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Auto hide the bookmarks sidebar on iPad in landscape

The new behavior of the bookmarks sidebar is frustrating me. I am hoping that someone knows a way to make the sidebar disappear in the landscape mode without tapping the bookmark icon again to close it. I don't see the logic in selecting a bookmark then having the sidebar stay open on 1/3 of the screen unless you manually close it. Please tell me there is a fix.

iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 25, 2014 5:55 PM

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Posted on Oct 27, 2014 12:08 PM

The answer is: Click the blue bookmarks icon on the top left. That will allow you to hide and show the sidebar.

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Aug 15, 2015 1:30 PM in response to sinter

I just experienced the same problem on my iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.3

The Bookmarks Sidebar is not there in the portrait mode but appears in the landscape mode. After playing around a bit I finally discovered that the web page being viewed is scrolled downward a bit by default. By scrolling upward, a top bar appears across the whole screen that has a duplicate Bookmarks icon on it. It is this second Bookmarks icon and not the one at the top of the Sidebar that toggles the Sidebar off and on.

Rybczyk

Auto hide the bookmarks sidebar on iPad in landscape

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