Confluence 2.8 Screen and Menu Changes
Can't find a menu item in Confluence 2.8? That's understandable, because the user interface (layout of the screens and menus) in Confluence 2.8 has changed dramatically. This page contains a quick summary of the changes. Please read on for a quick and easy introduction.
Refer to Using the Confluence Screens for an overview of the new Confluence menu structure.
On this page:
Some of the Confluence documentation will not immediately reflect the new user interface in Confluence 2.8. We are working to rectify the situation as quickly as possible. In the interim, please use this page as a guide.
What's on this page?
The image below shows a Confluence 2.8 screen, with numbers added to the image. The numbers relate to a table of menu commands below the image, showing the new menu structure. Finally, there is a comprehensive table of menu commands, their new locations and how to get there.
Confluence 2.8 User Interface in Detail
The following screenshot and numbered list show the new menu layout in Confluence 2.8.
Screenshot: Confluence 2.8 Annotated User Interface Changes
New Menu Structure in Confluence 2.8
The numbers in this list relate to the numbers added onto the image above.
| 'Space Menu' containing Pages, News, Labels, Attachments, Bookmarks, Mail, Advanced and Space Admin. |
| 'User Menu' containing Personal Space, Preferences, History, Administration (Confluence Administrators only) and Log Out. |
| 'Edit Button' which opens the current page for editing. |
| 'Add Menu' containing Page, News, Comment, Attachment, Add Bookmark. There may also be other items in this menu, depending upon the plugins you have installed on your Confluence site. For example, Add Diagram (Gliffy plugin) and Add Spreadsheet (EditGrid plugin). |
| 'Tools Menu' containing Attachments, History, E-mail, Favorite, Watch, Info, View Wiki Markup, Export to PDF, Export to Word, Copy, Move and Remove. |
| 'Labels'. This line shows tags attached to the current page. |
Changes to Menu Items in Confluence 2.8
This table lists every change to the menu structure that has occurred in Confluence 2.8. Names for some commands have changed, so the old menu option names are listed, next to the new names, with instructions for finding them. (You can search the text on this page for the name of a menu item you used to use in an earlier version of Confluence – you'll find instructions next to it.)
Old items, now under Space Menu | New instructions |
|---|---|
Browse Space — Pages | Click 'Space', 'Pages' |
Browse Space — News | Click 'Space', 'News' |
Browse Space — Labels | Click 'Space', 'Labels' |
Browse Space — Attachments | Click 'Space', 'Attachments' |
Browse Space — Bookmarks | Click 'Space', 'Bookmarks' |
Browse Space — Mail | Click 'Space', 'Mail' |
Browse Space — Advanced options | Click 'Space', 'Advanced' |
Space Admin | Click 'Space', 'Space Admin' |
Old items, now under Add Menu | New instructions |
Add Page | Click 'Add', 'Page' |
Add News | Click 'Add', 'News' |
Add Comment | Click 'Add', 'Comment' |
Attachments tab | Click 'Add', 'Attachment' |
Bookmarks | Click 'Add', 'Add Bookmark' |
Add other items to the page, as provided by plugins such as Gliffy diagrams and spreadsheets | Click 'Add' and then select the relevant option (available only if you have the relevant plugin installed) |
Add Spreadsheet | Click 'Add', 'Add Spreadsheet' |
Old items, now under Tools Menu | New instructions |
Attachments tab | Click 'Tools', 'Attachments' |
View Page History | Click 'Tools', 'History' |
Email the page to someone | Click 'Tools', 'E-mail' |
Favorite button | Click 'Tools', 'Favorite' |
Watch button | Click 'Tools', 'Watch' |
Info tab | Click 'Tools', 'Info' |
View Wiki Markup | Click 'Tools', 'View Wiki Markup' |
View a printable version of the current page | Click 'File', 'Print Preview' (in your browser menu) |
Export to PDF | Click 'Tools', 'Export to PDF' |
Export to Word | Click 'Tools', 'Export to Word' |
Copy (page) | Click 'Tools', 'Copy' |
Move (page) | Click 'Tools', 'Move' |
Remove (page) | Click 'Tools', 'Remove' |
Miscellaneous page element(s) | New instructions |
Labels | (moved to the bottom of page content) |
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