> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.piebald.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> Use the compact view in the sidebar for a cleaner appearance.

# Sidebar compact view

<Badge color="blue">Available in Piebald Basic (Free)</Badge>

The chat sidebar in Piebald has a "Compact" view that hides most metadata about each chat, leaving only the status indicator and the title.  This allows the sidebar to display a denser chat listing.   You can click the <Icon icon="rows-4" />/<Icon icon="rows-2" /> icon to enable/disable the compact view.

Chats that are older than 3 days are also hidden by a banner that you can click to expand them all.  This threshold is configurable through **Settings → Appearance → General → Recent Chat Threshold** and is by default set to 3 days.

<video src="https://mintcdn.com/piebald/-nlhNVXPbviH06Xi/imgs/v0-1-18/sidebar_compact_mode.mp4?fit=max&auto=format&n=-nlhNVXPbviH06Xi&q=85&s=29b5a3477975718d9cffc17715e65fc4" name="sidebar_compact_mode.mp4" controls className="shadow-md rounded-xl" data-path="imgs/v0-1-18/sidebar_compact_mode.mp4">Video demonstrating chat sidebar compact nmode</video>