Narrower Sidebar

Lets the sidebar shrink to 164 points, as narrow as Arc's, instead of stopping at Dia's 190. Drag the sidebar's edge to make it narrower.

Screenshot coming soon.

Why use it

Dia won't let the sidebar get narrower than 190 points. On a small screen that's a lot of width for tab titles you can read at a glance.

• Handy on a laptop screen, or with short tab titles.
• Pinned tabs reflow to fit the narrower width.

Turn it on

Open Dia → Settings → Patches and, under Sidebar & Tab Bar, switch on Narrower Sidebar. Or run:

diatweaks enable narrowerSidebar

FAQ

What happens when I turn it off?

The sidebar goes back to stopping at 190 points the next time you resize it.

Why is it greyed out?

Dia has no setting for the narrowest width, so this changes the one instruction that sets it. If a Dia update changes that code, the switch stays off until DiaTweaks is updated, rather than change something else.