Confluence Chrome Extension

This post briefly announces my Chrome Extension for Confluence Cloud.

Motivation

A main regression in Confluence Cloud (compared to the server/data center version) is the loss of capability to run a search from the UI combining labels together with an AND logic.

It is a MUST for any knowledge management tool to support this filtering with labels intersection. This allows to quickly narrow down a search.

Solution

This capability to search with labels intersection is supported by this Chrome extension.

You can enter as query parameters #label1 #label2 to filter pages labelled with 'label1' AND 'label2'.

Additionally, you can preconfigure in which Space(s) the search shall be limited.

This is especially useful if you have a favorite Space for example your current project or a favorite knowledge base you frequently refer to.

The extension also allows you to quickly open i.e. without any click the first match.

If you have a clear label taxonomy, you can quickly open pages without having to create any bookmarks.

Example, the query #confluence #tool o will open the (first) page labelled with 'confluence' AND 'tool'.

You can also run the search from the omnibar using the Extension Keyword 'c'

Usage

You can install the extension from the Chrome Web Store.

Source is also available in GitHub here: https://github.com/tdalon/confluence_crx

You can install from source enabling the Developer Mode. See for example here.

See user documentation / help in the README here.