This page last changed on Jul 01, 2009 by ggaskell.

The Create Space Button Macro renders a create space icon that links to the 'create space' page. The icon appears as rendered below.

Screenshot: The Create Space Button in Confluence

To display this icon, you require 'Create Space' permission which is assigned by a site administrator from the Administration Console. See Security or contact your site administrator for more information.

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Usage with the Macro Browser

To insert the create space button 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 create space button macro, click 'insert' to add it to your page.

Usage with the Wiki Markup Editor

What you need to type What you will get
{create-space-button}

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 Default Description
Icon Size
(size)
small Specify whether to use small or large icon.
(height) natural size of icon
(1:1 pixel ratio)
Stretches or shrinks the height of the icon to the number of pixels specified.
(width) natural size of icon
(1:1 pixel ratio)
Stretches or shrinks the width of the icon to the number of pixels specified.

Example: Specify the size of the icon displayed

What you need to type What you will get
{create-space-button:size=small}
RELATED TOPICS

Setting up a New Global Space
Working with Macros

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