feat(nav): discoverable sidebar — instant tooltips, shortcuts made visible, pinnable rail
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The icon-only rail forced first-time users to guess (usertest:
Senior, a11y, UX personas). Three changes:
- Nav tooltips appear instantly and carry the page shortcut
  (Cmd+1..9, Ctrl on non-mac — Ctrl activators added); expanded
  labels show the same hint. Explicit button semantics for
  screen readers on every destination.
- A visible 'Search & commands' row above the footer opens the
  existing Cmd+K palette, which nothing in the UI advertised.
- Settings -> Appearance gains 'Keep the navigation expanded':
  pins the rail with permanent labels (persisted preference).
Footer strip and pillar toggle made overflow-safe for the
animating rail; responsive test scrolls the by-design scrollable
destinations list.

Signed-off-by: flemming-it <stefan.a.flemming@googlemail.com>
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flemming-it 2026-07-17 23:36:33 +02:00
parent ca01fd2ec0
commit c436e12601
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@ -2668,6 +2668,16 @@ class AppLocalizationsEn extends AppLocalizations {
@override
String get settingsCategoryAppearance => 'Appearance';
@override
String get sidebarSearchLabel => 'Search & commands';
@override
String get settingsSidebarPinnedTitle => 'Keep the navigation expanded';
@override
String get settingsSidebarPinnedBody =>
'Shows the sidebar labels permanently instead of only while hovering with the mouse.';
@override
String get settingsCategoryAi => 'System AI';