Show sidebar toolbar button only briefly shows the sidebar if auto-show sidebar is enabled

laiz

Steps to reproduce the issue:

Create a new Orion profile
Enable auto-show sidebar
Click the Show sidebar button on the toolbar
Move your mouse to somewhere else on the window
The sidebar now closes because you are no longer hovering over the left edge of the window
Disable auto-show sidebar
The show sidebar menu button now properly toggles the sidebar visibility, letting it remain visible until toggled off

Video of the issue:

Expected behavior:
Show sidebar should always toggle the sidebar, regardless of whether the user has auto-show sidebar enabled.

Orion and macOS versions:

Version 0.99.136.2-rc (WebKit 623.1.8.0.0)

Tahoe (26)

akshatpatel

This was an explicitly intended behavior change. When the user toggles "Auto-show Sidebar" on, it is an explicit signal by the user that they want the edge hover behavior. Thus we changed the behavior of the sidebar toggle button to show the overlay temporary sidebar if the user has selected "Auto-show Sidebar".

Previously, if the user had selected "Auto-show Sidebar", and they toggled the sidebar manually, it would remain there. In this open state, the edge hover would not work. This was confusing behavior because then "Auto-show Sidebar" became meaningless in that state, and users were confused why edge hover isn't working.

Now, if the user wants the old "sticky" sidebar behavior, they can simply turn "Auto-show Sidebar" off.

laiz

akshatpatel
Thanks for the insight. However, it feels redundant to have the button on my toolbar altogether if that is how the behavior is going to be from now on. Since the button is tied to the tab count/saved window name, it occupies an annoying amount of space while providing virtually no benefit. My workflow has had instances where I needed to toggle the sidebar visibility for a short period, and the button has been convenient for that, but I acknowledge that it is a niche use that could also be achieved by pressing ^⌘S.

akshatpatel

We are also looking into separating the 20 Tabs (i.e. Window Switcher) button from the sidebar button so that they can be removed independantly - this will solve a lot of space issues. (This might take a while to be implemented though - right now we are focused on the liquid glass fixes first).

chorizo

But it was really handy.
can we have a pin button to make the sidebar stick when we need?