Sidebar and sidebar icon does not appear after an upgrade
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Problem
After upgrade Confluence to last version, "sidebar" is not displayed, and the sidebar controller icon that should appear next to the search button is not displayed.
Diagnosis
Environment
- You are using Documentation theme
- You have the plugin Confluence Intranet Theme by Stimmt AG installed
Cause
The issue is caused by the plugin mentioned above is interfering with Confluence.
Resolution
- Update the plugin to the newest version or
Uninstall the plugin
Should that does not fix the issue,
try
Enable Plugin Safe Mode
and see if the issue persists. This is because there might be other third party plugin that are causing interference to Confluence's core plugins, and thus causing this issue