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Platform 20 Brings Significant UI Changes to Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

Platform 20 was recently released and includes a number of noticeable changes to the User Interface; this article will highlight some of the significant changes. Overall, these changes are a welcome incremental improvement to some common usability issues.

Workspaces

Workspaces on the Default Dashboard are set apart from the background, making it more obvious they are buttons.

Old Button
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New Button
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Font Changes

Header fonts are bolder and use a heavier font than before.

Old Fonts
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New Fonts
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Ribbon Bar Color

Ribbon bar is now a more neutral color to blend better indicate the buttons are related to the form below.

Old Coloring
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New Coloring
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Fact Boxes

Opening the Fact Boxes went from an impossible to discover button to a “Related information” slide-out.

Old Button
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New Slide-out
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Filter Drop-down

The grid filter drop-down and filter pane have been reorganized and enhanced.

Old Drop-down
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New Drop-down and Filter pane
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Filter Slide-out Blends into Form

The filter slide out has new fonts, coloring that better blends into the form, and more obvious link indicators.

Old Filter Slide-out
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New Filter Slide-out
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Edit Icon When Form in Read-only Mode

There’s now an edit icon on each field when a form is in read-only mode. This makes it more obvious for users to switch the form into edit mode.

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Subtle Field Outlines in Read-only Mode

Field boxes in detail forms are more subtle when in Read-only mode. Edit mode is similar to the prior design.

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