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How do you know which editor a page uses?

Francesco Cipollone

How do you know which editor a page uses, without editing a page?

We have hundreds of pages, in either the Legacy or the new Editor, and going to "Edit" is very time-consuming. Visually identifying the editor used would greatly speed up our upgrades to the New Editor.

Do you have any clues - however small - visible on the page?
Thank you

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repi

Francesco Cipollone

Hello Repi, -
I don’t know to do that. Specifically, I don’t know how to check if "it has landed over the entry page”.Please tell me how
Thank you, Francesco

Matt Reiner _K15t_

They offer some hints here: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/I-have-the-new-editor-is-it-possible-to-have-the-legacy-editor/qaq-p/1372761

It looks like it really comes down to what's in the toolbar.

Francesco Cipollone

The toolbar is useful only if you are already in edit mode.
But the question is about having an indication of which editor a page uses, without editing a page.

I have put 2 similar pages side-by-side, one created with the New editor and the other created with the Legacy editor, and I have not seen any difference (without clicking on Edit!)

But perhaps there is a tell-tale hint that differentiates them.
Can you help?

Thank you

Shannon S

Hello Francesco,

Thank you for raising this, I'm sure a lot of other users will have the same question!

Besides the editor differences that Matt mentioned, there are a few subtle differences when viewing the page.

For example, when a page is using the new editor, the author information will be centered below the page breadcrumbs:

I hope this helps you! Let me know if you still have any doubts about which editor you're using.

Take care,

Shannon

Francesco Cipollone

Hello Shannon, -

I'm afraid that is not the case for me.
The Author Information is on the Left in both cases.

Once again, I'm looking to save time in opening and closing the editor on hundreds of pages.
If there is any other hind you can share, that would help us out.

Thank you,

Francesco

Shannon S

Francesco,

That's odd; could you show me a screenshot of the page that's on the new editor where the author information is on the left? I've not yet seen a new editor page that didn't have the information centered. Please also include a picture of the page in edit mode, just to confirm it is indeed on the new editor.

Otherwise, you would be able to tell if a page is on the new editor, depending on what macros are being used on the page. For example, there are new colors in the status and table macros. In fact, tables were completely revamped in the new editor, so you would see a difference in formatting there overall.

Shannon

Francesco Cipollone

Shannon, -

"on the new editor [] the author information is on the left
I've not yet seen a new editor page that didn't have the information centered."

Left or Centered Author information depends on:
"Make page fixed width" / "Make page full-width" (represented by the double arrows in Editor mode.

So this information cannot be used to tell the difference between the New and Old editors, without going into Editor mode.

Do you have any other clues to give, please?

Thank you,

Francesco

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