Sidebar (flexpane) doesn't disappear when trying to close it

[bstein-clever]

ScudCloud Version

Paste the output for scudcloud --version below: ~$ scudcloud --version /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scudcloud/notifier.py:3: PyGIWarning: Notify was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Notify', '0.7') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Notify /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scudcloud/scudcloud.py:27: PyGIWarning: Unity was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Unity', '7.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Unity, Dbusmenu ScudCloud 1.37 Python 3.5.2 Qt 4.8.7 PyQt 4.11.4 SIP 4.17

Distro and Desktop info

• Distribution: Ubuntu
• Version/Release: Xenial
• Desktop environment: Unity

Expected behavior

After opening the sidebar and trying to close it, it should close completely.

Actual behavior

When clicking the 'x', it reduces in size, but doesn't close completely, like so:

Compare to the fullly opened size, like so:

The only solution I've found to close it is to restart scudcloud.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open the sidebar
2. Try to close the sidebar
3. Voila

[raelgc]

@bstein-clever yeap, I've noticed that today too. The flexpane is just shrinking but not disappearing when closed. Wondering if with some CSS we can fix this.

[raelgc]

The workaround is right click and select reload.

[cajogos]

Any updates on this? It seems to still be happening, and now with threads opening on this pane this is going to cause some problems.

[jaxad0127]

reload isn't working for me. Even restarting the app doesn't clear the sidebar.

[raelgc]

@jaxad0127 I think you're confusing the left pane with the flexpane (the one at the right side that appears when you click on "What's New", by example).

[jaxad0127]

I mean the one on the right.

[raelgc]

I just tested and right clicking and selecting "reload" made it disappear.

[jaxad0127]

Not for me. Though Slack does keep restarting the search I did, before partially closing the flexpane, leaving the X button inaccessible. I've repeatedly tried clearing the search, restarting the app, reloading the pane, without any success.

[jaxad0127]

Seems Slack was keeping some partially broken state. After I somehow opened up more search options, the flex pane changed to a different one, and I was able to close and reload. It's gone now. Weird stuff.

[raelgc]

No problem. I'm working a fix for this.

[bstein-clever]

I've experienced this mixed responsiveness, as well. Some types of sidebars (files, people, etc) have an 'x' to close them, some (what's new, threads, probably others) don't seem to. There's also a problem, as suggested, that some try to expand too far, so the 'x' is hidden, and the only way to get to it is to full-screen scudcloud.

Once you've hit the 'x', and the sidebar goes into "semi-closed" mode, then it'll go away after a restart. But if the sidebar is open, restarting will keep it there; I believe that's by design.

[raelgc]

This do not happens on qt5 branch. Soon, I'll merge the qt5 branch to master.

[loonies]

Yeah, it works with qt5-webkit

[raelgc]

Finally I got able to fix this in qt4 version. Packages published for Ubuntu. Please, update and upgrade.