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Monica Stavig
Monica Stavig
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in Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® General Discussions

I really do not like this. It minimizes the amount of columns I can see on screens. Please put them back on top.

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  • Kevin Brazell
    Kevin Brazell Blackbaud Employee
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    Have you tried using the collapse button to shrink the navigation bar when you don't need it?

  • Charlanne Thomas
    Charlanne Thomas
    Eighth Anniversary Kudos 1 Name Dropper Participant

    I don't like it either - minimizing the navigation bar just slows me down when I need to access multiple modules in a row. Please put it back on top.

  • Mary Ryberg
    Mary Ryberg
    Kudos 1 Name Dropper Participant Facilitator 1

    If it could be able to be dragged to the top or side, that would be an improvement - that way we have the choice

  • Deborah Sultan
    Deborah Sultan
    Kudos 1 Facilitator 1

    I don't like it either. Can we get an option to either have it on the side or the top?

  • S Smith
    S Smith
    Fourth Anniversary Kudos 1 Facilitator 1

    I am so lost with this new concept! Put it back the way it was or make it an option.

  • Tari Kaufman
    Tari Kaufman
    Seventh Anniversary Kudos 1 Name Dropper Facilitator 1

    I really do not like it. Reporting needs to be it's own section, not buried in Analytics.

  • Anna M Midkiff
    Anna M Midkiff
    Seventh Anniversary Name Dropper Kudos 1 Participant

    I absolutely hate the side menu. HATE IT.

    Clunky, space hogging, non-intuitive, ill conceived.

    Please put this back at the top where it belongs.

    This collapse, expand, collapse, expand, hunt and search and curse to find what I need is so annoying.

  • LuAnn Ringler
    LuAnn Ringler
    Fifth Anniversary August 2025 Monthly Challenge Badge Kudos 1 Name Dropper

    I 100% agree with those hating the side menu. It was so much more convenient on the top and didn't take up needed screen space.

  • Alex Wong
    Alex Wong Community All-Star
    Ninth Anniversary Kudos 5 Facilitator 3 Raiser's Edge NXT Fall 2025 Product Update Briefing Badge

    From FE NXT perspective, definitely need more horizontal spacing. While that is helped by the expand and collapse of the side bar, it does makes it harder for our finance staff.

    While I get Blackbaud want one Unified look and feel, Blackbaud will need to understand people using RE and FE fundamentally works differently.

    @Crystal Bruce @Erik Leaver not sure if this is a feedback that you can carry forward. Idea Bank doesn't seems to be the right place for this

  • Erik Leaver
    Erik Leaver Blackbaud Employee
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    @Alex Wong will flag this post for the FENXT & UX teams

  • Anna M Midkiff
    Anna M Midkiff
    Seventh Anniversary Name Dropper Kudos 1 Participant
    https://community.blackbaud.com/discussion/comment/305676#Comment_305676

    Yes, all day long. Expand, collapse, expand, collapse. It is annoying :(

  • Shannon Brouwer
    Shannon Brouwer
    Name Dropper First Anniversary Facilitator 1 December 2023 Challenge: Season of Giving

    Please give us the option on moving it. The new layout disrupts my workflow. I thought if i gave it time it would grow on me but it bothers me more and more each day!

    It would be great to have the option to move it.

  • Becky Willoughby
    Becky Willoughby
    Kudos 1 First Anniversary Name Dropper Facilitator 1

    The "whiteness" of the screen background of the new menu is what is most annoying. At least before when we had the top menu there was color to break up what was being worked on so that you could tell if your cursor was working or hanging out on a menu. It's too bad the UX team is not as good at Usability features as they should be for a Finance/Accounting based product.

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