src/components/AppLayout.tsx

@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ export function AppLayout() {
   const { signOut } = useClerk()
   const { pathname } = useLocation()
   const current = NAV.find(n => pathname.startsWith(n.to))
+  // Nav groups stay closed unless they hold the current page; a click on the label overrides that until the next route.
+  const [toggled, setToggled] = useState<Partial<Record<Key, boolean>>>({})
+  useEffect(() => setToggled({}), [pathname])
   const name = user?.fullName || user?.primaryEmailAddress?.emailAddress || '-'
 
   return (
@@ -143,14 +146,22 @@ export function AppLayout() {
         <NavLink to="/production"><Brand /></NavLink>
         <OrgSwitcher />
         <nav aria-label={t('layout.mainNav')}>
-          {NAV_GROUPS.map(g => [
+          {NAV_GROUPS.map(g => {
-            <div key={g.label} className="nav-label">{t(g.label)}</div>,
+            const open = toggled[g.label] ?? g.items.some(n => pathname.startsWith(n.to))
-            ...g.items.map(n => (
+            return [
+              <button key={g.label} type="button" className="nav-label" aria-expanded={open} aria-controls={`nav-${g.label}`}
+                onClick={() => setToggled(s => ({ ...s, [g.label]: !open }))}>
+                {t(g.label)}<Icon name="chevron-down" />
+              </button>,
+              <div key={`${g.label}-items`} id={`nav-${g.label}`} className={open ? 'nav-items' : 'nav-items closed'}>
+                {g.items.map(n => (
                   <NavLink key={n.to} to={n.to} className={({ isActive }) => (isActive ? 'active' : undefined)}>
                     <Icon name={n.icon} />{t(n.label)}
                   </NavLink>
-            )),
+                ))}
-          ])}
+              </div>,
+            ]
+          })}
         </nav>
         <div className="sidebar-help">
           <Icon name="info" />

src/components/Icon.tsx

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const paths: Record<string, string> = {
   search: '<circle cx="10" cy="10" r="6"/><path d="m15 15 5 5"/>',
   info: '<circle cx="12" cy="12" r="9"/><path d="M12 11v6M12 7v.2"/>',
   check: '<path d="m5 12 4 4L19 6"/>',
+  'chevron-down': '<path d="m6 9 6 6 6-6"/>',
   'chevron-updown': '<path d="m8 9 4-4 4 4M8 15l4 4 4-4"/>',
   logout:'<path d="M10 4H4v16h6M10 12h11m-4-4 4 4-4 4"/>',
   plus: '<path d="M12 4v16M4 12h16"/>',

src/styles/theme.css

@@ -287,10 +287,15 @@ dialog::backdrop{background:rgba(16,24,40,.45);backdrop-filter:blur(4px)}
 @keyframes page-in{from{opacity:0;transform:translateY(6px)}}
 @media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.skel,.app main{animation:none}}
 
-/* Sidebar groups: Dashboard, then Settings */
+/* Sidebar groups: Dashboard, then Settings, each a dropdown that opens on its active page */
-.sidebar nav .nav-label{margin:0 12px 6px}
+.sidebar nav button.nav-label{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;width:auto;margin:0 0 2px;padding:6px 12px;border-radius:8px;color:var(--muted);font-size:11px;font-weight:600;box-shadow:none;background:none}
-.sidebar nav .nav-label~.nav-label{margin-top:18px}
+.sidebar nav button.nav-label:hover{background:#f2f7ff;color:var(--ink)}
-@media(max-width:700px){.sidebar nav .nav-label{display:none}}
+.sidebar nav button.nav-label svg{width:14px;height:14px;color:inherit;transition:transform .15s}
+.sidebar nav button.nav-label[aria-expanded=false] svg{transform:rotate(-90deg)}
+.sidebar nav .nav-items~.nav-label{margin-top:12px}
+.nav-items{display:contents}
+@media(min-width:701px){.nav-items.closed{display:none}}
+@media(max-width:700px){.sidebar nav button.nav-label{display:none}}
 
 /* Production: the knowledge graph, then the metric row and the latest content */
 .prod-metrics{grid-template-columns:repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr));margin-top:24px}