Questions tagged [left-nav]
For questions about the left navigation bar which was introduced in mid-2018 as part of overall responsive design.
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Have the necessary community consultations for the AI assist link been carried out, and could individual sites opt out?
I noticed an AI assist link on the side bar
Meta has an AI assist link. Meta also has a policy against the use of generative AI. (note - this appears to have been rolled back only on meta, but it ...
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Chat icon highlight in left navigation bar doesn't go away after click
It's possible that I've missed something, but I can't help thinking the purple icon for chat in the left-navigation bar shouldn't be purple at all, but gray, just like the others as displayed in the ...
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Is it on purpose that left-nav contains chat only on the main site and not on meta?
I have noticed that a link to chat was recently added to the left navigation bar of some sites - but it is shown only on main sites, not on per-site-metas?
Is it different on purpose? Would it perhaps ...
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Part of Q icon in leftnav disappeared on mouse hover
When you hover a Question item on left-nav by mouse the bottom left corner of the icon disappears:
Animation below (tested on Windows 11 Google Chrome):
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Use localized icons for Q&A in left navigation menu
On the recent update, we got icons next to items on the left navigation menu. All these icons are used for any SE sites. At the same time on localized sites, like SO in Russian, there are localized ...
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Is the icon update for accessibility purposes?
I just noticed an update on the SE icons (on many sites if it's not all):
Is this for accessibility purposes? Or is it for purely aesthetic purposes?
I'm just curious about the reason for the change
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Design Vision Updates to the Left Navigation
Update – November 7th, 2023
The visual changes proposed in this post have now shipped and should be live! These changes include:
icon consistency (icons for all items)
minor spacing and text color ...
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Hiding your left sidebar leaves some left
The user profile setting to hide the left sidebar doesn't completely hide it:
Settings:
"Hide left navigation -
When you flip this switch, the left navigation will no longer be pinned to the ...
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Why was the "Companies" option moved to the "PUBLIC" section in the left navigation bar since April 1, 2022?
I recently noticed that there was an option in the sidebar of Ask Ubuntu named "Companies" under the PUBLIC section.
This is how it previously looked (before April 1, 2022):
The "...
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What is reason to forcibly disable left nav on some pages?
I noticed that on some pages, like:
Asking a new question
Any page related to review queues
left navigation is forcibly hidden despite an option in profile settings:
What is the reason for such ...
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What does the globe icon next to the "Questions" link mean? [duplicate]
There is a globe icon next to the "Questions" link on the left menu on each SE site:
What's the meaning of that icon?
If this is about public (around the world) part of the site, why is the ...
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Questions overlapping with left nav after clicking on "n question(s) with new activity"
I noticed this on Meta Stack Exchange in particular and it started happening a couple of hours ago:
After clicking on "n question(s) with new activity", the questions overlap with the left ...
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Questions overlapping with left nav in every sub-tab under the 'Questions' tab
This seems to be happening on every SE site whenever I visit the "Questions" tab [on Chrome]:
Meta Stack Exchange:
English Language and Usage Stack Exchange:
And basically every other site ...
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Flag dialog is under sidebar text
The flag dialog is under the left sidebar text. This only started happening over the past day or two.
Using Safari 12.1.1 on MacOS High Sierra.
Successfully reproduced on StackOverflow and PPCG, along ...
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Hidden left nav looks weird (blue linkish design)
Previously the left nav hidden in the topbar had the same black layout as the uncollapsed nav. However recently they turned into some strange bluish/link color. I don't think this is intentional:
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