Sidebar auto hides while moving tabs

[RayJW]

Describe the bug

When using the feature userChrome.autohide.sidebar true in combination with vertical tabs, the sidebar hides while you are working with the tabs. This makes some actions close to impossible, e.g. if you want to move a tab into a different group with Sidebery.

Expected behavior

Ideally, the sidebar would stay extended when dragging a tab, the same way it does while hovering the sidebar. If you leave the sidebar area, hiding it is probably still more intuitive, but not while moving inside of it.

Screenshots

No response

OS

Linux, Windows 11

OS - Others

No response

Firefox Version

115 - 117 nightly

Distribution

• Original Lepton
• Lepton's photon style
• Lepton's proton style

Theme

• Light
• Dark
• Alpenglow (System: Light)
• Alpenglow (System: Dark)
• System Default
• Others: (e.g. Photon Colors, Google Chrome Dark, Fairytale Of Nature)

Theme - More Info

• Tokyonight-Dark-BL

user.js setup

user.js setup

// ** Theme Default Options ****************************************************
// userchrome.css usercontent.css activate
user_pref("toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets", true);

// Proton Enabled #127 || Removed at 97 #328 (Maintained for compatibility with ESR)
user_pref("browser.proton.enabled", true);

// Proton Tooltip
user_pref("browser.proton.places-tooltip.enabled", true);

// Fill SVG Color
user_pref("svg.context-properties.content.enabled", true);

// CSS Color Mix - 88 Above
user_pref("layout.css.color-mix.enabled", true);

// CSS Blur Filter - 88 Above
user_pref("layout.css.backdrop-filter.enabled", true);

// Restore Compact Mode - 89 Above
user_pref("browser.compactmode.show", true);

// about:home Search Bar - 89 Above
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar", false);

// Browser Theme Based Scheme - Will be activate 95 Above
// user_pref("layout.css.prefers-color-scheme.content-override", 3);

// ** Theme Related Options ****************************************************
// == Theme Distribution Settings ==============================================
// The rows that are located continuously must be changed `true`/`false` explicitly because there is a collision.
// https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix/wiki/Options#important
user_pref("userChrome.tab.connect_to_window",         false); // Original, Photon
user_pref("userChrome.tab.color_like_toolbar",        false); // Original, Photon

user_pref("userChrome.tab.lepton_like_padding",       false); // Original
user_pref("userChrome.tab.photon_like_padding",       false); // Photon

user_pref("userChrome.tab.dynamic_separtor",           true); // Original, Proton
user_pref("userChrome.tab.static_separator",          false); // Photon
user_pref("userChrome.tab.static_separator.selected_accent", false); // Just option

user_pref("userChrome.tab.newtab_button_like_tab",    false); // Original
user_pref("userChrome.tab.newtab_button_smaller",     false); // Photon
user_pref("userChrome.tab.newtab_button_proton",       true); // Proton

user_pref("userChrome.icon.panel_full",                true); // Original, Proton
user_pref("userChrome.icon.panel_photon",             false); // Photon
user_pref("userChrome.icon.panel_sparse",             false); // Just option

// Original Only
user_pref("userChrome.tab.box_shadow",                false);
user_pref("userChrome.tab.bottom_rounded_corner",     false);

// Photon Only
user_pref("userChrome.tab.photon_like_contextline",   false);
user_pref("userChrome.rounding.square_tab",           false);

// == Theme Compatibility Settings =============================================
// user_pref("userChrome.compatibility.accent_color",         true); // Firefox v103 Below
// user_pref("userChrome.compatibility.covered_header_image", true);
// user_pref("userChrome.compatibility.panel_cutoff",         true);
// user_pref("userChrome.compatibility.navbar_top_border",    true);
// user_pref("userChrome.compatibility.dynamic_separator",    true); // Need dynamic_seperator

// user_pref("userChrome.compatiblity.os.linux_non_native_titlebar_button", true);
// user_pref("userChrome.compatibility.os.windows_maximized, true");

// == Theme Custom Settings ====================================================
// -- User Chrome --------------------------------------------------------------
// user_pref("userChrome.decoration.disable_panel_animate",    true);
// user_pref("userChrome.decoration.disable_sidebar_animate",  true);

// user_pref("userChrome.theme.proton_color.dark_blue_accent", true);

// user_pref("userChrome.rounding.square_button",              true);
// user_pref("userChrome.rounding.square_panel",               true);
// user_pref("userChrome.rounding.square_panelitem",           true);
// user_pref("userChrome.rounding.square_menupopup",           true);
// user_pref("userChrome.rounding.square_menuitem",            true);
// user_pref("userChrome.rounding.square_field",               true);
// user_pref("userChrome.rounding.square_checklabel",          true);

// user_pref("userChrome.padding.first_tab",                   true);
// user_pref("userChrome.padding.drag_space",                  true);
// user_pref("userChrome.padding.drag_space.maximized",        true);

// user_pref("userChrome.padding.menu_compact",                true);
// user_pref("userChrome.padding.bookmark_menu.compact",       true);
// user_pref("userChrome.padding.urlView_expanding",           true);
// user_pref("userChrome.padding.urlView_result",              true);
// user_pref("userChrome.padding.panel_header",                true);

// user_pref("userChrome.urlView.move_icon_to_left",           true);
// user_pref("userChrome.urlView.go_button_when_typing",       true);
// user_pref("userChrome.urlView.always_show_page_actions",    true);

// user_pref("userChrome.tab.on_bottom",                       true);
// user_pref("userChrome.tab.on_bottom.above_bookmark",        true); // Need on_bottom
// user_pref("userChrome.tab.on_bottom.menubar_on_top",        true); // Need on_bottom
// user_pref("userChrome.tab.always_show_tab_icon",            true);
// user_pref("userChrome.tab.close_button_at_pinned",          true);
// user_pref("userChrome.tab.close_button_at_pinned.always",   true);
// user_pref("userChrome.tab.close_button_at_pinned.background", true);
// user_pref("userChrome.tab.close_button_at_hover.always",    true); // Need close_button_at_hover
// user_pref("userChrome.tab.sound_show_label",                true); // Need remove sound_hide_label
// user_pref("userChrome.tab.centered_label",                  true);

// user_pref("userChrome.panel.remove_strip",                  true);
// user_pref("userChrome.panel.full_width_separator",          true);
// user_pref("userChrome.panel.full_width_padding",            true);

// user_pref("userChrome.icon.account_image_to_right",         true);
// user_pref("userChrome.icon.account_label_to_right",         true);
// user_pref("userChrome.icon.menu.full",                      true);
// user_pref("userChrome.icon.global_menu.mac",                true);

// -- User Content -------------------------------------------------------------
// user_pref("userContent.player.ui.twoline",                  true);

// user_pref("userContent.page.proton_color.dark_blue_accent", true);
// user_pref("userContent.page.proton_color.system_accent",    true);

// == Theme Default Settings ===================================================
// -- User Chrome --------------------------------------------------------------
user_pref("userChrome.compatibility.theme",       true);
user_pref("userChrome.compatibility.os",          true);

user_pref("userChrome.theme.built_in_contrast",   true);
user_pref("userChrome.theme.system_default",      true);
user_pref("userChrome.theme.proton_color",        true);
user_pref("userChrome.theme.proton_chrome",       true); // Need proton_color
user_pref("userChrome.theme.fully_color",         true); // Need proton_color
user_pref("userChrome.theme.fully_dark",          true); // Need proton_color

user_pref("userChrome.decoration.cursor",         true);
user_pref("userChrome.decoration.field_border",   true);
user_pref("userChrome.decoration.download_panel", true);
user_pref("userChrome.decoration.animate",        true);

user_pref("userChrome.padding.tabbar_width",      true);
user_pref("userChrome.padding.tabbar_height",     true);
user_pref("userChrome.padding.toolbar_button",    true);
user_pref("userChrome.padding.navbar_width",      true);
user_pref("userChrome.padding.urlbar",            true);
user_pref("userChrome.padding.bookmarkbar",       true);
user_pref("userChrome.padding.infobar",           true);
user_pref("userChrome.padding.menu",              true);
user_pref("userChrome.padding.bookmark_menu",     true);
user_pref("userChrome.padding.global_menubar",    true);
user_pref("userChrome.padding.panel",             true);
user_pref("userChrome.padding.popup_panel",       true);

user_pref("userChrome.tab.multi_selected",        true);
user_pref("userChrome.tab.unloaded",              true);
user_pref("userChrome.tab.letters_cleary",        true);
user_pref("userChrome.tab.close_button_at_hover", true);
user_pref("userChrome.tab.sound_hide_label",      true);
user_pref("userChrome.tab.sound_with_favicons",   true);
user_pref("userChrome.tab.pip",                   true);
user_pref("userChrome.tab.container",             true);
user_pref("userChrome.tab.crashed",               true);

user_pref("userChrome.fullscreen.overlap",        true);
user_pref("userChrome.fullscreen.show_bookmarkbar", true);

user_pref("userChrome.icon.library",              true);
user_pref("userChrome.icon.panel",                true);
user_pref("userChrome.icon.menu",                 true);
user_pref("userChrome.icon.context_menu",         true);
user_pref("userChrome.icon.global_menu",          true);
user_pref("userChrome.icon.global_menubar",       true);

// -- User Content -------------------------------------------------------------
user_pref("userContent.player.ui",             true);
user_pref("userContent.player.icon",           true);
user_pref("userContent.player.noaudio",        true);
user_pref("userContent.player.size",           true);
user_pref("userContent.player.click_to_play",  true);
user_pref("userContent.player.animate",        true);

user_pref("userContent.newTab.field_border",   true);
user_pref("userContent.newTab.full_icon",      true);
user_pref("userContent.newTab.animate",        true);
user_pref("userContent.newTab.pocket_to_last", true);
user_pref("userContent.newTab.searchbar",      true);

user_pref("userContent.page.illustration",     true);
user_pref("userContent.page.proton_color",     true);
user_pref("userContent.page.dark_mode",        true); // Need proton_color
user_pref("userContent.page.proton",           true); // Need proton_color

// ** Useful Options ***********************************************************
// Integrated calculator at urlbar
user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.calculator", true);

// Integrated unit convertor at urlbar
// user_pref("browser.urlbar.unitConversion.enabled", true);

// Draw in Titlebar
// user_pref("browser.tabs.drawInTitlebar", true);
// user_pref("browser.tabs.inTitlebar",        1); // Nightly, 96 Above

// ** Scrolling Settings *******************************************************
// == Only Sharpen Scrolling ===================================================
//         Pref                                             Value      Original
/*
user_pref("mousewheel.min_line_scroll_amount",                 10); //        5
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMinMS",     80); //       50
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.currentVelocityWeighting", "0.15"); //   "0.25"
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.stopDecelerationWeighting", "0.6"); //    "0.4"
*/

// == Smooth Scroling ==========================================================
// ** Scrolling Options ********************************************************
// based on natural smooth scrolling v2 by aveyo
// this preset will reset couple extra variables for consistency
//         Pref                                              Value                 Original
/*
user_pref("apz.allow_zooming",                               true);            ///     true
user_pref("apz.force_disable_desktop_zooming_scrollbars",   false);            ///    false
user_pref("apz.paint_skipping.enabled",                      true);            ///     true
user_pref("apz.windows.use_direct_manipulation",             true);            ///     true
user_pref("dom.event.wheel-deltaMode-lines.always-disabled", true);            ///    false
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.currentVelocityWeighting", "0.12");            ///   "0.25" <- 1. If scroll too slow, set to "0.15"
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.durationToIntervalRatio",    1000);            ///      200
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.lines.durationMaxMS",         100);            ///      150
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.lines.durationMinMS",           0);            ///      150
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMaxMS",    100);            ///      200
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMinMS",      0);            ///       50
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.migrationPercent", 100);            ///      100
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.msdPhysics.continuousMotionMaxDeltaMS", 12);   ///      120
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.msdPhysics.enabled",                  true);   ///    false
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.msdPhysics.motionBeginSpringConstant", 200);   ///     1250
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.msdPhysics.regularSpringConstant",     200);   ///     1000
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.msdPhysics.slowdownMinDeltaMS",         10);   ///       12
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.msdPhysics.slowdownMinDeltaRatio",  "1.20");   ///    "1.3"
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.msdPhysics.slowdownSpringConstant",   1000);   ///     2000
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.other.durationMaxMS",         100);            ///      150
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.other.durationMinMS",           0);            ///      150
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.pages.durationMaxMS",         100);            ///      150
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.pages.durationMinMS",           0);            ///      150
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.pixels.durationMaxMS",        100);            ///      150
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.pixels.durationMinMS",          0);            ///      150
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.scrollbars.durationMaxMS",    100);            ///      150
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.scrollbars.durationMinMS",      0);            ///      150
user_pref("general.smoothScroll.stopDecelerationWeighting", "0.6");            ///    "0.4"
user_pref("layers.async-pan-zoom.enabled",                   true);            ///     true
user_pref("layout.css.scroll-behavior.spring-constant",   "250.0");            ///   "250.0"
user_pref("mousewheel.acceleration.factor",                     3);            ///       10
user_pref("mousewheel.acceleration.start",                     -1);            ///       -1
user_pref("mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_x",            100);            ///      100
user_pref("mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y",            100);            ///      100
user_pref("mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_z",            100);            ///      100
user_pref("mousewheel.min_line_scroll_amount",                  0);            ///        5
user_pref("mousewheel.system_scroll_override.enabled",       true);            ///     true <- 2. If scroll too fast, set to false
user_pref("mousewheel.system_scroll_override_on_root_content.enabled", false); ///     true
user_pref("mousewheel.transaction.timeout",                  1500);            ///     1500
user_pref("toolkit.scrollbox.horizontalScrollDistance",         4);            ///        5
user_pref("toolkit.scrollbox.verticalScrollDistance",           3);            ///        3
*/

Additional context

No response

[black7375]

I tried to fix it, but unfortunately, CSS only was not easy.

[RayJW]

I already suspected that might be difficult because the event when dragging something might be different. Thank you for helping, does that commit mean it will be fixed on the next release?

[black7375]

Other exceptions have been fixed, but this looks somewhat tricky.
To be precise, when drag and drop, events such as :hover and :active were not detected.

There was a draft CSS selector that could detect drag and drop, but it does not appear to be applicable.

• [selectors-4] drag and drop w3c/csswg-drafts#2257

[RayJW]

Okay, thanks for the insight. I understand, I'm hopeful a fix will be found :)

[mksonkar]

It's a bug in Firefox linux: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1818517
Try this solution that worked for me:

Go to:
about:config

search for this property, and change its value to 1.

widget.gtk.ignore-bogus-leave-notify = 1

Now the sidebar won't auto-hide when moving tabs.

[RayJW]

It's a bug in Firefox linux: bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1818517 Try this solution that worked for me:

Go to: about:config

search for this property, and change its value to 1.

widget.gtk.ignore-bogus-leave-notify = 1

Now the sidebar won't auto-hide when moving tabs.

Wow, that seems to do the trick, thanks! Is there any downside to this you are aware of? I don't think it broke anything for me, immediately realizable.

[mksonkar]

It's a bug in Firefox linux: bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1818517 Try this solution that worked for me:
Go to: about:config
search for this property, and change its value to 1.
widget.gtk.ignore-bogus-leave-notify = 1
Now the sidebar won't auto-hide when moving tabs.

Wow, that seems to do the trick, thanks! Is there any downside to this you are aware of? I don't think it broke anything for me, immediately realizable.

You're welcome. I'm glad it helped.
I've been using the fix for a couple of months and so far I haven't noticed any other issues with it.

[RayJW]

In that case, I think we can close this @black7375, since this is not directly Firefox-UI-Fix related.