Non-scrolling sidebar can trigger migraines

[MarjaE2]

Details

• Read the Docs project URL: https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/open-source-philosophy.html

Expected Result

Unfortunately most of todaty's web design is made of migraine triggers, so I can't say I expect an accessible web site.

Actual Result

The page has a separate non-scrolling sidebar. I have visually-induced dizziness/visual vertigo, so having one column scroll, and another not, can give me migraines.

This may be a useful intro: https://vestibular.org/article/coping-support/living-with-a-vestibular-disorder/visually-induced-dizziness-supermarket-syndrome/

[nienn]

Hi @MarjaE2, thank you for sharing these resources. We will definitely look into them and look forward to improving the user experience for everyone.

We plan to implement a complete UX restructuring of the sidebar in the next major version - possibly 2.0 - and there are already several issues related to the sidebar scroll, thought I don't think any of them refers the linked resources nor this specific case, so it's useful information to have!

[andy-maier]

If you implement a scrolling sidebar, please provide an option to have it not scroll, like today. For people without that syndrome, it is useful to have the sidebar visible when scrolling down the page.

The main issue with such an option is that it would need to be selectable by the page viewer, not during page build.