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In Pensiv the sidebar is not just a menu.
It’s a structure map of the current project. The left sidebar usually includes layers like:
  • Project
  • Characters
  • Plot
  • Documents
  • Notes
  • Tasks
These are not feature buttons;
they’re structural layers of the project.

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What does the sidebar show?

The sidebar shows two things at once:
  1. The structure you’re in right now
  2. The project’s hierarchy
For example:
  • Organize the Character section
    → the Character area in the sidebar becomes clearer.
  • Reorder Plot folders
    → the flow of the structure becomes clearer.
So folder structure
is reflected directly in the sidebar.

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How do folders and the sidebar connect?

In Pensiv, a folder is not just storage.
It’s a structural unit that decides how to group files. That structure appears in the sidebar as a hierarchy.
  • When you organize folders,
  • the sidebar hierarchy becomes clearer
  • and how you move through the app becomes simpler.
If the structure is messy,
the sidebar looks messy. If the structure is tidy,
the sidebar looks tidy too.

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Why does this matter?

In Pensiv, thinking happens through movement. Writing in a document → move to Plot
Checking the plot → move to Characters
Editing a character → back to the document All of that movement happens through the sidebar. So the sidebar is not just UI;
it’s your workflow made visible.

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Summary

  • The sidebar is the project’s structure map.
  • Folder structure is reflected in the sidebar.
  • When structure is clear, how you move is simpler.
The sidebar is
not just a menu;
it’s the reference for where your thinking is right now.