feat: add launch view preference toggle to StartSessionInput

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

frontend/src/components/dashboard/StartSessionInput.tsx

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { uploadsApi } from '@/api/uploads'
 import { toast } from '@/lib/toast'
 import type { PendingUpload } from '@/types/upload'
+import { useFeatureFlag } from '@/hooks/useFeatureFlag'
+import { useUserPreferencesStore } from '@/store/userPreferencesStore'
 
 const SUGGESTIONS: { icon: LucideIcon; label: string }[] = [
   { icon: Globe, label: 'VPN not connecting' },
@@ -25,6 +27,9 @@ export function StartSessionInput() {
   const [pendingUploads, setPendingUploads] = useState<PendingUpload[]>([])
   const [isDragOver, setIsDragOver] = useState(false)
   const navigate = useNavigate()
+  const hasCockpit = useFeatureFlag('flowpilot_cockpit')
+  const preferredView = useUserPreferencesStore(s => s.preferredFlowPilotView)
+  const setPreferredView = useUserPreferencesStore(s => s.setPreferredFlowPilotView)
   const textareaRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null)
   const fileInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null)
   const dragCounterRef = useRef(0)
@@ -52,7 +57,8 @@ export function StartSessionInput() {
     if (completedUploadIds.length > 0) {
       state.uploadIds = completedUploadIds
     }
-    navigate('/assistant', { state })
+    const target = hasCockpit && preferredView === 'cockpit' ? '/cockpit' : '/assistant'
+    navigate(target, { state })
   }
 
   const handleKeyDown = (e: React.KeyboardEvent) => {
@@ -63,7 +69,8 @@ export function StartSessionInput() {
   }
 
   const handleSuggestionClick = (suggestion: string) => {
-    navigate('/assistant', { state: { prefill: suggestion } })
+    const target = hasCockpit && preferredView === 'cockpit' ? '/cockpit' : '/assistant'
+    navigate(target, { state: { prefill: suggestion } })
   }
 
   // ── File handling ──────────────────────────────
@@ -319,6 +326,36 @@ export function StartSessionInput() {
             )}
           </div>
 
+          {/* View preference toggle */}
+          {hasCockpit && (
+            <div className="flex items-center rounded-lg border border-border bg-card p-0.5 text-xs mr-2">
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                onClick={() => setPreferredView('flowpilot')}
+                className={cn(
+                  'rounded-md px-2 py-1 font-medium transition-colors',
+                  preferredView === 'flowpilot'
+                    ? 'bg-elevated text-foreground'
+                    : 'text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground'
+                )}
+              >
+                FlowPilot
+              </button>
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                onClick={() => setPreferredView('cockpit')}
+                className={cn(
+                  'rounded-md px-2 py-1 font-medium transition-colors',
+                  preferredView === 'cockpit'
+                    ? 'bg-elevated text-foreground'
+                    : 'text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground'
+                )}
+              >
+                Cockpit
+              </button>
+            </div>
+          )}
+
           {/* Send button */}
           <button
             type="button"