diff --git a/components/ChatInput.test.mjs b/components/ChatInput.test.mjs
index 062aaf7424..509566b1af 100644
--- a/components/ChatInput.test.mjs
+++ b/components/ChatInput.test.mjs
@@ -400,7 +400,44 @@ test("renders the compact composer with the standard Send button and no session
   assert.match(html, /<textarea/);
   assert.match(html, />Send<\/button>/);
   assert.equal((html.match(/<button\b/g) ?? []).length, 1);
-  assert.doesNotMatch(html, /type="file"|Attach image|Change tool preset/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(html, /type="file"|Attach files|Change tool preset/);
+});
+
+test("the attach button takes any file when the chat handles them, and images only otherwise (#1101)", () => {
+  const render = (props) => renderToStaticMarkup(
+    React.createElement(I18nProvider, null, React.createElement(ChatInput, {
+      onSend() {}, onAbort() {}, isStreaming: false, ...props,
+    })),
+  );
+  const fileInput = (html) => html.match(/<input[^>]*type="file"[^>]*>/)?.[0] ?? "";
+
+  const html = render({ onAttachFiles() {} });
+  assert.match(html, /title="Attach files"/);
+  assert.match(fileInput(html), /multiple=""/);
+  // No accept list and no capture: phones offer files, the photo library and the camera.
+  assert.doesNotMatch(fileInput(html), /accept=|capture=/);
+
+  assert.match(fileInput(render({})), /accept="image\/\*"/);
+});
+
+test("picked files go to the chat's attach handler, or attach as images without one (#1101)", () => {
+  const photo = new File(["x"], "photo.png", { type: "image/png" });
+  const report = new File(["x"], "report.pdf", { type: "application/pdf" });
+  const pick = (context) => {
+    const calls = { attached: [], images: [] };
+    const target = { files: [photo, report], value: "C:\\fakepath\\photo.png" };
+    chatInputCallback("handleFilePick", {
+      processImageFiles: (files) => calls.images.push([...files]),
+      ...context(calls),
+    })({ target });
+    return { ...calls, value: target.value };
+  };
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    pick((calls) => ({ onAttachFiles: (files) => calls.attached.push([...files]) })),
+    { attached: [[photo, report]], images: [], value: "" },
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(pick(() => ({ onAttachFiles: undefined })), { attached: [], images: [[photo, report]], value: "" });
 });
 
 test("shows and locks the optimistic model while a switch is pending", () => {
diff --git a/components/ChatInput.tsx b/components/ChatInput.tsx
index 2f175d3453..6e8ccd5103 100644
--- a/components/ChatInput.tsx
+++ b/components/ChatInput.tsx
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ interface Props {
   draftKey?: string;
   /** Session working directory — enables the @ file autocomplete menu */
   cwd?: string | null;
+  /** Files picked with the attach button, handled like files dropped onto the chat. Without it the button takes images only. */
+  onAttachFiles?: (files: File[]) => void;
 }
 
 export interface ChatInputHandle {
@@ -643,6 +645,7 @@ export const ChatInput = forwardRef<ChatInputHandle, Props>(function ChatInput({
   onPromptWithStreamingBehavior,
   draftKey,
   cwd,
+  onAttachFiles,
   compact = false,
 }: Props, ref) {
   const { t } = useI18n();
@@ -906,6 +909,14 @@ export const ChatInput = forwardRef<ChatInputHandle, Props>(function ChatInput({
     }
   }, [compact]);
 
+  const handleFilePick = useCallback((e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    const files = Array.from(e.target.files ?? []);
+    // Clearing the value lets the same file be picked again.
+    e.target.value = "";
+    if (onAttachFiles) onAttachFiles(files);
+    else processImageFiles(files);
+  }, [onAttachFiles, processImageFiles]);
+
   const removeImage = useCallback((index: number) => {
     setAttachedImages((prev) => {
       const next = [...prev];
@@ -1685,18 +1696,14 @@ export const ChatInput = forwardRef<ChatInputHandle, Props>(function ChatInput({
         transition: "opacity 0.15s",
       }}
     >
-      {/* Hidden file input */}
+      {/* Hidden file input. No `capture`: phones still offer the photo library and camera. */}
       {!compact && <input
         ref={fileInputRef}
         type="file"
-        accept="image/*"
+        accept={onAttachFiles ? undefined : "image/*"}
         multiple
         style={{ display: "none" }}
-        onChange={(e) => {
-          const files = Array.from(e.target.files ?? []);
-          processImageFiles(files);
-          e.target.value = "";
-        }}
+        onChange={handleFilePick}
       />}
       <div style={{ maxWidth: "var(--chat-content-max-width, 820px)", margin: "0 auto" }}>
         <ModelErrorBanner error={modelError} />
@@ -2379,7 +2386,7 @@ export const ChatInput = forwardRef<ChatInputHandle, Props>(function ChatInput({
           <div style={{ flex: isMobile ? "1 1 auto" : "0 0 auto", minWidth: 0, display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: 2 }}>
             <button
               onClick={() => fileInputRef.current?.click()}
-             title={t("chat.attachImage")}
+             title={t("chat.attachFiles")}
               style={{
                 flexShrink: 0, display: "flex", alignItems: "center", justifyContent: "center",
                 width: 32, height: 32, padding: 0,
diff --git a/components/ChatWindow.attach-files.test.mjs b/components/ChatWindow.attach-files.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05617d8d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ChatWindow.attach-files.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import test from "node:test";
+import { Script } from "node:vm";
+import { createJiti } from "jiti";
+import ts from "typescript";
+
+const jiti = createJiti(import.meta.url);
+const { dropMentionText, splitDroppedItems } = await jiti.import("../lib/file-upload-client.ts");
+
+const sourceText = readFileSync(new URL("./ChatWindow.tsx", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+const source = ts.createSourceFile("ChatWindow.tsx", sourceText, ts.ScriptTarget.Latest, true, ts.ScriptKind.TSX);
+
+/** Runs one of ChatWindow's useCallback bodies against the given scope. */
+function chatWindowCallback(name, context) {
+  function findCallback(node) {
+    if (ts.isVariableDeclaration(node) && node.name.getText(source) === name) {
+      return node.initializer.arguments[0];
+    }
+    return ts.forEachChild(node, findCallback);
+  }
+  return new Script(ts.transpileModule(findCallback(source).getText(source), {
+    compilerOptions: { target: ts.ScriptTarget.ES2020 },
+  }).outputText).runInNewContext(context);
+}
+
+const photo = new File(["x"], "photo.png", { type: "image/png" });
+const report = new File(["x"], "report.pdf", { type: "application/pdf" });
+const log = new File(["x"], "server.log", { type: "" });
+
+/** Picks files with the composer's attach button, through ChatWindow's real drop path. */
+async function attach(files, { cwd = "/project", response } = {}) {
+  const calls = { images: [], uploads: [], mentions: [], notices: [], refreshed: 0 };
+  const scope = {
+    session: null,
+    newSessionCwd: cwd,
+    chatInputRef: {
+      current: {
+        addImages: (images) => calls.images.push(...images),
+        insertText: (text) => calls.mentions.push(text),
+      },
+    },
+    addNotice: (notice) => calls.notices.push([notice.type, notice.message]),
+    t: (key, vars) => (vars ? `${key} ${JSON.stringify(vars)}` : key),
+    onFilesUploaded: () => { calls.refreshed += 1; },
+    splitDroppedItems,
+    dropMentionText,
+    uploadFiles: async (target, uploads, strategy) => {
+      calls.uploads.push([target, uploads.map((file) => file.name), strategy]);
+      return response;
+    },
+  };
+  scope.uploadDroppedFiles = chatWindowCallback("uploadDroppedFiles", scope);
+  scope.onDrop = chatWindowCallback("onDrop", scope);
+  chatWindowCallback("onAttachFiles", scope)(files);
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+  return calls;
+}
+
+test("the attach button sends picked files down the chat drop path (#1101)", async () => {
+  const mixed = await attach([photo, report, log], {
+    response: { status: 207, data: { uploaded: ["report.pdf"], skipped: ["server.log"] } },
+  });
+  // Images attach to the prompt; the rest are uploaded like a drop: never replacing a file, then mentioned.
+  assert.deepEqual(mixed.images, [photo]);
+  assert.deepEqual(mixed.uploads, [["/project", ["report.pdf", "server.log"], "skip"]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(mixed.mentions, ["@report.pdf @server.log "]);
+  assert.deepEqual(mixed.notices, [
+    ["success", 'chat.dropUploaded {"count":1}'],
+    ["warning", 'chat.dropAlreadyExists {"names":"server.log"}'],
+  ]);
+  assert.equal(mixed.refreshed, 1);
+
+  const imagesOnly = await attach([photo]);
+  assert.deepEqual(imagesOnly.images, [photo]);
+  assert.deepEqual(imagesOnly.uploads, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(imagesOnly.notices, []);
+});
+
+test("without a working directory, picked files behave like a drop there (#1101)", async () => {
+  const calls = await attach([photo, report], { cwd: null });
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.images, [photo]);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.uploads, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.notices, [["warning", "chat.dropNeedsCwd"]]);
+});
+
+test("wires the attach handler into the main composer only", () => {
+  assert.match(sourceText, /cwd=\{session\?\.cwd \?\? newSessionCwd\}\s*onAttachFiles=\{onAttachFiles\}/);
+  assert.equal((sourceText.match(/onAttachFiles=/g) ?? []).length, 1);
+});
diff --git a/components/ChatWindow.tsx b/components/ChatWindow.tsx
index 09165f3105..96aeda2c74 100644
--- a/components/ChatWindow.tsx
+++ b/components/ChatWindow.tsx
@@ -728,7 +728,8 @@ export function ChatWindow({ session, searchTarget, onSearchTargetHandled, initi
 
   // Images attach to the prompt. Other files go through the file explorer's
   // upload into the working directory, never replacing a file already there,
-  // and come back as @mentions.
+  // and come back as @mentions. The composer's attach button takes the same
+  // path, for phones that cannot drop files.
   const uploadDroppedFiles = useCallback(async (files: File[]) => {
     const cwd = session?.cwd ?? newSessionCwd;
     if (!cwd) {
@@ -766,6 +767,10 @@ export function ChatWindow({ session, searchTarget, onSearchTargetHandled, initi
     if (files.length > 0) void uploadDroppedFiles(files);
   }, [addNotice, chatInputRef, t, uploadDroppedFiles]);
 
+  const onAttachFiles = useCallback((files: File[]) => {
+    onDrop(files.map((file) => ({ kind: "file", file })));
+  }, [onDrop]);
+
   const { isDragOver, handleDragEnter, handleDragOver, handleDragLeave, handleDrop } = useDragDrop(onDrop);
 
   const visibleMessages = messages.filter((m) => isMessageGroupAnchor(m) || m.role === "assistant");
@@ -955,6 +960,7 @@ export function ChatWindow({ session, searchTarget, onSearchTargetHandled, initi
       onAudioUnlock={unlockAudio}
       draftKey={session?.id ?? newSessionDraftKey ?? undefined}
       cwd={session?.cwd ?? newSessionCwd}
+      onAttachFiles={onAttachFiles}
     />
   );
 
diff --git a/docs/agents/files-and-access.md b/docs/agents/files-and-access.md
index aa08f2c019..9e23ae95d0 100644
--- a/docs/agents/files-and-access.md
+++ b/docs/agents/files-and-access.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 ## Uploads and chat drops
 - The explorer's Upload button and a non-image file dropped onto the chat share one client, `uploadFiles()` (`lib/file-upload-client.ts`), and the one endpoint, `POST /api/files/<cwd>?type=upload`; never add a second write path for drops. The explorer asks `upload-check` first and lets the user replace or skip; a chat drop goes straight to `conflict=skip`, so it never replaces a file. It then inserts `@name` for every file the response lists as uploaded *or* skipped (a skipped name is a file already there, often the very file dragged out of the project) and says in a notice that the mention points to the existing file.
 - Dropped images still attach to the prompt. Folders are left out with a notice: the endpoint writes flat file names only (`validateUploadFileNames()`), and the browser cannot tell where a dropped file lives on disk, so the copy always lands in the cwd root.
+- The composer's attach button (#1101, for phones that cannot drop) is a drop by another route: its file input has no `accept` list (and no `capture`, so phones still offer photos and the camera), and `ChatInput` hands the whole selection to ChatWindow's `onAttachFiles`, which calls the drop handler. Images attach, other files upload and get mentioned, with the same notices; keep one path for both. A `ChatInput` without `onAttachFiles` keeps `accept="image/*"`.
 
 ## Web password throttling
 - `lib/auth-throttle.ts` is deliberately global, not per-IP (its header says why). Failures double the delay (1 s → 60 s cap) for everyone; a success or 5 idle minutes resets it. The reset window must stay longer than the max delay, or waiting out one block restarts the burst.
diff --git a/lib/i18n/messages/en.ts b/lib/i18n/messages/en.ts
index e4a2a1f7ac..22e3aca382 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/messages/en.ts
+++ b/lib/i18n/messages/en.ts
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ export const enLocale: LocalePlugin = {
     "chat.quoteIntro": "About this passage:",
     "chat.quoteQuestion": "My question:",
     "chat.quoteForkFailed": "Unable to create a branch from this message.",
-    "chat.attachImage": "Attach image",
+    "chat.attachFiles": "Attach files",
     "chat.previewImage": "Preview image",
     "chat.filterModels": "Filter models…",
     "chat.noMatchingModels": "No matching models",
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ export const enLocale: LocalePlugin = {
     "chat.compacted": "Compacted",
     "chat.imageNotSupportedTitle": "Images may not be sent",
     "chat.imageNotSupportedBody": "The selected model ({model}) does not support image input. The attached images will likely be ignored.",
-    "chat.dropNeedsCwd": "Choose a working directory before dropping files.",
+    "chat.dropNeedsCwd": "Choose a working directory before adding files.",
     "chat.dropUploaded": "Copied {count} file(s) into the working directory",
     "chat.dropAlreadyExists": "Already in the working directory and not replaced; the mention points to the existing file: {names}",
     "chat.dropFoldersUnsupported": "Folders cannot be dropped here; drop the files inside instead: {names}",
diff --git a/lib/i18n/messages/zh-CN.ts b/lib/i18n/messages/zh-CN.ts
index c8f3f7e9db..6c9da543dd 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/messages/zh-CN.ts
+++ b/lib/i18n/messages/zh-CN.ts
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ export const zhCNLocale: LocalePlugin = {
     "chat.quoteIntro": "关于这段内容：",
     "chat.quoteQuestion": "我的问题是：",
     "chat.quoteForkFailed": "无法从这条消息创建分支。",
-    "chat.attachImage": "附加图片",
+    "chat.attachFiles": "附加文件",
     "chat.previewImage": "预览图片",
     "chat.filterModels": "筛选模型…",
     "chat.noMatchingModels": "没有匹配的模型",
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ export const zhCNLocale: LocalePlugin = {
     "chat.compacted": "已压缩",
     "chat.imageNotSupportedTitle": "图片可能无法发送",
     "chat.imageNotSupportedBody": "当前选择的模型（{model}）不支持图片输入，附加的图片可能会被忽略。",
-    "chat.dropNeedsCwd": "请先选择工作目录，再拖入文件。",
+    "chat.dropNeedsCwd": "请先选择工作目录，再添加文件。",
     "chat.dropUploaded": "已将 {count} 个文件复制到工作目录",
     "chat.dropAlreadyExists": "工作目录中已有同名文件，未覆盖，引用的是已有文件：{names}",
     "chat.dropFoldersUnsupported": "不支持拖入文件夹，请拖入其中的文件：{names}",
diff --git a/lib/i18n/messages/zh-TW.ts b/lib/i18n/messages/zh-TW.ts
index 392c45e297..4a2f1d9501 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/messages/zh-TW.ts
+++ b/lib/i18n/messages/zh-TW.ts
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ export const zhTWLocale: LocalePlugin = {
     "chat.quoteIntro": "關於這段內容：",
     "chat.quoteQuestion": "我的問題是：",
     "chat.quoteForkFailed": "無法從這則訊息建立分支。",
-    "chat.attachImage": "附加圖片",
+    "chat.attachFiles": "附加檔案",
     "chat.previewImage": "預覽圖片",
     "chat.filterModels": "篩選模型…",
     "chat.noMatchingModels": "找不到相符的模型",
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ export const zhTWLocale: LocalePlugin = {
     "chat.compacted": "已壓縮",
     "chat.imageNotSupportedTitle": "圖片可能無法傳送",
     "chat.imageNotSupportedBody": "目前選擇的模型（{model}）不支援圖片輸入，附加的圖片可能會被忽略。",
-    "chat.dropNeedsCwd": "請先選擇工作目錄，再拖入檔案。",
+    "chat.dropNeedsCwd": "請先選擇工作目錄，再加入檔案。",
     "chat.dropUploaded": "已將 {count} 個檔案複製到工作目錄",
     "chat.dropAlreadyExists": "工作目錄中已有同名檔案，未覆寫，引用的是既有檔案：{names}",
     "chat.dropFoldersUnsupported": "不支援拖入資料夾，請拖入其中的檔案：{names}",