Confluence Gadgets

This page describes the purpose of the 'Confluence Gadgets' window and how to access it, and provides information about the gadgets that are bundled with Confluence.

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The Confluence Gadgets Window

The 'Confluence Gadgets' window displays a list of all Confluence gadgets available in your Confluence installation. These are gadgets that:

Interact with and provide access to data in your Confluence installation
Can be used externally such as on a JIRA 4+ server's dashboard, a page or blog post of another Confluence server, or any compatible page on a web site that accepts gadgets, such as iGoogle. (But see the limitations on using Confluence gadgets in other applications.)

Refer to Adding a Confluence Gadget to a JIRA Dashboard or Configuring Confluence Gadgets for Use in Other Applications for more information on adding Confluence gadgets to external applications. However, a Confluence gadget can also be used within the same Confluence installation, by adding it to a page or blog post using the gadget macro.

The Confluence gadgets bundled with Confluence are described below. However, if your Confluence administrator has installed more Confluence gadgets (typically as Confluence plugins), these will also appear in this list. If there are more gadgets in the list than what will fit within this window, a scrollbar will appear on the right. To find the gadget you want, use this scroll bar to move up and down the list of gadgets.

To access the Confluence Gadgets window,

Open the 'Browse' menu and select 'Confluence Gadgets'. The 'Confluence Gadgets' window will open.

Screenshot: The Confluence Gadgets Window