How to hide Questions for Confluence elements without disabling the add-on
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Purpose
If you are looking for ways to hide elements of Questions for Confluence without disabling the entire plugin there are a few options to achieve this depending on your goal.
Solution
To hide the Questions link from the navigation bar
We first used the browser's Developer Tools to find the element name for the Questions link and then used our How to hide elements in Confluence using CSS or JavaScript page as a guide to hiding the link. See the steps below:
- Go to
> General Configuration - On the sidebar menu find and click on Stylesheet
- On the Global Stylesheet page, please click the Edit button
Insert the code below in the text box:
#confluence-questions-link { display: none; }- Click Save and leave the Confluence Administration page (The Questions link will still be displayed while in Confluence Administration)
How to hide the Questions for Confluence Ask a question field
If for any reason you'd like to make Questions for Confluence available for reading but removing the ability to ask new questions, you can hide the Ask a question field by using the global stylesheet as well. See the steps below.
- Go to > General Configuration
- On the sidebar menu find and click on Stylesheet
- On the Global Stylesheet page, please click the Edit button
Insert the code below in the text box:
#cq-searchbox { display: none; }- Click Save
Disable modules of the plugin
Understing the plugin modules and what they do can also help you figure out if disabling a module or two will help you achieve your goal. Questions for Confluence has over 220 modules but the ones below are related to the most common actions.
Main menu options
| Module | Result |
|---|---|
| Questions for Confluence Header Item (confluence.restricted.header.item) | If disabled it will hide the Questions link on the top navigation bar |
| Questions Space Sidebar Link (cq.space.sidebar.link) | If disabled it will remove the sidebar link for Confluence Questions within Spaces |
Comments
| Module | Result |
|---|---|
| Comment on a question (cq.question.meta.comment) | If disabled the users won't be able to comment on any question |
| Comment on an answer (cq.answer.meta.comment) | If disabled the users won't be able to comment on any answer |
| Edit comment (cq.comment.meta.edit) | If disabled the users won't be able to edit comments |
| Delete comment (cq.comment.meta.delete) | If disabled the users won't be able to delete comments |
| Convert to answer (cq.comment.meta.convert-to-answer) | If disabled the users won't be able to convert a comment into an answer |
Answers
| Module | Result |
|---|---|
| Accept an answer (cq.answer.meta.accept) | If disabled the users won't be able to accept an answer |
| Unaccept an answer (cq.answer.meta.unaccept) | If disabled the users won't be able to unaccept an answer |
| Delete answer (cq.answer.meta.delete) | If disabled the users won't be able to delete an answer |
| Convert to comment (cq.answer.meta.convert-to-comment) | If disabled the users won't be able to convert answers into comments |
| vote (vote) | If disabled the users won't be able to vote on answers |
Questions
| Module | Result |
|---|---|
| Delete question (cq.question.meta.delete) | If disabled the users won't be able to delete their questions |
| Edit question (cq.question.meta.edit) | If disabled the users won't be able to edit their questions |
| query-input (query-input) | If disabled the users won't be able to add new questions |