The account menu and notifications
Reference for the two always-present controls in the VNCcontacts top bar: the Own Avatar (your account) and the bell (notifications).
Own Avatar — menu rows
Section titled “Own Avatar — menu rows”| Row | Opens |
|---|---|
| Identity | Your name, email and organization (read-only). |
| Presence | The status picker — Available, Busy, Do not disturb, Out of office, Away, Offline — plus Clear after and a custom status. |
| Change picture | Upload a new profile photo. |
| Change password | The native password form. |
| Language | Your language for the suite. |
| Appearance | Light/dark theme. |
| Settings | The settings drawer (below). |
| Sign out | End this session. |
| Sign out everywhere | End the session on all devices. |
A product you can configure also appears in the menu’s product group, opening that product’s settings (read and written through the product itself).
Own Avatar — settings drawer
Section titled “Own Avatar — settings drawer”One pane per area: Profile, Presence, Language, Appearance, Notifications, Security & sign-in, Privacy & AI, plus a product rail. What each pane shows depends on the product; Security & sign-in lists your active sessions with a revoke action and sign out everywhere.
The bell
Section titled “The bell”| Element | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Badge | Number of unread notifications (capped at 99+). |
| Row | A notification — icon, title, body, relative time. |
| Mark all read | Clears the unread badge. |
Selecting a row marks it read and opens the record it points to. The same notifications are collected in Own Avatar → Notifications, where each entry deep-links to its record in whatever product it belongs to.
Notification types
Section titled “Notification types”| Type | Means |
|---|---|
| record_assigned | A record was assigned to you. |
| list_shared | A list was shared with you (see Share a contact card). |