leave that sidebar open. I do not want to click each time.
have some "recently used" area somewhere.
make them more responsive: they seem to be designed for a small width (screen) currently. However, if I have more width, it can show me the canned responses directly next to my input field and also keep the last ones open. This saves me clicks and a lot of time then.)
do provide a link list with only links (sometimes better to integrate than common responses, and may also include more topics)
E.g.: