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feat: Add setting to always show Sidebar on Desktop
allozaur Dec 6, 2025
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chore: update webui build output
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatSettings/ChatSettings.svelte
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key: 'disableAutoScroll',
label: 'Disable automatic scroll',
type: 'checkbox'
},
{
key: 'alwaysShowSidebarOnDesktop',
label: 'Always show sidebar on desktop',
type: 'checkbox'
}
]
},
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions tools/server/webui/src/lib/constants/settings-config.ts
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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export const SETTING_CONFIG_DEFAULT: Record<string, string | number | boolean> =
pdfAsImage: false,
disableAutoScroll: false,
renderUserContentAsMarkdown: false,
alwaysShowSidebarOnDesktop: false,
autoMicOnEmpty: false,
// make sure these default values are in sync with `common.h`
samplers: 'top_k;typ_p;top_p;min_p;temperature',
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disableAutoScroll:
'Disable automatic scrolling while messages stream so you can control the viewport position manually.',
renderUserContentAsMarkdown: 'Render user messages using markdown formatting in the chat.',
alwaysShowSidebarOnDesktop:
'Always keep the sidebar visible on desktop instead of auto-hiding it.',
autoMicOnEmpty:
'Automatically show microphone button instead of send button when textarea is empty for models with audio modality support.',
pyInterpreterEnabled:
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23 changes: 17 additions & 6 deletions tools/server/webui/src/routes/+layout.svelte
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import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
import { modelsStore } from '$lib/stores/models.svelte';
import { TOOLTIP_DELAY_DURATION } from '$lib/constants/tooltip-config';
import { IsMobile } from '$lib/hooks/is-mobile.svelte';

let { children } = $props();

let isChatRoute = $derived(page.route.id === '/chat/[id]');
let isHomeRoute = $derived(page.route.id === '/');
let isNewChatMode = $derived(page.url.searchParams.get('new_chat') === 'true');
let showSidebarByDefault = $derived(activeMessages().length > 0 || isLoading());
let alwaysShowSidebarOnDesktop = $derived(config().alwaysShowSidebarOnDesktop);
const isMobile = new IsMobile();
let isDesktop = $derived(!isMobile.current);
let sidebarOpen = $state(false);
let innerHeight = $state<number | undefined>();
let chatSidebar:
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}

$effect(() => {
if (alwaysShowSidebarOnDesktop && isDesktop) {
sidebarOpen = true;
return;
}

if (isHomeRoute && !isNewChatMode) {
// Auto-collapse sidebar when navigating to home route (but not in new chat mode)
sidebarOpen = false;
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<ChatSidebar bind:this={chatSidebar} />
</Sidebar.Root>

<Sidebar.Trigger
class="transition-left absolute left-0 z-[900] h-8 w-8 duration-200 ease-linear {sidebarOpen
? 'md:left-[var(--sidebar-width)]'
: ''}"
style="translate: 1rem 1rem;"
/>
{#if !(alwaysShowSidebarOnDesktop && isDesktop)}
<Sidebar.Trigger
class="transition-left absolute left-0 z-[900] h-8 w-8 duration-200 ease-linear {sidebarOpen
? 'md:left-[var(--sidebar-width)]'
: ''}"
style="translate: 1rem 1rem;"
/>
{/if}

<Sidebar.Inset class="flex flex-1 flex-col overflow-hidden">
{@render children?.()}
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