Add setting to hide the Remote Control footer pill while keeping RC enabled
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Jun 8, 2026 by becomingjimmy
Problem
For users who enable Remote Control on every session ("remoteControlAtStartup": true in settings.json), the persistent "Remote Control active" footer pill is visual noise — the state it communicates never changes.
Today the only way to remove the pill is "disableRemoteControl": true, which kills the feature entirely. That's an all-or-nothing tradeoff for a UI affordance most always-on users don't need to see.
Proposal
Add a setting to hide the footer pill while leaving Remote Control functional. Something like:
{
"remoteControlAtStartup": true,
"hideRemoteControlPill": true
}
Or as a nested option under a ui / footer namespace if that fits the existing schema better.
Why this isn't just a cosmetic ask
- Footer real estate is scarce — other persistent indicators (update available,
/goaloverlay, etc.) compete for the same slot. - Users who deliberately set
remoteControlAtStartup: truehave already opted in; the pill is reminding them of a state they configured. - Vim-mode footer navigation already has to special-case the pill (see changelog: "Fixed footer navigation selecting an invisible Remote Control pill in config-driven mode"), suggesting the codebase already supports an invisible-pill state.
Acceptance
hideRemoteControlPill: trueremoves the pill from the footer- RC continues to function normally (session linkable from claude.ai/code, mobile push, etc.)
- Default remains
falseso behavior is unchanged for existing users
Thanks!
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