v1.32.0, released on 2026-01-09, gives SSP a new place to live: the browser side panel. Instead of opening as a popup that vanishes the moment you click back into a dApp, the wallet now docks into the Chrome and Edge side panel and stays beside whatever tab you're working in. The release also lands broader responsive polish — better mobile and tablet layouts, a window that resizes cleanly — and another translation sweep.
The wallet that stays beside your dApp
The popup has been SSP's home since v1.0.0. It is fast and familiar, and it has one persistent drawback: it closes the moment it loses focus. Click on the dApp you're signing for, the wallet vanishes; the second the transaction lands you have to reopen it to check what happened. For anyone doing multi-step work — a swap that touches two chains, a multisig confirmation, a token approval followed by a deposit — the tab-dance is the worst part of using the wallet.
v1.32.0 adds an alternative. The same SSP build now offers a Side Panel layout, the browser surface introduced by Chrome and Edge for extensions that want to be permanently visible. The wallet anchors to the right edge of the window, stays open as you click between tabs, and updates live as the dApp emits requests. When a confirmation is needed, it is already in view.
The signing model is unchanged. Side Panel is a layout option, not a new wallet. The SSP Key two-factor flow still applies on every signed action. What changes is the spatial relationship: the wallet is a persistent surface next to your work, not a transient overlay.
How to enable it
It is one toggle. Open the SSP extension, go to Settings, find the Side Panel option, and switch the wallet to it. The next time you click the SSP icon — or use your usual extension shortcut — the wallet opens as a side panel instead of a popup. To switch back, the same toggle returns the popup layout.
Side Panel is a Chromium-family feature today. Chrome and Edge support it; Firefox does not yet expose the surface, so the SSP Firefox beta — covered in Firefox support arrives for SSP Wallet — beta — continues to use the popup while that gap closes upstream.
Responsive design upgrades
The Side Panel arrives with the layout work that makes it possible. A popup is a fixed rectangle. A side panel is a tall, narrow column the user can drag wider. A tablet in portrait is something else again. SSP's responsive rules — the breakpoints that decide how the wallet rearranges itself — have been overhauled to serve all of them from the same code.
The release improves window resizeability: drag the wallet wider on a large monitor and the layout reflows instead of clipping or wrapping awkwardly. Breakpoints on tablet and mobile widths are tightened, tap targets and lists scale, and charts and amount fields stop overflowing on narrow columns. Another round of translation updates lands alongside, so the new copy is localized from launch.
Why this matters for multisig
The deepest payoff is for multisig. SSP's whole identity is two-of-two — the SSP Key on a separate device confirms what the wallet on this device builds — and the moment of truth is the confirmation screen. With a popup, that screen disappears the second the user clicks back into the dApp to copy a recipient address or double-check an amount. Power users learned to be careful where they clicked; everyone else lost the confirmation and had to start the request again.
With the Side Panel, the confirmation stays put. You can read the dApp tab and the wallet's signed-transaction summary side by side. Recipient, amount, fee, contract address, and chain remain on screen while you verify them against whatever the dApp claims. That is the right ergonomics for a primitive meant to be cross-checked.
It pairs naturally with the recent UX investments — custom wallet names and the recoverable error dialog made the wallet easier to live with day-to-day. Side Panel makes it easier to use during the moments that matter: the signing, the confirming, the comparing.
For the full changelog and download links, see the v1.32.0 release on GitHub.