Mobile collapsible sidebar + more breathing room on active state

Three docs sidebar improvements.

1. Collapsible mobile menu. The sidebar on narrow viewports used to
   dump 21 skill links and 2 tutorial links inline above the content,
   forcing a long scroll past the nav. Add a toggle button at the top
   of the sidebar that shows the current page label (e.g. "/overdrive"
   or "Getting started") plus a chevron, and collapses the menu behind
   it on mobile. Click the button to open/close. On desktop (>=920px)
   the toggle is hidden and the menu shows unconditionally as before.
   Pure aria-expanded state driven by a small delegated click handler
   in render-page.js.

2. Active-state breathing room. The left-border accent on the current
   sidebar item used to sit 2px from the text, which felt cramped. Pull
   the border 14px to the left via margin-left and push the text 12px
   to the right via padding-left. The net result: the accent bar sits
   in the layout gutter, the text keeps its alignment with the brand
   logo in the header, and there's now 12px of comfortable space
   between the border and the text.

3. Active state visibility. The same change makes the accent bar more
   visible on desktop, since it no longer hugs the text. 'aria-current'
   was already being set correctly on /skills/* and /tutorials/* pages;
   the bar just looked too subtle at 2px of clearance.
This commit is contained in:
Paul Bakaus
2026-04-08 11:47:47 -07:00
parent 26436a657a
commit 648eb036ea
3 changed files with 83 additions and 10 deletions
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@@ -155,9 +155,23 @@ ${bodyHtml}
* null (no current page)
*/
function renderDocsSidebar(skillsByCategory, tutorials, current = null) {
// Label the toggle button with the current page so mobile users know
// where they are at a glance, then open the menu to switch.
let currentLabel = 'Docs menu';
if (current?.kind === 'skill') {
currentLabel = `/${current.id}`;
} else if (current?.kind === 'tutorial') {
const t = tutorials.find((x) => x.slug === current.slug);
if (t) currentLabel = t.title;
}
let html = `
<aside class="skills-sidebar" aria-label="Documentation">
<div class="skills-sidebar-inner">
<button class="skills-sidebar-toggle" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="skills-sidebar-inner">
<span class="skills-sidebar-toggle-label">${escapeHtml(currentLabel)}</span>
<svg class="skills-sidebar-toggle-chevron" width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M6 9l6 6 6-6"/></svg>
</button>
<div class="skills-sidebar-inner" id="skills-sidebar-inner">
<p class="skills-sidebar-label">Docs</p>
`;
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@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ ${bodyHtml}
}).catch(() => {});
});
// Mobile sidebar toggle (shown on narrow viewports, hidden on desktop).
document.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
const toggle = e.target.closest('.skills-sidebar-toggle');
if (!toggle) return;
const expanded = toggle.getAttribute('aria-expanded') === 'true';
toggle.setAttribute('aria-expanded', String(!expanded));
});
// Before/after split-compare: drag on touch, hover OR drag on mouse.
// Pointer events attach to the padded .split-comparison wrapper so
// there is a ~20px invisible buffer around the visible box. The