Splunk Enterprise

Multi-drop-down on the App menu

robertlynch2020
Influencer

Hi

In the App menu.

I have a situation where I need to keep installing apps, with different version names.

However, when this gets to high numbers it might not look so great (I might be difficult to find the app you need).

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I have 2 questions -

1st Can I increase the size of the row - When the text wraps around it does not look good (In my image I needed to shorten the name to stop wrapping around)

2nd Can I make a multi-drop-down to the right? Like the image below

robertlynch2020_1-1732876179325.png

 

 

 

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marnall
Motivator

Probably the cleanest way to do this is as @tscroggins suggested: Make a browser extension that changes the interface.

Another workaround would be to ignore the app drop-down menu completely and instead make a navigation menu in your apps which has links to the various app versions and supports multi-drop-down. It may be cumbersome to maintain but it will look better.

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tscroggins
Champion

Hi @robertlynch2020,

I'm not aware of a native method, although you could override the Splunk bar's behavior with a browser extension, assuming you control the browser.

My preference is to customize the launcher or provide a default app with customized navigation menus.

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dural_yyz
Motivator

The apps menu toggle recognizes individual unique apps.  The fact that it appears you have the same app multiple times is an indication the app is not designed per best practices.  Even if the version number is in the title the app should be replacing itself so that you are only ever seeing the most recent install.

Options

a) Fix app so that it install over itself rather than creating unique instances

b) Start removing older versions that serve no purpose anymore

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