diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 677bc3d..5fc9b09 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ For Windows users, change the build command to the following:
 > If your neovim doesn't use LuaJIT, then change `build` to `make lua51`. By default running make will install luajit.
 > For ARM-based setup, make sure to also install cargo as we will have to build the tiktoken_core from source.
 
+> [!NOTE]
+>
+> Recommended **Neovim** options:
+>
+> ```lua
+> -- views can only be fully collapsed with the global statusline
+> vim.opt.laststatus = 3
+> -- Default splitting will cause your main splits to jump when opening an edgebar.
+> -- To prevent this, set `splitkeep` to either `screen` or `topline`.
+> vim.opt.splitkeep = "screen"
+> ```
+
 > [!NOTE]
 >
 > `render-markdown.nvim` is an optional dependency that is used to render the markdown content of the chat history. Make sure to also include `Avante` as a filetype
diff --git a/lua/avante/sidebar.lua b/lua/avante/sidebar.lua
index 7a3ce46..18c1d93 100644
--- a/lua/avante/sidebar.lua
+++ b/lua/avante/sidebar.lua
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ local base_win_options = {
   -- winhighlight = "Normal:NormalFloat,Border:FloatBorder,VertSplit:NormalFloat,WinSeparator:NormalFloat,CursorLine:NormalFloat",
   fillchars = "eob: ",
   winhighlight = "CursorLine:Normal,CursorColumn:Normal",
+  winbar = "",
+  statusline = "",
 }
 
 local function get_win_options()