Hello,
Im having a problem disabling the sidebar in Safari. I cannot find it in the settings anywhere. It is quite annoying that every time I move my mouse to the left of the screen (when Safari is in full screen) the sidebar shows up which is pretty useless for me. I understand that you can show and hide the sidebar but how do I disable it so it doesn't pop up every time my mouse is to the far left of the screen?
Thanks!
Hello and welcome to Apple Support Communities, zeid225!
I understand you're seeing the bookmarks and Reading List bar every time you move your mouse too far over to the left. I'd be happy to provide information on how you may prevent this.
There is no way to disable this bar from coming up while you're on fullscreen, however, if you simply maximize the window, you can avoid this happening.
"Maximize or minimize windows
On your Mac, do any of the following in a window:
in the top-left corner of an app window. To return to the previous window size, Option-click the button again.
in the top-left corner of the window, or press Command-M. Most windows can be manually resized. Drag the window’s edge (top, bottom, or sides) or double-click an edge to expand that side of the window."
I hope this helps.
Have a great day!
Hello and welcome to Apple Support Communities, zeid225!
I understand you're seeing the bookmarks and Reading List bar every time you move your mouse too far over to the left. I'd be happy to provide information on how you may prevent this.
There is no way to disable this bar from coming up while you're on fullscreen, however, if you simply maximize the window, you can avoid this happening.
"Maximize or minimize windows
On your Mac, do any of the following in a window:
in the top-left corner of an app window. To return to the previous window size, Option-click the button again. in the top-left corner of the window, or press Command-M. Most windows can be manually resized. Drag the window’s edge (top, bottom, or sides) or double-click an edge to expand that side of the window."
I hope this helps.
Have a great day!
If you want to, you can send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem or a suggestion for change. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem/suggested change solved sooner.
That's not helpful to me. Here's the problem I'm experiencing. How do I make that sidebar stop popping up?
This stupid inability to disable the sidebar in Safari is probably what is going to permanently push me to FireFox.
Disabling Sidebar in Safari
