diff --git a/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts b/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts
index 910a384a8bd..cafec3cc08b 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts
@@ -158,12 +158,9 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
     }
   }
 
-  public handleMouseLeave(event: any) {
-    if (!this.inFocus$.getValue()) {
-      this.collapsePreview(event);
-    } else {
-      event.preventDefault();
-    }
+  public handleMouseLeave(event: MouseEvent): void {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    this.collapsePreview(event);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu.component.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/menu.component.ts
index 73e81824717..241484059ca 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu.component.ts
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ export class MenuComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
    * @param {Function} handler The function to delay
    * @param {number} ms The amount of ms to delay the handler function by
    */
-  private previewToggleDebounce(handler: () => void, ms: number): void {
+  protected previewToggleDebounce(handler: () => void, ms: number): void {
     if (hasValue(this.previewTimer)) {
       clearTimeout(this.previewTimer);
     }