# Why is "Browse Channels" a pencil icon?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-browse-channels-a-pencil-icon/378708
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [August 15, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-browse-channels-a-pencil-icon/378708 "2025-08-15T08:55:08Z")
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#### Post date: [August 15, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-browse-channels-a-pencil-icon/378708/2 "2025-08-15T10:07:06Z")

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It’s a bit of both. Clicking the pencil does indeed open the window with all channels, but on that page, as you can see, you can join channels, which in turn will then show up in your sidebar. So in that sense, the edit icon is editing the sidebar section.

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