This page last changed on Dec 07, 2009 by ggaskell.

This page tells you how to add a link to your Confluence page. A link, or hyperlink, is a word or phrase which, when clicked, will direct the user to another web page or other location.

Wiki Markup mode and Rich Text editor
You can click the 'Insert Link' icon in either Wiki Markup mode or the Rich Text editor. The functionality described below is essentially the same for both editing modes.

On this page:

Creating a link

There are different ways to do this in Confluence:


To create a new link using the 'Insert Link' window,

  1. Place your cursor at the point where you want to insert the link.
  2. Click the 'Insert Link' icon in the toolbar. The 'Insert Link' window will open.
    Alternatively, if you are in the rich text editor, you can open this window by:
    • Clicking the 'Insert' menu and choosing the 'Link' item from the drop-down menu.
    • Right-clicking in the editor window and choosing the 'Insert/Edit Link' item from the context menu (if the right-click context menu is enabled)
    • Pressing Ctrl-K (if you use Internet Explorer for Windows). See Keyboard Shortcuts for key combinations used on other browsers and operating systems.
  3. In the 'Link' text box, enter the URL (location) of the link.
    Use the tabs to help you find the URL:
    • Search – Search the spaces in your Confluence site for a particular term or phrase, then select your link location from the search results.
    • History – Select your link location from recently-visited pages.
    • Recently Modified – Select your link location from pages recently modified by yourself or other Confluence users.
    • External Link – Enter the URL of an external location.
    • Attachments – Select one of the attachments to the current page. You can also browse for a file and attach it to the page, then select it to create the link. Refer to Linking to an Attachment for more information.
  4. If you want your link to display specific words on the page, rather than the actual URL, enter the desired text in the 'Alias' text box.
  5. If you want your link to display a short popup help tip, enter the desired text in the 'Tooltip' text box.
  6. Click the 'OK' button to add the link.
You can also conveniently convert existing text into a link:
Instead of performing step one (above) you can highlight one or more consecutive words before proceeding directly to step two. By doing this, the words you selected will automatically appear in the 'Alias' text box of the 'Insert Link' window.


To create a link using your browser's drag and drop capabilities,
This is a browser-specific feature available in Firefox and Safari browsers only and is not part of Confluence's drag and drop feature.

  • Simply drag the hyperlink from another web page into the Rich Text Editor window. A link to that URL with the wording used on that web page will be added to your page content at the place where you release the mouse button.

Screenshot: Creating a new link

Removing a link

You can easily remove a link using the right-click context menu.

To remove a link via the right-click context menu,

  • Right-click over the link you want to remove and choose 'Unlink' from the context menu. The link will be removed from your text.
    The 'Unlink' item only appears on the right-click context menu when you right-click over an existing link.
RELATED TOPICS

Rich Text-Linking to a Page
Rich Text-Inserting an image
Rich Text-Linking to an Attachment

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