Totem sidebar gone after upgrade (playlist)

Question

I just noticed that my totem video player doesn't have a sidebar with playlist anymore.

I didn't use totem for some time, so I am not sure which ubuntu upgrade was responsible for it, now I am using vivid.

Is there any way to get the sidebar back including the playlist?

If not, what were the reasons to remove the playlist sidebar?

Edit

apt-cache policy totem gives

totem:
  Installed: 3.14.3-0ubuntu0.1
  Candidate: 3.14.3-0ubuntu0.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.14.3-0ubuntu0.1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.14.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages

I'm wondering too. Without it, it's impossible to queue a bunch of files. I would like to add that such an essential feature has always been present in any player software for decades. Should I ask what's going on with crazy "modern" trends ? — Johan Boulé, Jul 28 '15 at 20:50
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2278673 Have you tried this ? — kenn, Aug 19 '15 at 16:33
@kenn Thanks, but I don't want to use smplayer. The gesttings thing doesn't work. — student, Aug 20 '15 at 06:02
[Edit] your question and add the output of apt-cache policy totem — A.B., Aug 24 '15 at 11:27
I noticed this issue after upgrading to Ubuntu 16.04, and and even reported it as bug #1600606. But it turns out this was an intended feature reversion. — Luís de Sousa, Jul 13 '16 at 06:59

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 24 '15 at 12:14

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There is no sidebar anymore in Totem. There is only the overview, which you can see, if you start Totem, or use the arrow button in the upper left corner if you have started a video.

You could add the menubar via

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides '{"Gtk/ShellShowsAppMenu":<0>}'

but not the sidebar.

Reset with

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides '{}'

answered Aug 24 '15 at 12:14

A.B.

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Thanks. Do you have a reference to a changelog or a discussion between the totem developers of that, when and why the feature vanished from the code? – student Aug 26 '15 at 14:31
Currently the only answer that will handle the actual problem. +1@A.B – Ravan Aug 26 '15 at 14:44
@student sorry, no. Since GNOME 3.14 there is a fundamental redesign. Some people like it, some people not. There is a IRC on Freenode.net. where you can talk with the developers. https://wiki.gnome.org/Community/GettingInTouch/IRC – A.B. Aug 26 '15 at 16:02
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A rather arrogant way to deal with the users, simply stop offering them a playlist. thanks for informing though. – humanityANDpeace Mar 13 '16 at 17:33
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In 3.10.1 under 14.04 I used the sidebar extensively to display video properties of the currently running movie. This is the functionality I miss the most. Having to open a poorly sized properties window over the top of the current movie, blocking the action and then having to resize it to read the info adds insult to injury. Do you know of any plugin that would return that functionality or any alternative approach? – Elder Geek Jul 26 '16 at 17:02
So bad. I loved the totem sidebar. – tokam Oct 06 '16 at 11:03
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The documentation still lists F9 to open the playlist: https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man1/totem.1.html - which of course doesn't do anything. – Jose Gómez May 18 '20 at 20:05

Totem sidebar gone after upgrade (playlist)

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