# \[DONE\] Navigation: Keep main View opened in a left panel when opening an entity

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/done-navigation-keep-main-view-opened-in-a-left-panel-when-opening-an-entity/2563>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Tags:** navigation\
**Created:** [February 17, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-navigation-keep-main-view-opened-in-a-left-panel-when-opening-an-entity/2563 "2022-02-17T10:56:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![uniquelau](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/uniquelau/32/3836_2.png) [@uniquelau](https://community.fibery.io/u/uniquelau)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-navigation-keep-main-view-opened-in-a-left-panel-when-opening-an-entity/2563/1 "2022-02-17T10:56:20Z")

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**+1 to everything in the comment above.**

Generally multi panel is great, but it can be a bit annoying when you are opening an entity to simply set a single field or you need to quickly get somewhere else to find some information without losing context.

E.g.

Timeline view =\> the timeline disappears, context is lost.  
Board view =\> the entire board disappears, context of the column is lost.  
When viewing a linked entity from an entity

Perhaps it would be nice to be able to control how the entities open for the view, or perhaps have a modifier key, e.g. alt click to open the entity as a popup. Or perhaps these views haven’t been implemented yet.

**Really** looking forward to seeing the next iteration.

And my final comment, is on my 30" monitor the world is great, on my small laptop screen things are bit more tricky.

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**Author:** ![rothnic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/rothnic/32/1850_2.png) [@rothnic](https://community.fibery.io/u/rothnic)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-navigation-keep-main-view-opened-in-a-left-panel-when-opening-an-entity/2563/2 "2021-12-15T22:14:59Z")

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When I really intend to use a view and not navigate much, I do miss being able to quickly click between items in the view. It seems the current multi-pane mode always opens the item in a more full page view. It seems like you could wait until you click on a reference to a secondary item in the current production sidebar view before you push the panel over.

How I’d rather view an entity directly in the current view

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/8/8c3916fe8143cd16ec3ad9c4b995208d62ce2ba2.jpeg)

What it should look like only after clicking on a reference within that sidebar panel

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/2/2a90bc19158a51de8be617539ae015de26e2d21f.png)

What it currently looks like when clicking on an entity from the board view. This gets in the way of clicking between entities quickly.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/c/cda4a063566401e4ff6a77a7db42add9694c18d7.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![mdubakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mdubakov/32/10_2.png) [@mdubakov](https://community.fibery.io/u/mdubakov)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-navigation-keep-main-view-opened-in-a-left-panel-when-opening-an-entity/2563/3 "2022-03-24T14:21:08Z")

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Implemented for Board and Table View (Timeline and Calendar remain) [CHANGELOG: March 23 / Many-to-many relations in Lists and Smart Folders, Open Entities in panel from Board & Table View](https://community.fibery.io/t/changelog-march-23-many-to-many-relations-in-lists-and-smart-folders-open-entities-in-panel-from-board-table-view/2655)

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**Author:** ![mdubakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mdubakov/32/10_2.png) [@mdubakov](https://community.fibery.io/u/mdubakov)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-navigation-keep-main-view-opened-in-a-left-panel-when-opening-an-entity/2563/4 "2022-10-13T09:10:00Z")

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