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Elegant Menu Sidebar

by Mindscript Technologies https://www.mindscriptech.com/
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☰ Every menu of the current app, always visible in a stylish left panel.

Elegant Menu Sidebar

Moves the active app's navigation out of the top-bar dropdowns and into a modern, always-visible left sidebar. Submenus open with a smooth accordion animation, the item you are on is highlighted, entries are indented by depth, and an instant filter box finds any menu as you type. It steps aside automatically on the home screen, on small screens, and in apps without submenus, and it works on both Odoo Community and Enterprise.

Always-Visible Left Panel Animated Accordion Submenus Instant Menu Filter Community & Enterprise
Elegant Menu Sidebar - the active app's menus in an always-visible left panel with animated accordion submenus

What This Module Does

Odoo hides an app's navigation inside top-bar dropdowns: you hover, a menu opens, you hunt through nested entries, and the moment you click it all disappears again. This module relocates the whole menu tree of the app you are in to a clean left panel that stays open, so navigation is always one glance and one click away. While the sidebar is active it becomes the single source of navigation and the duplicated top-bar sections are hidden.

● A sidebar that reads like a map
Top-level sections get a colored initial badge, child entries get a matching colored dot, and every level is indented by its depth. The item you are on is highlighted with a vivid accent bar, so you always know exactly where you are in the app.
● Fluid accordion submenus
Parent entries expand and collapse with a smooth animation, and opening one section automatically closes its siblings, keeping the panel tidy no matter how deep the menu tree goes. A rotating chevron shows what is open at a glance.
● Filter menus as you type
A built-in search box filters the menu tree instantly: every branch that matches expands on its own, and clearing the box restores the full tree. In apps with long menus like Inventory or Accounting, the entry you need is a few keystrokes away.
Knows when to disappear. The sidebar hides itself on the home screen, on small screens, and in apps that have no submenus, so it never wastes space. It is pure frontend: depends only on web, adds no new models and no settings, and works on Community and Enterprise alike.

How it works

Zero configuration: install it and every app with submenus gets the sidebar.

  1. Install the module and open any app, for example Sales or Inventory. Its full menu tree slides in as a left panel and the duplicated top-bar menu sections are hidden.
  2. Click a parent entry to expand its submenu with a fluid accordion motion; opening one section closes its siblings. Click any entry with an action to navigate, and it stays highlighted as the active item.
  3. In apps with many sections, type in the Filter menus box at the top of the panel: the tree narrows instantly and matching branches expand on their own.
  4. Use the home header at the top of the sidebar to jump back to the apps dashboard at any time.
Note: The sidebar steps out of the way automatically: it is hidden on the home screen, on mobile and small screens (where the standard navigation takes over), and in apps that have no submenus. No new database tables are created, and uninstalling the module leaves your database exactly as it was.

See It in Action

From the always-visible panel to filtering a long menu tree in a keystroke.

1. The Sidebar in an App The active app's full menu tree in the left panel, with a submenu expanded through the animated accordion
The Elegant Menu Sidebar open inside an app, showing colored section badges and an expanded accordion submenu
2. Active Item & Depth The menu you are on highlighted with a vivid accent, with nested entries indented by their depth
The sidebar highlighting the active menu item with an accent bar while nested entries are indented by depth
3. Instant Menu Filter Typing in the filter box narrows the menu tree instantly and auto-expands every matching branch
The sidebar filter box in action, narrowing a long menu tree to the entries that match the typed text
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