Move sidebar left, add collapse toggle and remembered sections

- Course outline sidebar now sits on the left of the player instead
  of the right (mobile stacking order unchanged - video still first).
- Collapsible to a slim rail via a toggle button, remembered per
  device, for a full-width player when wanted.
- Which sections a user has manually expanded is now remembered
  (keyed by the section's path) and shared between the lesson-page
  sidebar and the dashboard's course view, so re-opening a course
  doesn't reset everything back to collapsed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+2026-08-26 13:41 UTC — Move sidebar left, add collapse toggle and remembered sections
 2026-08-26 13:17 UTC — Add hover tooltips for truncated sidebar titles
 2026-08-26 13:12 UTC — Add course outline sidebar to the lesson page
 2026-08-25 12:25 UTC — Remove unreliable duplicate-lesson-file matching

README.md

@@ -225,12 +225,15 @@ silently stay blank instead of erroring.
 **Playback & progress**
 - Video/audio player with resize, playback-speed presets, and resume-from-
   last-position
-- Course outline sidebar on the lesson page: every section and lesson in
+- Course outline sidebar on the lesson page (left side): every section and
-  the course (videos and documents alike - a standalone PDF/doc is its own
+  lesson in the course (videos and documents alike - a standalone PDF/doc
-  entry, same as a video), one click to jump anywhere without backing out
+  is its own entry, same as a video), one click to jump anywhere without
-  to the course page first. The current lesson's section opens
+  backing out to the course page first. The current lesson's section
-  automatically and scrolls into view; sticky and independently
+  opens automatically and scrolls into view; sticky and independently
   scrollable on desktop, stacks below the player on narrow viewports.
+  Collapsible to a slim rail (remembered per device) for a full-width
+  player, and which sections you've manually expanded is remembered too,
+  so re-opening a course doesn't reset everything back to collapsed.
   Shares its rendering with the loaded-course dashboard view (`templates/
   _course_tree.html`), so the two always look and behave the same.
 - Auto-play next lesson when one ends, with a cancelable few-second

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2026-08-26 13:17 UTC — add hover tooltips for truncated sidebar titles
+2026-08-26 13:41 UTC — move sidebar left, add collapse toggle and remembered sections

templates/_course_tree.html

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     </div>
 
     {% if node.children or node.lessons %}
-    <div class="tree-content">
+    <div class="tree-content" data-section-path="{{ node.path }}">
         {% for child_name, child_node in node.children.items() %}
             {{ render_tree_node(child_node, course_path, current_lesson, depth + 1) }}
         {% endfor %}

templates/course_dashboard.html

@@ -1360,29 +1360,49 @@
         }
 
         function toggleTree(element) {
-            console.log('Toggle clicked:', element);
-            
             // Find the content div that comes after this header
             const content = element.nextElementSibling;
             const toggle = element.querySelector('.tree-toggle');
 
-            console.log('Content element:', content);
-            console.log('Toggle element:', toggle);
-            
             if (content && content.classList.contains('tree-content')) {
-                const isExpanded = content.classList.contains('expanded');
+                const isExpanded = content.classList.toggle('expanded');
-                content.classList.toggle('expanded');
+                if (toggle) toggle.textContent = isExpanded ? '▼' : '▶';
-                
+                if (content.dataset.sectionPath) saveSectionExpanded(content.dataset.sectionPath, isExpanded);
-                if (toggle) {
+            }
-                    toggle.textContent = content.classList.contains('expanded') ? '▼' : '▶';
         }
 
-                console.log('Toggled tree, expanded:', content.classList.contains('expanded'));
+        // Remembers which course sections a user has manually expanded
-            } else {
+        // (keyed by the section's absolute path, so it's stable across
-                console.log('No content element found or not tree-content');
+        // page loads and shared between this tree and the lesson page's
+        // sidebar - see _course_tree.html) so re-opening a course doesn't
+        // reset every section back to collapsed.
+        function getExpandedSectionPaths() {
+            try {
+                return new Set(JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('offlineu-expanded-sections') || '[]'));
+            } catch (e) {
+                return new Set();
             }
         }
 
+        function saveSectionExpanded(path, expanded) {
+            const paths = getExpandedSectionPaths();
+            if (expanded) paths.add(path); else paths.delete(path);
+            localStorage.setItem('offlineu-expanded-sections', JSON.stringify([...paths]));
+        }
+
+        function restoreExpandedSections() {
+            const saved = getExpandedSectionPaths();
+            if (!saved.size) return;
+            document.querySelectorAll('.tree-content[data-section-path]').forEach(function(content) {
+                if (!saved.has(content.dataset.sectionPath)) return;
+                content.classList.add('expanded');
+                const header = content.previousElementSibling;
+                const toggle = header ? header.querySelector('.tree-toggle') : null;
+                if (toggle) toggle.textContent = '▼';
+            });
+        }
+        restoreExpandedSections();
+
         // Single-level drill-down: the Library browser shows one folder's
         // contents at a time (replacing the list, not nesting under it) and
         // tracks how we got here in libraryTrail so a breadcrumb can jump

templates/lesson_view.html

@@ -166,9 +166,43 @@
             top: 20px;
             max-height: calc(100vh - 40px);
             overflow-y: auto;
+            order: -1;
         }
         .lesson-sidebar h3 {
-            margin-top: 0;
+            margin: 0;
+        }
+        .lesson-sidebar-header {
+            display: flex;
+            align-items: center;
+            justify-content: space-between;
+            gap: 8px;
+        }
+        .sidebar-toggle-btn {
+            background: var(--bg-tertiary);
+            border: none;
+            color: var(--text-primary);
+            border-radius: var(--radius);
+            width: 28px;
+            height: 28px;
+            flex-shrink: 0;
+            cursor: pointer;
+            display: flex;
+            align-items: center;
+            justify-content: center;
+            font-size: 0.9em;
+            transition: background 0.2s;
+        }
+        .sidebar-toggle-btn:hover {
+            background: var(--bg-tertiary-hover);
+        }
+        .lesson-sidebar.collapsed {
+            flex: 0 0 auto;
+            padding: 20px 8px;
+            overflow: hidden;
+        }
+        .lesson-sidebar.collapsed .lesson-sidebar-header h3,
+        .lesson-sidebar.collapsed .tree-container {
+            display: none;
         }
         @media (max-width: 900px) {
             .lesson-layout {
@@ -179,6 +213,10 @@
                 width: 100%;
                 position: static;
                 max-height: 420px;
+                order: 0;
+            }
+            .lesson-sidebar.collapsed {
+                max-height: none;
             }
         }
         /* Course-outline sidebar tree - scoped under .lesson-sidebar so
@@ -796,8 +834,11 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="container lesson-sidebar">
+    <div class="container lesson-sidebar" id="lesson-sidebar">
+        <div class="lesson-sidebar-header">
             <h3>Course Outline</h3>
+            <button type="button" class="sidebar-toggle-btn" id="sidebar-toggle-btn" onclick="toggleSidebar()" title="Collapse sidebar">◀</button>
+        </div>
         <div class="tree-container">
             {{ tree.render_tree_node(course.root_node, course.path, lesson) }}
         </div>
@@ -1199,27 +1240,84 @@
                 if (content && content.classList.contains('tree-content')) {
                     const isExpanded = content.classList.toggle('expanded');
                     if (toggleBtn) toggleBtn.textContent = isExpanded ? '▼' : '▶';
+                    if (content.dataset.sectionPath) saveSectionExpanded(content.dataset.sectionPath, isExpanded);
                 }
             }
 
-            // Sections default collapsed (same as the dashboard) - expand
+            // Remembers which course sections a user has manually expanded
-            // just the ancestor chain down to the current lesson so it's
+            // (keyed by the section's absolute path, shared with the
-            // visible without the user having to hunt for it, and scroll
+            // dashboard's own tree - see _course_tree.html) so re-opening
-            // it into view within the sidebar's own scroll area.
+            // a course doesn't reset every section back to collapsed.
+            function getExpandedSectionPaths() {
+                try {
+                    return new Set(JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('offlineu-expanded-sections') || '[]'));
+                } catch (e) {
+                    return new Set();
+                }
+            }
+
+            function saveSectionExpanded(path, expanded) {
+                const paths = getExpandedSectionPaths();
+                if (expanded) paths.add(path); else paths.delete(path);
+                localStorage.setItem('offlineu-expanded-sections', JSON.stringify([...paths]));
+            }
+
+            function expandSection(content) {
+                content.classList.add('expanded');
+                const header = content.previousElementSibling;
+                const toggleBtn = header ? header.querySelector('.tree-toggle') : null;
+                if (toggleBtn) toggleBtn.textContent = '▼';
+            }
+
+            (function restoreExpandedSections() {
+                const saved = getExpandedSectionPaths();
+                if (!saved.size) return;
+                document.querySelectorAll('.lesson-sidebar .tree-content[data-section-path]').forEach(function(content) {
+                    if (saved.has(content.dataset.sectionPath)) expandSection(content);
+                });
+            })();
+
+            // Sections default collapsed - additionally expand the ancestor
+            // chain down to the current lesson (even if not previously
+            // remembered) so it's visible without hunting for it, and
+            // scroll it into view within the sidebar's own scroll area.
+            // Persisted the same as a manual expand, so it stays open on
+            // later visits too.
             (function revealCurrentLessonInSidebar() {
                 const current = document.querySelector('.lesson-sidebar .lesson-item.current');
                 if (!current) return;
                 let content = current.closest('.tree-content');
                 while (content) {
-                    content.classList.add('expanded');
+                    expandSection(content);
-                    const header = content.previousElementSibling;
+                    if (content.dataset.sectionPath) saveSectionExpanded(content.dataset.sectionPath, true);
-                    const toggleBtn = header ? header.querySelector('.tree-toggle') : null;
-                    if (toggleBtn) toggleBtn.textContent = '▼';
                     content = content.parentElement ? content.parentElement.closest('.tree-content') : null;
                 }
                 current.scrollIntoView({ block: 'center' });
             })();
 
+            // ---- Sidebar collapse (client-only, remembered per device) ----
+            function toggleSidebar() {
+                const sidebar = document.getElementById('lesson-sidebar');
+                const btn = document.getElementById('sidebar-toggle-btn');
+                const collapsed = sidebar.classList.toggle('collapsed');
+                if (btn) {
+                    btn.textContent = collapsed ? '▶' : '◀';
+                    btn.title = collapsed ? 'Expand sidebar' : 'Collapse sidebar';
+                }
+                localStorage.setItem('offlineu-lesson-sidebar-collapsed', collapsed ? '1' : '0');
+            }
+
+            (function restoreSidebarCollapsed() {
+                if (localStorage.getItem('offlineu-lesson-sidebar-collapsed') !== '1') return;
+                const sidebar = document.getElementById('lesson-sidebar');
+                const btn = document.getElementById('sidebar-toggle-btn');
+                if (sidebar) sidebar.classList.add('collapsed');
+                if (btn) {
+                    btn.textContent = '▶';
+                    btn.title = 'Expand sidebar';
+                }
+            })();
+
             renderNotes();
 
             // Seek once metadata is available (activeMedia.duration is NaN