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Confluence Site navigation

Use the site navigation menu to find people, pages, and apps no matter where you are in your Confluence site:  

  • Tap Home or the Confluence logo (  ) to return to your Confluence  dashboard. Tap Recent to see a list of pages and blog posts you’ve visited or worked on, plus drafts and starred content.
  • Tap Spaces to move between your starred or recently visited spaces, or to access the space directory.
  • Tap People to visit the people directory, where you can find information about the people you work with and create teams.
  • Tap Apps to see a list of the apps that are installed on your site or visit an app’s dashboard.
  • Tap Create to create a new page from anywhere on your site.

In addition, you can:

  • Search for content in the search bar
  • Tap the 9-dot icon ( Application switcher icon ) to switch to another Atlassian app
  • Tap the bell icon ( Notification bell icon ) to see notifications for your Atlassian apps
  • Tap ( Question icon ) to get help, see what’s new, view keyboard shortcuts, and more
  • Tap your avatar to provide feedback, edit your profile, and change your settings


Starred spaces appear at the top of your Home dashboard for easy access. To star a space, go to the space’s Overview and tap Star this space in the top right.

Navigating within a space

Use the space sidebar to navigate within a space. The space sidebar appears to the left of the page you’re viewing. It has three parts, each specific to the space you’re in.

The name of the space appears at the top of the space sidebar, followed by links to the space overview, blog, and space settings, plus dashboards for any apps you have installed.

Below these items, you’ll find your space shortcuts. These are links to important pages or websites that people who use the space need to be able to find easily. You can add shortcuts to pages in the space, in other spaces, or even on external websites.

Finally, there’s the content in the space. Pages are organized and displayed hierarchically in the page tree. To see the children of any page in the space, tap > next to the page name. Confluence automatically displays the children of the page you’re viewing.


Tap [ to show or hide the sidebar while you’re viewing a page.

To reorder pages within a space, just drag and drop; this should only be done by Confluence administrators and Space admins to prevent pages getting lost and links not working anymore.

ing search

Wherever your travels take you in Confluence , you can always find what you need.
Use the search bar in the upper right  to look for pages, blog posts, spaces, and even people. Results will begin to show up as soon as you start typing.
If you get to many results you can filter them by space, contributors, content type, and more.
If you cannot find your page by using the search bar  and or applying filters use then advanced search

  1. Click the search bar at the top right of the screen
  2. Select 'Confluence advanced search'

Search for exact matches

To find a page that contains an exact phrase, use double quotes around your search phase. 

For example, searching for "product manager" in double quotes will show search results with that exact match. Results will not contain pages that have only 'product' or only 'manager.'


Search with operators

If you don't know the exact phrase you're looking for, enter keywords and operators in the search field. The available operators are OR, AND, NOT, and Group.

  • OR search: searching for 'marketing' OR 'digital' will show results that contain one of these terms.
  • AND search: searching for 'marketing' AND 'digital' will show results that contain both of these terms.
  • NOT search: searching for 'marketing' NOT 'digital' will show results that only contain 'marketing' and do not contain 'digital.'
  • Group search: searching for (marketing OR digital) AND content will show results that can contain either 'marketing' or 'digital,' but must contain 'content.'

Search with wildcards

A wildcard is a character like ? or * that can be used to replace characters in your search. To replace a single character, use ?. To replace multiple characters, use *.

  • For example, a search of b?g will show pages that have any of the following words: big, bug, bag, beg, or bog.
  • A search of manag* will show pages that have words such as: manage, manager, management, managing, managerial, etc.

Here's something valuable to know: You can combine exact matches, operators, and wildcards in one search query. For example, you can search  manag* AND past? AND ("article" OR "post")

So searching on *amaha wont find Yamaha…. But searching on yamah* will find Yamaha.
There is a workaround however if you use /.*amaha.*/  it will find Yamaha.

Keyboard shortcuts

Within Confluence, you can access the complete list of keyboard shortcuts. There are three ways to access this list:

  • Use the keyboard command: When viewing a page, press shift and ? together?

  • Use the main navigation bar: At the top right of your screen, select the ? icon, then Keyboard shortcuts

  • Scroll to the bottom of any page: In edit mode, scroll to the bottom and select the ? icon 

Exploring your Home dashboard



Home Application switcher icon makes it easy to explore your recent spaces and pages and stay updated on what’s happening in your organization. To the right of your dashboard, you’ll find site-wide announcements, calendars, and your site’s activity feed.

The activity feed is a treasure trove of recent and popular content across your site. These are pages and blog posts that other people in your company have liked or commented on. These updates can help you keep tabs on what’s going on across your company and gauge how your company culture is doing.


The more likes and comments a page gets in a short period of time, the higher it will rank in the popular activity feed.