# The Vercel Toolbar is now more compact and dynamic

**Published:** January 14, 2025 | **Authors:** George Karagkiaouris, wits, Christopher Skillicorn, Sam Saliba, Gary Borton

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The Vercel Toolbar has a new compact design, making it easier to access the tools you use most.

- **Compact design: **The** **toolbar is now smaller and only runs when you click or tap to activate it or when visiting from a link that contains a comment thread, draft link, or flag override
- ​**Shortcuts: **Your most recently used tools will pin to the top of your menu for easy access
- **Visit with Toolbar: **When visiting** **projects and deployments from the dashboard, you'll see a "Visit" button that gives you the option to load the toolbar upon opening
- ​**Browser extension controls: **Users with the browser extension enabled can control when the toolbar is active or hidden under "Preferences" in the toolbar menu

Learn more about the [Vercel Toolbar ](https://vercel.com/docs/workflow-collaboration/vercel-toolbar)and its features.

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📚 **More updates:** [View all changelog entries](/changelog/sitemap.md) | [Blog](/blog/sitemap.md)