Operator feedback 2026-06-04:
- "make the navigation its own section, separated from the badges
and progress"
- "move the help and theme toggle into the profile drop-down"
Changes:
components/Layout.js
- Desktop sidebar restructured: the single full-height chip is gone.
The sidebar column is now <aside className="md:flex md:flex-col
md:gap-4"> holding two independent floating glass chips:
1. nav-chip (flex-1, rounded-3xl, glass-surface-mid) — logo,
wordmark, NavigationContent, and the Sign-in CTA for logged-
out visitors only.
2. bottom-chip — for authenticated users this is the
<DailyEmberWidget /> (already a self-contained glass-panel).
For logged-out, it's a small glass-panel containing the
Support + Theme icon row so those affordances stay reachable
when there's no TopSearchBar dropdown.
The visible body-gradient gap between the two chips is the new
separation the operator asked for.
- Authenticated path no longer renders Support / Theme icons in the
sidebar bottom — they live in the TopSearchBar <UserMenu> dropdown.
- Mobile drawer: bottom Support+Theme row is now gated behind
`!user`. Authenticated mobile users access the same affordances
via the TopSearchBar avatar chip (visible on all viewports; the
name/chevron portion is hidden on < md but the chip itself stays).
components/ui/TopSearchBar.js
- The user-menu chip (previously a <Link href="/settings">) is now
a real <UserMenu> dropdown sub-component:
- Profile, Settings, Admin Panel (admins only), Help & Support,
Theme toggle (button — toggles theme + closes menu),
separator, Logout.
- role="menu" + menuitem children; aria-haspopup + aria-expanded
on the trigger; Escape key closes; click-outside scrim closes.
- Uses useTheme() so the menu label flips between "Dark mode" /
"Light mode" with the matching sun/moon icon.
- Glass-surface-high background + rim-light + ember-rim-subtle
+ elevation-pronounced shadow stack so it reads as a popover
above the floating header chip.
Tests:
- npm run test:run: 113/113
- npm run lint: 0 errors (1 pre-existing warning, not from this PR)
- npm run build: green
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
