Customize the dashboard

Add a dashboard panel or replace the default dashboard.

Add panels above or below Ridu’s dashboard to show instructions, shortcuts, or information from your application. A panel is an ordinary Svelte component registered in admin.config.ts.

The overview shows a welcome panel. This example uses the props Ridu supplies to show the collections available to the signed-in user.

Configuration

Option	Required	What it does
`dashboardPanels[].key`	Yes	Gives the panel a unique registration name.
`dashboardPanels[].component`	Yes	Supplies the Svelte panel component.
`dashboardPanels[].position`	No; defaults to `after`	Places the panel `before` or `after` Ridu’s overview, or uses `replace` for one complete replacement.
Component `manifest` prop	Supplied by Ridu	Contains collections and globals visible in this admin session.
Component `user` / `i18n` props	Supplied by Ridu	Exposes the signed-in document when available and current interface formatting.

1. Create a panel

admin/src/components/collection-overview.svelte

<script lang="ts">
  import type { AdminDashboardPanelProps } from '@riducms/plugin';

  // The manifest lists configured collections, not their documents.
  let { manifest }: AdminDashboardPanelProps = $props();
</script>

<section aria-labelledby="collection-overview-heading">
  <h2 id="collection-overview-heading">Your collections</h2>
  <ul>
    {#each manifest.collections as collection (collection.slug)}
      <li>{collection.labels.plural}</li>
    {/each}
  </ul>
</section>

manifest.collections describes the collections available in the current admin session. Here, each collection’s plural label becomes a list item. The panel updates if those props change. Dashboard panels can also receive user and i18n for the signed-in user and interface translations.

2. Place it on the dashboard

admin/src/admin.config.ts

import { defineAdmin } from '@riducms/plugin/admin';
import { generatedAdminPlugins } from './ridu.plugins.generated';
import CollectionOverview from './components/collection-overview.svelte';

export default defineAdmin({
  plugins: generatedAdminPlugins,
  dashboardPanels: [
    {
      key: 'collections',
      component: CollectionOverview,
      position: 'before'
    }
  ]
});

Add this entry alongside any panels you already registered. Keep bun run dev running and open /admin after signing in. Your panel should appear above the default dashboard.

Use position: 'after' to put a panel below the default dashboard. Multiple panels can appear before and after it; each needs its own key, and panels in the same position follow registration order. An omitted position means after.

Replace the dashboard

Use position: 'replace' when your component should be the dashboard. The built-in dashboard will no longer appear. Only one replacement is allowed, including replacements from installed plugins. A replacement takes over the whole dashboard, including the before and after panels. Include everything you want displayed inside your replacement component.

Load application data

For counts, reports, or recent documents that should be ready when the dashboard appears, use a Go loader. It supplies the result as a data prop, plus refresh and refreshing for an update button. The guide builds a Post summary panel from a Go read through to its Svelte registration.

The collection descriptions supplied in manifest are configuration, not a list of stored documents. A panel that shows article totals needs to read those totals from the server. Use your generated SDK for writes and interaction-time requests that do not need to delay the initial dashboard.