Evster87

Q: How to disable Safari 9 sidebar

With Safari 9 the sidebar automatically opens when your cursor moves to the left side of the page... this is REALLY annoying. Is there a way to disable it? I already sent feedback to Apple.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Oct 1, 2015 4:29 PM

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Q: How to disable Safari 9 sidebar

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  • by Thailand Amulets,

    Thailand Amulets Thailand Amulets Apr 30, 2016 11:33 AM in response to pinkstones
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    Apr 30, 2016 11:33 AM in response to pinkstones

    Yes of course. Im talking  about autoshow sidebar when the cursor approaches the vicinity of the left side of browser, not showing sidebar as a constant view. I always have show sidebar deactivated. I delete all bookmarks and reading lists and shared links, because i don't use those functions. i also dont share tabs in safari icloud for ios too so thats also not the reason

    I don't think its possible yet to deactivate, and i don't think it ever will be. I believe that safari is designed for people consuming content and reading, but that Apple are not catering for webmasters or content creators who use a browser to do actual work with. So in such a case, the sidebar would not be so bothersome, but for people who use the cursor to click and type with in text editors, its a real scourge

  • by pinkstones,

    pinkstones pinkstones Apr 30, 2016 12:54 PM in response to Thailand Amulets
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    Apr 30, 2016 12:54 PM in response to Thailand Amulets

    Thailand Amulets wrote:

     

    Yes of course. Im talking  about autoshow sidebar when the cursor approaches the vicinity of the left side of browser, not showing sidebar as a constant view. I always have show sidebar deactivated. I delete all bookmarks and reading lists and shared links, because i don't use those functions. i also dont share tabs in safari icloud for ios too so thats also not the reason

    I don't think its possible yet to deactivate, and i don't think it ever will be. I believe that safari is designed for people consuming content and reading, but that Apple are not catering for webmasters or content creators who use a browser to do actual work with. So in such a case, the sidebar would not be so bothersome, but for people who use the cursor to click and type with in text editors, its a real scourge

     

    If you don't want the sidebar to pop out from the left when your cursor is over there, don't use Safari in Full Screen mode.

  • by guitarrgirl,

    guitarrgirl guitarrgirl May 5, 2016 3:22 PM in response to Bazza J
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    May 5, 2016 3:22 PM in response to Bazza J

    THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! Such a much easier fix than all the other responses. I was just about to try Terminal commands.  I dunno how that sidebar got turned on—I certainly didn't do it, as I abhor that infernal thing, but thanks heaps for directing to the solution. Your post should be the top answer.

  • by onthebeach625,

    onthebeach625 onthebeach625 Jun 26, 2016 2:04 PM in response to Evster87
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    Jun 26, 2016 2:04 PM in response to Evster87

    On your toolbar, click on View.  Click on Hide Sidebar.  Done.

  • by erb1991,

    erb1991 erb1991 Jun 26, 2016 2:19 PM in response to onthebeach625
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    Jun 26, 2016 2:19 PM in response to onthebeach625

    @Evster87: Please read the problem description carefully. Of course it's not that easy and as far as I know there's still no adequate solution to the present day.

  • by onthebeach625,

    onthebeach625 onthebeach625 Jun 26, 2016 3:07 PM in response to Evster87
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    Jun 26, 2016 3:07 PM in response to Evster87

    On the top toolbar, click on View.  Click on hide sidebar.  All done.

  • by erb1991,

    erb1991 erb1991 Jun 26, 2016 3:16 PM in response to onthebeach625
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    Jun 26, 2016 3:16 PM in response to onthebeach625

    @onthebeach625: That's not how it works! The problem appears, when you run Safari in FULLSCREEN mode and move the curser to the left edge of the screen. The "hide sidebar" setting in the toolbar doesn't work here.

  • by ahoman08,

    ahoman08 ahoman08 Jun 30, 2016 1:06 AM in response to Carolyn Samit
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    Jun 30, 2016 1:06 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

    Unselecting the "allow other plug-ins" worked for me... thank you!

  • by SethSquatch00,

    SethSquatch00 SethSquatch00 Jul 3, 2016 6:45 PM in response to Evster87
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    Jul 3, 2016 6:45 PM in response to Evster87

    Shift-Command-L. Or go to view and uncheck

  • by electricianjoel,

    electricianjoel electricianjoel Sep 10, 2016 6:18 AM in response to iFaninVan
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    Sep 10, 2016 6:18 AM in response to iFaninVan

    thanks!

  • by hashim711,

    hashim711 hashim711 Sep 10, 2016 12:01 PM in response to Evster87
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    Sep 10, 2016 12:01 PM in response to Evster87

    Click on system preferences, then on Dock and then click on left. This will move your dock to the left and some how it fixes the sidebar issue. That's the only solution I have discovered.

  • by ottomatics1,

    ottomatics1 ottomatics1 Sep 15, 2016 12:26 PM in response to Evster87
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    Sep 15, 2016 12:26 PM in response to Evster87

    I fixed it by Opening Chrome.

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