Sean, Thanks! I was able to get the background color to work correctly by floating the ul left.

Andy, I've created an updated patch that fixes the resizing issue for "Site Content", "Files & Images", "Newsletters", and "Security" (those are the only sections that I have on my install).

During my testing, this new patch worked flawlessly in Firefox 2, IE 6, and IE 7 for each of the sections.

Patch (not indented for clarity of seeing what I changed):
http://www.elijahlofgren.com/silverstripe/patches/sidebar-fix/Fix-sidebar-resizing-problems-non-indented-trunk-r36331.patch
Patch with indentation adjusted:
http://www.elijahlofgren.com/silverstripe/patches/sidebar-fix/Fix-sidebar-resizing-problems-indented-trunk-r36331.patch

Let me know if you find any issues. I'll be busy with my family reunion starting tomorrow so I may not be able to respond until June 5th or 6th. ;)

Thanks,

Elijah

Hi Sean,

> Awesome work Elijah.
Thanks.

> I've already compiled a small list of issues, separate of the Optimal Usability guide that we can probably accomplish. However, that guide in itself does outline a large portion of work to be done.
> I'll be in touch next week,

Great, I look forward to hearing from you.

Until I hear from you, I will begin working on some of the "Critical" issues identified in the Usability report beginning with "#63 'Create new draft' button should be shown when 'Drafts' is clicked":
http://www.elijahlofgren.com/silverstripe/usability-to-do-list/#63

If I get that one done before I hear from you, I may start on "#48 Delete and Move Files buttons need repositioning".

Let me know if I should increase the priority of any of the issues.

I look forward to hearing from you,

Elijah

Ok I've merged this into the main branch. Thanks!