Support mobile view in sidebar

[simonhong]

Goal: Implement mobile view panel in sidebar under feature flags that disabled by default.

MobileViewSidePanelManager will manage mobile view sidebar item's side panel coordinator. This manager monitors mobile view sidebar item add/remove events and create/destory its side panel coordinator.

TODOs

• [ ] https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/34597
• [ ] Mobile view panel toolbar UI - design
• [ ] Shields support to mobile view panel

[scwall]

Hi, do you have any idea when this option will be available? We want to migrate from edge to another browser where I work (for reasons of siphoning data from edge ...) however this feature is much used by various administrative services for its speed.

[rebron]

Hi @scwall We're still working through the design as we have split view to account for with sidebar mobile view. Split view is accessible here to test in Nightly brave://flags/#brave-split-view.

Would love to hear more about your use case re: sidebar browsing.

[Seddu]

Yeah, i’m eager too. One step closer for me to ditch Vivaldi.

[livejamie]

Hi @scwall We're still working through the design as we have split view to account for with sidebar mobile view. Split view is accessible here to test in Nightly brave://flags/#brave-split-view.

Would love to hear more about your use case re: sidebar browsing.

It's convenient to open certain tools in the sidebar view. For example, opening up a shopping cart on certain websites, opening up perplexity/chatgpt to help you write an answer or do research, opening up a calendar/agenda while taking notes, and opening up a note-taking application or a to-do list app.

You can get a lot of the same functionality that you would typically have to install an extension for.

[livejamie]

The split view functionality in Nightly is nice and should remain a separate feature, but I want every bookmark I place in the sidebar to open in a small overlay.

You can look at how Edge and Vivaldi handle this feature. Here are two GIFs showing an example journey from both.

You can see how treating them as tiny bookmark/launcher icons that open full-screen prevents the main reason why people use this feature.

[livejamie]

Please note that this is the first time I've heard of this feature mentioning "Mobile" functionality. I'm not sure if Edge or Vivaldi do anything to send a mobile user agent. I'm pretty sure it's just a regular browser window. There's nothing "mobile" about it.

[lazymonkey2]

vivaldi and edge offer the option to view the regular site or mobile one. This is because viewing a regular site in the sidebar makes it unusable, since the sidebar is too small. Instead a mobile site can fit easily in the sidebar.

[livejamie]

vivaldi and edge offer the option to view the regular site or mobile one. This is because viewing a regular site in the sidebar makes it unusable, since the sidebar is too small. Instead a mobile site can fit easily in the sidebar.

Ah you're right, it does look like they have a toggle for it to be the desktop or mobile version of the site when I right click the icon.

[riddlerboss248]

What happened with this initiative? A year has passed since it was initially created.

[CampbellReid]

How might we get involved in helping make this happen? I have a CS degree and I loved this feature in Edge before I switched to Brave and it stinks not having it.

[Tushar-Manna]

+1