https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169102
--- Comment #6 from Danat <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #5) > Me was never a fan of this button and suggest to remove it. User can close > the current tab and get to a semi-collapsed state. And the hamburger menu > allows to open the sidebar again. > > We have more than three states: open / hidden (ctrl+f5 toggles this), closed > (the tab bar is still visible), and minimized (only the "show/hide" button > discussed here is visible). > > Previous discussion in bug 116298 - "Hide/Show grips of Sidebar decks are > too intrusive", Bug 161037 - "UNO Sidebar 'Hide' and 'Show' sidebar deck > (splitwin) -- a new function (available for assigning a shortcut key to it)" > both were resolved WF, Bug 145170 - "Anomalous Behaviour Concerning Mixing > Ctrl+F5 Keyboard Shortcut and Hide/Show Panel Button", Bug 137118 - > "Sidebar: Remove the minimized state (only the small show/hide button is > visible)" are active > > Related Bug 95347 - "Store sidebar state (normal, collapsed, hidden) per > module" - active, and, just to mention it, the current form of the minimize > button was introduced for Bug 83527 - "SIDEBAR: Show sidebar button should > be a different color". > > My summary: duplicate of bug 137118. To avoid confusion, this suggestion isn't the same as mine. They'd like to remove the expansion or closure of the sidebar, and I definitely want t keep them. Calling mine a duplicate of it is unfair. But I agree that the button is bad. It should be redesigned and moved to a better place. You may draw inspiration from web browsers such as Edge who get this right https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lNIXLguY3fCJRaVqzcSbf0zNs704DL0D/view?usp=sharing -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
