diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index e9a980e2..460b3538 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -539,3 +539,60 @@ document.querySelectorAll(".focus-on-chat-input").forEach(element => {
 // Fix a border around the "past chats" menu
 //------------------------------------------------
 document.getElementById("past-chats").parentNode.style.borderRadius = "0px";
+
+//------------------------------------------------
+// Allow the character dropdown to coexist at the
+// Chat tab and the Parameters > Character tab
+//------------------------------------------------
+
+const headerBar = document.querySelector(".header_bar");
+let originalParent;
+let originalIndex; // To keep track of the original position
+let movedElement;
+
+function moveToChatTab() {
+  const characterMenu = document.getElementById("character-menu");
+  const grandParent = characterMenu.parentElement.parentElement;
+
+  if (!originalParent) {
+    originalParent = grandParent.parentElement;
+    originalIndex = Array.from(originalParent.children).indexOf(grandParent);
+    movedElement = grandParent;
+  }
+
+  const instructRadio = document.querySelector("#chat-mode input[value=\"instruct\"]");
+  if (instructRadio && instructRadio.checked) {
+    grandParent.style.display = "none";
+  }
+
+  const chatControlsFirstChild = document.querySelector("#chat-controls").firstElementChild;
+  const newParent = chatControlsFirstChild;
+  let newPosition = newParent.children.length - 2;
+
+  newParent.insertBefore(grandParent, newParent.children[newPosition]);
+}
+
+function restoreOriginalPosition() {
+  if (originalParent && movedElement) {
+    if (originalIndex >= originalParent.children.length) {
+      originalParent.appendChild(movedElement);
+    } else {
+      originalParent.insertBefore(movedElement, originalParent.children[originalIndex]);
+    }
+
+    movedElement.style.display = "";
+  }
+}
+
+headerBar.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
+  if (e.target.tagName === "BUTTON") {
+    const tabName = e.target.textContent.trim();
+    if (tabName === "Chat") {
+      moveToChatTab();
+    } else {
+      restoreOriginalPosition();
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+moveToChatTab();
diff --git a/modules/ui_chat.py b/modules/ui_chat.py
index 112e6b51..c537a5c6 100644
--- a/modules/ui_chat.py
+++ b/modules/ui_chat.py
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ def create_event_handlers():
         lambda x: gr.update(choices=(histories := chat.find_all_histories_with_first_prompts(x)), value=histories[0][1]), gradio('interface_state'), gradio('unique_id'), show_progress=False).then(
         None, None, None, js=f'() => {{{ui.update_big_picture_js}; updateBigPicture()}}')
 
+    shared.gradio['mode'].change(None, gradio('mode'), None, js="(mode) => {mode === 'instruct' ? document.getElementById('character-menu').parentNode.parentNode.style.display = 'none' : document.getElementById('character-menu').parentNode.parentNode.style.display = ''}")
+
     shared.gradio['mode'].change(
         lambda x: [gr.update(visible=x != 'instruct'), gr.update(visible=x == 'chat-instruct')], gradio('mode'), gradio('chat_style', 'chat-instruct_command'), show_progress=False).then(
         ui.gather_interface_values, gradio(shared.input_elements), gradio('interface_state')).then(