31/10/2022 Franck Bugnet Trick

How to turn off the automatic display of the control panel?

A quick and easy trick to control how and when the left control panel should appear and disappear


Applicable to : Merlin Backoffice ™, PrestaPricing and PrestaCategorie addons (screen shop made with PrestaPricing)

Why is the left panel appearing and disappearing automatically?

Did you notice this left orange bar ?

mouse over area

This area detects the cursor when you place the mouse over it. When the control panel is hidden, moving the mouse over this orange area makes it visible, like this :

Display tab

The orange bar is moved on the right. It is still active, moving the cursor over it will automatically hide again the panel

Turning off this automatic behavior

  1. Re-open the control panel (see above how to do it :-) )
  2. Open the display tab:

Left panel

  1. Uncheck the "On over" option

Turning off the automatic display of the control panel

From now on, the control panel will be hidden, shown only when clicking on the orange bar.


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