Can page title be used as a variable in a page template

[Andreas Dalman (UTS)]

I am trying to create a template where the title of the page (which the user will need to define when using the template, so not pre-existing) can be used in other parts of the new page as a variable.

For example, the page variable used as a heading for a TOC Macro which will reside at the bottom of the page - useful for reminding users of the topic on long pages where the title is no longer visible when you get to the end. Currently I have a cumbersome instruction to insert the page title above the TOC Macro in the footer - this obviously is not dynamic so if the page title is renamed a mismatch will occur if editing the TOC heading is not done as well.

Ideally I would like to be able to do this without coding, but of course also have interest in any such solutions too.

[Dominic Lagger]

Hi @Andreas Dalman (UTS) 

This is only possible with coding :) I think you can use a user macro.

The user macro is really simple

## @@noparam
$content.getTitle()

And then in the template use this user macro. 

Regards, Dominic

[Andreas Dalman (UTS)]

Thanks Dominic for your answer,

Some code is fine as long as it does not have to be done in the back end.

I do need a little clarification.

What is a 'user macro' - in Macros I search user but there is not one simply named 'User' that I can choose available to me (seclections include Content by User, Profile Picture, User List and User Profile).

Am I mistunderstanding (I tried putting the code inside a HTML macro but is simply prints) - websearch suggests getTitle() is javascript but I cannot find a macro for that...

Confluence docs on User Macro seem to point to admin level config, but our instance does not have this option (maybe disabled/hidden or not available in the version we are running 6.15.9)