diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
index 9351bce..80171c2 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
@@ -235,9 +235,17 @@ struct NewChatAffordance: ViewModifier {
 extension View {
     /// Add the floating "+" start-chat affordance (glass circle → glass composer sheet). See
     /// `NewChatAffordance`.
+    /// `enabled: false` drops the affordance entirely — the compact shell hosts a single shared "+"
+    /// beside its tab bar, so the per-page discs (Home, a project page) apply this only at regular
+    /// width, where there's no tab bar to carry it.
+    @ViewBuilder
     func newChatAffordance(project: WireProject? = nil, isPresented: Binding<Bool>,
-                           showsButton: Bool = true) -> some View {
-        modifier(NewChatAffordance(project: project, isPresented: isPresented, showsButton: showsButton))
+                           showsButton: Bool = true, enabled: Bool = true) -> some View {
+        if enabled {
+            modifier(NewChatAffordance(project: project, isPresented: isPresented, showsButton: showsButton))
+        } else {
+            self
+        }
     }
 }