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      Atlassian status as of September 2019

      Gadgets were designed to allow you to display information dynamically from sources like iGoogle or Jira, for example, in Confluence. The first gadgets were introduced in Confluence 3.1, and much of the technology they were based on is now superseded or obsolete. Since then we have also implemented a number of better ways to display dynamic information using macros and other integration points.

      We ended support for the following Gadgets in Confluence 7.0, and hid them from the macro browser. Any existing instances of these gadgets will still work, but you won't be able to insert these gadgets into the editor using the macro browser:

      • Activity Stream
      • Confluence Page Gadget
      • Confluence Quick Nav Gadget

      The News gadget was removed in Confluence 7.0 as it was not currently functional.

      End of support means Atlassian will not fix bugs related to these gadgets in Confluence 7.0 or later versions. We will remove these gadgets entirely in a future Confluence release, and will provide more information at that time.

      Feel free to comment on this issue if this change will have a significant impact on your Confluence site.

      Find out more about our other planned changes in Confluence 7.0

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            [CONFSERVER-57614] Plans to end support for Confluence gadgets

            Roberta Bortolotti added a comment - - edited

            This is so awful. The functionality is taken away but you are not adding anything to replace it.

            Roberta Bortolotti added a comment - - edited This is so awful. The functionality is taken away but you are not adding anything to replace it.

            Hi atlassian-support-group The only gadget actually being removed in 7.0 is the News gadget (which is not currently functional, and was previously used to display news from Atlassian).

            The Confluence Page Gadget won't appear in the Macro Browser in Confluence, but will still be available to other applications like Jira, and any existing usage of the gadget on pages in Confluence will also still work. There will be no impact to your Jira dashboards.

            Our intention in 7.0 is to guide people in Confluence itself towards better macro alternatives where one is available, as they are more performant and have a better user experience.

            Rachel Robins added a comment - Hi atlassian-support-group The only gadget actually being removed in 7.0 is the News gadget (which is not currently functional, and was previously used to display news from Atlassian). The Confluence Page Gadget won't appear in the Macro Browser in Confluence, but will still be available to other applications like Jira, and any existing usage of the gadget on pages in Confluence will also still work. There will be no impact to your Jira dashboards. Our intention in 7.0 is to guide people in Confluence itself towards better macro alternatives where one is available, as they are more performant and have a better user experience.

            With the Confluence Page Gadget being removed from Confluence with the 7.0 update, what does that mean for the gadget in JIRA. We have a handful of dashboards that use that gadget and the Macro that is suggested to be used as a substitute in Confluence, obviously can not be used on a Jira Dashboard. So we were wondering how this was going to impact Jira dashboards that use that gadget currently?

            MEDITECH ADMIN TEAM added a comment - With the Confluence Page Gadget being removed from Confluence with the 7.0 update, what does that mean for the gadget in JIRA. We have a handful of dashboards that use that gadget and the Macro that is suggested to be used as a substitute in Confluence, obviously can not be used on a Jira Dashboard. So we were wondering how this was going to impact Jira dashboards that use that gadget currently?

            Hi te, the 'Sprint Burndown Gadget' comes from Jira, so it will be unaffected by this change.

            I've updated the description with more information about exactly what changes we'll be making in 7.0.

            Rachel Robins added a comment - Hi te , the 'Sprint Burndown Gadget' comes from Jira, so it will be unaffected by this change. I've updated the description with more information about exactly what changes we'll be making in 7.0.

            Rachel, can you confirm that the "Sprint Burndown Gadget" is going to be available in Confluence 7.0?

            Thomas Egger added a comment - Rachel, can you confirm that the "Sprint Burndown Gadget" is going to be available in Confluence 7.0?

            Thanks for your reply. Those gadgets are provided by third party apps, so shouldn't be impacted by this deprecation.

            Rachel Robins added a comment - Thanks for your reply. Those gadgets are provided by third party apps, so shouldn't be impacted by this deprecation.

            Martin Poirier added a comment - The external gadget that we add example : https://xxx.ubisoft.org/jira/rest/gadgets/1.0/g/com.almworks.jira.structure:structure-gadget/gadgets/structure-gadget.xml https://xxx.ubisoft.org/jira/rest/gadgets/1.0/g/com.qotilabs.jira.rich-filters-plugin:qrf-results-gadget/gadgets/qrf/rich-filter-table-gadget.xml etc Thanks Martin

            mpoirier which gadget are you using to achieve this?

            Rachel Robins added a comment - mpoirier which gadget are you using to achieve this?

            One of the main usage of our confluence is to add external gadget of structure for example to display the structure in confluence. This is used by more then 10k peoples within our company.

            Will this still work?

            Thanks

            Martin Poirier
            Ubisoft

            Martin Poirier added a comment - One of the main usage of our confluence is to add external gadget of structure for example to display the structure in confluence. This is used by more then 10k peoples within our company. Will this still work? Thanks Martin Poirier Ubisoft

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