Sidenav immediately closes upon any click - user unable to interact

[mike1o1]

If a user opens the {{paper-sidenav component and performs any kind of click then it immediately gets closed, even if that click is on a non-link, such a toggle for a second level menu item. It appears that there is a click action handler that toggles the menu closed.

I don't think this is ideal, but I can see how it's needed to close the menu on route change. One option is to require the user to handle the didTransition event in their application route, to toggle the sidebarVisible property of the sidebar element to false.

This can be made a non-breaking, opt-in change by adding a new closeOnClick property with a default value of true. If this isn't set, then don't close on click. This way users can opt-in by explicitly setting this property to false.

[knownasilya]

I totally need this. I put forms in my sidebar, and if the sidebar is in collapse mode it always closes when the user interacts with the form.