The navigation pane shows more than the model

The pane shows hidden groups, the group of unassigned objects, or a group whose condition shouldn't hold here, or it doesn't show your own category at all.

WKL Forms Object Library 1.50 or later, Microsoft 365 Access; a navigation pane model saved with the designer, with WklNavPane.Save, or with the build tool (navPaneModel).

• Show Hidden Objects is on. When the Show Hidden Objects option (in the navigation options) is on, Access shows hidden groups and the hidden group of unassigned objects dimmed; Show System Objects adds the system tables. Both are settings of the Windows user, not of the database, and they're often on on a developer computer.
• The model wasn't applied here. Conditions are evaluated when the model is applied. A pane written on another computer or in the ACCDB file (by the build tool, for example) shows what held there until the application applies the model itself.
• Another category is selected. Access opens with the category it showed last; a user who chose another category in the pane's list sees that one.

1. In Navigation Options (right-click the top of the pane), clear Show Hidden Objects and Show System Objects to see the pane the way users without these options see it.
2. Apply the model when the application starts: CreateObject("WklForms.NavPane").Apply in the Load event of the startup form.
3. Show the category from code: CreateObject("WklForms.NavPane").NavigateTo.
4. Check the conditions on the designer's Groups and entries page: a group marked (conditional) appears only where its condition holds.

• WklNavPane overview
• How to: Vary the navigation pane per environment
• API reference: WklNavPane