How to Customize the Dashboard

To customize the dashboard, click on your profile icon in the upper-right corner to reveal the dropdown menu, and then click on “Customize Dashboard.”

wanikani menu dropdown

From here you’ll have a few different options.

Layout

wanikani custom dashboard layout options

The “Layout” button on the upper-left corner of the widget group window lets you change the appearance and how widgets are arranged in the selected group, as well as add new groups.

Add Above / Add Below

adding empty group on wanikani dashboard

These two buttons add a blank group either above or below the group you have currently selected. Once the blank group is added, you can begin adding widgets to it.

Widget Group Layout

This determines how many widgets you can add to a group as well as how they’ll be laid out. You can have up to three widgets in a single group, two widgets of varying or equal sizes, or one widget that spans the width of the whole group. The world is your oyster when it comes to how you want each group on your dashboard to look!

layout options on wanikani dashboard

Just keep in mind that if, for example, you have widgets already added to a group, and you want to go down in size from a three-widget layout to a two-widget layout, you will need to remove at least one widget before the layout can be changed.

Add Widget

adding widget on wanikani dashboard

Clicking on “Add Widget” will bring up the list of widgets you can add to the currently selected group.

widget gallery view

If you click on “Widget List” at the top of the window, you can quickly find a specific widget. If you want to know what each widget does, you can read about every widget here.

Remove Widgets and Groups

removing widgets and groups on wanikani dashboard

The “Remove 🗑️” icon in the upper-right corner of each group will remove that group and all of the widgets within them.

The “Remove 🗑️” icon on the upper-right corner of the widgets will only delete that specific widget.

Arranging Widgets and Groups

Clicking and dragging the six horizontal dots in the upper-left corner of the widget window will let you rearrange the position of the widgets to your liking. You can also move it outside of the current widget group to switch with another widget.

changing widget position on wanikani dashboard

Similarly, clicking and dragging the six vertical dots in the upper-left of the widget group window will let you move an entire group of widgets up or down your dashboard.

moving widget groups on wanikani dashboard

Restore to Default

The “Restore to Default” button located at the top of the page in the upper-right corner will reset your dashboard back to the standard layout we created!