# How to attach plugin panel permanently to the sidebar? **URL:** \ **Category:** InDesign\ **Tags:** uxp, javascript\ **Created:** [August 24, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-attach-plugin-panel-permanently-to-the-sidebar/6730 "2023-08-24T07:54:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sivar2311](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/sivar2311/32/3186_2.png) [@sivar2311](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/sivar2311)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-attach-plugin-panel-permanently-to-the-sidebar/6730/1 "2023-08-24T07:54:59Z")
Hi! I have created my first UXP plugin for InDesign (a business card creator for our company). To make sure I always have it quickly at hand, I pinned the panel to the sidebar. But whenever InDesign is closed, it disappears from the sidebar. The next time I start InDesign, I have to restart the plugin and pin the panel to the sidebar again. Is there any way to avoid this? ---
**Author:** ![pklaschka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/pklaschka/32/3162_2.png) [@pklaschka](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/pklaschka)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-attach-plugin-panel-permanently-to-the-sidebar/6730/2 "2023-08-24T08:53:02Z")
Nice catch – I hadn’t even noticed that, yet! Probably something for the InDesign team to answer (I don’t think there’s a way for us – the plugin developers – to do anything about it at the moment). Maybe something for InDesign 19.0? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sujai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/sujai/32/2791_2.png) [@Sujai](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Sujai)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-attach-plugin-panel-permanently-to-the-sidebar/6730/3 "2023-08-25T09:02:39Z")
@sivar2311 are you planning to submit this plugin on Adobe marketplace? Would be have it there so that I can try it out. ---
**Author:** ![sivar2311](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/sivar2311/32/3186_2.png) [@sivar2311](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/sivar2311)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-attach-plugin-panel-permanently-to-the-sidebar/6730/4 "2023-08-25T09:30:15Z")
Hello @Sujai! Thank’s for the feedback. No, the plugin will not be published in the Market Place as it is only for use in our company. However, the behaviour can be reproduced with the simple example of the quick start template (see [https://github.com/sivar2311/uxp-quick-starter-template](https://github.com/sivar2311/uxp-quick-starter-template)) and will probably affect any plugin. ---
**Author:** ![Anoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Anoop](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Anoop)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-attach-plugin-panel-permanently-to-the-sidebar/6730/5 "2023-08-28T04:47:40Z")
@sivar2311 Thanks for reporting, we are looking into this issue. ---
**Author:** ![Ingo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/ingo/32/475_2.png) [@Ingo](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Ingo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-attach-plugin-panel-permanently-to-the-sidebar/6730/6 "2023-09-04T21:33:15Z")
Hi @sivar2311 would you mind sharing your plugin with the Adobe team? I would love to see what you build as a business card creator and also have a chat with you about that. If you are open for that please reach out to [ieichel@adobe.com](mailto:ieichel@adobe.com). Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![laurent\_c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@laurent\_c](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/laurent_c)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-attach-plugin-panel-permanently-to-the-sidebar/6730/7 "2024-04-18T13:35:30Z")
Hi, are there any news on this topic ? ---
**Author:** ![bobbyporteronedesign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@bobbyporteronedesign](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/bobbyporteronedesign)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-attach-plugin-panel-permanently-to-the-sidebar/6730/9 "2024-07-11T12:01:52Z")
Also seeking an update on this. This functionality would be useful for my own in-house inDesign plugin. ---
**Author:** ![BrettLWieland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/46a35a/32.png) [@BrettLWieland](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/BrettLWieland)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-attach-plugin-panel-permanently-to-the-sidebar/6730/10 "2024-10-25T16:27:35Z")
I would also like this functionality added. There doesn’t appear to be a way to do it programmatically that I can find, and it’s very frustrating having to redo my panel setup every time. I have several panels we use for internal processes and it’s just not a very smooth process having to reopen them every time ID restarts. ---
**Author:** ![medium\_jon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/medium_jon/32/2371_2.png) [@medium\_jon](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/medium_jon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-attach-plugin-panel-permanently-to-the-sidebar/6730/11 "2026-01-22T15:43:53Z")
Bumping this again. One issue that we’ve seen with this is that if the plug-in isn’t fixed to the panel positions, it won’t auto-open for some users. And then they have to choose it from the `plug-ins` menu. Strangely, for some users, that auto-open behavior was tied to whether they use the: InDesign \> Preferences \> General \> `Show Home Screen When No Documents Are Open` ---
**Author:** ![vamitul](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/vamitul/32/3075_2.png) [@vamitul](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/vamitul)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-attach-plugin-panel-permanently-to-the-sidebar/6730/12 "2026-10-02T06:10:30Z")
Any updates on this? Or any good workarounds from the community? I’m currently rebuilding my Command Console plugin in UXP, and to restart it from the plugins menu and dock it again and again every time I start InDesign is a big bummer!