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Hoping this could be improved in Orion:

  1. I want to be able to close/open the sidebar just like in Arc. I tried the hotkey ⌃⌘V, but that doesn't work for me. My current workaround is to just go into Focus mode ⇧⌘F Which I guess is fine, but I won't see the topbar.
  2. Snappier controls by not being dependent on animations - If you press ⇧⌘F a bunch of times, it doesn't really toggle immediately. It has to finish the animation before my next input is registered. This just makes the browser feel sluggish for me. If possible, all my inputs are registered and the animation is secondary.
  3. Another alternative to (2), is just an ability to completely disable animations. There are users that prefer animations, but I think devs also use this browser and expect the same snappy feedback when pressing things like how easy it is to close sidepanels in VSCode or Neovim, open terminals, etc.

For these behaviors, you can refer to:

  • Closing and opening a sidebar using a hotkey: can refer to Arc. Cmd + S.
  • Snappier controls: can refer to Arc. Try holding Cmd + S (it registers all inputs immediately). Try pressing Cmd + S 2x in a row very quickly. Both inputs are registered.
  • Disabling animations: can refer to Sigma OS. The expected result is a snappier feel like closing/opening the side panels in VSCode or NeoVim. Or opening the command palette without a fade-in animation so I can type immediately.

    In the future, please keep to one issue per post

    1. you can use the shortcut View->Show Sidebar and View->Hide Sidebar with cmd-ctrl-s
    2. yes, this is a known issue
    3. i would move this suggestion into its own post.

    thanks @eirk for letting me know know about the ⌘ ^s I will be using this.

    since this issues is messed up a bit anyway, may I ask, are there "default" shortcuts to switch between window groups?

    • eirk replied to this.

      raphty cmd-shift-up/down to switch prev/next tab group

      you can find this shortcut under Window->Go to Next/Previous Tab Group

      View->Show/Hide Sidebar for the cmd-ctrl-s shortcut

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