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The Sidebar — Overview

The sidebar is your control center for everything that isn't drawing on the canvas. It has four tabs for different aspects of your design, plus a settings gear.

What you'll learn

  • What each sidebar tab does
  • How the sidebar adapts to different screen sizes
  • How to collapse and expand the sidebar

Sidebar tabs

| Tab | Icon | What it controls | |-----|------|-----------------| | Lights | Lightbulb | Brightness (when nothing selected), or color/bulb/spacing/layers (when element selected) | | Decorations | Ornament | Browse and place wreaths, bows, deer, trees | | Export | Download arrow | Export images, view materials summary and calibration status | | AI | Sparkle | AI Scene Changer — generate and toggle scene presets | | Settings (gear) | Gear | Canvas defaults — your preferred starting configuration |

See the dedicated article for each tab:

Sidebar on different screens

The sidebar adapts to your screen size automatically:

Desktop (1025px and wider)

The sidebar is a collapsible panel on the right side of the editor (296px wide). It starts open by default.

  • Collapse — Click the "Panel" button in the toolbar, or the close icon in the sidebar. The panel slides away and the canvas expands to fill the space.
  • Expand — Click "Panel" again. The panel slides back in.

Tablet (769px – 1024px)

The sidebar shows an icon rail — a narrow strip (64px) with icons for each tab.

  • Click an icon to expand the full panel (296px) for that tab.
  • Click the same icon or click away to collapse back to the icon rail.
  • Click a different icon to switch tabs without closing.

Mobile (768px and narrower)

The sidebar appears as a bottom sheet that slides up from the bottom of the screen.

  • Open — Tap any sidebar icon in the bottom toolbar overflow menu, or the sidebar trigger.
  • Snap points — The sheet snaps to 50% or 85% of the screen height. Drag the handle to resize.
  • Canvas stays interactive — The toolbar remains clickable while the sheet is open. You can switch tools without closing the sidebar.
  • Close — Tap "Close Sidebar" at the bottom of the sheet, or drag it down.

Tips

  • Keyboard users: There's no shortcut to toggle specific sidebar tabs, but the toolbar "Panel" button toggles the sidebar open/closed.
  • The sidebar remembers your last tab — When you collapse and expand the sidebar, it returns to the tab you were on.
  • Context sensitivity — The Lights tab is the only tab that changes based on your selection. All other tabs show the same content regardless of what's selected on the canvas.

Related:

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