Hi! This might be a dumb question, but can I enable the sidebar yet? I know it’s being worked on, and I am seeing a bunch of commits for it. [image] I would love to have this on my site, how can I enable it? And is it like here on Meta? Thanks!

I have a test site too, how can I enable it?

To enable it cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter app rails c SiteSetting.enable_experimental_sidebar=true exit exit To disable it change the true to false. After this you can enable the sidebar on the users settings /preferences/sidebar

Waiting for the host for the test site to see it, thanks!

[image] Don: SiteSetting.enable_experimental_sidebar=true If anyone wants to test this nice experimental feature, this is now: SiteSetting.enable_sidebar=true and SiteSetting.enable_experimental_sidebar_hamburger=true

I had ran that command a bit ago and in 2.9.0beta8 it was taken away

once these two settings are set, the sidebar is toggled by clicking on the hamburger (and I think they have to be reset after a rebuild)

Just note that the sidebar isn’t yet ready for bug reports or feature requests. We’re still working on it quite actively.

[hot cookie] hot cookie syndrome :sweat_smile:

[image] Benjamin_D: If anyone wants to test this nice experimental feature, this is now: SiteSetting.enable_sidebar=true and SiteSetting.enable_experimental_sidebar_hamburger=true These have now been moved into visible settings: [image] P.S. I love it!!! I especially love the Messages section, which is a great way to manage access to our group messages. And it is brilliant that existing Theme Components (e.g. Custom Hamburger Menu Links) work with it. Are we now at Beta for it?

[image] Kris: Just note that the sidebar isn’t yet ready for bug reports or feature requests. We’re still working on it quite actively. This is still true. I’d recommend folks here to hold back until an announcement is made. Thanks!

Can I enable the sidebar?

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nathank (Nathan Kershaw) September 9, 2022, 1:10am 19

This has been sorted, and flags are well handled. We are enjoying playing with it in our staging site, but haven’t made it live yet.

Really looking forward to the offical move to Beta!

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