The new editor has loads of great improvements. Most familiar features are available in the new editor, some are being worked on, and others won’t be available.
If you have a Confluence instance full of pages created using the legacy editor, you'll have the option to convert those pages to the new editor soon. 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.
How do you know which editor a page uses?
When you edit a page, you can scan the toolbar for visual indicators like the text color picker or the emoji icon. Also, the location of the Publish and Close buttons were consolidated at the top right of the new editor.
Legacy editor
New 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? | Track the backlog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alignment |  | | AVAILABLE | |
| Alt text | |
| AVAILABLE | CONFCLOUD-65043 - Getting issue details... STATUS CONFCLOUD-68350 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Anchor macro | |
links to headings are natively available - no macro needed! | NO PLAN | CONFCLOUD-66773 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Background color |  | | GATHERING INTEREST | CONFCLOUD-64708 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Breadcrumbs | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Bullets | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Collaborative editing | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Companion app |
edit files directly on the current page or edit files by going to list of page attachments |
edit files by going to the list of page attachments page | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-68245 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Copy paste / move layouts | | | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-67648 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Decisions | | | NEW EDITOR IMPROVEMENT | CONFCLOUD-62245 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Drag and drop reordering of table rows and columns | | | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-25847 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Drag and drop macros, text, and other content | | | NEW EDITOR IMPROVEMENT | CONFCLOUD-58945 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Embed JIRA links as smart card with bi-directional editing | | | NEW EDITOR FEATURE | |
| Emojis |
20 emoticons |
hundreds of emojis | AVAILABLE | |
| Find and replace | | | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-66370 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Full-width | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Headings | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Image borders | | | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG | |
| Image captions | | | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG | |
| Image effects and annotations | | | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-67122 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Image sizing |
pixels |
grid | AVAILABLE | CONFCLOUD-67554 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Image is a link | |
available only when converting from legacy | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-65640 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Indentation | | | AVAILABLE | CONFCLOUD-65755 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Indented task / actions | | | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-65755 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Inline comments on images | | | GATHERING INTEREST | CONFCLOUD-67745 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Insert markdown |
|
supports all commands except ||table|| converts when pasted | AVAILABLE | CONFCLOUD-68137 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Insert wikimarkup |
insert menu | | GATHERING INTEREST | CONFCLOUD-65756 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Invite to edit | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Labels | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Layouts | | | AVAILABLE | CONFCLOUD-67648 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Link search | |
only supports recents | LONG-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-65363 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Link to attachments | | | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG Review this table for an alternate method | CONFCLOUD-65302 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Link to headings in anything added from the insert menu and in tables | | | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-69333 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Link to stand-alone headings | |
copy link when viewing page | AVAILABLE | |
| Link to placeholder (undefined page) | | | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-67129 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| 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 | CONFCLOUD-67488 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| 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 | | | NO PLAN slash command is used for all | CONFCLOUD-68234 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Media picker | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Media from other pages | | | GATHERING INTEREST | CONFCLOUD-65344 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Mentions | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Multiple authors | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Nested bodied macros | | | GATHERING INTEREST | CONFCLOUD-68323 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Nested expand inside tables | | | AVAILABLE | CONFCLOUD-66888 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Nested tables | | | GATHERING INTEREST | CONFCLOUD-58656 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Notify watchers | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Preview | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Publish button | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Restrictions | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Set location | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Share | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Smart links | | | AVAILABLE | CONFCLOUD-67610 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Sort tables edit | | | LONG-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-29816 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Sort tables view | | | AVAILABLE | CONFCLOUD-64966 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Star | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Sticky headers | | | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-67182 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Styling | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Symbols | | | GATHERING INTEREST symbols natively available through your OS are more comprehensive | CONFCLOUD-67811 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Table cell background color |
5 colors |
21 colors | NEW EDITOR IMPROVEMENT | |
| Table column types (date, status, etc.) | | | NEW EDITOR FEATURE | |
| Table summary rows (uses column types to summarize data) | | | NEW EDITOR FEATURE | |
| Table types / toolbar |
responsive and fixed-width |
fixed-width, wide, and full-width | AVAILABLE | CONFCLOUD-67748 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Table / toolbar options |
page toolbar |
floating toolbar | LONG-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-67594 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Tasks | |
became Action Lists | AVAILABLE | |
| Text color |
40 colors |
21 colors | SHORT-TERM BACKLOG | CONFCLOUD-67183 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Watch | | | AVAILABLE | |
| Web linked images | | | AVAILABLE | |
| What did you change comment box | | | GATHERING INTEREST | CONFCLOUD-65695 - Getting issue details... STATUS |
| Width options for elements (fixed-width, wide, and full-width) | | | NEW EDITOR IMPROVEMENT | |
| Wikimarkup autoformatting | | | GATHERING INTEREST | CONFCLOUD-5309 - Getting issue details... STATUS |