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Explore a user-managed "More" group for lower-priority sidebar items #13

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Overview

The current prototype ships with a curated Plugins group for plugin-added top-level menu items. Feedback from the Reddit launch raised a related idea: let users move lower-priority sidebar items under a toggle like "More".

This issue tracks a narrower version of that idea: one built-in, user-managed "More" group that users can move items into, without introducing arbitrary user-created groups yet.

Idea to explore

  • Add one built-in "More" group as a lower-priority destination for sidebar items.
  • Keep "More" hidden in normal mode while it is empty.
  • Show "More" in customize mode as an available drop target, even if empty.
  • If the user removes the last item from "More", hide it again after saving.
  • Store "More" assignments per-user and per-site, matching the existing saved layout model.
  • Reset layout should clear all "More" assignments.
  • Do not support creating, renaming, deleting, or managing arbitrary custom groups in this first version.

Decisions still needed

  • Should "More" accept only plugin-added items, or also core items such as Comments, Tools, or Settings?
  • How should "More" interact with the curated Plugins group when plugin-added items can already live there?

Why this matters

Some users may have low-priority sidebar items that they still want available, just not always visible at top level. A built-in "More" group could solve this without introducing the risks of fully hiding menu items or the extra complexity of fully user-defined groups.

Notes

This is exploratory and not part of the first prototype scope. It is intentionally narrower than full user-defined groups. The first version could support one built-in "More" group only, with no group creation, renaming, deletion, or custom group management.

Source feedback: Reddit launch thread comment, user asked for moving default items under a toggle like "More".

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