Add Docked Chat AI Support

Make the Chat AI panel respect a persisted docked/undocked preference and reuse a
single chat window reference regardless of how it is presented. When docked, the
chat UI is added to the bottom bar management window; when undocked, it still
opens in its own frame.

The options menu now includes a checkable "Dock Chat Window" setting that writes
the preference and informs the user that a restart is required for the change to
take effect. Chat visibility and focus handling were updated so showing the chat
works consistently in both modes.

* Chat AI window
* Configuration
* UI/menus

**Generated by CodeLite**

Signed-off-by: Eran Ifrah <eran@codelite.org>

Author: eranif

Plugin/ai/ChatAI.cpp

@@ -25,39 +25,54 @@
 #include "ChatAI.hpp"
 
 #include "ai/LLMManager.hpp"
+#include "cl_config.h"
 #include "codelite_events.h"
 #include "event_notifier.h"
-
-namespace
-{
-const wxString CHAT_AI_LABEL = _("Chat AI");
-} // namespace
+#include "globals.h"
 
 ChatAI::ChatAI()
 {
+    m_dock_chat = clConfig::Get().Read(CHAT_AI_DOCKED, m_dock_chat);
     llm::Manager::GetInstance().GetConfig().Load();
-    m_chatWindowFrame = new ChatAIWindowFrame(EventNotifier::Get()->TopFrame(), this);
+
+    if (m_dock_chat) {
+        m_chatWindow = new ChatAIWindow(clGetManager()->BookGet(PaneId::BOTTOM_BAR));
+        clGetManager()->BookAddPage(PaneId::BOTTOM_BAR, m_chatWindow, CHAT_AI_LABEL);
+    } else {
+        m_chatWindowFrame = new ChatAIWindowFrame(EventNotifier::Get()->TopFrame(), this);
+        m_chatWindow = m_chatWindowFrame->GetChatWindow();
+    }
     EventNotifier::Get()->Bind(wxEVT_INIT_DONE, &ChatAI::OnInitDone, this);
 }
 
-ChatAI::~ChatAI() { bool is_docked = m_dockedPaneId.has_value(); }
+ChatAI::~ChatAI() { EventNotifier::Get()->Unbind(wxEVT_INIT_DONE, &ChatAI::OnInitDone, this); }
 
 void ChatAI::ShowChatWindow(const wxString& prompt)
 {
-    ChatAIWindow* chat_view = GetChatWindow();
+    EnsureVisible();
     if (!prompt.empty()) {
-        chat_view->Chat(prompt);
+        m_chatWindow->Chat(prompt);
     }
+    m_chatWindow->GetStcInput()->CallAfter(&wxStyledTextCtrl::SetFocus);
 }
 
 void ChatAI::OnInitDone(wxCommandEvent& event) { event.Skip(); }
 
-ChatAIWindow* ChatAI::GetChatWindow()
+void ChatAI::EnsureVisible()
 {
-    if (!m_chatWindowFrame->IsShown()) {
-        m_chatWindowFrame->Show();
+    if (m_dock_chat) {
+        clGetManager()->ShowManagementWindow(CHAT_AI_LABEL, true);
+    } else {
+        if (!m_chatWindowFrame->IsShown()) {
+            m_chatWindowFrame->Show();
+        }
     }
-    return m_chatWindowFrame->GetChatWindow();
+}
+
+ChatAIWindow* ChatAI::GetChatWindow()
+{
+    EnsureVisible();
+    return m_chatWindow;
 }
 
 void ChatAI::AppendTextAndStyle(const wxString& text)

Plugin/ai/ChatAI.hpp

@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_SDK ChatAI : public wxEvtHandler
 
 private:
     void OnInitDone(wxCommandEvent& event);
+    void EnsureVisible();
 
     ChatAIWindowFrame* m_chatWindowFrame{nullptr};
-    std::optional<PaneId> m_dockedPaneId{std::nullopt};
+    ChatAIWindow* m_chatWindow{nullptr};
+    bool m_dock_chat{true};
 };

Plugin/ai/ChatAIWindow.cpp

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 namespace
 {
-const wxString CHAT_AI_LABEL = _("Chat AI");
 const wxString LONG_MODEL_NAME = "claude-sonnet-4-5-1234567890";
 
 enum StatusBarIndex {
@@ -180,6 +179,7 @@ void ChatAIWindow::OnOptions(wxAuiToolBarEvent& event)
 {
     auto& llm_manager = llm::Manager::GetInstance();
 
+    bool is_docked = clConfig::Get().Read(CHAT_AI_DOCKED, true);
     wxMenu menu;
     wxMenu* caching_policy_menu = new wxMenu;
     auto& conf = llm_manager.GetConfig();
@@ -240,6 +240,18 @@ void ChatAIWindow::OnOptions(wxAuiToolBarEvent& event)
         }
         menu.Append(wxID_ANY, _("Insert Prompt"), prompt_selection);
     }
+    menu.AppendSeparator();
+    menu.Append(XRCID("dock-chat-window"), _("Dock Chat Window"), wxEmptyString, wxITEM_CHECK)->Check(is_docked);
+    menu.Bind(
+        wxEVT_MENU,
+        [](wxCommandEvent& event) {
+            clConfig::Get().Write(CHAT_AI_DOCKED, event.IsChecked());
+            ::clMessageBox(_("A restart is required for changes to take effect"),
+                           "CodeLite",
+                           wxICON_INFORMATION | wxOK | wxCENTER);
+        },
+        XRCID("dock-chat-window"));
+
     menu.AppendSeparator();
     menu.Append(XRCID("chat_history"), _("Chat History"))->Enable(CurrentEndpointHasHistory());
     menu.Bind(wxEVT_MENU, &ChatAIWindow::OnHistory, this, XRCID("chat_history"));

Plugin/ai/ChatAIWindow.hpp

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 class EndpointModelSelector;
 using llm::ChatState;
 
+inline const wxString CHAT_AI_LABEL = _("Chat AI");
+inline const wxString CHAT_AI_DOCKED = "chat-ai-docked";
+
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_SDK ChatAIWindow : public AssistanceAIChatWindowBase
 {
 public: