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Confluence 3.0 Documentation
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:
The Byline of a page or blog
The People Directory
The outputs of various Confluence Macros on a page or blog
Page or blog edit histories or comparisons
Page or blog information pages.
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,
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