# Floating left sidebar

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/floating-left-sidebar/320241>\
**Category:** Theme component\
**Tags:** experimental\
**Created:** [August 5, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/floating-left-sidebar/320241 "2024-08-05T20:14:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/floating-left-sidebar/320241/2 "2024-08-05T20:47:20Z")

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Much prefer the two column regular dropdown header because there is significantly less vertical eye scanning and mouse movement to find your target.

Plus I prefer having the “control cluster” top right as imho it’s the classic Discourse look.

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