Fix plugin sidebar panel rerender issues#1279
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This PR addresses rerendering issues with plugin sidebar panels by wrapping the plugin menu options mapping in a useMemo hook to memoize the result and prevent unnecessary recreations on every render.
Key changes:
- Wrapped the
pluginMenuOptionscreation withuseMemoto memoize the plugin menu options array - Added
useMemoto the React imports in Sidebar.jsx
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| File | Description |
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| src/components/Menus/Sidebar/Sidebar.jsx | Wrapped plugin menu options mapping in useMemo to prevent unnecessary recreations |
| CHANGELOG.md | Documented the fix for plugin sidebar panel rerendering issue |
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closes https://github.com/RaspberryPiFoundation/digital-editor-issues/issues/970