Left align multiple images by default or multi-select

Question

I have the same problem as this:

Solved: Inserting images

Namely, I am working on some documentation that is heavy on screenshots, and selecting each image individually to change the alignment is giving me wrist cramps.

However, the question above is solved, and I would like to see more information. According to the accepted answer, having a setting that defaults image alignment for new insertions is not an option.

Instead, I want to know of any creative options that might be out there. I saw some questions that discussed defining a style via CSS, but it's from a long time ago and I'm not finding the tools described in the answers that are 8+ years old. Is there a way to get under the hood and, for example, find-replace all the align tags in the HTML? wiki markup? macros? select ALL the images on a given page and make them all align-left with one command? Scripting?

It just feels wrong that I cannot do this in Confluence, when if I were hand-coding HTML it could be done with any old text editor. It does much to inhibit my being a fan of this tool. If nothing else, there should be an "expert interface" of some kind so that power users can get the tool to do exactly what we tell it to, as opposed to what Atlassian thinks we should be doing!

fu_pow_seng · Answer

Thanks for that. I have done both. I'm going to keep trying for a creative solution. It just blows my mind that a piece of software does not have settings or a feature that aligns all images on a given page or section to the same alignment.  The more I learn about confluence, the more I would rather just hand-code HTML in a text editor.  :/

Dan Breyen · Answer

Hi @fu_pow_seng I would recommend voting for and watching CONFCLOUD-71790 to allow for the ability to default the alignment. Many people in that ticket have requested the ability to Left Align images by default.  I voted for it as well.