Problem

The Author Names against Inline Comments in Confluence Data Center are not displayed properly

Environment

Reproduced in Confluence Data Center 8.8.0

Steps to Reproduce

On a Confluence Data Center 8.8.0 version:

1. Create a page
2. Publish content
3. Add some inline comments

Expected Results

When opening the Inline comments we expect the Author names to be displayed and visible properly

Actual Results

The author's name on the inline comments appears white/invisible

Workaround

Workaround 1

To work around this issue, we can add a temporary custom CSS rule to provide the correct styling.

1. Navigate to General Configuration > Stylesheet
2. Click Edit
3. Paste the following code:

   /* Applied to mitigate CONFSERVER-94846 */
   
   .ic-author .url{
       color: var(--aui-link-color) !important;
   }
   
   /* End fix for CONFSERVER-94846 */ 

1. Click Save

We recommend removing this custom CSS when upgrading to a patched version of Confluence.

Notes

Looking at the CSS for the given element the top-most style rule looks to be the culprit which looks to take precedence over the one below it (intended colour)

.ic-author .url {
color: var(--ds-text, #f5f5f5);
display: inline-block;
max-width: 212px;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
white-space: nowrap;
}

a:not(.aui-button,.aui-dialog2-header-close) {
color: var(-{-}confluence-color-scheme-linkColor, var({-}-ds-link));
}