You can now reorder the starred projects in your sidebar navigation

[#1]

Hi everyone 👋

My name is Ben, I'm an engineer working on Jira navigation. 

We've been developing some exciting updates to help you organise projects which are important to you in Jira and I’m thrilled to introduce Drag & Drop Projects in the sidebar. 

With this feature, you’ll be able to reorder your starred projects in place, allowing you to organize your projects according to your preferences and improve your workflow efficiency. This feature is available to all users with the New Navigation and will be rolled out over the next few weeks.

Why we built this

We listened to your feedback; empowering you to arrange your sidebar to reflect the projects most relevant to you helps reduce clutter and improve efficiency. Quickly access your most important projects without scrolling through a long list.

How to customize your projects

• Drag and Drop: Simply hover over a starred project in your sidebar, drag it to your desired position, and drop it to set the new order

• Dropdown Menu: Alternatively, use the More actions menu to select Move in sidebar and choose where you'd like to move it in the order

FAQ

• What happens if I add a new starred project?
  New starred projects will appear at the top of the starred section, maintaining your custom order

• Is my custom project order visible elsewhere?
  Your project ordering is shown only in the Jira sidebar. The Projects Directory and For You retain their existing order

• Who can see the custom order?
  Every user has their own unique customized order and this is saved when a project is moved by drag and drop or the Move in sidebar menu

We’d love to hear your feedback! Let us know what you think and how you’re planning to use this feature in the comments below. Your insights will help us continue to improve Jira for everyone.

[Susan Hauth _Jira Queen_]

Hi,

That's great progress.  But my real grief is with Dashboards and Filters.  Really, really need to be able to reorder the starred Dashboards and filters.

Thanks,

Susan

[James Rickards _SN_]

Nice enhancement.  Subtle enough not to add to the change fatigue.

Our user's next most desired quality of life enhancement...

1.) for JSM projects, can the chevrons (i.e.  > v icons) be made permanently visible and consistent with how Confluence pages work. This makes it much easier to see which JSM project is expanded.  I keep clicking the wrong project due to the smaller font and lack of these chevrons.

2.) for Jira Software/Business projects, please add shortcuts back to the vertical navigation menu, rather than have them only at the board level, so this is consistent with JSM projects. These were very useful for pinning key dashboards and filters to the project, as well as links to related external systems and key wiki pages.