Subpanel selector bar vs. relationship bar

I have searched a good bit but don’t really know what the terms are I should be using. I have had an installation of SuiteCRM running for a long time and Im pretty comfortable with the Legacy way to change things so this may just be my needing to understand what the current vernacular is and utilize modifications not in the legacy folder but where ever the new system is best to modify.

Install information:
SuiteCRM 8.7.0
Migrated from: 7.14.5
PHP 8.1

Looking into the Accounts detailviewdefs.php file to adjust the interface for our users. I have gotten my head around topWidget and sidebarWidget but cant for the life of me find anything referencing the “Select which subpanels to view” bar.

I am not referring to modifying what modules are displayed in this. I have multiple different Roles setup that change who sees what modules and that is working correctly. What I want is for my instance to look like the SuiteCRM 8 Demo (https://suite8demo.suiteondemand.com)

Here is what I see:


Lots of good information but it is HUGE and cant be used unless it is fully opened up.

This is what the SuiteCRM 8 Demo looks like with a “Relationships” selector bar.

Even with it opened up to show the entire suite of modules it is not as big as the way mine looks.

I realize the SuiteCRM Demo install is a beta version of 8.8 however is this view of the subpanel selector bar available in 8.7?

If so where do I go to include this in lieu of the default view. In an effort to eliminate all variables that may have been left over from 8 years of modification on my Legacy install, I have attempted to install a clean, un-migrated version of SuiteCRM8 to test and was unable to find any reference to the subpanel selector in there either. I have to be looking in the wrong place.

Any help is appreciated.
QP

Hello,

from 8.8 on, the whole layout will be more compact:

Until 8.7, things have been quite spacious and I find the change overall better.
So in the case of your instance, the code (html + css) does just not exist yet.
With the upgrade to 8.8, things will look more tidied up right away.

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Thanks for the response @BastianHammer, that clears it up nicely. I was digging into the code for a day before I posted and could find nothing. I’m no guru but have a pretty decent understanding of how the system works and genuinely got the feeling that I had forgotten everything I knew about SuiteCRM. I was totally lost!

Anyway, thanks. I look forward to the impending 8.8 release.
QP

As per roadmap., the v8.8 will release soon by end of Jan, 2025.