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Can I get file type specific Google Drive icons for smart links in the content tree?

Roman Devengenzo
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February 20, 2025

I've been using this feature since it came out. When I started making links to Google Drive items (docs, sheets, slides), the smart links in the content tree used the native Google icons for these files. This was a very useful way of telling one type of file from another.

Since then, Google Drive smart links all have the same yellow-green-blue triangle icon, and its impossible to tell the difference between a doc/sheet/slides now. This has slowed me and my team down. Is there any way to show the file-type-specific icons in the content tree? Thanks, 

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Shannon S
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21 hours ago

Hi @Roman Devengenzo 

Good morning, and thank you for the suggestion to offer the ability to set a custom icon for Smart Links.

We've been tracking a similar suggestion in the following feature request:

You can add your vote and watch the ticket so you'll be updated on any future progress.

Thanks again, and let me know if you have any questions about that!

Take care,

Shannon S | Atlassian Cloud Support

Roman Devengenzo
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7 hours ago

Thanks for your response Shannon, and for the link to the similar request. As mentioned in https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-76023, the ability to customize smart link icons would solve my problem.

The initial functionality that Confluence had, where the file-type icon was assigned to the smart link, is still preferable. 

Any idea why that functionality was removed or eliminated? 

Thanks again,

Roman 

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Jehan Bhathena
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February 22, 2025

Hi @Roman Devengenzo ,

Seems like this isn't available nor did I find this open in the tickets here: https://jira.atlassian.com/issues/?jql=text%20~%20%22icon%22%20AND%20project%20%3D%20%22Confluence%20Cloud%22%20AND%20statusCategory%20!%3D%20%20Done

 

Would suggest you send a feedback for this via the "Give Feedback" option available on any Smart Link's more options:

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