ScriptRunner allows you to customise the UI of Confluence by adding buttons or displaying web content on a page.

There are two different types of Script Fragments available:

  • Web Items

  • Web Panels

Web Items

Web Items allow you to add a button to a specific location in the UI.

You can use web items to achieve the following:

  • Redirect users to another location

  • Display content from other websites

  • Automate functionality

Web Panels

Web panels can be used to add HTML snippets to parts of a page.

You can use Web Panels to display additional information on the current wiki page, or Jira issue etc.

For more information about web panels see Atlassian’s documentation.

How to use Script Fragments


Table View

General

  • Navigate to the Script Fragments section in the ScriptRunner menu

  • Click on Add fragment

  • Select the space where you want the fragment to appear

  • Select your fragment type, either Web Item or Web Panel

Web Item Specific

  • Select one of six different locations that you want the item to appear in.

  • Select either the Render External or HtmlCssJs options int he Rendering Mode dropdown

    • The Render External option will link a webpage to your web item, displaying it in a pop-up box where the Web Item is located

    • The HtmlCssJs option will allow you to inject an HTML URL, CSS and JavaScript into your button

  • If you’ve selected the Render External option, add your target URL

  • If you’ve selected the HtmlCssJs option, add your HTML URL, CSS URL and JavaScript URL to the Web Item

  • Click Save changes

Web Panel Specific

  • Select one of six different locations that you want the item to appear in.

  • Select either the Render External or HtmlCssJs options int he Rendering Mode dropdown

    • The Render External option will link a webpage to your web item, displaying it in a pop-up box where the Web Panel is located

    • The HtmlCssJs option will allow you to inject an HTML URL, CSS and JavaScript into your button

  • If you’ve selected the Render External option, add your target URL

  • If you’ve selected the HtmlCssJs option, add your HTML URL, CSS URL and JavaScript URL to the Web Panel

  • Click Save changes


The HTML, CSS and Javascript has to be hosted somewhere that Confluence can access. We recommend CodePen for the hosting. It’s also important to note that the hosting must serve up the matching content-type header for each file.


Web Panel display with external resource

External Resource

Web Panel display with specified HtmlCssJs resourcesSpecified Resources