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This page tells you how to move a page using a space's Tree view. This method allows you to move a page, or a family of pages, within a space. Alternatively, you can follow the instructions to move a page to a new position or to a new space while in edit mode.

Confluence allows you to present your pages in any order (sequence) you choose. Read more about the sequential order of pages.

To move a page, you need the following permissions:

  • Edit permission on the page you are moving, and
  • View permission on the page's parent page. So if you are moving the page to a different parent, you need 'View' permission on the new parent.

When you move a page, its children will move as well.

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Moving a Page

To move a page within the space's Tree view,

  1. Browse the space.

    Go to the 'Browse Space' view. There are two ways to browse a space:

    • Click the icon next to the space name on the Dashboard. The 'Pages' tab of the 'Browse Space' view will open. Or,
    • Go to a page in the space and select the option you want from the 'Space' menu. The corresponding tab of the 'Browse Space' view will open.

  2. Go to the 'Pages' tab and open the 'Tree' view.

  3. A tree view opens. Find the page you want to move.
    Hint: Click the '+' sign next to each page family to open the branches of the tree.

  4. Holding down your left mouse button, click and drag the page up or down the tree. See screenshot below.

  5. While dragging the page, you see one of the following:
    • A thin line between existing pages — This indicates the potential new position for the page. Release the mouse button when the page is where you want it.
    • A wide highlight over one or more existing pages — This indicates that you can drop the page into a page family. Release the mouse button to add the page to the family. The page will appear either in alphabetical sequence or as the last page in the family, depending on the family's sequential order as described below.

      Note: The new position of the page is saved as soon as you release the mouse button.
      To cancel the move while still holding down the mouse button, press the 'Esc' key on your keyboard.



Screenshot: Moving a page

About the Sequential Order of Pages

Confluence allows you to present your pages in any order (sequence) you choose. The position of a page is reflected in the following places:

Changing the Page Order

You can change the order of the pages — simply move the page to its new position while editing the page or while viewing pages in the space's Tree view.

Alphabetical versus Manual Order

By default, Confluence will present your pages in alphabetical order. When you move a page to a different position, the order becomes manual for the affected page family.

More about the alphabetical order

When ordering pages alphabetically, Confluence actually applies a more sophisticated 'natural' order rather than a straight alphabetical order. The natural order handles numeric values correctly when doing string comparisons.

Now let's consider what happens when you add a page to a page family, by creating a new page or by moving or copying a page into the family:

  • If the page family's order is alphabetical, the new page will appear in alphabetical order too.
  • If the page family's order is manual, the new page will appear at the bottom of the list of pages in the family.
Cannot revert to alphabetical order

Once the order has been set to manual, you cannot set it back to alphabetical. There is an open request (CONF-10499) to allow reversion to alphabetical order. If you would like to see this developed, please vote for the request.

RELATED TOPICS

Sequential Order of Pages
Moving a Page
Overview of Pages
Overview of Page Families

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