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Customize your Scratchpad Experience
Customize your Scratchpad Experience

Learn how to customize Scratchpad to your liking - navigation bar, background, theme, shortcuts, and more

Updated over 3 months ago

Navigation Bar


Open or collapse the Navigation Bar and pin your desired Apps to the top

  1. Use the hamburger icon in the top-left to open or collapse the Navigation Bar

  2. Select Apps and click the pin next your desired app to pin it to the top

Enable Shortcuts


Get quick access to your favorite shortcuts, right from Scratchpad

  1. Navigate to the Gear Icon in the bottom-left corner of your Scratchpad homepage

  2. Select Preferences under Account

  3. Toggle on Show shortcuts

  4. Add shortcuts by using the waffle icon on the top right of your homepage

Example shortcuts

Change Scratchpad's Theme


Customize the color of your workspace using Themes

  1. Navigate to the Gear Icon in the bottom-left corner of your Scratchpad homepage

  2. Select Preferences under Account

  3. Next to Theme, choose Light, Dark, or Auto

Set the Default Opening Page


Choose where you would like Scratchpad to start when opening a new tab

  1. Navigate to the Gear Icon in the bottom-left corner of your Scratchpad homepage

  2. Select Preferences under Account

  3. Next to Start Scratchpad on, choose your preferred starting page

Confirm or Change your Role


Roles in Scratchpad offer teams the ability to create tailored experiences for the varied job functions of its users

  1. Navigate to the Gear Icon in the bottom-left corner of your Scratchpad homepage

  2. Select Preferences under Account

  3. Next to My workspace role, you can confirm or select your Role

Change Background Photo


See a new daily photo from our curated feed, or select your preferred photo

  1. Navigate to the Gear Icon in the bottom-left corner of your Scratchpad homepage

  2. Select Daily Background on the left menu bar

  3. Enable auto background, or disable and select a new background

โ†’ Favorite โ™ก background photos by hovering over the location towards the bottom of your Scratchpad homepage


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