--- title: Best UX Practices for Designing a Sidebar | daily.dev description: Sidebars are crucial for navigation in modern web applications, organizing and presenting content in a structured way. Following best practices in designing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/best-ux-practices-for-designing-a-sidebar-hl5ubfck5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best UX Practices for Designing a Sidebar | daily.dev og:description: Sidebars are crucial for navigation in modern web applications, organizing and presenting content in a structured way. Following best practices in designing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/best-ux-practices-for-designing-a-sidebar-hl5ubfck5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HL5UBFcK5.png og:image:alt: Best UX Practices for Designing a Sidebar og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Best UX Practices for Designing a Sidebar **[UX Planet](https://daily.dev/sources/uxplanet)** · 11 min read · 184 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Sidebars are crucial for navigation in modern web applications, organizing and presenting content in a structured way. Following best practices in designing sidebars enhances usability, efficiency, space optimization, accessibility, and flexibility, which significantly improve user satisfaction and productivity. Key elements include optimal sidebar width, dynamic navigation, easy account switching, expandable sub-items, space for updates, dark/light mode toggle, highlighting active sections, prioritizing essential information, adjustable widths, quick search features, targeted actions, and secondary sidebars for quick access. Testing with real users ensures continuous improvement. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@zayat1197** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for sharing ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Governing Security in the Age of Infinite Signal](https://daily.dev/posts/governing-security-in-the-age-of-infinite-signal-qhihbir44) · Snyk · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [No one has a good plan for how AI companies should work with the government](https://daily.dev/posts/no-one-has-a-good-plan-for-how-ai-companies-should-work-with-the-government-nkajqoze1) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#frontend](https://daily.dev/tags/frontend), [#ux](https://daily.dev/tags/ux), [#ui-design](https://daily.dev/tags/ui-design) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/best-ux-practices-for-designing-a-sidebar-hl5ubfck5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Best UX Practices for Designing a Sidebar","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/best-ux-practices-for-designing-a-sidebar-hl5ubfck5","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/best-ux-practices-for-designing-a-sidebar-hl5ubfck5"},"datePublished":"2024-12-23T14:22:34.338Z","dateModified":"2024-12-23T14:22:47.972Z","description":"Sidebars are crucial for navigation in modern web applications, organizing and presenting content in a structured way. 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