diff --git a/component/src/deepChat.ts b/component/src/deepChat.ts
index 4b6d393d5..17ef92d5d 100644
--- a/component/src/deepChat.ts
+++ b/component/src/deepChat.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {ServiceIO} from './services/serviceIO';
 import {Legacy} from './utils/legacy/legacy';
 import {TextInput} from './types/textInput';
 import {LoadHistory} from './types/history';
+import {FocusMode} from './types/focusMode';
 import {CustomStyle} from './types/styles';
 import {Response} from './types/response';
 import style from './deepChat.css?inline';
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ export class DeepChat extends InternalHTML {
   remarkable?: RemarkableOptions;
 
   @Property('boolean')
-  focusMode?: boolean;
+  focusMode?: FocusMode;
 
   getMessages: () => MessageContent[] = () => [];
 
diff --git a/component/src/types/focusMode.ts b/component/src/types/focusMode.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dea6b89a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/component/src/types/focusMode.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export type FocusModeFade = boolean | number;
+
+export type FocusMode = boolean | {isScroll?: boolean; fade?: FocusModeFade};
diff --git a/component/src/utils/element/elementUtils.ts b/component/src/utils/element/elementUtils.ts
index b97e2c9d9..a260d6705 100644
--- a/component/src/utils/element/elementUtils.ts
+++ b/component/src/utils/element/elementUtils.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ export class ElementUtils {
     return newElement;
   }
 
-  public static scrollToBottom(element: HTMLElement) {
-    element.scrollTop = element.scrollHeight;
+  public static scrollToBottom(element: HTMLElement, isAnimation = false) {
+    if (isAnimation) {
+      element.scrollTo({left: 0, top: element.scrollHeight, behavior: 'smooth'});
+    } else {
+      element.scrollTop = element.scrollHeight;
+    }
   }
 
   public static scrollToTop(element: HTMLElement) {
diff --git a/component/src/views/chat/input/buttons/submit/submitButton.ts b/component/src/views/chat/input/buttons/submit/submitButton.ts
index 3e5dde645..26aab6cfa 100644
--- a/component/src/views/chat/input/buttons/submit/submitButton.ts
+++ b/component/src/views/chat/input/buttons/submit/submitButton.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {FileAttachmentsType} from '../../fileAttachments/fileAttachmentTypes/fil
 import {ValidationHandler} from '../../../../../types/validationHandler';
 import {CustomButtonInnerElements} from '../customButtonInnerElements';
 import {FileAttachments} from '../../fileAttachments/fileAttachments';
+import {FocusModeUtils} from '../../../messages/utils/focusModeUtils';
 import {SubmitButtonStyles} from '../../../../../types/submitButton';
 import {SpeechToText} from '../microphone/speechToText/speechToText';
 import {SUBMIT_ICON_STRING} from '../../../../../icons/submitIcon';
@@ -195,9 +196,12 @@ export class SubmitButton extends InputButton<Styles> {
   public async attemptSubmit(content: UserContentI, isProgrammatic = false) {
     if ((await this._validationHandler?.(isProgrammatic ? content : undefined)) === false) return;
     this.changeToLoadingIcon();
+    this._textInput.clear();
+    if (typeof this._messages.focusMode !== 'boolean' && this._messages.focusMode?.fade) {
+      await FocusModeUtils.fadeAnimation(this._messages.elementRef, this._messages.focusMode.fade);
+    }
     await this.addNewMessage(content);
     if (!this._serviceIO.isWebModel()) this._messages.addLoadingMessage();
-    this._textInput.clear();
     const filesData = content.files?.map((fileData) => fileData.file);
     const requestContents = {text: content.text === '' ? undefined : content.text, files: filesData};
     await this._serviceIO.callAPI(requestContents, this._messages);
diff --git a/component/src/views/chat/messages/messagesBase.ts b/component/src/views/chat/messages/messagesBase.ts
index 122dc0fc4..60dc1c819 100644
--- a/component/src/views/chat/messages/messagesBase.ts
+++ b/component/src/views/chat/messages/messagesBase.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ import {FireEvents} from '../../../utils/events/fireEvents';
 import {RemarkableOptions} from '../../../types/remarkable';
 import {LoadingHistory} from './history/loadingHistory';
 import {HTMLClassUtilities} from '../../../types/html';
+import {FocusModeUtils} from './utils/focusModeUtils';
 import {IntroPanel} from '../introPanel/introPanel';
 import {Legacy} from '../../../utils/legacy/legacy';
+import {FocusMode} from '../../../types/focusMode';
 import {MessageUtils} from './utils/messageUtils';
 import {Response} from '../../../types/response';
 import {Avatars} from '../../../types/avatars';
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ export class MessagesBase {
   textToSpeech?: ProcessedTextToSpeechConfig;
   submitUserMessage?: (content: UserContent) => void;
   readonly elementRef: HTMLElement;
-  readonly focusMode: boolean;
+  readonly focusMode?: FocusMode;
   readonly messageStyles?: MessageStyles;
   readonly htmlClassUtilities: HTMLClassUtilities = {};
   readonly messageToElements: MessageToElements = [];
@@ -48,7 +50,10 @@ export class MessagesBase {
     this._names = deepChat.names;
     this._onMessage = FireEvents.onMessage.bind(this, deepChat);
     if (deepChat.htmlClassUtilities) this.htmlClassUtilities = deepChat.htmlClassUtilities;
-    this.focusMode = !!deepChat.focusMode;
+    this.focusMode = deepChat.focusMode;
+    if (typeof this.focusMode !== 'boolean' && this.focusMode?.fade) {
+      FocusModeUtils.setFade(this.elementRef, this.focusMode.fade);
+    }
     setTimeout(() => {
       this.submitUserMessage = deepChat.submitUserMessage; // wait for it to be available in input.ts
     });
@@ -99,7 +104,9 @@ export class MessagesBase {
     const messageElements = this.createNewMessageElement(text, role);
     this.appendOuterContainerElemet(messageElements.outerContainer);
     if (role === 'user') {
-      setTimeout(() => ElementUtils.scrollToBottom(this.elementRef)); // timeout neeed when bubble font is large
+      const isAnimation = typeof this.focusMode !== 'boolean' && this.focusMode?.isScroll;
+      // timeout neeed when bubble font is large
+      setTimeout(() => ElementUtils.scrollToBottom(this.elementRef, isAnimation));
     } else {
       // prevents a browser bug where a long response from AI would sometimes scroll down
       this.messageElementRefs[this.messageElementRefs.length - 2]?.outerContainer.scrollIntoView();
diff --git a/component/src/views/chat/messages/utils/focusModeUtils.ts b/component/src/views/chat/messages/utils/focusModeUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89160d96a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/component/src/views/chat/messages/utils/focusModeUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import {FocusModeFade} from '../../../../types/focusMode';
+
+export class FocusModeUtils {
+  private static readonly DEFAULT_FADE_MS = 500;
+
+  public static setFade(elementRef: HTMLElement, fade: FocusModeFade) {
+    elementRef.style.transitionDuration = typeof fade === 'number' ? `${fade}ms` : `${FocusModeUtils.DEFAULT_FADE_MS}ms`;
+  }
+
+  public static async fadeAnimation(elementRef: HTMLElement, fade: FocusModeFade) {
+    elementRef.style.opacity = '0';
+    const timeoutMS = typeof fade === 'number' ? fade : FocusModeUtils.DEFAULT_FADE_MS;
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      setTimeout(() => resolve(), timeoutMS);
+    });
+    elementRef.style.opacity = '1';
+  }
+}