HideElements is an app which – the name is quite telling – can hide certain UI elements within Confluence. For an introductory article, please have a look at our recent blog posts Welcome HideElements for Confluence 3.0 and Ever wanted to hide some elements in Atlassian Confluence?
The following elements can currently be hidden:
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Layout elements: Header, Sidebar, Comments
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Page Meta Elements: Breadcrumb, Title, Metas, Likes, Labels
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Header Elements: Confluence Logo, Spaces, People, Create Button, Search, Help, Admin, Notifications, Profile
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Toolbar Elements: Edit Button, Favorite, Watch, Share, Tools
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Content Elements: Inline Comment, Jira Issue Link
Any element that is not in this list can be hidden with a custom CSS selector. For a detailed description, see:
Hidden elements can be configured on the following levels / within the following scopes:
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Page: elements to be hidden on the current Page are specified with a Confluence macro. (The same macro can also be used in Blog Posts)
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Space: elements to be hidden space-wide are specified in the Space administration.
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Global: elements to be hidden globally / system-wide are specified in the Confluence administration.
Settings are inherited in the following chain: Global > Space > Page. More details can be found here:
At any point in time you can disable HideElements for the current page by appending hideelements=false to your URL. If there is no "?" sign in your URL yet it should be ?hideelements=false, otherwise it should be &hideelements=false.
FAQ
Additionally to the above resources, we are continuously working on a HideElements FAQ. These are our current question-answer articles:
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Is Hide Elements Available on Confluence Cloud? -
How can I edit a page when I have hidden the edit button? -
Why does HideElements inherit settings between levels and what does the "green eye" do? -
Why are there locks next to the eyes and why would I want to lock a setting? -
How do disable HideElements for the current page/view? -
Why are the HideElements menus for hiding elements globally or on a space level not showing? -
How can I access the space administration menu when the sidebar is hidden? -
How to temporarily disable HideElements on a single page -
How to edit a Confluence page when the create button is hidden through HideElements
Get Help
If questions remain open, please do not hesitate to create a ticket on our support platform!