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The chat dock

Keep the chat open in a panel beside any other page, so you can ask Haruno about what you are looking at without leaving it.

  • Mac appAvailablesince 1.3.53
  • Windows appAvailableOn every page except Chat. There is no special case for company pages.

The chat dock puts your chat in a column at the right edge of the window, beside the page you are on. It is the same conversation as on the Chat page, not a copy. Use it to ask questions about a company page, a file list or a History entry without leaving it.

The chat docked beside the Source control page.
The Source control page on the left and the chat docked on the right, with Open in Chat and Close buttons in its header.The Source control page on the left and the chat docked on the right, with Open in Chat and Close buttons in its header.

How to open it

  • Choose the chat button at the top right of the window (Show Chat Panel). It changes to Hide Chat Panel while the dock is open.
  • Choose View ▸ Show Chat Panel.
  • Press Ctrl+Alt+0. This is the default shortcut, and it can be changed in Settings.
  • Press an Ask Haruno button on a page, such as a company page in the Portfolio. The dock opens with a question already in the message box. Nothing is sent until you press Send. Pressing the button again adds the question again after a blank line.

The Chat page itself has no dock and no button, because the chat already fills the page.

What you can do in it

  • The page you were on stays where it is. Move to another page, and the dock stays open with the same conversation and the same unsent draft.
  • Open in Chat in the dock's header moves the conversation to the full Chat page.
  • Close chat panel puts the dock away and returns focus to the chat button, which brings it back.
  • Drag the edge of the dock to change its width, or use the arrow keys on the handle (Chat panel width). It opens 480 pixels wide and can be set between 360 and 760. Haruno remembers your width.
  • In a narrow window, the dock floats over the page instead of squeezing it.

When Haruno starts

The dock starts closed while the last chat is being restored. After that, it opens again only if you had it open and the chat has messages or an unsent draft. The greeting does not count as a conversation. An empty chat leaves the dock closed, and the next start also begins closed. If you open or close the dock yourself before the restore finishes, your choice wins.

This is only a rule for starting up. Moving between pages never closes the dock. It is available on every page except Chat.

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+---
+title: The chat dock
+summary: Keep the chat open in a panel beside any other page, so you can ask Haruno about what you are looking at without leaving it.
+feature: chat-dock
+covers:
+  - windows-client/docs/chat-dock.md
+  - windows-client/haruno-webview/web/src/components/ChatDock.tsx
+  - windows-client/haruno-webview/web/src/components/chatDockLayout.ts
+  - windows-client/haruno-webview/Host/WebLaunchChatDock.cs
+---
+
+The chat dock puts your chat in a column at the right edge of the window, beside the page you are on. It is the same conversation as on the **Chat** page, not a copy. Use it to ask questions about a company page, a file list or a History entry without leaving it.
+
+<Shot src="/m/bd19eda47d71-windows-chat-dock-light.png" dark="/m/db47acd518dd-windows-chat-dock-dark.png" alt="The Source control page on the left and the chat docked on the right, with Open in Chat and Close buttons in its header." caption="The chat docked beside the Source control page." />
+
+## How to open it
+
+- Choose the chat button at the top right of the window (**Show Chat Panel**). It changes to **Hide Chat Panel** while the dock is open.
+- Choose **View ▸ Show Chat Panel**.
+- Press Ctrl+Alt+0. This is the default shortcut, and it can be changed in Settings.
+- Press an **Ask Haruno** button on a page, such as a company page in the Portfolio. The dock opens with a question already in the message box. Nothing is sent until you press Send. Pressing the button again adds the question again after a blank line.
+
+The Chat page itself has no dock and no button, because the chat already fills the page.
+
+## What you can do in it
+
+- The page you were on stays where it is. Move to another page, and the dock stays open with the same conversation and the same unsent draft.
+- **Open in Chat** in the dock's header moves the conversation to the full Chat page.
+- **Close chat panel** puts the dock away and returns focus to the chat button, which brings it back.
+- Drag the edge of the dock to change its width, or use the arrow keys on the handle (**Chat panel width**). It opens 480 pixels wide and can be set between 360 and 760. Haruno remembers your width.
+- In a narrow window, the dock floats over the page instead of squeezing it.
+
+## When Haruno starts
+
+The dock starts closed while the last chat is being restored. After that, it opens again only if you had it open and the chat has messages or an unsent draft. The greeting does not count as a conversation. An empty chat leaves the dock closed, and the next start also begins closed. If you open or close the dock yourself before the restore finishes, your choice wins.
+
+This is only a rule for starting up. Moving between pages never closes the dock. It is available on every page except Chat.