Macros are powerful tools that help you to extend the capabilities of your Confluence pages, allowing you to add extra functionality or include dynamic content. You know you've inserted a macro onto the page because macros present you with additional parameters in a modal window. For example, insert the Table of Contents macro to display all the headings on your page as clickable links or use the Attachments macro to list files attached to a page.
Macros require more setup than the basic elements or formatting tools you can insert. You know you've inserted a basic element because those items just give you a few options in the floating toolbar. For example, insert a Status lozenge or a Date, or applying formatting to text like a Quote or a Heading.
Use a macro
To add a macro:
- In the Confluence editor, select
> View more - Find the item to be inserted and select it
- Select Insert
You can also type / onto the page to bring up the same list you'd see by selecting from the toolbar.
To edit a macro:
- Select the macro placeholder. The floating toolbar appears.
- Select Edit. The right panel opens.
- Modify the parameters. Your changes are saved as you go.
- Resume editing the page, and the panel closes.
Parameters
Many macros have optional parameters you can use to control the macro's output.
With the Attachments Macro, for instance, you have two optional parameters allowing you to:
- Specify the file formats of the attachments displayed
- Choose whether or not you want old versions of the attachments displayed
Placeholders
Macro placeholders are displayed in the editor where you have added a macro to the page.
When editing a page, you can:
- Double-click a macro placeholder (or click the placeholder and choose Edit) to open the macro dialog window and edit the macro's parameters
- Select a macro placeholder to cut, copy and paste the macro
Macros in the legacy editor only
Below is a list of the macros available in the legacy editor.
Click a macro name for details of the usage, including optional parameters and examples.
- Cheese Macro
- Code Block Macro
- Column Macro
- Content by User Macro
- Create Space Button Macro
- Expand Macro
- Favorite Pages Macro
- Global Reports Macro
- IM Presence Macro
- Info, Tip, Note, and Warning Macros
- JUnit Report Macro
- Loremipsum Macro
- Multimedia Macro
- Navigation Map Macro
- Noformat Macro
- Panel Macro
- Recently Used Labels Macro
- Search Results Macro
- Section Macro
- Space Attachments Macro
- Space Details Macro
- Status Macro
For alternate methods for accomplishing the goal of older macros, check out these suggestions.
Macros available in both editors
Below is a list of the macros available in both editors.
Click a macro name for details of the usage, including optional parameters and examples.
- Anchor Macro
- Attachments Macro
- Blog Posts Macro
- Change History Macro
- Chart Macro
- Children Display Macro
- Content by Label Macro
- Content Report Table Macro
- Contributors Macro
- Contributors Summary Macro
- Create from Template Macro
- Excerpt Include Macro
- Excerpt Macro
- Gallery Macro
- Google Drive macros
- iFrame Macro
- Include Page Macro
- Insert Microsoft Office macros
- Jira Chart Macro
- Jira Issues Macro
- Jira Roadmap Macro
- Labels List Macro
- Livesearch Macro
- Microsoft OneDrive for Business Macro
- Network Macro
- Office Excel Macro
- Office PowerPoint Macro
- Office Word Macro
- Page Index Macro
- Page Properties Macro
- Page Properties Report Macro
- Page Tree Macro
- Page Tree Search Macro
- PDF Macro
- Popular Labels Macro
- Profile Picture Macro
- Recently Updated Dashboard Macro
- Recently Updated Macro
- Related Labels Macro
- Roadmap Planner Macro
- Spaces List Macro
- Table of Contents Macro
- Table of Content Zone Macro
- Task Report Macro
- User List Macro
- User Profile Macro
- We're cleaning up our macros
- Widget Connector Macro
Macros from the Marketplace
Many more macros are available from the Atlassian Marketplace.