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Sidebar ​

The extension sidebar is your main hub for highlights, bookmarks, and tags.

Open Sidebar ​

There are three ways to open the sidebar:

  1. Click the extension icon in the toolbar Pin extension
  2. Click the sidebar icon in the highlight popup Open sidebar from highlight popup
  3. Use the keyboard shortcut Alt + W (Windows) or Option + W (Mac)

Keyboard Shortcuts 💡

Paste chrome://extensions/shortcuts into your browser's address bar to change your shortcuts. You can also click the shortcut icon at the bottom of the sidebar.

Close Sidebar ​

There are also three ways to close the sidebar:

  1. Click the extension icon in the toolbar Pin extension
  2. Click the sidebar arrow icon Close sidebar
  3. Use the keyboard shortcut again Alt + W (Windows) or Option + W (Mac)

Customize Sidebar ​

Since everyone has different preferences—left or right side, large or compact—our sidebar is fully customizable.

Customize sidebar
  • To resize the sidebar, hover over the edge until it turns blue, then click and drag.
  • To align it left or right, use the icons at the top of the box that appears when you hover over it.
  • By default, the sidebar pushes the webpage to the side, but if you'd prefer it to float over the text, just adjust this with the icons at the bottom.