Please add the ability to control the width of the side panels in the design tool.

[Cat]

The design tool is giving me fits today because I'm trying to work on some details of a design and the new areas thing is always covering up part of the design even when it's collapsed. I like this new feature, but it's getting in my way. 

The problem could be solved if we could have a slider to control the width of the left hand panel instead of an all or nothing choice between hogging up a huge chunk of the screen and collapsed. Same for the right hand panel though it's not as problematic.

[SJoy]

I think it would be nice if we can shut it off in the setting menu in the design tool. That way we can remove it while designing if needed. I personally have no use for these as they add more clutter and just duplicate the original side bar. That's why I think there should be an option to shut it off so that way the designer can choose whether or not to use this feature.

[Jadendreamer13]

That is not showing up for me today. Maybe it’s another A/B testing group.

[Cat]

@SJoy You mean remove the new areas stuff? That would certainly help, but it always seems that the sidebar is just way too wide for what I need and it takes up a huge amount of screen space. Maybe it has something to do with my screen resolution or settings. Hmmm....

[Connie]

Yes, that left sidebar is way too wide, and I too would like to be able to adjust the width.

[BKMuir]

Why is the design tool now duplicating in the design area, the area design information in the left side bar? When did this appear (the 16th? I was not on line then).

The left Side bar also seems to have been widened from previously.
YES allow narrowing of the sidebars (both sides) would be very helpful.

[YesItsRoy]

Not a long-term solution, but for a finicky design here and there... This is in Chrome, but FF and Edge have this feature also. It looks complicated -- it's NOT.  Takes a minute to get used to what you're doing here, and you absolutely cannot break anything forever by doing this (it's temporary until you refresh or close/re-open). 

Right Click the panel you want to disappear, and choose INSPECT on the fly-out (sorry faded; just the way snipping works):

Click the PLUS SIGN and then type .DesignToolAreaGroupSelector_selectorWrapper  

Press TAB  

Type display: none

Again, it'll go away only for that page and only until you refresh or close/re-open.  NOT permanently deleting it.

If you want it back without refreshing, you can just change NONE to FLEX.

You can also close the Inspect panel and re-open to show it/hide it.