RFE: Allow sidebar with contacts to be adjusted in width to compact it with only picture circles remaining

[michael-nischt]

Signal is great but the Desktop Client uses a lot of screen space. Others like Google Hangouts allow the width of the sidebar with all contact names and pictures to be resized. The circles containing the contact's image or initials will always remain but the names would clip until they fully disappear when the with is set to the minimal.

Alternative, a "compact mode" setting would already be great if resizing is too much effort.

[adioe3]

I tend to zoom in the Signal desktop client on my 13 inch 4k laptop screen and it's really annoying when the contact list is using 40% of the screen. Some sort of collapsing would be great.

[deutrino]

See also #1871, #2454, #2510...

[j-mikhail]

Until the Signal team gets around to implementing this, here's a quick workaround:

1. Select View from the menu, then Toggle Developer Tools.
2. In the Elements tab, expand the body tag, then the div tag of class inbox index.
3. Click on the div tag of class gutter inactive.
4. In the Styles tab, which is usually underneath, find the gutter class.
5. Change the width parameter to 75px (the size may vary on your screen)
6. Enjoy!

The only downside is you'll have to repeat these steps every time you relaunch Signal.

[sindastra]

I think this example here is exactly how it should be: #2510 (comment)

[vcavallo]

Since we're pasting this workaround between threads... here's mine from the other:

Until the Signal team gets around to implementing this, here's a quick workaround:

1. Select View from the menu, then Toggle Developer Tools.
   ...

Alternatively, as a single step, open those same Developer tools, then click the Console tab, and enter this within:

document.getElementsByClassName('gutter inactive')[0].style.width = '75px';

(or whatever size you want other than 75.)

[krstp]

One more things to note, the 75px workaround is great, but it still constrains the main window to like 300-something-px width, something to keep in mind when deploying full feature.

[ConstantineK]

I tend to zoom in the Signal desktop client on my 13 inch 4k laptop screen and it's really annoying when the contact list is using 40% of the screen. Some sort of collapsing would be great.

When I actually resize signal to fit on my screen the box allows ~44% of the window to be taken up by pointless gray nothing. On my screen that's 243,000 or so pixels just hanging out.

[krstp]

Well if you constrain it via px specification this will not happen.

[ConstantineK]

@krstp :) I mean via normal resizing - most users are not popping dev tools.

[michael-nischt]

I'm sorry but I'll close this issue. Doesn't seem to get addressed anyway as it's almost 1.5y old. 🙃

[cooperbaker]

I use signal on a vertical 900x1600 document monitor. 1/3 of the screen is taken up by a contacts pane I can't resize. Hacking the dom each time, as these threads suggest, is not a solution, but more like carrying around an extra battery in the trunk of my car, then hooking it up each time I want to start the car.

Please add a resizable contacts pane.

[Hellen-arndt91]

This contacts pane take massive amounts of space on my surface pro!
and now you guys have hidden the developer tools menu entry, wonderful!

[DunhamGitHub]

Until the Signal team gets around to implementing this, here's a quick workaround:

1. Select View from the menu, then Toggle Developer Tools.
2. In the Elements tab, expand the body tag, then the div tag of class inbox index.
3. Click on the div tag of class gutter inactive.
4. In the Styles tab, which is usually underneath, find the gutter class.
5. Change the width parameter to 75px (the size may vary on your screen)
6. Enjoy!

The only downside is you'll have to repeat these steps every time you relaunch Signal.

I don't have View - Toggle Developer Tools in the MacOS app !? (

[vcavallo]

Until the Signal team gets around to implementing this, here's a quick workaround:

1. Select View from the menu, then Toggle Developer Tools.

2. In the Elements tab, expand the body tag, then the div tag of class inbox index.

3. Click on the div tag of class gutter inactive.

4. In the Styles tab, which is usually underneath, find the gutter class.

5. Change the width parameter to 75px (the size may vary on your screen)

6. Enjoy!

The only downside is you'll have to repeat these steps every time you relaunch Signal.

I don't have View - Toggle Developer Tools in the MacOS app !? (

Try command+shift+i

[DunhamGitHub]

There is no "Developer Tools" on my mac os client !?

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[DunhamGitHub]

Until the Signal team gets around to implementing this, here's a quick workaround:

1. Select View from the menu, then Toggle Developer Tools.

1. In the Elements tab, expand the body tag, then the div tag of class inbox index.

1. Click on the div tag of class gutter inactive.

1. In the Styles tab, which is usually underneath, find the gutter class.

1. Change the width parameter to 75px (the size may vary on your screen)

1. Enjoy!

The only downside is you'll have to repeat these steps every time you relaunch Signal.

I don't have View - Toggle Developer Tools in the MacOS app !? (

Try command+shift+i

Nothing happens on 5.1.0 with command+shift+i (tried option command i etc. etc.)

[j-mikhail]

I posted the original workaround to this issue a year and a half ago. Unfortunately, not only has SIgnal not addressed the problem in that time, it would appear that a recent update has disabled access to the developer tools, both from the menu and using the keyboard shortcut. I understand the mobile market is likely more important to them, but it's pretty disappointing to see desktop users ignored and hindered in this way.

[DunhamGitHub]

I posted the original workaround to this issue a year and a half ago. Unfortunately, not only has SIgnal not addressed the problem in that time, it would appear that a recent update has disabled access to the developer tools, both from the menu and using the keyboard shortcut. I understand the mobile market is likely more important to them, but it's pretty disappointing to see desktop users ignored and hindered in this way.

Is there anyway to download + use old versions? (Including the dev tools)

(Also on iOS I would call the app a so-so experience ...unfortunately I have to use it for work right now)

[vcavallo]

I donate to them monthly. I'm still quite happy with Signal overall and will continue to support them financially, but this thing sure is annoying.

[Hellen-arndt91]

I posted the original workaround to this issue a year and a half ago. Unfortunately, not only has SIgnal not addressed the problem in that time, it would appear that a recent update has disabled access to the developer tools, both from the menu and using the keyboard shortcut. I understand the mobile market is likely more important to them, but it's pretty disappointing to see desktop users ignored and hindered in this way.

This is incredibly annoying and just outright lazy. I will cease my donations and look elsewhere.

[vcavallo]

This is incredibly annoying and just outright lazy. I will cease my donations and look elsewhere.

Good luck in your search, but I don't think you're going to find a safer option than Signal. This is definitely a pain, but I encourage you to continue donating, precisely because you do want more work to continue on this product! @Hellen-arndt91

[DunhamGitHub]

This is incredibly annoying and just outright lazy. I will cease my donations and look elsewhere.

Good luck in your search, but I don't think you're going to find a safer option than Signal. This is definitely a pain, but I encourage you to continue donating, precisely because you do want more work to continue on this product! @Hellen-arndt91

"Safe" ?? Signal uses Servers based in the US, that's the most "unsafe" location for privacy next to ...China. Even Whatsapp uses end-to-end encryption, so how is Signal safer that Whatsapp? Apps that actually care about "safety" do not use US-based servers ...

[kpcyrd]

Unsubscribing from the issue because it attracts too much noice, please stick to the topic.