Usability - new side nav

[sjtrimble]

Request / Description:
In the past I would use the expanded visible sidenav to quickly find what I was looking for, or easily explore newly added additions. Now, with the auto-collapsed new sidenav, it creates additional steps (and often guess work - especially for new learners) for users to find what they are looking for.

Possible Recommendations:

• Auto-expand all items in the sidenav (the list is currently short enough for this to be ok) and/or provide a collapse-all / expand-all feature to accommodate those users who might not want the entire menu expanded.
• (Bonus Points) Create search functionality to allow a user to get to what they are searching for quickly

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Sample Use Case: A user arrives on the site and wants to know about Angular Material Cards and how they work.

Current Workflow: User expands Form Controls, Navigation, and finally Layout and finds the Cards menu.
Ideal Workflows: Either a) user quickly sees the card menu in the expanded menu user, b) searches (Ctrl+F) for card and finds the item on the menu, and/or c) enters the text 'card' in a search box and is recommended a page.

:)

[Splaktar]

This is indeed a pain. Thankfully it is fixed and should be in the next docs release (probably v6).