When a sidebar contains many items, grouping is necessary to help users find them faster. However, most designers don’t group their sidebar items and force users to scan an entire list. This results in slow navigation times and poor findability.
Grouping improves findability by enabling users to spot a group and scan the items in a defined category instead of the entire list. To determine your categories, you must look for relationships between your items.
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