What is the new navigation in Jira?
The new navigation is centered around customization capabilities and ease-of-use improvements. With a design familiar to anyone who uses software apps, we’re creating a new navigation that’ll eventually fit all Atlassian apps.
See your brand or product, and switch Atlassian sites or apps
Access essentials like For you, Recent, Starred, and Apps
Browse available Projects and expand to navigate within them
View other navigation items like Dashboards
Go to Assets and Goals
Find More navigation items and Customize sidebar
Search across all products on your site, and Create issues and requests
Use AI Chat and find utility items like Notifications, Settings (), and Account
Key features
Navigation starts from the sidebar
Work across multiple projects and boards straight from the sidebar.
For you: A personalized hub with your recent projects, items you’ve worked on, content you’ve viewed, work you’re assigned to, starred items, and more.
Recent: Projects, issues, boards, filters, and dashboards you’ve visited, edited, or created.
Starred: Essential items you’ve marked with a star.
Customize your sidebar
Show, reorder, and hide navigation items by going to More (), then Customize sidebar.
Show items: To add an item to your sidebar, check its checkbox.
Reorder items: To rearrange the order of items in your sidebar, drag them to your preferred positions.
Hide items: To remove items from your sidebar, uncheck its checkbox.
Use (up and down arrow keys) from your keyboard to reorder items in your sidebar.
Show or hide the sidebar
If the sidebar takes up too much space, you can either resize or collapse it. You’ll always be able to expand the sidebar when you need to navigate again.
Tip: Press [ to expand or collapse the sidebar.
Horizontal project navigation
Project admins can reorder and remove project tabs. By personalizing the project tabs to your project’s needs, your team will be able to more seamlessly switch between views.
Project settings
As a project admin, here’s where you can find project settings:
In company-managed and team-managed projects: Next to the name of your project in the sidebar, select More actions (•••), then Project settings.
Only in team-managed projects: Next to your project’s name in the header, select More actions (•••), then Project settings.
Quick access to filters and dashboards
Easily access filters and dashboards from anywhere in Jira.
Starred filters and dashboards: Mark your frequently used filters and dashboards with a star to bring them to the top.
Recent filters and dashboards: When you visit, edit, or create filters and dashboards they’ll show up under Recent.
Apps
Access Apps from the sidebar. Admins can select More actions () next to Apps to find and manage apps.
Frequently asked questions
Question | Answer/Response |
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Why don’t I have the new navigation? | We’re cautiously rolling out the new navigation for General Availability (GA) in waves from March 2025 onwards. We’ll notify you and your admins when the new navigation is enabled for your site a few weeks prior. |
Who is affected when I customize the sidebar? | Only you. Customizing the sidebar is personal to your account and won’t be visible to anyone else on your site. |
How do I give feedback? | To give feedback on the new navigation:
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