[Kitenite]

Fixes #6009.

What happened

The entire "PROJECTS" header strip is a collapse toggle (role="button" with onClick={toggleCollapsed}), and the state persists to localStorage (sidebar-workspaces-collapse). One stray click on the strip collapses the section — but the chevron that indicates the collapsed state was opacity-0 unless hovered, so the section just looked empty: header and + button render, zero project rows, survives Cmd+R and restarts. The collapsed icon rail bypasses the gate (isCollapsed || !workspacesListCollapsed in DashboardSidebar.tsx), which is why icons still showed there — exactly the confusing split the reporter described.

The macOS App Management prompt in the report is coincidental; nothing ties this store to permissions. The likely sequence is a click into the sidebar afterwards landing on the header strip (same accidental-toggle class as #6000).

The fix

Keep the chevron visible (right-pointing) whenever the section is collapsed, so the state reads as "collapsed, click to expand" instead of "my projects are gone". Expanded behavior is unchanged: chevron stays hover/focus-only.

Evidence (CDP-driven dev app, real header clicks)

Reproduced end-to-end before the fix: one synthetic click on the header persisted {"isCollapsed":true} and emptied the section; rail icons unaffected; state survived location.reload(); clicking the header again restored all rows.

Before (collapsed = looks broken)	After (collapsed)	After (expanded, unchanged)

Screenshots captured via Page.captureScreenshot on this branch's dev app (unhovered — the after-collapsed chevron is visible with no mouse over it). bun run lint and apps/desktop typecheck pass.

Note: #6010 attempted the same idea but was closed unmerged; the reporter never got a build with it.

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Summary by cubic

Keep the Projects chevron visible when the section is collapsed in the desktop sidebar, so it’s clear the list is hidden and can be expanded. Fixes #6009 where an accidental header click collapsed Projects and it looked empty across reloads; expanded behavior is unchanged.

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• apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/components/DashboardSidebar/components/DashboardSidebarWorkspacesHeader/DashboardSidebarWorkspacesHeader.tsx

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The workspace header chevron now stays visible when the workspace list is collapsed. When expanded, it appears on hover or keyboard focus and remains rotated to show the expanded state.

Changes

Workspace header interaction

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Chevron state styling apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/components/DashboardSidebar/components/DashboardSidebarWorkspacesHeader/DashboardSidebarWorkspacesHeader.tsx	The chevron is opaque when collapsed. In the expanded state, it is rotated and hidden until hover or keyboard focus.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• superset-sh/superset#5824: Introduced the workspace header chevron behavior refined by this change.
• superset-sh/superset#5887: Modified dashboard sidebar workspace header and item visibility behavior.
• superset-sh/superset#5944: Modified workspace header controls and expanded-state behavior.

Suggested reviewers: avipeltz

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	The change clarifies the collapsed state but does not restore Projects rows in the expanded sidebar as required by issue #6009.	Update the expanded-sidebar rendering path so project rows match the collapsed rail, then verify the list after reload and permission changes.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the chevron visibility fix and follows the repository's conventional commit format.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the cause, fix, testing, screenshots, and validation results, but it omits the repository checklist.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The chevron visibility change is directly related to the Projects sidebar behavior described in issue #6009.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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Greptile Summary

The PR keeps the Projects chevron visible while the desktop sidebar section is collapsed, making the persisted collapsed state visually apparent.

• Applies full opacity to the right-pointing chevron in the collapsed state.
• Preserves the existing rotated, hover/focus-only presentation while expanded.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge, with the narrowly scoped visual-state change matching the intended collapsed and expanded behavior.

The conditional classes preserve the existing chevron rotation and hover/focus visibility when expanded while explicitly showing the right-pointing chevron when collapsed; no blocking failure remains.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/components/DashboardSidebar/components/DashboardSidebarWorkspacesHeader/DashboardSidebarWorkspacesHeader.tsx	Updates mutually exclusive Tailwind classes so the collapsed chevron remains visible without changing expanded-state behavior.

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