Adding a picture which is already attached to page
Asked by Thorsten Lausch:

Hi, we are forced to use the new editor on some pages and everybody is freaking out because it does not work sometimes, creates a lot of errors and is locking user from editing a page. (Bad Safari support?!)

BUUUT, one thing nobody can do is this:

Person A adds an attachment to the Page.

Person B wants to add this Attachment (Picture) into the Wiki Page

Person B does not find any possibility to add it. When you click on "picture" it only displays pictures which Person B added some time ago but not the one attached to the page. We cannot find any possible solution.

BTW: Nobody likes the new editor in my Company and it mostly does not work correctly. Why is Atlassian so NOT User Focused? That happens a lot.


Answers:
author: Arthur Mack
body: [@Thorsten Lausch](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1584046)

Yes this one is annoying. One way round it is to download the attachment and then use the insert button to insert it again. There is a new app that has just come out that will also allow you to do this plus upload from a lot of file sources. It does allow you to attach existing files on the page.

[Universal Uploader](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1222650/universal-uploader) {#toc-hId--1329560144}
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comments: author: mawi
body: Not just annoying, it is terrible. Unbelievable really. This... is a good story.

**You cannot add already attached things (images) to a page in atlassians wiki** product (without reuploading and other workarounds). Just wow!

Soon, you will need to pay for a plugin to be able to edit the text of a page after you have created it. Thats the next big editor coming up 2023.


author: Bruno De Zwaef
body: Hi mawi, is there a ticket for this issue?

I'm trying to find it [here](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-72674?jql=project%20%3D%20CONFCLOUD%20AND%20component%20%3D%20%22Page%20-%20Fabric%20Editor%22%20AND%20text%20~%20%22attachment%22%20ORDER%20BY%20status%20DESC), but there are so many...


author: mawi
body: I do not know. I have not searched for it. It is always work determining if there is a bug report or feature request already created for an issue, or not...  

I have also not re-confirmed this since march. Which I would if I were to report it today.


author: Bruno De Zwaef
body: Ha! Found it: [\[CONFCLOUD-67587\] Not able to attach attachment from attachment page](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67587)

Status set to "Short Term Backlog"... since sept 2019 :(

This is all just a really really bad joke.


author: mawi
body: Thanks [@Bruno De Zwaef](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4125608) ! Appreciate that, following it now.  
It is an amazing defect. But I have worked so long with atlassian products, no longer surprised and not holding my breath.


author: Budy Sutjijati
body: Just stumbled upon this thread since I just had the same problem. Adding an existing attached image. What the actual Fudge is this? Glad I can edit and add addtional text to my pages without the need to create new pages :P


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