A few weeks back I built a template that had a table and I was able to put an excerpt macro in one of the cells. I am trying to remake this template in another space and can no longer do it. It seems the editing features have changed. Is putting an Excerpt macro in a table as part of template still possible?
Hello there,
Happy to help. Can you let me know what happens when you try to add an excerpt macro into your table? I just tested it myself now in the new editor and I was able to.
If you have any screenshots of the problem, it will also help.
Regards,
Shannon
Here is a screenshot of what I was doing. I was using the new editing features in the CLOUD version.
Thank you for sharing that!
I apologize! I tested with the Excerpt Include macro but I should have tested with just the Excerpt macro. I can confirm that behavior.
The issue is related to the fact that you cannot embed a macro within another macro in the New Editor. A table is considered a Table Macro which is causing the issue.
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Thank you for your understanding!
I am a bit perplexed by your last response. You state that we "cannot embed a macro within another macro in the New Editor." Yet you also state that you were able to insert an Excerpt Include macro inside a Table Macro. "I just tested it myself now in the new editor and I was able to."
Did you misstate something or were you truly able to add the Excerpt Include Macro in a Table macro. If so, why won't a Except macro work when an Excerpt Include does?
What other macros work/don't work in tables?
What other functionality has been removed within the new editor?
Hello,
My apologies for confusing you. I can see how that's misleading. Allow me to clarify. A few specific macros will still work within the table macro because they aren't meant to display anything when you're viewing a page. In this case, the Excerpt macro is only wrapped around text that you want to reference in another macro, the Excerpt Include macro. The Excerpt macro itself won't display anything when you view it on a page, so it works inside the Table macro. Whereas, the Excerpt Include macro is supposed to display a block of text. The new editor is not allowing for this to appear within a table.
Please let me know if that makes sense, or if you require any further clarification.
Any other missing functionality you can review on our Confluence Cloud Editor Roadmap. There is a table there that will outline basic functionality in the editor, confirm which features still exist, the ones that are not coming back, and ones that we are working on a solution for.
I would also recommend reviewing Confluence Editing Improvements for a few examples of things that have changed in the new editor.
I hope that helps, but let me know if you run into any additional issues.
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