palantir/blueprint

Feature Request: Vertical orientation for Navbar

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#277 opened on Nov 30, 2016

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Description

Been playing around with this lovely toolkit. Very impressed.

One thing that I'd like to see in blueprint is for the Navbar component to support vertical orientation.

The main motivation is to be able to build a UI similar to Visual Studio Code, of which one of its primary UI elements is effectively a vertically-oriented navbar.

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Tech stack
typescriptreact
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of ReactFamiliarity with Blueprint component API
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
The issue requests a vertical orientation for the Navbar component. First, locate the Navbar component source in the Blueprint repository, likely in packages/core/src/components/navbar/. Review existing Navbar props and styles. Consider adding an orientation prop (e.g., 'vertical' or 'horizontal') and implementing the necessary CSS changes to support vertical layout. Test with existing Navbar usage patterns. No comments or maintainer guidance provided, so the implementation is open to interpretation.