Lozenge

The Lozenge Macro creates a lozenge button with optional link. This macro creates a professional lozenge effect that’s ideal for creating professional looking buttons, or simply highlighting important information.

The Lozenge Macro is designed for small amounts of content (although the width can be changed to accommodate more content if required). This is to ensure that the content contained within the lozenge is concise, and in turn leads to an improved user experience.

Usage

Go to the form you wish to edit.
Click Edit.
Click Insert More Content, and select Other Macros.
Select the Lozenge macro from the provided list.

Complete the desired fields.

Parameter	Description	Type	Default
Page or URL	If specified, clicking the lozenge will go to the specified link.	string	none
Icon	The url for an image (no larger than 48x48 pixels) or even text if desired.	string	none
Title	The title of the lozenge, also used as the tooltip for links.	string	none
Color	Specifies the color of the left portion of the lozenge.	single select	none
Arrow	Defines which arrow to use on the left portion of the lozenge: none: (default if no "link" specified) - the arrow will not be displayed blue: (default if a link is specified) - a blue arrow will be displayed green: a green arrow will be displayed	single select	none
Width	The width of the entire lozenge in px or %. Specify auto to make the lozenge automatically stretch to fit its contents.	string	none
Use the table based lozenge	Compatibility setting for use if the lozenge does not display correctly in older browsers.	checkbox	unselected

The macro will then appear on the page.

The body of the macro should contain the summary text. This can, for example, be used to place excerpts in to the lozenge using the excerpt-include macro.

If the macro parameter "Page or URL" is supplied with a value that does not exist, when clicking the lozenge the first time Confluence will create a new child page with the value supplied in the "Page or URL" parameter. On subsequent attempts Confluence will navigate to the created page.

Colors

There are 9 colors to choose from for the left side of the lozenge, and two colors for the arrow with the option to show no arrow.

Color	No Arrow	Blue Arrow	Green Arrow
bronze
silver
gold
blue
cyan
green
purple
pink
red

Examples

Basic Lozenge

Create a simple lozenge as follows:

The placeholder for a basic macro, with no styling or additional configuration.

The result is:

The saved and rendered basic Lozenge macro.

Lozenge Icon or Label

Icons are not included in the add-on.

An icon should ideally be 32x32 or 48x48 pixels. If using the Builder theme, PNG images with alpha transparency may be added.

With the Icon parameter set to "bell.png".

The result is:

A Lozenge macro with a .png image of a bell added as an icon.

Icons that are attached to other pages (or even external icons by specifying their URL) may also be used.

Alternatively, text may be used instead of an image:

With the Icon parameter set to "Bell".

The result is:

Lozenge Arrows

Add a blue arrow to the lozenge as follows:

With the Icon parameter set to "bell.png", the Title parameter set to "Blue", and the Arrow parameter set to "blue".

The result is:

A Lozenge macro with a .png image of a bell added as an icon and a blue arrow.

Lozenge Links

When a link is added to the lozenge, it will automatically get a blue arrow:

With the Icon parameter set to "bell.png", the Link parameter set to "lozenge macro", and the Title parameter set to "Click me".

The result is:

The title is linked so that browsers with JavaScript disabled can still follow the link. If a title is not specified, the link will disappear so browsers without JavaScript won’t be able to follow the link.

Always specify a title for linked lozenges.

A green arrow may be used as follows:

With the Icon parameter set to "bell.png", the Link parameter set to "lozenge macro", the Title parameter set to "Click me", and the Arrow parameter set to "green".

The result is:

An icon without an arrow may be used as follows:

With the Icon parameter set to "bell.png", the Link parameter set to "lozenge macro", the Title parameter set to "Click me", and the Arrow parameter set to "none".

The result is:

Lozenge Color

Choose the lozenge colors by editing the macro (see parameter table above).

Lozenge placeholder macros are separated by Column macros, within a Section macro. This allows each Lozenge's configuration to be changed separately.

Two Lozenge macros each in a Column macro within a Section macro.

The result is:

2 Lozenges in a horizontal row, the left-most has a blue pill icon, the right has a red pill icon.

The section macro and column macro are ideal for putting lozenges side by side as shown above. The lozenges default width is designed to allow two lozenges to be displayed side by side within the default Builder page width of 750px, which fits nicely on an 800x600 screen.

Lozenge Width

By default, all lozenges are 347px wide. However, they can be stretched to fit their content.

With the Icon parameter set to "compass.png", and the Width parameter set to "auto".

The result is:

Users may also set a percentage width as follows:

With the Width parameter set to "70%".

The result is:

Also, the width may be set in pixels as follows:

With the Width parameter set to "200px".

The result is:

A Lozenge macro demonstrating 200 pixels.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: I’ve put in the name of an icon as shown in the example, but it’s not appearing and I get an error message.

A: You need to attach the icon to your page or provide a URL to an icon elsewhere - this macro doesn’t contain the icons.