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Can I create a link on a whiteboard with customized text?

Alexis Marticorena

What I'm trying to do:

I'm attempting to create an org. chart in Confluence Whiteboards. I want the high-level org. chart to be pared back, listing a department's name rather than every individual in the dept., for example, but then I'm hoping I can have that dept.'s name hyperlinked to another section in the whiteboard that does list out all individuals in that dept.

What I'm running into:

While I can add a link to another section or object in the whiteboard, it creates a link "card" that only shows the name of the whiteboard & "Confluence Whiteboards". I have the options to embed the linked content or show just the URL text, but I can't hyperlink my own text (such as having the link associated with the text box name of a department). Second, but slightly less important, is I don't have the option to toggle the link to not open in a new browser tab.

The ultimate question:

Is what I'm trying to achieve currently possible in Confluence Whiteboards, or is this a feature request?

Thanks!

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Comments

Keith Sottung_u0urw2

I don't think you can. It would have to be a feature request. However, you can paste a url to the whiteboard and it will create an object on the board. See image below.

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Andy Gladstone

@Alexis Marticorena there is no current way to link to self in a Whiteboard and remain on the same page. Links were designed to reference external assets such as Jira Issues and Confluence Pages.

While your use case makes a lot of sense, it's not supported. There is a JAC issue already registered for this recommending that links to the same page act more like anchors would in a Confluence Page.

You can upvote the request and follow it here:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-78466

Sorry that this is not the answer you were looking for.

Andy Gladstone

@Alexis Marticorena if my answer helped you, please consider marking it as accepted so that others looking for similar information can more easily find it.

Alexis Marticorena

In case anyone stumbles across this... out of my 2 problems outlined here, 1 has been solved!

You can now modify the link text so it shows up as a hyperlinked word or phrase instead of a link card.

self ref link.png <---Ta-daaah!

Now I'm still hoping we can get an update where self-referencing links can NOT default to opening a new browser window. You can vote for that feature here: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-78466

Paul Dillon

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