Aura Background Content (Cloud)
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:
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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:
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Image | Click on the Add Image button to open up the 'Image Sidebar'. Choose from one of three options presented as tabs:
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Aura Images | All images are provided by unsplash.com and can be used freely. Find out more about the licence here. Add image
Search & filter
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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
Upload and use new image
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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.
Text & Formatting (color, italic etc.) |
| Empty lines are ignored (by Atlassian and we can not change that) |
Headings |
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Bullet List |
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Numbered List |
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Check List |
| Editing in page view mode is unsupported |
Tables |
| Cell color is unsupported |
Links |
| Links are displayed in full length |
Images |
| Images can be scaled, but the size differs between Edit and View mode. |
Mentions |
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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 |
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Divider |
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Atlassian Panels |
| The design differs in view mode compared to edit mode |
Status |
| The design differs in view mode compared to edit mode |
Quote |
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Decision |
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Expand |
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PDF (directly inserted) |
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Macros | Compatible | Notes |
Activity Stream |
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Advanced Roadmaps for Jira | not tested |
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Agile Wallboard Gadget | not tested |
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Assigned to Me |
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Attachments |
| Versions can not be maximized. Upload drop zone is not working. Uploading through button does not work. |
Aura - Background Content |
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Aura - Button |
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Aura - Cards |
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Aura - Divider |
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Aura - Panel |
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Aura - Title |
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Average Age Chart |
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Average Number of Times in Status |
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Average Time in Status |
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Blog Posts |
| The ‘Create blog post’ button is greyed out and can not be used. |
Change History |
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Chart |
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Children Display |
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Content by Label |
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Content Report Table |
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Contributors |
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Contributors Summary |
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Create from Template |
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Created vs Resolved Chart |
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Days Remaining in Sprint Gadget | not tested |
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Decision report |
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Excerpt |
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Excerpt Include |
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Filter Results |
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Gallery |
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Heat Map |
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Iframe |
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Include Page |
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Issue Statistics |
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Issue in progress |
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Jira |
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Jira Charts |
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Jira Issues Calendar |
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Jira Road Map |
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Jira roadmap | not tested |
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Labels Gadget |
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Labels List |
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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 |
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Office Powerpoint |
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Office Word |
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Opsgenie Incident Timeline | not tested |
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Opsgenie Incident Timeline EU | not tested |
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Page Index |
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Page Properties |
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Page Properties Report |
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Page Tree |
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Page Tree Search |
| Clicking on the 'Search' button displays the search results and the confluence frame at the top of the opened page. |
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Pie Chart |
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Popular Labels |
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Profile Picture |
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Projects |
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Quick links |
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Recently Created Chart |
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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 |
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Resolution Time |
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Roadmap Planner |
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Shared Links Bookmarklet Button |
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Spaces List |
| The tab Favourite can not be opened. |
Sprint Burndown Gadget |
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Sprint Health Gadget |
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Starred filters |
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Table of Content Zone |
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Table of Contents |
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Task report |
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Time Since Chart |
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Time to First Response |
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Trello Board |
| Seems to work |
Trello Card |
| Seems to work |
Two Dimensional Filter Statistics |
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User List |
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User Profile |
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Version Report |
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Voted Issues |
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Wallboard Spacer Gadget | not tested |
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Watched Issues |
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Widget Connector (YouTube Videos etc.) |
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Workload Pie Chart |
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