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+## Composable Ask AI chat trigger
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+<ChangelogTags>ai, search</ChangelogTags>
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+`AskAiChat` in [`@fern-api/search-widget`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@fern-api/search-widget) now splits into `AskAiChat.Root`, `AskAiChat.Trigger`, and `AskAiChat.Panel`, so an Ask AI entry can sit inside a dropdown menu, popover, or command palette while the chat panel lives outside it and survives the menu closing. `trigger="none"` renders no button at all, and `open`, `defaultOpen`, and `onOpenChange` drive the panel from your own state. For triggers that aren't buttons, such as a link or a table row, `AskAiChat.Sparkles` renders the same sparkle icon the built-in trigger uses.
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+<Button intent="none" outlined rightIcon="arrow-right" href="/learn/docs/ai-features/ask-fern/search-widget/ask-ai-chat#custom-triggers">Read the docs</Button>