From eca8a60640623aab679088bb4572f2f7ebe75a23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NB2030 <batahf2030@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:40:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Make the home page navigation sidebar collapsible

---
 .../HomePage/HomePageMenuBar.js               | 79 +++++++++++++++----
 .../Preferences/PreferencesContext.js         |  4 +
 .../Preferences/PreferencesProvider.js        | 17 ++++
 3 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/newIDE/app/src/MainFrame/EditorContainers/HomePage/HomePageMenuBar.js b/newIDE/app/src/MainFrame/EditorContainers/HomePage/HomePageMenuBar.js
index 57d14d0f4ffb..df0a379ac847 100644
--- a/newIDE/app/src/MainFrame/EditorContainers/HomePage/HomePageMenuBar.js
+++ b/newIDE/app/src/MainFrame/EditorContainers/HomePage/HomePageMenuBar.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 // @flow
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { Trans } from '@lingui/macro';
+import { t, Trans } from '@lingui/macro';
 import { Column, marginsSize } from '../../../UI/Grid';
 import { useResponsiveWindowSize } from '../../../UI/Responsive/ResponsiveWindowMeasurer';
 import IconButton from '../../../UI/IconButton';
+import DoubleChevronArrowLeft from '../../../UI/CustomSvgIcons/DoubleChevronArrowLeft';
 import DoubleChevronArrowRight from '../../../UI/CustomSvgIcons/DoubleChevronArrowRight';
 import VerticalTabButton, {
   verticalTabButtonSize,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import { Toolbar, ToolbarGroup } from '../../../UI/Toolbar';
 import AuthenticatedUserContext from '../../../Profile/AuthenticatedUserContext';
 import { SECTION_DESKTOP_SPACING } from './SectionContainer';
 import Text from '../../../UI/Text';
+import PreferencesContext from '../../Preferences/PreferencesContext';
 
 const iconSize = 24;
 const iconButtonPadding = 4;
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ export const styles = {
     minWidth: homepageDesktopMenuBarWidth,
     display: 'flex',
     flexDirection: 'column',
+    position: 'relative',
+    overflow: 'visible',
   },
   mobileMenu: {
     paddingTop: 10,
@@ -77,6 +81,19 @@ export const styles = {
     justifyContent: 'center',
     marginBottom: 2,
   },
+  collapseButton: {
+    position: 'absolute',
+    top: SECTION_DESKTOP_SPACING + 4,
+    right: 0,
+    transform: 'translateX(50%)',
+    zIndex: 1,
+    backgroundColor: 'var(--theme-paper-background-dark)',
+    border: '1px solid var(--theme-home-separator-color)',
+    borderRadius: 999,
+  },
+  desktopTabsColumn: {
+    paddingTop: 22,
+  },
 };
 
 type Props = {|
@@ -98,7 +115,13 @@ const HomePageMenuBar = ({
   const isMobileOrSmallScreen = isMobile || isMediumScreen;
   const gdevelopTheme = React.useContext(GDevelopThemeContext);
   const { limits } = React.useContext(AuthenticatedUserContext);
+  const preferences = React.useContext(PreferencesContext);
+  const isMenuCollapsed = preferences.values.homePageMenuIsCollapsed;
   const tabsToDisplay = getTabsToDisplay({ limits });
+  const shouldHideLabels = isMobileOrSmallScreen || isMenuCollapsed;
+  const menuWidth = shouldHideLabels
+    ? homepageMediumMenuBarWidth
+    : homepageDesktopMenuBarWidth;
   const largeScreenOnlyButtons: {
     label: React.Node,
     getIcon: GetIconFunction,
@@ -191,28 +214,56 @@ const HomePageMenuBar = ({
     <Paper
       style={{
         ...(isMobileOrSmallScreen ? styles.mobileMenu : styles.desktopMenu),
+        minWidth: menuWidth,
+        width: menuWidth,
         borderRight: `1px solid ${gdevelopTheme.home.separator.color}`,
       }}
       square
       background="dark"
     >
       <Column expand>
-        {isMobileOrSmallScreen && (
+        {isMobileOrSmallScreen ? (
           <IconButton onClick={onOpenHomePageMenuDrawer} size="small">
             <DoubleChevronArrowRight />
           </IconButton>
+        ) : (
+          <IconButton
+            onClick={() =>
+              preferences.setHomePageMenuIsCollapsed(!isMenuCollapsed)
+            }
+            size="small"
+            style={{
+              ...styles.collapseButton,
+              backgroundColor: gdevelopTheme.home.header.backgroundColor,
+              border: `1px solid ${gdevelopTheme.home.separator.color}`,
+            }}
+            tooltip={
+              isMenuCollapsed ? t`Expand navigation` : t`Collapse navigation`
+            }
+          >
+            {isMenuCollapsed ? (
+              <DoubleChevronArrowRight />
+            ) : (
+              <DoubleChevronArrowLeft />
+            )}
+          </IconButton>
         )}
-        {tabsToDisplay.map(({ label, tab, getIcon, id }) => (
-          <VerticalTabButton
-            key={id}
-            label={label}
-            onClick={() => setActiveTab(tab)}
-            getIcon={getIcon}
-            isActive={activeTab === tab}
-            hideLabel={isMobileOrSmallScreen}
-            id={id}
-          />
-        ))}
+        <Column
+          noMargin
+          style={!isMobileOrSmallScreen ? styles.desktopTabsColumn : undefined}
+        >
+          {tabsToDisplay.map(({ label, tab, getIcon, id }) => (
+            <VerticalTabButton
+              key={id}
+              label={label}
+              onClick={() => setActiveTab(tab)}
+              getIcon={getIcon}
+              isActive={activeTab === tab}
+              hideLabel={shouldHideLabels}
+              id={id}
+            />
+          ))}
+        </Column>
       </Column>
 
       <div style={styles.bottomButtonsContainer}>
@@ -224,7 +275,7 @@ const HomePageMenuBar = ({
               onClick={onClick}
               getIcon={getIcon}
               isActive={false}
-              hideLabel={isMobileOrSmallScreen}
+              hideLabel={shouldHideLabels}
               id={id}
             />
           ))}
diff --git a/newIDE/app/src/MainFrame/Preferences/PreferencesContext.js b/newIDE/app/src/MainFrame/Preferences/PreferencesContext.js
index 9771a5593846..93a1eaa66cbc 100644
--- a/newIDE/app/src/MainFrame/Preferences/PreferencesContext.js
+++ b/newIDE/app/src/MainFrame/Preferences/PreferencesContext.js
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ export type PreferencesValues = {|
   useBackgroundSerializerForSaving: boolean,
   disableNpmScriptConfirmation: boolean,
   showJsTypeError: boolean,
+  homePageMenuIsCollapsed: boolean,
 |};
 
 /**
@@ -367,6 +368,7 @@ export type Preferences = {|
   setAutomaticallyUseCreditsForAiRequests: (enabled: boolean) => void,
   setUseBackgroundSerializerForSaving: (enabled: boolean) => void,
   setShowJsTypeError: (enabled: boolean) => void,
+  setHomePageMenuIsCollapsed: (collapsed: boolean) => void,
 |};
 
 export const initialPreferences = {
@@ -432,6 +434,7 @@ export const initialPreferences = {
     useBackgroundSerializerForSaving: false,
     disableNpmScriptConfirmation: false,
     showJsTypeError: false,
+    homePageMenuIsCollapsed: false,
   },
   setMultipleValues: () => {},
   setLanguage: () => {},
@@ -518,6 +521,7 @@ export const initialPreferences = {
   setAutomaticallyUseCreditsForAiRequests: (enabled: boolean) => {},
   setUseBackgroundSerializerForSaving: (enabled: boolean) => {},
   setShowJsTypeError: (enabled: boolean) => {},
+  setHomePageMenuIsCollapsed: (collapsed: boolean) => {},
 };
 
 const PreferencesContext: React.Context<Preferences> = React.createContext<Preferences>(
diff --git a/newIDE/app/src/MainFrame/Preferences/PreferencesProvider.js b/newIDE/app/src/MainFrame/Preferences/PreferencesProvider.js
index fb0314db42c5..f1c20de5ff7e 100644
--- a/newIDE/app/src/MainFrame/Preferences/PreferencesProvider.js
+++ b/newIDE/app/src/MainFrame/Preferences/PreferencesProvider.js
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ export const getInitialPreferences = (): {
   useShortcutToClosePreviewWindow: boolean,
   userShortcutMap: {},
   watchProjectFolderFilesForLocalProjects: boolean,
+  homePageMenuIsCollapsed: boolean,
 } => {
   let languageOrLocale = 'en';
   const browserLanguageOrLocale = getBrowserLanguageOrLocale();
@@ -399,6 +400,10 @@ export default class PreferencesProvider extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     ): any),
     // $FlowFixMe[method-unbinding]
     setShowJsTypeError: (this._setShowJsTypeError.bind(this): any),
+    // $FlowFixMe[method-unbinding]
+    setHomePageMenuIsCollapsed: (this._setHomePageMenuIsCollapsed.bind(
+      this
+    ): any),
   };
 
   componentDidMount() {
@@ -1379,6 +1384,18 @@ export default class PreferencesProvider extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     );
   }
 
+  _setHomePageMenuIsCollapsed(homePageMenuIsCollapsed: boolean) {
+    this.setState(
+      state => ({
+        values: {
+          ...state.values,
+          homePageMenuIsCollapsed,
+        },
+      }),
+      () => this._persistValuesToLocalStorage(this.state)
+    );
+  }
+
   render(): any {
     return (
       <PreferencesContext.Provider value={this.state}>