Version 1.6.5

• The custom display style (macOS, ungrouped labeled, hybrid) is now also available for links
• Applications in ungrouped labeled style that do not have a window will now show the running indicator
• When hovering an application while adding it to the application-specific settings, you'll now see the path of the application. This can be useful when adding application-specific settings for e.g., wrapped applications like PWAs
• Stacks now open the stack grid view when hovering the stack icon
• When hovering a folder, this will now automatically show the FolderPeek view. The setting "Open in Finder" has been renamed to "Show folder name" and now only affects what happens when hovering a folder. Clicking a folder will now always open the folder in Finder
• Folders will now display the name of the root folder (the one that's pinned) at the very top
• Added a new setting to control the preview size when hovering a file in FolderPeek
• Resized the generic media player (don't follow the application) so that it has the same layout as the one that's displayed when following the application
• Clicks on the application icon of the media player (not following the application) will now open the app that's currently playing
• Adjusted the size of the background color for the media player when not following the application
• Added a new general setting to enable or disable notification badges (enabled by default)
• Added a new expert setting that will prevent Sidebar from attempting to load window information of applications located on inactive screen Spaces. This can be useful if you encounter issues with applications appearing on the wrong Space after, for example, waking up from sleep
• Added another expert setting that will force the overlapping prevention to only resize windows instead of also moving them
• The size of the volume control icon in Sidebar, as well as the icon for the truncated applications (arrow), has been adjusted to better match the size of all other icons
• Changed the order of icons in the right side actions to: Trash, Volume controls, Multimedia controls, Date / Time
• When hovering the volume controls or the truncated applications arrow, the hovering effect was changed so that the icon becomes slightly darker while hovered

• Fixed some issues in the window detection mechanism of Sidebar that sometimes caused missing application windows or wrong application windows to be displayed
• Introduced a slight delay when your Mac wakes up from sleep or the display configuration changes, so that getting information of apps located on inactive Spaces might not be placed at the wrong Space anymore after one of those events
• Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause Sidebar to crash
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused applications to overlap with elements like the trash icon, volume controls, etc.
• When disabling the "Follow application" setting for the multimedia controls, the preview window settings as well as the setting to replace the app icon with the cover image will now only affect the multimedia controls and not the app (because the "Follow application" setting is disabled)
• Fixed an issue that, when using the multimedia controls while looking at previews in FolderPeek, would not stop the controls from showing after closing the preview
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused big application preview windows (hover a small preview window) to be smaller than the actual window
• Fixed flickering when opening a preview window of an application that's within a stack
• Fixed an issue that caused icons not to be centred in the screen if the "Screen center" option is selected while the multimedia controls are active without following the application
• Fixed a layout problem when a folder is placed inside a stack
• Fixed a problem that caused the context menu of the trash folder not to show the correct number of items in the trash
• Fixed some issues with blurring the background
• Fixed translucent background when using rounded corners
• Fixed layout issue with multimedia controls so that they are now centred in their frame again
• Fixed an issue that some system services could appear in Sidebar unintentionally (e.g., screen saver)
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the volume control window to remain open, even though the window lost focus

Version 1.6.4

macOS Sequoia

• Starting with this version Sidebar officially supports macOS 15, Sequoia

FolderPeek

• Introducing FolderPeek. This feature greatly enhances Sidebars capabilities to work with folders
• When adding a folder link to Sidebar (drag & drop from Finder) you can now choose a FolderPeek style to either
  • just open a new Finder window,
  • open a list view that shows the content of the folder, or
  • open a grid layout view.
• FolderPeek also supports previews of all files. Just hover the file and you can have a look inside. This can be disabled in the styling settings, if needed.
• Additionally you can configure what happens if you click a file in either the list or grid view. By default this will open the file, but you can also choose to open the containing folder, or open a bigger preview instead.
• By default files and subfolders will be sorted by name ascending, but this default setting can be overriden in the styling settings.
• On top of that you can customise the FolderPeek style (list / grid / Finder) individually for each folder via the context menu. Sorting options are available via the floating button within the FolderPeek view and will be saved for each folder individually.
• Basic file operations like copy, delete, open in Finder are available via the context menu of each file in the FolderPeek view.

• There's now a new setting for the date / time to enable or disable week numbers in the calendar view
• Added a new expert setting to control the size of the activation area (how close you have to move your cursor to the screen side to show Sidebar if autohiding is enabled)
• Adjusted the size of the volume off icon as well as the size of the folder icon to better match other icons

• Fixed an issue that sometimes application previews did not update after closing a window via the close window button
• Fixed a layout problem that sometimes caused rendering artifacts to be visible while e.g. scrolling the application list in the start menu
• Fixed a problem that sometimes Sidebar was not automatically hidden for some applications / games (e.g. World of Warcraft)
• Fixed some issues with resizing application windows after switching between Spaces
• Fixed an issue with fullscreen detection that sometimes caused Sidebar not to hide properly if a fullscreen application is on screen
• Fixed some problems with PWA wrapper applications (e.g. CoherenceX)
• Fixed an issue that sometimes notifications badges did not update
• Fixed an error that could lead to Sidebar crashing in some rare cases

Version 1.6.3

• Added a new styling setting to fully disable the (application) inside stroke
• There's a new application specific setting called "Less constrained minimised detection". Since some apps behave differently when minimised, using this setting will weaken some constraints. So if you encounter any problems with minimised application windows, try turning on this setting for the respective application
• Added a help button to the application specific settings that will display a short description for each setting
• If you decrease the volume down to 0, the sound will now automatically be muted
• When using the context menu item to empty the trash, you can now see how many items there are currently in the trash folder
• Reduced the minimal delay to open preview windows from 10ms to 0ms
• Added a new styling option that allows you to customise the spacing between the date and time

• Fixed an issue that sometimes single clicks were detected as double clicks
• Fixed corner radius and inside stroke color for stack views
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused application icons to overlap each other in case there are too many open applications
• Fixed some window detection issues
• Fixed a layout issue with stack windows that caused stack windows to truncate its applications if the icon size was too big
• If you have multiple applications with the same bundle name (e.g. the same app but in different versions) in your applications folder, they will now be correctly displayed in the start menu
• Fixed some issues regarding re-ordering applications
  • You can now again re-order applications in ungrouped labeled style while holding Shift or unlocking applications
  • Fixed a problem with re-ordering applications in stacks
• Fixed a couple of issues when using auto-hide
  • Sidebar will now correctly auto-hide (if enabled) if one screen is placed above the other and the mouse moves downwards
  • Resolved an issue that caused auto-hide not to work properly when using in combination with stacks
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Sidebar to hide again, even if the cursor was placed on Sidebar
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused notification badges not to update correctly
• Fixed an issue that caused the "Replace icon with cover image" and "Preview style" option not to work while "Show multimedia controls" and "Follow applications" were turned off
• Fixed a couple of bugs that sometimes caused Sidebar to crash

Version 1.6.2

• You can now customize keyboard modifiers (e.g., Command + Option) that, when pressed together with the numbers 1 to 9 on the keyboard, will activate the n-th app on the currently active screen in the default area

• Fixed background blurring for some additional windows
• Fixed inside stroke for some additional windows
• The order of application windows is now a lot more consistent and will be persisted even if you restart Sidebar
• Resolved a problem that sometimes caused minimised application windows not to be correctly detected
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the shadow of Sidebar not to update in combination with dynamic size
• Removed the sliding animation when Sidebar becomes visible while using auto hiding in combination with dynamic size
• Fixed an issue that caused "Launc at login" not to work properly

Version 1.6.1

• You can now add spacers to the default area as well, not just to the left or right area. Spacers in the default area will always use an absolute position. For example, if you add a spacer at the 5th position, it will only be shown if there are more than 5 apps, and in this case, the spacer will be placed at the 5th position
• Added a new preview window option for the multimedia previews: No preview windows at all
• You can now replace the application icon with the current cover image for the multimedia controls (this works in both cases: for the standalone multimedia controls as well as when following the application)
• There's now a new option for the volume controls to show a small volume control window that will just display the current system volume in percent rather than displaying a slider as in the larger window
• The styling option for background blurring has been improved. You can now also customize the blurring radius/intensity in the styling settings

• Fixed the animation when Sidebar appears if it's auto hidden
• Fixed the layout of the multimedia controls when using the "Compact" or "Controls only" option in combination with ungrouped labeled style
• Fixed an issue that caused Sidebar not to correctly appear when using auto hide and after changing the screen side to which Sidebar is pinned to
• Minimised application windows of some specific apps (e.g. Google Chrome persisted web apps) are now correctly detected
• Fixed an issue that sometimes the screen sharing indicator was displayed even though the live preview was already closed for that window
• Fixed an issue that caused background blurring not to work when used in combination with dynamic size and auto hiding

Version 1.6.0

Floating Sidebar

• Sidebar now supports padding between the screen side and Sidebar itself - it can float now! The setting can be found in the styling settings and is called 'Screen side offset'. As usual this setting can be changed on a per-screen basis
• Additionally, you can configure a gap between Sidebar and its additional windows (previews, calendar, ...)

Dynamic size

• Sidebar now has a dynamic size setting that will automatically adjust the width (horizontally) or height (vertically) based on the displayed content
• Tip: Try to combine this setting with the new floating Sidebar style setting

New design

• Inside stroke: You can configure the color of the inside stroke that's visible around the edge of Sidebar
• Application inside stroke: Similar to the previous setting, you can now configure an inside stroke color for applications that are displayed in ungrouped labeled style
• Shadow: Sidebar now drops a subtle shadow
• Ungrouped labeled style: You can now configure the maximum width of applications that are displayed in ungrouped labeled style
• Smoother animations: The hovering animations of the application icons are now much smoother animated
• Click animation: Sidebar now shows a subtle click animation making Sidebar feel much more responsive
• General animations: Overall animations have been improved to make Sidebar appear less sluggish

Improved multimedia controls

• Sidebar now supports showing multimedia controls (play, pause, ...) for every application that supports media playback (e.g. browsers). This mirrors the behaviour that you can see in the macOS Control Center
• Multimedia controls can now either be added as a separate media player that's independent of any application, or follow the application that's currently playing
• There are now four different styles available:
  • Compact: Only show the play / pause control
  • Controls only: Shows all controls, nothing else
  • Title and controls: Shows all controls as well as the currently played title
  • Full: Shows all controls, the title as well as the app icon
• Likewise, you can now customise the preview window for multimedia apps
  • Cover image and controls: Displays the cover image of the currently played media, as well as controls within the preview window
  • Cover image: Only displays the cover image, no controls
  • Application windows: Displays the regular application windows rather than the cover of the currently played media

Improved volume controls

• Redesigned the volume control icon in Sidebar
• The volume control slider now automatically opens if you hover the icon in Sidebar
• Clicking the volume icon in Sidebar will now mute / unmute your sound
• You can now change your system volume level by hovering the volume icon in Sidebar and using the scroll wheel / scroll touch gesture
• The same scroll gesture works while hovering the volume slider itself

Other improvements

• You can now manually trigger overlapping prevention from either the top right menu bar item, or from the context menu of the Sidebar icon
• Added a new section to the settings called "Expert settings". This section adds toggles for specific fixes that might be necessary on some systems
• Preview windows will now automatically close when clicking on the application icon
• Improved offline (downloaded) licenses. The time period how long a downloaded license can be used fully offline has been extended from 3 months to 4
• When using a shortcut to activate an application, clicking the shortcut a second time will now also trigger the second click functionality if there's just one window. Using the shortcut multiple times on applications with more than one windows will cycle through the windows

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused excessive CPU usage after connecting a new (unknown) external display
• Fixed several bugs regarding window and app detection
• Clicking on one of the most used apps in the start menu doesn't also start the app below anymore
• Fixed an issue with persisting custom application icons
• You can now close maximised Finder windows that are located on a separate Space when using macOS 15.4 or later (this might prompt for Apple Script permissions)
• Fixed some issues that sometimes preview windows remained open, even though the cursor already left the area
• Improved performance in the start menu. Scrolling through a longer list of applications is much smoother now
• Fixed an issue that caused the 'Always show on all screens' application setting not to work in combination with ungrouped labeled style
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused notification badges not to show / update
• Performance improvements for various features