How can I keep the "Console Drawer" hidden by default every time I open Chrome DevTools?
At least you can press ESC to toggle the console area hide and show.
None of the previous answers worked for me. All of my emulation tab options are cleared/reset. I'm not sure if it's new but it turns out that there is a "Toggle emulation" button on the left side, next to the search icon. Mine was blue so I clicked on it to make it non-blue. Screenshot is below. Now, all is happy. That was so frustrating!
I solved same problem removing the flag from "Spoof user agent" option under the "Emulation" tab (I don't even know why it was flagged!).