# Sidebar vs dropdown (hamburger) menu button placement

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-vs-dropdown-hamburger-menu-button-placement/276175>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** sidebar\
**Created:** [August 22, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-vs-dropdown-hamburger-menu-button-placement/276175 "2023-08-22T12:47:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-vs-dropdown-hamburger-menu-button-placement/276175/3 "2023-08-22T18:48:52Z")

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> [@jesus2099](#):
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> **Sidebar** opens/closes in a clumsy fashion, making full content scroll left to right and vice versa\*

We have been exploring changes to our default theme that would avoid this, but rolling them out widely is tricky as we need to account for how this may break people’s existing themes. But you can take the `Default (full-width)` theme for a spin here on meta via the theme switcher to get a sense for where we may be headed.

> [@jesus2099](#):
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> I hope the legacy header dropdown menu button [will not disappear](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-the-legacy-hamburger-navigation-menu-option/265274).

We will be removing it in the near future, after some final issues with themes are sorted out.

> [@jesus2099](#):
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> I often click this sidebar (hamburger) menu button instead of the site logo (to get back to my homepage). It makes targeting the topmost used-to-be-leftmost big header homepage link logo, more difficult.

This is helpful feedback - certainly worth us keeping an eye on and evaluating how widespread this kind of issue is for people.

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