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How do I quickly generate a Robust link (both external and internal) to a comment?

erik_unangst
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July 15, 2019

As I understand it there are three ways to create a link to a comment:

  1. Click on the date in the bottom right corner of the comment and then copy/paste the url of the comment in the address bar. This method works for creating links that can be used both external and internal to confluence. However, it seems dangerous because of the "pretty" url scheme that Confluence uses - possibility for broken links if the page name is changed.
  2. Insert an anchor into the comment and then link to the anchor. This is a method to create robust links internal to confluence, but it is neither quick nor simple for users who are not tech savvy.
  3. The workaround - Add a special character in the title of the page (like "/") to deactivate the "pretty" url scheme (so that the page ID url will show), THEN click on the date at the bottom right corner of the comment and copy/paste the url in the address bar.

I've noticed that creating external links to Confluence pages have similar problems, and that the "share link" option is the best way around this, because it generates a "tiny link" that is robust and doesn't break if the page name changes. Is there a similar option for comments?

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