diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ae02f20..9564531 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2097,7 +2097,7 @@
 					"gitlens.graph.avatars": {
 						"type": "boolean",
 						"default": true,
-						"markdownDescription": "Specifies whether to show avatar images instead of author initials in the _Commit Graph_",
+						"markdownDescription": "Specifies whether to show avatar images instead of author initials and remote icons in the _Commit Graph_",
 						"scope": "window",
 						"order": 10
 					},
@@ -2108,12 +2108,32 @@
 						"scope": "window",
 						"order": 11
 					},
+					"gitlens.graph.showDetailsView": {
+						"type": [
+							"boolean",
+							"string"
+						],
+						"default": "selection",
+						"enum": [
+							false,
+							"open",
+							"selection"
+						],
+						"enumDescriptions": [
+							"Never shows the _Commit Details_ view automatically",
+							"Shows the _Commit Details_ view automatically when the _Commit Graph_ is first opened",
+							"Shows the _Commit Details_ view automatically when selection changes in the _Commit Graph_"
+						],
+						"markdownDescription": "Specifies when to show the _Commit Details_ view for the selected row in the _Commit Graph_",
+						"scope": "window",
+						"order": 12
+					},
 					"gitlens.graph.showGhostRefsOnRowHover": {
 						"type": "boolean",
 						"default": true,
-						"markdownDescription": "Specifies whether to show a ghost ref of the hovered/selected row in the _Commit Graph_",
+						"markdownDescription": "Specifies whether to show a ghost ref for the hovered/selected row in the _Commit Graph_",
 						"scope": "window",
-						"order": 12
+						"order": 13
 					},
 					"gitlens.graph.defaultItemLimit": {
 						"type": "number",
diff --git a/src/commands/gitCommands.actions.ts b/src/commands/gitCommands.actions.ts
index 0fe7b6b..cdf14b8 100644
--- a/src/commands/gitCommands.actions.ts
+++ b/src/commands/gitCommands.actions.ts
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ export namespace GitActions {
 
 		export function showDetailsView(
 			commit: GitRevisionReference | GitCommit,
-			options?: { pin?: boolean; preserveFocus?: boolean },
+			options?: { pin?: boolean; preserveFocus?: boolean; preserveVisibility?: boolean },
 		): Promise<void> {
 			return Container.instance.commitDetailsView.show({ ...options, commit: commit });
 		}
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index c779a51..b331706 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ export interface GraphConfig {
 	dateStyle: DateStyle | null;
 	defaultItemLimit: number;
 	highlightRowsOnRefHover: boolean;
+	showDetailsView: 'open' | 'selection' | false;
 	showGhostRefsOnRowHover: boolean;
 	pageItemLimit: number;
 	searchItemLimit: number;
diff --git a/src/env/node/git/localGitProvider.ts b/src/env/node/git/localGitProvider.ts
index 2937ead..2648d97 100644
--- a/src/env/node/git/localGitProvider.ts
+++ b/src/env/node/git/localGitProvider.ts
@@ -1664,6 +1664,8 @@ export class LocalGitProvider implements GitProvider, Disposable {
 			);
 		}
 
+		const useAvatars = configuration.get('graph.avatars', undefined, true);
+
 		const avatars = new Map<string, string>();
 		const ids = new Set<string>();
 		const reachableFromHEAD = new Set<string>();
@@ -1829,7 +1831,7 @@ export class LocalGitProvider implements GitProvider, Disposable {
 									owner: remote.name,
 									url: remote.url,
 									avatarUrl: (
-										remote.provider?.avatarUri ??
+										(useAvatars ? remote.provider?.avatarUri : undefined) ??
 										getRemoteIconUri(this.container, remote, asWebviewUri)
 									)?.toString(true),
 									context: serializeWebviewItemContext<GraphItemRefContext>({
diff --git a/src/plus/github/githubGitProvider.ts b/src/plus/github/githubGitProvider.ts
index 0f3bcb1a..9566227 100644
--- a/src/plus/github/githubGitProvider.ts
+++ b/src/plus/github/githubGitProvider.ts
@@ -1078,6 +1078,7 @@ export class GitHubGitProvider implements GitProvider, Disposable {
 		const defaultLimit = options?.limit ?? configuration.get('graph.defaultItemLimit') ?? 5000;
 		// const defaultPageLimit = configuration.get('graph.pageItemLimit') ?? 1000;
 		const ordering = configuration.get('graph.commitOrdering', undefined, 'date');
+		const useAvatars = configuration.get('graph.avatars', undefined, true);
 
 		const [logResult, branchResult, remotesResult, tagsResult, currentUserResult] = await Promise.allSettled([
 			this.getLog(repoPath, { all: true, ordering: ordering, limit: defaultLimit }),
@@ -1100,7 +1101,7 @@ export class GitHubGitProvider implements GitProvider, Disposable {
 			getSettledValue(currentUserResult),
 			avatars,
 			ids,
-			options,
+			{ ...options, useAvatars: useAvatars },
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -1119,6 +1120,7 @@ export class GitHubGitProvider implements GitProvider, Disposable {
 			limit?: number;
 			mode?: 'single' | 'local' | 'all';
 			ref?: string;
+			useAvatars?: boolean;
 		},
 	): Promise<GitGraph> {
 		if (log == null) {
@@ -1184,7 +1186,8 @@ export class GitHubGitProvider implements GitProvider, Disposable {
 						owner: remote.name,
 						url: remote.url,
 						avatarUrl: (
-							remote.provider?.avatarUri ?? getRemoteIconUri(this.container, remote, asWebviewUri)
+							(options?.useAvatars ? remote.provider?.avatarUri : undefined) ??
+							getRemoteIconUri(this.container, remote, asWebviewUri)
 						)?.toString(true),
 						context: serializeWebviewItemContext<GraphItemRefContext>({
 							webviewItem: 'gitlens:branch+remote',
diff --git a/src/plus/webviews/graph/graphWebview.ts b/src/plus/webviews/graph/graphWebview.ts
index f567fbc..45718b7 100644
--- a/src/plus/webviews/graph/graphWebview.ts
+++ b/src/plus/webviews/graph/graphWebview.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import type {
 } from '../../../commands';
 import { parseCommandContext } from '../../../commands/base';
 import { GitActions } from '../../../commands/gitCommands.actions';
+import type { Config } from '../../../configuration';
 import { configuration } from '../../../configuration';
 import { Commands, ContextKeys, CoreGitCommands } from '../../../constants';
 import type { Container } from '../../../container';
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ export class GraphWebview extends WebviewBase<State> {
 
 	private _etagSubscription?: number;
 	private _etagRepository?: number;
+	private _firstSelection = true;
 	private _graph?: GitGraph;
 	private _pendingIpcNotifications = new Map<IpcNotificationType, IpcMessage | (() => Promise<boolean>)>();
 	private _refsMetadata: Map<string, GraphRefMetadata | null> | null | undefined;
@@ -192,10 +194,10 @@ export class GraphWebview extends WebviewBase<State> {
 	private _searchCancellation: CancellationTokenSource | undefined;
 	private _selectedId?: string;
 	private _selectedRows: GraphSelectedRows | undefined;
-	private _repositoryEventsDisposable: Disposable | undefined;
-
+	private _showDetailsView: Config['graph']['showDetailsView'];
 	private _statusBarItem: StatusBarItem | undefined;
 	private _theme: ColorTheme | undefined;
+	private _repositoryEventsDisposable: Disposable | undefined;
 
 	private previewBanner?: boolean;
 	private trialBanner?: boolean;
@@ -210,6 +212,9 @@ export class GraphWebview extends WebviewBase<State> {
 			'graphWebview',
 			Commands.ShowGraphPage,
 		);
+
+		this._showDetailsView = configuration.get('graph.showDetailsView');
+
 		this.disposables.push(
 			configuration.onDidChange(this.onConfigurationChanged, this),
 			once(container.onReady)(() => queueMicrotask(() => this.updateStatusBar())),
@@ -260,6 +265,7 @@ export class GraphWebview extends WebviewBase<State> {
 	}
 
 	override async show(options?: { column?: ViewColumn; preserveFocus?: boolean }, ...args: unknown[]): Promise<void> {
+		this._firstSelection = true;
 		if (!(await ensurePlusFeaturesEnabled())) return;
 
 		if (this.container.git.repositoryCount > 1) {
@@ -412,7 +418,11 @@ export class GraphWebview extends WebviewBase<State> {
 			setTimeout(() => void setContext(ContextKeys.GraphPageFocused, focused), 0);
 
 			if (this.selection != null) {
-				void GitActions.Commit.showDetailsView(this.selection[0], { pin: true, preserveFocus: true });
+				void GitActions.Commit.showDetailsView(this.selection[0], {
+					pin: true,
+					preserveFocus: true,
+					preserveVisibility: this._showDetailsView === false,
+				});
 			}
 
 			return;
@@ -433,6 +443,10 @@ export class GraphWebview extends WebviewBase<State> {
 	}
 
 	private onConfigurationChanged(e: ConfigurationChangeEvent) {
+		if (configuration.changed(e, 'graph.showDetailsView')) {
+			this._showDetailsView = configuration.get('graph.showDetailsView');
+		}
+
 		if (configuration.changed(e, 'graph.statusBar.enabled') || configuration.changed(e, 'plusFeatures.enabled')) {
 			this.updateStatusBar();
 		}
@@ -812,7 +826,14 @@ export class GraphWebview extends WebviewBase<State> {
 
 		if (commits == null) return;
 
-		void GitActions.Commit.showDetailsView(commits[0], { pin: true, preserveFocus: true });
+		void GitActions.Commit.showDetailsView(commits[0], {
+			pin: true,
+			preserveFocus: true,
+			preserveVisibility: this._firstSelection
+				? this._showDetailsView === false
+				: this._showDetailsView !== 'selection',
+		});
+		this._firstSelection = false;
 	}
 
 	private _notifyDidChangeStateDebounced: Deferrable<GraphWebview['notifyDidChangeState']> | undefined = undefined;
diff --git a/src/webviews/apps/settings/partials/commit-graph.html b/src/webviews/apps/settings/partials/commit-graph.html
index 46e3a62..6c98c4a 100644
--- a/src/webviews/apps/settings/partials/commit-graph.html
+++ b/src/webviews/apps/settings/partials/commit-graph.html
@@ -76,6 +76,30 @@
 					</div>
 
 					<div class="setting">
+						<div class="setting__input setting__input--inner-select">
+							<input
+								id="graph.showDetailsView"
+								name="graph.showDetailsView"
+								type="checkbox"
+								value="selection"
+								data-setting
+							/>
+							<label for="graph.showDetailsView">Show the Commit Details view</label>
+							<div class="select-container">
+								<select
+									id="graph.showDetailsView"
+									name="graph.showDetailsView"
+									data-setting
+									data-enablement="graph.showDetailsView !false"
+								>
+									<option value="open">when first opened</option>
+									<option value="selection">when selection changes (default)</option>
+								</select>
+							</div>
+						</div>
+					</div>
+
+					<div class="setting">
 						<div class="setting__input">
 							<input
 								id="graph.showGhostRefsOnRowHover"
diff --git a/src/webviews/commitDetails/commitDetailsWebviewView.ts b/src/webviews/commitDetails/commitDetailsWebviewView.ts
index 816dee9..5d198ee 100644
--- a/src/webviews/commitDetails/commitDetailsWebviewView.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/commitDetails/commitDetailsWebviewView.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ export class CommitDetailsWebviewView extends WebviewViewBase<State, Serialized<
 		commit?: GitRevisionReference | GitCommit;
 		pin?: boolean;
 		preserveFocus?: boolean | undefined;
+		preserveVisibility?: boolean | undefined;
 	}): Promise<void> {
 		if (options != null) {
 			let commit;
@@ -134,6 +135,8 @@ export class CommitDetailsWebviewView extends WebviewViewBase<State, Serialized<
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (options?.preserveVisibility) return;
+
 		return super.show(options);
 	}