Auto-Hides the Firefox Sidebar until you hover your mouse over it.
This style is an Entirely new take on the Previously-Attempted auto-hide side bar styles. This style works and performs Amazing!
* Thanks to srazzano AND tomtom for the Similar Ideas and Code
Instructions:
1. Install the style
2. Move your mouse over to the right-hand side of screen
3. Slowly move your mouse over towards the Sidebar until the RESIZE icon appears as your mouse icon
4. Resize the sidebar to be as small as you can make it.
5. Enjoy the smallest sidebar when browsing, and when you hover over it, it will become un-compressed!
Customizations:
+ This style also allows you to customize the size of the sidebar when it is hovered over. Currently it is at 500px but it can be increased or decreased easily in the code (look for my comments)
Applies to:
+ Web page in a sidebar
+ History Sidebar
+ Bookmarks Sidebar
+ Stylish Sidebar
+ Countless other sidebars, All automatically compacted and compressed!
Browser Versions:
- Works on Firefox 3
- Works on Firefox 3 FINAL.
- Works on Firefox 2
Similar Styles:
For those of you who want to autohide their Bookmarks Toolbar, check out this - Auto Hide Bookmarks Toolbar Until Hovered Over
For those of you who want the Sidebar Title on the Right and the Sidebar Close Button on the Left, Install this style - Sidebar - Close Button on Right, Text on Left
About:Screenshots:
+ For those of you with Firefox 3, take a look at the after screenshot to see an animation of the style in action!
Changelog:
1.0.0.3:
+ The Autopager extension has been fixed, the code supplied is no longer required
- Removed Autopager workaround code.
1.0.0.2:
+ Added support code for the new Firefox Extension, "Autopager"
+ Fixed bug where installing the Auto Pager add-on would prevent the auto-hiding feature.
+ Code for this bugfix is Commented Out below the regular code - just replace normal code with the commented-out code
1.0.0.1:
+ Code Cleanup - Added more Comments to aide users in the customizations, made code tidier.
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Install options
- Install Stylish for Firefox, Thunderbird, Flock, Mozilla Suite, SeaMonkey, or Songbird. If you have Stylish already, make sure you're using the latest version and have JavaScript enabled.
- You need Firefox with Stylish to use this style. Get it now, then Install Stylish, then come back here to install this style.
- - load into the Stylish extension where you can preview and save it.
- - this style has been updated since you installed it in Stylish.
Feedback
- Post a review
- Ask a question or make a suggestion
- Show your appreciation by sending -=Ben=- a donation by PayPal.
Reviews
rasselas21 said on Oct 16 2008
Ben, This would be 5 stars if you could make it so that optionally it expanded not when hovered over, but when the BORDER was CLICKED on instead (like the old POTO Sidebar Extension). That way it wouldn't accidentally be getting opened all the time.
PS guys, there's a style around here (Firefox - Sidebar without size restrictions) that removes minimal width restrictions on the sidebar, basically allowing you to collapse it all the way to the left border so that it takes up less space when you don't need it, sounds like it would work well in combination with this style... but I haven't got them to work together at all... Ben please fix this problem also! Fixing this problem would involve a hover or click activating upon the BORDER of the sidebar, as that's all that shows when you collapse the sidebar all the way closed... but this style doesn't work at all (even on the interior) with the other style as of yet.
ozzii said on Jul 24 2008
This is a very useful style.
Too bad that it's not possible to do a 'hover' of the sidebar like in IE7.