The new editing experience: we're listening

[karl]

Hi I am a little confused about the new features,aren't they supposed to be improvements?

First, since i am not following Atlassian news, i was not aware that the new editor has been rolled out. so i spent a little of time today trying to figure out why pages in the same spaces were acting differently. I guess it is on me for not staying informed.

With previous editor i could drop pdf files in a page and get a nice thumbnail with the first page of pdf displayed. with the new editor i get a box with a check mark with no option to resize, display as a link or whatever.  am i missing something ?

Same for the link feature, i did not figure out how to create a link that direct to an attachment.

If someone has advice, please let me know. i am probably missing something, it is not possible that such basic features went MIA.

The overall feeling is that paying customers are being used as beta testers.

An option to roll back to previous editor, would be welcomed until bugs are fixed, features level match at least the previous version, and a proper documentation is availbale to understand how the new editor works.

Thanks

[Crystal]

Looking forward to the option for full-width content!
Right now the macros give me the option to display as wide or full width and then shows correctly in the editor, but after publishing the page, it still only displays as centered and too narrow.

[jemm1]

Hi @Avinoam  Can you let everyone know here when we will get the option to use the OLD editor on NEW pages? 

Please respond to this request.

Whatever you want to do with the new editor is fine but you should provide the old editor as an option now on new pages so customers don't have to continue suffering the problems with the new editor.

Thanks

[Felipe Castro]

Just to add my voice.  The full-width option to use the old format is very much needed.

[Davin Studer]

"We're going to add in two more column options; both two columns, with the option of a left or right sidebar."

@Avinoam What about the three column layout with the wide center and narrow side columns? That is also in the old editor and should be in the new editor as well.

[Arnaud Cuzzolin]

Hi, Can I choose the confluence version to install on premise ?

It's for me unthinkable to propose to a company a new software with such kind of interface.

Thanks,

[jemm1]

Hi @Avinoam - can you please provide a date when we have the option to use the OLD editor on NEW pages?  That probably is a 1 day code change to make and would eliminate all the concerns with the new editor while you work on that. Thanks

[Siegfried_Foessel]

It is nice to have different page widths, but exact control of individual elements would be better. E.g. it seems impossible to arrange a layout with multiple images and exact same width when coming from different sources or working with images in tables like in the original template for the team members. :(

This sliding resizer in the new editor is something for beginners but not for professionals.

[John Fenger]

FULL WIDTH!  Please make confluence usable again!  

I should clarify. Please make this actual Full Width.  New editor in tables and macros has this really odd "full width" thing that actually just makes it a wider fixed width (like 80% of a 24in 4k monitor).  What i am asking for is no width limit here, fully responsive like the old pages are.  

[David Andrianavalontsalama]

This so-called “we’re listening” page is a disaster. To all: Know that Atlassian actually changes support tickets regarding this editor issue as: “FEATURE REQUESTS”, whereas what we are actually demanding is being able to use the OLD editor; That is, something that used to EXIST. It’s just not a new feature, and it’s just not a “listening” attitude from Atlassian. This behaviour causes frustration and, basically put, the feeling of being extorted. For months now we have been paying for something, not only bad, but which has replaced something good we don’t have access to, anymore.

To use precise words: The ability to use the old editor for blog posts is gone. For some professional users, this is very bad (because the new editor is so broken and makes you unproductive), and not at all what they wanted to pay for. Through private tickets, a public ticket, and this very page, Atlassian is urged to put back the old editor.

[Mark Wilson]

On April 22nd I asked this question... 

"Any update on when the “full width mode”  and additional column types will be available?  The last few weeks have been a struggle.  "

It's been 2 months and all we have is a few more column layouts (and not all of what the old editor provided us).  @Avinoam Is Atlassian even prioritizing this?  We need an answer regarding the future roadmap of this product and the expected delivery timelines.  If full width mode and the old editor style controls are not part of the product we need to know.  

[Jørgen Flobak]

We did not know about this 'improved' editor when we migrated from our good old server to the cloud version at Atlassian this week. 

We are not writing blogs, we are a tech company using confluence for technical documentation. All our specs are now unreadable as all the screenshots are reduced in size and blurry because of the fixed width layout (we assume).

We need the full width layout back.

We need the ability to keep pictures in 100% size.

We need to be able to use keyboard commands we know. ctrl-z is not even working.

Why not just let us use the old editor? It has been what, 3 months? You could roll out a new feature in that time.

All of this is costing us time and money.

Give us a date so that we at least can see if going back to the old server is an option. 

[DEspanol]

Is the full width mode rolled-out yet?

[Mads]

Sorry for repeating this several places, but I really need to shout this from a soapbox:

It should be an option for administrators, to configure sitewide "full width by default".

Wasting 60% of screen real estate by default, for "reasons", is a really bad decision. That you seem to have taken this position seriously undermines my trust in your ability to understand your customers needs. Really, this is NOT the way to go. I am embarrassed that you could at any point believe this is the correct way for Confluence to evolve. Confluence is not a CMS or a cute blog.

[Bob Sovers]

Atlassian --- PROVE that you are listening! 

https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-cloud-editor-roadmap-967314556.html -- Just shows "Coming soon"

while

https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/blog --- "What's New"

shows the exact same wording in the Confluence section for the last 5 WEEKS! 

[Scott Saccone]

Just curious, how will the "full width" option work? Currently, in the new editor, I can adjust the width of tables by clicking on the "<- ->" icon: centre, wide and full. Similarly, if I insert a Jira table, I can click on it and adjust the same settings via icons at the bottom. However, there are no such options for normal paragraphs. Will the new option allow us to change the width of any paragraph? Can we set the a default width? Thanks.

[AZOR1984]

Fix the full with page issue, grrr

[Jørgen Flobak]

Please vote for bringing back some control over the size of embedded pictures.

The drag-to-resize is not working for us, we need to be able show pictures in 100% (set the size manually).

https://jira.atlassian.com/projects/CONFCLOUD/issues/CONFCLOUD-67080?filter=allopenissues

[Chris Myers]

This is a pretty garbage change, confluence team- please add the ability to expand these pages to full screen  ASAP.  Honestly i'm also interested in your logic for applying this in the first place.  Does ANYONE actually like this crappy new style?  Cheese moving gone so, so wrong! 

[David Andrianavalontsalama]

Everything is ugly in this new editor. This is such a sadness.

Do you want to insert a link to an uploaded file in your text? That’s over, mate. You must insert a gray, big, idiotic, thumbnail. With no meaning, no taste, and WHICH WAS NOT ASKED FOR.

Such a shame.

[admin]

What's the status on this??? No Fullwidth looks horrible for my clients..... 

[Pete]

Hi @Avinoam Zelenko can we please get an update on this issue, it is causing us severe pain 

thanks

[Helen Gosper]

Apologies in this is not related specifically to the 'new editor. Having recently moved from server to Cloud (our use case is technical documentation), I was surprised at the changes to the way 'Sketch' works. It seems like you have to insert the image then save the page without any of the effects or annotations you require, and then click the odd 'sketch' link at the top of the page to open the sketch editor. A lot more work than just clicking the image while in page edit. And that sketch link looks ugly too.

[Fanfan]

Any update on the Full width mode? 

[Mathieu Bertrand]

Any timeline on the 'full width mode'. 

We desperately need this !