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Intro to the Ninox UI

Get a mental map of Ninox: main screens, menus, and panels.

After your app is created, your day‑to‑day work takes place inside the Ninox interface. You move between workspaces and apps, switch tables and views, and work with records. This chapter gives you a clear mental map of the main screens, menus, and panels so you know where you are and what you can do next as a builder:

This overview page introduces each of the main screens briefly and tells you which subpage to open for details. Use it as your mental map of Ninox. Whenever you are not sure where something lives, you can come back here and jump to the right subpage.

Landing screen during onboarding

When you land the first time on Ninox you'll see this llanding screen where you can:

  • Start a new app from scratch

  • Use the Ninox AI assistant to generate your first app

This screen is your starting point, learn more in Quickstart - create your first app and in Ninox AI assistant.

App screen

The app screen is where you spend most of your time working with data. In this screen you can:

  • Access your workspace tables

  • Sort, filter, and hide or show columns to focus on what matters

  • Switch between Inline editing and record by record editing in a side panel

  • Turn Builder mode on to access the settings panel and change the structure of your app

Learn more in App screen - your main working screen.

Switch organizations and workspaces

When you use the Global menu in the main navigation, Ninox opens screens where you can:

  • See all organizations you belong to and switch between them

  • See all workspaces in the current organization

  • Open Organization settings or Workspace settings

These screens help you change context quickly. Learn more in Main navigation - settings, profile, and global menu and Settings screen - user, organization, workspace.

Workspace home: inbox, documents, bookmarks, and history

The workspace home screen is the hub for one workspace. From here you can:

  • Open Inbox for emails and conversations connected to your data

  • Open Documents for files stored in this workspace

  • Open Bookmarks for records you starred for quick access

  • Open History for items you worked on recently

Use this screen as your launchpad into the apps and records you use most in a workspace. Learn more in Workspace home - inbox, documents, bookmarks, and history.

Settings screen: user, organization, workspace

The Settings screen is a central place to configure:

  • Your user account and profile, including name, email, and account deletion

  • Your organization, such as its name, users, and subscriptions

  • Your workspace, including name, colors, users, integrations, and email settings

No matter where you open it from, the left settings menu is the same. Only the initially selected section changes depending on where you came from.

Learn more in Settings screen - user, organization, workspace and Main navigation - settings, profile, and global menu.

Key menus and panels across the UI

Across these main screens you see some menus and panels again and again. This section gives you a brief overview.

1️⃣ Main navigation

2️⃣ App navigation

3️⃣ Table area

4️⃣ Top bar

5️⃣ open Settings panel

Main navigation

The main navigation is the vertical bar on the far left. Use it to:

  • Access menus that let you switch organizations and workspaces

  • Switch between workspaces and open the workspace home

  • Open global areas like Notifications and Settings

  • Open the Profile menu for Profile, Contact support, Switch to dark mode, Change language, and Sign out

App navigation

Inside an app, the app navigation at the top left shows:

  • The app name

  • All tables and pages in the app

From here, builders can also open:

  • + Create table and its menu to open Import table from CSV and Create page

  • App settings for app level configuration

  • Data model for a visual overview of tables and relationships

Top bar and table tools

At the top of the app screen, the top bar gives you tools to work with the current view, such as:

  • Search records

  • Filter and Hidden columns to focus your view

  • Import/export to bring data in and out

  • Inline editing to choose between spreadsheet style and record panel editing

  • Add record to create new records

Settings panel and Builder mode

On the right side of the screen, the settings panel appears when Builder mode is turned on.

Together they control whether you are building or just using an app:

  • With Builder mode on, the settings panel is available and you can change tables, fields, automations, and permissions.

  • With Builder mode off, the settings panel is hidden and the interface focuses on working with data only.

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