Shrink/minimize sidebar

[Flexo013]

Add the capability to minimize the sidebar like in the old Boostnote.(Shortcut key: Cmd + B)

It saves a substantial amount of screen space (40px vs 200px).

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[arcturus140]

auto-hide would be very nice. Maybe as a plug-in...

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[Flexo013]

(Upon completion of this feature #369 can be reopened as an alternative.)

[Rokt33r]

How should show we display sub folders when the nav is minimized? Should we flatten them?

[arcturus140]

for desktop, maybe only show root folder, and on hover a vertical navigation menu

[Rokt33r]

@Flexo013 Any idea?

@arcturus140
I'm not sure it is a good idea. It could make item aligning of the side nav inconsistent.

[Flexo013]

Here's a couple of ideas:

• Add a number to indicate nested folders. Either on the icon, or maybe as a small super/subscript.
• Make smaller icons (but line stays the same height).
• Just flatten them, and show the path (and folder name) on hover.

My preference goes to the third option

[arcturus140]

does this issue also apply to the mobile app?

[Rokt33r]

@arcturus140 It doesn't. We might provide this for Android, iPadOS tablets though. But I think it should be tracked in a new issue.

[Rokt33r]

@Flexo013 Hmm.. we can try the options you suggested. But I'm not sure it is the best option. So I think we should just hide the nav when collapsed and give an option to minimize it.

[Rokt33r]

Anyway, I'm going to implement hiding the nav feature in v0.6.0.

[Flexo013]

Awesome to hear that this is scheduled for 0.6.0! We can always expand on the functionality going forward from that version.

I think this design would be least intrusive:

• Just flatten them, and show the path (and folder name) on hover.

My preference goes to the third option

[Rokt33r]

This issue is not valid anymore since there have been many UI changes.