HideBars

An Obsidian plugin that automatically hides both sidebars when you're in fullscreen or a narrow window, and reveals them when you hover near the window edges — so your notes get the full width until you actually need a sidebar.

How it works

• In fullscreen, or when the window is narrower than a threshold, both sidebars collapse automatically
• Move the mouse to the left or right edge of the window and the corresponding sidebar slides open; move away and it hides again
• A Toggle Auto-Hide for both sidebars command lets you switch the behavior on and off (bindable to a hotkey)

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Hover Area Width	20 px	Width of the invisible edge strip that triggers the sidebar to expand
Narrow Window Width Threshold	800 px	Below this window width, sidebars auto-hide even outside fullscreen

Install (manual)

1. Create <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/hidebars/
2. Copy main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css into it
3. Reload Obsidian and enable HideBars in Settings → Community plugins

Desktop only.

License

MIT