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Navigation pattern for multi-section pages (reviews, recaps, dashboards). Provides a sticky sidebar TOC on desktop and a sticky horizontal scrollable bar on mobile.

Layout Structure

The page uses a two-column CSS Grid: sidebar (TOC) + main content. On mobile it collapses to single-column with the TOC becoming a horizontal bar.

<body>
<div class="wrap">

  <nav class="toc" id="toc">
    <div class="toc-title">Contents</div>
    <a href="#s1">1. First Section</a>
    <a href="#s2">2. Second Section</a>
    <!-- one link per section -->
  </nav>

  <div class="main">
    <h1>Page Title</h1>
    <p class="subtitle">Subtitle text</p>

    <div id="s1" class="sec-head ...">1 — First Section</div>
    <!-- section content -->

    <div id="s2" class="sec-head ...">2 — Second Section</div>
    <!-- section content -->
  </div><!-- /main -->

</div><!-- /wrap -->
</body>

Key structural rules:

<nav class="toc"> is the first child of .wrap
All page content goes inside <div class="main">
Every section heading gets an id="s1", id="s2", etc.
TOC links use href="#s1" matching those IDs
Keep TOC link text short (truncate long section names)

CSS

Wrap (grid layout)

.wrap {
  max-width: 1400px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 170px 1fr;
  gap: 0 40px;
}
.main { min-width: 0; }

TOC — Desktop (sticky sidebar)

.toc {
  position: sticky;
  top: 24px;
  align-self: start;
  padding: 14px 0;
  grid-row: 1 / -1;
  max-height: calc(100dvh - 48px);
  overflow-y: auto;
}
.toc::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 3px; }
.toc::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { background: var(--surface-elevated); border-radius: 2px; }

.toc-title {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 9px;
  font-weight: 700;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 2px;
  color: var(--text-dim);
  padding: 0 0 10px;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
}

.toc a {
  display: block;
  font-size: 11px;
  color: var(--text-dim);
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 4px 8px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  border-left: 2px solid transparent;
  transition: all 0.15s;
  line-height: 1.4;
  margin-bottom: 1px;
}
.toc a:hover { color: var(--text); background: var(--surface2); }
.toc a.active { color: var(--text); border-left-color: var(--accent); }

Replace var(--accent) with your page's primary accent color variable (e.g., var(--orange), var(--blue)).

TOC — Mobile (sticky horizontal bar)

@media (max-width: 1000px) {
  .wrap { grid-template-columns: 1fr; padding-top: 0; }
  body { padding-top: 0; }

  .toc {
    position: sticky;
    top: 0;
    z-index: 200;
    max-height: none;
    display: flex;
    gap: 4px;
    align-items: center;
    overflow-x: auto;
    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
    background: var(--bg);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
    padding: 10px 0;
    margin: 0 -40px;
    padding-left: 40px;
    padding-right: 40px;
    grid-row: auto;
  }
  .toc::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
  .toc-title { display: none; }

  .toc a {
    white-space: nowrap;
    flex-shrink: 0;
    border-left: none;
    border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;
    border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
    padding: 6px 10px;
    font-size: 10px;
  }
  .toc a.active {
    border-left: none;
    border-bottom-color: var(--accent);
    background: var(--surface);
  }

  .main { padding-top: 20px; }

  /* Offset scroll target so headings clear the sticky bar */
  .sec-head { scroll-margin-top: 52px; }
}

Adjust margin: 0 -40px and padding-left/right: 40px to match your body padding so the bar bleeds edge-to-edge.

JavaScript — Scroll Spy

Place before </body>, after any Mermaid init:

<script>
(function() {
  const toc = document.getElementById('toc');
  const links = toc.querySelectorAll('a');
  const sections = [];

  links.forEach(link => {
    const id = link.getAttribute('href').slice(1);
    const el = document.getElementById(id);
    if (el) sections.push({ id, el, link });
  });

  const observer = new IntersectionObserver(entries => {
    entries.forEach(entry => {
      if (entry.isIntersecting) {
        links.forEach(l => l.classList.remove('active'));
        const match = sections.find(s => s.el === entry.target);
        if (match) {
          match.link.classList.add('active');
          // On mobile, auto-scroll the active tab into view
          if (window.innerWidth <= 1000) {
            match.link.scrollIntoView({
              behavior: 'smooth', block: 'nearest', inline: 'center'
            });
          }
        }
      }
    });
  }, { rootMargin: '-10% 0px -80% 0px' });

  sections.forEach(s => observer.observe(s.el));

  links.forEach(link => {
    link.addEventListener('click', e => {
      e.preventDefault();
      const id = link.getAttribute('href').slice(1);
      const el = document.getElementById(id);
      if (el) {
        el.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'start' });
        history.replaceState(null, '', '#' + id);
      }
    });
  });
})();
</script>

Adaptation Notes

The .toc-title text, link labels, accent color, and section IDs change per page. Everything else is copy-paste.
For pages with fewer than 4 sections, skip the TOC entirely — it adds clutter without value.
The grid-template-columns: 170px 1fr width works for most TOCs. If section names are longer, go up to 200px.
The rootMargin: '-10% 0px -80% 0px' means a section is "active" when its heading enters the top 10-20% of the viewport. This works well with sticky headers.
On mobile, the horizontal bar uses overflow-x: auto with hidden scrollbar. The active tab auto-scrolls into the center of the bar as the user scrolls the page.

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Responsive Section Navigation