How do I hide the filter side bar?

[DaveSch]

Here is a trick to squeeze more space in the Navigation icons.

What is the optimal Navigator configuration?

Why I like the Drop-Down (no labels) Navigator [dropdown] As @emyoulation already pointed out, this only really works by hiding the other two sidebars in the Plugin Manager. This disables the category selector and loads only your preferred Navigator. Selecting any of the main icons automatically takes you to the last selected view in the category. Category does this but using Drop-Down, selecting another view in the category can be done without first going to the category’s last view to sel…