Using the Confluence Screens

This page gives a pictorial tour of the Confluence user interface.

On this page:

Confluence Menus

The image below gives an overview of the menus in Confluence.

Menu or option	Explanation
Browse menu	The 'Browse' menu gives access to wiki content such as pages, news items, etc, and allows you to browse the People Directory. If you are an administrator, the space and site administration options appear here too.
User menu	After you have logged in, your name will appear at top right of the screen. The 'User' menu appears when your cursor hovers over your name. The menu allows you to log out, access your user profile or view your editing history, personal labels and page watches. You can also retrieve drafts of pages you are editing.
Search box	Type into this box and press 'Enter' to search.
Edit button	The 'Edit' button allows you to edit this page.
Add menu	The 'Add' menu allows you to add things to a page or space.
Tools menu	The 'Tools' menu contains miscellaneous actions relating to the page.

The image below gives an overview of the non-menu screen items in Confluence.

Menu or option	Explanation
Byline	This shows the page author's name and the person who most recently edited the page.
Byline Icons	Two icons that indicate the presence of page restrictions and attachments to the page. A small padlock indicates page restrictions, while a paperclip indicates attachments. Both icons are clickable, leading to the 'Page Information' and 'Attachments' pages, respectively.
Labels	This line shows labels (or tags) attached to the current page.