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# Extending the Workbench

🚧 **Coming Soon** 🚧

Discover how to extend Superset's main interface and workbench with custom components and functionality.

## Topics to be covered:

- Adding custom menu items and navigation
- Creating custom dashboard components
- Extending the SQL Lab interface
- Adding custom sidebar panels
- Creating floating panels and modals
- Integrating with the command palette
- Custom toolbar buttons and actions
- Workspace state management
- Plugin-specific keyboard shortcuts
- Context menu extensions

## Extension Points

- **Main navigation** - Top-level menu items
- **Dashboard builder** - Custom components and layouts
- **SQL Lab** - Query editor extensions
- **Chart explorer** - Visualization building tools
- **Settings panels** - Configuration interfaces
- **Data source explorer** - Database navigation

## UI Integration Patterns

- React component composition
- Portal-based rendering
- Event-driven UI updates
- Responsive layout adaptation

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*This documentation is under active development. Check back soon for updates!*