Review navigation and menus around the journey they need to support

Choose a destination and a starting point

Navigation feedback becomes actionable when it identifies where a person begins and what they are trying to reach. Pick a task such as opening billing settings from the workspace menu, then follow the actual path. A general statement that the menu feels crowded leaves the team to invent the problem. State whether the concern is finding an item, understanding its label, recognizing the current location, or reaching the correct destination.

Capture the menu states that explain the concern

Use a screenshot when the issue is a visible selected state or clipped label. Use a browser recording when opening, closing, returning, or moving between menu levels matters. Bring the supported media into Retick and note the account role, environment, and relevant viewport in your review context. Use test accounts and avoid exposing private workspace names. A menu can differ by role, so do not present one captured configuration as the experience of every user.

Inspect the proposed finding against the journey

Review extracted issues with the actual sequence and intended information architecture in mind. A hidden destination may be a permissions decision rather than a UI defect. An item that opens an unexpected page needs direct confirmation of the intended route. Keep label ambiguity separate from a broken destination when they need different owners. Ask the responsible product or design owner to approve the expected path before turning a preference about menu organization into implementation work.

Example issue and acceptance criteria

A specific issue could be Billing menu item remains selected after returning to overview. Show the initial destination, the return action, and the resulting navigation state. Acceptance criteria might require the selected indicator to match the active destination and the menu labels to remain readable at the reported viewport. Check that expectation against the approved navigation model. Review the task and export selected work to Trello, then let the team handle dependencies and ownership through its normal planning process.

Test interaction claims directly

After the change, repeat the journey on the intended build and inspect the relevant open, closed, and selected states. Test keyboard navigation, focus behavior, and assistive technology output directly when those are in scope; a screenshot cannot prove them. Check other roles and browsers with your own testing process where required. Retick helps explain observed navigation concerns from captured media, but it does not execute a cross-browser navigation suite or automatically certify menu accessibility or route correctness across the entire application.