# 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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**Post date:** [19 בפברואר,‏ 2026,‏ 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-force-keep-open-the-sidebar/396536/7 "2026-02-19T20:52:51Z")

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The benfit is aesthetics, useability and readability with the text.

I have a wide topic list and big writing areas, so the toggle opening was moving everything messing up the way it looks .

I needed a standardized look and prefer the sidebar vs the drop down.

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