+    (loop for item in filtered
+          for i from 1
+          for display-idx = (first item)
+          for option = (third item)
+          for opt-title = (getf option :title)
+          for cat = (getf option :category)
+          for sel-p = (eql display-idx sel-idx)
+          for row = (+ y i)
+          while (< row (+ y (min height (length filtered))))
+          do (cond
+               (sel-p
+                (draw-rect be (1+ x) row (1- width) 1
+                           :bg (getf colors :input-fg))
+                (draw-text be (1+ x) row
+                           (format nil "  >> ~a" opt-title)
+                           (getf colors :bg-input)
+                           (getf colors :input-fg)))
+               (cat
+                (draw-text be (1+ x) row
+                           (format nil "  ~a" opt-title)
+                           (getf colors :text-muted) bg-p))
+               (t
+                (draw-text be (1+ x) row
+                           (format nil "    ~a" opt-title)
+                           (getf colors :agent-fg) bg-p))))
+    (let ((filter-y (+ y (- height 3))))
+      (draw-rect be x filter-y width 1 :bg bg-p)
+      (draw-text be x filter-y
+                 (format nil "> ~a" (or filter ""))
+                 (getf colors :input-prompt) bg-p))))
+#+END_SRC
+
 ** push-dialog
 
 Pushes a dialog onto =*dialog-stack*=. Returns the dialog for chaining.
diff --git a/org/text-input.org b/org/text-input.org
index a244e69..f4c8c7b 100644
--- a/org/text-input.org
+++ b/org/text-input.org
@@ -459,17 +459,37 @@ and manual ~free-alien~ while keeping the GC from moving the buffer
 during the ~unix-read~ syscall.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ~/.local/share/cl-tty/src/components/input.lisp
+(defun get-input-fd ()
+  "Return a file descriptor suitable for reading terminal input.
+  Prefers fd 0 (stdin) if it's a TTY, otherwise opens /dev/tty.
+  Falls back to fd 0 if /dev/tty is not available."
+  (or (and (sb-unix:unix-isatty 0) 0)
+      (handler-case
+          (let ((fd (sb-unix:unix-open "/dev/tty" sb-unix:o_rdonly)))
+            (if (and fd (>= fd 0)) fd 0))
+        (error () 0))))
+
 (defun read-raw-byte (&key timeout)
   (let* ((buf (make-array 1 :element-type '(unsigned-byte 8)))
-         (fd 0)
+         (fd-stream (get-input-fd))
          (timeout-ms (when timeout (max 1 (round (* timeout 1000))))))
     (sb-sys:with-pinned-objects (buf)
       (let ((sap (sb-sys:vector-sap buf)))
         (if timeout-ms
-            (progn (sb-unix:unix-simple-poll fd :input timeout-ms)
-                   (let ((n (sb-unix:unix-read fd sap 1)))
-                     (if (= n 1) (aref buf 0) (values nil :eof))))
-            (let ((n (sb-unix:unix-read fd sap 1)))
+            (let ((poll-result (sb-unix:unix-simple-poll fd-stream :input timeout-ms)))
+              (if poll-result
+                  (let ((n (sb-unix:unix-read fd-stream sap 1)))
+                    (if (= n 1)
+                        (aref buf 0)
+                        ;; EOF on fd — try opening /dev/tty
+                        (let ((tty-fd (sb-unix:unix-open "/dev/tty" sb-unix:o_rdonly)))
+                          (if (and tty-fd (>= tty-fd 0))
+                              (let ((m (sb-unix:unix-read tty-fd sap 1)))
+                                (sb-unix:unix-close tty-fd)
+                                (if (= m 1) (aref buf 0) (values nil nil)))
+                              (values nil nil)))))
+                  (values nil nil)))
+            (let ((n (sb-unix:unix-read fd-stream sap 1)))
               (if (= n 1) (aref buf 0) (values nil :eof))))))))
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -1603,8 +1623,11 @@ key bindings.
                        (setf (text-input-value input) new-text
                              (text-input-cursor input) (or new-pos (length new-text)))
                        (mark-dirty input))))))
-        (otherwise (let ((ch (code-char (key-event-code event))))
-                     (when (and ch (graphic-char-p ch)) (text-input-insert input ch))))))))
+        (otherwise (let ((code (key-event-code event)))
+                     (when code
+                       (let ((ch (code-char code)))
+                         (when (and ch (graphic-char-p ch))
+                            (text-input-insert input ch))))))))))
 #+END_SRC
 
 ** Text input rendering