Aura Background Content (Cloud)

Created by Jan Kuntscher
Aug 22, 2022

The Aura Background Content macro allows you to add a background image, a background color, or both in combination. You can then insert content or macros into the background content macro. Further down in the 'Compatibility' section you can see which content and macros you can insert into the Aura Background Content macro.

 

 

 

 

 

Please follow these steps to insert an Aura Background Content macro on a Confluence Page:

  • Go to the Confluence page you wish to edit

  • Click on the Edit button of the Confluence page or press "E"

  • In the page editor click on the + button (Insert More Content) and select Other macros

  • Select the Aura Background Content macro from the provided list and the configuration dialog appears

 

 

 

Please follow these steps to edit an Aura Background Content macro on a Confluence page:

  • The configuration dialog helps users to create the background that suits their needs. The live preview shows the result in realtime.

  • After the configuration is done click Save and the Aura Background Content will be visible on your Confluence page. Clicking on Close will abort the configuration and the inserting of the macro.

Content Vertical Position

Choose how you would like to position your content:

  • Top

  • Center

  • Bottom

Mininum Height

Choose a suitable minimum size for your background content container. The content container is dynamic and adjusts automatically with your content.

Padding

Choose suitable padding for your content.

Color

Click on the Add Background Color button to use the background color. You will then be presented with more options:

  • Choose from predesigned color palettes (provided by administrators) that suit your needs.

  • Each color palette comes with a set of up to 18 different colors that will, for example, match the company's brand and corporate identity.

  • Click on a color box to apply the color to the button.

  • An applied color box is highlighted with a white frame and a white circle.

  • The paint bucket allows you to pick a custom color as well as adjust the transparency of the color.

  • You can remove the color by clicking on the Remove Background Color button.

Image

Click on the Add Image button to open up the 'Image Sidebar'. Choose from one of three options presented as tabs:

  • Aura Images, Attachments or Direct Link

 

Aura Images

All images are provided by unsplash.com and can be used freely. Find out more about the licence here.

Add image

  • To add an image to your Background Content simply click on an image.

Search & filter

  • Search field: Enter the desired term

  • Orientation: Choose Landscape, Portrait or Square

  • Color: Choose whether your image should be ‘Black and white’ or a specific color

 

Attachments

Either use an image that has already been attached to a Confluence page or upload a new image onto the current page.

Use already attached image

  • Search field: Enter the name of the image

  • Filter dropdown: Specify where the image should be searched

  • Table: All images matching the search are displayed in the table. Hover on image titles for a preview. Click on an image title to select it.

Upload and use new image

  • Users can either upload a new image via drag and drop or by clicking into the 'Upload attachment' box.

  • The uploaded image is automatically set in the Background Content macro.

 

 

Direct Link

Enter a link to an image.

 

 

 

Please follow these steps to edit or remove the Aura macro on a Confluence Page:

  • Go to the Confluence page you wish to edit

  • Click on the Edit button of the Confluence page or E

  • Click on the Aura macro you wish to edit or remove

  • A small dialog with the options Edit and Remove appears

  • Click on the desired action

 

 

This table shows which content/macros can be inserted and used inside this Aura macro. Please note that the compatibility may change with each new cloud version that Atlassian releases.

Content

Compatible

Notes

Content

Compatible

Notes

Text & Formatting (color, italic etc.)

Empty lines are ignored (by Atlassian and we can not change that)

Headings

 

Bullet List

 

Numbered List

 

Check List

Editing in page view mode is unsupported

Tables

Cell color and sorting is unsupported.

Links

Links are displayed in full length

Images

Images can be scaled, but the size differs between Edit and View mode.

Mentions

 

Emojis

Most of the emojis are displayed as a blue star. This is a bug that Atlassian has to fix.

Here is an incomplete list of working emojis:

Code snippet

Content is visible, but line numbering, color highlighting and copy button are not available.

Date

 

Divider

 

Atlassian Panels

The design differs in view mode compared to edit mode

Status

The design differs in view mode compared to edit mode

Quote

 

Decision

 

Expand

 

PDF (directly inserted)

 

Macros

Compatible

Notes

Activity Stream

 

Advanced Roadmaps for Jira

not tested

 

Agile Wallboard Gadget

not tested

 

Assigned to Me

 

Attachments

Versions can not be maximized. Upload drop zone is not working. Uploading through button does not work.

Aura - Background Content

 

Aura - Button

 

Aura - Cards

 

Aura - Divider

 

Aura - Panel

 

Aura - Title

 

Average Age Chart

 

Average Number of Times in Status

 

Average Time in Status

 

Blog Posts

The ‘Create blog post’ button is greyed out and can not be used.

Change History

 

Chart

 

Children Display

 

Content by Label

 

Content Report Table

 

Contributors

 

Contributors Summary

 

Create from Template

 

Created vs Resolved Chart

 

Days Remaining in Sprint Gadget

not tested

 

Decision report

 

Excerpt

 

Excerpt Include

 

Filter Results

 

Gallery

 

Heat Map

 

Iframe

 

Include Page

 

Issue Statistics

 

Issue in progress

 

Jira

 

Jira Charts

 

Jira Issues Calendar

 

Jira Road Map

 

Jira roadmap

not tested

 

Labels Gadget

 

Labels List

 

Livesearch

Visuals differ between Edit and View mode. Clicking on the 'Search' button displays the search results and the confluence frame at the top of the opened page.

Office Excel

 

Office Powerpoint

 

Office Word

 

Opsgenie Incident Timeline

not tested

 

Opsgenie Incident Timeline EU

not tested

 

Page Index

 

Page Properties

 

Page Properties Report

 

Page Tree

 

Page Tree Search

Clicking on the 'Search' button displays the search results and the confluence frame at the top of the opened page.

PDF

 

Pie Chart

 

Popular Labels

 

Profile Picture

 

Projects

 

Quick links

 

Recently Created Chart

 

Recently Updated

The Show More button open an ugly list of more recently updated content.

Recently Updated Dashboard

The tabs My Spaces & Network can not be opened.

Related Labels

 

Resolution Time

 

Roadmap Planner

 

Shared Links Bookmarklet Button

 

Spaces List

The tab Favourite can not be opened.

Sprint Burndown Gadget

 

Sprint Health Gadget

 

Starred filters

 

Table of Content Zone

 

Table of Contents

 

Task report

 

Time Since Chart

 

Time to First Response

 

Trello Board

Seems to work

Trello Card

Seems to work

Two Dimensional Filter Statistics

 

User List

 

User Profile

 

Version Report

 

Voted Issues

 

Wallboard Spacer Gadget

not tested

 

Watched Issues

 

Widget Connector (YouTube Videos etc.)

 

Workload Pie Chart