This page last changed on Aug 25, 2009 by ggaskell.

Hover Profile is a convenient tool that provides quick access to key information about other Confluence users, their User Profile features and Network functions, throughout the Confluence interface. When you move or hover your mouse over a user's name, an interactive popup balloon appears, providing you with immediate access to these features and functions.

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Using Hover Profile

Whenever you hover your mouse pointer over a user's name appearing on the Confluence interface, their hover profile popup balloon appears.

Screenshot: Using Hover Profile



Hover Profile Layout

The top section of the hover profile popup balloon shows the user's Full Name, Profile Picture and Email address, based on their current User Profile details. Beneath this is shown the user's current User Status message. The low edge of the hover profile popup balloon has interactive features, described below in Using the Hover Profile popup balloon.

Accessing a Hover Profile

Areas of the Confluence interface where hover profile popup balloons are accessible include:

Hover profile is not available in the administrative areas of Confluence, such as the user management features of the Administration Console.

Using the Hover Profile Popup Balloon

From a user's hover profile popup balloon, you can easily:

  • send an email to them,
  • access their personal space (if they have one),
  • access their profile, network or status updates views, or
  • follow or stop following them. Please refer to the Network Overview page for details on using Confluence's network features.

To email a user from their hover profile popup balloon,

  1. Hover your mouse over the user's name on the Confluence interface until their hover profile popup balloon appears.
  2. Move your mouse directly into the popup balloon and click on the user's email address. Your email client opens up a new message with that email address in the 'To:' field.

To access a user's personal space from their hover profile popup balloon,

  1. Hover your mouse over the user's name on the Confluence interface until their hover profile popup balloon appears.
  2. Move your mouse directly into the popup balloon's 'More' menu and click the Personal Space item. The user's personal space page will be displayed.
    If the user does not have a personal space, then this item will not be available from the 'More' menu.

To access a user's profile, network or status updates views from their hover profile popup balloon,

  1. Hover your mouse over the user's name on the Confluence interface until their hover profile popup balloon appears.
  2. Move your mouse directly into the popup balloon's 'More' menu and click the Profile Page, Network Page or Status Updates Page item to access the user's profile, network or status updates views, respectively.

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