Lock finder sidebar to prevent accidental deletion

Somehow I occasionally drag an item from the Finder sidebar thus deleting it. Is there any way to lock the sidebar to prevent accidental deletions. I want to still be able to unlock it to add or remove items.

It appears you have been using Apple computers for a while (according to your profile), so you most likely already know that when things get accidentally dragged off the Finder sidebar, they are not actually deleted. All items in the sidebar are only aliases, and still reside where you originally saved them.
Like I say, I bet you already know that.
As to your question, I did a quick Google search for "apple finder sidebar lock" and found a bunch of hits (including this post). Since you are the one with the question, I'll let you do the looking. Or maybe one of the resident geniuses will know.
Good luck.
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