Update the default layout style of your SaaS

By default, Makerkit uses the sidebar layout style for both the user and the team workspaces.

You can change the layout style by setting the NEXT_PUBLIC_USER_NAVIGATION_STYLE and NEXT_PUBLIC_TEAM_NAVIGATION_STYLE environment variables. The default style is sidebar.

To set the layout style to header, update the environment variables:

NEXT_PUBLIC_TEAM_NAVIGATION_STYLE=header
NEXT_PUBLIC_USER_NAVIGATION_STYLE=header

Sidebar Layout

The default layout style is sidebar:

You can customize the sidebar layout to set it as expanded or collapsed. By default, it is always set to expanded.

NEXT_PUBLIC_HOME_SIDEBAR_COLLAPSED=true
NEXT_PUBLIC_TEAM_SIDEBAR_COLLAPSED=true

You can decide the configuration granularly for the each workspace.

Auto-expanding the Sidbar on Hover

You can set the sidebar to auto-expand on hover by setting the following environment variable:

NEXT_PUBLIC_EXPAND_SIDEBAR_ON_HOVER=true

This is a commonly used pattern in many SaaS apps - such as Supabase, or OpenAI.

Header Layout

And here is header layout: