Reading List usability problems

[tripleee]

Description

I fat-fingered something (cmd-alt-R? apparently not, but somewhere around there) and somehow ended up having a "reading list" pane exposed at the left of my browsing window. This pane has no visible controls which would allow me to dismiss it, nor am I able to find a menu item which controls its display.

I somehow ended up getting rid of it through similarly mysterious means, which seem to have involved exposing its settings and then just closing the settings tab? Maybe?

It eats up about a quarter of the window from the left, for what seems like little to no perceptible use.

Steps to Reproduce

Sorry, I'm really not able to reproduce this, nor do I want to risk trying.

My details on this are hazy; I find this "feature" extremely jarring and just clicked like a madman to get rid of it.

Actual result:

No discernible way to close the pane or control its display.

Expected result:

A close box? An identifiable menu item to dismiss it? Using some of the precious real estate for a friendly "Welcome to Hell. Here's how to get back out" message?

Reproduces how often:

This was the first time for me, or possibly the second, over several years.

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave | 1.51.114 Chromium: 113.0.5672.92 (Official Build) (x86_64)
Revision | b6f521170062a1fa8a82c33fb223b06fec566da1-refs/branch-heads/5672_63@{#10}
OS | macOS Version 13.3.1 (a) (Build 22E772610a)
JavaScript

Version/Channel Information:

I have a recently updated version of Brave, apparently what you call "current release". I have not tried other channels.

[tripleee]

https://community.brave.com/t/where-is-reading-list/397949 seems to indicate that this feature has been removed, which probably explains why I could not find any menu etc to control it. But apparently you forgot to remove the shortcut keybinding, whatever it is.

[tripleee]

Some further Duck Duck Going found https://www.howtogeek.com/719357/what-is-the-chrome-reading-list-and-how-to-use-it/ and suggests ctrl-alt-B (so probably cmd-alt-B on the Mac) as the keyboard shortcut.