Using okular in a Python app : hiding the side pannel

Question

I am developing a program (TeXamator) in Python to deal with exercises databases in LaTeX. Following this answer I have been able to successfully embed okular into my Qt app.

The problem is that I can't find how to access the sidebar and hide it. If I open okular, press F7 to hide/show the side bar and then go back to my app, then the side bar will be hidden/shown depending on its status when closing okular.

I've tried looking at the code of "okularpart" but I can't find anything useful.

Could someone please point me in the right direction ?

Thanks in advance.

Edit : after going through okular's source code, I understand that I should set the visibility of "m_toolbar" to False, but I don't know in which namespace it is (and if it is even accessible). I've tried hiding each child of okupart.widget() (one by one), it hid a few things but not the sidebar.

Answer 1

I would expect to find it in the configuration list (since it's reachable by Settings->Navigation panel), so it won't be a widget. An alternative solution would be also to make it as small as possible.

Try to use something like

okupart.sidebar().setSidebarVisibility(false)

Check Sidebar::setSidebarVisibility and this corresponding call.