Modified - [footer] [sticky-ui] Added a top lip show/hide toggle for the persistent footer.

- 1 - I updated `templates/base/footer_content.tmpl`, `web_src/css/home.css`, and `web_src/js/features/common-page.ts` so pages with the persistent footer preference now render a top-edge toggle lip on desktop, remember the collapsed state in local user settings under `persistent-footer-collapsed`, measure the live footer height for smooth hide/show motion, and keep only the lip visible when the footer is collapsed.
- 2 - I added the new footer show/hide labels to `options/locale/locale_en-US.json` and `options/locale/locale_ro-RO.json`.

.codex-history.md

@@ -814,3 +814,7 @@ History search guidance:
 
 163 - [2026-05-20 00:37:42] - v1.27.0-dev-174-gef319c5c07 - Type: Modified - [navbar] [sticky-ui] Refined the persistent navbar toggle lip to be shorter and vertically center the arrow icon.
 - 1 - I updated `web_src/css/modules/navbar.css` so the bottom-right persistent-navbar toggle tab now uses a slimmer 8px lip, sits 8px below the navbar edge, and centers a smaller chevron within the lip instead of bottom-aligning it.
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+164 - [2026-05-20 00:48:53] - v1.27.0-dev-175-g78f429361d - Type: Modified - [footer] [sticky-ui] Added a top lip show/hide toggle for the persistent footer.
+- 1 - I updated `templates/base/footer_content.tmpl`, `web_src/css/home.css`, and `web_src/js/features/common-page.ts` so pages with the persistent footer preference now render a top-edge toggle lip on desktop, remember the collapsed state in local user settings under `persistent-footer-collapsed`, measure the live footer height for smooth hide/show motion, and keep only the lip visible when the footer is collapsed.
+- 2 - I added the new footer show/hide labels to `options/locale/locale_en-US.json` and `options/locale/locale_ro-RO.json`.

options/locale/locale_en-US.json

@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@
   "aria.navbar": "Navigation Bar",
   "navbar.show": "Show navigation bar",
   "navbar.hide": "Hide navigation bar",
+  "footer.show": "Show footer",
+  "footer.hide": "Hide footer",
   "aria.footer": "Footer",
   "aria.footer.software": "About Software",
   "aria.footer.links": "Links",

options/locale/locale_ro-RO.json

@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@
   "aria.navbar": "Bara de navigare",
   "navbar.show": "Arată bara de navigare",
   "navbar.hide": "Ascunde bara de navigare",
+  "footer.show": "Arată footer-ul",
+  "footer.hide": "Ascunde footer-ul",
   "aria.footer": "Subsol",
   "aria.footer.software": "Despre software",
   "aria.footer.links": "Link-uri",

templates/base/footer_content.tmpl

@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
 <footer class="page-footer{{if .PageIsInstall}} page-footer-install{{end}}" role="group" aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "aria.footer"}}">
+	{{if .ShowPersistentFooter}}
+		<button
+			type="button"
+			id="persistent-footer-visibility-toggle"
+			data-show-text="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "footer.show"}}"
+			data-hide-text="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "footer.hide"}}"
+			data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "footer.hide"}}"
+			data-tooltip-placement="top"
+			aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "footer.hide"}}"
+			aria-pressed="false"
+		>
+			{{svg "octicon-chevron-up" 16 "persistent-footer-visibility-icon persistent-footer-visibility-icon-show tw-hidden"}}
+			{{svg "octicon-chevron-down" 16 "persistent-footer-visibility-icon persistent-footer-visibility-icon-hide"}}
+		</button>
+	{{end}}
 	<div class="left-links" role="contentinfo" aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "aria.footer.software"}}">
 		{{if ShowFooterPoweredBy}}
 			<a target="_blank" href="https://about.gitea.com">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "powered_by" "Gitea"}}</a>

web_src/css/home.css

@@ -44,11 +44,14 @@
 }
 
 .page-footer {
+  --persistent-footer-lip-height: 8px;
   display: flex;
+  position: relative;
   justify-content: space-between;
   background-color: var(--color-footer);
   border-top: 1px solid var(--color-secondary);
   padding: 8px 20px;
+  transition: transform 0.2s ease, margin-top 0.2s ease;
 }
 
 body.show-persistent-footer .page-footer {
@@ -56,6 +59,10 @@ body.show-persistent-footer .page-footer {
   flex-shrink: 0;
 }
 
+#persistent-footer-visibility-toggle {
+  display: none;
+}
+
 .page-footer .left-links {
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
@@ -109,3 +116,39 @@ Then the inner one needs to get padding and parent "item" padding needs to be re
     gap: 0.5em;
   }
 }
+
+@media (min-width: 768px) {
+  body.show-persistent-footer.persistent-footer-collapsed .page-footer {
+    transform: translateY(var(--persistent-footer-height, 0px));
+    margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--persistent-footer-height, 0px));
+  }
+
+  body.show-persistent-footer #persistent-footer-visibility-toggle {
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 24px;
+    top: calc(-1 * var(--persistent-footer-lip-height));
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    width: 50px;
+    height: var(--persistent-footer-lip-height);
+    padding: 0;
+    color: var(--color-nav-text);
+    background: var(--color-footer);
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-secondary);
+    border-bottom: none;
+    border-radius: 10px 10px 0 0;
+    box-shadow: 0 -2px 6px var(--color-shadow);
+    cursor: pointer;
+    z-index: 2;
+  }
+
+  body.show-persistent-footer #persistent-footer-visibility-toggle:hover {
+    background: var(--color-nav-hover-bg);
+  }
+
+  body.show-persistent-footer #persistent-footer-visibility-toggle .svg {
+    width: 9px;
+    height: 9px;
+  }
+}

web_src/css/repo.css

@@ -836,11 +836,12 @@ td .commit-summary {
   justify-content: space-between;
   align-items: center;
   position: sticky;
-  top: var(--persistent-navbar-offset, 0px);
+  /* top: var(--persistent-navbar-offset, 0px); */
+  top: calc(var(--persistent-navbar-offset, 0px) + 1px);
   z-index: 8;
   padding: 7px 5px;
   margin: 0 -5px; /* negative margin so it covers active file shadow */
-  height: 44px; /* this height should match sticky-2nd-row */
+  height: 55px; /* this height should match sticky-2nd-row */
   background: var(--color-body);
 }
 

web_src/js/features/common-page.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {initCompSearchRepoBox} from './comp/SearchRepoBox.ts';
 
 const {appUrl, appSubUrl} = window.config;
 const persistentNavbarCollapsedKey = 'persistent-navbar-collapsed';
+const persistentFooterCollapsedKey = 'persistent-footer-collapsed';
 
 function initHeadNavbarContentToggle() {
   const navbar = document.querySelector('#navbar');
@@ -51,6 +52,49 @@ function initPersistentNavbarVisibilityToggle() {
   });
 }
 
+function updatePersistentFooterHeight() {
+  if (!document.body.classList.contains('show-persistent-footer')) return;
+  const footer = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.page-footer');
+  if (!footer) return;
+  document.body.style.setProperty('--persistent-footer-height', `${footer.offsetHeight}px`);
+}
+
+function setPersistentFooterCollapsedState(collapsed: boolean) {
+  document.body.classList.toggle('persistent-footer-collapsed', collapsed);
+  updatePersistentFooterHeight();
+
+  const btn = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('#persistent-footer-visibility-toggle');
+  if (!btn) return;
+
+  const text = btn.getAttribute(collapsed ? 'data-show-text' : 'data-hide-text') ?? '';
+  btn.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(collapsed));
+  btn.setAttribute('aria-label', text);
+  btn.setAttribute('data-tooltip-content', text);
+  btn.querySelector('.persistent-footer-visibility-icon-show')?.classList.toggle('tw-hidden', !collapsed);
+  btn.querySelector('.persistent-footer-visibility-icon-hide')?.classList.toggle('tw-hidden', collapsed);
+}
+
+function initPersistentFooterVisibilityToggle() {
+  if (!document.body.classList.contains('show-persistent-footer')) return;
+
+  const btn = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('#persistent-footer-visibility-toggle');
+  const footer = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.page-footer');
+  if (!btn || !footer) return;
+
+  const syncFooterHeight = () => updatePersistentFooterHeight();
+  syncFooterHeight();
+  setPersistentFooterCollapsedState(localUserSettings.getBoolean(persistentFooterCollapsedKey, false));
+
+  btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
+    const collapsed = !document.body.classList.contains('persistent-footer-collapsed');
+    localUserSettings.setBoolean(persistentFooterCollapsedKey, collapsed);
+    setPersistentFooterCollapsedState(collapsed);
+  });
+
+  window.addEventListener('resize', syncFooterHeight);
+  new ResizeObserver(syncFooterHeight).observe(footer);
+}
+
 function initFooterLanguageMenu() {
   document.querySelector('.ui.dropdown .menu.language-menu')?.addEventListener('click', async (e) => {
     const item = (e.target as HTMLElement).closest('.item');
@@ -144,6 +188,7 @@ export function initStickySideMenuIndicators(root: ParentNode = document) {
 export function initCommmPageComponents() {
   initHeadNavbarContentToggle();
   initPersistentNavbarVisibilityToggle();
+  initPersistentFooterVisibilityToggle();
   initFooterLanguageMenu();
   initFooterThemeSelector();
   initStickySideMenuIndicators();