diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/chatListRenderer.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/chatListRenderer.ts
index 37ffbe74bdc..11b6a131552 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/chatListRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/chatListRenderer.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import 'vs/css!./chatListRenderer';
 import * as dom from 'vs/base/browser/dom';
 import { IActionViewItemOptions } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionViewItems';
 import { AriaRole } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/aria/aria';
@@ -969,9 +968,6 @@ class TreePool extends Disposable {
 		const resourceLabels = this.instantiationService.createInstance(ResourceLabels, { onDidChangeVisibility: this._onDidChangeVisibility });
 
 		const container = $('.interactive-response-progress-tree');
-		container.style.margin = '16px 0px';
-		container.style.borderRadius = '4px';
-		container.style.border = '1px solid var(--vscode-input-border, transparent)';
 		createFileIconThemableTreeContainerScope(container, this.themeService);
 
 		const tree = <WorkbenchCompressibleAsyncDataTree<IChatResponseProgressFileTreeData, IChatResponseProgressFileTreeData>>this.instantiationService.createInstance(
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/media/chat.css b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/media/chat.css
index 8b843fa5da9..a67ffb6896b 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/media/chat.css
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/media/chat.css
@@ -428,3 +428,17 @@
 }
 
 /* #endregion */
+
+.interactive-response-progress-tree .monaco-tl-row:hover {
+	background-color: var(--vscode-list-hoverBackground);
+}
+
+.interactive-response-progress-tree {
+	margin: 16px 0px;
+	border-radius: 4px;
+	border: 1px solid var(--vscode-input-border, transparent);
+}
+
+.interactive-response-progress-tree.focused {
+	border-color: var(--vscode-focusBorder, transparent);
+}