diff --git a/scss/sidebar.scss b/scss/sidebar.scss
index 249f5160..8f4d6d76 100644
--- a/scss/sidebar.scss
+++ b/scss/sidebar.scss
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@
         }
     }
 
+    .empty {
+        color: scheme.$subtext0;
+        font-size: lib.s(18);
+
+        .icon {
+            font-size: lib.s(48);
+        }
+    }
+
     .user {
         @include lib.spacing(15);
 
diff --git a/src/modules/bar.tsx b/src/modules/bar.tsx
index 85d2adde..65a2727a 100644
--- a/src/modules/bar.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/bar.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type SideBar from "@/modules/sidebar";
 import type { Monitor } from "@/services/monitors";
 import Players from "@/services/players";
 import Updates from "@/services/updates";
@@ -72,10 +73,19 @@ const togglePopup = (self: JSX.Element, event: Astal.ClickEvent, name: string) =
     }
 };
 
+const switchPane = (name: string) => {
+    const sidebar = App.get_window("sidebar") as SideBar | null;
+    if (sidebar) {
+        if (sidebar.visible && sidebar.shown.get() === name) sidebar.hide();
+        else sidebar.show();
+        sidebar.shown.set(name);
+    }
+};
+
 const OSIcon = () => (
     <button
         className="module os-icon"
-        onClick={(self, event) => event.button === Astal.MouseButton.PRIMARY && togglePopup(self, event, "sideleft")}
+        onClick={(_, event) => event.button === Astal.MouseButton.PRIMARY && switchPane("dashboard")}
     >
         {osIcon}
     </button>
@@ -446,9 +456,7 @@ const PkgUpdates = () => (
 
 const NotifCount = () => (
     <button
-        onClick={(self, event) =>
-            event.button === Astal.MouseButton.PRIMARY && togglePopup(self, event, "notifications")
-        }
+        onClick={(_, event) => event.button === Astal.MouseButton.PRIMARY && switchPane("notifpane")}
         setup={self =>
             setupCustomTooltip(
                 self,
diff --git a/src/modules/sidebar/dashboard.tsx b/src/modules/sidebar/dashboard.tsx
index 936502bc..d1d11853 100644
--- a/src/modules/sidebar/dashboard.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/sidebar/dashboard.tsx
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export default () => (
             <Media player={p} />
         ))}
         <box className="separator" />
-        <Notifications />
+        <Notifications compact />
         <box className="separator" />
         <Upcoming />
     </box>
diff --git a/src/modules/sidebar/index.tsx b/src/modules/sidebar/index.tsx
index 3b62d821..a908430f 100644
--- a/src/modules/sidebar/index.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/sidebar/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import type { Monitor } from "@/services/monitors";
 import { bind, register, Variable } from "astal";
-import { App, Astal, Gtk, Widget } from "astal/gtk3";
+import { App, Astal, Gdk, Gtk, Widget } from "astal/gtk3";
 import Dashboard from "./dashboard";
+import NotifPane from "./notifpane";
 
 @register()
 export default class SideBar extends Widget.Window {
@@ -18,17 +19,29 @@ export default class SideBar extends Widget.Window {
             // visible: false,
         });
 
+        const panes = [<Dashboard />, <NotifPane />];
+
         this.add(
-            <box vertical className="sidebar">
-                <stack
-                    vexpand
-                    transitionType={Gtk.StackTransitionType.SLIDE_UP_DOWN}
-                    transitionDuration={200}
-                    shown={bind(this.shown)}
-                >
-                    <Dashboard />
-                </stack>
-            </box>
+            <eventbox
+                onScroll={(_, event) => {
+                    if (event.modifier & Gdk.ModifierType.BUTTON1_MASK) {
+                        const index = panes.findIndex(p => p.name === this.shown.get()) + (event.delta_y < 0 ? -1 : 1);
+                        if (index < 0 || index >= panes.length) return;
+                        this.shown.set(panes[index].name);
+                    }
+                }}
+            >
+                <box vertical className="sidebar">
+                    <stack
+                        vexpand
+                        transitionType={Gtk.StackTransitionType.SLIDE_UP_DOWN}
+                        transitionDuration={200}
+                        shown={bind(this.shown)}
+                    >
+                        {panes}
+                    </stack>
+                </box>
+            </eventbox>
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/sidebar/modules/notifications.tsx b/src/modules/sidebar/modules/notifications.tsx
index eb8f0aa9..9a9f4403 100644
--- a/src/modules/sidebar/modules/notifications.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/sidebar/modules/notifications.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { bind } from "astal";
 import { Astal, Gtk } from "astal/gtk3";
 import AstalNotifd from "gi://AstalNotifd";
 
-const List = () => (
+const List = ({ compact }: { compact?: boolean }) => (
     <box
         vertical
         valign={Gtk.Align.START}
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const List = () => (
             const map = new Map<number, Notification>();
 
             const addNotification = (notification: AstalNotifd.Notification) => {
-                const notif = (<Notification notification={notification} compact />) as Notification;
+                const notif = (<Notification notification={notification} compact={compact} />) as Notification;
                 notif.connect("destroy", () => map.get(notification.id) === notif && map.delete(notification.id));
                 map.get(notification.id)?.destroyWithAnims();
                 map.set(notification.id, notif);
@@ -42,7 +42,16 @@ const List = () => (
     />
 );
 
-export default () => (
+const NoNotifs = () => (
+    <box homogeneous name="empty">
+        <box vertical halign={Gtk.Align.CENTER} valign={Gtk.Align.CENTER} className="empty">
+            <label className="icon" label="mark_email_unread" />
+            <label label="All caught up!" />
+        </box>
+    </box>
+);
+
+export default ({ compact }: { compact?: boolean }) => (
     <box vertical className="notifications">
         <box className="header-bar">
             <label
@@ -63,8 +72,15 @@ export default () => (
                 label="󰎟 Clear"
             />
         </box>
-        <scrollable expand hscroll={Gtk.PolicyType.NEVER}>
-            <List />
-        </scrollable>
+        <stack
+            transitionType={Gtk.StackTransitionType.CROSSFADE}
+            transitionDuration={200}
+            shown={bind(AstalNotifd.get_default(), "notifications").as(n => (n.length > 0 ? "list" : "empty"))}
+        >
+            <NoNotifs />
+            <scrollable expand hscroll={Gtk.PolicyType.NEVER} name="list">
+                <List compact={compact} />
+            </scrollable>
+        </stack>
     </box>
 );
diff --git a/src/modules/sidebar/modules/upcoming.tsx b/src/modules/sidebar/modules/upcoming.tsx
index e2389e8e..76dea565 100644
--- a/src/modules/sidebar/modules/upcoming.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/sidebar/modules/upcoming.tsx
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ const List = () => (
     </box>
 );
 
+const NoEvents = () => (
+    <box homogeneous name="empty">
+        <box vertical halign={Gtk.Align.CENTER} valign={Gtk.Align.CENTER} className="empty">
+            <label className="icon" label="calendar_month" />
+            <label label="No upcoming events" />
+        </box>
+    </box>
+);
+
 export default () => (
     <box vertical className="upcoming">
         <box className="header-bar">
@@ -76,8 +85,15 @@ export default () => (
                 label="󰑓 Reload"
             />
         </box>
-        <scrollable className="list" hscroll={Gtk.PolicyType.NEVER}>
-            <List />
-        </scrollable>
+        <stack
+            transitionType={Gtk.StackTransitionType.CROSSFADE}
+            transitionDuration={200}
+            shown={bind(Calendar.get_default(), "numUpcoming").as(n => (n > 0 ? "list" : "empty"))}
+        >
+            <NoEvents />
+            <scrollable expand hscroll={Gtk.PolicyType.NEVER} name="list">
+                <List />
+            </scrollable>
+        </stack>
     </box>
 );
diff --git a/src/modules/sidebar/notifpane.tsx b/src/modules/sidebar/notifpane.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79290e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/sidebar/notifpane.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import Notifications from "./modules/notifications";
+
+export default () => (
+    <box vertical className="pane notifpane" name="notifpane">
+        <Notifications />
+    </box>
+);