Use the Tabs Macro

The Tabs macro allows you to add tabs to provide interactive, categorized, or isolated information to the page. A Tabs macro is added to your page for each tab you want to display when you publish the page, this lets you add and edit the content for each tab without having to open the editor. You can add all the tabs you need for a single group of tabs in one go. You can also add more than one group of tabs to a page to keep everything grouped and organized how you need it.

Create a new set of tabs 

1. Navigate to the page you want to edit.

2. Click the Edit icon.

3. Click Insert > View More in the Confluence editor.

4. Select the Tabs macro in the Select Macro screen. (Alternatively, use / and begin to type tab to access the macro via the quick insert menu.)

5. When the editor opens, it contains two tabs. From this editor, you can: 

   1. Add more tabs.
   2. Delete tabs.
   3. Rearrange tabs.
   4. Customize individual tabs, eg add a name or icon.
   5. Style the group of tabs.
6. Give your tabs names.
7. Select Save
8. The macro placeholders for each tab appear on your page. Put your content inside and publish the page to see the final results.

Add Tabs to the group

To add more tabs to a group already on the page:

1. Select a tab in the group and select the edit icon. 
2. In the editor, select the Add Tab button.
   
3. Customize your tabs.
4. Select Save.
5. The macro placeholders for the new tabs appear on your page. Put your content inside and publish the page to see the final results.

Delete a Tab 

There are two ways to delete a tab: inside the editor or on the edit page.

Inside editor

You can use the trash icon to delete a tab from inside the editor. Once you select Save the macroplace holder for the deleted tab is removed from the page. All the content that was inside the tab is also deleted.

From the edit page

You can delete a tab from the edit page by selecting the placeholder for the macro you want to delete and then selecting the trash icon. The macro and all its content are deleted.

Rearrange tabs 

Change the order of your tabs by dragging the tabs around inside the editor. Select the drag handle next to the tab you want to move, and then drag it to its new position.

Select Save.

Customize each tab

Name your tabs

Adding or changing the name of a tab is done inside the editor. Each tab needs to have a name before you can save the tabs. You can change the name of a tab inside the editor. 

1. Select a tab in the group and select the edit icon. 
2. Select the name field of the tab you want to change.
   
3. Enter the name of your tab.
4. Select Save.

Edit or Delete an icon on a tab

To edit or delete the icon on a tab, you must open the editor for the tab you want to change. The icon is shown beneath the tab's name.

Select the pencil icon to choose a different icon.

Select the trash icon to remove it.

Align text in a tab

The alignment of the content inside each tab can be set inside the editor. Different tabs can have their content aligned in different ways. Use the alignment buttons for each tab to change how its content is shown. 

Style your tabs 

Any styling options you choose are applied to all the tabs in that group. 

Change the header style

There are three possible header style options. 

• Basic
  
• Filled
  
• Rounded
  

Change the accent color

You can change the color used in the header to suit your preferences, and you can also choose to add a border of the same color. Changing the color palette gives you different color options.

Put a border around your content

You can add a border to your tabs. This can be a good way to let your readers know when they've reached the end of a long tab. Select Add border from the toggle. The border color will be the same as the accent color.

Make Tab Headings Sticky

If your tabs contain a lot of content, you might want the tab headings to stay visible as you scroll down the content. You can turn this on in the first tab in the group by selecting the checkbox at the bottom of the editor.

Change the tab direction

There are two tab direction options. To switch between them, use the Tab group direction button. 

Horizontal Arrangement

Vertical Arrangement

Edit your Tabs

To edit a tab group, select one of the tab placeholders and select the edit icon.

Add more tab groups

To add further groups of tabs to a page, add a new Tabs macro to the page and follow the same process.

FAQs

Q. Why is there a delay when I open the Tabs editor?

A. The tabs editor checks which tabs on the page belong to your chosen group. This takes a few moments but allows you to edit all the tabs at once.

Q. Can I have more than one group of tabs?

A. Yes, to start a second group of tabs, just add another Tabs macro to the page. The second group can have different styling than the first group.

Q. I moved my tabs around on the edit page, and now they are in different groups. What happened?

If you change the position of the first tab on the edit page, it can split the tabs into different groups. We recommend rearranging tabs inside the editor to ensure all your tabs stay together. 

Q. What happens if I copy and paste tabs macros?

A. It depends on which tab you copy. If you copy the first tab in a group or a whole group of tabs, you will make a new group on the page. If you copy any other tab it will be added to the tab group above it on the page.

Q. Does it matter which Tab I select to edit?

A. When you select the edit button for a Tab it opens the editor for the group that Tab belongs to. The editor will open the details for the tab you chose, but you can edit any of the tabs in the group.

Q Can I put other macros inside of Tabs?

A. 

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.

See below for more information on what happens when you put various macros inside this macro.

Atlassian Macros

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
Bullet List
Code Snippet
Contributors
Contributors Summary
Chart		This type of macro will not fit inside another macro.
Change History
Children Display
Content by Label
Content Report Table
Create From Template
Date
Decision
Decision Report
Emojis
Error Panel
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
Gallery
Iframes
Include Page
Info Panel
Jira Charts
Jira Issues
Jira Legacy
Jira Roadmap		Only displays a link.
Layouts		This type of macro will not fit inside another macro.
Labels List
Link
Mention
Note Panel
Numbered List
Opsgenie Incident Timeline
Page Index
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
Page Tree Search
Popular Labels
Profile Picture
Related Labels
Recently Updated
Recently Updated Dashboard
Roadmap Planner		The roadmap displays, but the links do not display when you hover over the bars.
Shared Links Bookmark
Spaces List
Status
Success Panel
Table
Table of Contents
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
Trello Card
Trello Board		Although the board will display in edit mode, it does not display in view mode.
User Profile
Warning Panel
Widget Connector