Add a link to the status macro

[Chris Flynn]

Is it possible to add a link to the Status macro in Confluence?

[CharlesH]

We wanted to do this and came up with a jQuery based solution. It works well for us, as the coding is hidden from users in a page template. The gist of it is to define the link you want to apply in the normal way, but inside a "div" element (thanks to the Adaptavist Content Formatting macros plugin). This div has its style property set to display:none, so is invisible when the page is viewed normally. The jQuery code looks for this link and applies it to a status macro, based on the text that has been set for it.

Why go to the trouble of making a hidden link in this way? Since it relies on the normal Confluence functionality to do this, I see benefits if the target page was to undergo a change of name. In other words, we're not hard-coding the link.

Here's some sample code. If you have the plugin I mentioned and the html macro enabled in your environment, then just put this directly into a test page and you should see it works nicely. Note - the link is put on the entire status box, not just the text within it.

{div:statusboxes}
{status:colour=Green|title=Wiki User Guide}
{div}

{div:userguidelink|style=display: none;}
<Your link here>
{div}

{html}
<script type="text/javascript">
  jQuery(document).ready(function() {

    // Add links to status boxes
    jQuery('#statusboxes span:contains(Wiki User Guide)').hover(function(event) {    
      jQuery(this).css( 'cursor', 'pointer' );
    });
    jQuery('#statusboxes span:contains(Wiki User Guide)').click(function(event) {
      window.location = jQuery('#userguidelink a:first').attr('href');
      return false;
    });

  });
</script>
{html}

[Steve Goldberg]

No, but using User Macros you could write your own and adding in the functionality.

You can find the VTL code for a version (I'm not sure how modern it is) for the code here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF34/Writing+the+Status+User+Macro.

1. You can write it and then add a parameter for a link.
2. When the user enters something in that field you could have it generate an <a> tag around the lozenge that points to the URL mentioned.