The Capable byline

Every page gets a single "Capable" entry in its byline, next to the author and the date. That menu is the front door to everything the suite can do with the page you are looking at.

It matters more than it sounds, because several capabilities have no macro and no navigation item. The byline is the only way to reach them.


#Opening it

The Capable byline panel open on a Confluence page, showing a Search capabilities box and a Capabilities list of Approval, Calendar, Diagrams, Images, Number headings, Macros, Github, Markdown and Pub
The panel lists the capabilities that apply to the page you are standing on, with a search box above them.

Route

Detail

Click

The "Capable" entry in the page byline

Keyboard

Press the comma key


#What is only in here

Source, Export, Tasks and numbered headings have no other entry point in the product.


#Searching from it

Typing in the byline panel queries every installed capability at once, and returns each one's matches under its own heading. It is the fastest way to find something related to the page you are on.

The Capable byline menu with the word approval typed into its search box, showing results grouped under Capabilities, Macros and Help.
One box returns capabilities, macros and help articles together.

#A few things worth knowing

  • This is a suite feature. Standalone apps show their own byline entry rather than a unified one.

  • The comma shortcut works when the page has focus, not while you are typing in an editor.

  • A capability hidden by an administrator disappears from here too.



One menu. Press comma.