Remove vertical toolbar?

[CondensedMilk]

I dont use the vertical toolbar only the horozontal one. So when im done using bookmarks for instance I am left with an emty toolbar on a side that i need to hide w/ "Show panel". How do i hide it for good?

[DoctorG]

@CondensedMilk hit F4 and Vivaldi at start remembers that the panel bar is hidden.

[CondensedMilk]

No, it does not work as once I open anything from the tools, the vertical panel stays. Like so https://ibb.co/VNCMfxy

[mib2berlin]

@CondensedMilk
Hi, I can reproduce it but this is the expected behave, click on a panel button open the panel, click again close the panel but leave the panel bar open.
You can enable the close button and use this or use F4 to close all.

Cheers, mib

[CondensedMilk]

@mib2berlin where can i suggest adding the "remove the vertical toolbar" function?

[mib2berlin]

@CondensedMilk
You can make a feature request but ...
A button have to act different depends where the user place it, on panel bar as is, on address bar like you need it.
No idea if this is possible.

For your request:
https://forum.vivaldi.net/category/185/desktop-feature-requests

Cheers, mib

[Pesala]

@CondensedMilk It is not a valid feature request. It can already be removed (hidden) by using the F4 shortcut instead of the close panel button.

You can open bookmarks in a tab instead of using the bookmarks panel. Ctrl+B is the default shortcut. When done using bookmarks, close the tab.

[CondensedMilk]

@Pesala but that's just ridiculous! no browser is using the vertical bar like that. On top of it, the bar does not do any purpose, like why does it show in the first place when I open bookmarks or notes or anything. It takes up space and toggles the opened page.

[Pathduck]

@CondensedMilk said in Remove vertical toolbar?:

no browser is using the vertical bar like that.

No browser allows you to actually move all the buttons on the panel bar elsewhere. You have clearly done this - but the bar still appears because this is the only way for the UI to display the actual panel - it needs the bar attached for the panel to show. Even if there are no buttons on it.

That's just how it works. You have done something that is not expected a lot of users will do. Maybe some time in the future Vivaldi will have some feature to hide the Panel Bar if there are no buttons on it - right now there is no such feature.

[Pesala]

@CondensedMilk said in Remove vertical toolbar?:

It takes up space and toggles the opened page.

Then set it to Floating.

[CondensedMilk]

@Pesala Enabling floating did nothing for me, but hid the "close panel" cross like button.

[Pesala]

@CondensedMilk It should stop the web page being redrawn. It should have no effect on the close button.

[Pathduck]

This can be done with some custom CSS for now.

Obviously if you want all your panel toggles on the address bar, you'll need to place them there, as the actual panel bar will now be hidden.

#panels #switch {
    display: none;
}

#panels-container.icons {
    display: none;
}

.panel-group .panel-collapse-guard {
    max-width: unset !important;
    min-width: unset !important;
}

.panel-group .panel {
    padding: 5px 5px 0 !important;
}

How to: https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/10549/modding-vivaldi

[CondensedMilk]

@Pathduck THANK UU!