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Confluence Cloud editor roadmap
The new editor has loads of great improvements, and we redesigned other features to:
Support more use cases
Solve deeper problems
Make them easier to master
The new editor has many features you’ll recognize, and we’re working to add more new features. However, not all features that were in the legacy editor will be in the new editor. We'll evaluate features on a case-by-case basis to decide if some of the discontinued features from the legacy editor will be brought into the new experience.
To find out more about macros that were removed and replaced along with alternate methods for accomplishing certain tasks, check this page.
Keep in mind that you'll have the option to continue to create pages in the legacy editor. However, there are some downsides to continuing to use the legacy editor:
No bugs fixed in the legacy editor unless it's a major incident
No enhancements made to the legacy editor
All new features and enhancements are made to the the new editor.
If you have a Confluence instance full of pages created using the legacy editor, you have the option to convert those pages to the new editor. We won’t be converting your pages for you because we know that you know your content best and can decide when it’s the best time to convert your content.
Since there are some differences in the capabilities available in the legacy editor and those in the new editor, we want to make it abundantly clear what will happen to your content when you convert a page.
Our goal is to allow you to convert your pages from the legacy editor to the new editor without data loss and with little to no changes to the look and feel of the content.
When the page conversion functionality is available in your Confluence instance, you can pick and choose which pages get converted and when. You'll also have the option to preview any page before converting it. We want you to feel comfortable with the process. You'll also have the chance to restore a page to its previous, legacy editor version after conversion.
To learn more about the page conversion process, go to Converting pages to the new editor.
Which editor does your page use
When you edit a page, you can look over the toolbar for visual indicators, like the differences between the text color pickers or the inclusion of an emoji icon in the new editor toolbar. You'll also notice that the Publish and Close buttons were moved to the top right in the new editor.
New editor
Legacy editor
Feature comparison
The new editor has loads of great improvements. When improvements are made, you replace things and get rid of others. Many familiar features are available in the new editor, some are being worked on, and others won't be available.
This table compares the features of both editors. If a feature is planned for the new editor, you'll find our short- and long-term plan for it as well as any Confluence Cloud Support requests we are already tracking.
Feature | Legacy editor | New editor | Will it be available in the new editor? |
|---|---|---|---|
Alignment | Available | ||
Alt text | Available | ||
Anchor macro | Available | ||
Background color of text | |||
Breadcrumbs | Available | ||
Bullets | Available | ||
Collaborative editing | Available | ||
Content statuses | New editor feature | ||
Copy and paste layouts/drag and drop layouts | Available | ||
Decisions | New editor improvement | ||
Decision report macro | New editor improvement | ||
Drag and drop reordering of table rows and columns | |||
Drag and drop macros, text, and other content | New editor improvement | ||
Embed JIRA links as smart card with bi-directional editing | New editor feature | ||
Emojis | 20 emoticons | hundreds of emojis | Available |
Findable drafts | Available | ||
Find and replace | Available | ||
Full-width pages | Available | ||
Headings | Available | ||
Image borders | Short-term backlog | ||
Image captions | Available | ||
Image effects | |||
Image annotations | |||
Image sizing | pixels | grid | |
Image is a link | Available | ||
Indentation | Available | ||
Indented task/actions | Available | ||
Inline comments on images | |||
Inline comments when editing | New editor improvement | ||
Insert markdown | supports all commands except ||table|| converts when pasted | Available | |
Insert wikimarkup | insert menu | ||
Invite to edit | Available | ||
Labels | Available | ||
Layouts | Available | ||
Link search | only supports recents | ||
Link to attachments | |||
Link to headings in tables, expand elements, layouts, and info panels | |||
Link to stand-alone headings | copy link when viewing page | Available | |
Link to placeholder (undefined page) | Available | ||
Link text to URL | Available | ||
Lists (quickly changing between numbered, bulleted, and action item) | can switch from bulleted to numbered and vice versa | Gathering interest | |
Live macros (full preview in edit mode) | New editor improvement | ||
Macro keyboard shortcut | use open curly bracket, exclamation point, and open square bracket | use slash for everything | New editor improvement |
Media keyboard shortcut | Slash command is used for all | ||
Media picker | Available | ||
Media from other pages | |||
Mentions | Available | ||
Multiple authors | Available | ||
Nested bodied macros | |||
Nested expand inside tables | Available | ||
Nested tables | |||
Notify watchers | Available | ||
Preview | Available | ||
Publish button | Available | ||
Restrictions | Available | ||
Set location | Available | ||
Share | Available | ||
Smart links | Available | ||
Sort tables edit | |||
Sort tables view | Available | ||
Star | Available | ||
Sticky headers | New editor improvement | ||
Styling | Available | ||
Symbols | Symbols natively available through your OS are more comprehensive | ||
Table cell background color | 49 colors | 21 colors | |
Table types/toolbar | responsive and fixed-width | fixed-width, wide, and full-width | Available |
Table/toolbar options | page toolbar | floating toolbar | |
Table visualizations | New editor feature | ||
Table widths/custom | |||
Tasks | renamed to Action Lists | Available | |
Text color | 40 colors | 21 colors | |
Watch | Available | ||
Web linked images | |||
“What did you change?” comment box | Available | ||
Width options for elements (fixed-width, wide, and full-width) | New editor improvement | ||
Wikimarkup autoformatting |
The Companion app was removed from Confluence at the end of March 2022 and can no longer be used to edit files. Read announcement.
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