## Sidebars
Open and close using the two commands:
```button
name Toggle Left Sidebar
type command
action Toggle left sidebar
```
```button
name Toggle Right Sidebar
type command
action Toggle Right sidebar
```
### Features
- You can drag notes into the sidebar, and you can organize them vertically too like you should be seeing right now
- If you want to save layouts, consider using [[Obsidian Workspaces]]
### Left Sidebar
*You can add more panes vertically if you squeeze em in between existing ones*
#### Top
##### [[Obsidian Bookmarks]]
```button
name Bookmarks: Show bookmarks
type command
action Bookmarks: Show bookmarks
```
##### [[My Plugins#Recent Files|Recent Files]]
```button
name Recent Files: Open
type command
action Recent Files: Open
```
#### Bottom
##### Search
[[Obsidian Core Plugins]] for searching across your files
```button
name Search: Search in all files
type command
action Search: Search in all files
```
##### File explorer
[[Organization methods in Obsidian#Folders|Folders]] view
##### File Tree Alternative Plugin
A more functional [[Organization methods in Obsidian#Folders|folders]] view
##### Tags
Tags pane to modify and view files associated with different tags.
Uses `Tag Wrangler Plugin` to let you bulk modify tags as well.
##### All Properties Pane
Properties pane to see all the [[Metadata]] in your vault
### Right Sidebar
#### Top
##### Backlinks
[[Backlinks]] to see what notes link to the current note
##### Local graph view
- Visually see all notes linked to this one
- For a visual alternative for all links
##### Outgoing links
See what notes the current note links to
##### Strange New Worlds
[[Obsidian Strange New Worlds Plugin]]
An additional view for seeing backlinks of headers and other notes.
#### Middle
##### Outline
[[Obsidian Core Plugins]] that shows outline of a note based on headers
##### File Properties
Lets you view and edit [[Metadata]] of the current note
#### Bottom
- [[Journals Plugin]]
- [[Daily Note Outline Plugin]]
## Ribbon Toolbar
On the left hand side
- Quick-access commands in the most-left strip of the interface
- Can modify it using [[My Plugins#Commander]]
- I personally don't use this much since I just use the [[Command Palette]], but it can be useful if you want to visually see the [[Obsidian Hotkeys]] you are trying to learn, or for commands where you commonly use the mouse
# Your Turn
Visit [[Lesson Action Items#Obsidian Layout]]
Then go back to [[USV Module - Learn Obsidian]]