How Do You Handle LaTeX Formula Frame Size in Confluence?
If you work with LaTeX formulas in Confluence, you may have noticed a strange formatting issue: formulas sometimes appear much larger than expected or leave empty space around them. They can look like they’re neither properly inline with the text nor displayed as a clean block equation, and adjusting the size manually is often impossible.
In Confluence, formulas are typically inserted using two types of macros:
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Inline formulas – behave like part of the sentence
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Block formulas – appear as a separate equation element on the page
If the rendering app doesn’t clearly distinguish between these two cases, formulas may appear oversized or create unexpected spacing.
This is why proper support for both formats in apps matters in practice. One example is LaTeX Math for Confluence, developed by our team and available on the Atlassian Marketplace, which provides support for both inline and block formulas in Confluence Cloud.
💬 Do you mostly use inline or block formulas — and have you run into sizing issues? How do you handle them in your documentation?