Get Rid Of Dropbox Paper Sticky Toolbar
I am an avid Dropbox Paper user and use it mostly for journaling & content collaboration. In June Dropbox introduced this horrible sticky toolbar at the bottom of the page.
The thing I subconsciously liked about Dropbox Paper was the generous use of whitespace on the screen. The screen looked analogous to a clean page on a notebook that allowed thoughts to flow freely. But, this stupid piece of shitty sticky toolbar that Paper introduced feels like a blot of ink spilled on my clean notebook. When I am engrossed in my thoughts, this toolbar pricks me in the eye and begs for my attention, which messes the flow of thoughts.
Now, let’s cut to the chase. How to get rid of it:
Getting rid of the toolbar is actually an HTML trick. Those familiar with HTML would already understand what I am going to suggest here. Let’s Start:
Step 1: Uncovering Your Target
Right Click on the first menu option on the toolbar and click on Inspect Element
After clicking on it, you will see an inspect window like in the image below. Those unfamiliar with coding will feel like they have just switched to badass hacker mode. The window will seem a bit different depending on the browser you use, but the steps remain the same.
Step 2: Identifying Your Target
Select the line starting with ‘<div class=”insert-toolbar-wrapper …
When your mouse is hovering on this line, the shitty toolbar will get highlighted like this:
This confirms that you have selected the correct line.
Step 3: Execute Your Kill
While the line is selected, hit the Backspace/Delete button on your keyboard.
Welcome to the old life! The life before that ugly toolbar.
Caveat: You will have to do it every time you refresh your Paper doc or open a new doc.
I am not even sure if there are others like me who hate this ugly obstructive toolbar.
I currently do not have the motivation to invest my time & cognitive energy to build a browser extension that takes down this toolbar every time it pops up. If there is any traction on this post, I would probably be motivated to build this extension. I hope Dropbox takes notice of this and removes the toolbar by default before I invest my efforts in that.
Cheers!
