Reduce crowded dashboard toolbars with the new dashboard controls menu
Reduce crowded dashboard toolbars with the new dashboard controls menu
Dashboards can get crowded when you rely on many template variables, annotation controls, and dashboard links. These elements take up valuable space in the toolbar and can make it harder to stay focused on the data that matters. To improve clarity and reduce visual noise, we’re introducing a new dashboard controls menu that keeps your dashboards clean and organized.
This new menu consolidates variables, links, and annotation controls into a single collapsible drop-down list. When any of these items are configured to appear in the menu, Grafana shows a dedicated toolbar button with a count of how many controls are available. Clicking the button opens a neatly structured menu where variables appear first, followed by annotation controls and links, each grouped for easy navigation.
You can now choose to hide variables, annotation controls, or dashboard links from the main toolbar and place them in the dashboard controls menu instead.
