Restore Right-side Chat

[cdavis1]

I tried the recent layout change moving the chat from the right side to the left side of the Chrome Window.  After several days, I found it unusable.  As a consulting engineer, I use my google workspace continuously with email & labels on the left side and chats between co-workers on the right side.  Continually changing between email and chat on the left side is very inefficient and I find that I miss things that do not pop up in front of me like they use to.  Please restore the option for right side chat, even if it is a add on.  The left side chat is worthless to me.

Thanks,  Chris

[CABLE53 · Accepted solution]

Hey Chris,

I've just found a solution after being fed up for a few years with this issue(Seems this issue has fallen on deaf ears😢).

If you're still looking for a solution, I would suggest the following steps that I took:

1. Adding the TamperMonkey userscript injector or likewise with whichever browser extension store you use, & injecting this script by copying & pasting it into the "Create New Script" in the extension options:

Install Chrome Extension "TamperMonkey":

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo

Copy this Script into TamperMonkey:

https://gist.github.com/fortserious/86a508a1fd2e52eb4cd646b5b446e2db

2. Whip out an ad blocker or just a regular element blocker extension to delete a small column of space that loads over some of the Chat ui, that prevents carrot collapsing each Chat row seen in the picture here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aWsDyKHPPTchC5wJK_jhjQk6yXAcC2xm/view?usp=sharing

3. Because some of the ui languages have changed since this script's inception, it doesn't properly display the "Add-Ons Side Panel". By messing around with the script, I was able to properly view my Add-Ons Side Panel by going into the script(where you copied it) & editing the "grid-template-rows" on line 32. Copy & paste to replace the whole line on line 32 with this & the side bar should move up:

grid-template-rows: 400px 1fr 500px;

If you have trouble seeing all of your add-ons just change the "500px" to a higher value like 600 or something to raise the sidebar upward. Make sure you save your changes via Ctrl + S or likewise. Changes won't display until you reload Gmail.

Let me know if you have any troubles viewing my picture in the 2nd step as I was unable to upload an image directly. I'm not aware of what other ui deformations around Gmail appear when this script is applied but I have yet to find any that are too significant other than the settings being a bit out of wack, but all you have to do to restore the settings to the norm just temporarily disable the script to change settings then enable it when you're done.

Hope this helps😁.

[cdavis1]

Thanks for reaching out. It was unfortunate that my request fell on deaf
ears.

In your instructions, I don't understand " TamperMonkey userscript injector
or likewise"

I have not done any HTML programming in about 27 years.

I have gotten used to the left side, although I still like the "right-side"
always up chat.

Christopher T. Davis, P.E.
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[CABLE53]

TamperMonkey is a chrome extension that injects ui userscripts(open source custom JavaScripts) into websites. I'm not affiliated with TamperMonkey except that I use it for, well this specific reason alone😁. There are other similar extensions and apps out there but I trust this one the most:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo