Gadzooks: Ive never had a sidebar on the right side with anything in it. Not even an empty side bar.

Because of this I dont see any of my friends from things like Steam.

Ive been using the beta client for awhile now. The current version installed is 2.0.18 (july 20, 2020)

Any help would be appreciated.

Bustacap: activate it in the settings and make the client window big enough (atleast 1500px wide i think)

Gadzooks: Ive done both of those things.

Nothing (My desktop resolution is 1440p, and making the window that wide is more than enough for it to show up.). The option is check under settings:

Friends sidebar [ x ] Show online friends as a sidebar

nothing works.

Ilona: Can you click on the arrow icon ? (marked red on the attached picture)
Your resolution has to be wider than 1500px