Tour the new navigation via the Chrome extension

Varsha Patel

Note: This article is only for Chrome extension and is no longer valid for reference. 

We've removed the Chrome extension and we're now in the Beta launch of the new navigation. There are major experience changes from the Chrome extension to the Beta launch. Read about Atlassian's new navigation. 

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Hi everyone,

While we work on improving the new navigation to consider your needs and preferences, we’re giving you a clear visual of what’s changed by popular demand.

Note: To see these changes in your Jira instance, you’ll need to use the Chrome extension. Read more here.

The redesigned navigation via the Chrome extension

At first glance, here’s what’s changed with the navigation:

Before	After
Access Your Work, Projects, Filters, Dashboards, Teams, Plans, Assets, and Apps from the top navigation. Search is on the left side of the top navigation. Create is in the middle of the top navigation.	We've relocated Your Work, Projects, Filters, Dashboards, Teams, Plans, Assets, and Apps to the left sidebar. We've made the Search bar bigger and made it more prominent (it's now in the middle of the top navigation). Create is moved right next to Search in the top navigation.

Read on to see more details of the changes.

Before	After
Product-level navigation Product-level navigation items like Your Work, Projects, Filters, Dashboards, Teams, Plans, Assets, and Apps have been moved from the top navigation to the left sidebar.
Your work The Your work page helps you resume work and find things you’ve interacted with, like issues, projects, boards, and queues you’ve visited, work assigned to you, and your starred items.
Access Your work from the top navigation. Selecting Go to Your Work page takes you to a dedicated page that shows an overview of your work.	Access Your work from the left side navigation or sidebar. Selecting View your work takes you to a dedicated page that shows an overview of your work.
Recent items Recent is brought out from Your work and is now in the left side navigation.
To access recent items, you’ll need to select Your work from the top navigation. Recent is a tab under Your work Selecting Go to Your Work page takes you to a dedicated page that shows an overview of your work.	To access recent items, select Recent from the left sidebar. Selecting View your work takes you to a dedicated page that shows an overview of your work.
Starred items
To access starred items, you’ll need to select Your work from the top navigation and then go to the Starred tab.	Get to your Starred items from the left sidebar.
Assets and its actions Learn more about Assets
From the top navigation, select Assets to go to Asset and configuration management. Search schemas for objects Configure assets Get insights into your assets and configuration data with Reports	From the left sidebar, select Assets >  (three dots) for actions like searching schemas, configuring assets, and managing reports. Note: The Configure assets feature isn’t enabled on the Chrome extension. To use this feature, toggle the extension off.
Navigation in a project
Project navigation items like Timeline, Board, List, Goals, Issues, etc., are on the left side navigation.	Project navigation items like Timeline, Board, List, Goals, Issues, etc., are tabs at the top of a project's navigation.
Apps
Select Apps from the top navigation to access your apps and recommendations.	Select Apps from the left sidebar to access your apps and recommendations.
Explore and manage Apps
Select Apps from the top navigation to explore more apps, manage apps, and view app requests.	From the left sidebar, select Apps >  (three dots) to explore more apps, manage apps, and view app requests. Note: Apps and features can have unintended behavior as this is not supported in the Chrome extension.
Collapsible left side navigation
Collapsing the left side navigation will hide the navigation items. You’ll have to expand the navigation to access the items again.	Collapsing the left sidebar won’t hide the navigation items completely. You can still access the left sidebar items by selecting the icons.
Sidebar customization You can show, hide, and reorder the navigation items on the left sidebar.
You can’t customize the sidebar in the current navigation	Select Customise Sidebar to personalize your left side navigation. Drag the Show more line up or down to show or hide the navigation items. For example, Recent, Starred, Projects, and Filters will be shown in the sidebar, while Dashboards, Teams, Assets, Plans, and Apps will be hidden. You can select  (drag handle) to drag the navigation item to the desired position or move it below or above the Show more line. For example, the navigation items shown and the order of items on the sidebar when you select Save will be: Recent Starred Projects Filters

Note: Since this is an experimental phase, we're rolling out a limited set of features, and there may be bugs or unintended behavior. Read more on identified issues and bugs.

If something isn’t working out for you, you can toggle off the extension to revert to the old experience. Once you've completed your task, you can toggle it back on to return to the new navigation.

We value your feedback

• We're dedicated to learning from your experiences and enhancing the navigation to better serve your needs. Please don't hesitate to share your feedback with us, whether it's concerns, issues, use cases, or any other comments about the new navigation.

• Leave feedback via any of the options below:

  • Select Give feedback from the left sidebar after you’ve enabled the Chrome extension

  • Select Give feedback on the Chrome extension

  • Participate in a brief survey

If you’d like us to cover any other use cases you have, comment on the post.

While the Chrome extension offers only a select range of features, there’s much more on the horizon. Meanwhile, please share your experiences with the Chrome extension enabled in your Jira instance. Your insights are invaluable as we continue to improve the new navigation.

Cheers,
The Jira Navigation team

 

Yatish Madhav

Beautiful, @Varsha Patel  - thanks for the detail on this.

I need to use it more than I have since it looks like this is the route Atlassian is taking

Thank you for this post. Will go through it thoroughly soon