# Chat Sidebar

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-sidebar/298829>\
**Category:** Theme component\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [March 11, 2024, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-sidebar/298829 "2024-03-11T06:23:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arkshine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/arkshine/32/298682_2.png) [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-sidebar/298829/7 "2024-06-02T17:41:41Z")

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In this current version, it doesn’t force the main content to shrink, if there is not enough spaces to place the chat sidebar. It’s by design.

Maybe there are situations this can be useful. I don’t mind adding a user’s option to allow this. 🤔

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