How to Disable Left Sidebar Expansion upon Mouse Hover

JimmJo
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January 16, 2025

Hi, I'm currently using Cloud Jira, which has an updated UI. 

One thing that bums me out completely is that the Left Sidebar always expands upon Mouse Hover.

For Example: Sometimes I accidentally click in some field in an issue, which opens in Edit mode. I was used to click away from that field to exit the Edit mode. Usually that place was the left side of the web. Now there is this expanding sidebar which open upon hover.

I can't express how many times I clicked something from the menu by accident.

 

Is there a way to disable expanding it, but maybe only enabling expansion when the [Expand] button is clicked?

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Sahir Maharaj
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January 16, 2025

Hello @JimmJo

From my limited experience, the left sidebar expansion on hover can indeed disrupt workflows, especially when it causes unintended clicks.

Currently, Jira Cloud does not offer a native feature to disable hover expansion. However, a potential workaround could involve using browser extensions or custom CSS to adjust the behavior.

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