fix(docked nav): persistent inline nav

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Fixes: #12647

Updated Docked Nav link behavior so desktop inline navigation remains expanded after selection, while overlay navigation closes when a link is clicked.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Docked navigation now remains open when selecting an item while dock text is expanded.
  • Mobile navigation selections now correctly reset expanded state and close the navigation overlay.

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Walkthrough

The navigation selection handler now preserves the dock only when text-expanded. Mobile selections with dock expansion continue through the reset logic and close the overlay.

Changes

Docked navigation behavior

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preserve inline dock state packages/react-core/src/demos/examples/Nav/NavDockedNav.tsx	onNavSelect no longer returns early for isDockExpanded. It still preserves the dock when isDockTextExpanded is true, while mobile selections reset the dock expansion state.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 5bf83

Desktop inline navigation remains expanded after selection, while mobile overlay selections still close as intended. No concrete merge-blocking risk remains.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the Docked Nav fix and the persistent inline navigation behavior. It matches the main change in the pull request.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The change satisfies issue #12647. onNavSelect returns when isDockTextExpanded is true, so inline Docked Nav remains open after a navigation or subnavigation selection. When inline text expansion …
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The pull request changes only packages/react-core/src/demos/examples/Nav/NavDockedNav.tsx. The change is limited to Docked Nav selection state handling and directly implements issue #12647. No unrel…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 1…

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/react-core/src/demos/examples/Nav/NavDockedNav.tsx`:
- Around line 117-118: Update the guard in the Nav selection handler to return
early only when isDockTextExpanded, allowing mobile selections controlled by
isDockExpanded to reach setIsDockExpanded(false) and close the overlay.

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