Problem Description

If you put short message on Welcome message in Confluence 5.0, it will lead to broken dashboard on the right tabs in Confluence default dashboard. The character limit can be varied, depends on the styling of the text itself. For more information please refer to the following screenshot.

Normal Dashboard

Broken Dashboard

Steps to replicate

1. Startup Confluence 5.0
2. Click the gear icon and navigate to Confluence Admin >> Global Templates
3. Edit Default Welcome Message to simply Confluence and save it
4. Go back to Confluence Dashboard

Workaround

You could add the following stylesheet from Confluence Admin >> Stylesheets

.dashboard-section  
{ width: 100%; display: table; }  
.dashboard-group.left  
{ padding: 20px; width:35%; }  
.dashboard-group.right  
{ width:65%; }