web/src/lib/components/layout/LeftSidebar.svelte

@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
 		listDuplicateGroups,
 		type DuplicateGroup
 	} from '$lib/services/adapters/duplicates';
+	import {
+		listReviewGroups,
+		type CauseKey,
+		type ReviewGroup
+	} from '$lib/services/adapters/review';
 	import {
 		filters,
 		setFolderPath,
@@ -131,13 +136,13 @@
 	// One query per badge. Admins with no BasePath skip these
 	// (enabled:false via `wantScoped`) and the configQuery numbers are
 	// used directly — same chrome as before that fix, no extra
-	// round-trips.
-	const reviewCountQuery = scopedCountQuery('review', 'review:true');
+	// round-trips. Review has no aggregate badge (it's a pure toggle in
+	// the sidebar now, like Tags), so it doesn't appear here.
 	const hiddenCountQuery = scopedCountQuery('hidden', 'hidden:true');
 	const archivedCountQuery = scopedCountQuery('archived', 'archived:true');
 
 	function bucketCount(
-		key: 'review' | 'hidden' | 'archived',
+		key: 'hidden' | 'archived',
 		query: { data: number | undefined; isPending: boolean }
 	): number | undefined {
 		if (wantScoped) {
@@ -227,10 +232,9 @@
 			: (scopedRootCountQuery.data?.[''] ?? 0)
 	);
 
-	// Review / Hidden / Archive nav entries use these derived values
-	// rather than peeking at configQuery directly so the scoped path
-	// is invisible to the manageViews[] declarations.
-	const reviewBadge = $derived(bucketCount('review', reviewCountQuery));
+	// Hidden / Archive nav entries use these derived values rather than
+	// peeking at configQuery directly so the scoped path is invisible to
+	// the manageViews[] declarations.
 	const hiddenBadge = $derived(bucketCount('hidden', hiddenCountQuery));
 	const archivedBadge = $derived(bucketCount('archived', archivedCountQuery));
 
@@ -316,6 +320,51 @@
 		if (browser) localStorage.setItem(TAGS_OPEN_KEY, tagsExpanded ? '1' : '0');
 	}
 
+	// Review-submenu collapse state. Mirrors `tagsExpanded` so the Review
+	// row in Manage can expose the same set of tabs the /review page shows
+	// (cause groups + duplicates panels). Defaults to collapsed.
+	const REVIEW_OPEN_KEY = 'mule_review_expanded';
+	let reviewExpanded = $state(loadReviewExpanded());
+	function loadReviewExpanded(): boolean {
+		if (!browser) return false;
+		return localStorage.getItem(REVIEW_OPEN_KEY) === '1';
+	}
+	function toggleReview() {
+		reviewExpanded = !reviewExpanded;
+		if (browser) localStorage.setItem(REVIEW_OPEN_KEY, reviewExpanded ? '1' : '0');
+	}
+
+	// Cause-tab list is dynamic (only buckets with hits show up on /review),
+	// so the sidebar mirrors that by reusing the same query. Gated on
+	// `reviewExpanded` to avoid paying the /photos round-trip for users who
+	// never expand the section; the queryKey is shared with the /review page
+	// so visiting that route warms the cache for free.
+	const reviewGroupsQuery = createQuery<ReviewGroup[]>(() => ({
+		queryKey: ['review-groups'],
+		queryFn: listReviewGroups,
+		enabled: isAuthenticated() && reviewExpanded,
+		staleTime: 30_000
+	}));
+
+	type ReviewTabId = CauseKey | 'stacks' | 'cross-folder';
+	// Stacks + Cross-folder are always present on the /review tab strip
+	// regardless of count (cross-folder's scan is lazy from its own panel),
+	// so they tail every cause-tab list the sidebar renders.
+	const reviewTabs = $derived<{ id: ReviewTabId; label: string }[]>([
+		...(reviewGroupsQuery.data ?? []).map((g) => ({
+			id: g.cause as ReviewTabId,
+			label: g.meta.title
+		})),
+		{ id: 'stacks', label: 'Stacks' },
+		{ id: 'cross-folder', label: 'Cross-folder' }
+	]);
+
+	const reviewActive = $derived(page.url.pathname === '/review');
+	function isReviewTabActive(id: ReviewTabId): boolean {
+		if (!reviewActive) return false;
+		return page.url.searchParams.get('tab') === id;
+	}
+
 	const TAG_CATEGORY_LABELS: Record<TagCategory, string> = {
 		labels: 'Labels',
 		keywords: 'Keywords',
@@ -491,19 +540,11 @@
 		// section/route ViewItem shape.
 	];
 
+	// Review is rendered separately below as a pure expandable toggle
+	// (mirroring Tags — no /review landing entry from the sidebar,
+	// navigation only via subitems). This list carries the flat Manage
+	// entries that follow it.
 	const manageViews: ViewItem[] = [
-		{
-			kind: 'route',
-			href: '/review',
-			label: 'Review',
-			getCount: () => {
-				if (reviewBadge === undefined) return undefined;
-				// The two duplicates queries are library-wide; only admins
-				// without a BasePath roll them into the Review badge.
-				if (wantScoped) return reviewBadge;
-				return reviewBadge + (stacksQuery.data?.length ?? 0) + (crossFolderQuery.data?.groups.length ?? 0);
-			}
-		},
 		{ kind: 'section', id: 'hidden', label: 'Hidden', getCount: () => hiddenBadge },
 		{ kind: 'section', id: 'archive', label: 'Archive', getCount: () => archivedBadge }
 	];
@@ -848,6 +889,44 @@
 				Manage
 			</span>
 		</div>
+		<!--
+			Review expandable. Mirrors the Tags affordance — pure toggle
+			with no landing page; the only way into a tab is to expand and
+			pick a subitem. Cause buckets are dynamic (only buckets with
+			hits show up); Stacks/Cross-folder are always present.
+		-->
+		<button
+			type="button"
+			class="group flex h-[22px] w-full items-center rounded pr-2 text-left text-[12px] leading-tight hover:bg-accent"
+			style="padding-left: 4px;"
+			onclick={toggleReview}
+			title={reviewExpanded ? 'Collapse review' : 'Expand review'}
+			aria-expanded={reviewExpanded}
+		>
+			<span
+				class="flex h-[18px] w-4 items-center justify-center text-[10px] text-muted-foreground"
+			>
+				{reviewExpanded ? '▾' : '▸'}
+			</span>
+			<span class="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center pl-1">
+				<span class="truncate">Review</span>
+			</span>
+		</button>
+		{#if reviewExpanded}
+			{#each reviewTabs as t (t.id)}
+				{@const active = isReviewTabActive(t.id)}
+				<a
+					href={`/review?tab=${t.id}`}
+					class="flex h-[22px] items-center rounded pr-2 text-[12px] leading-tight hover:bg-accent"
+					class:bg-primary={active}
+					class:text-primary-foreground={active}
+					class:hover:bg-primary={active}
+					style="padding-left: 36px;"
+				>
+					<span class="truncate">{t.label}</span>
+				</a>
+			{/each}
+		{/if}
 		{#each manageViews as v (v.kind === 'section' ? `s:${v.id}` : `r:${v.href}`)}
 			{@render viewRow(v)}
 		{/each}

web/src/routes/review/+page.svelte

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 	approve). The previous section is restored on unmount.
 -->
 <script lang="ts">
-	import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
 	import { page } from '$app/state';
 	import { createQuery } from '@tanstack/svelte-query';
 	import {
@@ -138,49 +137,18 @@
 	});
 
 	const activeGroup = $derived(groups.find((g) => g.cause === activeTab));
-
-	function setTab(id: Tab) {
-		const params = new URLSearchParams();
-		// First cause tab (if any) is the default — same convention as
-		// the old /review behaviour, so back-from-cross-folder lands on
-		// the user's review queue rather than the empty Stacks panel.
-		const defaultId = tabs[0]?.id;
-		if (defaultId !== undefined && id !== defaultId) params.set('tab', id);
-		void goto(`/review${params.size ? '?' + params : ''}`, {
-			keepFocus: true,
-			noScroll: true
-		});
-	}
+	const activeTabSpec = $derived(tabs.find((t) => t.id === activeTab));
 </script>
 
 <Toolbar>
 	<span class="rounded-md border border-border px-2 py-0.5 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
 		Review
 	</span>
-	{#if tabs.length > 0}
-		<div class="flex items-center gap-1">
-			{#each tabs as t (t.id)}
-				<button
-					type="button"
-					class="inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded border px-2 py-0.5 text-[11px] {activeTab === t.id
-						? 'border-primary/40 bg-primary/10 text-primary'
-						: 'border-border text-muted-foreground hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground'}"
-					onclick={() => setTab(t.id)}
-				>
-					<span>{t.label}</span>
-					{#if t.count !== undefined}
-						<span
-							class="flex h-4 min-w-4.5 items-center justify-center rounded px-1 text-[10px] tabular-nums {activeTab ===
-							t.id
-								? 'bg-primary/15 text-primary'
-								: 'bg-secondary text-muted-foreground'}"
-						>
-							{t.count}
-						</span>
-					{/if}
-				</button>
-			{/each}
-		</div>
+	{#if activeTabSpec}
+		<span class="text-[11px] font-medium">{activeTabSpec.label}</span>
+		{#if activeTabSpec.count !== undefined}
+			<span class="text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">{activeTabSpec.count}</span>
+		{/if}
 	{/if}
 	{#snippet trailing()}
 		<div