bquast proposes simplifying the design of the sidebar by repurposing collapsible headers. Specifically, they suggest turning the “Categories” and “Tags” headers into links to their respective pages (/categories and /tags) and removing the “All categories” item. Canapin responds that this functionality is not currently available and customizations could break or become obsolete due to the sidebar’s ongoing development. A CSS solution is also not feasible due to the dynamic nature of the category list HTML. bquast acknowledges the challenge and is looking for pointers to explore a possible solution.
In pursuit of an ever simpler design (especially for new users), I was wondering if it wouldn’t be possible to combine the elements a bit, specifically the collapsible headers.
[ I have in mind here a forum for people quite experienced with ICT ]
We now have collapsible “Categories”, which includes a selection of categories and the item “All categories”.
Since the sidebar is not that full, I don’t really see the need to collapse it.
Instead, I’d like to use the header “Categories” as a link to /categories and remove the item “All categories”.
The same goes for tags.
Any idea if this is possible / easy / how it could be done?
Currently, there is no feature to do that and since the sidebar is still heavily in development, there is not much documentation to customize it. Customizations could quickly break or become obsolete.
A CSS solution couldn’t work since the category list HTML is added/removed when we toggle the categories.