Anyone experiencing dashboard display issue in Google Chrome?

Question

Hi. Using the latest version of Google Chrome on Linux with Confluence Server 6.8.0, we're finding the dashboard content is obscured by the sidebar menu when it is expanded (only on the dashboard, no other pages). It's as if Chrome is not applying a CSS style correctly. It works in an older version of Firefox that comes with the OS (CentOS 7.4). We've created a quick workaround hack using custom HTML and CSS, to force the padding-left value of the main content, but that is obviously not ideal. Anyone else seen this behaviour? Many thanks.

Shannon S · Answer

Hi Stephen,

Thank you for your follow-up

I had a look to see if this was reported in the past, and I found that it is indeed expected behavior, and therefore occurs in all other browsers as well.

It is as you discovered, if a user's screen resolution is too small then the sidebar automatically collapses, and if they need to expand it, it will indeed cover a portion of the dashboard.

Kind regards,

Shannon

stephen.hughes · Answer

Hi Shannon,

Many thanks for the reply.

Whilst testing in Incognito mode (once I got it re-enabled), I discovered that it is part of the page's responsive behaviour. Enlarging the browser window sufficiently (>= 1240px) made the content snap back into position to the right of the sidebar. Resizing it smaller then kept it visible until the sidebar automatically collapses. So the issue only occurs if the browser window isn't sufficiently wide enough when you have the sidebar open - either by visiting the dashboard page with the sidebar preference saved as open, or by expanding it with it collapsed.

This behaviour is the same in an old (47.0) version of Chrome I found as well.

I guess it's because the Dashboard has the three columns, whilst all the others just have the two.

Regards

Shannon S · Answer

Stephen,

I'm running 6.8.0 on macOS with the latest stable Chrome Version 65.0.3325.181 and I'm not seeing the same issue with the Confluence dashboard.

Could you perhaps show us an example of what you're seeing? Does this occur on multiple instances of Chrome and with all add-ons disabled, as well as in Incognito Mode?

Regards,

Shannon