How to disable/hide Confluence inline comments in a page
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Summary
The inline comments on pages and blog posts are managed by an out-of-the-box plugin embedded in Confluence DC.
This plugin cannot be uninstalled or disable as it may impact confluence in other ways, so, the only option to hide Confluence in-line comments HTML customizations.
Environment
Confluence 8.5
Solution
Be mindful that customisations are not part of our support scope as per Atlassian Support Offerings. Any effort provided to support issues related to customisation will be on a best-effort basis by the support engineer.
Option 1) Hide only the Inline Comment Button
Browse to General Configuration > Custom HTML
Add the following HTML code in the "At end of the HEAD" section.
1<style>button[data-key*=inline-comment] { display:none !important;}</style>Restart your browser and clearing your Browser's cache might be needed for the change to be in effect.
Option 2) Hide the Inline Dialog Content and Inline Dialog Arrow
Browse to General Configuration > Global Stylesheet
Add the following CSS code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.aui-inline-dialog-contents{ display: none; visibility: hidden; } .aui-inline-dialog-arrow { display: none; visibility: hidden; }Restart your browser and clearing your Browser's cache might be needed for the change to be in effect.
ℹ️ Take into consideration that this second approach could also hide other Inline dialogs that are not related to the inline-comment feature.
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