Page Sidebar | Open any page in side panel icon

Page Sidebar | Open any page in side panel

by Stefan vd

v1.2.22 Updated Nov 17, 2025 369KiB
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★ 4.28
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Description

Are you tired of constantly switching between tabs while working or browsing the web? With the Page Sidebar browser extension, you gain instant access to a customizable sidebar that allows you to effortlessly drag and drop your favorite websites and view them side by side. Streamline your workflow, eliminate unnecessary tab-switching, and take control of your online experience today! The Page Sidebar is a lightweight and useful add-in designed to elevate productivity. With this tool, you can effortlessly drag and drop your favorite websites into the sidebar, creating a convenient hub for quick access. Moreover, when you drag a highlighted text into the sidebar, it will automatically search for that keyword in your favorite search engine. No need to open new tabs or interrupt your workflow – the information you need is right at your fingertips in the sidebar. Browser extension features: ◆ Browsing Experience: Open any webpage seamlessly with a robust web browser sidebar view. Whether reading a Wikipedia article, watching a YouTube video, write in a text editor, coding, split-view your calendar, translating a word, shopping, or responding to emails, enhance your browsing experience, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, or any other AI conveniently accessible in the sidebar, etc. ◆ Multi-Tab Sidebar Easily open and manage multiple pages within a single sidebar. For example, open Notion, Todoist, Trello, and Google Translate, and effortlessly switch between tabs. ◆ Prevent Accidental Tab Closure Enable a warning to prevent tabs from closing accidentally when you click the "x" icon. ◆ Context Menu Access the context menu by right-clicking to seamlessly open any link in the side panel. And selected text to open the side panel search page. ◆ Pinned Side Panel: The side panel remains open until you choose to close it, allowing for convenient reference and effortless page comparison within a single window. ◆ Drag and drop: Easily drag and drop links and text for efficient navigation. ◆ First Page: Customize the initial home page displayed in the side panel for a tailored browsing experience. ◆ Navigation Bar: - The home button to reset the view with a single click to the default page or your custom home page - Utilize the search box in the navigation bar for quick URL tracking, with search terms automatically using the default search engine. Additionally, paste URLs directly into the search box to open websites in the side panel, streamlining your browsing workflow. - Designate the position of the navigation bar at the top, bottom, or hidden for a personalized interface. ◆ Customizable Search Engine: Enjoy customizable search engine options, including Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Baidu, and Yandex. ◆ Custom Toolbar Icon: Select your preferred toolbar icon in either light or dark mode, adapting to your visual preferences. ◆ Resizable Side Panel You can adjust the width of the side panel by grabbing the edge, either increasing or decreasing its size. ◆ Define custom keyboard combinations to activate the sidebar swiftly ◆ Support for Dark Mode Project Information: https://www.stefanvd.net/project/page-sidebar/browser-extension/ Required Permissions: ◆ "contextMenus": Add a context menu to instantly open the side panel. ◆ "sidepanel": Allow the website to be visible in the side panel. ◆ "storage": Save settings locally and sync with your web browser account. ◆ "declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess": Allow all websites to be viewed in the side panel. Note: CSP headers have been customized to allow this page to be viewed in the sidebar. <<< Option feature >>> Unlock an option feature to protect your eyes at night and focus on the video player, such as YouTube™, by installing Turn Off the Lights browser extension for YouTube and Beyond. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/turn-off-the-lights/bfbmjmiodbnnpllbbbfblcplfjjepjdn
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Reviews (12 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2025-08-22
callanyonefrompc

Why must I 'Allow on All Websites'? I just want to enable it on a few websites. But when I went to the Chrome Extensions and set Page Sidebar to only work on 'Specific Websites' and then added i.e. https://justnotepad.com, anytime I open up the Page Sidebar it tells me "Allow the host permission to show any website here in the sidebar." I would feel safer if I could limit the extension to specific websites, and I just don't understand why that isn't an option. I even went to Page Sidebar Options and set the start page and homepage to https://justnotepad.com and that still didn't work. I don't know what 'Content Security Policy' is, but disabling that did not help either.

★☆☆☆☆2025-07-10
X YZ

Doesn't work. The instructions are not relevant to the extension. Don't bother with this.

★☆☆☆☆2025-07-03
Malik

this is a scam. fake extension. All the websites I need, one of them is Google Keep, are only showing this message: 403. That’s an error. We're sorry, but you do not have access to this page. That’s all we know. and most of of the website i need

★☆☆☆☆2024-08-23
Marc Spiro

Great idea... but no website I try load actually opens? The home button does not take you anywhere , search does not yeild any results. cant open google calendar in the side panel cant open web.whatsapp in the sidepanel?

★★☆☆☆2025-05-22
Riccardo Cavasin

This extension effectively disables CSP enforcing on websites. Why is that?

★★☆☆☆2025-04-02
Bartolomeo

why this doesn't work with https://translate.google.com.br/

★★☆☆☆2024-05-12
Chris McGimpsey-Jones

Could be useful, although the fact it doesn't integrate at all with my browser theme (for some reason) it makes it difficult to justify keeping it around.

★★★☆☆2025-01-14
Malaya Linux (MyLinukhs)

It would be nice if this extension can open local file or viewing html from visual studio code live server.

★★★☆☆2025-01-05
Ronald Wilhelm

Amazing plugin but something with the cookies seems to be wrong. I am in the European Union and each time I load a website (for example Perplexity, Claude, ChatGPT etc.) I get this annoying cookie banner where I allow all cookies but when I reload it pops up again. This is especially weird as I am logged in to the sites and I remain logged in.. Could you please check if you can fix something about the cookies? I tried other Sidebar plugins (which I didn't like as much) where this issue doesn't exist. I happily adjust my rating to 5 stars after that is fixed. Thank you and appreciate.

★★★☆☆2024-07-12
Manuel H.

It doesn't allow for any search engine or even the browser's default search engine. It just allows the ones listed in the extension, which is a disappointment. I wanted to use it to pin my webmail (Fastmail) into a sidebar, but when the website tries to load inside the sidebar, it says "the website refused connection". It has a bookmark view, but I think the bookmark view looks bad. Otherwise, it works well enough.

★★★☆☆2024-04-07
Dheeraj Shetty

Works fine, only if there was a way to save the urls for easy access, right now have to copy every url, everytime

★★★☆☆2024-02-11
Heath “rolltidehero” B.

Could be 5-stars if they can fix it to where it doesn't hide when you click onto another page... basically, if it were more like Vivaldi's Web Panels. Also, I have to de-activate it and then re-activate just so that it will show up again. I also couldn't figure out how to save sites. I don't think it does. But it's still early in development, so if they get that fixed, then it will probably be one of my favorite extensions and a 5-star if it was also open-source ... Sadly, due to all of the malicious extensions, I am limiting myself to only using open-source extensions on sites like GitHub. Technically, they are all open-source... meaning that you could easily review the code. But then one day they sneak in a malicious update that you can't review until it is updated on your system. Let me know if you would like any help. Do you have a GitHub? I love the idea... It's one of the 3 major reasons that I use Vivaldi over all other browsers.. 1. Web Panels / 2. Tile Tabs into one single tab view / 3. Much more customizable

Permissions (5)

Permissions

bookmarks Can read and modify your bookmarks contextMenus Can add items to the right-click menu declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccesssidePanel storage Can store data locally in your browser

Details

Version 1.2.22
Updated Nov 17, 2025
Size 369KiB
First Seen Mar 24, 2026

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