hideByDefault

Package: @autotracer/dashboard  ·  Layer: Runtime  ·  Initializer: mountDashboard(config?)  ·  Type: boolean  ·  Default: true

---

hideByDefault is a configuration field in the DashboardConfig shape used by mountDashboard(config?) in @autotracer/dashboard and reused by the Vite-plugin dashboardConfig setting. It controls whether the widget starts hidden on the first unseen load.

If the dashboard was already marked as shown in a previous browser session, that saved state wins and the widget starts visible even when hideByDefault is true.

Starting tracing from the dashboard UI or from the shared tracing hotkey marks the widget as shown and makes it visible. Manual show() and toggle() calls change current visibility, but they do not persist that shown-before state.

Read together with enabled, hotkeys, and the Dashboard Package Reference.

Usage

The widget starts hidden by default. Set hideByDefault: false to make it visible immediately on every first load.

mountDashboard({
  hideByDefault: false,
});