Cmd + i will result in two chat tabs

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Why are there two chat tabs? Every time I use ⌘ + I to put the current page as a reference into the current chat tab, it pops up a completely empty and useless new chat tab. I suspect that in the new version, the cursor Bar chat tab has been treated as a tab with the same logic as the code tab (supporting multiple tabs and allowing for easy drag-and-drop pagination, which is of course a good thing), but this has led to many problems with the shortcut keysWhy are there two chat tabs? Every time I use cmd + I to put the current page as a reference into the current chat tab, it pops up a completely empty and useless new chat tab. I suspect that in the new version, the cursor Bar chat tab has been treated as a tab with the same logic as the code tab (supporting multiple tabs and allowing for easy drag-and-drop pagination, which is of course a good thing), but this has led to many problems with the shortcut keys

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Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue with chat in Editor Tab mode. Commands like CMD+Shift+L or CMD+I don’t know which chat tab to use, so they create a new empty one.

Workaround: use chat in the sidebar, not in an Editor Tab. “Add to chat” works correctly there. If your chat is already open as an Editor Tab, close it and open it from the sidebar.

The team is aware of the issue, and I’ve added your report to the list.