is it possible to have the sidebar on the right?

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ko56
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is it possible to have the sidebar on the right?

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Hi, I'm new to SeaMonkey, trying it as a possible replacement of Firefox.
Is there a way to have the sidebar placed on the right of the page?
This is 2.53.12 (on Windows 11, if it makes any difference).
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Re: is it possible to have the sidebar on the right?

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Your choices are:
Flexible Sidebar 53.0
https://addons.thunderbird.net/seamonke ... tn-primary
SeaMonkey Vertical Tab Bar 1.0
https://addons.thunderbird.net/seamonke ... dl-popular
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Re: is it possible to have the sidebar on the right?

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Thanks. I installed the Flexible Sidebar, but I can't figure out how to make it do what I want (for that matter, I can't see how to make it do anything).
"Dragging the handles" of the sidebar already works in SeaMonkey anyway.
Am I missing something?
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Re: is it possible to have the sidebar on the right?

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ko56 wrote: Is there a way to have the sidebar placed on the right of the page?
Yep. As I recall, 3 or 4 lines of .css in the userChrome.css will do that and I have it on the right myself.

I'll dig out the code sometime, but meanwhile perhaps familiarise yourself with this stuff - http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... #p14789746


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Re: is it possible to have the sidebar on the right?

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Thanks, I suspected this might be possible. I am somewhat familiar with userChrome.css. I've already used
To get a general idea of how .css code works, then browse the files here - https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSfor ... er/classic
in the link you posted above to customize Firefox 100.
In the userChrome.css I have for Firefox from the above link, I see the options related to the sidebar, but nothing about its placement.
So I would appreciate it if you would post your code for the placement. (Other than that, this would seem a good option to add to SeaMonkey itself.)
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ko56 wrote:Thanks, I suspected this might be possible. I am somewhat familiar with userChrome.css. ...
....So I would appreciate it if you would post your code for the placement.
Sure.

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 /* Franks SM sidebar on right...*/
#main-window > hbox {
  direction: rtl !important;
}

 /* stop the little children inheriting this change...*/
#main-window > hbox > vbox {
  direction: ltr !important;}
...and here's a bonus snippet -

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/*Franks Sidebar Max Width...*/
#sidebar,#sidebar-box {
	max-width: 800px !important;}


* For other people - Why? - because having the sidebar on the right doesn't throw the entire page off centre, as it does when on the left.
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Re: is it possible to have the sidebar on the right?

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Very good, that works! Thanks.
I believe this feature is missing from
https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx
Have you considered submitting your code there?
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