More things

frontend/app/assets/css/_layout.scss

@@ -183,6 +183,15 @@
       min-height: 39px; // 8+8 padding + 14.4px x 1.6 label line
     }
 
+    // the waiting count is not carried off with the labels: pinned to the
+    // icon's corner, it stays a dot on the rail
+    .sidebar-requests .requests-count {
+      position: absolute;
+      top: 2px;
+      right: 2px;
+      margin-left: 0;
+    }
+
     .sidebar-nav .btn {
       min-height: 35px; // 7+7 padding + 13.12px x 1.6 label line
     }
@@ -211,13 +220,14 @@
   html.sidebar-collapsed .hide-collapsed { display: none; transition: none; }
 }
 
-// ---------- "Open" articles: the count beside the button that shows them ----------
+// ---------- Sidebar tallies: articles open, requests waiting ----------
 .sidebar-open.is-current {
   color: var(--accent);
   background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 9%, transparent);
 }
 
-.tabs-count {
+.tabs-count,
+.requests-count {
   margin-left: auto;
   min-width: 18px;
   height: 18px;
@@ -232,6 +242,10 @@
   font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
 }
 
+// the waiting pile is the very reason to open the desk, so its number stays
+// on the collapsed rail — the link is the frame it rides the corner of
+.sidebar-requests { position: relative; }
+
 .logo {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;