GEDIT does not have anyway to minimize the left hand "file browsing" window

[Bill Turner, wb4alm]

GEDIT used to be a very nice text editor suitable for many functions - until the latest efforts to remove all of the selection icon options (gnome 3.20 enhancements?)

At this time, there is a problem with the left hand window where you can select "documents", "file browser", "character map"

If you ever select any of these options (I used "File Browser"), you can NEVER get rid of the left hand display. (There is no "close" option.)

This is costing me 1/3 screen width space for each GEDIT window I may have open, which is severely limiting the document editing space - to less than 70 characters wide.
(I need 120 to 130, and used to get closer to 150 chars wide.)

Also, if I recall correctly, there used to be a small boxed (x) just above the "file Browser and downward pointing arrow" that could be used to close the extra window. That is not longer displayed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gedit 3.20.2-2ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1 [origin: LP-PPA-gnome3-team-gnome3-staging]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-59.80-generic 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Mon Jan 23 10:03:28 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-11 (988 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: gedit
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Click the menu icon in the top right of the app (next to the Save button).
Select View>Side Panel

[Bill Turner, wb4alm (wb4alm)]

Thank you Jeremy, that worked.

But I will have to say, that sure wasn't intuitive!
(and I have been using Gedit for more than 7 years now.)

Since I do not know, how - please close this bug report with an appropriate status.

/s/ Bill Turner, wb4alm