The Userbar is 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 includes quick link icons for commonly used features such as bookmarks and messages, a search box, a button to add content, language settings, and the Control Panel cog.
Features
Status
Displays your current status. Switch to another status by selecting the Status icon.
User Menu
Displays your username. Select your name to display the User Menu options:
Messages
Displays your recent direct messages and workplace broadcasts. Select Messages to navigate to the Messages page. Select + New Message to create and send messages to other workplace members.
Contact Requests
Displays your pending contact requests from other workplace members. Select Contact Requests and then Accept or Ignore beside each request or navigate to the Contacts page. This icon is only visible when a user has pending contact requests.
To Dos
Displays a count of your outstanding Drafts, Approvals, and Tasks. Select To Do and then an item to navigate to the corresponding personal pages. This icon is only visible when tasks are turned on within a digital workplace.
Bookmarks
Displays your personal and workplace bookmarks, which can be used to navigate to essential workplace locations quickly. Select Bookmarks, and then select + Add to add bookmarks to My Bookmarks. Only enterprise and workplace administrators can create and sort Workplace Bookmarks.
Share a Thought
Provides a shortcut to create posts on microblogs. Select Share a Thought to create a microblog post where you have at least Write level access. Share a Thought is only visible if an administrator has turned the feature on.
Pending Uploads
Displays a list of files you have uploaded but not published or saved as a draft. Select Pending Uploads and then a file 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. Select Search Everywhere and enter a search query to be go to the search results page.
Add Content
Provides a shortcut to create content. Select Add Content and then the content type to create. Only content types that users have at least Write level access to are visible.
Language Selector
Displays the current digital workplace language. Select Language Selector to switch to another available language. This icon is only visible when the digital workplace has multiple languages turned on.
Control Panel
Provides enterprise and workplace administrators and users with certain roles access to workplace management and configuration tools. Select Control Panel to open this configuration area. This icon is only visible to administrators.