Oooo, this is a nice concept. I love the modal for quick viewing the different linked topic posts. Also helps inform users that there is a collection for those who don’t have/keep the sidebar open 24/7.
I’m curious about the decision to swap the contents of the post instead of just redirecting to the user to the topic.
I really like the idea of using < Prev and Next > above the timeline to navigate across topics without needing the sidebar. Maybe it could be with the timeline like the toc, so that it can be easily accessed on long 1st post topics without having to scroll back up… Or maybe just decorate the top/bottom post itself…
If you’re okay with it, I’d like to explore adding some of those ideas directly into the plugin, maybe with extra site settings for admins. Of course I have no objection to having a TC built off of the plugin, more customization to the users. Let me know if you need any help with your TC. You should be able to pull the currently displayed collection information from the ember service service:collection-sidebar without having to parse the DOM.
Hmm… that’s truly odd. I can’t seem to replicate it. I recently made some changes updating the plugin to address some deprecation issues, so that might have affected it? Please check if the plugin is updated. Please also share the details of your setup (browser, mobile/desktop, discourse version).