| Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience |
| The user interface settings vary according to which Salesforce edition you have. |
| User Permissions Needed | |
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| To modify user interface settings: | Customize Application |
| Setting | Description |
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| Enable Collapsible Sections |
With collapsible sections, users can collapse or expand sections on their record detail pages by using the arrow icon next to the section heading. When enabling collapsible sections, verify that your section headings are displayed for each page layout. Sections remain expanded or collapsed until the user changes the settings for that tab. If your org has enabled record types, Salesforce remembers a different setting for each record type. This setting doesn't apply to Lightning record pages when Dynamic Forms is enabled on the page. This setting applies only to record pages in Salesforce Classic and to Lightning record pages that use the Record Detail component. The Dynamic Forms expand and collapse functionality takes precedence over the Enable Collapsible Sections setting. |
| Show Quick Create |
The Quick Create area on a tab home page helps users create a record quickly with minimal information. It appears by default on the tab home pages for leads, accounts, contacts, and opportunities. You can control whether the Quick Create area is displayed on all relevant tab home pages. The Show Quick Create setting also affects whether users can create records from within the lookup dialog. Creating records in the lookup dialog is available only if Quick Create is available for your chosen record type. In addition, users always need the appropriate “Create” permission to use Quick Create even though it appears for all users. |
| Enable Hover Details |
Hover detail displays an interactive overlay containing record details. Details appear when users hover over a link to that record in the Recent Items list on the sidebar or in a lookup field on a record detail page. Users can quickly view information about a record before clicking to view or edit the record. The record’s mini page layout determines which fields are included in the hover details. Users can’t customize which fields appear. This option is enabled by default. To view hover details for a record, users need the appropriate sharing access and field-level security access for the fields in the mini page layout. |
| Enable Related List Hover Links | Related list hover links appear at the top of record detail pages and custom object detail pages in Setup. Users can hover over a related list link to display the list and its number of records in an interactive overlay. Users quickly view and manage the related list items from the overlay. Users can also click a related list hover link to jump to the related list without having to scroll down the page. This option is enabled by default. |
| Enable Separate Loading of Related Lists | When enabled, users see primary record details immediately. As the related list data loads, users see a progress indicator. Separate loading can improve performance on record detail pages for orgs with large numbers of related lists. This option applies only to Salesforce Classic and is disabled by default. The options for separately loading related lists don’t apply to Visualforce pages, the Self-Service portal, or other pages for which you can’t control the layout. |
| Enable Separate Loading of Related Lists of External Objects | When enabled, related lists of external objects are loaded separately from primary record details and related lists of standard and custom objects. External objects behave similarly to custom objects, except that they map to data that’s stored outside your Salesforce org. It can take a while to retrieve data from an external system, depending on the network latency and availability of the external system. This option applies only to Salesforce Classic and is enabled by default. The options for separately loading related lists don’t apply to Visualforce pages, the Self-Service portal, or other pages for which you can’t control the layout. |
| Enable Inline Editing |
With inline editing, users can quickly edit field values, right on a record’s detail page. This option is enabled by default and applies to all users in your org. To enable enhanced lists for profiles in particular, select Enhanced Profile List Views in User Management Settings. |
| Enable Enhanced Lists |
Enhanced lists give you the ability to quickly view, customize, and edit list data to speed up your daily productivity. When enabled with the Enable Inline Editing setting, users can also edit records directly from the list, without navigating away from the page. This option is enabled by default. To enable enhanced lists for profiles in particular, turn on Enhanced Profile List Views available in User Management Settings. |
| Enable the Salesforce Classic 2010 User Interface Theme |
This option isn’t related to Lightning Experience. In this case, Salesforce Classic refers to the newer version of Salesforce Classic, which is the interface that immediately precedes Lightning Experience. Enabling this option turns on the updated Salesforce Classic look and feel. Disabling it turns on the Salesforce Classic 2005 user interface theme —the classic, classic Salesforce interface. Some features, like Chatter, require the Salesforce Classic 2010 user interface theme. Disabling this theme automatically disables Chatter in both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience. Only users with supported browsers see the Salesforce Classic. Salesforce Classic isn’t supported in portals or on the Console tab. |
| Disable Navigation Bar Personalization in Lightning Experience | When selected, users can’t add or reorder the items included in the navigation bar for any app. However, Salesforce recommends disabling navigation personalization per app instead. From Setup in Lightning Experience, go to the App Manager. For the desired app, select App Options. Select Disable end user personalization of nav items in this app. This option applies only to Lightning Experience. |
| Clear Workspace Tabs for Each New Console Session |
When selected, previously open workspace tabs aren’t loaded in new console sessions. From Setup in Lightning Experience, go to the App Manager, select the console app that you want, and then select App Options. Select Clear workspace tabs for each new console session. This option applies only to Lightning Experience and is disabled by default. Workspace tabs are restored when the browser page is refreshed, even when this option is enabled. But in Safari pages, workspace tabs aren’t restored upon refresh. When this option is enabled, opening a new console session clears pinned and unpinned tabs. |
| Enable Tab Bar Organizer |
The Tab Bar Organizer arranges tabs in the main tab bar to prevent horizontal scrolling of the page. The Organizer dynamically determines how many tabs Salesforce can show based on the width of the browser. It puts tabs that extend beyond the browser’s viewable area into a dropdown list.
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| Enable Printable List Views | Printable list views let users easily print list views. If it’s enabled, users click the Printable View link from any list view to open a new browser window, displaying the list view in a print-ready format. The link is located next to the Help for this Page link in the colored title bar of the page. |
| Enable sort by multiple columns in List Views | When selected, users can sort list views by up to five columns at a time. |
| Enable sort by multiple columns in Related Lists | When selected, users can sort related lists by up to five columns at a time. |
| Shared List view editing | When selected, users with the Create and Customize List Views permission can edit list views shared with them. If unselected, users have view-only access on the list views shared with them. |
| Remove list view inline edit dependencies on page layout | When selected, users can inline edit any field in a list view that they have edit access to, whether or not the field is included in the page layout. This option applies only to Lightning Experience and is unselected by default. |
| Make inline edits in list views with multiple record types | When selected, users can inline edit records in a list view that contains more than one record type. This option applies only to list views rendered with Lightning Web Components (LWC) in Lightning Experience and is unselected by default. |
| Enable Spell Checker on Tasks and Events | Available in all editions. Enables the Check Spelling button when users create or edit tasks or events. The spell checker analyzes the Description field on events and the Comments field on tasks. |
| Enable Customization of Chatter User Profile Pages | Enables administrators to customize the tabs on the Chatter user profile page, including adding custom tabs or removing default tabs. If disabled, users see the Feed and Overview tabs only. |
| Change Default Display Density Setting in Lightning Experience | This option isn’t related to Salesforce Classic, Experience Builder sites, or the Salesforce mobile apps. The display density controls field label alignment and the amount of space between page elements. Decide what the default is for your org on the Density Settings setup page. Users can choose their own display density at any time. You can’t override a user’s display density setting. Depending on which edition of Salesforce you have, your org’s default display setting varies. Two settings are available. The Comfy setting places the labels on the top of fields and has more space between page elements. Compact is a denser view with labels to the left of fields and less space between page elements. Display density setting impact varies if Salesforce Lightning Design System 2 (SLDS 2) is enabled. |
| Disable Lightning Experience Transition Admin Reminders | Salesforce displays a reminder every 45 days to admins (users with Modify All Data and Customize Application user permissions) working in Salesforce Classic with the countdown to the auto-activation of the Turn on Lightning Experience critical update. The reminder continues repeating until the admin turns on Lightning Experience or the update auto-activates. Salesforce also displays a series of suggested actions to admins in orgs where Lightning Experience isn’t turned on to help prepare orgs for when the Turn on Lightning Experience Critical Update is activated. When this setting is selected, the countdown reminder and the series of recommended actions don’t appear for any of the org’s admins. |
| Enable ICU formats for en_CA locale | After enabling ICU language and locale formats through a critical update, this setting also enables them for the English (Canada) locale. |
| Disable Google Chrome Storage Partitioning for Salesforce Domains |
When selected, Salesforce domains use unpartitioned storage in third-party contexts for users on Chrome 111 through 126 until September 3, 2024. After this date, Google’s storage partitioning is enabled regardless of the setting. See Storage Partitioning on Google’s Privacy Sandbox site. Important: If you use this setting to opt out of Google Chrome storage partitioning, avoid upgrading to Chrome 127. Google’s deprecation trial ended for users on Chrome 127 on July 23, 2024. Storage partitioning is now enabled for these users regardless of the setting. When unselected, Google Chrome storage partitioning is enabled for Salesforce domains starting in Summer ’24. This option is unselected by default for new and existing orgs. |
| Setting | Description |
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| Enable Collapsible Sidebar |
The collapsible sidebar enables users to show or hide the sidebar on every page that normally includes it. When enabled, the collapsible sidebar is available to all users in your org, but each user can choose how to display the sidebar. Users can leave the sidebar visible, or they can collapse it and show it only when needed by clicking the edge of the collapsed sidebar. Call center users don’t see incoming calls if they collapse the sidebar. If your org uses divisions, we recommend that you keep the sidebar pinned and visible so you always have access to the Divisions dropdown list. |
| Show Custom Sidebar Components on All Pages |
If you have custom home page layouts that include components in the sidebar, this option makes the sidebar components available on all pages for all org users. If you only want certain users to view sidebar components on all pages, grant those users the “Show Custom Sidebar On All Pages” permission. If the Show Custom Sidebar Components on All Pages user interface setting is selected, the Show Custom Sidebar On All Pages permission isn’t available. |
| Setting | Description |
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| Enable Home Page Hover Links for Events |
This option affects only Salesforce Classic. Enables hover links in the calendar section of the Home tab. On the Home tab, users can hover the mouse over the subject of an event to see the details of the event in an interactive overlay. This option is enabled by default. This checkbox only controls the Home tab; hover links are always available on other calendar views. The fields available in the event detail and edit overlays are defined in a mini page layout. If you create all-day events, we recommend adding the All Day Event field to the events mini page layout. |
| Enable Drag-and-Drop Editing on Calendar Views |
This option affects only Salesforce Classic. You can’t disable drag-and-drop in Lightning Experience. Enables dragging of events on single-user, daily and weekly calendar views. Dragging allows users to reschedule events without leaving the page. This option is enabled by default. Calendar views can load less quickly when this checkbox is enabled. |
| Enable Click-and-Create Events on Calendar Views |
This option affects only Salesforce Classic. Lets users create events on day and weekly calendar views by double-clicking a specific time slot and entering event details in an interactive overlay. The fields available in the event detail and edit overlays are defined in a mini page layout. Recurring events and multi-person events aren’t supported for click-and-create events on calendar views. |
| Enable Drag-and-Drop Scheduling on List Views | This option affects only Salesforce Classic. Lets users create events associated with records by dragging records from list views to weekly calendar views and entering event details in an interactive overlay. This option is disabled by default. The fields available in the event detail and edit overlays are defined in a mini page layout. |
| Enable Hover Links for My Tasks List |
This option affects only Salesforce Classic. Enables hover links for tasks in the My Tasks section of the Home tab and on the calendar day view. This option is enabled by default. Users can hover the mouse over the subject of a task to see the details of that task in an interactive overlay. Your administrator can configure the information presented on these overlays. |
| Enable Japanese Imperial Calendar for the Japanese Locale | This option affects Lightning Experience and the Salesforce mobile app. Enables the Japanese imperial calendar for users who use the Japanese locale. |
| Setting | Description |
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| Enable Enhanced Page Layout Editor | When enabled, the enhanced page layout editor replaces the current interface for editing page layouts with a feature-rich WYSIWYG editor that includes several improvements. |
| Enable Streaming API | Enables Streaming API, which lets you receive notifications for changes to data that match a SOQL query that you define in a secure and scalable way. This field is selected by default. If your Salesforce edition has API access and you don’t see this checkbox, contact Salesforce. |
| Enable Dynamic Streaming Channel Creation | Enables dynamic channel creation when using the generic streaming feature of Streaming API. When enabled, generic streaming channels get dynamically created when clients subscribe, if the channel hasn’t already been created. This field is selected by default. If your Salesforce edition has API access and you don’t see the checkbox, contact Salesforce. |
| Enable “Delete from Field History” and “Delete from Field History Archive” User Permissions | Enables the user permissions that allow you to delete field history and field history archive records. This field isn’t selected by default. |
| Enable Custom Object Truncate | Enables truncating custom objects, which permanently removes all the records from a custom object while keeping the object and its metadata intact for future use. |
| Enable Improved Setup User Interface | When disabled, users with Salesforce Classic access their personal settings from the Setup menu. When enabled, users with Salesforce Classic access their personal settings from the My Settings menu, accessible from the username menu. The Setup link is also moved from the username menu to the App Menu. If you change this setting, be sure to notify all users in your org. |
| Enable Advanced Setup Search (Beta) |
When enabled, users can search for Setup pages, custom profiles, permission sets, public groups, roles, and users from the sidebar in Setup. When disabled, users can search for Setup pages only.
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| Use custom address fields |
When enabled, the Address custom field type is available in Object Manager. For more information, see Custom Address Fields in Salesforce Help. Before you enable custom address fields, review these important considerations.
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| Setting | Description |
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| Activate Extended Mail Merge |
Enables Extended Mail Merge for your org. When selected, the Mass Mail Merge link is available in the Tools area on the home pages for accounts, contacts, and leads. Also, single mail merges requested from the Activity History related list on a record are performed using Extended Mail Merge functionality. Before users create mail merge documents using Extended Mail Merge, admins must set up the feature. First, from Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter User Interface, and then select User Interface. Under the Advanced section, select Enable Extended Mail Merge. Admins can indicate whether they want all users’ mail merge documents to be saved to Salesforce Documents, or only documents over 3 MB. After the feature is enabled, admins must create mail merge templates in Microsoft® Word, and upload mail merge templates to Salesforce. |
| Always save Extended Mail Merge documents to the Documents tab | Mail merge documents generated using Extended Mail Merge are added to the user’s documents folder on the Documents tab, rather than delivered as email attachments. Users are sent confirmation emails when their mail merge requests have been completed. Those emails include links for retrieving generated documents from the Documents tab. These documents count against your org’s storage limits. |
| Use Error Console for error reporting in Lightning Experience |
Enables the Error Console for Lightning Experience in your org. When this feature is enabled, recent warnings and non-fatal errors are listed in the Error Console panel, instead of interrupting users with an error dialog. Fatal errors still trigger error dialogs. See View Errors in the Error Console for details. |
| Setting | Description |
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| Use SLDS 2 for pages that include <apex:slds> when an SLDS 2 theme is active |
When selected, Visualforce pages that include
For Visualforce pages to use SLDS 2, you must select this setting and enable an SLDS 2
theme in your org, as described in Activate a Theme and Create a Custom Theme. Then use the
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| Set the default value of the escape attribute in <apex:sectionHeader> components to false |
When selected, the default value of the The setting is unselected by default. When unselected, the To override the default
behavior on an individual Caution: Selecting this setting makes pages containing
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