# How do you force keep open the sidebar?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** sidebar\
**Created:** [19 בפברואר,‏ 2026,‏ 7:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-force-keep-open-the-sidebar/396536 "2026-02-19T19:54:28Z")\
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Well if you want your forum to look very cookie cutter you have to add a lot of customizations to the core Discourse template.

I am not using my forum for Tech/Coding related and more art/writing. So aesthetics are everything with how it looks.

I have a lot of CSS modifying the layout and the way it looks because the default is just not good for my needs.

I did decide to keep the side bar toggle on because it just started to break everything trying to remove it.

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