confluence unexpanding expand macro when referenced with an anchor

[Paul DeSousa]

Hi all,

Is there anyway to reference a page that has a large set of expand macros to where the reference would expand only the given macro that was referenced?

Thanks,

Robert

[Stephen Deutsch · Accepted solution]

Hi Robert,

You can include this user macro in all pages in a space (or just include the javascript in all pages using the Custom HTML area) and it will automatically expand only the area where the anchor is embedded:

https://bitbucket.org/stephendeutsch/confluence-user-macros/src/bb28804121a99ccd01b95d0ebed4097468d0244d/anchor_in_expand/anchor_in_expand_macro.vm?at=master

However, are you also wanting it to close any other expanded expand macros? It doesn't do that (yet).

[Paul DeSousa]

Very cool! How do you reference it though as it is does not have a title?

[Paul DeSousa]

Never mind I figured it out. Love it. Wish I could up-vote it twice :-)

[Stephen Deutsch]

Glad you like it :) As a bonus, it also converts regular anchor links (i.e. #anchor) to Confluence style anchor links automatically (i.e. #PAGETITLE-anchor)

[Niclas Ries]

Hi Stephen,

thanks for that useful macro! I wonder if there is any way to jump into the expander via the anchors and scroll up to the headline which is written above the expander?

Thank you in advance!  

[Rob Powers]

I'm also trying to use this code. I added it to an HTML macro at the top of the wiki page, but that didn't work. Next, I added it to the footer of the space layout. Both attempts failed. What am I not understanding here?

[Stephen Deutsch]

Hi Rob,

This is actually an older version of the code that I have not updated. Could you try the code from here:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-27357?focusedCommentId=673236&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-673236

and see if that makes any difference?

[Rob Powers]

Thanks for your help, I probably don't have sufficient privileges to activate this code. I'm getting the following error  "Error rendering macro 'html' : Security restricted macro is not allowed. An edit restriction includes an unauthorized entry: username@email.com".

[Rob Powers]

@Stephen Deutsch - your macro works, now I just need to decide where to insert it - @ the page, space, or wiki level. The low-tech solution would be to separate the collapsed sections into child pages, but that's not so great from a UX perspective.

[Teri Warner]

I'm trying to use the code and must be missing something. I added the code in an html macro onto the page that has the expand macro (before the macros). I placed the anchor within the expand macro. However, when I click on the link to the expand macro page, nothing expanded. What am I missing?

[Robert Nadon]

Are both your anchor-expand macro and anchor inside the expand macro?