.menu {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: flex-start;
    position: relative;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

.menu li {
    display: flex;
    width: 220px;
    height: 44px;
    padding: 0 3px 0 27px;
    margin: 0;
    align-items: center;
    color: var(--color-text);
    list-style: none;
    position: relative;
    
}

.menu li:hover, .menu li.active {
    background: var(--color-secondary);
    color: var(--color-bg);
    border-top-right-radius: 25px;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 25px;
}

.menu li:hover a, .menu li.active a {
    color: var(--color-bg);
    text-decoration: none;
}

.menu li a {
    text-decoration: none;
    font-family: var(--font-family);
    font-size: 0.9rem;
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 500;
    line-height: normal;
    color: inherit;

    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: left;
    position: absolute;
    
    height: 100%;
    opacity: 1;

    white-space: nowrap;
    overflow: hidden;
    transition: opacity 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

.menuLink {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: space-between;
    width: 100%;
    padding-right: 15px;
    padding-left: 35px;
}

.icon {
    display: flex;
    width: 25px;
    height: 25px;
    padding: 2.292px 2.3px 2.508px 2.292px;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    flex-shrink: 0;
    flex-grow: 0; /* Prevent growth during transitions */
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    transform: translateY(-50%); /* Center vertically */
}

.hassubmenu {
    width: 20px;
    height: 20px;
    opacity: 1;
    margin-left: auto; /* Push to right side, replacing gap spacing */
    transition: opacity 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

.rotated {
    transform: rotate(180deg);
}

.menuText {
    white-space: nowrap;
    overflow: hidden;
    opacity: 1;
    margin-left: 5px; /* Replace gap with margin to prevent layout shifts */
    transition: opacity 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

.minimizedOverlay {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    z-index: 10;
}

/* Minimized Menu Styles */
.menu.minimized li {
    width: 46px;
    padding: 0 3px 0 11px;
    justify-content: flex-start;
    position: relative;
}
.menu.minimized li a{
    opacity: 0;
}




.menu.minimized li:hover,
.menu.minimized li.active {
    border-radius: 15px;
    color: var(--color-bg);
}