User menu position

[CodeWithDennis]

Would it be cool in v4 to add an option in the panel provider to move the user menu from the navbar to the sidebar—or even have it in both?

Example: https://catalyst-demo.tailwindui.com

[nolannordlund]

I think this would be a great addition. As I've been developing more themes for Filament, it gets difficult to build something that feels unique with limited options for manipulating the UI's structure. Being able to move the user menu may be the most straightforward option but I think there are others that would be meaningful, especially in regards to theming.

[nolannordlund]

At the risk of scope creep for this discussion, here are some other options I think would be worth considering:

• Secondary navigation
  • This would include the ability to add other nav items at the bottom of the sidebar rather than just the user menu
• No topbar
  • If we are moving the user menu, it could make sense to remove the topbar entirely
• Contained topbar
  • This would make the sidebar full height and include the topbar inside of fi-main-ctn (maybe not literally but that would be the visual intention)
• Logo before sidebar collapse trigger
  • Keeps logo in line with nav items. This also would be nice if an iconLogo option was added
• Global search in sidebar

[nolannordlund]

@CodeWithDennis This is being worked on in #17048