From 5bcf8c2ef1dadff8e95e660185128fef5bab93f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 13:02:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add user setting

---
 docs/docs/settings/user.md                                | 1 +
 src/backend/InvenTree/common/setting/user.py              | 6 ++++++
 .../src/components/previews/GlobalPreviewDrawer.tsx       | 8 ++++++++
 src/frontend/src/pages/Index/Settings/UserSettings.tsx    | 1 +
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/docs/settings/user.md b/docs/docs/settings/user.md
index bc6919c780..b95abcb10a 100644
--- a/docs/docs/settings/user.md
+++ b/docs/docs/settings/user.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ The *Display Settings* screen shows general display configuration options:
 {{ usersetting("BARCODE_IN_FORM_FIELDS") }}
 {{ usersetting("DATE_DISPLAY_FORMAT") }}
 {{ usersetting("FORMS_CLOSE_USING_ESCAPE") }}
+{{ usersetting("ENABLE_PREVIEW_PANEL") }}
 {{ usersetting("DISPLAY_STOCKTAKE_TAB") }}
 {{ usersetting("SHOW_FULL_CATEGORY_IN_TABLES")}}
 {{ usersetting("SHOW_BOM_SUBASSEMBLY_LEVELS")}}
diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/common/setting/user.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/common/setting/user.py
index f5a2cd3f38..86dd1ef033 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/common/setting/user.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/common/setting/user.py
@@ -223,6 +223,12 @@ USER_SETTINGS: dict[str, InvenTreeSettingsKeyType] = {
             ('MMM DD YYYY', 'Feb 22 2022'),
         ],
     },
+    'ENABLE_PREVIEW_PANEL': {
+        'name': _('Enable Preview Panel'),
+        'description': _('Display a preview panel when selecting items in tables'),
+        'default': True,
+        'validator': bool,
+    },
     'DISPLAY_STOCKTAKE_TAB': {
         'name': _('Show Stock History'),
         'description': _('Display stock history information in the part detail page'),
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/previews/GlobalPreviewDrawer.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/previews/GlobalPreviewDrawer.tsx
index 33029df5da..a99e0289b7 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/previews/GlobalPreviewDrawer.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/previews/GlobalPreviewDrawer.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { usePreviewDrawerState } from '../../states/PreviewDrawerState';
+import { useUserSettingsState } from '../../states/SettingsStates';
 import PreviewDrawer from './PreviewDrawer';
 
 export default function GlobalPreviewDrawer() {
+  const enabled = useUserSettingsState((state) =>
+    state.isSet('ENABLE_PREVIEW_PANEL')
+  );
   const isOpen = usePreviewDrawerState((state) => state.isOpen);
   const modelType = usePreviewDrawerState((state) => state.modelType);
   const id = usePreviewDrawerState((state) => state.id);
@@ -9,6 +13,10 @@ export default function GlobalPreviewDrawer() {
   const preview = usePreviewDrawerState((state) => state.preview);
   const closePreview = usePreviewDrawerState((state) => state.closePreview);
 
+  if (!enabled) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   return (
     <PreviewDrawer
       modelType={modelType}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/pages/Index/Settings/UserSettings.tsx b/src/frontend/src/pages/Index/Settings/UserSettings.tsx
index ae71430928..fc376bb4aa 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/pages/Index/Settings/UserSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/pages/Index/Settings/UserSettings.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export default function UserSettings() {
               'BARCODE_IN_FORM_FIELDS',
               'DATE_DISPLAY_FORMAT',
               'FORMS_CLOSE_USING_ESCAPE',
+              'ENABLE_PREVIEW_PANEL',
               'DISPLAY_STOCKTAKE_TAB',
               'ENABLE_LAST_BREADCRUMB',
               'SHOW_EXTRA_MODEL_INFO',