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November 27th, 2023

Sidebar hacks for Horse

The sidebar is where Horse actually lives. Here’s how the page menu, sidebar layout, and hide-sidebar shortcut work.

225 words by Eleanor McKeown

The sidebar in Horse does the work that tabs, history, and bookmarks all tried to do separately. Most of the small features that make day-to-day browsing comfortable live there. Here are the ones worth knowing.

Horse’s hierarchical navigation method, named Trails, which saves nested pages in the browser’s sidebar
Horse’s hierarchical navigation method, named Trails, which saves nested pages in the browser’s sidebar

The page options menu

Right-click a page in the sidebar (or click ••• next to it) to open the page options menu.

Page Options menu open in Horse’s Sidebar
Page Options menu open in Horse’s Sidebar

The menu includes:

  • Edit link: change the URL of this page
  • Copy link: copy the URL
  • Set name: rename the page so it reads as something you’ll recognise later
  • Set icon: add an emoji or icon
  • Back / Forward / Reload: the usual moves
  • Open Page: start a new page on the same Trail
  • Close Page: remove this page (recoverable; ⇧+⌘+T brings it back)

Sidebar layout

New Trails open at the top by default. Drag any Trail or page to put it where you want. + at the top of the sidebar opens a new Trail.

New Site button, which opens up a new Trail in Horse, highlighted at the top of the browser’s sidebar
New Site button, which opens up a new Trail in Horse, highlighted at the top of the browser’s sidebar

When you open Downloads or History, they show up as lists at the bottom of the sidebar.

Hiding the sidebar

Click ‹‹ at the top of the sidebar to collapse it. Useful when you want a page to take up the whole window without distraction. Long emails, research papers, design layouts.

Hide Sidebar button, which hides the sidebar, highlighted at the top of Horse’s sidebar
Hide Sidebar button, which hides the sidebar, highlighted at the top of Horse’s sidebar
Horse with its Sidebar hidden so a webpage is viewed at maximum width in the browser
Horse with its Sidebar hidden so a webpage is viewed at maximum width in the browser

Click the same icon to bring the sidebar back. Trails® are still where you left them.

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