How do I stop the format sidebar from opening when moving my cursor to the right in Pages?

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How do I stop the format sidebar from opening when moving my cursor to the right in Pages?

Hi,

I have an issue with my pages. Every time I move my cursor to the right or touch the scroll bar, the format sidebar opens. I don't understand why it is opening without me directly clicking on the tab. is there any way to disable formatting sidebar popping up every time I move my cursor to the scrollbar on the right?

thank you for your advise in advance.

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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.5

Posted on Mar 12, 2025 04:05 PM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

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Mar 13, 2025 03:14 AM in response to klaudia106

Pages View menu > Inspector > Hide Inspector (⌥⌘i). It does what it says and clicking in the scroll bar does not cause the Inspector panel to reappear until typing the preceding keyboard shortcut again reenables it.

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klaudia106 Author

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Mar 13, 2025 12:28 PM in response to VikingOSX

Hi,

Thank you for your reply. After closing it via View menu > Inspector > Hide Inspector (⌥⌘i) or typing shortcut it will close, but as soon as I move my cursor to the right on scroll bar, without even clicking on it, format sidebar opens straight away. When I move the cursor away from the right side (scroll bar) than format sidebar will hide again. it is quite annoying as I am not able to use scroll bar when format sidebar pops up.

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VikingOSX

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Mar 13, 2025 01:27 PM in response to klaudia106

I tested this with Pages v14.3 on Sequoia v15.3.2 before I replied earlier and clicking in the scroll field, or grabbing the scroll bar and dragging downward in a 197-page document did not reopen the Inspector panel for me.

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How do I stop the format sidebar from opening when moving my cursor to the right in Pages?

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