Allow Customization on Confluence Sidebar Menus

Problem Definition

By default, spaces in Confluence are created with the following options:

• Overview
• Blog

Example:

It's possible to toggle them on or off on a space-by-space basis, but you can't change the name of the link (e.g. Blog to News or Overview to Home), and it's also not possible to toggle a global space default (i.e. to disable Blog link for all new spaces in the future, the way we can set a default set of global Space Permissions)

Suggested Solution

It would be very useful if there is an option to change or customize the default space sidebar menus.

Example:

• Ability to modify the text of the links
• Ability to set a global default for space sidebar settings for all new spaces.
• Set a group of default space shortcuts to use.

Workaround

• In order to disable Overview and Space menus on a single space, as a space admin, navigate to Space Settings > Sidebar Configuration. Under Choose what appears in your sidebar, toggle the menu options you want to hide:
  
• Note there is no workaround to modify the text of the menu options, but you can change where the Overview page links by setting a new page as the Overview.

1. Click on the space name in the navigation, and click Space Settings to open the Overview tab.
2. Choose Edit Space Details.
3. Enter the page you want use in the Home page field then choose Save.