diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/projects/Project.tsx b/components/dashboard/src/projects/Project.tsx
index 4fc57ab96ffc85..dffff80f0b8944 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/projects/Project.tsx
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/projects/Project.tsx
@@ -398,26 +398,29 @@ export default function () {
                                                 </a>
                                                 <ItemFieldContextMenu
                                                     className="py-0.5"
-                                                    menuEntries={
+                                                    menuEntries={[
+                                                        {
+                                                            title: "New Workspace ...",
+                                                            href: gitpodHostUrl
+                                                                .withContext(`${branch.url}`, { showOptions: true })
+                                                                .toString(),
+                                                            separator: true,
+                                                        },
                                                         prebuild?.status === "queued" || prebuild?.status === "building"
-                                                            ? [
-                                                                  {
-                                                                      title: "Cancel Prebuild",
-                                                                      customFontStyle:
-                                                                          "text-red-600 dark:text-red-400 hover:text-red-800 dark:hover:text-red-300",
-                                                                      onClick: () =>
-                                                                          prebuild && cancelPrebuild(prebuild.info.id),
-                                                                  },
-                                                              ]
-                                                            : [
-                                                                  {
-                                                                      title: `${prebuild ? "Rerun" : "Run"} Prebuild (${
-                                                                          branch.name
-                                                                      })`,
-                                                                      onClick: () => triggerPrebuild(branch),
-                                                                  },
-                                                              ]
-                                                    }
+                                                            ? {
+                                                                  title: "Cancel Prebuild",
+                                                                  customFontStyle:
+                                                                      "text-red-600 dark:text-red-400 hover:text-red-800 dark:hover:text-red-300",
+                                                                  onClick: () =>
+                                                                      prebuild && cancelPrebuild(prebuild.info.id),
+                                                              }
+                                                            : {
+                                                                  title: `${prebuild ? "Rerun" : "Run"} Prebuild (${
+                                                                      branch.name
+                                                                  })`,
+                                                                  onClick: () => triggerPrebuild(branch),
+                                                              },
+                                                    ]}
                                                 />
                                             </ItemField>
                                         </Item>
diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/projects/ProjectListItem.tsx b/components/dashboard/src/projects/ProjectListItem.tsx
index 672ebf322b2c4c..93c971dcf2e702 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/projects/ProjectListItem.tsx
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/projects/ProjectListItem.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { useCurrentTeam } from "../teams/teams-context";
 import { RemoveProjectModal } from "./RemoveProjectModal";
 import { toRemoteURL } from "./render-utils";
 import { prebuildStatusIcon } from "./Prebuilds";
+import { gitpodHostUrl } from "../service/service";
 
 type ProjectListItemProps = {
     project: Project;
@@ -40,7 +41,14 @@ export const ProjectListItem: FunctionComponent<ProjectListItemProps> = ({ proje
                                 menuEntries={[
                                     {
                                         title: "New Workspace",
-                                        href: `/#${project.cloneUrl}`,
+                                        href: gitpodHostUrl.withContext(`${project.cloneUrl}`).toString(),
+                                        separator: true,
+                                    },
+                                    {
+                                        title: "New Workspace ...",
+                                        href: gitpodHostUrl
+                                            .withContext(`${project.cloneUrl}`, { showOptions: true })
+                                            .toString(),
                                         separator: true,
                                     },
                                     {
diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/gitpod-host-url.ts b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/gitpod-host-url.ts
index a952d35ac22b14..9481d02bdea145 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/gitpod-host-url.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/gitpod-host-url.ts
@@ -77,8 +77,15 @@ export class GitpodHostUrl {
         return updated.with((url) => ({ pathname: `/api${url.pathname}` }));
     }
 
-    withContext(contextUrl: string) {
-        return this.with((url) => ({ hash: contextUrl }));
+    withContext(
+        contextUrl: string,
+        startOptions?: { showOptions?: boolean; editor?: string; workspaceClass?: string },
+    ) {
+        const searchParams = new URLSearchParams();
+        if (startOptions?.showOptions) {
+            searchParams.append("showOptions", "true");
+        }
+        return this.with((url) => ({ hash: contextUrl, search: searchParams.toString() }));
     }
 
     asWebsocket(): GitpodHostUrl {