---
title: "Navigating Frappe Sign"
space: "Frappe Sign Documentation"
url: "http://buff0k.co.za/frappe-sign-docs/navigating-frappe-sign"
updated: "2026-11-01"
---

## Opening the app

Frappe Sign appears on the Frappe apps screen for anyone with a Frappe Sign role. Clicking its tile opens the **Sign Document** page, which lists what the current user has to sign.

![The apps screen with the Frappe Sign tile](/files/docs-fsign-apps-screen.png)

## The sidebar

Everything else is reached from the Frappe Sign sidebar. What you see depends on your role.

A **Frappe Sign Manager** (or Sender) sees the full sidebar:

![The Signing Requests list as a Frappe Sign Manager, with the full sidebar](/files/docs-fsign-request-list.png)

| Sidebar item | Opens | Used by |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Sign Document** | Your outstanding signing requests, signable inside Desk. See **[Signing a Document](/frappe-sign-docs/signing-a-document)**. | Everyone |
| **Signing Requests** | The Frappe Sign Request list. Signers see only requests they are on; Senders see their own; Managers see all. | Everyone |
| **Layout Designer** | The Frappe Sign Designer. It is normally opened from a request or template rather than directly. | Senders, Managers |
| **Validate Signed PDF** | The validator page. See **[Validating Documents](/frappe-sign-docs/validating-documents)**. | Everyone |
| **Signatory Profiles** | Frappe Sign Profile records. | Everyone (own profile), Managers (all) |
| **Signature Templates** | Frappe Sign Template records. | Managers |
| **Signing Events** | The audit-event log. | Read-only evidence |
| **Signing Certificates** | Audit certificates and final verification packages. | Read-only evidence |
| **Settings** | Frappe Sign Settings. | Managers |

A **Frappe Sign User** who only signs documents sees a shorter sidebar, without the Designer, Templates or Settings:

![The sidebar as seen by a signer with only the Frappe Sign User role](/files/docs-fsign-nav-signer-sidebar.png)

## Portal pages

Signers can also use two website (portal) pages, listed in the portal menu of their account:

- **User Signature Profile** (`/frappe-sign-profile`): set up or change a saved signature and initials, and give signing consent.
- **Documents To Sign** (`/frappe-sign-documents`): a list of requests waiting for you, with a link to each.

![The Documents To Sign portal page](/files/docs-fsign-portal-documents.png)

External signers never need Desk or the portal. They only ever use the unique link in their email, which opens `/sign/<token>`.