Is there a Layout Settings in the work for the dashboard page?

Leslie Edmunds

The Details page has a Layout Settings which allows the user to choose between single and double column and the order of the various sections of the Details page.

I would like the same opportunity to establish the order of the various sections of the dashboard page or home when I sign in.

Several section along the right side of the page are more important and helpful to me on a daily basis. I would like to see them at the top for me. I realize that as a center director, my usage priority may be different from other users.

Thank you.

Leslie Edmunds

I would like to convert this question into and idea but I am not aware if this feature is already in development or installed and I have not found it as yet.

Ashlee C.

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Leslie Edmunds

Thanks for the assist in getting this to the proper area. Still waiting for answer to the actual question.

Chas Howell

@Leslie Edmunds, unless I misunderstand you, that feature is already there. Under Tools see "My Layout Settings" then see "Section Order." Drag and Drop to your preference. Sorry, image posting is still not working.

Julia Szent-Györgyi

@Chas Howell, I'm pretty sure you've misunderstood: Leslie observes that profile details pages have this option. What's wanted is a similar tool on the home page.

For me, the left-hand column of the home page currently consists of the mystery "what would you like to share" box, and a bunch of time-stuck "new memory" boxes, all from six years ago. The right-hand column consists of the unlabeled "All Collections" search, then a collapsible "Ideas for Getting Started", then three (of 41) profiles with Record Hints (one "The wife of my 2nd great-granduncle" and two different "My 2nd great-grandaunt"-s), then a collapsible To-Do List, then the top 3 (besides myself) from my Recents list (also collapsible), then collapsible sections for Friends, Family Groups, and FamilySearch Labs.

Like Leslie, I have no use for some of those sections, and would prefer to move them down, or rather, to move the one part I actually use — the quick-access Recents list — up to the top. Alternatively, making all of the sections collapsible could help make the home page easier to use, without perhaps requiring quite as much reprogramming.

Leslie Edmunds

Julia,

Exactly what I was trying to explain. I need that quick access all the time and want it at the top. Due to refresh rates, I often roll past the section I want and then back up until I can find it.

I especially need this because RECENTS doesn't appear in the tool bar. So I have to click into a profile and then jump to RECENTS.

I use this every day at the beginning of every patron consultation so that I can jump to their family tree from the one I was just working on.

Thanks for jumping into the conversation.

Leslie