# Struggling with Customizing the Sidebar – Need Help

**URL:** <https://community.forestadmin.com/t/struggling-with-customizing-the-sidebar-need-help/7721>\
**Category:** Help me!\
**Created:** [December 19, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/struggling-with-customizing-the-sidebar-need-help/7721 "2024-12-19T06:50:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![vekatip971](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6de8d8/32.png) [@vekatip971](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/vekatip971)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/struggling-with-customizing-the-sidebar-need-help/7721/1 "2024-12-19T06:50:54Z")

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Hey guys…

I am currently working on a project using Forest Admin and I am having trouble customizing the sidebar for better navigation within my admin panel. I have been able to modify some aspects of the UI, but I am looking to make the sidebar a bit more user friendly by adding custom sections and links.

I am trying to create a few custom views that link directly to certain pages or data sets within the admin panel, but I’m not sure how to go about adding these to the sidebar or if it requires additional configurations.

I also check this: [https://community.forestadmin.com/t/asking-help-on-putting-custom-actions-in-forest-administration-into-effect](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/asking-help-on-putting-custom-actions-in-forest-administration-into-effect/7247) But I have not found any solution. Could anyone guide me about this? Has anyone here worked on similar customizations? If so, could you share how you managed to add custom items or re-arrange the sidebar elements? Any documentation or tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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**Author:** ![nbouliol](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/nbouliol/32/5777_2.png) [@nbouliol](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/nbouliol)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/struggling-with-customizing-the-sidebar-need-help/7721/2 "2024-12-23T10:18:50Z")

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Hello @vekatip971

Sorry for the late response

> [@vekatip971](#):
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> but I am looking to make the sidebar a bit more user friendly by adding custom sections and links.

For now the sidebar is not as customizable as you wish, but you can hide collections or regroup them into folders (it’s a new feature we just released)

> [@vekatip971](#):
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> I am trying to create a few custom views that link directly to certain pages or data sets within the admin panel,

For this you can create a workspace and then reorder your sections so the workspace is the entry point of you Forest Admin

On the workspace you can add links to records, here is the [documentation](https://docs.forestadmin.com/user-guide/workspaces/building-a-workspace/workspace-kyc-example#dynamically-link-to-relevant-information)

And [here](https://demo.forestadmin.com/demo-finance/Production/KYC%20team/workspaces/43c33ad0-0121-11ed-9f2e-a5bb3d764bc2?collection1.selectedRecords=%5B%2296%22%5D) you can find an example of workspace with link to records (the link is displayed as “More info -\>” on the right side)

Regards, Nicolas

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**Author:** ![vekatip971](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6de8d8/32.png) [@vekatip971](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/vekatip971)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/struggling-with-customizing-the-sidebar-need-help/7721/3 "2024-12-30T06:19:20Z")

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Thanks for the solution. I check this document: [https://docs.forestadmin.com/user-guide/workspaces/building-a-workspace/workspace-kyc-example#dynamically-link-to-relevant-information](https://docs.forestadmin.com/user-guide/workspaces/building-a-workspace/workspace-kyc-example#dynamically-link-to-relevant-information)