Customize the sidebar
About the sidebar
Each icon in the sidebar on the left of the workspace is a box on the page Configuration > Settings > Dashboard. LimeSurvey comes with five boxes: Dashboard, Global settings, Themes, Manage administrators and Plugins. You can add a box for any page of LimeSurvey, change the order of the icons and decide which user group sees each one. A new icon appears in the sidebar as soon as you save it.
Open the sidebar settings
Click Configuration in the top bar.
Under Settings, click Dashboard. The Buttons tab lists the boxes with their position, title, icon, description, URL and user group.
In the picture: 1 Create box, 2 a new icon in the sidebar, here for Label sets, 3 the Settings tab, 4 User group, who sees the icon, 5 the ... menu of a box with Edit and Delete box.
Add an icon
Click Create box (1).
Fill in the form:
- Position: the place in the sidebar. 1 is the top.
- Destination URL: the page the icon opens, as the part of the address after your site name. For
https://example.limesurvey.net/admin/labels/sa/viewenteradmin/labels/sa/view. - Title: the name that appears when you point at the icon.
- Icon: click Select icon and pick one.
- Description: a short note on what the page is for.
- Display this box to: Everybody, Only admin (listed as Superadmin only), Nobody or one of your user groups.
Click Save and close. The icon appears in the sidebar (2).
Tip: Open the page you want in your browser first and copy its address. Everything after your site name is the Destination URL.
Change, hide or remove an icon
Open the ... menu of the box (5):
- Edit opens the same form. Change Position to move the icon, or set Display this box to to Nobody to hide it without deleting it.
- Delete box removes the box after you confirm.
Reset at the top right deletes all current boxes and restores the five default ones, after you confirm. Boxes you added are gone after a reset.
Show the last visited survey
The Settings tab (3) has one option: Show last visited survey and question. It decides whether the workspace shows the link to the survey you opened last.
Next steps
FAQ
Can I show an icon only to some administrators?
Yes. Create a user group with those administrators and choose the group under Display this box to. See Organize administrators in user groups.
Can each administrator arrange their own sidebar?
No. The boxes are the same for the whole site. Display this box to decides who sees each icon.
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