# Navigating OneBooks

> The sidebar, header, command palette, quick create menu, notifications, language switcher and the mobile layout.

Canonical: https://docs.getonebooks.com/getting-started/navigating/
Language: en
Documentation index: https://docs.getonebooks.com/llms.txt

OneBooks has one layout: a sidebar of areas on the start side, a header with search and quick actions, and the page in the middle. On phones the sidebar becomes a drawer.

## The sidebar

![The OneBooks sidebar with Dashboard, AI Assistant, Items, Sales, Purchasing, Expenses, Accounting, Reports, Data and Apps](https://docs.getonebooks.com/screenshots/en/nav-sidebar.webp)

- Groups (**Sales**, **Purchasing**, **Accounting**, **Reports**, **Data**) expand and collapse; the arrow next to a group toggles it.
- The **Accounting** group appears only in [Accountant mode](https://docs.getonebooks.com/getting-started/modes/). **ZATCA** appears only for Saudi businesses.
- Use the collapse control at the top to shrink the sidebar to icons; hover to peek.
- **Support** and your **user menu** (Settings, Help, Logout) sit at the bottom.

## The header

- **Search** opens the command palette (see below).
- **Quick Create** creates a **Sales Invoice**, **Purchase**, **Quote**, **Expense** or **Payment** from anywhere.

![The Quick Create menu open in the header](https://docs.getonebooks.com/screenshots/en/nav-quick-create.webp)

- **Notifications** lists overdue and due-soon invoices and bills, and draft invoices waiting to be sent.
- The **language** button switches between English, العربية, Español and Français. Arabic flips the whole layout to right-to-left.

![The language menu open in the header showing English, Arabic, Spanish and French](https://docs.getonebooks.com/screenshots/en/nav-language-menu.webp)

- The **AI Assistant** button opens the assistant — see [AI assistant overview](https://docs.getonebooks.com/ai/overview/).

## Command palette

Press **⌘K** (Mac) or **Ctrl+K** (Windows) or select the search box. Type to search invoices, customers, suppliers and items, jump to any page under **Go to**, or start a document under **Create**. Use the arrow keys and **Enter**; **Esc** closes it.

![The command palette open with search results, Go to and Create sections](https://docs.getonebooks.com/screenshots/en/nav-command-palette.webp)

## Your user menu

![The user menu at the bottom of the sidebar with Help, Settings and Logout](https://docs.getonebooks.com/screenshots/en/nav-user-menu.webp)

- **Help** opens this documentation in your language.
- **Settings** opens company, tax, fiscal year, users, billing and personal preferences.
- **Logout** ends the session on this device.

## Appearance

**Settings → User Preferences → Appearance** offers **Light**, **Dark** and **System**. The choice is stored per device.

## On a phone

The sidebar becomes a drawer behind the menu button; lists become cards with the most important figures first; long tables scroll sideways. Every workflow in this documentation works on a phone, including creating and sending invoices.

![The dashboard on a phone-sized screen](https://docs.getonebooks.com/screenshots/en/dashboard-overview-phone.webp)

## Related

  - [Keyboard shortcuts](https://docs.getonebooks.com/reference/keyboard-shortcuts/)
  - [Preferences, language and appearance](https://docs.getonebooks.com/settings/preferences/)