Userbar
Userbar
Located at the top of a digital workplace (above the main or primary navigation). The Userbar includes the user's name and status, with a drop-down User Menu for personal information and settings. The Userbar also includes quick link icons for commonly used features (e.g. Bookmarks and Messages), a search box, a button to add content, language settings, and the Control Panel cog.
Parts of the Userbar
| Part | Usage |
|---|---|
 Status | Displays a user's current status. Switch to another status by clicking on the status icon. |
 User Menu | Displays the signed-in user's name. Click to display the User Menu options: Dashboard, Profile, Contacts, Subscriptions, Communities, To Dos, Messages, and Sign Out. |
 Messages | Displays a user's recent direct messages and workplace broadcasts. Clicking these items provides navigation to the Messages page. Use the + New Message to create and send messages to other workplace members. |
 Contact Requests | Displays a user's pending contact requests from other workplace members. Accept or Ignore these requests via the provided dialog, or navigate to the Contacts page. This icon is only visible when a user has pending contact requests. |
 To Dos | Displays a count of a user's outstanding Drafts, Approvals, and Tasks. Clicking these To Do items provides navigation to the corresponding personal pages. This icon is only visible when tasks are enabled within a digital workplace. |
 Bookmarks | Displays a user's personal and workplace Bookmarks which can be used for quick navigation to important locations in the workplace. Click "+Add" to add bookmarks to My Bookmarks. Only Workplace and Enterprise Administrators can create and sort Workplace Bookmarks. |
 Share a Thought | Provides a shortcut to create Posts on Microblogs where a user has at least Write level access. Share a Thought is only visible if enabled by an Administrator. |
 Pending Uploads | Displays a list of files that a user has uploaded, but not published or saved as a draft. Click files in this list to navigate to the file. This icon is only visible when there are pending uploads. |
 Search Everywhere | Provides the ability to search the workplace for other users, and content. |
 Add Content | Provides a shortcut to create content. Click to select the content type to create. Only content types that a user has at least Write level access are visible. |
 Language Selector | Displays the current language. Switch to another available language by clicking on the language icon. This icon is only visible when the digital workplace has multiple languages enabled. |
 Control Panel | Provides Workplace Administrators, Enterprise Administrators, and users with certain Roles, access to workplace management and configuration tools. Not visible to regular users. |