Working on this this week actually, after more use, I agree that it should be available.
In regard to this, I tried to follow another chat services design implementation.
The thing I now realize is that the sidebar background is a darker/different color. So turning the green “online” circle to white when active make sense. I think for the fully theme the issue is that it is turning the same color as the sidebar background, and causing confusion.
I’ll look into changing this as well.