When I edit a page it forces the content to the middle and it cannot be left justified

[Justin Wood]

I am left with compressed content in the middle of the page that cannot be left justified.  I have to revert to an old version making it impossible to edit the page.  This is a new behaviour.  How do I get around it ? Is it a defect.

[Justin Wood · Accepted solution]

Worked it out.  Borders can be stretched.

[Kris Klima _K15t_]

@Justin Wood 

Exactly :) 

You can set the entire page's width to Narrow/Wide/Max or you can play with individual elements and stretch them independently - images, tables.

[Joshua Brock _ Seibert Group_ GmbH]

Hi @Justin Wood 

Glad you found a great solution!

For anyone else landing here: Confluence Cloud's native Narrow/Wide/Max page width setting controls the overall content column, and individual elements (tables, images) can be stretched beyond that container through the element toolbar; that's what Kris described so well above.

If you ever want more granular control over how content is structured across a page, not just stretching individual elements, but defining full visual sections, backgrounds, and multi-column layouts without fighting the column constraint .. a dedicated formatting app is worth exploring.

AURA Content Formatting Macros is designed for exactly this kind of use case:

• Background Content macro — define full-width sections with custom background colors or images, breaking out of the narrow column entirely
• Hero Section — visually distinct headers and banners that span the full page width
• Tabs and Cards — organise dense content into structured, navigable layouts
• Multi-column layouts — place content side-by-side in a way the native editor doesn't support
• Live Embeds (Figma, Miro, Google Sheets) — embed external tools, and they stretch naturally inside Aura layouts
• Available on both Confluence Cloud and Data Center

You can learn more at aure-apps.

Just in full disclosure: I work at Seibert Group, the team behind the Aura Apps. Hope this helps!


Joshua
Content Writer and US Representative
Agile Hive & Aura Apps (products of Seibert Group GmbH)

[Evie Z_]

@Joshua Brock _ Seibert Group_ GmbH 

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