Customizable Sidebar is Out!

[mackid1993 1,284]

They released the customizable sidebar today. There's also an option to hide the giant Task and Event create buttons under a submenu! So far it seems to be working let's see what's broken! 🤣

[Mike P 2,981]

Only complaint so far is that the contents of the "More" menu disappears underneath the Windows task bar.

[mackid1993 1,284]

I mean hiding and showing should be as simple as dynamically adding a "display: none" attribute to the element they are targeting so that shouldn't break. Weird visual stuff like this is what I'm expecting.

[Jon/t 1,660]

Get those tags hidden 😜

[mackid1993 1,284]

Also calendar and files for me!

[Kayla Gao 18]

I like this. You can hide new tasks and events. The sidebar is clean and comfortable.
Increased concentration 😄

[Dave-in-Decatur 4,006]

What version has the customizable sidebar? I'm on 10.106.4 (Windows) and don't seem to have it yet.

NM, I see it's 10.107. I'll wait till they push it out to me.

[bmcl26 578]

Files are hidden for me.

[Alxa 498]

Really a bliss to be able to deactivate the big buttons for task and event creation finally 🙂

I am still missing the possibility to rearrange the items in the side bar, though.

[karenjs 36]

I'm so happy! Because ALL the extra features had pushed down the notebook stack to the very bottom (prime real estate going to features I never touch) I have been shoving 2-3 stacks into Shortcuts JUST to get those notebooks to appear higher and make the sidebar actually usable). Now I get to go back to using shortcuts like I did in Legacy -- those short/med-term high-use notes that come & go. 🎉 I'd still love to see the vertical space between text tighten up over there but WOW this is exciting. Bye big buttons I never use! 

[dbvirago 536]

I like it so far, but it doesn't seem to sync across my two Windows desktop instances. If this is expected behavior, I'm fine with that, but it seems odd. It's easy to tell because the other machine is over on the other side of the room and I can still see those big-ass purple and orange buttons.

[AlbertR 707]

2 minutes ago, dbvirago said:

it doesn't seem to sync across my two Windows desktop instances

I think (and hope 😉) this is by intent because it allows to configure different views depending on used screens on different machines.

[PinkElephant 8,819]

As all settings in the client settings panel it’s local.

General settings need to be done on the web settings pages.

[Jon/t 1,660]

48 minutes ago, dbvirago said:

but it doesn't seem to sync across my two Windows desktop instances

I don't think it's meant to so you can have different looks on different machines.

[mackid1993 1,284]

Yeah that's kind of the point, settings are local to the machine. I think that would make 5% of people very upset if they were to sync. 😂

[Neom1e 1]

I don't see what's different about the sidebar!!!  Have I gone mad? I'm on version 10.107.3, and it says it is the most up-to-date version.  Adding a screenshot, using a MacBook.  I just don't get it.  If anyone can enlighten me, I'd be very grateful. 

 

 

[bmcl26 578]

Go to settings and select Sidebar. You can then hide which items you wish (some, like Notes, cannot be hidden). When you click on the icon at the right, it toggles hide/unhide as you wish.

[Neom1e 1]

Ah, thanks so much, BMC! Really appreciated 😄

[Grant837 137]

I am happy with this ability to hide some parts of the navigation pane.

I hope they continue to enhance the navigation pane.

Some features I would like to see still:

1. A shortcut key to collapse the hierarchy.  For example, I often have many stacks open over time, and I would like to compact them all at once to give me a compact view at once, instead of having to collapse them one at a time.

2. Allow the position of the notebook group and the tag group to be switched.  I lean more on tags than notebooks because a. I can have a note under multiple tags, and b. Tags can have more levels of hierarchies

3. It would be awesome if we could hide any item, even individual notebooks.  This would be a great way to set old project notebooks out of the way - a kind of archiving I guess.

[mackid1993 1,284]

Like Federico said, no matter what they do 5% of people won't be happy.

[EVERSTEPH1 2]

yaaay goodbye monster buttons!!! 😆

[Matt Price 0]

Thank you so much! Love the ability to hide the task and calendar button!!
Any chance this similar customization will come to the mobile app, specifically the create page and nav bar?

[mackid1993 1,284]

This is a community forum. Evernote staff doesn't comment here. I would suggest emailing feedback@evernote.com or asking them on Twitter. They've been pretty responsive there.

[Grant837 137]

On 9/28/2024 at 6:59 AM, mackid1993 said:

Like Federico said, no matter what they do 5% of people won't be happy.

Cab I not be happy with a work in progress?  Or do you mean my wish for those features makes you unhappy? 😉

[PinkElephant 8,819]

It is very much a finished project.

You can wish whatever you want (greet Santa when you meet him). You already know where to send it.

Personally I hope the round-file this special list. I wouldn’t expect it to add value, just confusion.

[mackid1993 1,284]

6 hours ago, Grant837 said:

Cab I not be happy with a work in progress?  Or do you mean my wish for those features makes you unhappy? 😉

That's a quote from the recent podcast he did with The Verge.