Allow Quick Chat to completely hide when dismissed

ChatGPT Feature requests
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In ChatGPT Classic for macOS, Option+Space works very well as a launcher-style Quick Chat experience. I can press Option+Space to show Quick Chat, use it, and then dismiss it so that there is no persistent ChatGPT UI on my desktop.

In the new ChatGPT Mac app, Quick Chat is tied to the Pets overlay. Even with the Pet set to Mini, the Chat and Voice buttons remain persistently visible on the desktop.

I would like an option to completely disable the persistent overlay/buttons while keeping the Option+Space Quick Chat shortcut.

Ideally:

  • Option+Space opens Quick Chat.

  • Option+Space again, Escape, or clicking away hides Quick Chat completely.

  • No Chat or Voice buttons remain visible when Quick Chat is closed.

  • The Pets/overlay UI can be disabled independently from Quick Chat.

This would preserve the excellent lightweight launcher behavior of ChatGPT Classic.

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kind of ridiculous that on mac, pressing the shortcut twice doesn’t hide the chat (still keeps two buttons even when pet is disabled).

On windows it works as expected, press shortcut once chat pops up, press it again everything dismissed.