# Sidebar settings

The sidebar settings tab controls how the sidebar looks and what it displays. Open **Settings** (by default, `Cmd+,` on macOS or `Ctrl+,` on Windows and Linux; the shortcut can be changed or disabled under **Hotkeys**) and click the **Sidebar** tab.

## Filter input visibility

**Show filter input** controls whether the [filter field](../sidebar/filtering.md) appears at the top of the sidebar.

- **On** (default) — the filter input is shown.
- **Off** — the filter UI is hidden entirely. When it's off, the `\` shortcut won't open it either.

## Subgroup order

**Default sidebar subgroup order** lets you drag the [built-in subgroup order](../sidebar/reordering-sections.md) used across projects:

- Todos
- Agents
- Terminals
- Commands
- Scratchpads

Changes apply across existing projects.

## Section headers

**Show section header lines and counts** controls whether sidebar subgroup headers show divider lines and right-side item counts.

## Hide when empty

Empty-section visibility is controlled per built-in section:

- **Todos** — hide when a project has no open todos.
- **Agents** — hide when a project has no agents.
- **Terminals** — hide when a project has no terminals.
- **Commands** — hide when a project has no commands.
- **Scratchpads** — hide when a project has no unarchived scratchpads.

Each section has its own toggle, and Solo remembers your choice.

## Focus

The **Focus** section controls whether Solo automatically focuses eligible items when you open them from the sidebar, [command palette](../command-palette/using.md), or notifications:

- **Terminals** — running terminals.
- **Agents** — running terminal-backed agents.
- **Commands** — running commands.

## CPU and memory display

The sidebar exposes separate threshold presets for:

- **Project CPU usage**
- **Project memory usage**
- **Process CPU usage**
- **Process memory usage**
- **Show subprocess count**

Each control uses preset buttons like **Always**, a few threshold values, and **Never**. CPU percentages use per-core process values, so they can exceed 100% on multi-core systems.

See [CPU and Memory Stats](../sidebar/cpu-memory-stats.md) for more detail.

## Project header quick actions

These toggles control which hover actions appear on project headers:

- **[Open in editor](./tools-editors-terminals.md)** — off by default. When enabled, the hover action appears only for a project with a per-project editor override or a configured default editor.
- **Open in terminal** — off by default. When enabled, the hover action appears only when a default terminal is configured.
- **Reveal in Finder** — on by default.

## Sidebar footer

**Show settings footer** controls whether the Settings button stays visible at the bottom of the sidebar.

- **On** (default) — footer button is shown.
- **Off** — the footer button is hidden, but you can still open Settings from the command palette or use the current **Open settings** shortcut when it is enabled (`Cmd+,` on macOS and `Ctrl+,` on Windows and Linux by default).

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Are you a human? Read this doc on the web: https://soloterm.com/docs/settings/sidebar-settings