Prevent empty widget areas from being hidden

[Ribesg]

Hi

I would like to keep some widget area even if they are empty. How can I prevent NodeBB from adding the hidden class to them just after load?

Thanks

[xbenjii]

Probably this line here.

if (!renderedWidgets.length) {
	area.addClass('hidden'); //Remove this.
	ajaxify.widgets.reposition(location);
}

https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/blob/master/public/src/widgets.js#L68

[Ribesg]

Thanks for that. I would expect some way to configure that. Removing that line would also apply that to all widgets areas, on all themes, right?

My workaround is to add a plznohide class to the appropriate widget areas' divs and add this to either my theme CSS or the "Custom CSS":

.hidden.plznohide {
    display: initial !important;
    visibility: visible !important;
}

It seems to work as expected. Being able to configure if each widget area should be hidden in the ACP would still be nice.