User macro containing a link forces a line break - how can I remove the line break?

[Deleted user]

This is for Confluence 3.4 I've got a user macro that contains an ordinary link to a page, eg [contact me|key:Contact page]. The macro is defined as 'no body' and output format of wiki markup.

There is no line break inside the macro. It should render like this:

For more info, contact me. Furthermore, blah blah.

But instead, it renders like this, which messes up my paragraph:

For more info, contact me.

Furthermore, blah blah.

How can I get rid of the invisible line break?

[Deleted user · Accepted solution]

I'm closing this because I dealt with the problem using the 'nuclear option' -- just deleted it. Thank you to Matthew for the suggestion, but I'm not technical enough to implement a programmatic solution like that.

[Matthew J. Horn]

I've found for things like this, sometimes it's best to use jQuery to strip out tags that you don't want, after the page has been rendered. Here's an example that removes the text from the livesearch input field.

<script>

  AJS.toInit(function(){
    AJS.$('.plugin_livesearch_textfieldbox input').val('');
  });
</script>

I'm pretty sure you could apply this technique to remove anything in the DOM that you want. 

HTH,

matthew horn

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/confluence_users/

[Deleted user]

Thank you, Matthew. I only just noticed your answer (my bad!). I'll try that.

I've also noticed that this problem seems to be fixed in 4.2 (according to a comment on this page: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+4.0+Editor+-+Customer+Feedback)

(Not that I'll be able to take advantage of it. Until they bring back wiki markup or integrate an editor that's less horrible than editing raw XHTML, I'm unlikely to abandon 3.x).

[Matthew J. Horn]

Sure thing. BTW, there's a new plugin for 4.2 that will allow editing the markup directly, although I haven't tried it yet.