# Leaving presentation should show the selected slide in sidebar **URL:** \ **Category:** Wishlist\ **Tags:** feature-request\ **Created:** [November 27, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.ahaslides.com/t/leaving-presentation-should-show-the-selected-slide-in-sidebar/110 "2024-11-27T21:37:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_AhaSlides\_Team](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.ahaslides.com/the_ahaslides_team/32/55_2.png) [@The\_AhaSlides\_Team](https://community.ahaslides.com/u/The_AhaSlides_Team)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.ahaslides.com/t/leaving-presentation-should-show-the-selected-slide-in-sidebar/110/1 "2024-11-27T21:37:40Z")
_Migrated from the old AhaSlides community — Originally posted by **martin.girschick** on 27 November 2024 · 1 vote on the old forum · [view the original](https://help.ahaslides.com/portal/en/community/topic/leaving-presentation-should-show-the-selected-slide-in-sidebar)_ * * * Quite often when I leave a presentation the just presented slide is shown (which is what I expect) but the side with the overview of all slides shows the first slide instead of also the slide currently shown. This is _very_ annoying. ---
**Author:** ![The\_AhaSlides\_Team](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.ahaslides.com/the_ahaslides_team/32/55_2.png) [@The\_AhaSlides\_Team](https://community.ahaslides.com/u/The_AhaSlides_Team)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://community.ahaslides.com/t/leaving-presentation-should-show-the-selected-slide-in-sidebar/110/2 "2024-12-10T04:18:01Z")
_Originally posted by **AhaSlides Team (AhaSlides team)** on 10 December 2024_ Hi Martin, Thank you for sharing your feature request! I understand that navigating in the presentation list can be quite annoying. I hope that you could clarify a couple of points so we can better understand your needs and explore solutions. 1. Currently the thumbnail of a presentation in the list screen is only the background image of the first slide, there’s no slide content in the thumbnail (unless you upload a specific image for the thumbnail). I assume you want this thumbnail to be the background image of the currently active slide where you left off, because it’s the most recent you remember about that presentation - not the first slide’s background image, and by seeing that image, you know what that presentation is about, is that correct? 2. Would an image of the first slide containing the background **and** the content be better? Cheers, Duke ---
**Author:** ![The\_AhaSlides\_Team](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.ahaslides.com/the_ahaslides_team/32/55_2.png) [@The\_AhaSlides\_Team](https://community.ahaslides.com/u/The_AhaSlides_Team)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 9:21am UTC](https://community.ahaslides.com/t/leaving-presentation-should-show-the-selected-slide-in-sidebar/110/3 "2025-03-22T09:21:43Z")
_Originally posted by **martin.girschick** on 22 March 2025_ Hi. I’m not talking about the slide deck overview but within a slide deck the previews shown on the left side of the screen. If you reopen an existing presentation you see in the main area the slide you last visited. However, the scrollable area to the left containing all slides is always scrolled to the top and you manually have to scroll down to find the slide you are currently editing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_AhaSlides\_Team](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.ahaslides.com/the_ahaslides_team/32/55_2.png) [@The\_AhaSlides\_Team](https://community.ahaslides.com/u/The_AhaSlides_Team)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://community.ahaslides.com/t/leaving-presentation-should-show-the-selected-slide-in-sidebar/110/4 "2025-03-28T10:12:17Z")
_Originally posted by **Nathan Tran (AhaSlides team)** on 28 March 2025_ Hi, Thanks for your input—I really appreciate it. I’ll forward your feedback to our development team for future planning. If and when this feature is released, I’ll make an announcement here to keep everyone updated. All the best, Nathan ---
**Author:** ![The\_AhaSlides\_Team](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.ahaslides.com/the_ahaslides_team/32/55_2.png) [@The\_AhaSlides\_Team](https://community.ahaslides.com/u/The_AhaSlides_Team)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.ahaslides.com/t/leaving-presentation-should-show-the-selected-slide-in-sidebar/110/5 "2025-10-31T13:42:03Z")
_Originally posted by **martin.girschick** on 31 October 2025_ Any news? In my opinion the current behaviour is very annoying. Especially when reopening a presentation and the left sidebar always shows the first few slides and not the one shown in the main area.