How do I add shortcuts to the space sidebar?
Asked by Gilbert Trill:

I am trying to add a shortcut to the SHORTCUTS section of the Confluence sidebar. There are existing shortcuts, but I have no way of adding new ones. I have read the existing help articles and they are not working for me. I have Admin permissions on the space I am trying to add a shortcut.


Answers:
author: Connor
body: Hi [@Gilbert Trill](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4931580) in the sidebar of the Space, hover your mouse to the right of the **SHORTCUTS** heading close to the divider between the sidebar and pages. An **Edit shortcuts** button should appear for you to click, where you can add new or edit existing shortcuts. Here's a screenshot I took to demonstrate.

![Add-Shortcut-ConfluenceSpace.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/211534i2C314249FC2A5B8B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Add-Shortcut-ConfluenceSpace.png")

comments: author: Gilbert Trill
body: Connor, you are a godsend! I am sad to admit that I have spent hours trying to figure this out on my own. Thank you!


author: Tad Foster
body: In our DC 8.5.4 instance, you can find the Configure sidebar at the very bottom of Space tools list.


author: Matt Johnson
body: Hi [@Connor](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1288335)I have the same question but when I hover my mouse to the right of the **SHORTCUTS** heading close to the divider between the sidebar and pages, there's no edit shorcuts button. How do I add and edit a shortcut?

comments: author: Connor
body: Hi [@Matt Johnson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5082847) I believe you need space administrator permissions to add/edit shortcuts in the space sidebar. My understanding of that comes from [this Confluence documentation](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/improved-confluence-navigation/#Space-sidebar) which states:
> Shortcuts are helpful or important pages that members of a space might need to get to often. **These shortcuts added by the space administrator**.
>
> **Space admins** can link to pages in the space, other related spaces, or relevant external web content as well as reorder the shortcuts as needed.


author: Matt Johnson
body: Hi [@Connor](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1288335) , that worked, but now when I click on the "Edit shortcuts" link, add the web address and nickname, then click "Add Shortcut", the shortcut gets added in the Edit Shortcuts window, but when I click "Save", the shortcut doesn't get added under the SHORTCUTS heading. How do I fix this?


author: Connor
body: [@Matt Johnson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5082847) I'm not really sure, first thing I would do is ask another user to check whether they can see the shortcut in the sidebar.

Next I would logout and login, just to see if something about your user session needs to be refreshed.

Next I would click **Edit shortcuts** again, to check if the shortcut you created previously is still listed or not. If it's still listed then I would guess something about your browser might be preventing the shortcut from displaying, possibly an ad/tracker/cookie setting or blocking extension. If the shortcut is not listed in the edit screen, then I would try adding it again.

Finally if none of the above helped I would open a support issue with Atlassian.


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