# Clicking an empty area on the sidebar should not close active document

**URL:** <https://community.bear.app/t/clicking-an-empty-area-on-the-sidebar-should-not-close-active-document/19537>\
**Category:** Lettera feedback\
**Created:** [July 6, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/clicking-an-empty-area-on-the-sidebar-should-not-close-active-document/19537 "2026-07-06T16:30:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![moottoast](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/moottoast/32/8147_2.png) [@moottoast](https://community.bear.app/u/moottoast)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/clicking-an-empty-area-on-the-sidebar-should-not-close-active-document/19537/1 "2026-07-06T16:30:45Z")

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I’m not sure if this is a bug or a feature request because I’m not sure about the desired behavior. When a user clicks any empty area of the sidebar and a document is currently open, the document is closed and the Shortcuts are displayed. It is a minor inconvenience but this behavior is contrary to every other app with a sidebar I could find (including Finder). I would expect the current document to remain open if an empty area in the sidebar was clicked and only change the contents of the document pane if I actually clicked on another document.

BTW, I absolutely love this app. It’s how I always imagined Obsidian should work (but doesn’t).