Adding subheadings and moving pages

Question

I have added subheadings and want to move the individual pages to be nested under those new subheadings. When I open an individual page and click Move, the subheadings do not show up as options. The only option is the parent page where the page already lives. And if I try moving a page on the parent page itself, ALL of the pages try to move together as a single block. I'm unable to move individual pages.

Kristian Klima_gtcuat · Answer

@Patricia Modispacher _K15t_ I need to get my own gif :)

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-agree-with-nick

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/apr/16/leaders-tv-debates-jonathan-freedland

(I covered that British election)

Patricia Modispacher (K15t) · Answer

Hi @Carrie McKoy

Agreed to @Kristian Klima (like every day, every second)! 🤣 🤩

Sounds like you're running into a classic Confluence quirk. Subheadings (like H2 or H3) on a page look like structure, but they aren't actual pages — so you can’t nest under them.

To organize pages, you’ll need to create real child pages under the parent page, not just headings. Once those exist, you can move other pages under them using the page tree or the Move dialog.

Kristian's gif shows it perfectly 😌

Kristian Klima_gtcuat · Answer

Hi @Carrie McKoy and welcome to the Community,

It's a question of a simple drag-and-drop - just 'grab' a page with the cursor and drop it where you need it to be.

Just a note on terminology.

What you see on the left are page titles - pages and child pages (+other items such as folders, databases, smart links...). Tip - use the Child items macro on a parent page to display the list of pages under it.

In the article, you have headings and subheadings. And you use  the ToC (Table of Contents) macro to display headings on that particular page. I recommend to use only H2 and smaller on any given page. H1 should stay reserved for the page title.