diff --git a/crates/sidebar/src/sidebar.rs b/crates/sidebar/src/sidebar.rs
index a2e0a50abc02b406a4fba5dd4ed2764295b14c34..6d7be34ab5314c963652f768b5f84ff1896c4a21 100644
--- a/crates/sidebar/src/sidebar.rs
+++ b/crates/sidebar/src/sidebar.rs
@@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ impl Sidebar {
         cx: &mut App,
     ) {
         workspace.update(cx, |workspace, cx| {
-            workspace.open_panel::<AgentPanel>(window, cx);
+            workspace.reveal_panel::<AgentPanel>(window, cx);
         });
 
         if let Some(agent_panel) = workspace.read(cx).panel::<AgentPanel>(cx) {
diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
index e7acf3615e11015eddb2287b67c7edddfbddd622..fe100182ca032e48d569d8a055bb4fa5fd7643d7 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
@@ -4187,6 +4187,17 @@ impl Workspace {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Open the panel of the given type, dismissing any zoomed items that
+    /// would obscure it (e.g. a zoomed terminal).
+    pub fn reveal_panel<T: Panel>(&mut self, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+        let dock_position = self.all_docks().iter().find_map(|dock| {
+            let dock = dock.read(cx);
+            dock.panel_index_for_type::<T>().map(|_| dock.position())
+        });
+        self.dismiss_zoomed_items_to_reveal(dock_position, window, cx);
+        self.open_panel::<T>(window, cx);
+    }
+
     pub fn close_panel<T: Panel>(&self, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
         for dock in self.all_docks().iter() {
             dock.update(cx, |dock, cx| {