Pop-up Dialog
The Pop-up Dialog macro is an excellent tool for adding extra information to your page. You can add a trigger to your page, which activates a popup box with your content. You can embed other macros, like the button macro inside the Pop-Up Dialog. This can be a valuable way to direct users to the most relevant content.
Add a Pop-up Dialog macro to your page
- Navigate to the page you want to edit.
- Click the Edit icon.
- Click Insert > View More.
- Select the Pop-up Dialog macro in the Browse screen.
- Complete the Pop-up Dialog Title field. eg. More Information Here.
- Select a width for the dialog box from the Pop-up Dialog Width drop-down menu.
- Select the Add Pop-up Trigger button.
- To edit the appearance of the trigger, select the edit icon.
- Complete the Trigger Text Field with what you want the button to say. eg. Click for More Information.
- Choose the alignment of the trigger button.
- Select Save.
- In the main macro editor, select Save.
- A macro placeholder appears on your page. Insert the content you want to show in your Pop-up Dialog inside this macro.
- Publish the page
- The trigger button now appears in place of the macro placeholder.
Example
In this example, the dialog macro has two Button macros inside it. One has a link to an external webpage, and the other points to an anchor on the same page. You can use Pop-Up Dialogs in this manner to create simple decision trees.
Put Other Macros Inside
It is possible to put other macros inside this one. Some larger or more complex macros may not work, or work differently than expected.
When trying to figure out which marcos can be put inside others there it helps to identify the type of macro you are working with. There are two general types of macro:-
Rich Body Macros -There are macros that you can type in on the Confluence Edit page
Simple Macros - These are macros that you can not add anything to on the edit page, you can only affect them by opening them in the editor.
Typically Rich Body Macros, do not work as expected, or at all when put inside other Rich Body Macros.
Most, but not all Simple macros can be put inside a Rich Body Macro, and often work as expected.
See below for more information on what happens when you put various macros inside this macro.
| Macro | Works As Normal | Notes |
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| Alert Macro |
| The alert will display each time that the macro holding it is opened. |
| Button Macro |
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| Button Group |
| This type of macro will not fit inside another macro. |
| BibTeX Reference Macro |
| References within tabs will only display in a Summary Macro in the same tab. |
| BibTeX Summary Macro |
| The Summary Macro will only list BibTeX references within the same tab. |
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| Footnote Macro |
| Footnotes within tabs will only display in a Summary Macro in the same tab. |
| Footnote Summary Macro |
| The Summary Macro will only list Footnote references within the same tab. |
| LaTeX Macro |
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| Progress Bar Macro |
| Works as long as there is only one progress bar on a page. If there are multiple nested progress bars on a single page it can cause a failure. |
| Round Rectangle Macro |
| This type of macro will not fit inside another macro. |
| Tabs Macro |
| This type of macro will not fit inside another macro. |
| Tooltip Macro |
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| Macro | Works As Normal | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Action Item |
| You can add the macro, but it doesn't keep it's status while in the tab. |
| Attachments |
| This macro displays the attachements on the page. However the drag and drop upload function does not work. |
| Blog Posts |
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| Bullet List |
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| Code Snippet |
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| Contributors |
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| Contributors Summary |
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| Chart |
| This type of macro will not fit inside another macro. |
| Change History |
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| Children Display |
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| Content by Label |
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| Content Report Table |
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| Create From Template |
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| Date |
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| Decision |
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| Decision Report |
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| Emojis |
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| Error Panel |
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| Excerpt |
| This type of macro will not fit inside another macro. |
| Excerpt Include |  | |
| Expand |
| If you wish to use this macro you can put it in the cell of a table, inside the macro. |
| Files and Images |
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| Gallery |
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| Iframes |
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| Include Page |
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| Info Panel |
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| Jira Charts |
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| Jira Issues |
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| Jira Legacy |
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| Jira Roadmap |
| Only displays a link. |
| Layouts |
| This type of macro will not fit inside another macro. |
| Labels List |
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| Link |
| Links can be added and work, however the smart link options do not work as expected. eg. you can't use Card View, Embed View or Inline View, you can only show the url. |
| Mention |
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| Note Panel |
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| Numbered List |
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| Opsgenie Incident Timeline |
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| Page Index |
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| Page Properties |
| This type of macro will not fit inside another macro. |
| Page Properties Report |
| This macro works as normal except when the table contains any other macros. |
| Page Tree |
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| Page Tree Search |
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| Popular Labels |
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| Profile Picture |
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| Related Labels |
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| Recently Updated |
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| Recently Updated Dashboard |
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| Roadmap Planner |
| The roadmap displays, but the links do not display when you hover over the bars. |
| Shared Links Bookmark |
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| Spaces List |
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| Status |
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| Success Panel |
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| Table |
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| Table of Contents |
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| Table of Content Zone |
| This type of macro will not fit inside another macro. |
| Task Report |
| If you have enough tasks to result in multiple pages of tasks, you may not be able to scroll through the pages. |
| Team Calendars |
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| Trello Card |
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| Trello Board |
| Although the board will display in edit mode, it does not display in view mode. |
| User Profile |
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| Warning Panel |
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| Widget Connector |
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Video Walkthrough
Watch our video walkthrough to see the Pop-up Dialog macro in action.