diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/components/bottom-bar.tsx b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/components/bottom-bar.tsx
index 82ce71dac11..3300738351f 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/components/bottom-bar.tsx
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/components/bottom-bar.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ export const BottomBar = ({ plugin }: BottomBarProps) => {
     }
     setExplaining(true)
     try {
+      // Check if pinned panel has a closed plugin and maximize it
+      const closedPlugin = await plugin.call('pinnedPanel', 'getClosedPlugin')
+      if (closedPlugin) {
+        await plugin.call('pinnedPanel', 'maximizePlugin', closedPlugin)
+      }
+
       await plugin.call('menuicons', 'select', 'remixaiassistant')
       await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))
       const content = await plugin.call('fileManager', 'readFile', currentFilePath)
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/editor/src/lib/remix-ui-editor.tsx b/libs/remix-ui/editor/src/lib/remix-ui-editor.tsx
index 3d2a6f68f71..3839f2e805d 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/editor/src/lib/remix-ui-editor.tsx
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/editor/src/lib/remix-ui-editor.tsx
@@ -1015,6 +1015,11 @@ export const EditorUI = (props: EditorUIProps) => {
         const message = intl.formatMessage({ id: 'editor.explainFunctionByAI' }, { content:context, currentFunction: currentFunction.current })
         await props.plugin.call('popupPanel', 'showPopupPanel', true)
         setTimeout(async () => {
+          // Check if pinned panel has a closed plugin and maximize it
+          const closedPlugin = await props.plugin.call('pinnedPanel', 'getClosedPlugin')
+          if (closedPlugin) {
+            await props.plugin.call('pinnedPanel', 'maximizePlugin', closedPlugin)
+          }
           await props.plugin.call('remixAI' as any, 'chatPipe', 'code_explaining', message, context)
         }, 500)
         trackMatomoEvent<AIEvent>({ category: 'ai', action: 'remixAI', name: 'explainFunction', isClick: true })
@@ -1039,6 +1044,11 @@ export const EditorUI = (props: EditorUIProps) => {
 
         await props.plugin.call('popupPanel', 'showPopupPanel', true)
         setTimeout(async () => {
+          // Check if pinned panel has a closed plugin and maximize it
+          const closedPlugin = await props.plugin.call('pinnedPanel', 'getClosedPlugin')
+          if (closedPlugin) {
+            await props.plugin.call('pinnedPanel', 'maximizePlugin', closedPlugin)
+          }
           await props.plugin.call('remixAI' as any, 'chatPipe', 'code_explaining', selectedCode, content, pipeMessage)
         }, 500)
         trackMatomoEvent<AIEvent>({ category: 'ai', action: 'remixAI', name: 'explainFunction', isClick: true })