I share the same opinion as @Lilly here, the aim was to get the hamburger on the left to feel like other apps… The jump isn’t something I optimized for, since the default experience did that already.
Once it is in grid like she showcased, it’s easy to update positions of all elements with minimal input from the base theme component here.
Open to prs if there’s enough demand but this is the first I’m hearing of a request like this currently.