This page last changed on Jun 10, 2009 by ggaskell.

The Warning Macro allows you to highlight a warning note on a Confluence page.

It creates a red-coloured box surrounding your text as shown below.

Warning Macro Example
This text is rendered inside the warning macro.

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Usage with the Macro Browser

To insert the warning macro into a page using the Macro Browser,

  1. Open your desired Confluence page, then click the 'Edit' button. The 'Edit Page' mode opens.
  2. Next, click the Macro Browser icon on the editor toolbar. The Macro Browser will open in the middle of the screen.
  3. In the Macro Browser, type the name of your desired macro into the search box at the top right of the window. Macros with a matching name will appear in the centre pane. Click on the desired macro to see its options screen. Here, you can set the macro parameters then click 'insert' to put the macro into the page.

Once you've found the warning macro and have added the required parameter values, click 'insert' to add it to your page.

Usage with the Wiki Markup Editor

What you need to type What you will get
{warning}Insert warning message here!
{warning}
Insert warning message here!

Parameters

Parameters are settings for Confluence macros that allow the user to control their content or presentation. The table below lists relevant parameters for this macro.

Parameter names are displayed differently in the macro browser interface and in wiki markup. Below, parameter names used in the macro browser are indicated in Bold text, while their equivalents in wiki markup are indicated in (bracketed) text. If the latter is not shown, then in wiki markup, the parameter's name should be omitted and only its value should be added immediately after the colon symbol (:).

Parameter Required? Default Description
Optional Title
(title)
no none The title of the warning note. If specified, will be displayed in bold next to the icon.
Show Warning Icon
(icon)
no true If "false", the icon will not be displayed.
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