.sidebar-img-logo {
  width: 40px;
  height: auto;
  margin-left: 5px;
  margin-right: 8px;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle;
  filter: drop-shadow(2px 2px 0px #000000);
}

/* side bar menu */
.sidebar-menu-toggle,
.submenu-toggle,
.staff {
  width: 100%;
  padding: 10px;
}

.submenu-toggle.active {
  color: white;
}

.sidebar-img-icon {
  width: 25px;
  height: auto;
  margin-left: 10px;
  margin-right: 15px;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle;
  filter: drop-shadow(1px 1px 0px #000000);
}

/* Highlight icon on hover/active */
.sidebar ul li a:hover .sidebar-img-icon,
.sidebar ul li a.active .sidebar-img-icon {
  filter: brightness(200%) !important;
}

.sidebar {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  position: fixed;
  z-index: 10;
  left: 0;
  top: 25px;
  padding: 65px 0 125px;
  height: 100%;
  width: 320px;
  background: #f8f9f9;
  border-right: 1px solid #ddd;
  text-align: center;
  overflow: auto;
}

.sidebar ul li,
.sidebar ul li a,
ul.submenu li,
ul.submenu li a {
  transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
}

.sidebar ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.sidebar ul li {
  display: block;
}

/* Main menu hover and active: black background, white text */
.sidebar > ul > li:hover > a,
.sidebar > ul > li.active > a,
.sidebar > ul > li > a:hover,
.sidebar > ul > li > a.active {
  background-color: #425b9a !important;
  color: #fff !important;
}

.sidebar ul li a:hover span,
.sidebar ul li a.active span {
  color: #fff !important;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.sidebar ul li a,
ul.submenu li a {
  color: #fff !important;
  display: block;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: relative;
  white-space: nowrap;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-align: left;
  background: none !important;
  font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
}

/* Menu text styling */
.sidebar ul li a span,
.sidebar ul li i {
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 300;
  letter-spacing: 1.5px;
  color: #5c5c5e;
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.sidebar ul li a i {
  color: #aeb2b7;
  padding: 15px 22px;
  text-align: center;
}

/* Active main menu item */
.sidebar ul li a.active {
  background-color: #425b9a !important;
  color: #fff !important;
}

/* Submenu: default state (no highlight unless hovered/active) */
ul.submenu {
  display: none;
  position: relative;
  background: none !important;
  border: none !important;
}

/* Submenu items: only black on hover/active */
/* Sidebar links base style */
.sidebar ul li a,
ul.submenu li a {
  color: #aeb2b7;
  display: block;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: relative;
  white-space: nowrap;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-align: left;
  background: none !important;
}

/* Submenu: default state (no highlight unless hovered/active) */
ul.submenu li a {
  padding-left: 45px;
  background: none !important;
  color: #474848 !important;
  font-weight: 400;
}

ul.submenu li a:hover,
ul.submenu li a.active {
  background-color: #425b9a !important;
  color: #fff !important;
  font-weight: bold;
}

ul.submenu li a:hover span {
  color: #fff !important;
}

/* Parent menu highlight when submenu is hovered */
.sidebar > ul > li.submenu-parent-hover > a .submenu-toggle,
.sidebar > ul > li.submenu-parent-hover > a.submenu-toggle {
  background-color: #425b9a !important;
  color: #fff !important;
}

.sidebar > ul > li.submenu-parent-hover > a span {
  color: #fff !important;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.sidebar > ul > li.submenu-parent-hover > a .sidebar-img-icon {
  filter: brightness(200%) !important;
}

/* Submenu lines (optional, can keep or remove as desired) */
ul.submenu li:before,
ul.submenu li a:before {
  content: none;
  display: none;
}