Finder side Window not showing list

What am I doing wrong? I can't get my Finder Window to list all the locations that used to be there. This is an extra step I don't want. How do I fix this? I thought things were supposed to improve with Catalina, but it seems just more complicated.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 25, 2020 2:25 PM

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Barney-15E

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Aug 25, 2020 4:22 PM in response to Northwest Wind

Hover your cursor over the right side next to locations and click the Show button

Aug 25, 2020 4:36 PM in response to Barney-15E

Thanks. I just figured it out after playing with it for a while, that I had to click on "Favorites" and "Show". <eye roll> Don't know why they disappeared to begin with. I think I need some lessons.

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