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Add scrollbar in left side menu #3508
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Originally created by @wouterVE on GitHub (Feb 15, 2023).
Describe the feature you'd like
I'd like to suggest to implement a separate scrollbar in the left-side menu. See for instance the new lay-out of mediawiki which provides this function (for Bookstack, it would be better to have a small scrollbar with the same custom colour as the top bar I think)
Describe the benefits this would bring to existing BookStack users
When using a lot of headings, attachments... it becomes difficult to navigate in this left-side menu. Providing a separate scrollbar would make it easier in that cases. E.g. in my workflow, I rely much on the page navigation section. At present, I have to scroll down the page a lot to view the headings at the bottom of the page navigation section.
Adding a scrollbar would benefit the page navigation on large pages I think.
Can the goal of this request already be achieved via other means?
Yes.
You could use the scroll function of the mouse/touchpad but this is less intuïtive (i.e. it only works when you are more towards the left side of this section.
Have you searched for an existing open/closed issue?
How long have you been using BookStack?
1 to 5 years
Additional context
This is only a suggestion. If you feel that this doesn't fit into the layout of Bookstack, please feel free to close this topic.
I'm very happy with the functions of Bookstack. From time to time, I'd wish there is a separate scrollbar to make page navigation more easy.
@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2023):
Thanks for the suggestion @wouterVE.
Previous discussion and potential workaround in #3789.
@wouterVE commented on GitHub (Feb 16, 2023):
Hello,
Thanks for your reply. I've applied the changes suggested in this post and that's exactly what I was looking for!
So far I've tested it on Opera, Chrome & Firefox (on Windows platform) and both show a scrollbar in the left menu (the latter uses a smaller scrollbar than Opera & Chrome).
See screenshots below:
Opera & Chrome
Firefox
I understand that this fix may break with feature updates but I'm satisfied with the solution. I'll close this issue.
Thanks for your responsivenes & the great work you've put in Bookstack, It's providing me the perfect solution for my personal knowledge wiki.
@wouterVE commented on GitHub (Feb 18, 2023):
Update:
I noticed that on Linux (in my case: Pop!_OS 22.04) this change has a different effect.
There is a horizontal scrollbar in the left side menu instead below the actions section & also at the very bottom:
I don't expect any changes, it's just for your information.
Thanks.