[ADD] User setting to keep the sidebar menu minimized

allianceauth/authentication/middleware.py

@@ -52,4 +52,10 @@ class UserSettingsMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.exception(e)
 
+        # Minimize Menu
+        try:
+            request.session["MINIMIZE_SIDEBAR"] = request.user.profile.minimize_sidebar
+        except Exception as e:
+            pass  # We don't care that an anonymous user has no profile (not logged in)
+
         return response

allianceauth/authentication/migrations/0025_userprofile_minimize_sidebar.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.25 on 2025-10-14 22:02
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("authentication", "0024_alter_userprofile_language"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="userprofile",
+            name="minimize_sidebar",
+            field=models.BooleanField(
+                default=False,
+                help_text="Keep the sidebar menu minimized",
+                verbose_name="Minimize Sidebar Menu",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]

allianceauth/authentication/models.py

@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ class UserProfile(models.Model):
         on_delete=models.SET_DEFAULT,
         default=get_guest_state_pk)
     language = models.CharField(
-        _("Language"), max_length=10,
+        _("Language"),
+        max_length=10,
         choices=Language.choices,
         blank=True,
         default='')
@@ -112,6 +113,12 @@ class UserProfile(models.Model):
         null=True,
         help_text="Bootstrap 5 Themes from https://bootswatch.com/ or Community Apps"
     )
+    minimize_sidebar = models.BooleanField(
+        _("Minimize Sidebar Menu"),
+        default=False,
+        help_text=_("Keep the sidebar menu minimized")
+    )
+
 
     def assign_state(self, state=None, commit=True):
         if not state:

allianceauth/authentication/tests/test_middleware.py

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class TestUserSettingsMiddlewareLoginFlow(TestCase):
         self.request.LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en'
         self.request.user.profile.language = 'de'
         self.request.user.profile.night_mode = True
+        self.request.user.profile.minimize_sidebar = False
         self.request.user.is_anonymous = False
         self.response = Mock()
         self.response.content = 'hello world'
@@ -173,3 +174,26 @@ class TestUserSettingsMiddlewareLoginFlow(TestCase):
             self.response
             )
         self.assertEqual(self.request.session["NIGHT_MODE"], True)
+
+    def test_middleware_set_mimimize_sidebar(self):
+        """
+        tests the middleware will always set minimize_sidebar to False (default)
+        """
+
+        response = self.middleware.process_response(
+            self.request,
+            self.response
+            )
+        self.assertEqual(self.request.session["MINIMIZE_SIDEBAR"], False)
+
+    def test_middleware_minimize_sidebar_when_set(self):
+        """
+        tests the middleware will set mimimize_sidebar to True from DB
+        """
+
+        self.request.user.profile.minimize_sidebar = True
+        response = self.middleware.process_response(
+            self.request,
+            self.response
+            )
+        self.assertEqual(self.request.session["MINIMIZE_SIDEBAR"], True)

allianceauth/menu/templates/menu/menu-user.html

@@ -72,6 +72,31 @@
 
                 {% theme_select %}
 
+                {% if user.is_authenticated %}
+                    <li><hr class="dropdown-divider"></li>
+                    <li><h6 class="dropdown-header">{% translate "Sidebar" %}</h6></li>
+
+                    <li>
+                        <form class="dropdown-item" action="{% url 'minimize_sidebar' %}?next={{ request.path|urlencode }}" method="post">
+                            {% csrf_token %}
+
+                            <div class="form-check form-switch">
+                                <input
+                                    class="form-check-input"
+                                    type="checkbox"
+                                    role="switch"
+                                    id="toggle-sidebar"
+                                    onchange="this.form.submit()"
+                                    {% if request.session.MINIMIZE_SIDEBAR %}checked{% endif %}
+                                >
+                                <label class="form-check-label" for="toggle-sidebar">
+                                    {% translate "Minimize Sidebar" %}
+                                </label>
+                            </div>
+                        </form>
+                    </li>
+                {% endif %}
+
                 {% if user.is_superuser %}
                     <li><hr class="dropdown-divider"></li>
                     <li><h6 class="dropdown-header">{% translate "Super User" %}</h6></li>

allianceauth/static/allianceauth/js/sidebar-collapse.js

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* global sidebarSettings */
+
 $(document).ready(() => {
     'use strict';
 
@@ -16,7 +18,9 @@ $(document).ready(() => {
         }
     });
 
-    sidebar.classList.toggle('show', localStorage.getItem(sidebarKey) !== 'closed');
+    if (!sidebarSettings.minimizeSidebar) {
+        sidebar.classList.toggle('show', localStorage.getItem(sidebarKey) !== 'closed');
+    }
 
     const activeChildMenuItem = document.querySelector('ul#sidebar-menu ul.collapse a.active');
 

allianceauth/templates/allianceauth/base-bs5.html

@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@
         </main>
         <!-- End Body -->
 
+        <script>
+            const sidebarSettings = {
+                minimizeSidebar: {% if request.session.MINIMIZE_SIDEBAR %}true{% else %}false{% endif %}
+            };
+        </script>
         {% include "bundles/auth-sidebar-collapse-js.html" %}
 
         {% theme_js %}

allianceauth/urls.py

@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('night/', views.NightModeRedirectView.as_view(), name='nightmode'),
 
     # Theme Change
-    path('theme/', views.ThemeRedirectView.as_view(), name='theme')
+    path('theme/', views.ThemeRedirectView.as_view(), name='theme'),
+
+    # Minimize Menu
+    path('minimize-sidebar/', views.MinimizeSidebarRedirectView.as_view(), name='minimize_sidebar')
 ]
 
 url_hooks = get_hooks("url_hook")

allianceauth/views.py

@@ -48,6 +48,29 @@ class ThemeRedirectView(View):
 
         return HttpResponseRedirect(request.GET.get("next", "/"))
 
+class MinimizeSidebarRedirectView(View):
+    SESSION_VAR = "MINIMIZE_SIDEBAR"
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        request.session[self.SESSION_VAR] = not self.minimize_sidebar_state(request)
+        if not request.user.is_anonymous:
+            try:
+                request.user.profile.minimize_sidebar = request.session[self.SESSION_VAR]
+                request.user.profile.save()
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.exception(e)
+
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(request.GET.get("next", "/"))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def minimize_sidebar_state(cls, request):
+        try:
+            return request.session.get(cls.SESSION_VAR, False)
+        except AttributeError:
+            # Session is middleware
+            # Sometimes request wont have a session attribute
+            return False
+
 
 # TODO: error views should be renamed to a proper function name when possible