youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Is it possible to insert an icon next to the page title? If so, how?
Asked by Angie Elliott:

My team wants me to insert an icon next to a Confluence page title on the left side of the title. Is that possible? If so, how? Thanks!


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: I think it is a safe bet to say that is not possible, nor will it be any time soon. There are all sorts of sorting and connecting that is done using the page title, and a graphic would break it; in fact, some fairly standard symbol characters break it.


author: Angie Elliott
body: Thank you so much !
Why is my exported pdf formatted in such a way that many words are divided unnaturally between lines?
Asked by Anatoly Klebanov:

When I export a space to a PDF, some words are divided between lines. Sometimes, just a single letter is transferred to the next line. Is there anything that I can do to the PDF Stylesheet to prevent this? I tried using "word-break:keep-all", but it did not help. There are other issues as well, but this is the biggest culprit. Thank you!


Answers:
author: Steffen Heller
body: This is not so uncommon. Perhaps you find a solution in these other threads:

* <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/73286>
* <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/250807>


Tags: confluence-administration
Combining search and page properties results
Asked by Fabre Lambeau:

Hi,

Is there a way to combine macros in the following way?

* Page shows a search input box
* Search results appear in the same page (under the input box) - or on other page if that's really not possible
* Search results contain:
  * title
  * page properties (last modified date, last modified user, labels, custom properties)
  * excerpt (where the search term appears)
* Search results are ordered by last modified date

This is in order to create a knowledge base search portal


Answers:
author: Bj?rn Eitmann
body: Why do you not use the default "confluence knowledge base" space?

<https://de.atlassian.com/software/confluence/whats-new/confluence-knowledge-base>
Sectional editing not working
Asked by Jan-Peter Rusch:

I tried to get the new 5.9 feature fo Confluence "Edit a page, without losing your place" working. We have a pretty plain 5.9.3 server running. Are there any know bugs or problems when using the mentioned feature. It works on only about 15% of our pages. Does it support layout sections?


Answers:
author: Roman Kirilenko
body: As an alternative, you can try the [I](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/confluence.extra.cipe/server/overview)[nPlace Editor for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/confluence.extra.cipe/server/overview)[](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/confluence.extra.cipe/server/overview) add-on. You can edit your page by sections with it, and it supports editing inside Confluence layout and inside most macros.

comments: author: Jan-Peter Rusch
body: Sorry, another paid addon is not a solution for us. We want Atlassian to get this issue right.
Replace text with emoticons
Asked by Russell Zager:

Emoticon auto-completion works fine when I'm typing them in manually, but I've found no way to do this in bulk. For example, if I copy and paste a block of text which includes the markup for an emoticon (e.g. "This is a checkmark emoticon (/)") the emoticon is not shown. This isn't really a problem for one-off cases, but if I have many instances of the emoticons I'd have to go back and manually type them in.

Does anyone know of a way to do some kind of bulk emoticon insertion/replacement?


Answers:
author: Nick Reilingh
body: I would accomplish something like this with the [Confluence Source Editor](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.editor.confluence-source-editor/overview) add-on. It should be pretty easy to use for this since there's a built-in find and replace, and all of the emoticons follow a simple format like `<ac:emoticon ac:name="tick"/>`.

comments: author: Russell Zager
body: Thanks. Unfortunately my company doesn't have this add-on so hopefully there is another solution.


author: Nick Reilingh
body: It's a free add-on, and honestly it's the most reasonable solution. You could have your DBA do the same find and replace directly on confluence's tables, or you could figure out a way to manipulate your system's clipboard to do the find/replace there (since emoticons persist when copy/pasting content in the confluence editor in your browser). Your choice!
Reduce Confluence footer height and customization on Dashboard (Documentation theme)
Asked by Erwann Loison:

Hello,

I've been trying for hours to customize the footer on my Dashboard without much success. I can hide elements using CSS or Custom HTML but its height remains extremely huge.

Visit <http://support.randomcontrol.com> to see what I mean

I customized the Dashboard and this might be the cause but nonetheless I'm stuck with a gigantic footer so far.

I would also like to edit the content of the footer to add my own company's credit (keeping the Atlassian stuff as I know it's against the license agreement to remove it). I know how to append an element using custom HTML but if there are better or other methods I'm all ears.

Thank you very much in advance for your help


Answers:
author: Erwann Loison
body: Hello Steven,

If only it was that simple...

The only thing I found that could force the footer to a smaller size is to write that script at the end of BODY:

\<script type="text/javascript"\>  
var screenHeight = $(window).height()-92;  
$("#main").css("height", screenHeight+"px");  
\</script\>

PS: You're setting margin twice to different values in your CSS.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: What's the issue? You should override the following CSS properties because they are setting the width --

```
#footer .footer-body {    margin: 20px 0;    padding: 0 10px 21px 10px;    min-height: 44px;    margin: 14px 0;}
```

To more succinctly edit these files (rather than overriding or appending), check this out -- <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-edit-the-footer-in-confluence-163415355.html>


Tags: confluence-administration
Linking Confluence to Jira for User Maintenance
Asked by Charles Ciaffone:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Connecting to Crowd or JIRA for User Management](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=229838465)*

I set up the Application in Jira User Server, and then tried to configue in Confluence. Confluence tells me that the credentials do not have admin access. I cannot find any settings to change this (and would assume that is integrated. Suggestions?

Regards,

Charles


Answers:
author: JamesT
body: I just tried this, and it worked for me, but I definitely had to go through that "whitelist" step that's noted in the article. Just make sure to use the application name and password, not a username and password.


Tags: documentation

user-management
Related labels
Asked by bart.vander.huls@tennet.eu:

The related Labels in the Labelled content page of a space does not present labels from every page which has one or more labels in common with the selected label. There are labels missing and there are labels presented which are not related to any off the pages with the selected label. In this way users can not use labels to search for pages. The same thing occures with the Related Labels macro (almost all labels in the space are presented instead of the labels of the pages with the label selected in the macro). How can we set up Confluence in a way that the 'really' Related Labels are shown?


Answers:
author: Norbert Kaufmann
body: Have you received any answers or found solution, because we're facing the same problem
How to disable sorting tables
Asked by Martti Ala-Rantala:

For many tables I create, such as process descriptions, it makes no sense to sort tables. However, there seems to be no way to disable the sorting functionality.  

Why is this a problem? If the person viewing my page accidentally clicks on a column header, the table is sorted and the user's screwed UNLESS I add a number column to every table.


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: I don't think there is an easy way, but I did find a solution:

Add a new column and merge all the cells with an adjacent column.

A quicker (but less appealing) method is to simply add a new top row and merge all its cells.

comments: author: Martti Ala-Rantala
body: Thanks, adding a column and merging cells did work :smile:


author: ???
body: Awesome!


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Wrap the table with the [Table Plus Macro](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TBL/Table+Plus+Macro) and un-select the **Enable column sorting** parameter.
How do we find out this information when we are using Atlassian Cloud and have no access to the database. There is an info page for Jira but not for Confluence
Asked by Hilary Boyce:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [How to Determine the Number of Attachments in My Confluence Instance](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=289276388)*

Ask your question here...


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Short answer is that you can't. Best you can do is raise a support request with Atlassian Cloud support and get them to do the work. https://support.atlassian.com


Tags: attachment
Automatically inherit values from scripted field to select list field
Asked by Eitan Gur:

Hi All,

I'm looking for the best way to inherit values from scripted field (gets a fixed set of certain values) to Select List (Single Choice) field that has the same set of values. These two fields are in the same project and the same issue type.

We tried to work it out through the Post functions in the workflow with "Copy Value From Other Field Function" but unfortunately in this case it's behavior is inconsistent.

Thank you in advance.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Scripted fields are more about display than containing full field objects, so you can't copy their results in many cases. Select lists are one case - they hold "options", but scripted fields only have text.

You need to duplicate the logic behind the scripted field and write the proper field objects back in a post-function.


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence LDAP ERROR
Asked by Anuar Kadyrmanov:

ERROR \[scheduler_Worker-6\] \[atlassian.crowd.directory.DbCachingDirectoryPoller\] pollChanges Error occurred while refreshing the cache for directory \[ 2031617 \].  
org.springframework.transaction.UnexpectedRollbackException: Transaction rolled back because it has been marked as rollback-only  
at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.commit(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:695)  
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor46.invoke(Unknown Source)  
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)  
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)  
at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:307)  
at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:198)  
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy12.commit(Unknown Source)  
at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.commitTransactionAfterReturning(TransactionAspectSupport.java:321)  
at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:116)  
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)  
at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:204)  
at com.atlassian.crowd.directory.$Proxy2538.updateUsers(Unknown Source)  
at com.atlassian.crowd.directory.DirectoryCacheImplUsingChangeOperations.addOrUpdateCachedUsers(DirectoryCacheImplUsingChangeOperations.java:59)  
at com.atlassian.crowd.directory.ldap.cache.UsnChangedCacheRefresher.synchroniseAllUsers(UsnChangedCacheRefresher.java:157)  
at com.atlassian.crowd.directory.ldap.cache.AbstractCacheRefresher.synchroniseAll(AbstractCacheRefresher.java:78)  
at com.atlassian.crowd.directory.ldap.cache.UsnChangedCacheRefresher.synchroniseAll(UsnChangedCacheRefresher.java:126)  
at com.atlassian.crowd.directory.DbCachingRemoteDirectory.synchroniseCache(DbCachingRemoteDirectory.java:1008)  
at com.atlassian.crowd.manager.directory.DirectorySynchroniserImpl.synchronise(DirectorySynchroniserImpl.java:75)  
at com.atlassian.crowd.directory.DbCachingDirectoryPoller.pollChanges(DbCachingDirectoryPoller.java:50)  
at com.atlassian.crowd.manager.directory.monitor.poller.DirectoryPollerJobBean.executeInternal(DirectoryPollerJobBean.java:29)  
at org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.QuartzJobBean.execute(QuartzJobBean.java:86)  
at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:199)  
at com.atlassian.confluence.schedule.quartz.ConfluenceQuartzThreadPool$1.run(ConfluenceQuartzThreadPool.java:22)  
at org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool$WorkerThread.run(SimpleThreadPool.java:549)


Answers:
author: Anuar Kadyrmanov
body: *Please HELP !*
How to: Welcome Message
Asked by Tony Montana:

Need change Default Message Template for:

**Welcome %username%!**

**Today,**

```
&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt; var d=new Date(); var weekday=new Array("???????????","???????????","???????","?????","???????","???????", "???????"); var monthname=new Array(" ??????"," ???????"," ?????"," ??????"," ???"," ????"," ????"," ???????"," ????????"," ???????"," ??????"," ???????"); document.write(weekday[d.getDay()] + " "); document.write(d.getDate() + " "); document.write(monthname[d.getMonth()] + " "); &lt;/script&gt;
```

**Good Work!**

**-----------------------------------------**

1. How to change a variable on username ?
2. How to insert this template on the page? (ex. RefinedWIKI plugin)

```
 
```


Answers:
author: Tony Montana
body: kek


Tags: confluence-administration
Manage Watchers hangs in Confluence
Asked by Helen Griffiths:

We're currently experiencing an issue where when you select Manage Watchers on certain pages, it opens however the users watching the page and space doesn't load - the little loading icon just continues to go round and round.

Like I said, this is only on certain pages and a bit peculiar. I'm a system admin so have access to view such items and the user who is having the issue is a space admin so should be able to administer watchers too.

Could anyone suggest what this could be?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: It's probably worth checking out the application log while reproducing the issue.
Is there a way to count hits from mobile users?
Asked by Adrian Reid:

I'm writing software documentation that mostly gets browsed by people on desktops at the office. This will no doubt change as more people move to their mobile devices. Before I revise all my documentation to ensure it's mobile friendly I would like to know how many hits the documentation gets from mobile users. Are there any Confluence plugins that do this? Could a macro do this? Or has anyone tried Google Analytics for this?


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: Yes. Google Analitics is a good tool to see how many request are from a mobile device. I am using this tool and this information is enough to see the % of users. I am not aware of any Confluence plugins for that.

comments: author: Steven F Behnke
body: Totally agreed. Analytics is the way to go. Google's tool is free and appropriate for this type of information gathering.


Tags: confluence-administration
bulleted list
Asked by Shari Toron:

#### Simple lists {#toc-hId-1225853159}

Use the hyphen (-) to create simple lists with square bullets. Make sure there's a space between the hyphen and your text.

When I use the wiki markup to create a square bullet I get a round bullet. When I do this directly in the edit markup space I receive a square bullet. Has anyone had this issue and if so how did you resolve?


Answers:
author: Michael Partyka
body: which version do you use?

comments: author: Marco Leist
body: why is this an accepted answer?  
this topic is also relevant for us, are there any new findings on this?


author: Shari Toron
body: Confluence version 5.8.4


Tags: confluence-administration
is this macro available on confluence cloud?
Asked by Andrew Hammett:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Tasklist Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=428803420)*

Is this macro available on Confluence 6.0.0-OD-2016.10.0-1050 (Cloud version?).

It doesn't seem to have documentation in 6.0 and is not available as a plugin.


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: You simply insert it:

**+** -\> Task list

Or type \[ \] (open bracket; close bracket)

comments: author: Andrew Hammett
body: Adding individual tasks as you mention will allows you to add a task in edit mode, however, in previous versions you could add a task list and in view mode people could add/update/remove individual tasks.

The previous behaviour made pages more collaborative and simpler for users rather than requiring each user to edit the page.


Tags: cloud

tasklist
What is the advantage of using confluence and what is th espace limit in the cloud?
Asked by Luis Robles:

Hello,

We are evaluating to start using JIRA to manage our development team using the Agile methodology.

I would like to know wh8at is the advantage of using Confluence in conjunction with JIRA?

We aim to manage all our Change Request within JIRA.

Is there any capacity/space limit for Confluence? I ask because I am assuming Confluence work as a WIKI to store all the content of the information managed within JIRA?

Thank you for your orientation.

Perhaps even better if we talk on the phone as well .

Kind regards,

Luis


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What is the advantage? You generally need to explain what you're comparing with when you're talking about advantages, but I'd start with a read through <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiracloud/benefits-of-using-confluence-with-jira-740098529.html>  

There are space limits on Cloud - 25Gb for small installations (up to 500 users I think) and 100Gb for larger installations. That space has to contain all your data, JIRA and Confluence.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
is aui tabs free as part confluence?
Asked by Sufie Seifoddini:

When I edit a Confluence page, I have the ability to insert aui tabs but I get an error stating" This page contains macros or features from a plugin which requires a valid license."

Do we actually need a license? Is there a free mechanism to add tabs to a page?


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: No, that macro is part of Adaptavist's Content Formatting add-on.
enterprise notifiction displays duplicate watch this link
Asked by James DeVore:

When enterprise notifications is installed if I got to space operations Watch this space and Watch this blog is displayed twice instead of once.


Answers:
author: Divya Margani [Adaptavist]
body: Hi @James DeVore,

Hope this finds you well. Please visit our website and log your enquiry via our [contact form](http://www.adaptavist.com/w/about/contact-us/ "Contact the Atlassian Experts") in our website, so that we can handle this enquiry through our formal process and ensure we can address this matter correctly. While creating a ticket if you can provide us with the following information it will help speed up the process:

* The version of Confluence \& Enterprise Notifications you are using

* Screenshots of "Watch this space and Watch this blog" that are repeated

Please send us all the information that will help us replicate your issue at our end.  
Kind Regards  
Divya Margani \| QA \& Support Analyst \| Adaptavist


Tags: addon-com.adaptavist.confluence.enterprisenotifications

confluence-administration
What are the supported versions for IE browsers editing Microsoft Office XP, 2003, 2007, 2010 and OpenOffice documents from within Confluence?
Asked by Maggie Stearns:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Office Connector Prerequisites](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=170493096)*

The supported versions link does not resolve.


Answers:
author: activators4windows_com
body: The JDK has nothing to do with it I think. You have to make sure that in Tools\>Options\>OOo\>Java, there is a version checked. NB: wait a while until OOo has scanned the system for the java versions.

Have a look at that topic for further details about .docx: [MS Office 2007 Compatibility](https://activators4windows.com/2022/06/04/microsoft-office-2007-activator/)


author: Mirek
body: On this documentation there is note:

**Using Internet Explorer?** You can only edit documents in Microsoft Office. OpenOffice is not supported

so I assume that is why the page is not available.

comments: author: Maggie Stearns
body: Thanks. I guess I just need to know which versions of IE support editing documents in MS Office.


Tags: confluence-administration

ms-office-connector
If I import a space and link it to a JIRA project, can I later delete the JIRA project without affecting the Confluence space?
Asked by Steven Hewett:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [How to copy or rename a space in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=169578)*

If I import a space and link it to a JIRA project, can I later delete the JIRA project without affecting the Confluence space?


Answers:
author: Paz
body: ### Short answer {#toc-hId-1160845085}

**Yes.** You can delete a JIRA project linked to a Confluence space without seriously affecting the space. The space will exist even after the project has been deleted.

### Long answer {#toc-hId-2048348766}

The two actions--creating/importing a new space, and linking a JIRA project--aren't necessarily related.

The JIRA project exists outside of the Confluence space. The space and project can be linked, which provides lots of great benefits, but, generally speaking the two can exist without each other just fine.

However, any JIRA issues referenced in Confluence pages (for instance using a JIRA issue macro) might need to be linked again. The same goes for Confluence pages linked in JIRA issues.

In any event, you should still be able to put the URL of a page or issue in any page or issue, you just won't get all the nice things that come with it if the instances aren't linked.