Codex Desktop sidebar opens on hover even when the window is not focused
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
Codex Desktop version: 26.727.51351
What subscription do you have?
pro
What platform is your computer?
macOS
What issue are you seeing?
When using Codex Desktop side-by-side with another app, such as VS Code on the left and Codex on the right, the Codex sidebar opens automatically when my mouse moves from the VS Code window into the Codex window area.
This happens even before I click or focus the Codex window. In practice, I am only moving the cursor across the split-screen boundary, but Codex interprets the hover as an intent to open the sidebar. This is disruptive because the sidebar repeatedly slides out when I do not want to interact with it.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Open VS Code and Codex Desktop side by side on the same screen.
- Put VS Code on the left and Codex on the right.
- Keep VS Code focused.
- Move the mouse from the VS Code window into the Codex window, near the left edge of Codex.
- The Codex sidebar opens automatically, even though Codex has not been clicked or focused.
What is the expected behavior?
The sidebar should not open just because the mouse enters the Codex window while the app is unfocused. Ideally, hover-triggered sidebar expansion should only work when Codex is the active/focused window, or there should be a setting to disable hover-to-open sidebar behavior.
Additional information
This makes split-screen workflows with VS Code inconvenient, because moving the mouse between coding and Codex repeatedly triggers the sidebar unintentionally.