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Section Sidebar Cannot Be Shown or Hidden

Bug ReportKnown Issue

Status: Known Issue

Affects: LaunchBox for Windows 13.25

Summary

The section sidebar cannot be toggled on or off using the menu option or the Ctrl + S shortcut.

Details

In LaunchBox 13.25, the option to show or hide the section sidebar no longer responds when triggered via:

  • The menu option

  • The Ctrl + S keyboard shortcut

As a result:

  • Users who previously had the sidebar hidden are unable to turn it back on

  • Users who always had the sidebar enabled may not notice the issue

  • Other similar UI toggles (such as the Game Details pane) continue to work as expected

The issue is reproducible on the 13.25 release and does not occur in 13.25 Beta 3.

The root cause has been identified as an internal logic error introduced during code cleanup work prior to release.

🔧 Temporary Workaround (Advanced Users)

If you are currently stuck without a sidebar, you can force it back on by manually editing the LaunchBox settings file.

  1. Close LaunchBox completely

  2. Navigate to your LaunchBox folder

  3. Open Settings.xml

  4. Locate the following line:

<ShowSideBar>false</ShowSideBar>

  1. ensure it is set to true

  2. Save the file and relaunch LaunchBox

⚠️ Only edit this file if you’re comfortable making manual changes. We recommend backing up the file first.

Next Steps

The issue has already been fixed internally and is going through code review. The fix is planned to be included in the next hotfix or hotfix beta.

Affected Product
OS Version
Windows 11
LaunchBox Version
Plugins
NA
Posted by AstroBob ·
Status: Completed3 comments

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  • AstroBob changed status to Completed
    Team•

    Feb 10

    Pinned

    Hi there,

    With today’s release of LaunchBox 13.26, the fix for this issue is now available to everyone. You can update to the latest version from within the app to receive this fix.

    Notes on the release can be found below:

    LaunchBox for Windows – 13.26

    Please let us know if anyone is continuing to experience this issue, and thanks for bearing with us while we go that sorted.

  • AstroBob

    Team•

    Feb 4

    Hi Everyone,

    We’ve just pushed out a new beta (13.26 beta-1) that fixes this issues. For anyone who wants to give it a try, you can find full details on the beta here:

    You can update to beta versions using the instructions below:

    LaunchBox Beta Versions

    If you prefer to stay on stable releases, we’re aiming for this next release cycle to be a much shorter one, focused purely on fixes, so it shouldn’t be too long before we have 13.26 out officially.

    Please let us know if this issue is not fixed for anyone on the latest beta and we’ll get you sorted.

    Cheers,

  • AstroBob

    Team•

    Jan 29

    Also added temp workaround for those who are stuck without a sidebar