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How to disable the empty translucent gray sidebar that comes in from the left side of Firefox

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luvemcats
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In the last couple of days (since the last upgrade, I think) whenever I mouse over to the left side of Firefox, a large, gray, translucent sidebar appears, covering half the page. It has an X in the upper right corner, which says "close sidebar" when I mouse over it. However, it does not respond to my mouse click. I can get rid of the sidebar by mousing to the far right of my screen. But it's a real nuisance that every time my mouse strays left, that thing slides in from the left. Image attached.

Thanks in advance.

In the last couple of days (since the last upgrade, I think) whenever I mouse over to the left side of Firefox, a large, gray, translucent sidebar appears, covering half the page. It has an X in the upper right corner, which says "close sidebar" when I mouse over it. However, it does not respond to my mouse click. I can get rid of the sidebar by mousing to the far right of my screen. But it's a real nuisance that every time my mouse strays left, that thing slides in from the left. Image attached. Thanks in advance.

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OK. Weird thing... I will post how I solved this, just in case some other poor hapless person is going through the same at one time or another.

First, I moused left and brought up the empty translucent gray sidebar. Then, I pressed CTL B (as suggested in an otherwise seemingly unrelated post from 2015). This, surprisingly, populated the now-no-longer-gray window with some bookmarks. Then, I clicked on the X in the upper right hand corner of the box and it retreated out of view. Now it no longer appears when I mouse left either. Yay! Hope this helps others too.

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luvemcats
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The image didn't upload the first time, so I'm adding it now.

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Saafara yiñ Tànn

OK. Weird thing... I will post how I solved this, just in case some other poor hapless person is going through the same at one time or another.

First, I moused left and brought up the empty translucent gray sidebar. Then, I pressed CTL B (as suggested in an otherwise seemingly unrelated post from 2015). This, surprisingly, populated the now-no-longer-gray window with some bookmarks. Then, I clicked on the X in the upper right hand corner of the box and it retreated out of view. Now it no longer appears when I mouse left either. Yay! Hope this helps others too.

Happy112
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Hi   !

Well done   !

Would you please mark your own last post as   'Chosen Solution',   so others with the same problem will know what fixed it   ?

Thank you in advance   !

You did a great job   !

cor-el
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Note that the System Details list next to the question shows an outdated Flash plugin (current is 26.0.0.151).

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