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Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50423

What

This PR increases discoverability of expand/collapse admin menu button

Suggestions from design team discussion have been incorporated into this fix
Ref: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50423#comment:5

How

  1. The collapse button has been moved towards the bottom for separation with the rest of the menu items
  2. An additional ring indicator has been added for hover & focus states similar to the button found in customizer panel

Additionally, to incorporate cases where there isn't sufficient height for all menu items & it scrolls, the button stays at the bottom with background color applied to be easily visible, extra padding has been added to menu list at the bottom for separation in overflow state

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Folded state

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Open state

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Focus/Hover indicator

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Also adds background color to the button in case where there isn't sufficient height for all menu items & adds bottom padding to menu to maintain space between collapse button and rest of the menu
before pseudo element is used in this case due to the structural differences between both implementations
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@yashjawale yashjawale changed the title Enhancement: Make expand admin menu button easily discoverable Admin Menu: Make expand admin menu button easily discoverable Jun 20, 2025
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Hi @yashjawale, Thank you for the PR I have tested the PR and it works well for me:

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