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    Sidebar sometimes auto hides for no apparent reason. Suggested changes below.

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    • That-Pancake-Cat
      That-Pancake-Cat last edited by

      Hi,

      First if all I am absolutely loving the change to Opera GX, especially coming from chrome and still being able to use the features I love from Google.

      I have been using the sidebar mostly for switching tabs, as that was a feature I always loved to use for organisation and to reduce clutter on the screen.

      I have two problems with this.

      1. The sidebar occasionally hides itself for no reason I can understand. I haven't seen anyone else complaining about this so perhaps this is a sole issue. Either way, I sometimes return to my PC or leave a full screen to see that the sidebar has vanished. This is not a huge annoyance but it does mean that I have to keep a settings tab open and ready for me to click "show sidebar". It would be much less of a worry if there was a small button maybe in or just below the Opera GX logo in the top right hand corner, or, if I could...

      2. Have some commands / shortcuts to fix this. Something like Ctrl + Shift + S to hide and show the sidebar would be excellent. This would also address many other complaints I have seen asking for an auto-hide function, for those who do not use it much, but still want access to it. Maybe also a Ctrl + B (Ctrl+ Shift + B is already used) to hide and show the bookmarks bar, as I sometimes want/need to hide it temporarily for some websites. I would also really like having something like Ctrl + Shift + 1-9 (Just like Ctr + 1-9 for switching quickly between tabs) to access the different workspaces quickly and without needing to move the mouse a lot. None of this is a huge deal but would definitely be some quality-of-life improvements I would love to see.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @That-Pancake-Cat last edited by

        @that-pancake-cat 1 ) Maybe you are disabling the sidebar by accident?

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @That-Pancake-Cat last edited by

          @that-pancake-cat 2 ) Suggestions belong to another area and that one already exists.

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          • That-Pancake-Cat
            That-Pancake-Cat @leocg last edited by

            @leocg Hello, firstly.
            I have realised I am incredible dumb, they already have shortcuts for everything I was asking for, I just did not have them set.

            Secondly I am certain I am not doing it, it happens for random reasons at different times sometimes I am not even clicking or pressing anything, but I realised that if I just looked for the stuff I wanted, maybe it would be there. I am stupid as hell. Thank you for your conern and conideration though.

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            • omi-kun
              omi-kun @That-Pancake-Cat last edited by

              @that-pancake-cat yA . brother u can set custom shortcut too. but if u dont like too the floating feature of siderbar . u can just simple pin it . there is niddle like imagea at top of your sidebar. . // and for shotcuts dig into setting brother. . but if u want to set shortcut for mesanger. here it is .......//
              right click on messenger at sidebar->press manage messenger.-> in side of blue tick there is 3 dots . press it -> here your shorcut setup

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