What happened to inline rendering in tables? Unexpected scrollbars reduce readability

[Jeroen Westenberg]

For a while now I am experiencing unexpected behavior when using inline links within tables in Confluence.

When I create a table and include a link to another page (inline link rendering), a horizontal scrollbar appears below the table. This occurs even when there is clearly sufficient space within the table to display the content without overflow.

Observed behavior:

• Adding an inline link inside a table cell triggers a horizontal scrollbar beneath the table.
• The scrollbar appears regardless of available space.
• The table layout becomes visually cluttered and inconsistent.

This behavior seems to be a regression or recent change in how inline elements are rendered within tables. It worked more cleanly before, without introducing scrollbars in such cases.

[Barbara Szczesniak · Accepted solution]

@Jeroen Westenberg I was planning to say that I don't see this in my instance, but, looking at pages where I have existing tables where the last column just includes links to another page, I now see this scroll bar.

I know this is new, because 2 weeks ago I adjusted all of my pages with tables so that they appear correctly in my Scroll Sites output (fixed column widths, page width = narrow). I have not tried adding a new table.

Notes:

• The scroll bar isn't even needed; you can see all of the content without scrolling.
• This only appears to happen when the only content in the column is links; if the column contains additional text, there is no scroll bar.
• Tables on the same page with no links are displayed wider on the page, if necessary, with no scroll bar.