# A redesigned 'Manage Jenkins' experience - let me know your thoughts!

**URL:** <https://community.jenkins.io/t/a-redesigned-manage-jenkins-experience-let-me-know-your-thoughts/35809>\
**Category:** UX SIG\
**Created:** [November 11, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/a-redesigned-manage-jenkins-experience-let-me-know-your-thoughts/35809 "2025-11-11T11:00:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![janfaracik](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/janfaracik/32/2729_2.png) [@janfaracik](https://community.jenkins.io/u/janfaracik)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/a-redesigned-manage-jenkins-experience-let-me-know-your-thoughts/35809/1 "2025-11-11T11:00:43Z")

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Hey folks.

I’ve been working away on an improved Manage Jenkins experience and I’d love to get your thoughts.

#### What’s changed?

- New sidebar and design for easy switching between settings

- Alerts now show on the ‘System’ page

- Added `settings-subpage` - reusable frame for Manage Jenkins pages

- Page contents are deferred, meaning that swapping from page to page is near instant

This is currently behind a feature flag, whilst the rest of core and plugins are updated to align with the design.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/jenkins/original/3X/2/0/20fed4b14b7bac4bd28a7ec07820e487dd733418.jpeg)

 ![Screenshot 2025-10-21 at 16 19 53](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/jenkins/original/3X/4/7/47c1f6f68daf084ee07d3b58e03367fcf2e29d92.jpeg)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/jenkins/original/3X/1/b/1b4a2ebb1ab2870c8eb4cc66fd0fd01bc3a8e041.jpeg)

PR is here [https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/pull/11222](https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/pull/11222) - and UX Sig issue is here [Use a side panel in Manage Jenkins · Issue #10 · jenkinsci/sig-ux · GitHub](https://github.com/jenkinsci/sig-ux/issues/10).

I’d love to hear your thoughts, its still rather early/lacks polish.

All the best,

Jan

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**Author:** ![Vilius](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/vilius/32/2080_2.png) [@Vilius](https://community.jenkins.io/u/Vilius)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/a-redesigned-manage-jenkins-experience-let-me-know-your-thoughts/35809/2 "2025-11-16T17:31:46Z")

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How parent “Manage Jenkins” page looks like? Or will it go straight into System?

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**Author:** ![janfaracik](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/janfaracik/32/2729_2.png) [@janfaracik](https://community.jenkins.io/u/janfaracik)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/a-redesigned-manage-jenkins-experience-let-me-know-your-thoughts/35809/3 "2025-11-16T18:27:27Z")

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It goes straight to System.

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**Author:** ![Vilius](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/vilius/32/2080_2.png) [@Vilius](https://community.jenkins.io/u/Vilius)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/a-redesigned-manage-jenkins-experience-let-me-know-your-thoughts/35809/4 "2025-11-16T19:25:32Z")

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IMHO, having parent page with large icons and short descriptions is better experience for novice users.

Also, one could argue that having a parent page shows all options at glance. Having left menu as a starting point would probably cut off some options on smaller screens.

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**Author:** ![Bananeweizen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/bananeweizen/32/22075_2.png) [@Bananeweizen](https://community.jenkins.io/u/Bananeweizen)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/a-redesigned-manage-jenkins-experience-let-me-know-your-thoughts/35809/5 "2026-07-08T09:33:48Z")

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While I generally like the new manage jenkins sidebar, the spacing seems bad to me. This screenshot is from a 4K monitor, showing a lot of wasted space.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/jenkins/original/3X/9/7/9723ed99e246b0c7f47fffea34b105f0ccef6694.png)