file wide metadata / remove right side bar in sphinx theme

[lwasser]

hi there - i'm working on our pyopensci documentation and would love to remove the right side bar

the docs - say to simply add this :html_theme.sidebar_secondary.remove: to the file wide metadata. i think this means to the front matter of each page but i'm unclear as to what the syntax should be in a myst page to remove the side bar. just adding that string does not seem to work for me.

And is there some way to just disable it throughout the book by chance? this theme is wonderful however it's super busy to have two side bars and content in the middle and navigation at the top. i'd love for a bit more fluidity in that middle section content .

Many thanks for any guidance!

[drammock]

Hi @lwasser! If you update conf.py you can disable the secondary sidebar on all pages. Ref: https://pydata-sphinx-theme.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user_guide/layout.html#secondary-sidebar-right

html_theme_options = {
  ...
  "secondary_sidebar_items": [],  # <--- an empty list here should prevent it from being rendered
  ...
}

[lwasser]

thank you!!