diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
index 60441371..d0f136f3 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ const ToolRequestAcceptRejectButtons = ({ toolName }: { toolName: ToolName }) =>
 		<ToolApprovalTypeSwitch size='xs' approvalType={approvalType} desc='Auto-approve' />
 	</div> : null
 
-	return <div className="flex gap-2 mx-4 items-center">
+	return <div className="flex gap-2 items-center">
 		{approveButton}
 		{cancelButton}
 		{approvalToggle}
@@ -2714,15 +2714,15 @@ export const SidebarChat = () => {
 	const sidebarRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
 	const scrollContainerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
 
-	const onSubmit = useCallback(async () => {
+	const onSubmit = useCallback(async (_forceSubmit?: string) => {
 
-		if (isDisabled) return
+		if (isDisabled && !_forceSubmit) return
 		if (isRunning) return
 
 		const threadId = chatThreadsService.state.currentThreadId
 
 		// send message to LLM
-		const userMessage = textAreaRef.current?.value ?? ''
+		const userMessage = _forceSubmit || textAreaRef.current?.value || ''
 
 		try {
 			await chatThreadsService.addUserMessageAndStreamResponse({ userMessage, threadId })
@@ -2884,6 +2884,26 @@ export const SidebarChat = () => {
 	const isLandingPage = previousMessages.length === 0
 
 
+	const initiallySuggestedPromptsHTML = <div className='flex flex-col gap-2 w-full text-nowrap text-void-fg-3 select-none'>
+		{[
+			'Summarize my codebase',
+			'How do types work in Rust?',
+			'Create a .voidrules file for me'
+		].map((text, index) => (
+			<div
+				key={index}
+				className='py-1 px-2 rounded text-sm bg-zinc-700/5 hover:bg-zinc-700/10 dark:bg-zinc-300/5 dark:hover:bg-zinc-300/10 cursor-pointer opacity-80 hover:opacity-100'
+				onClick={() => onSubmit(text)}
+			>
+				{text}
+			</div>
+		))}
+	</div>
+
+
+	console.log('!!!', Object.keys(chatThreadsState.allThreads).length)
+
+
 	const threadPageInput = <div key={'input' + chatThreadsState.currentThreadId}>
 		<div className='px-4'>
 			<CommandBarInChat />
@@ -2907,11 +2927,16 @@ export const SidebarChat = () => {
 			{landingPageInput}
 		</ErrorBoundary>
 
-		{Object.values(chatThreadsState.allThreads).length > 0 && // show if there are threads
+		{Object.keys(chatThreadsState.allThreads).length > 1 ? // show if there are threads
 			<ErrorBoundary>
 				<div className='pt-8 mb-2 text-void-fg-1 text-root'>Previous Threads</div>
 				<PastThreadsList />
 			</ErrorBoundary>
+			:
+			<ErrorBoundary>
+				<div className='pt-8 mb-2 text-void-fg-1 text-root'>Suggestions</div>
+				{initiallySuggestedPromptsHTML}
+			</ErrorBoundary>
 		}
 	</div>
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarThreadSelector.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarThreadSelector.tsx
index 6e96aa22..6276f36b 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarThreadSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarThreadSelector.tsx
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ export const PastThreadsList = ({ className = '' }: { className?: string }) => {
 
 	return (
 		<div className={`flex flex-col mb-2 gap-2 w-full text-nowrap text-void-fg-3 select-none relative ${className}`}>
-			{displayThreads.length === 0
-				? <></> // No chats yet... Suggestion: Tell me about my codebase Suggestion: Create a new .voidrules file in the root of my repo
+			{displayThreads.length === 0 // this should never happen
+				? <></>
 				: displayThreads.map((threadId, i) => {
 					const pastThread = allThreads[threadId];
 					if (!pastThread) {
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export const PastThreadsList = ({ className = '' }: { className?: string }) => {
 
 			{hasMoreThreads && !showAll && (
 				<div
-					className="text-void-fg-3 opacity-60 hover:opacity-100 hover:brightness-115 cursor-pointer p-1 text-xs"
+					className="text-void-fg-3 opacity-80 hover:opacity-100 hover:brightness-115 cursor-pointer p-1 text-xs"
 					onClick={() => setShowAll(true)}
 				>
 					Show {sortedThreadIds.length - numInitialThreads} more...
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ export const PastThreadsList = ({ className = '' }: { className?: string }) => {
 			)}
 			{hasMoreThreads && showAll && (
 				<div
-					className="text-void-fg-3 opacity-60 hover:opacity-100 hover:brightness-115 cursor-pointer p-1 text-xs"
+					className="text-void-fg-3 opacity-80 hover:opacity-100 hover:brightness-115 cursor-pointer p-1 text-xs"
 					onClick={() => setShowAll(false)}
 				>
 					Show less
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/void-onboarding/VoidOnboarding.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/void-onboarding/VoidOnboarding.tsx
index 8281fc77..31031bc5 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/void-onboarding/VoidOnboarding.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/void-onboarding/VoidOnboarding.tsx
@@ -131,16 +131,25 @@ const FadeIn = ({ children, className, delayMs = 0, durationMs, ...props }: { ch
 // 		prev/next
 
 const NextButton = ({ onClick, ...props }: { onClick: () => void } & React.ButtonHTMLAttributes<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
+
+	// Create a new props object without the disabled attribute
+	const { disabled, ...buttonProps } = props;
+
 	return (
 		<button
-			onClick={onClick}
-			className="px-6 py-2 bg-zinc-100 enabled:hover:bg-zinc-100 disabled:bg-zinc-100/40 disabled:cursor-not-allowed rounded text-black duration-600 transition-all"
-			{...props.disabled && {
+			onClick={disabled ? undefined : onClick}
+			onDoubleClick={onClick}
+			className={`px-6 py-2 bg-zinc-100 ${disabled
+				? 'bg-zinc-100/40 cursor-not-allowed'
+				: 'hover:bg-zinc-100'
+				} rounded text-black duration-600 transition-all
+			`}
+			{...disabled && {
 				'data-tooltip-id': 'void-tooltip',
-				'data-tooltip-content': 'Please enter all required fields or choose another provider',
-				'data-tooltip-place': 'top',
+				"data-tooltip-content": 'Please enter all required fields or choose another provider', // (double-click to proceed anyway, can come back in Settings)
+				"data-tooltip-place": 'top',
 			}}
-			{...props}
+			{...buttonProps}
 		>
 			Next
 		</button>
@@ -481,7 +490,6 @@ const VoidOnboardingContent = () => {
 	const [selectedPrivateProvider, setSelectedPrivateProvider] = useState<ProviderName>('ollama');
 	const [selectedAffordableProvider, setSelectedAffordableProvider] = useState<ProviderName>('gemini');
 	const [selectedAllProvider, setSelectedAllProvider] = useState<ProviderName>('anthropic');
-	const [didDoubleClickSkip, setDidDoubleClickSkip] = useState(false)
 
 	// Helper function to get the current selected provider based on active tab
 	const getSelectedProvider = (): ProviderName => {