Use a pref to remember open close state between sessions.

xpfe/browser/src/contentframe.css

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ iframe {
 }
 
 iframe[class=sidebarframe] {
-  width: 180px;
+  width: 0px;
 }
 
 titledbutton[class=grippy] {

xpfe/browser/src/contentframe.js

@@ -1,15 +1,42 @@
 // -*- Mode: Java -*-
 
-var isSidebarOpen = true;
+var sidebarURI = 'resource:/res/rdf/sidebar-browser.xul';
+var isSidebarOpen = false;
+
+function Init() {
+  var pref = Components.classes['component://netscape/preferences'].getService();
+  pref = pref.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIPref);
+
+  if (pref) {
+    pref.SetDefaultIntPref('sidebar.width', 170);
+    //    pref.SetIntPref(pref.GetIntPref('sidebar.width'));
+    pref.SetDefaultBoolPref('sidebar.open', true);
+    pref.SavePrefFile();
+    if (pref.GetBoolPref('sidebar.open')) {
+      toggleOpenClose();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function toggleOpenClose() {
+  // Get the open width and update the pref state
+  var pref = Components.classes['component://netscape/preferences'].getService();
+  pref = pref.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIPref);
+  var width = 0;
+
+  if (pref) {
+    pref.SetBoolPref('sidebar.open', !isSidebarOpen);
+    width = pref.GetIntPref('sidebar.width');
+    pref.SavePrefFile();
+  }
 
-function resize() {
-  dump("Resize()\n");
   if (isSidebarOpen)
   {
+    // Close it
     var container = document.getElementById('container');
     var sidebar = container.firstChild;
     sidebar.setAttribute('style','width:0px; visibility:hidden');
-
+    sidebar.setAttribute('src','about:blank');
     //container.removeChild(container.firstChild);
 
     var grippy = document.getElementById('grippy');
@@ -19,10 +46,11 @@ function resize() {
   }
   else
   {
+    // Open it
     var container = document.getElementById('container');
     var sidebar = container.firstChild;
-    sidebar.setAttribute('style','width:200px; visibility:visible');
-    isSidebarOpen = false;
+    sidebar.setAttribute('style','width:' + width + 'px; visibility:visible');
+    sidebar.setAttribute('src',sidebarURI);
 
     //var sidebar = document.createElement('html:iframe');
     //sidebar.setAttribute('src','resource:/res/rdf/sidebar-browser.xul');
@@ -35,4 +63,18 @@ function resize() {
 
     isSidebarOpen = true;
   }  
+
 }
+
+// To get around "window.onload" not working in viewer.
+function Boot()
+{
+  var root = document.documentElement;
+  if (root == null) {
+    setTimeout(Boot, 0);
+  } else {
+    Init();
+  }
+}
+
+setTimeout('Boot()', 0);

xpfe/browser/src/contentframe.xul

@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 <html:script src="contentframe.js" />
 
 <box id="container" align="horizontal" style="height: 100%; width: 100%">
-  <html:iframe class="sidebarframe" 
-               src="resource:/res/rdf/sidebar-browser.xul" />
+  <html:iframe id="sidebarframe" class="sidebarframe" 
+               src="about:blank" />
   <box align="vertical" style="height: 100%;">
-    <titledbutton id="grippy" class="grippy" open='true'
-                  onclick="resize();" flex="100%"/>
+    <titledbutton id="grippy" class="grippy" onclick="toggleOpenClose();"
+                  flex="100%" />
   </box>
   <html:iframe type="content" id="content" src="about:blank" flex="100%" />
 </box>