Add task provider icon setting (#1128)

src/main/codex-accounts/runtime-home-service.test.ts

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ function createSettings(overrides: Partial<GlobalSettings> = {}): GlobalSettings
     openLinksInApp: false,
     rightSidebarOpenByDefault: true,
     showTitlebarAgentActivity: true,
+    showTaskProviderIcons: true,
     diffDefaultView: 'inline',
     notifications: {
       enabled: true,

src/main/codex-accounts/service.test.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ function createSettings(overrides: Partial<GlobalSettings> = {}): GlobalSettings
     openLinksInApp: false,
     rightSidebarOpenByDefault: true,
     showTitlebarAgentActivity: true,
+    showTaskProviderIcons: true,
     diffDefaultView: 'inline',
     notifications: {
       enabled: true,

src/main/persistence.test.ts

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ describe('Store', () => {
     expect(settings.terminalFontSize).toBe(14)
     expect(settings.terminalFontWeight).toBe(500)
     expect(settings.rightSidebarOpenByDefault).toBe(true)
+    expect(settings.showTaskProviderIcons).toBe(true)
   })
 
   it('returns default UI state when no data file exists', async () => {
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ describe('Store', () => {
     expect(store.getSettings().editorAutoSaveDelayMs).toBe(1000)
     expect(store.getSettings().refreshLocalBaseRefOnWorktreeCreate).toBe(false)
     expect(store.getSettings().rightSidebarOpenByDefault).toBe(true)
+    expect(store.getSettings().showTaskProviderIcons).toBe(true)
     // repos should be loaded
     expect(store.getRepos()).toHaveLength(1)
   })

src/renderer/src/components/settings/AppearancePane.tsx

@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ export const APPEARANCE_PANE_SEARCH_ENTRIES: SettingsSearchEntry[] = [
     title: 'Titlebar Agent Activity',
     description: 'Show the number of active agents in the titlebar.',
     keywords: ['titlebar', 'agent', 'badge', 'active', 'count', 'status']
+  },
+  {
+    title: 'Task Provider Icons',
+    description: 'Show GitHub and Linear icons in the Tasks sidebar button.',
+    keywords: ['tasks', 'sidebar', 'github', 'linear', 'icons', 'badges']
   }
 ]
 
@@ -47,7 +52,8 @@ export function AppearancePane({
   const themeEntries = APPEARANCE_PANE_SEARCH_ENTRIES.slice(0, 1)
   const zoomEntries = APPEARANCE_PANE_SEARCH_ENTRIES.slice(1, 2)
   const layoutEntries = APPEARANCE_PANE_SEARCH_ENTRIES.slice(2, 3)
-  const titlebarEntries = APPEARANCE_PANE_SEARCH_ENTRIES.slice(3)
+  const titlebarEntries = APPEARANCE_PANE_SEARCH_ENTRIES.slice(3, 4)
+  const sidebarEntries = APPEARANCE_PANE_SEARCH_ENTRIES.slice(4)
 
   const visibleSections = [
     matchesSettingsSearch(searchQuery, themeEntries) ? (
@@ -187,6 +193,46 @@ export function AppearancePane({
           </button>
         </SearchableSetting>
       </section>
+    ) : null,
+    matchesSettingsSearch(searchQuery, sidebarEntries) ? (
+      <section key="sidebar" className="space-y-4">
+        <div className="space-y-1">
+          <h3 className="text-sm font-semibold">Sidebar</h3>
+          <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">Tune the left sidebar chrome.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <SearchableSetting
+          title="Task Provider Icons"
+          description="Show GitHub and Linear icons in the Tasks sidebar button."
+          keywords={['tasks', 'sidebar', 'github', 'linear', 'icons', 'badges']}
+          className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4 px-1 py-2"
+        >
+          <div className="space-y-0.5">
+            <Label>Task Provider Icons</Label>
+            <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+              Show GitHub and Linear icons next to the Tasks button.
+            </p>
+          </div>
+          <button
+            role="switch"
+            aria-checked={settings.showTaskProviderIcons}
+            onClick={() =>
+              updateSettings({
+                showTaskProviderIcons: !settings.showTaskProviderIcons
+              })
+            }
+            className={`relative inline-flex h-5 w-9 shrink-0 cursor-pointer items-center rounded-full border border-transparent transition-colors ${
+              settings.showTaskProviderIcons ? 'bg-foreground' : 'bg-muted-foreground/30'
+            }`}
+          >
+            <span
+              className={`pointer-events-none block size-3.5 rounded-full bg-background shadow-sm transition-transform ${
+                settings.showTaskProviderIcons ? 'translate-x-4' : 'translate-x-0.5'
+              }`}
+            />
+          </button>
+        </SearchableSetting>
+      </section>
     ) : null
   ].filter(Boolean)
 

src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/SidebarNav.tsx

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const SidebarNav = React.memo(function SidebarNav() {
   const repos = useAppStore((s) => s.repos)
   const repoMap = useRepoMap()
   const canBrowseTasks = repos.some((repo) => isGitRepoKind(repo))
+  const showTaskProviderIcons = useAppStore((s) => s.settings?.showTaskProviderIcons !== false)
 
   // Why: warm the GitHub work-item cache on hover/focus so by the time the
   // user's click finishes the round-trip has either completed or is already
@@ -74,36 +75,38 @@ const SidebarNav = React.memo(function SidebarNav() {
       >
         <List className="size-4 shrink-0" strokeWidth={2.25} />
         <span className="flex-1">Tasks</span>
-        <span className="flex items-center gap-1">
-          <span
-            role="button"
-            tabIndex={-1}
-            onClick={(e) => {
-              e.stopPropagation()
-              if (!canBrowseTasks) {
-                return
-              }
-              openTaskPage({ taskSource: 'github' })
-            }}
-            className="rounded p-0.5 text-muted-foreground/70 transition-colors hover:text-foreground"
-          >
-            <Github className="size-3.5" aria-hidden />
+        {showTaskProviderIcons ? (
+          <span className="flex items-center gap-1">
+            <span
+              role="button"
+              tabIndex={-1}
+              onClick={(e) => {
+                e.stopPropagation()
+                if (!canBrowseTasks) {
+                  return
+                }
+                openTaskPage({ taskSource: 'github' })
+              }}
+              className="rounded p-0.5 text-muted-foreground/70 transition-colors hover:text-foreground"
+            >
+              <Github className="size-3.5" aria-hidden />
+            </span>
+            <span
+              role="button"
+              tabIndex={-1}
+              onClick={(e) => {
+                e.stopPropagation()
+                if (!canBrowseTasks) {
+                  return
+                }
+                openTaskPage({ taskSource: 'linear' })
+              }}
+              className="rounded p-0.5 text-muted-foreground/70 transition-colors hover:text-foreground"
+            >
+              <LinearIcon className="size-3.5" />
+            </span>
           </span>
-          <span
-            role="button"
-            tabIndex={-1}
-            onClick={(e) => {
-              e.stopPropagation()
-              if (!canBrowseTasks) {
-                return
-              }
-              openTaskPage({ taskSource: 'linear' })
-            }}
-            className="rounded p-0.5 text-muted-foreground/70 transition-colors hover:text-foreground"
-          >
-            <LinearIcon className="size-3.5" />
-          </span>
-        </span>
+        ) : null}
       </button>
     </div>
   )

src/shared/constants.ts

@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ export function getDefaultSettings(homedir: string): GlobalSettings {
     openLinksInApp: true,
     rightSidebarOpenByDefault: true,
     showTitlebarAgentActivity: true,
+    showTaskProviderIcons: true,
     notifications: getDefaultNotificationSettings(),
     diffDefaultView: 'inline',
     promptCacheTimerEnabled: false,

src/shared/types.ts

@@ -811,6 +811,9 @@ export type GlobalSettings = {
   rightSidebarOpenByDefault: boolean
   /** Whether to show the live agent activity count badge in the titlebar. */
   showTitlebarAgentActivity: boolean
+  /** Why: the Tasks sidebar label can be kept cleaner for users who do not
+   *  actively use the GitHub/Linear integrations behind it. */
+  showTaskProviderIcons: boolean
   diffDefaultView: 'inline' | 'side-by-side'
   notifications: NotificationSettings
   /** When true, a countdown timer is shown after a Claude agent becomes idle,