The icon for it should have an arrow icon >> like the right sidebar, instead of the hamburger menu and where it gets automatically closed when you click somewhere else on the screen. The left sidebar could cycle between three states, one where its completely hidden, one where it only shows the icons (like Photon UI does with its left sidebar: https://photon.lemmy.world/), and the one where it shows all the labels.
The icon for it should have an arrow icon >> like the right sidebar, instead of the hamburger menu and where it gets automatically closed when you click somewhere else on the screen. The left sidebar could cycle between three states, one where its completely hidden, one where it only shows the icons (like Photon UI does with its left sidebar: https://photon.lemmy.world/), and the one where it shows all the labels.