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How to edit link color based on target space

How to edit link color based on target space

We would like to have the links to a certain space appear in red color. Links to other spaces can appear in blue color. (Confluence Cloud)

Otherwise a user will only discover AFTER clicking on a link that it leads to a restricted space ("access denied").

So I'd basically like bulk format editing for links based on the space of the linked page.

Any advice?

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Hi @Frederik Lombaert

In theory, if you create custom CSS for your site you can use an attribute selector to match links whose target contains certain keywords, for example:

a[href*="RESTRICTED"] {
    color: red;
}

The link styling wouldn't have anything to do with actual space permissions, and would only look at the target URL.

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Hello @jim

Thanks for your quick response!

It seems I will need the help of one of our developers for this solution.

We'll try it out and I'll let you know if we have further questions!

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I don't think this is possible with Confluence natively, and it appears to have a closed feature request.

I don't have experience with any of these, but there may be an app to suit your needs: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?category=Themes%20%26%20styles&hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=link%20color

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Thanks @Amanda Barber !

I'll have a look at those apps too.

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