diff --git a/local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/src/app.rs b/local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/src/app.rs
index 988d3e8e0e..d44c0cc705 100644
--- a/local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/src/app.rs
+++ b/local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/src/app.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@
 
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::io::Write;
+use std::os::fd::AsFd;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
+use rustix::event::{poll, PollFd, PollFlags, Timespec};
 use termion::event::{Event as TermEvent, Key as TermKey};
 use termion::input::TermReadEventsAndRaw;
 
@@ -55,7 +57,16 @@ impl Application {
 
         let mut last_size = tui.size();
 
-        // Main event loop — blocking stdin, raw mode is active.
+        // Stdin fd for poll — obtained without locking so the subshell
+        // can still read from stdin when we drop into CTRL+O.
+        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
+        let stdin_fd = stdin.as_fd();
+        let poll_timeout =
+            Timespec::try_from(Duration::from_millis(200)).unwrap_or_default();
+
+        // Main event loop — MC-style resize detection via poll timeout.
+        // poll() wakes every 200ms even without key input, letting us
+        // detect terminal resize without requiring a keypress.
         loop {
             let cur_size = tui.size();
             if cur_size != last_size {
@@ -72,7 +83,20 @@ impl Application {
                 render(&mut tui, &mut fm)?;
             }
 
-            let stdin = std::io::stdin();
+            // Poll stdin with 200ms timeout. On timeout (no key), loop
+            // back and re-check terminal size. On data, read the key.
+            let mut poll_fds = [PollFd::new(&stdin, PollFlags::IN)];
+            match poll(&mut poll_fds, Some(&poll_timeout)) {
+                Ok(0) => continue,
+                Ok(_) => {
+                    if !poll_fds[0].revents().contains(PollFlags::IN) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(_) => continue,
+            }
+
+            // Data available on stdin — read the key event.
             let mut events = stdin.lock().events_and_raw();
             let (event, raw) = match events.next() {
                 Some(Ok(pair)) => pair,