# Adding controls elements

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/adding-controls-elements/29041>\
**Category:** Grafana Plugin Development\
**Created:** [April 22, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/adding-controls-elements/29041 "2020-04-22T08:43:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![drmaximus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@drmaximus7](https://community.grafana.com/u/drmaximus7)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/adding-controls-elements/29041/1 "2020-04-22T08:43:13Z")

</div>

Please tell me how i can add my own controls element to the interface?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![marcusolsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/marcusolsson/32/7922_2.png) [@marcusolsson](https://community.grafana.com/u/marcusolsson)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/adding-controls-elements/29041/2 "2020-04-22T14:01:57Z")

</div>

Could you share some more details? Are you looking to create your own panel?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![drmaximus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@drmaximus7](https://community.grafana.com/u/drmaximus7)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/adding-controls-elements/29041/3 "2020-04-23T06:46:12Z")

</div>

Thank you for your response. I attach a screen with a description

 ![Element](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/2X/1/1a3fef208c05cfe4d1caff9aa52b6dc616a89709.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![marcusolsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/marcusolsson/32/7922_2.png) [@marcusolsson](https://community.grafana.com/u/marcusolsson)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/adding-controls-elements/29041/4 "2020-04-23T08:18:53Z")

</div>

To add custom controls, you need to [build your own panel plugin](https://grafana.com/tutorials/build-a-panel-plugin).