Are Aura card macros compatible with Scroll Viewport?

Question

I'm having trouble. I'm trying to use Aura design macros (specifically the Aura Cards where you can customize buttons with icons, colorations, etc) for some of my Confluence pages, however when published to Scroll Viewport, they do not show up at all.

I've checked permissions and those seem to be in order. I've also checked for any tags on the pages in question to see if they are marked as "restricted" and they aren't.

Is this a known issue or are the two API's not compatible?

Peter Alouche · Answer

We have the same question and scenario on our end. If there is a better alternative to Scroll Sites that is compatible with Aura Formatting, would be good to know. We're trying to revamp our help content.

Adriane Hunt · Answer

Hello,

I am migrating Server content to Confluence Cloud (with Scroll Viewport) and also can't use Aura cards. I reached out to the Aura Support team and here's their answer:

"In Confluence Cloud, Aura is not compatible with Scroll Viewport. As an alternative, we are compatible with the following apps:

* https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220562/external-share-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview
* https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1230544/spacecraft-theme-for-confluence-cloud-color-your-space?hosting=cloud&tab=overview (free)

There’s no plan to integrate Aura with Scroll Viewport in the future, as this would require us to completely rebuild our infrastructure in a way that’s not compatible with Atlassian’s upcoming development platform (Forge). As all apps will have to move to this new platform in the future, making these apps compatible would only result in a temporary solution."

If anyone knows of a replacement for Aura that can be used with Scroll Viewport in Confluence Cloud, please let me know!

Regards,

Adriane

unknown · Answer

Hi @Mark Colegrove,

Sorry, I only saw your response now because emails from the Atlassian Community have been ending up in my spam folder for some time.

Unfortunately, as mentioned in my original answer, if the developers of the Aura macros have no interest making their macros render in non-Confluence environments, there is nothing that can be done on the Viewport side.

We also have this situation with other apps, for example diagramming apps. E.g. Lucidchart and draw.io can be displayed in non-Confluence environments just fine, but we aware of other apps in the same category that do not prioritize this highly enough or don't have the resources to do the work to support this.

I suppose the only thing you can do is keep nagging them about it and hope that they will implement it.

Cheers,
Sven