Hide/disable module in the category view but not the article

Hi, I hope someone can help with this... I am trying to set up a sidebar panel using newshow gk5 to only appear inside the article but not in the blog category. I have a thumbnail layout in the category and the sidebar only spoils the look. I was wondering if there is anything else I can try.

I have been trying to find a work around all weekend and the closes I got was using this code:

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 <?php $view = JRequest::getVar('view', 0); ?>
<?php if ($view != "category") { ?>
<aside id="gkSidebar" class="gkOnlyOne">
<div>
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="sidebar" style="<?php echo $this->module_styles['sidebar']; ?>" />
</div>
</aside>
<?php } ?>

in the default.php file in the layout folder. And it works, but unfortunately it leaves a blank space in place of the sidebar in the section blog in this case. Any kind of advice will be hugely appreciated. I am guessing that request goes to the responsive layout and resizes the content even though the module doesn't appear on the page. I don't code myself so if anyone can help me with this I'll be very grateful.

Thank you in advance.

Could You please post an url to your site where this blank space appears?

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at it!
Here is the link: http://neilarey.com/fitness.html
Once you click on the article, the sidebar shows up. It's a very simple workaround, I do hope I haven't broken anything else in there (everything seems to work ok except for the vacant space)

Ok, I assume You know a little bit of php and css.
Using same method for detecting category, please add additional style (eg. 'fullWidth') to:

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<div id="gkContentWrap">


Then with use of override.css add:

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#gkContentWrap.fullWidth {
width: auto;
}


which will reset column width to full size.

Remember to enable "CSS override" in template settings - advanced section.

...well, I don't really know anything, I am just guessing and googling... I am surprised that my website is still up with everything it went through today.

So I edited and enabled override.css and I tried to guess how the gkContentWrap would look like..
I came up with something like this:

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 <div id="gkContentWrap"<?php $view = JRequest::getVar('view', 1); ?><?php if ($view != "category") { ?>class="FullWidth"<?php } ?>>

I seriously doubt that it's what you had in mind, it is this kind of situation:

Anyway, I tried just assigning the style <div id="gkContentWrap" class="FullWidth" > to see if it would make any difference and it didn't. It's looks the same in both cases.

What is the right way of doing this? Thank you for your patience and quick response.
~ Nel

Just worked out the if command...
<div id="gkContentWrap" <?php if (JRequest::getVar('view') == 'category'){?>class="FullWidth" <?php } ?>>
I think.

Aaaaaaaaaah! I did it, I did it, I did it!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great . And I hope You learned more by doing it alone