Open to accept a PR for making the left and/or right sidebar collapsible? | Astro Lounge | Page 1

dusk otter Nov 24, 2025, 4:58 AM

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See https://github.com/withastro/starlight/discussions/1108#discussioncomment-15024150

Would starlight folks be open to a PR for making the right and/or left sidebar collapsible and expandable with a chevron button?

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Any way to hide the left sidebar? · withastro starlight · Discuss...

What version of starlight are you using? 0.11.2 What is your idea? Forgive my ignorance if there is already a way to do this. Would be greate to have an option to hide the left sidebar. Or much bet...

dusk otter Nov 26, 2025, 5:53 AM

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cc. @light mason @fathom pumice

fathom pumice Nov 26, 2025, 9:15 AM

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I'm not sure if the linked discussion is exactly what you're looking for, looks like it's more about permanent layout rather than dynamically hiding/showing the sidebar. This one is probably closer: https://github.com/withastro/starlight/discussions/2264

Personally, my first thought is that this may be better suited for a community plugin, as an opt-in feature that users can add if they want it. I don't think such feature would be universally desired and/or gets a lot of value from being core to the project. It would also likely allow for faster iterations as I think there may be quite some interesting UX decisions and accessibility considerations to take into account.

honest iris Dec 5, 2025, 11:59 AM

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I think there already is a community plugin with a similar goal: https://windmillcode.github.io/starlight-fullview-mode/ Maybe this solves what you are looking for?

Starlight Fullview Mode

A minimalist plugin that collapses Starlight's sidebars and expands the main content to full width, creating a distraction-free, fullscreen-like reading experience. Toggle with a single click to focus purely on your content.

#Open to accept a PR for making the left and/or right sidebar collapsible?