Is sometimes no Side Menu a Feature or Bug

[VillageHubertChen]

How the situation began

• No Side Menu: https://v-squared.github.io/v2-Plan/
• With Side Menu: https://v-squared.github.io/v2-Plan/system/
• Why we designed it this way: The first book "Intro" has only one short Article. There is no need for a Table of Articles nor for a Table of Contents. As such we display none.

  Why Sascha thinks this is a bug

Sometimes the Side Navigation is available, sometimes it is not. He interprets it that this is a UI bug.

Sascha's proposal:

1. Be consistent: Either always show the left navigation bar or do not
2. Give the user the option to hide it. Use the same three bar Icon. Once the user hides it, it turns into an Off Canvas Navigation. There should be a button in the Off Canvas navigation to un-hide it
3. For Books that have only one Article, show the the Article still and the Table of Contents to be consistent.

   Discussion

How many people feel this is a problem? We should ask at least 6 people. If at least two feel that this is a problem, we will fix it.

Vote

• HC: No Problem
• LC: No Problem
• SL: Problem

  The Conclusion

  New Type Page: Index Pages

• We create a new class of pages: Index Pages
• They have no Article-Bar, set in yaml like so: articleBar: 'no'
• They are wider, using maximum width for index cards
• They have no Contents-Bar (simply do not add it in yml)
• They are comprised of index cards representing Book / Groups / Articles on same level
• Example: → https://v-squared.github.io/plan/
• When there is no Article Bar, the expand article bar icon is not present

  New page type fixes problem

The new page type described above fixes the problem. Intuitively nobody is expecting the Article-Bar and as such it is not missing compared to other pages. Problem solved!