Disable sidebar expand on hover

[lokwaniyash]

Is there any hope of having a setting where I can disable expand on hover when sidebar is hidden

[afonsofrancof]

I would like this as well.
It is really annoying when I want to have my mouse on the left of the screen and the sidebar keeps opening.

[Gambloide]

I was annoyed enough by the behavior that I made a Zen Mod to solve this issue.
However, their GitHub workflow to add mods to the official page appears to have been broken for a while now.

If you want to fix the issue yourself without the mod, here is what to do:

1. Follow this guide until including step 2: https://docs.zen-browser.app/guides/live-editing
2. Add the below snippet into the created userChrome.css file.
3. Restart Zen.
4. Done.

#navigator-toolbox {
    pointer-events: none;
}

#navigator-toolbox>* {
    pointer-events: all;
}

Original mod submission for reference, with Readme with minor explanation: zen-browser/theme-store#953

[tommdq]

It didn't worked for me. Restarted zen browser several times but sidebar is still showing when hovering the edge of zen browser

[lokwaniyash]

Hey, thanks a lot for this, worked for me!

[ryantheerman]

Thanks @Gambloide, this worked for me to disable the sidebar reveal on hover. Is it intended to work for disabling the toolbar reveal on hover as well? If so, that is not working for me. Any idea why?

[Gambloide]

Thanks @Gambloide, this worked for me to disable the sidebar reveal on hover. Is it intended to work for disabling the toolbar reveal on hover as well? If so, that is not working for me. Any idea why?

It is only intended to change the sidebar behavior. Hence, this is expected.

[ryantheerman]

As of 1.8b, you can disable expand on hover completely for both sidebar and toolbar using zen.view.compact.show-sidebar-and-toolbar-on-hover in about:config

[Gambloide]

Excellent! That means zen-browser/theme-store#972 is obsolete as well. Can a second party confirm enabling zen.view.compact.show-sidebar-and-toolbar-on-hover works as intended?

If so, I will close the unmerged request for the now obsolete mod.
I have stopped using Zen after the 1.9b disaster and hence cannot test it myself.

[cj-price]

I can confirm this works for me!

[Gambloide]

Okay, nevermind.

I just installed Zen in a Windows VM and tested it.
While it did NOT work right after changing the setting, it did work after restarting Zen.
Hence this workaround and the mod are obsolete.

[tommdq]

This works perfectly, you need to restart Zen in order to make the setting work

[ryantheerman]

Excellent! That means zen-browser/theme-store#972 is obsolete as well. Can a second party confirm enabling zen.view.compact.show-sidebar-and-toolbar-on-hover works as intended?

If so, I will close the unmerged request for the now obsolete mod. I have stopped using Zen after the 1.9b disaster and hence cannot test it myself.

what was the 1.9b disaster? I skipped from 1.8 to 1.10