Snapshot synced v3.6.1 working state as baseline

Machine-sync snapshot: the working tree carried the full 3.0.0-3.6.1 arc
(licensing/FileManager/DatabaseExplorer removal, all new replacement screens
and REST controllers) that had not been committed on this machine. Captured
here as a safety baseline before starting the Adminify-parity revamp.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>

app/src/shell/components/Sidebar.vue

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ const props = defineProps({
     type: String,
     default: '',
   },
+  activeParentFile: {
+    type: String,
+    default: '',
+  },
   logo: {
     type: String,
     default: '',
@@ -60,7 +64,13 @@ const isItemActive = (item) => {
 
 const isSectionActive = (item) => {
   if (isItemActive(item)) return true;
-  return (item.submenu || []).some((sub) => normalize(sub.url) === current.value);
+  if ((item.submenu || []).some((sub) => normalize(sub.url) === current.value)) return true;
+  // Covers native "hidden child" screens WP core itself doesn't list as a
+  // submenu link but still treats as belonging to this section for
+  // highlighting purposes (theme-install.php under Appearance, media-new.php
+  // under Media, user-new.php under Users, ...) — see Shell::print_mount()'s
+  // activeParentFile, sourced from WP core's own $parent_file global.
+  return !!props.activeParentFile && item.id === props.activeParentFile;
 };
 
 // Accordion: only one section's submenu open at a time — the WP-native
@@ -239,9 +249,6 @@ const filteredAuroraNav = computed(() => {
             :class="{ 'sidebar__sublink--active': isAuroraActive(item) }"
           >
             {{ item.title }}
-            <span v-if="item.locked" class="sidebar__pro-badge" title="Pro feature">
-              <span class="dashicons dashicons-lock" />
-            </span>
           </a>
         </li>
       </ul>
@@ -474,18 +481,6 @@ const filteredAuroraNav = computed(() => {
   font-weight: 600;
 }
 
-.sidebar__pro-badge {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  color: var(--aurora-text-muted);
-  flex-shrink: 0;
-}
-.sidebar__pro-badge .dashicons {
-  font-size: 13px;
-  width: 13px;
-  height: 13px;
-}
-
 /* --- Aurora branded nav (right under the native menu's own divider) ---- */
 .sidebar__aurora {
   padding-bottom: 4px;