nextcloud / nextcloud/assistant

Draggable and resizable micro-chat

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enhancement
Dominant language
JavaScript
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Description

Describe the feature you'd like to request

Problem:

The chat with assistant feature can be disruptive for certain workflows because the assistant completely blocks the current app UI

Describe the solution you'd like

It would be nice to be able to access the chat with AI functionality from an overlaying and non-blocking draggable window. That way, Alice can continue her work in after asking a question to the assistant in the chat.
This feature could be triggered by a keyboard shortcut, and/or by having a minimize button in the assistant view. This micro-chat view could in turn have a maximise button to invoke the full size assistant.

Quick, non legally binding mock up only for illustrative purposes:
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Competitive analisys

This is a feature that several competitors already offer. They all have their main big chat UI, but they also offer the micro chat, which I assume ends up being the main entry point for many users.

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@julien-nc and @DaphneMuller since we discussed this a moment ago

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Research direction

Start by locating the existing chat with assistant and assistant view entry points. Review how the current full-size chat is opened, then define the draggable, resizable, non-blocking behavior, keyboard shortcut or minimize entry, and maximize path; done means the micro-chat supports the requested workflow without blocking the app UI.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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