diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/components/assistant-ui/model-selector.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/components/assistant-ui/model-selector.tsx
index 2df72139d8..0332b3ca8a 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/components/assistant-ui/model-selector.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/components/assistant-ui/model-selector.tsx
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function ModelSelectorContent({
           <button
             type="button"
             onClick={onEject}
-            className="flex w-full items-center justify-center gap-1.5 rounded-md px-2 py-1.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground"
+            className="flex w-full items-center justify-center gap-1.5 rounded-md px-2 py-1.5 text-xs text-destructive transition-colors hover:bg-destructive/10"
             title="Eject model"
           >
             <HugeiconsIcon icon={Logout01Icon} className="size-3.5" />
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/dataset-section.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/dataset-section.tsx
index ab05d8e70b..7538fb1379 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/dataset-section.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/dataset-section.tsx
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ export function DatasetSection() {
     if (datasetSource !== "upload") return;
     if (!uploadedFile) return;
     if (selectedLocalDataset) return;
-    // Don't clear if this is a direct file upload (not a recipe directory)
-    if (isLikelyLocalDatasetRef(uploadedFile)) return;
+    // Don't clear if this is a direct file upload (e.g. user uploaded a .jsonl/.csv)
+    if (/\.(jsonl|json|csv|parquet|arrow)$/i.test(uploadedFile)) return;
     selectLocalDataset(null);
   }, [
     datasetSource,
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/model-section.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/model-section.tsx
index 77edf68d24..e9bcde17b5 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/model-section.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/model-section.tsx
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ export function ModelSection() {
 
           <div data-tour="studio-base-model" className="flex flex-col gap-2">
           <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs font-medium text-muted-foreground">
-            Base Model
+            Hugging Face Model
             <Tooltip>
               <TooltipTrigger asChild={true}>
                 <button
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/params-section.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/params-section.tsx
index 5758795206..fcbbaa71bf 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/params-section.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/params-section.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ import {
   CollapsibleTrigger,
 } from "@/components/ui/collapsible";
 import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
+import {
+  Combobox,
+  ComboboxContent,
+  ComboboxEmpty,
+  ComboboxInput,
+  ComboboxItem,
+  ComboboxList,
+} from "@/components/ui/combobox";
 import {
   Select,
   SelectContent,
@@ -37,7 +45,7 @@ import {
   Settings04Icon,
 } from "@hugeicons/core-free-icons";
 import { HugeiconsIcon } from "@hugeicons/react";
-import { type ReactElement, type ReactNode, useState } from "react";
+import { type ReactElement, type ReactNode, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
 function Row({
   label,
@@ -120,6 +128,9 @@ export function ParamsSection(): ReactElement {
   const showVisionLora = store.isVisionModel && store.isDatasetImage === true;
   const [loraOpen, setLoraOpen] = useState(false);
   const [hyperOpen, setHyperOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [ctxInput, setCtxInput] = useState(String(store.contextLength));
+  const ctxAnchorRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const ctxItems = CONTEXT_LENGTHS.map(String);
   const { useEpochs, toggleUseEpochs } = useMaxStepsEpochsToggle({
     maxSteps: store.maxSteps,
     epochs: store.epochs,
@@ -259,21 +270,61 @@ export function ParamsSection(): ReactElement {
                 </TooltipContent>
               </Tooltip>
             </span>
-            <Select
-              value={String(store.contextLength)}
-              onValueChange={(v) => store.setContextLength(Number(v))}
-            >
-              <SelectTrigger className="w-full font-mono">
-                <SelectValue />
-              </SelectTrigger>
-              <SelectContent>
-                {CONTEXT_LENGTHS.map((len) => (
-                  <SelectItem key={len} value={String(len)} className="font-mono">
-                    {len.toLocaleString()}
-                  </SelectItem>
-                ))}
-              </SelectContent>
-            </Select>
+            <div ref={ctxAnchorRef}>
+              <Combobox
+                items={ctxItems}
+                filteredItems={ctxItems}
+                filter={null}
+                value={String(store.contextLength)}
+                onValueChange={(v) => {
+                  if (v) {
+                    const n = Number(v);
+                    if (Number.isInteger(n) && n > 0) {
+                      store.setContextLength(n);
+                      setCtxInput(v);
+                    }
+                  }
+                }}
+                onInputValueChange={setCtxInput}
+                itemToStringValue={(id) => Number(id).toLocaleString()}
+                autoHighlight={false}
+              >
+                <ComboboxInput
+                  placeholder={String(store.contextLength)}
+                  className="w-full font-mono"
+                  onBlur={() => {
+                    const n = Number(ctxInput);
+                    if (Number.isInteger(n) && n > 0) {
+                      store.setContextLength(n);
+                    }
+                    setCtxInput(String(store.contextLength));
+                  }}
+                  onKeyDown={(e) => {
+                    if (e.key !== "Enter") { return; }
+                    const n = Number(ctxInput);
+                    if (!Number.isInteger(n) || n <= 0) { return; }
+                    // If the typed value isn't an exact preset, prevent the
+                    // combobox from selecting a highlighted dropdown item.
+                    if (!ctxItems.includes(ctxInput.trim())) {
+                      e.stopPropagation();
+                      e.preventDefault();
+                    }
+                    store.setContextLength(n);
+                    setCtxInput(String(n));
+                  }}
+                />
+                <ComboboxContent anchor={ctxAnchorRef}>
+                  <ComboboxEmpty>Enter a custom value</ComboboxEmpty>
+                  <ComboboxList className="p-1">
+                    {(id: string) => (
+                      <ComboboxItem key={id} value={id} className="font-mono">
+                        {Number(id).toLocaleString()}
+                      </ComboboxItem>
+                    )}
+                  </ComboboxList>
+                </ComboboxContent>
+              </Combobox>
+            </div>
             <p className="text-[10px] text-muted-foreground">
               Max sequence length for training samples
             </p>
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/tour/steps/base-model.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/tour/steps/base-model.tsx
index 70f49c58b8..f047520a94 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/tour/steps/base-model.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/studio/tour/steps/base-model.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { ReadMore, type TourStep } from "@/features/tour";
 export const studioBaseModelStep: TourStep = {
   id: "base-model",
   target: "studio-base-model",
-  title: "Base model from Hugging Face",
+  title: "Hugging Face Model",
   body: (
     <>
       Paste <span className="font-mono">org/model</span> or search. Pick a base