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feat(ui): v4 app header reskin with sidebar toggle#16619

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feat(ui): v4 app header reskin with sidebar toggle#16619
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feat/v4-app-header

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Summary

Reskins the app header for v4 UI and moves the sidebar toggle button into the header.

Changes

App Header

  • Moved sidebar toggle button from nav into the app header (left side before breadcrumbs)
  • Replaced fixed --app-header-height with padding-based sizing (--spacer-2-5)
  • Removed unused __bg element and CSS
  • Cleaned up unused props (CustomIcon, serverURL)

Navigation

  • Removed NavSidebarToggle from nav component and Default template
  • Updated nav top padding to match app header padding
  • Removed --app-header-height CSS variable (no longer needed)
  • Sidebar tab tooltips now positioned below (previously top)

Dashboard Breadcrumb

  • Refactored dashboard dropdown from ReactSelect to Popup + Button pattern
  • Uses buttonStyle="ghost" for consistent button styling
  • Replaced icon breadcrumb with "Dashboard" text

StepNav

  • Shows "Dashboard" text for home breadcrumb instead of icon
  • Detects dashboard dropdown to avoid duplicate "Dashboard / Dashboard"

Cleanup

  • Removed packages/next/src/templates/Default/NavSidebarToggle/ folder
  • Removed unused CSS rules and styles
  • Removed --app-header-height from app.scss

Position both hidden and visible popup states off-screen initially
to prevent brief appearance at (0,0) which caused viewport width
changes during position calculation.
- Use Popup's renderButton prop for custom trigger
- Add Language icon (24px globe)
- Remove LocalizerLabel in favor of Button with icon
- Single source of truth for button styles
- Remove LocalizerLabel spacer hack
- Use flex gap for controls spacing
- Clean up wrapper structure
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@PatrikKozak PatrikKozak self-assigned this May 14, 2026
@PatrikKozak PatrikKozak merged commit d40452f into main May 15, 2026
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@PatrikKozak PatrikKozak deleted the feat/v4-app-header branch May 15, 2026 18:59
r1tsuu added a commit that referenced this pull request May 15, 2026
Resolved conflicts caused by two main-side changes:

1. SCSS-to-CSS conversion of Default template + ModularDashboard. Our
   branch had moved both modules from `packages/next` to `packages/ui`,
   so reapplied the same .scss -> .css swap inside the new home and
   copied over main's css contents.

2. AppHeader reskin (#16619) trimmed `CustomIcon` from `<AppHeader>`'s
   Props. Drop the now-unused prop from `DefaultTemplate` so ui builds
   pass.

For the Nav / Default / ModularDashboard tsx conflicts kept our branch's
delegation pattern - the next-side wrappers re-export the rebuilt UI
versions from `@payloadcms/ui`, which already pick up main's behaviour
through the dependency graph.
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