diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
index 9048097..e3bde9d 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
@@ -142,8 +142,13 @@ struct NewChatAffordance: ViewModifier {
     @EnvironmentObject var store: RemoteStore
     /// Scopes the composer to one project (project page); nil offers the picker (Home, Sessions).
     var project: WireProject? = nil
-    /// Owned by the caller so it can also open the composer programmatically (iPad ⌘N on Home).
+    /// Owned by the caller so it can also open the composer programmatically (iPad ⌘N on Home,
+    /// the compact shell's shared tab-bar "+").
     @Binding var isPresented: Bool
+    /// Whether to draw the floating "+" disc. The compact shell hosts its own "+" beside the tab
+    /// bar and only wants the composer presentation, so it passes `false`; per-page callers (iPad)
+    /// keep their own disc.
+    var showsButton: Bool = true
     /// Prompt text and its focus live here so the scrim tap and auto-focus can coordinate with the
     /// composer (whether it's empty, whether the keyboard is up).
     @State private var draft = ""