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How to display file as link in new editor

unknown

Hello All!

I've recently been using the new editing experience and I love it, but I can't find a way to display an attached file (jpg, png etc.) as link which is easily done in the old editor.

I'd love to keep using the new editor, but the 'display file as link' feature is integral to the way I use Confluence.

Is there a way of doing this in the new editor or is it not possible?

I'd be super grateful for any insight or answers.

Thanks so much in advance,

Sam

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Shannon S

Hello Sam,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to meet you.

I recently raised a feature request about this:

CONFCLOUD-65302 Ability to link text to an attachment in editor

In the meantime, you'll need to use the Attachments macro in order to obtain the URL of the attachment. Then you can link text to that by pasting the link into the Link Macro.

Please vote on the feature request above to show that you'd like to see this feature return to Confluence. You will automatically be added to the list of watchers so you can receive updates of any progress.

Regards,

Shannon

barry bowen_kzjafh

Its bad to remove a feature

Christian Wilmanns

Wow, you're stealing my time by removing such an feature. Why are your product guys doing something like this? I can't believe that I'm one of a few who is using this feature, as all my co-workers use it. A real bummer!

Shannon S

Hello there, Barry, and Christian. Thank you for all of this feedback.

As of recently, this feature is now listed on our roadmap page below:

Confluence Cloud Editor Roadmap

We are still currently gathering interest on this, but I wanted to share that page with you as there are likely other features you're missing and you'd like to know the status of.

I would also encourage you to schedule some 1:1 time with our Confluence Product Manager in their calendar. It can help us to get more feedback such as yours for how we can best improve the new editor to meet your requirements.

Take care, and have a pleasant rest of your week.

Regards,

Shannon

Alex Nikolaev_4qn2fd

I find this quite remarkable.

I fully understand that the product needs to change and adapt, yet seeing yet another feature that is generally used in busier and more complex set up not implemented right away when the new editor was rolled out makes one wonder as to who the target audience really is.

Samuel Sayag_eginta

I still cannot use this feature with the new editor...
How can we do it?

Thanks

Shannon S

Hi Samuel,

Welcome to Atlassian Community, and thank you for following up. This feature is not yet available, but is currently in progress. You can follow the process below:

CONFCLOUD-65302 Ability to link text to an attachment in editor

Be sure to watch the case, and you'll receive emails with any status updates.

Take care,

Shannon

Bernhard Lauss

THis is really a shame that it is still not available easily !!!!

Sam Murray_7kowli

+1 for this functionality. So disappointing that it isn't available!

hyeonseok-choi

Belle_v4m9zm

This reminds me of when they removed Anchor Links to "streamline" the authoring process, when it all did was "streamline" a bunch of people's frustration with the product...

Rob Bunten_jy0o3y

Yesterday I completed a survey Atlassian sent me. My main point is illustrated by this and several other bits of useful functionality that are still not working over a year after the "New, Improved" editor blighted existing users' lives. Atlassian *used to* be better than this.

Torquil Harkness_xtveaj

I work in Product and if i had done to our product, what the Atlassian team have done to theirs, i would get fired. I am saddened that every time i am looking for a feature that i have used in the past, which seems like a basic common feature, like formatting something or moving a row in a table etc, it has been removed. I mean we are in 2021 and you are implementing new designs that take away basic functionality that users expect to be there since the early '90s, but your only response is.. "Oh well it is on the roadmap but we are just 'gathering interest'", which basically means that we are not touching it unless a big account says it is a blocker. A disgrace. This thread will be commented on for the next 5 years and no action will be taken... this is what I come to 'expect' from this product. :-(

Jody Winter

I Googled to find help on this matter and found this thread. Atlassian, please fix this. Thumbnails should be an option, not the default. We currently have a mix of pages in the old and new editor formats because some pages (like where we list all of our dozens of forms and templates) just look awful with thumbnails.

unknown

Didn't see how to do this after 2 years, so I'll describe the workaround I use with the new editor. Warning, it's quite hideous.

1) attach image to page using the Files & Images icon. I add it to end end of page to keep it from messing up formatting. If there are multiple images go ahead and attach all of them.

2) Add the attachment macro, that's in + -> Attachments. I put this after the images.

3) Go to page preview, ... -> Preview.

4) In the attachment macro area there will be a list of all files for the page. right click on the image you want to use and select Copy Link. If you have multiple images you'll have to copy and paste links into some text editor.

5) Go back to editing mode by clicking Edit button.

6) Go to the place where you want the link and select the Link icon

7) Paste the link from step #4 into the Paste link box. Add some text (I usually use filename) to the Text to Display box.

8) Remove the newly added images and Attachments macro.

9) Publish

Ughhh...this used to be one click.

Jody Winter

Thank you so much Gordon! This works perfectly. Atlassian still should reinstate the feature though.

unknown

Unbelievable that such a basic and necessary feature that was removed in the interest of "improvement" *chokes* is still not reinstated after two years. Horrific UX.

I assume that the head of product has been fired. If not, they should be.

Adam Dennis_bm6cn3

C'mon Atlassian - it's been nearly two years - please reinstate what most consider as base functionality.

Marco_a0o8nz

Still not implemented, this is so frustrating!! Would you finally be able to implement this feature, how many people need to complain about this until you react??

Simone Gasser

It's January 2022... and I was just very surprised to find that this has still not been fixed after 2.5 years! How hard can it be?
Is there a way to go back to the old editor, so I don't have to spend hours (and therefore money) of my work time with a workaround?

Bruce Adams _TDD_

Thank you deleted user. I wonder if you deleted yourself in frustration over this and other pain points?

Keith Sottung_u0urw2

As an admin governing a Confluence site of 1100 I want to add my voice in support of the ability to be able to add an image to page from the page's attachments. Should also be able to add an image to page from another page's attachments list. It is a real drag to have to download an attached image, open it in a editor, re-copy it to the clip board only to paste it back to the page so it is viewable again. Yes, I aware an image can by copied and pasted to move it to another location on the page. I'm addressing a use case where the attachment is on the page or other but needs to be displayed. Come on Atlassian. You are better than this! :-) I still like you though. :-)

bas kin

The feature request (https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65302) that should solve this problem recently became active again!! Very happy to see this and hope it get's implemented soon.

The original poster is now a Deleted User. I hope he/she found a wiki-tool serving his/her needs...

Paul Madison

Still can't do this in 2023.

Adam Dennis_bm6cn3

Or in 2024!

Paul Madison

I wish I knew what year it was!

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