Navigation Menu

Confluence is great for teamwork and managing projects, but finding your way around all the content can be tough. Cosmos Navigation adds a helpful navigation bar just under Confluence's top bar, making it easier to get to important pages and content quickly. We’re not just about improving access to critical content; we’re here to personalize the experience. Users can tailor the navigation based on specific Confluence spaces or customize visibility for distinct user groups, ensuring a relevant and efficient user journey.

How to use

1. Accessing Cosmos Navigation:

   • Navigate to your Confluence top bar and locate the 'Apps' dropdown menu.

   • Select 'Cosmos' from the dropdown to access its features.

2. Configuring Navigation Settings:

   • Within the Cosmos app, proceed to Settings by clicking the bottom left cogwheel button.

   • Identify the Navigation Menu segment, and click on Configuration to initiate customization.

Navigation Entries Overview

Cosmos Navigation offers enhanced customization through the inclusion of various navigation entry styles:

• London and Sydney Entries → These configurations present a refined layout, incorporating aesthetic improvements to deliver a user-centric navigation experience.

• Denver Entry → Characterized by its visual orientation, this style introduces an image-accompanied navigation option, providing multiple link integrations. Users can choose from different image dimensions (Small, Medium, Large) and presentation modes (Icon or Plain Text).

• Palo Alto Entry → This option allows for an extensive selection of app logos, including custom choices from the Optics Styleguide, facilitating the creation of an engaging and visually coherent menu.

• Hum Entry → Emphasizing minimalism, this style offers a straightforward link-based navigation, ideal for users seeking simplicity and efficiency.

• Houston Entry → Focused on space utility, this style enhances the visibility of critical spaces within the navigation framework, ensuring rapid access to pertinent content.

Steps to add new navigation entries

1. Click on the Add Menu Option button; a screen showcasing various navigation styles will appear.

2. Hover over each style to view a preview of how it looks.

3. Select the navigation style you wish to use by clicking on it.

4. Once selected, a navigation entry is created. At this point, you'll need to configure its layout and design. Each navigation style comes with its unique layout and design options.

5. Go back to the main navigation settings and find the newly created navigation entry. Here, you can start adding subentries, defining their design, and linking content.

6. Remember, the changes you make won't be visible to other users until you hit the save button located in the right bottom corner.

Personalize navigation entries

By setting view permissions based on Collections, admins can ensure that navigation entries are visible only to relevant user groups. Furthermore, admins can specify the Confluence spaces where each navigation entry should be displayed, providing a tailored navigation experience that aligns with the unique structure and needs of the organization.

Steps to customize navigation entry visibility

1. Click on the edit button for the desired navigation entry.

2. Find and click on the lock button located in the right upper corner.

3. Set the visibility options:

   • Determine if the navigation entry should be visible to anonymous users. (Only applied if the Confluence instance is opened for anonymous access)

   • Specify the Confluence spaces where this navigation entry will be displayed.

   • Use collections as an additional filter to define which user groups can view the navigation entry.

Publish navigation

Within the navigation configuration interface, there's a toggle feature that provides a straightforward way to enable or disable navigation for the whole Confluence instance. This functionality allows admins to easily publish the navigation once its configuration is complete, ensuring everything is set up perfectly before making it visible to users.

Additionally, this toggle offers the flexibility to hide the navigation from all users at any time, granting admins control over the availability and visibility of navigation options based on the organization's current needs or preferences. This feature ensures that navigation can be managed efficiently, keeping the user experience optimized and aligned with ongoing updates or changes.