diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControls.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControls.tsx
index 6981995bd3a..d2b80340dfc 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControls.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControls.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { Box, Button, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { playlistSrv } from 'app/features/playlist/PlaylistSrv';
+import { ContextualNavigationPaneToggle } from 'app/features/scopes/dashboards/ContextualNavigationPaneToggle';
 
 import { PanelEditControls } from '../panel-edit/PanelEditControls';
 import { getDashboardSceneFor } from '../utils/utils';
@@ -172,6 +173,9 @@ function DashboardControlsRenderer({ model }: SceneComponentProps<DashboardContr
           </div>
         )}
       </div>
+      {config.featureToggles.scopeFilters && !editPanel && (
+        <ContextualNavigationPaneToggle className={styles.contextualNavToggle} hideWhenOpen={true} />
+      )}
       {!hideVariableControls && (
         <>
           <VariableControls dashboard={dashboard} />
@@ -287,5 +291,9 @@ function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
       flexWrap: 'wrap',
       marginLeft: 'auto',
     }),
+    contextualNavToggle: css({
+      display: 'inline-flex',
+      margin: theme.spacing(0, 1, 1, 0),
+    }),
   };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/dashboards/ContextualNavigationPaneToggle.tsx b/public/app/features/scopes/dashboards/ContextualNavigationPaneToggle.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a87b8cc9df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/dashboards/ContextualNavigationPaneToggle.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { useScopes } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { ToolbarButton } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { useScopesServices } from '../ScopesContextProvider';
+
+interface Props {
+  className?: string;
+  hideWhenOpen?: boolean;
+}
+
+export function ContextualNavigationPaneToggle({ className, hideWhenOpen }: Props) {
+  const scopes = useScopes();
+  const services = useScopesServices();
+
+  if (!scopes || !services) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const { scopesDashboardsService } = services;
+  const { readOnly, drawerOpened } = scopes.state;
+
+  if (hideWhenOpen && drawerOpened) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const dashboardsIconLabel = readOnly
+    ? t('scopes.dashboards.toggle.disabled', 'Suggested dashboards list is disabled due to read only mode')
+    : drawerOpened
+      ? t('scopes.dashboards.toggle.collapse', 'Collapse suggested dashboards list')
+      : t('scopes.dashboards.toggle.expand', 'Expand suggested dashboards list');
+
+  return (
+    <div className={className}>
+      <ToolbarButton
+        icon="web-section-alt"
+        aria-label={dashboardsIconLabel}
+        tooltip={dashboardsIconLabel}
+        data-testid="scopes-dashboards-expand"
+        disabled={readOnly}
+        onClick={scopesDashboardsService.toggleDrawer}
+        variant={'canvas'}
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/dashboards/ScopesDashboards.tsx b/public/app/features/scopes/dashboards/ScopesDashboards.tsx
index 7a2fc7832f3..640eb6290b1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/dashboards/ScopesDashboards.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/dashboards/ScopesDashboards.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { useObservable } from 'react-use';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 
@@ -34,22 +34,22 @@ export function ScopesDashboards() {
   if (!loading) {
     if (forScopeNames.length === 0) {
       return (
-        <div
-          className={cx(styles.container, styles.noResultsContainer)}
-          data-testid="scopes-dashboards-notFoundNoScopes"
-        >
-          <Trans i18nKey="scopes.dashboards.noResultsNoScopes">No scopes selected</Trans>
+        <div className={styles.container} data-testid="scopes-dashboards-container">
+          <ScopesDashboardsTreeSearch disabled={loading} query={searchQuery} onChange={changeSearchQuery} />
+
+          <div className={styles.noResultsContainer} data-testid="scopes-dashboards-notFoundNoScopes">
+            <Trans i18nKey="scopes.dashboards.noResultsNoScopes">No scopes selected</Trans>
+          </div>
         </div>
       );
     } else if (dashboards.length === 0 && scopeNavigations.length === 0) {
       return (
-        <div
-          className={cx(styles.container, styles.noResultsContainer)}
-          data-testid="scopes-dashboards-notFoundForScope"
-        >
-          <Trans i18nKey="scopes.dashboards.noResultsForScopes">
-            No dashboards or links found for the selected scopes
-          </Trans>
+        <div className={styles.container} data-testid="scopes-dashboards-container">
+          <div className={styles.noResultsContainer} data-testid="scopes-dashboards-notFoundForScope">
+            <Trans i18nKey="scopes.dashboards.noResultsForScopes">
+              No dashboards or links found for the selected scopes
+            </Trans>
+          </div>
         </div>
       );
     }
@@ -94,13 +94,14 @@ export function ScopesDashboards() {
 const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
   return {
     container: css({
-      backgroundColor: theme.colors.background.primary,
+      backgroundColor: theme.colors.background.canvas,
       borderRight: `1px solid ${theme.colors.border.weak}`,
       display: 'flex',
       flexDirection: 'column',
       height: '100%',
       gap: theme.spacing(1),
-      padding: theme.spacing(2),
+      padding: theme.spacing(0, 2),
+      margin: theme.spacing(2, 0),
       width: theme.spacing(37.5),
     }),
     noResultsContainer: css({
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/dashboards/ScopesDashboardsTreeSearch.tsx b/public/app/features/scopes/dashboards/ScopesDashboardsTreeSearch.tsx
index 3afb7a1368e..9235ff5eb61 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/dashboards/ScopesDashboardsTreeSearch.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/dashboards/ScopesDashboardsTreeSearch.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { FilterInput, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
+import { ContextualNavigationPaneToggle } from './ContextualNavigationPaneToggle';
+
 export interface ScopesDashboardsTreeSearchProps {
   disabled: boolean;
   query: string;
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ export function ScopesDashboardsTreeSearch({ disabled, query, onChange }: Scopes
         data-testid="scopes-dashboards-search"
         onChange={(value) => setInputState({ value, dirty: true })}
       />
+      <ContextualNavigationPaneToggle />
     </div>
   );
 }
@@ -49,6 +52,8 @@ export function ScopesDashboardsTreeSearch({ disabled, query, onChange }: Scopes
 const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
   return {
     container: css({
+      display: 'flex',
+      gap: theme.spacing(1),
       flex: '0 1 auto',
     }),
   };
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesSelector.tsx b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesSelector.tsx
index bc89c748814..8c67fa202de 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesSelector.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesSelector.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Trans, t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { useScopes } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { Button, Drawer, ErrorBoundary, ErrorWithStack, IconButton, Spinner, Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, Drawer, ErrorBoundary, ErrorWithStack, Spinner, Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { getModKey } from 'app/core/utils/browser';
 
 import { useScopesServices } from '../ScopesContextProvider';
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ export const ScopesSelector = () => {
     tree,
     scopes: scopesMap,
   } = selectorServiceState;
-  const { scopesService, scopesSelectorService, scopesDashboardsService } = services;
-  const { readOnly, drawerOpened, loading } = scopes.state;
+  const { scopesService, scopesSelectorService } = services;
+  const { readOnly, loading } = scopes.state;
   const {
     open,
     removeAllScopes,
@@ -70,24 +70,8 @@ export const ScopesSelector = () => {
 
   const recentScopes = getRecentScopes();
 
-  const dashboardsIconLabel = readOnly
-    ? t('scopes.dashboards.toggle.disabled', 'Suggested dashboards list is disabled due to read only mode')
-    : drawerOpened
-      ? t('scopes.dashboards.toggle.collapse', 'Collapse suggested dashboards list')
-      : t('scopes.dashboards.toggle.expand', 'Expand suggested dashboards list');
-
   return (
     <>
-      <IconButton
-        name="web-section-alt"
-        className={styles.dashboards}
-        aria-label={dashboardsIconLabel}
-        tooltip={dashboardsIconLabel}
-        data-testid="scopes-dashboards-expand"
-        disabled={readOnly}
-        onClick={scopesDashboardsService.toggleDrawer}
-      />
-
       <ScopesInput
         nodes={nodes}
         scopes={scopesMap}
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/tests/dashboardsList.test.ts b/public/app/features/scopes/tests/dashboardsList.test.ts
index 0fc77e74962..b4e091bfd6b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/tests/dashboardsList.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/tests/dashboardsList.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import {
   expectNoDashboardsForFilter,
   expectNoDashboardsForScope,
   expectNoDashboardsNoScopes,
-  expectNoDashboardsSearch,
 } from './utils/assertions';
 import {
   alternativeDashboardWithRootFolder,
@@ -304,14 +303,12 @@ describe('Dashboards list', () => {
   it('Shows a proper message when no scopes are selected', async () => {
     await toggleDashboards();
     expectNoDashboardsNoScopes();
-    expectNoDashboardsSearch();
   });
 
   it('Does not show the input when there are no dashboards found for scope', async () => {
     await updateScopes(scopesService, ['cloud']);
     await toggleDashboards();
     expectNoDashboardsForScope();
-    expectNoDashboardsSearch();
   });
 
   it('Shows the input and a message when there are no dashboards found for filter', async () => {