diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
index d6394b6d..aac9c3f2 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
@@ -688,8 +688,8 @@ const ToolHeaderComponent = ({
 
 	const [isExpanded, setIsExpanded] = useState(false);
 
-	const isDropdown = !!children
-	const isClickable = !!isDropdown || !!onClick
+	const isDropdown = children !== undefined // null ALLOWS dropdown
+	const isClickable = !!(isDropdown || onClick)
 
 	return (<div className=''>
 		<div className="border border-void-border-3 rounded px-2 py-1 bg-void-bg-2-alt overflow-hidden">
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ const ToolHeaderComponent = ({
 			<div
 				className={`select-none flex items-center min-h-[24px] ${isClickable ? 'cursor-pointer hover:brightness-125 transition-all duration-150' : ''} ${!isDropdown ? 'mx-1' : ''}`}
 				onClick={() => {
-					if (children) { setIsExpanded(v => !v); }
+					if (isDropdown) { setIsExpanded(v => !v); }
 					if (onClick) { onClick(); }
 				}}
 			>
@@ -726,12 +726,12 @@ const ToolHeaderComponent = ({
 				</div>
 			</div>
 			{/* children */}
-			{children && <div
+			{<div
 				// the py-1 here makes sure all elements in the container have py-2 total. this makes a nice animation effect during transition.
 				className={`overflow-hidden transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out ${isExpanded ? 'opacity-100 py-1' : 'max-h-0 opacity-0'}`}
 			>
 				<div className="text-void-fg-4 px-2 py-1 bg-black bg-opacity-20 border border-void-border-4 border-opacity-50 rounded-sm">
-					{children}
+					{children || '(no results)'}
 				</div>
 			</div>}
 		</div>
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ const toolNameToComponent: { [T in ToolName]: {
 			if (toolMessage.result.type !== 'error') {
 				const { value, params } = toolMessage.result
 				componentParams.numResults = value.children?.length
-				componentParams.children = <>
+				componentParams.children = (value.children?.length ?? 0) === 0 ? null : <>
 					{value.children?.map((child, i) => (
 						<div
 							key={i}
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ const toolNameToComponent: { [T in ToolName]: {
 			if (toolMessage.result.type !== 'error') {
 				const { value, params } = toolMessage.result
 				componentParams.numResults = value.uris.length
-				componentParams.children = <>
+				componentParams.children = value.uris.length === 0 ? null : <>
 					{value.uris.map((uri, i) => (
 						<div
 							key={i}
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ const toolNameToComponent: { [T in ToolName]: {
 			if (toolMessage.result.type !== 'error') {
 				const { value, params } = toolMessage.result
 				componentParams.numResults = value.uris.length
-				componentParams.children = <>
+				componentParams.children = value.uris.length === 0 ? null : <>
 					{value.uris.map((uri, i) => (
 						<div key={i}
 							className="hover:brightness-125 hover:cursor-pointer transition-all duration-200 flex items-center flex-nowrap"