Modifying Confluence Header

[Brandon Viertel]

Is there any way to modify the Confluence header area without requiring a plugin? We want to add a dropdown to the default Confluence header bar for additional space navigation. We currently accomplish this through a plugin, but the cost is not justified for the single feature we use it for. Can this be done through modifying layouts, be it from within the app or server-side? Or anything else not requiring a plugin?

Thanks!

[Bill Bailey · Accepted solution]

Well you have access to the page layouts, and can also added any needed Javascript to the header. So it is very do-able, but you need to document your changes so that you can re-apply them when you upgrade,

[Denis Burdukovskiy]

Hi!

Take a look at this page:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-add-a-site-wide-banner-165609599.html

Using mentioned method and Javascript / JQuery code you can manage elements (add buttons, hide buttons and so on)