Hi team, we have some updates to share. Before we dive into the details, we want to be clear that while we’re committed to monitoring, learning, and refining the Homepage, we don’t intend to return to the previous Dashboard style or its column-based widget layout.
A few months back, we rolled out several enhancements to the "Edit homepage" capability to give you better control over your layout, including:
Widgets that remain stationary until they are dropped into a new placement
A "shadow" preview showing exactly where a widget will be placed during drag-and-drop
Refined animations for a much smoother visual experience
Improved on-page guidance regarding how to save multiple layouts across different screen sizes
In addition to the existing size options for Chart of Accounts and Cash In and Out, our team is currently building smaller widget sizes for Invoices Owed to You, Bills to Pay, Chart of Account, Cash in and Out and Recent Invoice payments widgets. This includes customisation of the data within these widgets to best suit your needs, such as removing the charts. We’ll provide a confirmation once these updates are live.
There are also other enhancements that our teams are beginning to explore to further solve needs shared in feedback here, so we’ll continue to keep you updated.
If you need help setting up or editing your homepage, please reach out to the Xero Support team. They can help you design a view that best supports your specific workflows. Thanks
Hi team, we have some updates to share. Before we dive into the details, we want to be clear that while we’re committed to monitoring, learning, and refining the Homepage, we don’t intend to return to the previous Dashboard style or its column-based widget layout.
A few months back, we rolled out several enhancements to the "Edit homepage" capability to give you better control over your layout, including:
Widgets that remain stationary until they are dropped into a new placement
A "shadow" preview showing exactly where a widget will be placed during drag-and-drop
Refined animations for a much smoother visual experience
Improved on-page guidance regarding how to save multiple layouts across different screen sizes
In addition to the existing size options for Chart of Accounts and Cash In and Out, our team is currently building smaller widget sizes for Invoices Owed to You, Bills to Pay, Chart of Account, Cash…
I’ve used Xero since the early days and have recommended it to many other business owners over the years. One of the reasons I became such a strong supporter was because the platform felt simple, practical, and easy to use.
Now it feels like too much time and effort is being spent on redesigning dashboards and adding features that are unnecessary or more convoluted than what existed before. In my view, the current dashboard works perfectly well. It is familiar, efficient, and does not need to be replaced.
What is most frustrating is not just the change itself, but the lack of choice. Rather than allowing customers to keep using the dashboard that already works for them, Xero appears to be deciding that everyone must move to the new version whether it improves their workflow or not. That does not feel customer-focused.
Please stop fixing things that are not broken. Many of us chose Xero because it saved time, reduced friction, and made business admin easier. Constant changes to core areas like the dashboard do the opposite.
To be honest, this direction is now making me question whether Xero is still the right tool for my business.
I’ve used Xero since the early days and have recommended it to many other business owners over the years. One of the reasons I became such a strong supporter was because the platform felt simple, practical, and easy to use.
Now it feels like too much time and effort is being spent on redesigning dashboards and adding features that are unnecessary or more convoluted than what existed before. In my view, the current dashboard works perfectly well. It is familiar, efficient, and does not need to be replaced.
What is most frustrating is not just the change itself, but the lack of choice. Rather than allowing customers to keep using the dashboard that already works for them, Xero appears to be deciding that everyone must move to the new version whether it improves their workflow or not. That does not feel customer-focused.
Please stop fixing things that are not broken. Many of us chose Xero because it saved time, reduced friction, and made business admin easier. Constant changes to core areas like the dashboard do the opposite.
To be honest, this direction is now making me question whether Xero is still the right tool for my business.