Lock sidebar while scrolling
Problem Statement
The sidebar currently is locked to the top of the site rather than being bumped by the top of the browser display. This causes the sidebar buttons to "hide" above the screen if a user scrolls down in the website such as when navigating files in their server.
Who will benefit?
Anyone scrolling through long lists of files on their server. Such as modded config changes.
Benefits and risks
What benefits does this bring?
- quicker interaction with the sidebar
- less time spent scrolling
- less confusion on where the sidebar buttons "disapeared" to
What risks might this introduce?
- long sidebars/short monitors could have struggles with displaying the full sidebar
- this could be alleviated by giving the sidebar a scroll function of its own
Proposed solution
Have the sidebar be bumped down as the user scrolls so the dashboard option is always visible at the top of the window no matter how far down you have scrolled for example. Or have the sidebar be more like a frame to the main window and only have the scroll affect the inner window like gitlab does
Examples
This is a common thing sites and softwares will do so that the sidebar menu is always interactable no matter how far down you scroll.
Priority/Severity
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Medium (This will bring a good increase in performance/productivity/usability)