The recent UI change that causes the main UI to be hidden when you press enter to write a chat message is actually - bad, in my opinion.
The game doesnt stop when you try to communicate, and typing a longer message can take a bit of time. You have no idea what's going on while you're writing the message.
The previous patch you could see what's going on, that was better, in case you have to react to something you'll know. Would it be possible to revert the change?