Behind setting

Author: osortega

src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/actions/chatActions.ts

@@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ export function registerChatActions() {
 			const dialogService = accessor.get(IDialogService);
 			const commandService = accessor.get(ICommandService);
 			const chatSessionsService = accessor.get(IChatSessionsService);
+			const configurationService = accessor.get(IConfigurationService);
 
 			const view = await viewsService.openView<ChatViewPane>(ChatViewId);
 			if (!view) {
@@ -797,7 +798,8 @@ export function registerChatActions() {
 				}
 			}
 
-			if (chatSessionsService.hasChatSessionsProviders) {
+			const showAgentSessionsMenuConfig = configurationService.getValue<string>(ChatConfiguration.AgentSessionsViewLocation);
+			if (showAgentSessionsMenuConfig === 'showChatsMenu' && chatSessionsService.hasChatSessionsProviders) {
 				await this.showIntegratedPicker(chatService, quickInputService, commandService, editorService, view, chatSessionsService);
 			} else {
 				await this.showLegacyPicker(chatService, quickInputService, commandService, editorService, view);

src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/chat.contribution.ts

@@ -349,6 +349,13 @@ configurationRegistry.registerConfiguration({
 			default: false,
 			tags: ['preview'],
 		},
+		[ChatConfiguration.AgentSessionsViewLocation]: {
+			type: 'string',
+			enum: ['disabled', 'showChatsMenu'],
+			description: nls.localize('chat.sessionsViewLocation.description', "Controls where to show the agent sessions menu."),
+			default: 'disabled',
+			tags: ['experimental'],
+		},
 		[mcpDiscoverySection]: {
 			oneOf: [
 				{ type: 'boolean' },

src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/common/constants.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export enum ChatConfiguration {
 	EditRequests = 'chat.editRequests',
 	EnableMath = 'chat.math.enabled',
 	CheckpointsEnabled = 'chat.checkpoints.enabled',
+	AgentSessionsViewLocation = 'chat.agentSessionsViewLocation',
 }
 
 /**