diff --git a/packages/tui/src/component/dialog-model.tsx b/packages/tui/src/component/dialog-model.tsx
index 7ae17d5f46d3..0b085cc16e02 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/component/dialog-model.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/component/dialog-model.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import { createMemo, createSignal } from "solid-js"
+import type { ModelInfo } from "@opencode/client"
+import { createMemo, createSignal, For } from "solid-js"
 import { useLocal } from "../context/local"
+import { useTheme } from "../context/theme"
 import { DialogSelect } from "../ui/dialog-select"
 import { useDialog } from "../ui/dialog"
 import { DialogIntegration } from "./dialog-integration"
@@ -17,8 +19,19 @@ export function DialogModel(props: { providerID?: string }) {
   const data = useData()
   const dialog = useDialog()
   const location = useLocation()
+  const theme = useTheme().surface("dialog")
   const [query, setQuery] = createSignal("")
-  const favoritePriority = new Set(local.model.favorite().map(modelPreferenceKey))
+  // Under new designs, favoriting does not reorder the list until the dialog is reopened.
+  const favoritesAtOpen = [...local.model.favorite()]
+  const favoritePriority = new Set(favoritesAtOpen.map(modelPreferenceKey))
+  const isFavorite = (value: { providerID: string; modelID: string } | undefined) =>
+    value !== undefined &&
+    local.model.favorite().some((item) => item.providerID === value.providerID && item.modelID === value.modelID)
+  // A styled span keeps its color on the highlighted row, where plain trailing text turns secondary.
+  const trailing = (model: ModelInfo, favorite: boolean) => {
+    if (newDesigns() && favorite) return <span style={{ fg: theme.text.formfield.selected }}>*</span>
+    return free(model) ? "Free" : undefined
+  }
 
   const connected = useConnected()
   const providers = createMemo(
@@ -31,7 +44,7 @@ export function DialogModel(props: { providerID?: string }) {
   const options = createMemo(() => {
     const needle = query().trim()
     const showSections = showExtra() && needle.length === 0
-    const favorites = connected() ? local.model.favorite() : []
+    const favorites = connected() ? (newDesigns() ? favoritesAtOpen : local.model.favorite()) : []
     const recents = local.model.recent()
 
     function toOptions(items: typeof favorites, category: string) {
@@ -48,7 +61,8 @@ export function DialogModel(props: { providerID?: string }) {
             releaseDate: model.time.released,
             description: provider?.name ?? model.providerID,
             category,
-            footer: free(model) ? "Free" : undefined,
+            footer: trailing(model, isFavorite(item)),
+            detail: newDesigns() ? () => <ModelDetail model={model} /> : undefined,
             onSelect: () => {
               onSelect(model.providerID, model.id)
             },
@@ -71,17 +85,19 @@ export function DialogModel(props: { providerID?: string }) {
         .filter((model) => (props.providerID ? model.providerID === props.providerID : true))
         .map((model) => {
           const provider = providers().get(model.providerID)
-          const key = modelPreferenceKey({ providerID: model.providerID, modelID: model.id })
-          const favorite = favorites.some((item) => modelPreferenceKey(item) === key)
+          const value = { providerID: model.providerID, modelID: model.id }
+          const favorite = isFavorite(value)
           return {
-            value: { providerID: model.providerID, modelID: model.id },
+            value,
             providerID: model.providerID,
             providerName: provider?.name ?? model.providerID,
             title: model.name,
             releaseDate: model.time.released,
-            description: favorite ? "(Favorite)" : undefined,
+            description: newDesigns() ? undefined : favorite ? "(Favorite)" : undefined,
             category: connected() ? (provider?.name ?? model.providerID) : undefined,
-            footer: free(model) ? "Free" : undefined,
+            footer: trailing(model, favorite),
+            free: free(model),
+            detail: newDesigns() ? () => <ModelDetail model={model} /> : undefined,
             onSelect() {
               onSelect(model.providerID, model.id)
             },
@@ -105,13 +121,17 @@ export function DialogModel(props: { providerID?: string }) {
     )
 
     if (needle) {
-      return prioritizeFavorites(
+      const results = prioritizeFavorites(
         sortModelOptions(
           fuzzysort.go(needle, modelOptions, { keys: ["title", "category"] }).map((item) => item.obj),
           false,
         ),
         favoritePriority,
       )
+      // Search results name the provider inline. Without a category, the trailing slot keeps the favorite marker
+      // instead of falling back to the provider name.
+      if (!newDesigns()) return results
+      return results.map((option) => ({ ...option, description: option.providerName, category: undefined }))
     }
 
     return [...favoriteOptions, ...recentOptions, ...modelOptions]
@@ -166,7 +186,7 @@ export function DialogModel(props: { providerID?: string }) {
         },
         {
           command: "model.dialog.favorite",
-          title: newDesigns() ? "favorite" : "Favorite",
+          title: newDesigns() ? (option) => (isFavorite(option?.value) ? "unfavorite" : "favorite") : "Favorite",
           hidden: !connected(),
           onTrigger: (option) => {
             local.model.toggleFavorite(option.value as { providerID: string; modelID: string })
@@ -197,7 +217,7 @@ export function sortModelOptions<
   T extends {
     providerID?: string
     providerName?: string
-    footer?: string
+    free?: boolean
   },
 >(options: T[], grouped = true) {
   return options.toSorted((a, b) => {
@@ -210,10 +230,58 @@ export function sortModelOptions<
     const name = grouped ? (a.providerName ?? "").localeCompare(b.providerName ?? "") : 0
     if (name !== 0) return name
 
-    return Number(b.footer === "Free") - Number(a.footer === "Free")
+    return Number(b.free === true) - Number(a.free === true)
   })
 }
 
-function free(model: { cost: Array<{ input: number }> }) {
+function free(model: { cost: ReadonlyArray<{ input: number }> }) {
   return model.cost.length > 0 && model.cost.every((cost) => cost.input === 0)
 }
+
+/** Price, input modalities, context window and reasoning support for the selected model. */
+function ModelDetail(props: { model: ModelInfo }) {
+  const theme = useTheme().surface("dialog")
+  const price = () => {
+    if (free(props.model)) return "Free"
+    const cost = props.model.cost[0]
+    if (!cost) return ""
+    return `$${dollars(cost.input)}/$${dollars(cost.output)}`
+  }
+  const facts = () => [
+    props.model.capabilities.input.map(modality).join(", "),
+    tokens(props.model.limit.context),
+    ...(props.model.variants.length > 0 ? ["Reasoning"] : []),
+  ]
+  return (
+    <box flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between" gap={2}>
+      <text fg={theme.text.faint} wrapMode="none">
+        {price()}
+      </text>
+      <text fg={theme.text.faint} wrapMode="none" flexShrink={0}>
+        <For each={facts().filter(Boolean)}>
+          {(fact, index) => (
+            <>
+              {index() > 0 && <span style={{ fg: theme.hue.neutral[400] }}> · </span>}
+              {fact}
+            </>
+          )}
+        </For>
+      </text>
+    </box>
+  )
+}
+
+function dollars(value: number) {
+  return String(Number(value.toFixed(2)))
+}
+
+function modality(value: string) {
+  if (value === "pdf") return "PDF"
+  return value.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + value.slice(1)
+}
+
+function tokens(value: number) {
+  if (value >= 1_000_000) return `${Number((value / 1_000_000).toFixed(1))}M`
+  if (value >= 1_000) return `${Math.round(value / 1_000)}K`
+  return String(value)
+}
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/ui/dialog-select.tsx b/packages/tui/src/ui/dialog-select.tsx
index c2d5c930b6b2..aa281020575b 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/ui/dialog-select.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/ui/dialog-select.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ export interface DialogSelectProps<T> {
 
 type DialogSelectActionBase<T> = {
   command: string
-  title: string
+  /** A function title follows the selected option, e.g. "favorite" / "unfavorite". */
+  title: string | ((option: DialogSelectOption<T> | undefined) => string)
   bind?: string
   /** Footer placement while the "new-designs" experiment is off. */
   side?: "left" | "right"
@@ -106,6 +107,11 @@ export interface DialogSelectOption<T = any> {
   fg?: RGBA
   gutter?: (color: RGBA) => JSX.Element
   margin?: JSX.Element
+  /**
+   * Shown below the list while this option is selected, under the "new-designs" experiment. A function is called
+   * each time the option becomes selected, because a rendered element cannot be shown again once it is removed.
+   */
+  detail?: string | (() => JSX.Element)
   onSelect?: (ctx: DialogContext) => void
 }
 
@@ -262,6 +268,14 @@ export function DialogSelect<T>(props: DialogSelectProps<T>) {
   }
 
   const selected = createMemo(() => flat()[store.selected])
+  const detailView = () => {
+    const detail = selected()?.detail
+    return typeof detail === "function" ? detail : undefined
+  }
+  const detailText = () => {
+    const detail = selected()?.detail
+    return typeof detail === "string" ? detail : undefined
+  }
 
   createEffect(
     on(
@@ -510,7 +524,8 @@ export function DialogSelect<T>(props: DialogSelectProps<T>) {
         },
         ...visible.map((item) => ({
           id: item.command,
-          title: item.title,
+          // Resolved without a selection so moving through the list does not rebuild the layer.
+          title: typeof item.title === "function" ? item.title(undefined) : item.title,
           group: "Dialog",
           bind: item.bind,
           run: () => trigger(item),
@@ -589,7 +604,7 @@ export function DialogSelect<T>(props: DialogSelectProps<T>) {
         side: item.side,
         group: item.group ?? (item.selection === "none" ? "secondary" : "primary"),
         action: {
-          title: item.title,
+          title: actionTitle(item),
           key: item.label,
           disabled: isActionDisabled(item),
           onTrigger: () => trigger(item),
@@ -613,6 +628,10 @@ export function DialogSelect<T>(props: DialogSelectProps<T>) {
     item.onTrigger(option)
   }
 
+  function actionTitle(item: Action) {
+    return typeof item.title === "function" ? item.title(selected()) : item.title
+  }
+
   function isActionItem(item: VisibleAction): item is Action & { label: string } {
     return "onTrigger" in item
   }
@@ -797,6 +816,22 @@ export function DialogSelect<T>(props: DialogSelectProps<T>) {
               <text fg={theme.text.faint}>{moreBelow() ? "…" : " "}</text>
             </box>
           </Show>
+          {/* Reserved whenever any option has a detail, so the dialog does not resize as the selection moves. */}
+          <Show when={newDesigns() && flat().some((option) => option.detail !== undefined)}>
+            <box paddingTop={1} paddingLeft={DIALOG_LIST_INSET} paddingRight={DIALOG_LIST_INSET} flexShrink={0}>
+              <Show
+                when={detailView()}
+                keyed
+                fallback={
+                  <text fg={theme.text.faint} wrapMode="word">
+                    {detailText() || " "}
+                  </text>
+                }
+              >
+                {(render) => render()}
+              </Show>
+            </box>
+          </Show>
         </Show>
       </DialogBleed>
     </DialogLayout>
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/cli/cmd/tui/model-options.test.ts b/packages/tui/test/cli/cmd/tui/model-options.test.ts
index 5a672ed5fa4e..b63fcb6c9733 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/cli/cmd/tui/model-options.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/test/cli/cmd/tui/model-options.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe("sortModelOptions", () => {
     const options = [
       { providerID: "anthropic", title: "Claude Haiku 4.5" },
       { providerID: "opencode", title: "Claude Haiku 3" },
-      { providerID: "anthropic", title: "Claude Haiku Free", footer: "Free" },
+      { providerID: "anthropic", title: "Claude Haiku Free", free: true },
     ].map((item) => ({ ...item, providerID: mode === "provider" ? "anthropic" : item.providerID }))
     const matches = mode === "search" ? go("haik", options, { key: "title" }).map((item) => item.obj) : options
     const titles = sortModelOptions(matches, mode === "provider").map((item) => item.title)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe("sortModelOptions", () => {
     const sorted = sortModelOptions(
       [
         { providerID: "opencode-go", title: "Go model" },
-        { providerID: "opencode", title: "Free Zen model", footer: "Free" },
+        { providerID: "opencode", title: "Free Zen model", free: true },
         { providerID: "anthropic", title: "Anthropic model" },
       ],
       false,
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ describe("sortModelOptions", () => {
       providerName: "OpenCode Zen",
       releaseDate: index === 0 ? 1000 : 5000 - index,
       title,
-      footer: "Free",
+      free: true,
     }))
 
     expect(sortModelOptions(options, false).map((model) => model.title)).toEqual(serverOrder)