diff --git a/templates/widgets/asidenav.lucius b/templates/widgets/asidenav.lucius
index 1f7e26ba5..62c2d3f0c 100644
--- a/templates/widgets/asidenav.lucius
+++ b/templates/widgets/asidenav.lucius
@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@
   .asidenav__link-wrapper {
     .asidenav__link-shorthand {
       display: flex;
+      position: static;
+      background-color: var(--darkbase);
+      color: var(--whitebase);
+      height: 50px;
+      width: 50px;
+      text-align: center;
+      opacity: 1;
+      font-size: 16px;
+      line-height: 1em;
+      margin-right: 13px;
+      flex-shrink: 0;
+      outline: 1px solid white;
+      text-transform: uppercase;
+      word-break: break-all;
+      align-items: center;
+      justify-content: center;
     }
     .asidenav__link-label {
       padding-left: 0;
@@ -76,7 +92,9 @@
   color: var(--fontbase);
   transform: translateX(0);
   opacity: 0;
-  transition: all .2s ease;
+  transition: all .2s ease-out;
+  width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
   z-index: -1;
 
   .asidenav__list-item {
@@ -115,6 +133,7 @@
     .asidenav__nested-list {
       transform: translateX(100%);
       opacity: 1;
+      width: 200px;
     }
 
     .asidenav__link-wrapper,
@@ -123,8 +142,8 @@
     }
 
     .asidenav__link-shorthand {
-      background-color: var(--whitebase);
-      color: var(--darkbase);
+      transform: scale(1.05, 1.0);
+      transform-origin: right;
     }
   }
 }
@@ -152,19 +171,16 @@
   }
 
   .asidenav__link-shorthand {
-    background-color: var(--darkbase);
-    color: var(--whitebase);
-    height: 50px;
-    width: 50px;
-    display: none;
-    text-align: center;
-    margin-right: 13px;
-    flex-shrink: 0;
-    outline: 1px solid white;
+    display: block;
+    position: absolute;
+    color: var(--greybase);
+    line-height: 50px;
+    opacity: 0.3;
+    right: 10px;
+    top: 0;
+    font-size: 40px;
     text-transform: uppercase;
-    word-break: break-all;
-    align-items: center;
-    justify-content: center;
+    transition: transform .2s ease;
   }
 
   .asidenav__link-label {