Version 3.6.5 will be out in the next couple of days which will offer a config option to make the left icon bar respond to 'clicks' as opposed to 'mouseover' which should eliminate the 'flickering' and unintended appearance of the left menu bar labels.

I keep checking the availability of new versions almost every day. Today I was still on JEvents 3.6.1 and there was no update notification. The update source is https://www.jevents.net/newupdates/jevents_addon_updates.xml.

I was surprised to find JEvents Version: 3.6.5 Updated on 08 September 2020 on your website. So I installed it manually.

There is now a setting «Left Menu Behaviour in Joomla Administrator» with the options
- Mousover or touch
- Click or touch
- Hide left menu labels

I must admit that none of these options excites me. For me it is a nuisance and a clear deterioration compared to the previous versions. The daily used button «Manage events» is hidden and requiers two mouseclicks whereas the dashboard always pushes itself into the foreground. To be honest: I hardly ever pay attention to these coulourful charts. They don't impress me much and I do not see any benefit.

I don't mind if it stays, but it could be much smaller. Instead, the sidebar could be made permanently visible so that frequently used commands are immediately accessible. At least there should be a fourth option in the "Left Menu Behaviour in Joomla Administrator" settings.

Thank you very much!

Kind regards
Chris

Thanks Chris - I have now been able to figure out why the update wasn't showing from JEvents 3.6.1 and have resolved this on our update server.

I'll try to implement a left menu handler similar to the Joomla 4 left menu in the next release or two with a toggle button to show or hide the left menu options (with a session memory) and also I''ll add add a config option to allow you to use the manage events page as the landing page instead of the dashboard.

In the meantime from the dashboard if you click the 'number of future events' link at the top it takes you straight to the manage events page.

You can also use the Joomla component menu to go straight there rather than via the dashboard

Great - looking forward to it.

Thank you and kind regards
Chris

JEvents 3.6.6 makes me happy. I am loving the new option «Backend Landing Page» = «Manage Events»!