Bring Back the Ability to Minimize the Right Sidebar for Pro users

User Feedback - August 2025 (Impact Score: 20)

User Pain Point: Users with portrait orientation monitors (especially second monitors) can't see hotkeys for games with right-side UI elements like "Maps" or "Game Guides" due to the new non-minimizable sidebar introduced in v11.0.

Final Design(Updated): https://www.figma.com/design/2nZASsIFsy4gEkx8llBR1m/-APP--Game-Page?node-id=16001-2429&t=gyn6ksM8Y7Nip92v-0

Minimize Bar -Right - [APP] Wand (Figma)

Impact Metrics:

  • Impact: 5/5 (Affects accessibility and multi-monitor setups)
  • Confidence: 4/5 (Clear user need with visual evidence)
  • Effort: 1/5 (Restoring existing functionality)
  • Impact Score: 20 (Highest priority)

Business Value:

  • Improves accessibility for users with specific monitor setups
  • Restores functionality that was previously available
  • Quick win with minimal development effort

Acceptance Criteria:

  • [ ] Pro users can minimize the right sidebar as in previous versions
  • [ ] Note: we're NOT reintroducing the minimize button for the left sidebar as seen in Figmas
  • [ ] Free users can see the minimize button, but hovering over it opens an Update to Pro tooltip with CTA
  • [ ] Clicking CTA takes the user into the pro checkout flow similar to other pro promotional CTAs
  • [ ] Sidebar state (minimized/expanded) is remembered across sessions
  • [ ] No regression in other sidebar functionality
  • [ ] Works correctly across different screen resolutions and orientations

Technical Notes:

  • This was functional before v11.0, so logic should be available in code history

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